NEWSLETTER AUG 2021
OFFICE CONTACTSHEATHER WILLIAMS [email protected]
CARMEN DAVIS
ROXANNE ROBERGE
EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE PHONE (603) 507-0569
NEWSLETTER CONTACTLISEMARIE DESCOTEAUX
TARA ESTATES
Look for the new activities this month
August 11 & 25
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REVISED Important Reminders: Summer 2021
If the office is closed, please place rent checks, keys, notes, etc. in the drop box located under the clubhouse carport.
Regarding trash & Recycling: Curbside trash pickup is being done by Davis Rubbish Removal. Pickup is every
Tuesday morning beginning at 8am. recyclable items may now be included with your bagged household trash, no
separate container is necessary. As was the case previously, no electronics, mattresses, construction materials
or hazardous materials are EVER permitted to be included with your household trash. If you need assistance with disposal of any of the aforementioned items, please contact John Davis Jr at (603) 231-0936 or (603) 742-1284
The Leaf and Lawn Bag pickup schedule will now be 1-day a week on Friday. There will be pickups in the morning and in the afternoon. Please do not put out leaf bags for pickup if we are expecting inclement weather. In these cases, pickup will take place on the following day.
effective August 1st, we will no longer be picking up branches. Bags filled with acorns, rocks or other non-compostable items will not be picked
up. The bags and all items in them MUST BE BIODEGRADABLE. Paper Leaf Bags are available for purchase at the office in packs of 5 for $3.00
Please put any complaints you might have in writing. You may drop a note in the drop box or send them via email to Heather at [email protected]. Please provide as much factual detail as you can. Most issues with neighbors can and should be resolved by the concerned parties. The office does not provide dispute mediation.
REMINDER: Please stay out of the pit, maintenance shop lot, and any construction areas. This is for your own safety!
Thank you! ����
The Tara Estates Activities Council
Tara Activities CouncilOpen letter to our neighbors from the Tara Activity Council
It has been such a long 16 month since the St. Patrick’s Dinner, our last major function. Although many things have returned to “normal ish”, many things have not. At our recent council meeting we spent quite a bit of time discussing how we can return to an active community. Groups like Bingo, Poker, the Knitting Club and the Chowder Lunches have or will soon return. Their schedules are available with the monthly newsletter. Big events like the Yard Sale and the famous dinners, the Christmas Craft Fair, much work still needs to still be done such as working with the Hynes Corp. re: guidelines for number of attendees and pricing. We will continue to work diligently to make this an active community.
We have many new residents to welcome and on that note the first Coffee Social is scheduled for Aug 7th at 9:00 AM at the clubhouse and the first Chowder lunch is scheduled for Sept.15 at noon . Watch the newsletter for more information.
The council would like to invite all to our meetings to get to know what the council does and we always welcome fresh ideas. We meet on the second Monday of the month at 6:30. Leaders of our many groups like quilting and art groups are encouraged to attend.
Again, we are working very hard to get back to some sort of normal -whatever that may by working out “The Covid Kinks”. Thank you in advance for your understanding.
VNA CLINIC here at Tara will resume services in
September on the third Wednesday of the month 10:30-11:30
NEW ACTIVITY
Looking for a quick bite for dinner? We have the answer for a couple of nights each month. We will be selling Hotdogs,
chips and soda/water. Sales will be open to all Tara residents in the recreation
center to enjoy a quick snack. The service will be held the 2nd and 4th Wednesday
of each month from 5 to 7 PM. The first 2 dates to begin service will be August
11th and 25th.
Price:
1 Hotdog $2.00
Bag of chips $0.50
Soda $0.75
water $0.50
See you August 11th
Angel Fund
Just a little reminder of what the ANGEL FUND is all about! The ANGEL FUND is here to help anyone in our community who may need temporary, financial assistance. We will pay your park rent and the money doesn’t need to be repaid. All of the money we receive is through donations from our very generous residents! Recently, at the outdoors lunch that was arranged by Shirley Wilson, we received $40.00 in donations from those who attended. Thank you so very much! It is greatly appreciated by those in need! Also, please keep calling or emailing us regarding any residents who have been hospitalized or those who have lost a loved one. We will send them a card with enclosed gift card to let them know we’re thinking of them.
A huge thank you to our residents who donate monthly!!
Enjoy the rest of your summer! We certainly got a lot of rain in July and hope to see more sunshine ☀ in August! Thanks to all who support our fund!
Please call or email either: Debbie Epsimos 781-941-0353 [email protected]. ORMaureen Adamowicz 603-332-2545 [email protected]
Your ANGEL FUND COMMITTEE: Debbie Epsimos, Maureen Adamowicz, Karen Stevens, Bettie Trundy, Marge Neely and Kathy Puglisi.
August Bingo
Bingo has resumed at Tara!
We have enjoyed seeing old friends, and have welcomed many new faces, and hope to see many more. Bingo tickets are sold between 5:30-6:15 pm. Bingo begins at 6:30.
Hot dogs will once again be available for purchase on August 12th, beginning at 5:30.
Special Bingo Thurs, Aug. 12th.
Danielle Reddington has donated $100 for a special game in memory of her mom “Kay” who enjoyed coming to Bingo, and will be missed by many.
She has requested 4 corners, resembling a four-leaf clover, in honor of her Mom’s Irish heritage.
Mark the date and join us for this tribute to Kay.
The Tara book club has not met for over a year because of the pandemic. Now that the club house has opened, it is time to reconnect and talk about our love for the printed page.
Please put down on your calendars, August 20th, Friday afternoon at 1:00 PM.
Our Tara book club has not had the opportunity to have a subject matter for the meeting, and so this is an opportunity to meet and discuss any books that you have enjoyed during the pandemic. The book club meets the third Friday of each month in the club house. We form a circle of readers by the fire place. Anyone who shares an interest in books and subject matter is encouraged to come and participate.
As the clubhouse has opened up to community activities, we hope to now to be able hold luncheons for families of our residents who have passed.
The committee has a substantial list of those who have contributed food and who are able to help when luncheons are provided. If you have previously been able to help, and for some reason can no longer assist, please contact one of us. Contact info is listed below.
For new residents the Bereavement Committee was established to help aid and comfort residents in their time of loss with a luncheon for family and friends at no expense to them.
During the last 16 months we have been unable to hold any functions. We are hoping to be able to resume this support for our community. If this is something that you would like to be a part of, please contact one of the committee members below.Thank you...
Candi Braithwaite [email protected] 335-4563Sylvia Boudreau [email protected] 207-216-3408Carol Routhe [email protected] 509-8104
Bereavement Committee
August 7, 2021
9AM
Everyone welcome!
No charge
Come meet our new neighbors!
A Memorial Service in Honor of our Tara ResidentsSeptember 10, 2021
1:00 – 3:00Dear Tara Neighbors,As you are aware, the Bereavement Committee was established to help aid and comfort residents in their times of loss. We have been unable to fulfill our obligations during the past 16 months due to the restrictions imposed by the Covid 19 pandemic. This has resulted in our community being unable to say good-bye to our friends and neighbors, and our committee being unable to offer our love and support to their surviving families.As you know, many of the activities suspended because of the Covid pandemic have already resumed, and the Tara Activities Council is planning to begin adding Council sanctioned events beginning in September. It has been suggested by a member of the Tara Community that the Bereavement Committee should resume their supportive functions and to begin with a Celebration of Life/Memorial Service for the many members of our Tara Community deceased during the pandemic.Your committee has booked the Tara Clubhouse for a time of remembrance and reflection on Friday, September 10, 2021, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. A light luncheon will be provided after a short memorial service.If you have lost a beloved member of our neighborhood family and want to honor them at this Memorial Service, please contact any member of the Bereavement Committee listed below for more details. Individual/specific memorials can be set up for sharing with the community.Because there are still lingering restrictions affecting group gathering size, we respectfully request that only Tara residents attend this service. Please rsvp any committee member listed below before September 1st if you will be attending so we will know how many to plan for.The Bereavement Committee exercises their right to require all unvaccinated individuals to wear masks indoors. Thank you for understanding and working with us as we try to resume the role of this committee.Tara Bereavement Committee: Candi Braithwaite, 603-335-4563 – [email protected] Bereavement Committee: Sylvia Boudreau, 1-207-216-3408 – [email protected] Bereavement Committee: Carol Routhe, 603-509-8104 – [email protected] for Tara Activities Council: Pat Holt, 603-948-2631 – [email protected]
CHOWDER LUNCHEON
Chowder Lunch will start-up again on Wednesday,
September 15, 2021.
You may purchase your tickets at the clubhouse starting:Monday, August 16, 2021.
Tickets will be sold on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
from 10 am to 12 Noon.
The maximum number of people allowed to attend is 100.
PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED TICKETS:People who already purchased their tickets for the March 2020
Chowder Lunch will be able to use their ticket for this first chowder or for any of the future Chowder Lunches.
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We are back and happy to be here !!!!
Classes resume at the original time of Tuesday afternoons 1 to 3.
We are also happy to report that we have wonderful new wooden stands to hold up our art work for display, thanks to one of our very talented husbands.
We have art work on display on the top shelves in the library. This time it is a mixture of old and new projects. More to come... Come and enjoy!
BUSY HANDS KNITTERS
AUGUST 2021
We are back and are we happy!!!!
Our group is getting larger and larger every week with new people, people returning from their Florida time this past winter and people just stopping in to visit
We will continue with our 1 - 3 Monday and Thursday 9 - 11 meetings. Our hands are busy. From now on I will try to share with you some of things we are involved in creating. Some will be for self, family or donated to outside organizations. Remember if you have yarn that you are not using we welcome all donations. We love receiving all donations so our busy knitting hands can work on projects that we donate to the different organizations in our local community.
We are all so happy the library is open and with beautiful new shelves!We are happy the accept books in good condition and relatively new—the last 5-6 years. Current magazines are also great!As last year, please return books to the counter. We will shelve them.
Also, please, please, do not dump books on the library that are from houses that are being closed. Without the compactor we have no way to get rid of old worn-out books.
Thank you!Ann Drysdale and library volunteers 216-420-8685
LIBRARY NEWS
We would like to invite new people from Tara to come check us out. We meet on Mondays 9:30 – 3:30 and Thursdays 12:30-4:30.
New members welcome, but you will be asked to show proof of vaccination as we are handling items shared and are in close quarters.
Hope to see you there.
Tara’s Quilting Corner
Tara Kazoo Band
Tai ChiTai Chi is now back inside the Tara club house. It is practiced together on Monday and Friday mornings from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM. Tai Chi had been done during the winter months in the parking lot and many people have expressed an interest in coming to participate. Everyone is encouraged to come. We recommend wearing loose comfortable clothing and footwear. Water for hydration is also recommended.
There are no fees in participating in Tai Chi.
Tai Chi is a noncompetitive martial arts tradition derived from ancient China. Tai Chi has evolved into a series of gentle physical exercises and stretching with mindfulness designed to involve all systems of the body. Physical strength is not a requisite, and all movements are done to your capabilities. Tai Chi has been shown to improve balance control, fitness and flexibility.
For additional information call Sally Breen 335-6729
Do you sing in the shower?Hum with the radio? Love the old songs?
Know your grandchildren's songs by heart?
Then consider joining the Tara Kazoo Band!🎶🎶
We have enjoyed playing at several nursing homes this year, with more to come. There is no walking involved----no musical experience necessary---just a sense of fun!
We will have two practices, one in late August and one in early September. (Call Karen at 948-1857)
Try one or both with no commitment.🎵🎵 Come and check it out! I have a Kazoo for you!!!!!🎵🎵
R.O.M.E.O.
Ladies Luncheon
Wednesday, August 11th
The Hen HouseLebanon, Maine.
We will meet in the parking lot by 8:00 AM to carpool over.So that we have a count for reservations, please contact Walter Casler by
Monday the 9th. 332-3705
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
York River Landing150 US-1, York, ME
12:00 noonOpen to all Tara Ladies who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Meet at 10:50 a.m. in the main dining area in the clubhouse at Tara Estates and depart by 11:15 a.m., forming car pools to drive to York River Landing which is just south of the York River on Route 1.
(Easy back road route – about a 40-minute drive: Salmon Falls Road to Berwick/Somersworth line; turn left onto Route 9, right onto Route 236, left onto Route 91. Then watch for Scotland Bridge Road on your right. At the stop sign turn left onto Beech Ridge Road. At the light, turn left onto Route 1 North. The restaurant is on the left. If you miss Scotland Bridge Road, continue until you get to Route 1. Turn right onto Route 1 South. After you cross the York River, turn right into the restaurant parking lot.)
Please let me know if you can drive and how many you can take with you.
Please RSVP by Monday, August 9, toShirley Wilson
[email protected]/330-3474
Text only: 401/824-4357
Beckwith Glass Co
Trust in the Lord Proverbs 3:5
Brian Beckwith
(978)771-6555
Knowledgeable about manufactured homes
Handyman Capabilities Specializing in fogged and broken
insulated units Re-caulking shower doors and enclosures Re-grouting around sinks and tubs Flooring and rotted wood under toilets,
etc.
Shower EnclosuresCustom MirrorsStorefront Entrances
Window TintingInsulating GlassScreens
Services Offered24-hour home care - we do it all! Sandy Deland: 767-5607Need a local ride? Call Jerry or Sylvia Boudreau:
207-216-3802 / 207-216-3408Light housekeeping & sitting - Naomi: 332-4618BASIC ALTERATIONS Contact Sarah Vallee @ 335-4230 29 Temple Drive Professional pet waste removal - Jay: 948-6622Hosting an event? Loads of fun. Great for young & old alike. We come to
birthday parties, anniversaries, BBQ’s & MORE! We do cartoon caricature sketches, face painting & balloon bouquet deliveries in and out of costume - Kathy (69 Temple Drive): 207-631-5723
Need help with shopping: Valerie Dellea: 978-204-3587 or valeriedellea@icloud.
Dump Runs No paint, no chemicals. Call: Sarge 603-866-1596 $25 per truck load.
Robert Yeaton [email protected]
Fall Cleanups & Residential Snow Removal
• Clean out debris.
• Trim Rogue Branches.
• Aerate.• Feed the lawn.• Rake and
mulch.
• Prune trees and shrubs.
• Divide and cut back perennials.
• Protect the deck.
• Snowblow Driveways• Snowblow Entryways• Hand Shovel Stairs• Snowblow Path to Fuel• Ice Management• Roof Snow Removal• Weatherproofing
CALL US FOR A PROPERTY REVIEW AND PROPOSAL Looking forward to providing top notch service for these coming seasons.
For sale items are posted one time. If you wish to relist your item(s) you must send in an email to Lise at [email protected] ads: Checks must be made out to the Tara Estates Activities Council:DEADLINE FOR NEWSLETTER SUBMISSIONS IS THE 18TH OF THE PRIOR MONTH. Lise-Marie
3 months. 1 YearBus Cd $ 30 $100Quarter Pg. $ 40 $1301/3 Page $ 50 $160Half Pg. $ 60 $190 Full Pg. $100 $320
Newsletter Advertising Details
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DENNIS MARTINL AWNCARE AND MORE
Providing dependable service to Tara residents for 15 years!
Cell # 207-408-8047References Available
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Experienced stylist will come to your home.
Women’s Cuts: $15.00Men’s Cuts: $10.00 Blow Dry & Style: $25.00
Call Janet (603) 923-5822
Hair On the Go
ACTIVITY CONTACTS
Activity Co-chairs George 603-749-6473Lise 603-507-8586
Art Club Claire 603-335-3660
Bingo Claire 603-335-3660
Cards Sharon 603-948-1690
Cribbage John 603-948-1539
Indoor Walking Priscilla 802-376-5408
Knitting Linda 603-833-7840
Line Dancing John 603-332-5674
Mahjong Diane 603-479-4161
Poker Wally 603-332-3705
Quilting Mon Sharon 603-948-1690
Quilting Th Elaine 603-335-7057
Tai Chi Sally 603-335-6729
Travel Club Patti 603-403-1504
Yoga Joyce 603-403-1191
