TM THE ORIGINAL RIO VISTA COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY / MARCH 2011 March 27... Centennial Birthday Party 100th Anniversary of the Incorporation of Fort Lauderdale Dr. Paul George will host Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Fort Lauderdale on the Riverwalk at 9am and again at 11:30am, Celebrate with live entertainment from 12pm - 5pm. For information on the City’s Centennial Celebration, visit www.fortlauderdale.gov or call (954) 828-4743. The Fort Lauderdale St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival returns on March 12, 2011! The Parade will feature marching bands, pipe and drum bands, street performers, classic automobiles, and floats of all shapes and sizes! The Festival will include live music, entertainment, and dance performances. A special children's area will feature games, storytelling, amusements, delicious treats, contests and other activities. Additional highlights include historical education and ancestry areas, trivia, cooking demonstra- tions, authentic Irish cuisine and much more! Friday, March 11, 2011 Parade Stripe Painting – Noon Huizenga Plaza (Andrews Ave and Las Olas Boulevard) Join us for an early celebration as Mayor John P. “Jack” Seiler ceremoniously paints a green stripe marking the much -anticipated parade route! Saturday, March 12, 2011 Parade – 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. Along Las Olas Boulevard from S.E. 8th Ave to Andrews Ave Saturday, March 12, 2011 Festival - 1:30 to 9:00 p.m Huizenga Plaza (Andrews Ave and Las Olas Boulevard) and along the Riverwalk For more information, please call (954) 828-5985 or visit www.ftlaudirishfest.com . March 12... Fort Lauderdale St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival
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THE ORIGINAL RIO VISTA COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY / MARCH 2011
March 27... Centennial Birthday Party 100th Anniversary of the Incorporation of Fort Lauderdale
Dr. Paul George will host Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Fort Lauderdale on the Riverwalk at 9am and again at 11:30am,
Celebrate with live entertainment from 12pm - 5pm.
For information on the City’s Centennial Celebration, visit www.fortlauderdale.gov or call (954) 828-4743.
The Fort Lauderdale St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival returns on March 12, 2011! The Parade will feature marching bands, pipe and drum bands, street performers, classic automobiles, and floats of all shapes and sizes! The Festival will include live music, entertainment, and
dance performances. A special children's area will feature games, storytelling, amusements, delicious treats, contests and other activities. Additional highlights include historical education and ancestry areas, trivia, cooking demonstra-tions, authentic Irish cuisine and much more!
Friday, March 11, 2011 Parade Stripe Painting – Noon Huizenga Plaza (Andrews Ave and Las Olas Boulevard) Join us for an early celebration as Mayor John P. “Jack” Seiler ceremoniously paints a green stripe marking the much-anticipated parade route!
Saturday, March 12, 2011 Parade – 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. Along Las Olas Boulevard from S.E. 8th Ave to Andrews Ave
Saturday, March 12, 2011 Festival - 1:30 to 9:00 p.m Huizenga Plaza (Andrews Ave and Las Olas Boulevard) and along the Riverwalk
For more information, please call (954) 828-5985 or visit www.ftlaudirishfest.com.
March 12... Fort Lauderdale St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival
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February / March 2011
Going Green
Reasons to Avoid Plastics • They're made from petroleum, a non-renewable re-
source. • Production of plastics releases toxic chemicals into
the environment. • Chemicals can migrate from many plastics into food,
water, air and our mouths. How to Avoid Using Plastics • Bring cloth totes or string bags to your supermarket
to carry groceries home. • Choose refillable, reusable containers made of glass,
ceramic or stainless steel. • Choose packaging that's made from the most easily
recyclable materials: paper, glass, metal cans. • Bring your own container to salad bars, delis, wher-
ever they serve in plastic. • For wrapped foods, best choices are butcher paper,
waxed paper or wood-based cellulose bags (available from Seventh Generation).
• Avoid single-use, disposable packaging. Buy in bulk, the least-packaged option.
• Microwave foods and drinks in oven-proof glass or ceramic. Never let plastic wrap touch food while in the microwave.
• Avoid plastic cutlery and dinnerware. Use metal uten-sils and look for recycled paper plates.
Safer, Sounder Plastics to Choose • When plastic cannot be avoided, check container
bottoms for recycling codes (in triangle) and choose those that are accepted for recycling in your area. The most commonly recycled plastics are #1 (PETE) or #2 (HDPE).
• Choose non-PVC cling wrap (such as Glad and Handiwrap).
Plastics to Avoid • Steer clear of PVC vinyl (#3) whose manufacture and
incineration releases carcinogenic dioxins into the environment and food chain. PVC often contains lead, and toxic plasticizers such as phthlates that can migrate into food, water, air and our mouths.
• Avoid plastics that are often not recyclable: #3 (PVC), #4 (LDPE), #5 (PP), #6 (PS), #7 ("Other," often poly-carbonate).
• Avoid plastics that leach chemicals suspected of dis-rupting hormone functions: #3 (PVC), #6 (PS), #7 (often polycarbonate, other varieties of plastic labeled #7 are regarded as safe).
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HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAPPENNINGS
Wow, here it is February already, and it seems like we just had our Christmas break. Our annual Spaghetti Dinner was held in our cafeteria on January 28th and was a huge success. Thank you Publix Harbor Shops and Isa-bella’s Pizza and Pasta. Thank you also to all of you in the neighborhood that came and helped support our school. Our kids had a great time singing and dancing to the tunes our D.J. was spinning and dads, awesome job up there on stage performing to Y.M.C.A. and the kids really enjoyed our Balloon man. Our construction is finally finished and was well worth the wait. We are thrilled with our new campus. This should make traffic flow much easier in the morning and at dis-missal. So here it is February and we will be holding our annual carnation sale. So if you have a special someone you want to send a flower to we will start selling cards on February 1st. Carnations will be sold on school grounds and the kids will be buying them for their teachers, friends, parents, grandparents and that someone special. We will deliver the flowers to the kids classrooms on Valentine’s Day. If you or anyone you know went to Harbordale in past years
we are currently working on a tile project for our new build-ing and encourage anyone that would like to participate to do so by decorating a tile for the wall and leaving your mark for years to come. We will be having tile night on March 31st at 5:30 in our cafeteria. Tiles are on sale now and we will provide all the paints. Please feel free to stop by the office and pick up a sheet on how to participate. Thank you and again if you have any questions about our school, feel free to contact me at [email protected]. Cici Kelly President H.S.A.
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February / March 2011
Garden Tips
RON KELLEY
Most of Florida is now experiencing mild weather after two weeks of record breaking cold. You have probably had a chance to survey the damage that was dealt to your plants by the freezing weather and depending upon where those plants were located in your garden and their cold tolerance some probably held up better than others to the Arctic front. Take the Florida Gardener’s advice – DO NOT CLIP, PRUNE OR FERTILIZE any of your plants now, obvious damage or none. The reason for this is that the even though we are currently back into milder weather it is very likely that in the follow-ing months we could again experience hard frosts or freezing weather. Clipping, pruning or fertilizing your plants at this time could provoke them into a new flush of tender growth that will definitely be further damaged if another “Canadian Express” comes roaring south in the fol-lowing weeks.
By late February or early March Florida plants will begin to spring-forth with new growth and you will be able to see for sure what plants have been killed by the cold and what damage should be removed from the survivors. Let me make this perfectly clear, severe pruning of freeze damaged plants should be delayed until new growth ap-pears and further threats of frosts and freezes have passed. However, dead, unsightly leaves may be removed as soon as they turn brown. If possible, wait until they fall from the plants by themselves. Cold damage may appear as a lack of spring bud break on a portion or on all of the plant. Some plants may show an overall weak appearance. The outer branch tips on some plants may be damaged, while older wood may be free of injury. The “line” between dead and live wood will eventually be “marked” by the growth of a new bud. A small scrape of the bark with a sharp knife will show either a green or
darkened growth layer. The cold damaged cambium layers under the bark will be black or brown in color;
living plant tissue will be green. Prune damaged branches behind this point of discoloration. In some cases, it will take some time for the buds to break after cold damage. Be patient before proceeding with freeze-
kill pruning. In the meantime, continue to regularly irrigate your plants so that you do not accidentally compound the damage to them by causing them to dry out and die from lack of water. Happy Gardening!
