MARCH-APRIL 2017
MAGAZINE A Publication for the members of Hunters Run Country Club
Our Eye-Catching Outdoor Canvas of Art and Sculpture (Pages 20-21 and Back Cover)
Special Feature: HOME COOKING ENTERTAINMENT Let Us Entertain You! By Renee Stern, Entertainment Committee Chair As most of you have noticed, and many of you have commented on, your 2016/2017 Entertainment Committee has been very busy this year. We are delighted that all of our efforts have brought community approval, and regret that many of you were unable to attend some of our events due to space constrictions. Hopefully, in the future this will be somewhat alleviated as we try to repeat our most popular events at later dates. Our Valentine's Day Dinner Dance was a beautiful evening in a room filled with love. At this time, we look forward to two new Starlight Theater presentations, a repeat of the Motown Show so many of you missed, our Spring Dinner Dance and additional lectures, book reviews, 92nd Street Y programs, vacation week activities and our Sunday Night OFFICERS AND BOARD movies. And there are more in the works, so please continue to check your emails, flyers at the Media Center and MEMBERS 2016-2017 notices that come with your monthly bills. We have some wonderful events coming your way. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE At this time, we are also looking ahead to the summer months. Although committees do change with each new President David Gold election, we still try to plan things for our “rounders” to enjoy while trying to find some cool. Vice President Bernard Silver This has been a fabulous year for entertainment at Hunters Run and a great year for me. I owe that to the wonderful Treasurer Steve Bzura people who joined our committee and dedicated many hours to its success. And, of course, to Graham Cordrey who Secretary Renee Stern is “the wind beneath my wings.” Thank you all for your support and your enthusiasm. Mitch Krasnoff Finally, thank you to the membership of Hunters Run. Your kudos and encouragement provide impetus to all we do. Audit Joel Feldman Vice Chair Ed Merdinger Budget & Finance Bernard Silver Vice Chair Ed Haiken Communications Lew Gedansky Vice Chair Stan Walker Community Relations Arthur Nelkin Election Larry Block Liaison Mitch Krasnoff Entertainment & Arts Renee Stern Vice Chair Sue Weiner Fitness, Pool &Spa Co-Chairs: Steve Bzura, Arthur Nelkin WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Vice Chair Joan Soble DECEMBER 2016 - JANUARY 2017 Food & Beverage Co-Chairs: Steve Perlmutter, Linda Lustberg NAME ADDRESS NAME ADDRESS Golf Marilyn Alexander 14C Westgate Lane Jodi Kaplan 55D Eastgate Drive Co-Chairs: Judi Goldstein, Harold Friedman Richard & Randi Gertler 24B Southport Lane Rose Smith 3 Estate Drive Greens & Lakes Joel Feldman Vice Chair Jerry Bloom Grievance Co-Chairs: Alvin Newman, Morton Propper NOTE: The Six Degrees of Separation article will appear in the May/June issue. House Thanks to all of you who have responded with your special connections. Co-Chairs: Judi Goldstein, Linda Lustberg Landscape Bill Poznak Legal Mark Vogel HUNTERS RUN MAGAZINE Vice Chair Sheldon Schiffman Hunters Run POA Inc. • 3500 Clubhouse Lane Long Range Planning Mark Vogel Boynton Beach, FL 33436 • 561-737-2582 Vice Chair Dick Britt Hunters Run POA Inc. Editorial Staff Shy Kramer, Marilyn Ross, Judie Spinner Membership Chief Operating Officer Production Susan Braitman & Marketing Steve Bzura Mary Watkins, CCM Photography Chuck Milber, Marilyn Ross Vice Chair Michael Kampel DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE Karen Meltz, Marsha Merdinger Security Mitch Krasnoff Administrative Support Graham Cordrey Editor Stan Walker Strategic Planning Lew Gedansky Features Editor Ann Forman Design, Layout and Printing Vice Chair Bennett Hersch Correspondence [email protected] EG Communications Group Tennis Harold Friedman Vice Chair Charles Ross On the Cover Harvey Newman Wind Indicator, front lawn of Enid Fordin, 50 Cambridge. Photo by Chuck Milber. Irwin Regent Carl Sloan 2 MARCH/APRIL 2017 Hunters Run Country Club From our PRESIDENT
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CLUB PHONE NUMBERS Dear Members: CLUBHOUSE EXT Cardroom - Ladies' 4003 The Board of Directors held a special meeting where funds were authorized to have design development Cardroom - Men’s 4009 done on the Pool/Atrium Project and North Golf Course. One of the purposes of this work was to give us Beauty Salon - Inside Extension 4353 accurate prices on each project so that this information can be supplied to the membership when the Beauty Salon - Outside Telephone 364-9353 projects are sent out to the community for approval. Fitness Center 4056 Front Desk - 737-2582 4582 The Board of Directors would like to see both projects approved by the community at the proper time as Locker Room - Ladies’ 3903 both areas need help. When they are sent to the community, we will state what capital projects will be Locker Room - Men’s 3902 done in the next two years and how we will pay for them. Pool Attendant 4560 We have retained Zabek Associates as our owners’ representative on the Pool/Atrium Project. It’s a Valet 4025 pleasure to work with them as they are real professionals who have worked with other clubs in the area. COURTESY PHONES EXT They are helping us move this project along so we can give you an accurate cost and picture of what will Lobby 4015 be done in a timely manner. If you did not attend the North Course Presentation, you may see it on the Golf Shop 4026 Hunters Run website or on TV Channel 94. We hope to send out the Pool/Atrium Project and the North Ladies' Restroom 4022 Course renovation to the community for a vote in early April of 2017. It is the Board’s hope as well as mine Men’s Restroom 4024 Tennis Shop 4657 that both projects will be approved by the community, and we are eager to begin construction on both in Pool Area East 4077 April of 2018. Pool Area SW 4076 We are presently replacing 40 percent of the walking paths with new paving. This summer, we hope to F & B DINING INFO TELEPHONE redo the gallery bathrooms. Grille Room 735-4021 Also, we are working with our engineer to come up with a plan to redo the parking lot, adding 74 Il Cacciatore 735-4027 additional parking spaces this summer. Snack Shack 735-4068 Tiki Bar 735-4012 Hunters Run is thirty-seven years old. We have to keep it up to the highest standard possible. Fine Dining Reservations 735-4026 Lodge/Dining Reservations 735-4044 Main Dining Room 735-4064 The Palms 735-4038 Lounge 735-4050 Internet Café 735-4016 David Gold 19 Hole 735-4052 President
SECURITY EXT EMERGENCY 911 Security - South Gate - Main 4060 /736-9711 Security - Automated Guest System 736-6913 DRESS CODE CHANGES By Linda Lustberg, Lukasz Kotowski, Director Office: 737-3848 House Committee Chair Cell: 561-225-5669 Clubhouse Security 5020 Recently, there have been several changes relaxing the dress code for the use of the upstairs dining facilities. It is now acceptable for men to wear short-sleeved, button-down collared shirts. CMO TELEPHONE Men’s cotton tee shirts, with or without logos, are not permitted upstairs. Jeans may be worn, Matthew Iaccarino CMO Manager 734-5000 unless otherwise indicated. However, NO HOLES in jeans (trendy or not.) Men’s rubber flip flops Fax 734-4681 are not acceptable in these dining facilities. Marcy McFaul 734-5000 A copy of the Dress Code for all facilities may be obtained at the front desk or in the Food & CMO Maintenance 734-6784 Beverage office. Isles of Hunters Run 364-9664 Hunters Run Country Club MARCH/APRIL 2017 3 SECURITY CMO OF HUNTERS RUN YOUR ON-SITE MANAGEMENT COMPANY By Matthew Iaccarino,CMO General Manager All our 23 associations have completed their annual meetings and elections. Your association Board WHAT TO DO members either remained the same or new ones in a life-threatening emergency were elected. If you are a new Board member, I want to personally By Mitch Krasnoff, Security Committee Chair welcome you; and if you are a returning Board member, thank you for your continued service. You all have a great opportunity to make a positive As you all know, we have been offering all our residents a CPR/AED (Automatic External contribution to your community. Defibrillator) Awareness class. For the past few years, we have been making these classes available four times during the winter months. We will be continuing to offer these classes every year in the A successful Board member needs to be aware of key aspects of association leadership. These major hope that everyone learns what to do in case of an emergency. Minutes count and the use of the aspects include: Automatic Defibrillator can mean the difference between life and death. Below is what to do in case • Protection of and enhancement of property you are faced with an emergency. Please remember that the response time of our G4S values Paramedic is between 2 to 3 minutes. The response time of a Boynton Beach • Maintaining the quality of life in the community Ambulance could be as much as 10 minutes. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE! • Creating a sense of community CALL 911 and THEN OUR SECURITY 736-9711 The law requires that, within 90 days after being If more than 1 adult is present, 1 person should stay with the patient and the other go make the calls elected or appointed to the Board, each new director If you are the only one there besides the patient, go call for help FIRST then administer aid to the shall certify in writing to the secretary of the association that he or she has read the association’s patient. declaration of condominium, articles of incorporation, Check patient for a pulse, then GET HELP (911 etc.). If no pulse is present, and an AED is bylaws, and current written policies; that he or she available, GET THE AED and then start CPR. If there is a pulse, after getting help, stay with the will work to uphold such documents and policies to patient and keep them comfortable. the best of his or her ability; and that he or she will faithfully discharge his or her fiduciary responsibility REMEMBER, WHEN DOING CPR, DO IT AS LONG AS YOU CAN WITHOUT to the association’s members. In lieu of this written STRAINING YOURSELF. WE DO NOT WANT 2 PATIENTS! IF ANOTHER PERSON IS certification,newly elected or appointed Board AVAILABLE, ASK HIM/HER TO TAKE OVER THE COMPRESSIONS, IF NECESSARY. members may submit a certificate of satisfactory completion of educational curriculum If the patient is without a pulse and an AED is needed, we have nine defibrillators throughout administered by a division-approved Hunters Run. condominium provider which was either taken one year before the election or 90 days after. The locations of these are: This certification is valid and does not have to be • 2 IN THE FITNESS AREA resubmitted as long as the director continuously • 1 IN THE TENNIS SHOP serves on the Board. • 1 IN THE EMERGENCY GOLF CART Please be informed that a Board Certification class has been scheduled by CMO for • 1 BEHIND THE BAR IN THE 19TH HOLE Monday, March 13, 2017 at 2 PM in the Eastgate Clubhouse. The instructor will be Jennifer Cuhna with • 1 AT THE HOSTESS STAND IN THE MAIN DINING ROOM the Jennifer Law Office. Sign-up sheet is at the • 1 AT THE BATHROOM AREA ON THE EAST GOLF COURSE CMO office. • THE G4S PARAMEDIC VEHICLE IS ALSO EQUIPPED WITH A DEFIBRILLATOR I hope this information helps you better understand and appreciate the tremendous dedication and commitment of your present or past directors. Please remember that the staff at CMO is here to assist you in this transition either as a new Board member or a veteran. Good luck to all and thank you for your volunteerism. It is greatly appreciated! 4 MARCH/APRIL 2017 Hunters Run Country Club TECH TIPS
DON’T BE FOOLED BY A “PHISHING EXPEDITION”! By Andy Kline
“Your Gmail account password is due to expire in 7 days. Please anywhere in the world to see what you have on your drives, follow your click on the link below and change your password” keystrokes when you log onto banks and use passwords, steal residing With the next click of his mouse, John Podesta, 2016 Hillary Clinton data or use your computer as a “front man” to hide their illegal activities. campaign chairman, changed the course of American history (according All they have to do is trick you into loading it, usually by getting you to to some), being fooled by this phishing expedition, allegedly by Russian somehow click on a link. The requests seem so innocuous: “click here to hackers. He clicked on the link and within minutes 60,000 of his emails see your delivery date,” “click here to see your flight changes,” all from were stolen and ended up on Wikileaks, and then every world news media what appear to be companies or organizations that you deal with outlet. We all know what followed: FBI investigations and allegations, every day. public embarrassment, revelations from DNC private conversations. DON'T CLICK! If you listen to the news reporters, most who don’t understand what Think about this. If I sent out an email with a big American Airlines logo hacking really is, you would think that top secret Soviet operatives, genius to 100,000 people, saying “Your flights tomorrow have changed, click tech wizards, penetrated the hardened firewalls of the Democratic here,” the odds are I’m going to find some people who are flying American National Committee servers. But it was actually a minor email trick with Airlines tomorrow. Right? And what are they going to do? “Oh no! My embedded malware (software files that load onto your computer with flights have changed?????” CLICK! various evil purposes) that criminals all over the world utilize to gain So what’s the answer to email phishing? First, the IRS NEVER sends out access to computer data. emails. They don’t call either. They notify using USPS mail. Secondly, no NIGERIAN PRINCE legitimate company you deal with will ask you for confidential What Mr. Podesta became prey to occurs every day and has been information such as account numbers and Social Security numbers in an happening since the days of the infamous “Nigerian Prince” phishing email. Lastly, when you get an email from a company that you do business emails. Back in those days, the technology had not yet evolved to plant with or know, and they direct you to “click here,” CLOSE THE EMAIL, any software on your computer from emails. Criminal organizations, and simply go to their website using your browser. If your flights have many in Nigeria, sent out email requests hoping to hook a greedy changed, or your password needs updating, or they really need to contact innocent on their lines, promising easy money if they would just help you for something, you will find it on their website. Or telephone them. them to move some money out of Africa for a deposed prince, or some Don’t “click here.” equally improbable story. Eventually, technology evolved where requests for confidential information were sent out by what looked like trusted sources, your bank, This article is based on a recent seminar given by Andy Kline at the IRS, complete with authentic looking logos. Again, they needed to Hunters Run. Learn the best cybercrime prevention and how to trick you into giving them the information, because technology could not use secure online payment technologies at his next seminar on yet access your system. “Banks” would ask you to update your profile, March 8th, at 7:30 PM. including SSN, account numbers, etc. The crooks still needed you to Andy Kline, a member of the Communications Committee, voluntarily give them the information they needed to steal from you and lives in Glens West and is CEO of Payday Payroll Services, a did so hoping you would trust the official looking email you received. company that logs about 200 attempted hacks a day against Today, an email can contain “malware” which can load anything from a their servers from around the globe. virus, bat file, or software on your computer. This can allow users from
Hunters Run Country Club MARCH/APRIL 2017 5 FEATURE HOME COOKING - AT HOME! “The only thing my wife can make is reservations.” old Henny Youngman joke With the great dining facilities here at Hunters Run, as well as so many restaurants throughout the local area, we can choose where we want to eat out every night of the week….even without reservations. Then, there are those members who sometimes like to cook for themselves---and for their friends and family. Not just casual cooking, but carefully prepared dishes based on proven recipes as well as training by well-known chefs and experts. Here are portraits of some of our Member-Cooks and, to whet your appetite, a sampling of their favorite recipes: COOKING FRIENDS: Three Gals and a Guy – The Ultimate Foodies By Judie Spinner
In France, cooking is a serious art form, practically a national sport. In Boynton Beach, cooking is a serious passion and a bridge to lasting friendship for Fran Lipset, Marsha Merdinger, Paula Sternberg and Steve Klein. These four love to cook. They love to entertain. They savor each other’s cooking and baking, their own dishes as well. They are good friends who enjoy each other’s company. They share recipes and cooking techniques. The cooks and their spouses appreciate each other’s culinary creativeness and know just when to “ooh” and “ahh.” Each of them hosts specific holidays. Brunch, lunch, dinner, cocktails, parties…they are all in the repertoire. The four will gladly contribute a luscious addition of their own to a friend’s feast.
(left to right) Marsha Merdinger, Paula Sternberg, Steve Klein, Fran Lipset
Marsha Merdinger’s forte is comfort food. And her circle of friends MARSHA’S COCONUT CUSTARD PIE all find comfort in what she calls basic down-home food. There’s This recipe is guaranteed to work! Marsha’s brisket, baked macaroni, chicken and matzoh ball soup, INGREDIENTS blintzes, lamb, stuffed pork chops and the list goes on. But the killer 4 eggs is her chocolate fudge cake iced with chocolate chips. OMG! She also ¼ cup margarine bakes a flourless chocolate cake, chocolate candies, lollipops, and 1 cup white sugar dips fruit in chocolate. But, interestingly, she says she is not a ½ cup flour PREPARATION chocolate person. Don’t worry, Marsha, there are plenty of us ½ cup baking powder Blend all ingredients at one time until mixed together. who are! ¼ teaspoon salt Place into a nine-inch pie pan. Bake in a 350 degree oven “I learned to cook because my mother couldn’t,” admits Marsha. 1 cup shredded coconut for one hour. When done, crust will be on the bottom, “I have a real love of cooking. You know, my cooking friends have 1 teaspoon vanilla custard in the middle and coconut on top. Everything become my extended family. And my husband, Ed, cleans when I 2 cups milk right where it belongs. Honest! cook.” How delicious is that! Check out Marsha’s recipe for coconut custard pie.
6 MARCH/APRIL 2017 Hunters Run Country Club HOME COOKING - AT HOME! Fran Lipset – “I had my first gourmet meal on my 30th birthday.” That extraordinary meal It’s agreed, Paula Sternberg has wonderful culinary genes, with propelled her interest in food and cooking into a lifetime passion. This sounds like the major Italian DNA. She grew up always helping out in the kitchen, renowned gourmet cook, Julia Child, who said, “I was 32 when I started cooking. and at 13 years of age, inherited a lot of the family’s cooking Up to then, I just ate.” responsibilities. So she learned and became an adept cook of Fran was mentored by a caterer friend and another friend, the manager of the Four Seasons Italian fare under the supervision of her mother. restaurant in New York City. Cooking became a vital part of her life. Working with them, she Paula expanded her cooking prowess to Southern cooking. As a experimented, shared recipes and learned. Membership in The James Beard Foundation married woman living in Georgia, she learned from her landlady. enlarged and enriched her dining experience and knowledge of food. She considers fine dining Two years of living in Germany taught her to master German a pleasurable pastime, but still loves home cooking. dishes. Attending cooking school in the outskirts of Florence, Italy, Fran puts her whole being into cooking. She says she’s focused, yet completely relaxed. She really ignited her food passion and sealed her fate. loves when her friends enjoy her food especially, on Thanksgiving, and feels lucky to have this Sharing dishes with friends, especially her own favorite, Osso circle of friends to share her food and passion. They especially love her spicy sausage-stuffed Buco, is one of Paula’s special joys. Osso Buco is a Milanese mushrooms. And they adore her signature cheesecake. Your friends will too, as she generously specialty made of braised veal shanks, white wine, vegetables shares the recipe with us. and broth. Early on, Paula was advised to marry Julius Sternberg and was told FRAN’S CHEESECAKE he would be a pleasure to feed. And so she did. And so he is. This makes a fabulous sugar-free dessert Beat cream cheese with 1 cup sugar. Asked what is Julius’ favorite dish, Paula answers quickly, by substituting Splenda for the sugar. Separately, beat eggs with 5 tablespoons sour “Everything! Julius used to enjoy cooking Chinese food. But we’ve Crumble sugar-free cookies in food cream and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add to cream settled into my cooking. I enjoy baking, especially baking pignoli processor and substitute for graham cheese mixture and beat for 15 minutes. This cookies. My friends all rave about the interesting blend of almond crackers crumbs. This is also a favorite step is very important to insure a smooth and paste with pine nuts.” Paula’s pignoli cookie recipe is shared with at Passover (see alternate Passover silky texture. Hunters Run. bottom). Even people who don’t usually Wrap bottom of a spring form pan with PIGNOLI COOKIES like cheesecake, love this one. aluminum foil. Pour batter into Delicious and very easy to make! INGREDIENTS spring form pan and place in a INGREDIENTS 1 stick unsalted roasting pan. Put pan in oven 1lb. Almond Paste butter (melted) and pour boiling water into the 1 ½ cup sugar ½ box graham roasting pan making sure not 3 large egg whites crackers crumbs to get any water into the About 2 cups pine nuts 3 - 8 oz. pkgs. cream cheesecake. Bake for 30 cheese (room temperature) minutes. Turn off oven and let cake sit for 30 PREPARATION 1 ½ c. sugar minutes in an unlit oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 cookie sheets with 4 eggs Remove cake from oven and preheat oven parchment paper. Crumble the almond paste in a food processor or 1 pint sour cream to 450F. mixer until you have fine crumbs. Beat in the sugar until it is fully 2 tsps. vanilla incorporated, (approx. 2 min.) Beat in egg whites, one at a time, Mix remainder of sour cream with 1/2 cup 3 ** alternative Passover bottom until the dough is smooth, (approx. 2-3 min.) sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Pour on top of ⅓ c. brown sugar 3/4 c. cake meal Spread the pine nuts on a plate. Using a tablespoon, form the 1 c . ground nuts ½ stick butter cheesecake and bake for 5 minutes. dough into balls. Roll each ball in the pine nuts and transfer to the Cool and place in refrigerator overnight. PREPARATION cookie sheet. Continue until all dough is used. Press the balls Preheat oven to 350F. Mix graham Top with fresh berries or canned fruit filling. down gently with the palm of your hand. Fresh berries can be glazed: heat fruit jelly in cracker crumbs with the melted butter. Bake about 20 minutes. The cookies should be lightly browned the microwave for 15 seconds, press through a Press into bottom of spring form pan that and soft. has been sprayed with cooking spray to sieve and let cool a little. Brush over Depending on the size of the balls, you should get 3 to 4 make it easier to remove cake for strawberries or toss with blueberries for a dozen cookies. serving. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove fresh and pretty topping. from oven and set aside to cool. Hunters Run Country Club MARCH/APRIL 2017 7 Steve Klein’s paella is touted by his friends as the Steve takes into account dietary issues, watches the PREPARATION ultimate in Boynton Beach and beyond. It’s a Food Channel and tries new recipes. Now, after Heat oven to 350 degrees with rack in the middle. Cut quintessential Spanish dish created and perfected years of cooking, he doesn’t have to follow a recipe. each rack into 2 rib racks, pat dry, and rub meat all over in Valencia. Spiked usually with chicken, chorizo “The greatest feeling is to make something good to with salt & pepper. Heat 1 or 2 tbs of oil in heavy skillet sausage, shrimp and other seafood, the addition of eat. I enjoy eating,” he adds. Steve and Fran Lipset over medium-high heat. Brown on all sides, (in 2 rice and saffron seasoning makes a delicious dish. have recently joined together for a joint dinner. Now batches if necessary) about 7-10 minutes each batch. When he was 35 years old, Steve, his wife Evelyn that’s food and friend collaboration. Check out Transfer to roasting pan and rub each rack with 1 ½ tbs and five couples dined together in the local Steve’s recipe for roasted rack of lamb with black of jam. Roast until meat thermometer registers 120 Manhasset, Long Island area a few evenings a currant jam. Yummy! degees, (about 25 minutes.) Meanwhile, melt butter in week. It all started with appetizers. Steve made ROASTED RACK OF LAMB W/BLACK large skillet over medium-low heat. Add carrots, snow them and then made them better. He enjoyed doing CURRANT JAM peas, green peas and pinch of salt & pepper. Cook the preparation and cooking. He began to read INGREDIENTS about 10 minutes, until carrots are crisp-tender. cookbooks. He became hooked. Remove and let stand covered. 2 (8-rib) racks of lamb @ room temperature On vacation in Spain, he experienced paella. It was Remove racks and let stand; cover with ⅓ cup plus 3 tbs. olive oil love at first taste. He purchased cookbooks with foil about 10 minutes. Temperature ½ cup plus 2 tbs. black currant jam (or raspberry paella recipes, learned how to make it and then jam if you prefer) should rise to 125-130 degrees for creatively varied the recipes. Next he learned more 2 tbs. unsalted butter medium rare. about Spanish cuisine, progressing to Mexican, 6 small carrots peeled and cut lengthwise In food processor, blend remaining jam, Italian and Chinese dishes. He is the designated 1 ½ cups snow peas ⅓ cup olive oil, and lemon juice. cook in the family. 1 cup green peas Place vegetables on large platter, pour 2 tbs. lemon juice sauce over them. Arrange racks on top and serve.
BOBOTIE - A REMINDER OF HOME By Judie Spinner
“Food is a link to background and memories,” served a Libby Hillman dinner. We also made it a reflectsAnn Forman. “For over 50 years I have lived point to introduce our children to a variety of foods in the U.S. Yet, I sometimes long for connections to from different cultures and countries. the home where I grew up--Capetown, South Africa. “My husband and I have been at Hunters Run for five So I make a delicious, savory bobotie and it feels and years and love being here. We also live in East smells like home.” Hampton, New York, and are hoping to extend our Designated the national dish of South Africa, bobotie six-month stay in Florida to longer periods. stems from early Dutch and Cape Malay settlers with “If any one wishes to make bobotie, you can pick up its mixture of historical and cultural influences. Mrs. Ball’s Chutney, imported from South Africa, PREPARATION Originally created to use up leftovers, it’s a sweet and right here at Publix. And don’t be surprised if the mildly spicy curried meat casserole, covered with a names ‘bobotie’ and ‘Mrs. Balls Chutney’ elicit a few Dice onions and sauté in oil until translucent, not browned. custard made from beaten eggs and milk, served chuckles from your pre-adolescent grandkids!” Add spices….curry powder, ginger, turmeric and cumin over rice and accompanied with an assortment of and mix with onions over a low flame until it creates a BOBOTIE (Serves 6-8) relishes to surprise and delight your palate. These paste. Saute meat only until cooked through and no longer can include a variety of sweet or spicy chutneys, INGREDIENTS pink and add to onion mixture. chopped tomato and onions, bananas, chopped 3 pounds chopmeat Soak bread in milk, squeeze out extra milk and add the peanuts and desiccated coconut—to name just a 2 large Vidalia onions soaked bread to meat and onions. few. When Ann and Jerry’s children and Vegetable oil Add apricot jam, chutney, salt and pepper and mix grandchildren come to visit, bobotie is always top of 3 eggs everything together. Put mixture into glass Pyrex the list of their requests. 2 Tablespoons apricot jam baking dish. Ann was a married woman, living in Great Neck, New 2 teaspoons curry powder Beat eggs thoroughly and pour over meat mixture. York, when she took cooking lessons. Her teacher, ½ teaspoon ground cumin Cook in 350-degree preheated oven for 45 minutes until Libby Hillman, was an inspiration. “A whole world ½ teaspoon ground ginger custard mixture on top is light brown and firmly set. Serve opened up to me. The recipes were simple and easy ½ teaspoon turmeric over white rice or yellow saffron rice together with to prepare. I learned cooking techniques, and Fruit chutney to taste assorted relishes such as cut up bananas, Mrs. Balls experimented. Decades later, my husband still Salt and pepper Chutney, chopped tomatoes and onions, diced cucumbers reminisces fondly about the days when he would be 3 slices of white bread with crusts off 8 ounces whole milk in yogurt, peanuts or desiccated coconut.
8 MARCH/APRIL 2017 Hunters Run Country Club THE SMOKER LOVE PASSED THROUGH RECIPES By Marilyn Ross By Judie Spinner Sandy Mendelsohn has JUDY POPE is a fabulous baker and cook. I can attest to that. been smoking chickens “Baking is a language of its own. I think when you enjoy it, it’s a gift,” muses Judy. “Baking and cooking and meat in an outdoor is a tradition in my family. My three sisters, Sheilah, Debi and Bonnie, we Bernstein girls, are all good natural smoker for forty cooks. Perhaps it’s in homage to our mom, Emily. She was a beautiful woman and a beautiful cook. years. “I grew up in Chicago and I watched mom create fabulous meals from scratch. I really learned to cook Smoking was the first when I was married and when my mom shared recipes with me. It was a togetherness of love. And I way to cook food. became the custodian of Mom’s recipes. Nothing fancy is required. Why does one use a smoker? “Black Bottom Cupcakes are one of my most delicious and favorite things to bake. I’m happy to share According to Men’s Journal, it’s the ultimate the recipe with Hunters Run bakers.” way to cook. Smoking meat is healthier, for BLACK BOTTOM CUPS one, but is also the most reliable way to 1. Combine in mixing bowl 2. Sift together in another mixing bowl transform beef, pork, poultry or seafood into 1 cup (8 oz) cream cheese with 1 ½ cups sifted Pilsbury’s Best All a tender flavorful dish. Cooking at low 1 unbeaten egg Purpose Flour* temperatures takes longer, but it’s way more ⅓ cup sugar 1 cup sugar 1 cup water hands-off than pan frying or regular grilling. 1/8 teaspoon Diamond Crystal Salt ¼ cup cocoa 1 cup cooking oil Smoking is not something you can rush. It 1 cup (6 oz. package) Nestle’s Semi Sweet 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 tablespoon vinegar involves both charcoal and the right wood Chocolate Morsels ½ teaspoon Diamond Crystal Salt 1 teaspoon vanilla (cherry, oak, or mesquite.) The wood 3. Beat until well combined determines the flavor: fish requires a fruit Line mini muffin cup tins with paper baking cups, one third full with chocolate batter. Top each one with heaping teaspoonful wood like cherry; meat and chicken require cream cheese mixture. mesquite. Sprinkle with sugar and chopped blanched almonds,(optional) If you’ve ever enjoyed beef brisket, smoked *For use with Pilsbury Self-Rising Flour, decrease soda to ¼ teaspoon and omit salt. Decrease water to ¾ cup. low and slow, you know the benefits that come from placing beef into a smoker. 4. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes Brisket usually takes 12 hours; corn beef to pastrami, 12 to 15 hours. Sandy is President of The Woods, President “Food is a uniquely powerful tool to bring friends and family together.” of The Council of Presidents, and a past By Ann Forman Board Member of Hunters Run and CMO. He Manouch Darvish is the quintessential Renaissance man. Cultured, well-read, knowledgeable about a enjoys kayaking, biking, spinning, and golf. A myriad of subjects, we can certainly add “foodie” to this impressive repertoire. dentist who retired in 2005, Sandy and his wife, Kris, are from Rockaway, New York, But it wasn’t always like that. As a child growing up in Teheran - the first generation in his family out of the ghetto--delicious well-prepared food was something he took for granted, neither caring nor interested and have lived here since 1981. They believe in ingredients or recipes. All that changed, however, when he was a student at Tufts Dental School in in eating healthy and try to eat home four Massachusetts, sharing an apartment with three roommates. He took it upon himself to start preparing times a week. He always enjoyed cooking meals for himself and his friends and realized how comfortable he felt with a knife in one hand and a and credits his parents for this--especially whisk in the other. The food, primarily American fare, was delicious and the tiny seeds of a new passion outdoor cooking, a specialty of his parents. started to sprout. He uses the cooker at least once a month. Fast forward to the time when his mother was living with him and his young sons. This was the perfect His favorite chef is Paul Prudhomme, who opportunity to learn authentic Persian/Jewish recipes from a master, and he asked his mother to teach specializes in Creole and Cajun cuisine. Kris him. “I stood next to her and took notes and then I created my own recipes. Now everything is in my head—the way is also a fantastic cook and Sandy gives her things should look, taste, smell or feel.” His wife, Karolyn, also learned from her mother-in-law, and the two of them love credit for being a phenomenal baker. They nothing more than to cook together. enjoy having dinner guests. One of Manouch’s favorite cookbooks is Persian Food for the non-Persian Bride, an enticing collection of easy and Favorite outdoor smoker recipes include delicious recipes, written by a South American girl married to a Persian Jewish boy in Boston! When Manouch talks chicken saltimbocca and tri tip steak. Sandy about the foods of his native land, he evokes the hues and scents of exotic cuisine. Savory beef or lamb stews, laughs as he adds another favorite - his fatty swimming in a rich tomato-based gravy with eggplant and okra; the distinctly Persian fragrance of limoo, a citrusy recipe. This is Jimmy Dean sausage stuffed lime-like fruit which is dried, pulverized and added to rice and meats; the precious threads of red saffron that, ounce for with jalapenos, onions, cheeses, wrapped ounce, is the most expensive spice available. with12 strips of bacon, and then smoked for Talk about food to Manouch Darvish and you immediately sense that here is someone who values it not only for its purely a few hours. If you like breakfast sausage, it nutritional properties, but for the memories it evokes. Manouch and Karolyn will cook three or four times a week. “Since is THE BEST - but don’t check your I’ve retired, I have more time to devote to cooking,” says Manouch. “I enjoy experimenting, trying more complicated cholesterol for months! Sandy feels that a recipes. And when our kids come to visit, all they ask for is Persian food. That makes me really happy! Food is a uniquely good cook will tell you that the foods we powerful tool to bring friends and family together!” really like are either illegal, fattening or We’ll bet that your friends have never tasted Koo-Koo Sahbzi before! Wow them with this delicious vegetarian appetizer immoral. or side dish from Manouch. See page 10 for recipe.
Hunters Run Country Club MARCH/APRIL 2017 9 Recipe by Manouch CHEF ROBBIO Darvish (see page 9) By Marilyn Ross Our own Chef Rob Haber, born in Manhattan, began his Koo-Koo Sahbzi cooking career when he was 13 years old. He underwent INGREDIENTS open heart surgery and needed to gain weight. He only 1 bunch parsley salt and pepper to taste weighed 78 pounds and hated food. His mother was not a 1 bunch scallions ½ teaspoon turmeric very good cook so Rob decided he needed to take matters ½ package spinach 1 teaspoon flour into his own hand. He then began to realize that he really 3 eggs olive flour loved food. He discovered Chef Boyardee Pizza Kits was a PREPARATION fun and easy way for him to make his own dinner. Each kit came with flour and sauce. All he needed to add was an egg to make the dough, and he topped it off with cheese and sauce. He went from 78 pounds to 178 Wash and cut up vegetables in half-inch size pieces. pounds. Today Rob is still trying to make the perfect pizza dough. Drain well. His college room-mate was Chinese whose parents owned restaurants in Hong Kong. They shopped and Mix eggs and blend with vegetables. Add salt, pepper, cooked together. Rob made him cheeseburgers, and he taught Rob how to make steamed pig’s tail. He turmeric and flour. learned to write his restaurant orders (like snails and crabs in black bean sauce) in Chinese and also to play Cook in shallow fry pan with olive oil. Cook on low heat for mahjong by the moon and stars. (no cards) 15 minutes on each side. You can flip the entire piece over using a plate on top of the frying pan. In 1975 while working at Macy’s recruiting for technology and buyer personnel, he managed to add the responsibility of recruiting chefs for their sixteen restaurants from the Culinary Institute of America and Serve pie-shape pieces as a side dish. Makes 6-8 servings. Cornell’s School of Hotel Management. In 1978 he became a single dad with custody of two young daughters, one and five years old. He hired a Puerto Rican nanny who taught him to make Arroz con Pollo, a recipe that he added to his repertoire and is often served at his dinner parties. In 2001 he lost his job due to the 9/11 tragedy and used cooking as a source of extra income. He moved to Hunters Run 1½ years ago. When not cooking, Rob likes biking, tennis, swimming, and golf. He cooks in volume, eats out once a week, and has friends over many nights. He and Debby Ziev love to entertain. When he met Debby two years ago, he wooed her on Valentine’s Day, their first date. Since she lived with a friend Chef Robbio’s Favorites who kept a kosher home, he brought in everything needed for his cooking – pots, pans, etc. along with his Favorite Chef is Lidia Matticchio who has a special salmon and herb de Provence vegetables. restaurant in New York and is an Italian-born Both of his daughters became fine cooks, and they often have “throw downs” of who made the same American celebrity chef, television host, author, dish better. and restaurateur, specializing in Italian and Italian-American cuisine. Favorite cookbooks are: A Treasure of Great Chef Robbio’s Favorite Recipes Recipes,1966 by Mary and Vincent Price, and Lidia’s Italy, 140 simple and delicious recipes from the ten places in Italy Lidia loves most, by Pickled Salmon by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Tanya Bastianich Manuali. Joyce Goldstein INGREDIENTS Favorite restaurant is the Breakers for Haber’s Handful of 2 lbs salmon – skinless, boneless cut Sunday Brunch. into one inch by 2 inch pieces6 bay leaves Creamed Spinach Favorite food to work with is Eggplant. 2 cups vinegar INGREDIENTS 2 tbsp pickling 1½ cups water spices 2 lbs frozen chopped spinach 6 tbsp sugar 2 white onions 2 cans Cream of Mushroom Soup Food stores he likes 2 tbsp kosher salt sliced ½ lb. Velveeta Cheese to shop at are: ½ lb. extra sharp cheddar DIRECTIONS The Boys for fruit, red and yellow peppers, DIRECTIONS Bring water, sugar, salt, vinegar to a boil. tomatoes and cukes. Mix ingredients. Add salt and pepper Let cool. Western Beef in Lake Worth, especially peeled Then mix in two handfuls of Corn Flakes Pour cooled liquid over the salmon with the garlic, chicken and meats pickling spices, onion and bay leaves. Sam’s Wholesale Club, especially for fresh Mix and let sit for 5 days. broccoli Publix Supermarkets
10 MARCH/APRIL 2017 Hunters Run Country Club THE ARTS GARAGE By Susan Braitman The ARTS Garage, in downtown Delray Beach, has become very popular with Hunters Run members. It is an intimate space for presenting jazz, blues, and folk music – vocal and instrumental. Take your pick from a diverse group of artists including Grammy-award-winning musicians, renowned jazz icons, celebrated Life international artists, as well as local emerging artists! Programs run throughout after the year. There are three venues for performances. The Stuart & Shelby Theater and the From moon-lit drummingDark to dance lessons, from art Bob & Linda Schmier Black Box Theater are often set up with round tables for 6-8 people. Patrons are encouraged to bring their own food and drinks (alcohol and culture to live music to suit every taste — there are allowed) and have their own “tailgate party.” And, according to the Arts Garage a lot of nightlife activities to choose from throughout our website, the Black Box Theater can also be set up for theater-style seating. The area. Here is just a sampling to get you up and out! curated Art Gallery holds 170 people or special events and private parties. You can become an Arts Garage Guild member, which entitles you to receive early notice of special events and promotions. The Guild helps raise funds for arts programming and initiatives, while acting as ambassadors in the community. On March 31st, Arts Garage Guild Presents Casino Royale. A donation fee of $100 per person ($125 after March 17) includes 5,000 gaming chips. http://artsgarage.org/theater/ 94 NE 2nd Ave - Pineapple Grove, Delray Beach, FL 33483 [email protected] Box Office Hours Tuesday—Saturday: 12:00 PM–6:00 PM 561-450-6357 Listen up! By Judie Spinner Dancing… and more for everyone What’s your favorite music to listen to? Rhythm By Toby Bernikow and blues, funky, soul, progressive jazz, rock and roll? A little taste of each including guitarists, fiddlers, harmonica players, and show Nightlife in and around the Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, West Palm Beach case bands, to name just a few, can be heard nightly in the Palm Beach area. and Boca Raton area is diverse. From movie theatres to live shows, we got There are clubs, bars, restaurants and even cruises and festivals, all enticing ‘em all! outlets for blues and music fans. If dancing is your preference, try the JCC in Boca Raton, located at 9801 The South Florida Blues Calendar on the internet is one place where you can Donna Klein Blvd, west of I95, off Glades (561-558-2520.) A fun evening of get in touch with local music happenings and attractions. Israeli Folk Dancing on Mondays, from 7:30 to 10:30 PM, for only $10.00, is for all levels. You can dance your hearts away, or in this case, your feet away. And if you’re looking for DJ Music, I’ve heard that The Pavillion Grille at 301 Off beat nights: a full moon, Yamato Road has dancing almost every evening. However, on Wednesdays a drum and you from 7:15-8 PM, there are dance lessons for just $5; then at 8:15 PM you can By Judie Spinner trip the light fantastic and enjoy a complimentary drink with light snacks. There is, however, a $15.00 cover charge. Drumming and dancing to the beat of drums under a moon-lit sky occur regularly right here in Delray Beach and Lake Worth. These popular drum The Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theatre in City Place offers live circles bring communities together as people of various ages and social entertainment. Prices range from $20-$50, depending on the talent groups drum, dance and sing. You’re all set if you show up with a drum, scheduled to appear on a specific evening. You can attend the show without shaker or other percussion instrument, and maybe your dancing feet. ordering dinner. The address and phone number is 550 S. Rosemary Avenue Bring something to sit on and a drink if you wish - no alcohol permitted. at City Place (561-833-1812.) These circles are inviting, happen every week, and are considered If art is what you’re looking for, the Norton Museum offers some of the finest to be healing - even magical. Check out the internet for more collections around. “Art After Dark” on Thursday evenings is free to all art information, location and dates. lovers. Not only are there exhibits, there’s music, film and docent-led tours. It’s located at1451 S. Olive Avenue in West Palm Beach. Check for upcoming Drum circles Delray Beach Thursday events at 561-832-5196. Keep in mind that the Museum is Drum circles near me undergoing a complete renovation and the Café is closed until further notice. Full moon Drum Circles, Lake Worth
Hunters Run Country Club MARCH/APRIL 2017 11 GOLF
NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF GOLF By John C. Oyler, Director of Golf
The weather during the holidays in December was outstanding and our rounds of golf were up over 700 in December from the previous year. The junior golf clinics on December 26th and 27th were a huge success with over 70 junior golfers on each day! We anticipate another large turnout for President’s Week with another round of Junior Clinics. Thank you again to all of our staff and member volunteers for a job well done! The Men’s Member Guest was a huge success with 229 participants who enjoyed a nine- hole practice round followed by a reception in the Lounge. Participants in the event enjoyed breakfast and a shopping spree in The Palms, where they selected from various gifts provided by Under Armour and Srixon Golf. The weather was spectacular that afternoon and the tournament round was played on both the South and East golf courses with cocktails, awards and dinner following the event. Congratulations to the Committee on an outstanding job organizing a very successful event. (Results listed below) The Ladies Member Guest on February 13th was a huge success, with 204 participants. Joan Kelly and Heidi Rubin (co-chairs) did an outstanding job along with the volunteers and entire staff. The golf event began with registration and breakfast, followed by a shotgun start on the East and South courses. An Awards Luncheon, including entertainment, followed in the Main Dining Room. Our Ladies’ Nine-Hole Member Guest will take place on Monday, March 13th and the Committee has an exciting day planned that will also include breakfast and a luncheon to follow. The Hunters Run Cup was the 2nd “major”of the year and was contested over two very windy days. The event featured two Ladies’ Divisions and two Men’s divisions and was played on the South and East golf courses. The Husband & Wife Championship is scheduled for Sunday, February 26th on the South Course. The 2017 Club Championship qualifying will begin on Friday, March 3rd and first round matches will begin on Saturday, March 4th. The semifinal matches and finals will be contested on March 11th and March 12th with the annual Toast To The Champions on March 12th at 4:00 PM in the Lounge.
MEN’S MEMBER GUEST RESULTS: Fight 1 Flight 2 1st Place Gross 1st Place Gross Harold Friedman, Larry Gersten, Bob Friedman, Peter Kolben, Stephen Nisenson, Billy Wrench Stuart Sackin, Stuart Copelovitch 1st Place Net 1st Place Net Irvin Paul, David Cohen, Ed Kline, Sonny Mccollough Peter Rubeo, Peter Rubeo III, Anthony Sarlo, Richard Abramo 2nd Place Net Jack, Schless, Barry Krell, Len Glantz, Jonathan Krell 2nd Place Net Neil Hudes, Paul Rumbos, 3rd Place Net Jeff Greinstein, Steve Hess Frederick Gerson, Mark Feinstein, Peter Susses, Joel Feldman 3rd Place Net 4th Place Net Jeff Gabel, Steven Goldstein, Gary Wolff, Andy Feinstein, Don Saferstein, Mitch Saferstein Stuart Sentner, Michael Laby
12 MARCH/APRIL 2017 Hunters Run Country Club HUNTERS RUN CUP RESULTS: LADIES MEMBER GUEST RESULTS Men’s Division Ladies’ Division South Course Low Gross Ellen Eckler, Lynda Wenger, Men’s Overall Gross Ladies’ Overall Gross Liz Litowitz, Susan Maldoff Jeff Rosenblum and Ron Goldman Barbara Heintz and Karen Rockliff South Couse Low Net Meryl Barrow, Susan Levy, Men’s Overall Net Ladies’ Overall Net Jane Goldstein, Marjie Wecksell Michael Weisman and John Vallely Robin Kaplan and Charlotte Balick East Course Low Gross Lissa Gandin, Ann Schotsky, Men’s Flight 1 Ladies’ Flight 1 Kathryn Pappacoda, Carol Glazer Low Gross Low Gross East Course Low Net Anita Berg, Sue Kolben, Randy Ruch and Barry Rockliff Lisa Ruch and Sue Kimball Janet Halpern, Rona Citron Low Net Low Net Mitchell Rubin and Charlie Rose Leslie Davret and Ellen Lukoff 2nd Net 2nd Net Peter Rubeo and Wayne Pistoia Sheila Nassberg and Nancy Klein Mixed Member Events 3rd Net 3rd Net The Sweetheart Scramble was a very fun day on Sunday, February Alan Rimer and John Heintz Arlene Lipka and Gale McNeill 12th and included 288 golfers! 4th Net 4th Net Snowbirds vs. Rounders Event will take place on Sunday, April 2nd. Eric Estes and Bruce Savid Kathleen Kampel and Jane Rubenstein Men’s Flight 2 Ladies’ Flight 2 Low Gross Low Gross Gerald Chafetz and Steve Rittersporn Susan Rappaport and Beverly Goldman PLAY FOR PINK Low Net Low Net Stephen Shapiro and Earle Halsband Saundra Newman and Gail Schoenbach Play For Pink is scheduled for 2nd Net 2nd Net Sunday, March 19th and will Jerry Goldstein and Ed Slawitsky Joanne Shapiro and Bobbie Eden include two courses in the morning with 240+ participants 3rd Net 3rd Net for the Golf Event. Gary Brown and Joel Israel Ellen Sedlik and Wendy Goldman 4th Net 4th Net Gil Davret and Peter Provda Linda Lustberg and Ellen Wohl
HUNTERS RUN CLASSIC TOURNAMENT
UPCOMING GOLF EVENTS FOR MARCH AND APRIL: March 3rd Club Championship Qualifying March 4th Club Championship Round 1 Matches March 5th Club Championship Rain Date March 6th WTD-9 Luncheon Men’s Overall Gross: (Score 141) Ladies Overall Gross: (Score 150) Richard Meltz, Jim Sperling Marva Ged, Tammie Harris March 7th WTD-18 President’s Cup Round 1 Michael Harris, Peter Brawer Gale McNeill, Sheila Nassberg March 11th Club Championship Semi-Final Matches March 12th Club Championship Finals & Toast To The Champions March 13th Ladies’ Nine-Hole Member Guest March 14th WTD-18 President’s Cup Rain Date March 19th Play For Pink March 28th WTD-18 Luncheon
Men’s Overall Net: (Score 109) Ladies Overall Net: (Score 115) April 2nd Rounders vs. Snowbirds Steve Bzura, Larry Brostoff Abby Ferrara, Joanne Sentner April 3rd Challenge Cup Lee Stocknoff, Jerry Dreskin Nancy Gabel, Meryl Barrow
Hunters Run Country Club MARCH/APRIL 2017 13 GOLF TENNIS THE WTD 9 HOLERS WTD-18 Kristen Mendelsohn, Deana Altman By Marsha Lane Merdinger The golfing season is evaporating before our “Success in this game depends less on very eyes week after week. The WTD 9 has been very fortunate to have so many loyal strength of body than strength of mind members return, as well as many new faces and character.” join our league. Arnold Palmer On January 9th we had our “Coffee and...,” I can’t believe how quickly the time is passing. which was an overwhelming success. The So far we have had a wonderful golfing season, tables were dressed in pink and white; the FROM THE COURT with great weather! How lucky can we get? breakfast buffet was elegantly arranged. By Dave Cordrey, Director of Tennis On January 31st, we sponsored AVDA (Aid to Our club outdid itself. Victims of Domestic Abuse) by donating health, We look forward to our Annual Luncheon on personal and beauty items. Thanks to all our March the 6th. The theme this year is Color TENNIS members for the huge amount of items donated. Me Purple, in honor of our gift this year-our Our January mixer was a lot of fun. We had a full A big thanks to Amy for her special consideration purple shirts. Please wear our shirts on turnout for the event. I want to thank Sue Weiner March the 6th. in seeing to that there were no golf course for all her help for the event. The next mixer is maintenance workers on the course during our The following week is our 9 Hole Member planned for April 15, 2017. There will be no pool or Member/Member tournament. Guest. The theme this year is Silver and Gold. private games that day. We are sure our teams will sparkle, so please IMPORTANT DATES save the date — March 13, 2017. If by chance Our league season is at full speed ahead; all the President’s Cup 2/28 and 3/7 you have not signed up and wish to play and teams are having a solid season so far. Play for Pink 3/19 bring a guest, please call: We are halfway through, so now it is crunch time. WTD18 Luncheon 3/28 Doris Margulies... 736-8252 Several of our teams moved up in divisions and are Lorraine Siedman... 364-7326 doing very well. REMINDER – Please try to keep pace with the Congratulations to our 2017 Mixed Doubles group ahead during tournament play. Invitations for your guests are in the Pro Shop. Champions. In the ‘A’ Division Diane Tryhane and It has come to our attention that some members, Our Member Guest is always an outstanding and even some long-term members are unfamiliar event. Steve Karlin defeated Anna and Paul Wilson . In the ‘B’ Division , Renee and Stu Brownstein with tournament rules. Please make every effort Ladies, please remember to post your scores! to learn the rules and etiquette of golf play. defeated Shari and Nate Sklar. Congratulations to Looking forward to more fun this season out on See you on the links! all the players. the course. Thank you to all the players participating in the Bethesda Cup and people donating to the WTD-18 MEMBER/MEMBER Bethesda Hospital Foundation. Four teams TOURNAMENT RESULTS: competed to have their names engraved on The 1st Flight Gross Bethesda Cup. The Proctologists, Gynecologists, MTD Urologists, and the Cardiologists. This year, the Marva Ged, Nancy Klein; We held our annual Luncheon on Jan 11th with team of Urologists won the event with 20 points. 134 members attending. As usual, Hunters Run Net The Gynecologists came in a close second with 19 1st Tammie Harris, Randy Caplan Banquet Department did an outstanding job!! MTD would like to thank Chef Armando, his entire points. Team Urologists-Rolf Hess, Steve Jacobs, 2nd Gale McNeill, Nicky Prell staff and the fantastic wait staff as well. MTD Ira Kahner, Steve Karlin, Joel Kornitsky, Steve members received fold-up umbrellas as gifts, Kreiner, Joan London, Pam Panzenbeck, Sheryl embossed with Hunters Run MTD in 2 colors. Schlau and Sharon Schulman. From every aspect, the result was a first-class The Golden Shoe will be played at Hunters Run event. this year. This is a grudge match between Hunters MTD has formed a new division. If 9 holes are not Run and Wycliffe. The event will be Saturday enough, and 18 holes too much, then why not try March 25th, 2017. We need to put our best team our new 12-hole division! So far, we have had 12 forward. We have been beaten the last three years new members join. We expect this division to in a row. Please sign up in the tennis shop if you are increase dramatically in the 2017-2018 season. available and the team will be selected from those Bruce Lynn who sign-up. Chairperson
14 MARCH/APRIL 2017 Hunters Run Country Club Mixed Doubles “A” Championship PICKLEBALL The Pickleball league is in full swing. We have four teams competing: the Blasters, the Raptors, the Strikers and the Dinkers. Just to let you Mixed Doubles “A” Championship know how popular it is, over 80 members signed up for this first was won by Diane intra-club league. They play every Wednesday afternoon, starting at Tryhane and Steve Karlin (on right), 3 PM. Come out and watch and support the players. A new season will beating defending champions Paul be starting in March, so keep an eye out for that sign-up. and Anna Wilson
Bethesda Tennis Day UPCOMING EVENTS:
March 5 Play For Pink Pickleball Tournament
March 10 Play For Pink Tennis Tournament
March 13-19 Hunters Run Doubles Championships
March 25 Golden Shoe
March 27 Tennis Closing Dinner Dance (Same Band as last Year)
April 3-8 Hunters Run Singles Championships Winning Team: Urologists-(left to right) Steve Kreiner, Joan London, April 15 End of Season Mixer Ira Kahner, Sharon Schulman, Steve Karlin, Sheryl Schlau, Rolf Hess, Joel Kornitksy (not pictured-Steve Jacobs, Pam Panzenbeck). STICKBALL Well, another successful season is in the books. The involvement, competition and enjoyment were better then ever. Many of the games were exciting and came down to the last inning. Our season-ending party was well attended and fun was had by all. Everyone had their own story about a great play they made or a clutch hit they got. So into the mothballs go the sticks and balls until next season. Looking forward to seeing you then. Phil Karas ([email protected]) or 516-652-9902 Mel Goodman ([email protected]) or 516-457-8845
Hunters Run Country Club MARCH/APRIL 2017 15 FITNESS I am Serious! By John Freeland, Director of Fitness
Can you believe what took place Sunday night, February 6th in Houston? The Super Bowl had one amazing feat after another, all throughout the game! I watched two catches where the same receiver, blanketed by the defender, snatched the ball out of the air and managed to keep his toes on the field to complete the pass, both for critical first downs to keep the drive going. The whole crowd yelled out “are you serious”?!!! That’s not to be overdone by a catch that bounced off two defenders’ legs and the receiver caught the ball literally one inch from touching the ground. The whole crowd bellowed “are you serious”?!!! And ultimately, a team prevailed against all odds, coming from 25 points behind to win in overtime…two feats never achieved before. Once again, the room echoed with the words “are you serious.” I was rubbing my eyes, flabbergasted at what I had just seen. It takes physical training to be successful and walk away with one’s head held high. In this case, I am not talking about elite athletes…I am talking about YOU! I don’t care if you spent the majority of your life without exercising; you can get amazing results and turn the tables for your health. I am serious when I say you can come from behind, even if you feel down and out, and walk away a winner. I literally have two clients, over the age of 94, who could outperform people half their age: I am serious! It’s a feat you wouldn’t believe unless you see it with your own eyes!!! Don’t wait for a critical point in your life to keep running the race. Google says almost 17 million employees don’t go to work the day after the Super Bowl. I made it into the gym that Monday despite lacking energy that day. What’s your excuse?
Why Paraffin? WELLNESS By Jane Shull, LMT A combination of factors working together is needed to truly relieve troubled aches and joint pain—a two-fold treatment for treating dry skin and cold aches in the bones. One of the best drug-free remedies is the soothing power of heated paraffin wax. When your elbows, hands or feet are coated in heated wax, blood circulates to your skin’s surface creating radiant, soft, elastic warm joints. It’s one of the most effective methods of delivering warmth to aching hands and elbows and feet. This is ideal for cracked skin on your hands and elbows and stiff fingers. Paraffin baths are ideal for: • Relaxing stiff muscles • Using prior to therapy • Soothing over-worked hands and feet • Helping to increase range of motion • Warming an aching body I offer paraffin treatments alone or with a massage treatment. Enjoy warm, radiant, soothing therapy for your hands and feet; relax in an atmosphere infused with scents for tired aching joints; slow down as you listen to nice music and use this time to just recharge. I look forward to seeing you.
16 MARCH/APRIL 2017 Hunters Run Country Club BRIDGE
BRIDGE COMMITTEE By Marilyn Ross Monday Night Duplicate Bridge and Saturday Duplicate Bridge are ongoing. THERAPIST Our beginner, strategy, brush-up, and intermediate classes taught by expert teachers were successful. Due to these classes, our Newplicate, and Supervised play headed by Renee SPOTLIGHT Blank, there are more new players at our bridge tables. Karen Mical, PTA We have three active women’s leagues and one men’s team league here at Hunters Run. They meet once or twice a month and play against other Palm Beach County teams. The members are: • Rita Kirschner, Captain; Diane Katz, Marilyn Ross, Pauline Pollack, Marilyn Goldberg, Carole Levey, Natalie Rosenstock, and Fran Allen • Marge Roberts and Ruth Chester, Captains; Phyllis Dubetsky, Ros Rosen, Mickey Bindelglass, Cynthia Silk, Phyllis Taxin • Sue Felsenheld, Captain; Sheila Robinson, Joan Ross, Ann Greenwald, Pauline Pollack, Rhoda Manheim, Betty Rosenfeld, Ruth Wirth, Bonnie Dublirer, Debby Ziev • Alan Zabronsky, Captain; Hank Fuld, Nat Fein, Bob Raitman, Buzz Friedland, Jack Gollin, Don Greenwald, Mike Miller, Steve Gilman, Bob Friedman, Harvey Skolnick, Bob Lurie Our annual Member Guest Duplicate Bridge Brunch was held Wednesday, January 25th. The delicious brunch was attended by 160 players, followed by our duplicate bridge event where orchids were given to our top winners in each group. The entire event received rave reviews by members and guests. The top winners were: This is Karen’s first season with On-Site SECTION A Physical Therapy at Hunters Run. She is a 1ST Place N/S Barbara Landa – Carol Rostin licensed Physical Therapist Assistant, E/W Jane Pressman - Gail Weinstein attaining her degree from the University of 2nd Place N/S Carolyn Bzura - Anita Garbar Cincinnati and graduating with honors. E/W Marcia Turetsky - Ann Rehs The majority of her career has consisted of SECTION B outpatient orthopedics, where she has 1ST Place N/S Phyllis Taxin - Ruth Salloway been able to utilize her certifications in E/W Kara Beck - Marcia Teitelbaum aquatic therapy and personal training. She 2nd Place N/S Helene Siegel - Rose Levenson also continues to take educational courses E/W Rhoda Manheim - Rhoda Klayman in balance and gait training that directly SECTION C apply to providing functional rehab and 1st Place N/S Cynthia Silk - Suzanne Cohen education in a clinical setting. E/W Beth Morgan - Zeff Karen is eager to assist you with returning 2nd Place N/S Mickey Bindelglass - Dorothy Novis to your prior level of activity since recent E/W Frances Allen - Marcia Bragin injury or surgery. Come say hello to Karen 70% or Better Game at the On-Site Physical Therapy clinic Congrats to: located in the Fitness Center or call today Marilyn Ross – Beth Morgan Lenore Strauss - Corrine Steinbach to set up your appointment at Phyllis Taxin (561) 735-8559. Medicare and most major We list our members when they attain a new master level or when they earn a 70% game or insurance accepted as full or partial better. Please notify me at 375-8949 when that occurs. payment with a prescription from See Ya at the Bridge Table. your doctor. Hunters Run Country Club MARCH/APRIL 2017 17 MEMBER SPOTLIGHT Frieda Ignatoff for his work by then Hapsburg Emperor, Franz Joseph. He came to the United States with his much younger wife, Rose, to complete a A Rare Breed commission from the Andrew By Ann Forman Mellon family of Pittsburgh. Then, as now, Palm Beach was Among the snowbirds, snowflakes and a winter retreat for the rounders here at Hunters Run who hail uber-wealthy, and Kaufer primarily from somewhere else, resides a decided to move there from rare breed indeed. Frieda Kaufer Ignatoff Pittsburgh, recognizing that is a woman who has her roots firmly its well-heeled entrenched in the Sunshine State. For the demographic was the the local purveyors, eager to support this enterprising last seventeen years, she has called Hunters perfect environment in young woman, would supply her with the goods she Run home, and through her rich trove of which to establish his reputation needed for her café on reasonable terms. stories, photos and reminiscences, she in this country. Painting his exquisite likenesses brings to life a Florida that few of us have After Edward Kaufer’s death, Via Kaufer changed primarily on ivory, it was not long before his roster experienced. hands several times until it finally became Via Di of clients included John D. Rockefeller, Theodore Mario. Rose continued living in her home there and PALM BEACH. The very name conjures up Roosevelt, John Jacob Astor, John Drexel, met Edwards, Frieda’s stepfather. One day— images of the rich and famous…splendid oceanside Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jay Whitney, William a fateful day that would point her in a new professional mansions, a rarefied lifestyle where impeccably Howard Taft and Enrico Caruso. Among her direction - Rose was sitting in her window sewing groomed socialites host charity events, gleaming treasured mementos, Frieda produces a copy of a something for Frieda. A woman saw her and yachts and a street that epitomizes that world better check for $565 from Rockefeller himself, a sum approached, asking if she could make her something than any other…Worth Avenue! equivalent to more than $7,000 in today’s for that evening. The woman happened to be Palm But it wasn’t always like that. Just ask Frieda. currency. Beach’s famous socialite, Barton Gubelmann, who “I was born on Worth Avenue…right there,” she VIA KAUFER. provided just the entrée Rose needed to Palm Beach’s says, pointing to a photo of a whitewashed This was the era of Flagler and Mizner where Palm moneyed and fashion-conscious ladies. Thus Rose balustrade over a ritzy Worth Avenue boutique. Beach figured prominently in their vision. Kaufer Edwards Boutique was born; Rose Kennedy, a loyal “When my was impressed by Mizner’s Everglades Club, and client, could often be seen sitting chatting and having parents moved his European sensibility responded to the famed coffee with Rose after their dressmaking sessions. to Palm Beach, architect’s beautiful Venetian vias that were his KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES Worth Avenue trademark After talking to Mizner, he bought When Frieda took over the business, she maintained was little more some property right near Mizner’s. Naming it Via the personal and intimate quality of the boutique that than a dirt Kaufer, he built his home and his studio there. had made it so special. Satisfied customers would boast road. There Today, there are nine stores on that very same that even if they couldn’t find what they wanted in the were only property, leased by Frieda to a variety of tenants store, Frieda would design something just for them. five stores including a jeweler, an outdoor café and a “But I realized that it’s important to keep up with the and a big dressmaker. times,” said Frieda. “So I went more into retail, adding a pier With a fifty-year age difference, it was not long ready-to-wear component to the custom specialty where before Rose became a young widow. As a child designs. I made Rose Edwards more of a business. And my growing up in Austria, she had been well schooled it was very successful for more than 30 years.” brother in the domestic arts…cooking and sewing. A few Henry and I used to go It’s easy to understand why Rose Edwards Boutique restaurants had sprung up on Via Kaufer and, with fishing. We would play on our favorite tree swing thrived under Frieda’s control. She certainly looks the two small children to support--Frieda and her that hung from a giant banyan. It was a quiet life,” part, elegantly dressed and beautifully groomed, yet brother, Henry--Rose was quick to grasp an she muses. with a down-to-earth quality that makes one feel opportunity. She opened the Viennese Café which immediately at ease. Her gracious home in The Isles Frieda’s father, Edward Elias Kaufer, had been a soon became a popular gathering place. Many of has a distinctly European feel…of course there are world-renowned miniaturist in Austria, recognized
18 MARCH/APRIL 2017 Hunters Run Country Club some of her father’s miniatures on the walls… and And then there’s Teddy, the senior citizen of sixteen-year-old grandson and a wonderful one’s eye is drawn to the gorgeous view of her private Frieda’s home, an aging shi-tzu who spends daughter-in-law. My daughter is a physical therapist pool surrounded by lush foliage. much of his day reclining on Frieda’s bed. and lives on Atlantic Avenue. Obviously the golf Arriving at Frieda’s home, it’s immediately apparent Walking over to Sweetie for the avian version of a courses were a major attraction. I have amazing friends, that she does not live alone. The ringing of her cuddle, Frieda encourages him to talk. “I wish he I play bridge every day, and the man in my life, Carl doorbell prompts the scamper of little feet would say something,” she says wistfully. “You Thier, lives close enough to come and walk Sammy accompanied by a barrage of excited barking. It’s should hear what he says to me every time I leave every day!” Sammy, her adorable year-old Morkie, who vies for the house.” Our conversation over, Frieda shows me to the front attention with Sweetie, a talkative African grey “I love Hunters Run,” Frieda says as she gazes out door. We say our good-byes. “Wait, I’ll walk out with parrot who flits around muttering in his cage in the at a view of her beautiful pool. “We moved here you,” she says and as we leave, from the cage in the living room. Scarcely mindful of her beautiful originally to be closer to my children…my son corner, loud and clear as a bell, come the words, clothes, she’ll scoop up Sammy for a little love fest. and his family are in Boca…I have a “Bye-bye Mommy. Be a good girl!”
DID YOU KNOW? AN ASSIGNMENT 65 Tennis, Golf and Music Legends Lived Here Years Ago! YEARS IN THE MAKING By Shy Kramer By Shy Kramer Hunters Run has had its share of famous people residing here – but none more fascinating than the IF YOU BELIEVE IN THE MYTH ABOUT THE “SIX illustrious Bobby Riggs who died in 1995. DEGREES OF SEPARATION,” READ THIS STORY. You may remember Riggs as the audacious tennis player who was the #1 United States National When our Hunters Run Magazine editor, Stan Walker, Champion in 1939. But you’ll certainly remember what happened in 1973. That was the year that Riggs sent me an email to contact Harvey Shaprow about a challenged Billie Jean King to a $100,000 winner-take-all match witnessed by 30,000 fans and 90 million Bobby Riggs story, I was curious. Curious – not about on TV in the “Battle of the Sexes.” Riggs lost to the 29-year-old King, and there was no rematch. Riggs, that name I recognized – but there was When Bobby lived at Hunters Run in the early 1980’s, his competitive character came to the fore once something about “Harvey Shaprow” that intrigued me. again as he baited Harvey Shaprow, a leading golfer here, to a golf match. Shaprow was not overwhelmed I couldn’t wait to call Mr. Shaprow and I announced my by Bobby’s notoriety and took Riggs for $400. intention of establishing an interview time. Then I said: “Mr Shaprow, did you once live in Flint, Michigan?” Riggs was so flabbergasted at losing to an amateur that he insisted they have a tennis match (his After he answered in the affirmative, my next question specialty) so he would win back his money. He was so confident he could win in any tennis match with a was, “Did you attend Michigan State University?” mere amateur—and a golf player no less—that he created special rules. Shaprow could serve with the “Yeah, I did!” score at 40 love, and hit in the doubles court, which meant he would win the match with just one point. I said, “Harvey, this is Shy Kramer calling. We were Harvey agreed and a tentative date was set. Meanwhile, Riggs bragged about his challenge to Wendy fraternity brothers and lived in the same house in Overton, our Hunters Run tennis pro at the time, who cautioned him that Harvey also was a pretty strong Michigan, and I haven’t seen or heard from you in tennis player. When Riggs heard Overton’s admonition he pulled out, and the tennis match never took 65 years.” place. Needless to say I couldn’t wait to meet Harvey at his Harvey Shaprow also remembers that a well-known international golfer lived at Hunters Run many years home in Hampshire – and aside from the fact that we ago - the Swedish golfer, Sven Tumba. He had introduced the game of golf to Sweden and built the first both look somewhat older (wonder why?) it was a golf course in Russia. What’s more, Tumba was also a fabulous hockey and soccer player—a very joyous occasion. charismatic character. When Jack Nicklaus was asked to name the greatest athlete he ever saw, without hesitation he named Sven Tumba. In 1981, Harvey was renting at Boca West. When his family came to visit, they decided to check out Hunters Another acclaimed celebrity who lived here was “Red Rodney” who died in 1994. Rodney played the Run, which was under construction, and were so trumpet with stars such as Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, performed with drummer impressed, they decided to purchase a place here. The Gene Krupa and composer Claude Thornhill, and made many recordings. In 1990 Rodney was inducted in rest is history – and Harvey went on to win five Hunters the “Down Beat” Hall of Fame. Run Golf Club Championships. And $400 from Bobby I’m certain these famous folks came to Hunters Run because of our beauty and friendly, welcoming Riggs! environment. You can be proud of our community. Its reputation is well deserved! (More “Six Degrees of Separation” stories will appear in our next issue)
Hunters Run Country Club MARCH/APRIL 2017 19 FEATURE Whimsical, Wonderful & Unique Sculptures and Eye-catching works set the scene on our golf courses, on our front and back lawns and throughout the community. See front and back covers.
20 MARCH/APRIL 2017 Hunters Run Country Club Whimsical, Wonderful & Unique Sculptures and Eye-catching works set the scene on our golf courses, on our front and back lawns and throughout the community. See front and back covers. A PHOTO ESSAY BY CHUCK MILBER
Hunters Run Country Club MARCH/APRIL 2017 21 CARNIVAL
KIDS PAINTING
22 MARCH/APRIL 2017 Hunters Run Country Club KIDS GOLF CLINIC
POOL PARTY
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SETTING THE SCENE Our Outdoor Canvas Photo Essay presents the individual and unique works at the homes of our members. See Front cover and pages 20-21