Four Seasons at Mirage We Are the Official Publication of the Four Seasons at Mirage Homeowners Association

Four Seasons At Mirage We are the Official Publication of the Four Seasons at Mirage Homeowners Association

Volume 21, Number 7 September 2021

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US POSTAGE PAID POSTAGE US PRST STD PRST Your Resident Realtor John Franc Cell: 609-661-8118 Oﬃ ce: 609-597-1988 Email- [email protected] John Franc Web - JFranc.VanDykRealEstate.com Resident Realtor VanDykGroup.com ad-3142H 275 Route 72 East, Manahawkin • 500 Barnegat Blvd. N., Barnegat 2 Mirage Messenger September 2021 FULL PAGE MIRAGE Mirage Messenger From the Editors Four Seasons at Mirage Homeowners Association As we write this article, it is hot and humid!!! Labor Day marks the “unofficial” end of summer and is the most 1 Esplanade Drive well-known holiday in September. It is observed every year Barnegat, NJ 08005 on the first Monday in September and brings with it hope of Phone: 609-607-1500 Fax: 609-607-0628 a beautiful fall season. It is the start of the academic year in Newspaper Committee many countries of the northern hemisphere. September 11 Linda Kropf, Editor is Patriot Day, a day of solemn remembrance. Enjoy your Rosemary Cannatelli, Co-Editor first day of Autumn on 9/22. September is also known as Richard Cali, Judy Horowitz, Sandy Manuel the harvest month. And of course, Grandparent’s day is Nancy Nohilly, Jim Weiss celebrated this month. We hope you enjoy a Happy Labor Day, Rosh Hashana, Contributors Yom Kippur, Women’s Club Welcome Back Luncheon and Elaine Flynn, Sam Green, Jerry Haar Social Committee’s Martin & Lewis show. Carl Johnson, Dan McAlister Don’t forget to reach out to us with any questions or 2021 Board of Trustees new ideas you may have at [email protected] Arthur Sheiken, President ‘Til next month. Helen McGreevy, Vice President Linda, Rosemary Len Capuano, Treasurer And the Mirage Messenger Committee Janis Aldridge, Secretary John Cunningham, Trustee Nick Delligatti, Trustee Les Loysen, Trustee Open Board of Trustee Community Manager: Michelle Price Meeting Dates for 2021 Assistant Community Manager: Greg Kratz Lifestyle Director: Rebeca Mattiello JANUARY 12, 2021 1:00 p.m. Receptionists: Cheryl Scalone, Joanne Caltagirone, FEBRUARY 09, 2021 1:00 p.m. Christina Manna MARCH 09, 2021 1:00 p.m. Disclaimer APRIL 13, 2021 7:00 p.m. The Mirage Messenger is the official publication of the MAY 11, 2021 1:00 p.m. Four Seasons at Mirage Homeowners Association. Statements JUNE 08, 2021 7:00 p.m. and opinions expressed herein are those of the individual writ- JULY 13, 2021 1:00 p.m. ers only and do not represent the official opinions, statements or AUGUST 10, 2021 7:00 p.m. pronouncements of the Four Seasons at Mirage Homeowners SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 1:00 p.m. Association, the Board of Trustees or the Mirage Messenger OCTOBER 12, 2021 7:00 p.m. Newspaper Committee. NOVEMBER 09, 2021 1:00 p.m. The Newspaper Committee reserves all rights to edit, DECEMBER 14, 2021 7:00 p.m. condense or reject any submitted material. The Messenger Committee will not accept or print any article or advertisement deemed to be libelous, defamatory, misleading, inflammatory, not factual, offensive or held to be in bad taste. The Four Seasons at Mirage Homeowners Association, the Board of Trustees and the Mirage Messenger Committee will not be held responsible for paid advertiser misrepresentation nor do they endorse or recommend specific service providers, vendors or contractors. As in any publication, despite exhaustive proofreading, errors may occur. Hopefully, this is not a frequent occurrence. The Mirage Messenger is a publication of Senior Publish- ing Company (SPC), 1520 Washington Ave., Neptune, NJ 07753. Phone: 888-637-3200. September 2021 Mirage Messenger 3 Mirage Activities/Clubs and Committees Activity/Club/Group Coordinators Outside Instructors

African-American Cultural Group………...... Sandy Manuel (fee or fees paid to instructor/provider) Ceramics...... …………………………………...Liz Koenig Art Class...... John Lombardo Fitness Orientation/Massage…………………….....Lori Somers Bocce…………...... Bill & Judy Acquaire Ricki Makowitz Bobby Verros Activity Liaisons Ceramics – Management Book Club I (The Page Turners)………………….Ruth Flammia Chorus – Nick Delligatti Sally Robertson Jukebox – Janis Aldridge Book Club II (Novel Thinkers)…………………...Ann Cherella Lunchbox/Football Sunday – John Cunningham Book Club III (The Barnegat Bookies)……………..Joyce Vieiro Men’s, Women’s, Italian American Clubs – Arthur Sheiken Book Club V (Bookaneers)..… ………………….Debbie Sklar Mirage Players – John Cunningham Kathy Manka Bowling………………………………………..Bobby Verros Bridge…………………………………...Chrys Ann Farrerese Revised Instructions for Care Givers...... Rosalie Becce Bernie Faverzani submitting article/photos Chess………………………………………....Walter Griffin Friday Night Social…………………………...... Bobby Verros to the Messenger Golf…………………………………………....Ralph Ronga 1-Try to send all e-mail articles/photos as .doc or .jpg at- Guided Meditation Class………………………...Joanne Fiore tachments (Please avoid sending PDF format). If you Jeanne Harpster do not have a computer, printed articles and hard copy Ann Marie Santora of photos may be put in the newspaper file at the front Italian American Cultural Club...... ……………..George Morse desk. Hard copy articles must be typed, so be certain Jewish Cultural ……..…………...... ………...Grace C. Haar to submit well before deadline. Mah Jongg Lessons…………………………...Nancy Cavalier 2-The font on all computer-generated articles is “12 point Mirage Chorus……………………………...... Johanna Lee Times New Roman.” Mirage Players ……………………..…….....….Rose Holden 3-Do not leave spaces between your paragraphs. Indent Ricki Makowitz for all paragraphs. Mirage Men’s Club………………………...... Bruno Iamonte 4-Please use spell-check before sending all articles and Mirage Women’s Club...... Linda Kropf verify the spelling of any proper names used in the Modelers Group..…….....…………………...... Joe Ciaburri article. Nimble Fingers…………………….....…….....Eileen Eckstrom 5-Any source(s) used to get direct information for your Chrys Ann Ferrarese article such as the internet, reference books or other Pickle Ball...... Chet Klutkowski places must be named at the end of your article. Ping Pong ...... ……………………………….....Frank Kois 6-Resident name must accompany all submissions. Pool/Billiards…………………………………...... Ed Johnson 7-All e-mailed articles and digital photos should be sent Mike Pappas to: [email protected] Steve Berger 8- Due to space limitations, articles cannot exceed two John Girardi typed pages. 9- All submissions MUST be received by the THIRTIETH Poker...... …………………………Bobby Verros (30th) of the month (February 28th for the April is- Strength Training for Women…………………Joanna Schmidhauser sue; March 30th for the May issue, etc.). Submissions Susan Stinson received after deadline will not be published until the Tennis…………………………………...... Grace Gerhauser next issue. Theater & Arts…………………………………..Eileen Person SPECIAL NOTES – PHOTOGRAPHS: Lynda Rabens Regarding hard copy original photographs submitted Water Aerobics……………………………...... Betty Hall to the Mirage Messenger, due to publisher, office and time Water Volleyball…….. …………………...... Frank Kois constraints, we are unable to return original photos. If you Woodworking/Decoy Carving...………...... ….Roger Mazzotti cannot e-mail your picture, please make a photocopy of World Events Discussion ……..………...... ……Joann Ramer the original picture (Black and white is fine) and submit the copy for publication. 4 Mirage Messenger September 2021 ad-6963 September 2021 Mirage Messenger 5 Committee Chairs Board of Trustee Election and Liaisons November 4, 2021 AD-HOC Resolutions Submitted by CORE Chair: Marie Tansey Liaison: Helen McGreevy Voting is a method for a group to make a collective ARC decision or express an opinion usually following discus- Chair: William McGreevy sions, debates or election campaigns. Democracies elect Co-Chair: Tom Latimer holders of high office by voting. Liaison: Les Loysen This November 4th we get the chance to vote for members in good standing from our community who would Bingo like to be a Trustee for the Mirage Community. The term Chair: To be Announced of office for a Trustee spans two years and normally starts Liaison: To be Announced on the first day of January following the election. This Community Safety year we will be voting to fill four positions. The terms of Chair: Moira Flynn four existing members (Janis Aldridge. John Cunningham, Co-Chair: Bruno Iamonte Helen McGreevy and Arthur Sheiken) will be expiring on Liaison: Nick Delligatti December 31, 2021. C.O.R.E. In July, each household in the Mirage Community was Chair: Debbie Turner mailed a resume form to self-nominate or nominate another Co-Chair: Peter Strumolo Mirage Community member. These forms were due back Liaison: Helen McGreevy to management by August 26th. This past year, has seen many changes all in the name Finance of safety for our Mirage Community members. So too, is Chair: Jim Carmelich the Mirage Community changing some things about how Liaison: Len Capuano our community reviews, gets to know, and votes for their Judiciary Trustees. Chair: Larry Wolven Previously, resumes of nominated candidates would Co-Chair: Frank Grasso have been mailed to each household within the Mirage Liaison: Management Community. This year they will only be published in the Landscape October issue of the Mirage Messenger, which is mailed to Chair: Sharyn Dreeland each household and posted up on the Mirage website. You Co-Chair: Ken Nelson are able to request a hard (paper) copy from management. Liaison: Janis Aldridge Also previously, the Mirage Community was able Newspaper to see and hear these Trustee Candidates in the Mirage Chair/Editor: Linda Kropf Clubhouse on Candidates Night. For safety reasons this Co-Chair/Co-Editor: Rosemary Cannatelli year Candidates night will be accomplished via Zoom and Liaison: Art Sheiken posted to the Mirage website. Members of the Mirage Com- munity are still welcome to ask the candidates questions. Remembrance The Community will utilize two methods to get the ques- Chair: To Be Announced tions to the Candidates. One by placing their question(s) Liaison: John Cunningham in a box that will be placed in the Mirage Clubhouse and Road Committee the other by emailing your question(s) to our Community Chair: Louis Spinelli Manager, Michelle Price. As stated in our election proce- Liaison: Len Capuano dure, all questions must be submitted prior to the event, Social Committee so like in the past, no questions from the “floor “or Zoom Chair: Grace Haar audience are permitted, Liaison: Janis Aldridge All voting for this year’s election will be done by an absentee ballot. The ballots will be mailed to each Mirage Website Home. More information regarding this absentee ballot Chair: Morris Enyeart Liaison: Les Loysen process will be in a future Mirage Messenger. It will also be posted on the Mirage website and in emails to residents. Welcome Committee If you have a question or a few questions for the Trustee Chair: Carol Pisano Candidates, please start writing them now and send them Co-Chair: Karyn Morrison to Michelle or place them in the box in the clubhouse when Liaison: John Cunningham available. 6 Mirage Messenger September 2021 Uncertainty Is The Most Stressful Feeling Uncertainty Is The Most Stressful Feeling Uncertainty Is The Most Stressful Feeling Plan today for tomorrow by contacting Plan today for tomorrow by contacting Plan today for tomorrow by contacting SCOTT M. HANULA, ESQ. CERTIFIED ELDER LAW ATTORNEY LL.M. Masters Degree in Taxation SCOTT M. HANULA, ESQ. 639 Lacey Road, Forked River CERTIFIED ELDER LAW ATTORNEY (609) 242-4300 LL.M. Masters Degree in Taxation Two Locations More than 30 Years of Experience in 639 Lacey Road, Forked River, NJ 29 So. 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Clubhouse Dumpster: Personal use of the clubhouse contract only covers turn-ons/turn-offs and general main- dumpster is prohibited. tenance. The cost for repairing any damage caused by the ****** homeowner or any changes in a homeowner’s irrigation E-mail Address: If you wish to receive community system is the homeowner’s responsibility. All requests information by e-mail, please stop by the front desk and for repair or system changes must come through the front provide your e-mail address. desk. For those homeowners with individual irrigation ****** systems, homeowners are responsible for the exterior main- Entrance & Exit Gates: A replacement fee of $1,000 tenance of the lot and unit including appropriate watering will be charged to anyone breaking or damaging the entrance of all sod, trees and plants. Please maintain your irrigation or exit gates. system in the “ON” position throughout the watering season ****** in accordance with the Covenants and Restrictions. Estate Sales: Estate Sales are permitted on the premises ****** of Four Seasons at Mirage with prior approval by the Board KHOV Homeowners: The number for the KHOV of Trustees. Estate sale procedures and Request for an Estate Warranty office is 800-428-2516. Please direct all warranty Sale forms are available at the front desk. issues to this number. ****** ****** Front/Concierge Desk Hours: Landscape Contract: Our landscape contract with Monday: 9 AM-8:30 PM Down to Earth covers mowing, fertilizing and edging. All Tuesday: 9 AM-5 PM other services are the homeowner’s responsibility, including Wednesday: 9 AM-8:30 PM your street trees. Thursday: 9 AM-8:30 PM ****** Friday: 9 AM-5 PM Orientations: All new residents will be issued an Saturday: 10 AM-5 PM identification card (ID) and barcode after their orientation. Sunday: 10 AM-5 PM Please contact the front desk for an appointment. ****** ****** Trees: Any roadside/street trees removed without Pets: Please clean up after your pet! Township Ordi- prior approval will be subject to a $100 fine from the nance # 44-17 C2 -“Restraint of Dogs Outdoors” stipulates Association. “The feces removed from the aforementioned designated ****** area shall be disposed of by the person owning, harbor- Governing Documents: All governing documents are ing, keeping or in charge of any dog, cat or other animal.” available at the front desk and on the website. In addition, Ordinance #44-22 – “Leash Requirements” ****** stipulates “No person owning, keeping or harboring any Guardhouse: If you are expecting a delivery – food, dog shall suffer or permit it to be upon the public streets furniture, any type, please notify the Guard House in ad- or in any of the public places of the township of Barnegat vance. Please make sure your contractors have sufficient unless such dog is accompanied by a person over the age information and your correct name, address and phone of twelve (12) years and is securely confined and controlled number for the guard; otherwise they will be turned away. by an adequate leash not more than six (6) feet long. Even ****** if your pet is on your property, it must be on a leash. Handicap Parking: As you are aware, handicapped Pets are not permitted to run free. parking by the clubhouse is very limited. It is illegal to park ****** in the handicapped area without the proper placards or plates Selling Your Home: If you are selling your home, and you are not allowed to park within the striped lines be- please notify the management office. Upon sale of your tween spaces. For the safety of our residents, the Barnegat home, the Title Company or Attorney must request a closing Police will be patrolling all parking areas surrounding the payoff statement from Bridget Heale at Taylor Management clubhouse. Please make sure you are not in violation as Company, 973-267-9000. If a payoff statement is not re- you will be subject to being ticketed! Be courteous! Please quested, closing may be delayed. Also, we request ID badges leave the second handicapped space open for wheelchair be returned to the clubhouse front desk prior to closing. assisted vans only. If you are going on an extended trip or ****** bus trip for the day, please use the large parking lot and not Township Information: If you would like to know handicapped spaces closest to the clubhouse. Please SLOW about happenings in the township, please visit www.bar- DOWN in and around the clubhouse, especially at the exit! negat.net or call 609-698-0080. ****** ****** Irrigation Contract: The Down to Earth irrigation Trash: Please use only black garbage bags for your refuse. White bags will attract gulls which rip the bags 8 Mirage Messenger September 2021 SAVE UP * TO 10% on a complete Bath Fitter system

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ad - 328 Four Seasons At Mirage Homeowners Association, Inc. Administrative Resolution No. 3-2021

RELATING TO A SYSTEM OF FINES AND PENALTIES WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Board of Trustees (“Board”) of the Four Seasons at Mirage Homeowners Associa- tion, Inc. (“the Association”) to establish a system of fines and penalties; and WHEREAS, the Amended Bylaws, the Amended Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions, Association Resolutions and/or the Rules and Regulations of the Association (collectively “the Governing Documents”) empower the Board to: (a) make, approve and amend reasonable rules and regulations for the Association applicable to all property including Lots and Homes and (b) enforce, following adequate written notice, the provisions of the Governing Documents by imposing fines, liens, restrictions, and legal actions on the use of common properties. WHEREAS, the Governing Documents empower the Board to: (a) establish rules concerning Homeowner, Resident, Tenant, and Guest use of the Association’s amenities provided Homeowner priority is maintained and (b) suspend the rights of any Homeowner, Resident, Tenant, or Guest to enjoy the Common Properties and facilities for any period during which any fines/penalties are outstanding for an infraction of any rules or regulations duly adopted by theAssociation. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the following Resolution be adopted to set forth the following procedure for a system of fines and penalties: I. DUE PROCESS Homeowners are bound to adhere to any and all Association rules and regulations duly adopted by the Association, as outlined in the Governing Documents. Non-compliance with Association rules will be processed in accordance with the attached flow chart. A Homeowner may receive a notice by phone for routine non-continuing first-time violations reported to Management. A Homeowner may be given thirty (30) calendar days to correct a violation. A shorter notice to correct a condition affecting the health, safety or welfare of residents may be given to a Homeowner, Resident, Tenant or Guest. Prior to the Association undertaking any punitive or corrective action, a Homeowner shall be offered Alternative Dispute Resolution unless the violation concerns imminent harm to a person or property. The Association shall comply with its Due Process Resolution. An alleged violation that requires professional or outside contractor to correct the violation shall be granted an extension of original thirty (30) days upon receipt of written contract stating date violation will be corrected. Upon completion Management will be notified. In the event violation is not corrected, fine(s) will be imposed after due process requirements are met. A shorter notice of five (5) days will be issued to correct minimal/modest violation that does not require a professional or outside contractor. Upon completion Management will be notified. In the event violation is not corrected, fine(s) will be imposed after due process requirements are met. Prior to the Association undertaking any punitive or corrective action, a Homeowner shall be offered Alternative Dispute Resolution unless the violation concerns imminent harm to person(s) or propert(ies)y. The Association shall comply with its Due Process Resolution. II. VIOLATIONS/INFRACTIONS Violations/infractions of Association rules and regulations may subject the violator to fines no greater than $25 per day for each violation. If a violation has not been corrected after the maximum fine has been imposed on a Homeowner, the Association may do any or all of the following: • add a restriction; • suspend a Homeowner’s rights/privileges until a continuing violation is corrected; or • institute legal action and or file a lien on the property III. RECURRING VIOLATIONS Homeowners having recurring violations will be fined from day one of receipt of notice. Notice to the Homeowner regarding recurring violation(s) will be sent notification letter via registered mail, return receipt requested, and regular mail. IV. SUSPENSION Non-compliance with Association rules and regulations applicable to the Common Properties, by a Homeowner, resident, tenant, guest, or other person on the Property subject the violator to penalties which include, but are not limited to, suspensions of rights/privileges, and/or imposition of restrictions for a period of not greater than thirty (30) calendar days for a fist time violation. A written Non-compliance letter will be issued for an infraction of the rules. The maxi- 12 Mirage Messenger September 2021 mum amount of time an individual may have their rights/privileges suspended is sixty (60) calendar days for repeated violations, or until a continuing violation is corrected. A suspension to enjoy the Common Properties and facilities may be imposed on a Homeowner, inclusive of the resident, tenant, and/or guest. V. FINES The maximum amount a Homeowner may be fined for each violation is $1,000.00. The total amount a Homeowner may be fined for repeated violations is $5,000.00. Fines and penalties imposed by the Association for identical violations should be the same for all. VI. CONFLICT AND INVALIDITY A. The Board may determine to waive all or parts of the fines, penalties, liens and/or other restrictions provided the reasons for such waivers are documented. B. Notwithstanding any of the above, the Association may exercise all rights and remedies available to it in law, in equity and/or pursuant to the Governing Documents. Should any provisions hereof be determined to be invalid, the remaining provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect. C. This Resolution replaces Resolution No. 3-2018. Any provision contained within any previously adopted resolution of the Association, which conflicts with any provisions set forth herein, shall be deemed void and the provision contained herein shall govern.

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September 2021 Mirage Messenger 17 By Rebeca Mattiello

“A true community is not just about being geographi- grooving rhythm section! Having performed here at Mi- cally close to someone or part of the same social web rage, they are a confirmed favorite who knows not only how network. It’s about feeling connected and responsible for to keep the party going but how to get it started! Our elegant what happens. Humanity is our ultimate community and New Year’s Eve comes complete with sit down dinner and everyone plays a crucial role.” ~ Unknown champagne toast. If you have not attended, don’t miss the We’re about to let the good times Rock N Roll at our chance to ring in the New Year with your neighbors! BYO Spooktacular Fifties Dance! The Jukebox will be playing $92 per person. Sign up Saturday, September 25th. Check the favorites you love to twist and shout to. It goes without your email and mirageatbarnegat.com for more details. saying that sweet treats and maybe a few tricks are in store! Save The Date! We have a piano man who is ready Grab that poodle skirt, your favorite costume or come as to sing you a song on Saturday, November 13th. Doors youAluminum are. Let’s have some good Awnings old fashioned Halloween open at 7:00 pm, Show starts at 7:30 pm. Don’t miss this fun! Event date: October 30th. Cost is $13 pp. BYO. Sign FABULOUS musical tribute conceived and presented with up begins Saturday, September 2nd. a tremendous amount of detail by Long Island veteran The Social Committee is promising a fun filled night singer/piano player, David Clark. He continues to gain no- with a live show starring Robert Cabella as Dean Martin toriety with stunningly accurate piano playing, lead vocals, and Angelo Capone as Jerry Lewis on Thursday, Septem- and an eerily similar stage look to the Piano Man himself ber 23, 2021 at 7:00 pm in the ballroom. The duo has while engaging the audience with wit and humor. BYO. been entertaining audiences in New York, New Jersey and Refreshments Served. $29 pp Sign Up Begins Saturday,

Florida and are truly a dynamic team. “Dean and Jerry”ads-6821 October 2nd. will be performing comedy skits that will surely keep you Below are your Social Committee Events at a Glance. laughing and of course Dean will sing some of his most Save the Dates! popularHOLIDAY hits that CITY you will BERKELEY certainly remember. We are con- Mark Your Calendar So You Don’t Miss A Thing! fident that you will find the talent of this duo entertaining, enjoyable and amusing. Finally! Our greatly anticipated New Year’s Eve Bash featuring one of THE hottest bands, Total Soul, is going to happen! Total Soul is NYC, NJ and PA’s most exciting band! They perform with the flair of a well-rehearsed show band, complete with exciting lead singer, hot horns, and a We always have new things in the works so keep check- ing in the clubhouse and the NEW Mirage website, www. MirageAtBarnegat.com., for the latest clubhouse news. Your Social Committee meets at 9:30 AM every first and third Thursday of the month. Your ideas regarding community activities are welcome! Please feel free to email them to: [email protected]. Keep an eye on the Mirage Web Site and The Mirage Messenger for new events and trips that are in the works. PLEASE stop in or call the front desk with your email address. Important notifications will be emailed regarding activities, events and your community. ads-6821

18 Mirage Messenger September 2021 ALL OTHER PAPERS Caregivers Support FunDay Sunday Group Submitted by: Janis Aldridge Bernie Faverzani and Rosalie Becce A summertime favorite has returned; Lunchbox volunteers have come together and been instrumental in making Healthy Eating Made Simple Summer Sunday FUNdays happen! Thanks to Trustee John All Mirage residents are invited to attend a presenta- Cunningham, many volunteers and you, “Mirageans” are tion by Jennifer Klein, Registered Dietitian from ShopRite once again sitting down at table together, with family and Wakefern Food Corporation. Healthy eating is all about friends, in the clubhouse and on the veranda. Kudos to all balance in your eating habits. Come and learn how to make who made it happen! healthy choices, implement restricted diets, read labels, Hope you all stop in for Sunday Funday! plan meals and prevent food spoilage. There is no sign up, simply join us on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at 2PM, in the Ballroom.

Mirage Bereavement Group Facilitators: Mavis Stephenson, Jeanne Harpster, Diane Cohan

The Bereavement Group seeks to compassionately support those in our community who are experiencing grief and/or loss, and invites you to journey with others from the pain of grief and loss to a place of understanding and peace. • Learn what to expect when you are grieving a loss and what your rights are. • Grief is a reminder of love and you will discover how to make your grief a source of inspiration and healing for yourself and others. • “Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it (Emerson).” Gather the courage to be fully alive in your sadness while awakening to the wonder that you are. • Learn ways to celebrate your loved one and how to navigate the holidays and significant times in your lives. • Learn when to seek professional help. PLEASEGroup CALL meets TO the second and fourth Mondays of each PLEASE CALL TO SCHEDULEmonth beginning YOUR SeptemberFALL 13, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the SCHEDULE YOUR FALL TRIMMINGGreen Room & CLEAN of the Clubhouse.UPS Please sign-up at front TRIMMING & CLEAN UPS desk by September 8, 2021. wE SPECIALIZE IN PLANTINGS, wE SPECIALIZE IN PLANTINGS, CLEAN UPS, SLIT SEEDING, CLEAN UPS, SLIT SEEDING, STONE AND MULCH wORk. STONE AND MULCH wORk. CALL TO SCHEDULEFor Advertising YOUR Information CALL TO SCHEDULE YOUR Please Contact Senior Publications at 1-888-637-3200.

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Shortly after loyalty to the company and professional excellence were our Clubhouse re- rewarded with a handsome check based on the profit- opened, I decided sharing policy of the company, “The check helped us buy to walk through a our first house in Uniondale, New York--walking distance building that had from the Colosseum. We lived in that cute house for five been hushed for years; I loved it.” As their family grew, “We needed two many months. Lost bathrooms.” Vinny and she would raise their three children in stored memories in Rockland County close to Vinny’s family, where they of newspaper meet- lived for thirty years. I imagine though, no distance between ings in our library those years and today can erase her memory of how difficult and New Year’s Eve it must have been to once upon an era work full-time and celebrations and attend evening classes at Katharine Gibbs Business School. Saturday afternoons Some New York “transplants” may also remember of ping pong in our awakening on January 1st, 1966, not to freezing tempera- ballroom, I recog- tures and a paralyzing snowstorm, but to the reality of a nized Carol sitting quietly in one of our cardrooms, waiting “frozen transit system.” Mayor Lindsay couldn’t avert for her Mah-jongg friends to arrive. Having returned from the silencing of the subways and busses. But it was that our upstate farm for several days and resigned to not finding “disaster” that revealed to Carol’s father the character of a willing resident for the September column, imagine my the man she would later marry, “My sister Marie, my three gratitude at Carol’s spontaneous response, “I’ll help you girlfriends and I would pile into Vinny’s car and he drove us out.” Carol and her husband Vinny are one of the remaining to Yonkers; from there, we rode the New York Central Rail- “pioneer couples” in our community; they moved in sev- road to Manhattan. At the end of the day, he’d drive us all enteen years ago. There are those of us who remember our home; my father loved Vinny.” Throughout the afternoon, homes in the process of being built: those huge mounds of as a thirty-year-old grandfather clock softly reminded me of sand and large dumpsters and a growing world of clubs and time passing, I observed pure love and gratitude on Carol’s committees “awaiting” those finally entering the “golden face, “Vinny was a doll.” Her drifting to that moment after moment” after a lifetime devoted to working and raising fifty-four years of marriage following a ten-year relation- families: retirement. Awaiting some to join…and others to ship is quite a testament to a couple’s traveling through perhaps, fulfill the “bucket list” wish of a fellow-resident nearly three quarters of a century with a long history of by being willing to start one. unavoidable hurdles and unexpected issues, undoubtedly Although they married when Carol and Vinny were in made less difficult by mutual trust and devotion. their early twenties, she was thirteen when they met. He Author Joyce Carol Oates has written, “It’s where we was fourteen, “I’ve known Vinny my whole life.” Hired go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who by The Daily News after graduating from Evander Childs we are.” I wonder more and more if our most significant High School in the Bronx, she would begin applying her legacy is the enduring collection of positive contributions skills of typing and Gregg shorthand. Some New Yorkers for which we are remembered and respected by those we might recall the newspaper strike in the late fall of 1962 have loved, those with whom we have worked, and those that would cripple the newspaper a mere two months after whose paths we’ve crossed when “we can finally do what she began working there. we want when we want with whom we want and are fi- Some unforeseen professional “disasters” can turn nancially secure.” into serendipitous blessings in disguise: the intrepid and September symbolizes the close of summer’s song. The adventurous gal from the Gun Hill section of the Bronx cicadas’ rhythmic “noise” may be louder than the gentle would be hired as Executive Secretary to the head of the cooing of doves and pigeons and songbirds unseen in the advertising department of the midtown Manhattan J. Walter green leafy trees already beginning to “turn.” I reflect on a Thompson Advertising Company with its beginnings in woman who has been involved with the Social Committee the mid 1800’s and the first American advertising agency and the Italian American Club for years. I also reflect on a to expand internationally. In fact, her bosses attended her woman who along with Vinny and a team of friends willing wedding in 1967. When Carol left to raise her family, her to help her with the huge undertaking, began and chaired

20 Mirage Messenger September 2021 the “Travel Club,” fulfilling a life-long retirement dream and fantasy for many in Mirage—and most importantly, my husband of forty-five years: travel with no concern for any preparations or planning or problems that could arise. After thirteen years, the company used for travel “closed J.P. Rooﬁ ng & Siding its doors,” but not before Bob and I enjoyed four “dream” cruises catalyzed by Vinny and Carol’s dedication of time New Roofs Installed • New Siding Installed and patience. People’s homes silently reveal their character and their 24 Hour Emergency Repairs priorities and values; so does Carol’s. The large ceramic spaghetti bowl atop the refrigerator, “Poppy’s Meatballs,” Specializing in Storm Damage Repairs looks as if it was bought last Thursday in HomeGoods but was created in Galloway Ceramic Studio. As was the large, Hail Roof Leaks • Siding Repairs lovely swan in her living room. On her kitchen counter are three pieces she’s in the process of painting. She credits her learning to deeply appreciate ceramics and her enjoyment of many hours in the company of other likeminded women 25 Years in Business to owner and teacher, Melinda. Her willingness to drive to Lic # 13VH09899700 exit 41 weekly proves her devotion to her craft. Exquisite fresh, artificial, and dried flower arrangements throughout her home are the result of having taken classes at Rockland Community College. Fully Insured • Free Estimates I’m grateful for being welcomed into the home of the parents of two sons, Vincent Edward Jr., and Richard Thomas, and their daughter Dina Marie. The home of “Poppy” and grandma to six grandchildren: Arthur Vin- Call 732-300-7184 cent, Violet Elizabeth, and Robert Joseph, Gianna Rosa, ad-5383 Christopher Thomas, and Victoria Olivia, ranging from eight to twenty-two years old. The home with everyone’s names included on the welcome mat outside the front door. The home with the manicured “original” purple bushes outside their front windows along with the flowering day lilies in the flower bed. And the wishing well in the flower bed. Carol granted my husband his decades-old wish of “cruising” with me; may her every wish--and Vinny’s--be granted, too. I smile when I think about a woman who, like myself, once wondered when driving with her husband along the many miles of Parkway pines to Atlantic City for a little getaway, “Who would ever want to live down here?!” A woman who freely opened her home with little fanfare or Residential & Commercial advance planning and throughout one wonderful summer afternoon, proved wrong that politics and religion are “off Automatic Openers & Doors limits” for “civil” conversation. The delightful Italian gal with deep roots in the Bronx and this Jewish gal from 14th Sales • Service • Installation Street and Avenue B in Manhattan who shared laughs and (609) 698-7033 stories as we recalled our mothers’ identical stern warning, “Drinking soda will make your teeth fall out.” Only, she was given a bit of red wine to “wash down” the meatballs John Clementson and spaghetti, and I was given a bit of Manischewitz grape wine. By now, both of our tastes in wine have evolved: she [email protected] enjoys a “nice dry white” and I, white zinfandel. As we all re-emerge from our long “COVID sequester,” I plan to njcoastaldoor.com follow her lead—and a wonderful toast to peace, whatever we drink, “Just be nice and keep your opinions to yourself.” ads-2939a September 2021 Mirage Messenger 21 Mirage Pocket Billiards Tournaments Resume After 15 Month Interruption By Michael Pappas

March 9, 2020 was the last time a weekly pocket bil- number sixteen seed, the number two seed versus the liards tournament was held in the Clubhouse Pool Room. number fifteen seed and so on. As we are all aware, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the In the first matches, there were no big surprises. Only closing of the Mirage Clubhouse and the use of all of the one higher seeded player lost his match. The next round community amenities. It was a long and irksome hiatus. of matches again saw only one higher seed lose to a lower One good thing that came out of this hiatus was that the seed. Then some upsets started to unfold in the loser’s Billiard Room, which had not had a face lift in its more than bracket. There was no surprise on the winner’s bracket. 20-year existence, had a complete makeover. What was Al Williams was triumphant and would play the winner of once a room with an English Manor décor was transformed the loser’s bracket. into a bright airy room with a whole new color scheme. In the loser’s bracket, in successive matches, the num- Also, the more than 20-year old pool tables were replaced ber two seed and the number four seed lost to the number with new Brunswick Gold Crown Six tables, considered eleven seed. In another upset, the number fifteen seed beat one of the best commercial tables around. All new house the number eight seed. In the final match on the loser’s pool cues were purchased along with new dart cabinets, bracket fifth seeded Pete DeVito beat the number three boards and darts as well as art work to match the new décor. seed, Steve Berger, to have the dubious honor of playing When it was finally announced that we could once Al Williams. Since Pete was ranked as a C player, he was again frequent the Clubhouse, the pocket billiard players receiving the maximum handicap possible, three balls. could not wait to return. Since the 2020 tournament had While it was thought for a minute that Pete would give Al been interrupted, a vote was taken to determine how to a hard time, in the end Al was once again the winner of the resume: take up the interrupted tournament where it was Herb Feldhuhn Memorial Trophy. left off or scrap it and wait until September to start a new This was Al’s second consecutive winning of the tro- tournament. The vote was overwhelming. With only 3 more phy. Looks like he’ll have to keep it shined until the next weeks left to the tournament, the players voted to continue tournament finals. the tournament. The final three weeks were played and The tournament play did not end there, though. The the sixteen players with the most points for the entire 12 following Monday night eighteen players met at 6PM in weeks of the tournament met at 6PM on July 5th to vie for the Clubhouse Pool Room to play and 8-ball Alternate the Herb Feldhuhn Memorial Trophy. Shot Doubles tournament. To determine the teams, the It was an 8-ball double elimination tournament. To nine top ranked players each picked a number from a pill win a match, a player must win two out of three games. Of box. Those numbers were then returned to the pill box and course all matches were played using the handicap system, the remaining nine players picked a number from the pill so that the better player did not have an unfair advantage. box. They were paired with the top ranked player with the The matchups were determined by a seeding similar to the same number. To win a match, the team must win two out way matches are set in the NCAA basketball tournament. of three games. As in the previous week, the tournament In other words, the number one seeded played versus the was a double elimination with the winner of the winner’s

22 Mirage Messenger September 2021 bracket playing the winner of the loser’s bracket. Again, the handicap system was used, so that no team had any Beware! The Wicked Tick! Submitted by Diane Cohan advantage. With the team fairly evenly matched (the most handi- Our family dog, Colby, had been ailing through the cap given was one ball) it was not evident what team would month of July, lethargic, not eating well, emotionless. At take home the trophies. As the matches progressed, the the age of 13 we feared that a host of irreversible medical teams of Pete DeVito & Mike Pappas and Barry Edelstein problems could be forming. Was he just too old, did he & Joe Dolinoy showed their skills on the winner’s side. have cancer, was it heat stroke? A visit to the vet, expecting They met to determine the overall winner on the winning bad news, revealed him to be seriously anemic; but from side. Their match went all three games with Pete & Mike what? The vet thought maybe Evan’s Syndrome, a rare finally proving victorious. auto immune blood disease, but advised one more quick On the losing bracket side, the teams of John Girardi test before I left with a prescription of Prednisone. And & Rhys Parker and Al Williams & John Sindle, after losing guess what….EHRLICHIOSIS(!!), a tick disease. And his their first match on the winning side, proved unbeatable. monthly dose of Nexgard did not prevent this. They met in a match to decide which team would play Barry So the deer problems continue to concern us in the & Joe, with the victor going on to play Pete & Mike for Mirage. Because not only can our pets become ill from tick the trophies. John & Rhys continued their winning streak, borne pathogens, so can we as humans suffer from Lyme earning the right to vie for the trophies. Disease, Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis. These diseases can result In order for John & Rhys to take home the prize, they from mild to very severe symptoms and can leave you with would have to beat Pere & Mike twice. That means win- permanent disabilities. ning two matches of a race to two. Being on the winner’s Be careful of your pets and yourselves when strolling side, Pete & Mike would only have to win one of the two around the community. And be sure to check your pets and matches. The final match proved to be a nail biter. John& yourselves for ticks after those long walks. Rhys won the first match handily, winning two straight games. In the second match, it looked like John & Rhys would be triumphant again. They won the first game and looked like they would upset Pete & Mike. Somehow Pete & Mike rallied and won the next two games and the honor of displaying the winners’ trophy in their homes until the next Doubles Tournament. To Al, Pete and Mike our congratulations on your TERMITE AND PEST victories. By the time you are reading this article, the summer CONTROL, INC. hiatus for pocket billiards will be ending. Do you play pocket billiards? Would you like to be part of this weekly tournament? Join us on Monday nights at 6PM in the clubhouse poolroom. The tournaments will begin on Sep- tember 14th. These tournaments will be a 9-ball handicap and double elimination.

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ads-513 The Radio By Rich Boscarino

I think it’s safe to say television watching has taken Italian Minister, who wrote on the letter “To the Longara” over our lives. We love our favorite shows and enjoy mov- referring to the local insane asylum. No wonder he moved ies on TV. I used to listen to CDs, especially in the car, to Britain. but my Hyundai doesn’t even have a slot for a CD. It is Some experiments included; the broadcast of 3.7 miles programmed for Apple Play and such. Many of us hardly over a local channel, the first wireless transmission over ever listen to the radio. Maybe in the car but not so much at the English Channel, which required a 100-foot mast; a 66 home. I’m thinking that this is a good time to write about the mile transmission to a ship at sea; a 9.9 mile transmission, radio and how radio changed our lives. I hope you’ll agree. which included hills. At the turn of the 20th Century, the Guglielmo (William) Marconi was an Italian inventor first over the Atlantic Ocean wireless transmission of 2,200 and electrical engineer, known for his pioneering work miles, from the Irish coast to Newfoundland, Canada. The on long-distance radio transmission. He is credited as experiment required a kite at 500 feet altitude of height. the inventor of radio. In 1909, he was awarded the Nobel This demonstrated that wireless transmission was possible Prize in Physics in recognition of contributions to wireless and was heralded as a great scientific advance. technology. Apparently, Marconi did not anticipate the use of Born into a noble family in April 1874 in Bologna, Ita- radios in homes or he did not want to be involved in that ly, Marconi, it is hard to believe, had no formal education, part of his invention. It took the Federal Communication except perhaps an informal class. He was home schooled Commission (FCC) to establish and regulate, for a fee, in physics, mathematics and chemistry by tutors in his fam- the city-wide radio stations, at a limited wattage output. ily home and in their winter houses in warmer climates of That’s why we begin to lose the signal, as we drive out of Italy. Although he never attended higher education, except range. It is the FCC who controls the amount of wattage for some informal classes he might have taken, he was yet each station can produce. hailed, worldwide, as the inventor of radio. Additionally, New Jersey had many radio stations scattered through- he received little support from the Italian government, but out the State. It was Governor Chris Christie who believed did find financial support from Great Britain. In 1896 at age that NJ had no business to be in radio. He thought that the 22, he relocated to London where he was granted financial money could be better used than funding radio stations. and technical support for a variety of apparatuses that he Five Public Radio Stations located in South Jersey, were was able to build. sold to WHYY Philadelphia. Stations in the North were The move to Britain was good for him by providing sold to WNYC New York. grants and most of all, the best-trained employees and fel- The Southern stations are located as follows: Cape lowship with other scientists. He spoke English fluently, May Courthouse, Bridgeton, Atlantic City, Berlin, and which allowed him to fit in well. A new acquaintance Manahawkin. In the Army, we called a radio signal that helped him convert experiments to practical use and assist was clear and strong: 5 by 5. That’s what we get from him in applying for patents, which he did in 1906, to his Manahawkin and is the station that we listen to. There are advantage. The patent was for the first radio wave-based few problems with radio broadcasts out of Philadelphia. communication system. Traffic accidents or clogs on bridges into the city do not Marconi’s mother was a huge influence on her son and bother us, nor are murders in Philly different than murders did whatever she could to support his wishes. It turns out in Paterson or Newark. Barnegat is located just 50 miles she was the granddaughter of John Jameson, who with his or so and is exactly due East of the city, so their weather brothers founded the Jameson Distillery, the makers of is our weather. Irish Whiskey. Yummy. In its heyday of the 1930’s and 40’s, everyone listened The move from Italy was based partly on a letter that to the radio. Today, even with radio’s endless choices, many he wrote to the Italian Ministry of Post and Telegraphs of us rarely listen. explaining his wireless machines and asking for funding. Guglielmo Marconi died July 20, 1937 at age 63. Never He never received a reply. He was also dismissed by the to be forgotten. I hope. 24 Mirage Messenger September 2021 September 2021 Mirage Messenger 25 by Joan Barberio

IACC members attended the Italian Night at Blues George Scheidermann and Joe Panzica cooked the spaghetti Claws on Friday, July 9, and were honored to carry the and meats to perfection, Nick & Karen Ferrara and John & Italian flag onto the ballfield for the opening ceremonies. Angelina Helm prepared the salad, and several volunteers Even though a thunderstorm rumbled through, the skies set up the tables and served the food. cleared, the game continued and the fireworks were as Thanks to the IACC Board who made this wonderful spectacular as usual. evening happen and to all the volunteers who gave their On Tuesday, July 20, almost 200 club members were time to make the evening a success. treated to a spaghetti dinner in the ballroom. Roseanne Don’t forget to check the bulletin boards in the Club- Mazza and Barbara Vincent cooked the delicious sauce, house for upcoming meetings and events.

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On the evening of July 8th “Oh, what a night!” A big thank you goes to Barbara Fabian for chairing this event and to the Social Committee team that brought to our community a real swinging evening. With about 200 guests attending, dancing to Reflection Station band, singing old songs and enjoying the camaraderie, what more could one want! Looks like we are back in action … #Mirage Strong!

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September 2021 Mirage Messenger 29 30 Mirage Messenger September 2021 Men’s Club sets sign up date for Fall Fest and Holiday Parties Submitted by Greg Manka

Plans for 2021 events are taking shape. The FallFest, a a gift drawing. more inclusive Oktoberfest, will begin signups on Saturday, The Kootz, a New Jersey bar band, will provide a September 18 in the lounge at 10 AM for this October 14 5-piece lineup spanning the hits of the late 50’s through event. A variety of sandwiches will be available on a “pay the early 80’s for an evening of dancing and easy listen- as you go” basis. Every type of sausage will be offered to ing. With admission, you be provided snacks, dessert, soft suit every taste. Prices will range from $2 to $4 per item, drinks, and, of course, beer! Hope you can attend to usher with attendees buying tickets which can be redeemed for in the holiday season! food. 2022 seems like it is off in the distance, but the en- Included in the $15 admission will be the Adlers Band tertainment is being locked in for the parties next year. playing international and rock favorites, beer, soft drinks, February will feature a peace, love and Valentines theme, side dishes, and dessert. Check the flyer in the Messenger with a 70’s rock band. The fifth Swingin’ Cabaret in May for all details. will present great jazz with a comedy show, as well. July The Holiday Party is slated for Friday, December 10, has a country theme, with a barbecue menu and a country with a RSD date of November 13. The party has a chari- band, complete with pedal steel guitar. table purpose, with opportunities to contribute toys and Join us this year at all our Men’s Club events. The food items in exchange for a chance to win a gift basket. proceeds underwrite the club’s charitable activities, and For extra fun, an ugly sweater party will be encouraged. 2019 and 2020 saw 5 cancelled events. With your help, Wear your holiday finery or novel outfits to participate in we’ll come back strong in 2021-22!

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Hello everyone. Didn’t this summer seem to slip away and desserts are served at each of our monthly meetings, too quickly? Although time itself appears to be moving we would greatly appreciate your signing up in advance by much too fast for my liking. One minute you are look- of the meeting, as it assists our Hospitality Committee in ing forward to moving into a new community that offers providing refreshments for those who are attending. a beautiful Clubhouse, indoor and outdoor pools, tennis MUM PLANT SALE FUNDRAISER: Our Mum courts, etc., and then in the blink of an eye, fourteen years Plant Sale will be on Saturday, September 18th on the club- have passed. No regrets here. We have a very bustling house veranda. The details on the event will be available community, offering activities for all levels of participa- in a flyer, which will be sent out in an e-mail, as well as tion. When I first moved here, I felt a little isolated, having being posted in the Clubhouse. left my friends up in New York. But then I tried my hand DINING TO DONATE: Our Dining-to-Donate at everything: exercise classes, billiards, ceramics, water for this month will be at MaMMa Rosa’s Ristaurante aerobics, hiking, to name a few. In a very short time, the Italiano & Pizzeria on Wednesday, September 8, 2021 warmth and friendliness of our community made me feel (BYOB). Come have a delicious meal or take out, while at home. I have made new friends that I truly cherish. supporting one of our newer local eateries and participat- During my adventures, friends introduced me to playing ing in a Mirage Women’s Club Fund Raiser. Cut out the Mah Jongg, joining a book club, experiencing the delight coupon below and present it to your server when placing of kayaking and rediscovering the joys of my childhood your order. Enjoy!! in bowling. I see many new faces in our community. There are so many activities you might enjoy trying. We welcome you Mirage Women’s Club Dining-to-Donate Coupon to join in on the fun. Becoming a Mirage Women’s Club member is a wonderful way to meet new people and share MaMMa Rosa’s common interests. We look forward to an interesting year 770 Lighthouse Drive, Barnegat filled with stimulating guest speakers and good times at (Barnegat 67 Shopping Center) our special luncheons. It is easy to sign-up for our current 609-312-7010 membership year (07/21 – 06/22). Just make out a check Wednesday, September 8, 2021 to the Mirage Women’s Club in the amount of $20.00 and 11:00 am until 9:00 pm indicate MWC Dues on the bottom of your check. Drop Facebook.com/MaMMaRosaPizza off your check in the MWC lock box in the Clubhouse. Hope to see you soon. WELCOME BACK LUNCHEON REMINDER: Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating in the Current members, it’s not too late to sign-up for our “Wel- month of September. come Back Luncheon” scheduled for Monday, September 13, 2021 at 12 noon to be held at the Mainland restaurant in the Holiday Inn, which is located at 151 Rte. 72 in Ma- nahawkin (609-481-6100). A sign-up sheet and flyer with ALL wORk DONE BY CERTIFIED, EXPERIENCED TECHNICIANS ALL wORk DONE BY CERTIFIED, EXPERIENCED TECHNICIANS the details are in the Mirage Women’s Club book located GARAGE DOOR REPAIR SPECIALIST GARAGE DOOR REPAIR SPECIALIST in the Clubhouse. OVER 36 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OVER 36 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE BROKEN SPRINGS BROKEN SPRINGS OCTOBER GENERAL MEETING: It is so good OUR SPECIALTY OUR SPECIALTY SENIOR & SENIOR & to be back all together again in our Clubhouse for our VETERAN VETERAN General Meetings. Our next in-house meeting will be DISCOUNT AD-6705 DISCOUNT 24/7 24/7 held on Monday, October 11, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. in the EMERGENCY EMERGENCY Mirage Ballroom. We will be having a fun filled fall DOORQUEST.COM SERVICE DOORQUEST.COM SERVICE LICENSED & INSURED Lic#13vh10883700 LICENSED & INSURED Lic#13vh10883700 afternoon. You may even be taking home a prize, and an REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, & INSTALLATION SERVICE REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, & INSTALLATION SERVICE all-time favorite 50/50 raffle will be offered. Such a nice SPRINGS • CABLES • TRACKS • SECTIONS • OPENERS REMOTE CONTROLS SPRINGS • CABLES • TRACKS • SECTIONS • OPENERS REMOTE CONTROLS way to start us off with a new season. A sign-up sheet is FREEAD-6705 ESTIMATES ON NEW GARAGE DOORS FREE ESTIMATES ON NEW GARAGE DOORS located in the MWC book in the Clubhouse. As beverages 732-507-9988 1575 Rt. 37, Suite 14 • Toms River, NJ 08755 732-507-9988 September 2021 Mirage Messenger 33 FOR ALL OTHER PAPERS - BULLETIN THIS AD HAS NO ADDRESS IN THE AD FOR PAPERS BELOW ONLY STONYPOND CORNER CAFE-209 BIRD’S EYE VIEW - 46 GRAPEVINE - 47 RENAISSANCE REVIEW - 72

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Research shows that people are more likely to choose subsequent pressings. The cuvee begins to ferment immedi- foods that they expect to be of higher quality or think of as ately. As scum rises to the top it is thrown off. Some of the special so, when foods are described on menus with sen- scum falls to the bottom of the vat; this sediment is called sory or nostalgic language (e.g. buttery, plump, grandma’s lees. The juice, called must, continues to ferment for 24-36 recipe), restaurant goers report being more satisfied with hours when it gradually returns to its normal temperature. them. A comfortable attractive ambiance (e.g. nice place First fermentation: The cuvées are moved into tem- settings, soft music, lighting, and decor) can also help us perature-controlled stainless steels vats and fermented for enjoy food more. I’ve found that eating at that special place several weeks at 64-68°F. The amount of time varies de- on a special night becomes a wonderful memory. So, for my pending on the house specifications. Some champagne pro- birthday in July we dined at a quaint, yet upscale French ducers also put the wine through a malolactic fermentation restaurant in Asbury Park. process at this point to reduce acidity. The liquer de tirage Pascal and Sabine @ 601 Bangs Ave, Asbury Park, of- (cane sugar melted in still champagne wine), is then added. fers a romantic atmosphere. Somewhat dark, grained woods Blending the wines: The head cellarer (chefde caves) and accentuating the room, and deeply upholstered banquets cellar assistants taste and blend wines from several different surrounding marble tables. With 2 bars and a tented outside pressings to obtain the desired taste. The blended wines are eating area, I’m happy to say the restaurant was flourishing. churned in vats by sweeping mechanical arms. We started our meals, Joe having a sweet garlic basil Bottling and the second fermentation: The blended soup as I went with escargot. We shared a Charcuterie & wine is drawn off into bottles. Liquer d’expedition (cane Fromage board with various handpicked meats, cheeses, sugar, still wine, and brandy) is added, and the bottles are pâte´ and delicious bread and spreads. I had a pan-seared sealed with crown caps. Because the carbonic acid cannot local fluke with heirloom tomatoes, basil-garlic aioli, lemon escape through the glass, it builds up to a tremendous pres- entrée and Joe had Coq au Vin, red wine, mushrooms, pearl sure, equal to that in a bus tire. onions, pommes purée. We ended our meal with espresso Aging: French law requires that non-vintage wines be and shared a birthday berries and cream orange-scented aged for at least one year. Vintage wines must be aged for angel food cake, mascarpone whip, elderflower strawber- at least three years. Each wine house adds to this minimum ries, strawberry balsamic embellished with a lighted candle. requirement as desired. Non-vintage wines are those that Manager Patrick Mazzola gifted me a specialty absinthe result from a thin harvest and are combined with reserves drink which he personally made, using the sugar cube from past good vintages. Non-vintage wine is not sold un- method poured over ice. Anastasia our server was such a der a particular year. Vintage wines, on the other hand, are delight trained in high end service, she was efficient and made from Champagne grapes harvested in the same year. knew when she decanted the bottle of French champagne Vintage wines are rare, produced only when the summer for us, it did not respond correctly she apologized and has been unusually hot and sunny. The year is printed on quickly went to fetch another unopened chilled bottle. the cork and the label. Patrick explained that the chilling can sometimes be too Racking (Remuerurage): During the aging period, the intense causing the bottle to violently spew out too much bottles of champagne are turned daily to keep the sediment champagne. He then briefly talked about the process of caused by dead yeast cells from settling on the bottom. champagne making. The main ingredient in champagne is Skilled workers, with quick hands, twist the bottles one- the Pinot Noir grape. The grapes, left in bunches, are care- eighth of a turn each day. The bottles start out in the hori- fully picked so that the skin pigment does not stain the juice. zontal position; by the end of the aging period, the bottles Vineyard workers pick through the grapes, removing any are vertical with the necks pointed towards the floor so that that are unripe or moldy. The grape bunches are weighed, the sediment has collected on the inside face of the cork. generally 8,820 lbs. are used for a pressing. 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One overcast July morning this summer I awakened to and I know why he was uncharacteristically “absent” from a text from our upstate neighbor and friend who lives down the local ShopRite before the 4th of July weekend, where the road. I was informed that our other next door neighbor he has helped seasonal and year ‘round customers choose who lives up the road had died “unexpectedly” last week on the best “cut” of meat for their Friday night cookouts, his way home from work. Who knows when Cheryl and I generation after generation. Now I know why a man who would have learned that a man we had known for decades faithfully mowed his lawn every weekend didn’t crowd whose children rode the school bus with her daughter had out the song of summer that first weekend his tractor was died, had it not been for Jamie who now lives in Colorado idle. Why the hum of his weed wacker was stilled. And yet, and had seen the announcement “posted” on the Facebook his grass refused to stop growing all summer long--as did “electronic grapevine”--along with a GoFundMe Page to the weeds ‘round the home where the woman left behind help pay for the funeral. spent her summer alone. Through the decades, Bobby Boyle and his wife The- Our upstate garden plants have yellowed and stopped resa would wave from their property as my husband and producing and some of our forest creature “friends” have I passed their home on our evening walk. Occasionally, stopped “visiting.” Although an unavoidable part of the they’d share the “ups and downs” of their family’s lives, gardening cycle and nature’s way, this early fall, I am including the worrisome behavior choices of their sons— reminded that death is undeniably real and eerily final. I some resulting in incarceration. My husband and I decided dutifully pull out our tomato plants and zucchini plants early on to remain guardedly polite and deliberately distant that began as seeds and fulfilled their promise of fruit. knowing throughout snowy winters, our “abandoned” home I’ll soon do the same for our pumpkin plants, looking a quarter of a mile from the road was most vulnerable to forward to placing our pumpkin harvest by our Barnegat “malicious mischief.” home on the Circle. Perhaps, I’ll offer Theresa her choice As another summer closes, I reflect on a hardworking of pumpkin for her porch as she prepares to face her first man who would sleep off his predictable Friday night “re- autumn by herself since we’ve been neighbors. I watch ward” for having dutifully worked long hours at the local the hummingbirds hover about our flowers and our sugar ShopRite. I reflect on the relentless reminder of his rooster, water feeder, knowing one day, like Bob Boyle, they will summer after summer, to awaken to the wealth of potential “vanish” with no warning. in every morning--whatever the time of day its delightful I decided years ago to no longer resist the sadness I croon alerted me with that five-syllable trill. Through the feel every September, even though I no longer need to decades, when his rooster was silenced, my husband and dread returning to my assigned cinderblock classroom, I knew the coyote had found his way to their front lawn-- which too often felt like a prison cell rather than a middle and, Bobby was always quick to fill the void with another. school garden of growth and learning. Rather than numb As fern inevitably brown and flowers droop and leaves myself with chocolate and ice cream, I daydream instead, begin to change color, I reflect also on the yearly early of visiting with our grandson who starts a new school year spring ritual of clearing away the predictable fresh “crop” and again rides the school bus that “vanished” from his life of his litter that would encroach on our land--and, my aes- one March morning in 2020--and has returned, just as the thetic sensibilities--for the forty years we were neighbors: humming birds should, come next spring. And I think of beer cans and wine bottles and Dorito’s wrappers, mostly. his baby sister who waits for him to come home. And his I always attended to that before they had a chance to be dog who will bark with excitement when he does. permanently buried underneath nature’s carpet of damp and If we haven’t yet met, look for me! I’ll be the one discolored and discarded leaves, once a brilliantly majestic deadheading and thinning out the sea of Shasta daisies part of the landscape. I refused to allow them to sully the and black-eyed Susans in the flower beds as you pass by new season’s fern and embryos of oaks and maples: proof on your daily walk or bike ride. The one who continues of ongoing life despite the harsh upstate winters and death to accept that my best preparation for the brevity of all of we are not prepared to accept. I imagine with the close of life might be to thoroughly appreciate the gift of whatever Bob Boyle’s “story,” next spring I will instead be able to moment I’m in--and to continue to refuse to waste another fully focus on helping my husband in our yearly repair of moment longing for what is no longer--or never will be our dirt and gravel road and clearing of fallen branches. mine. 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Dear readers: I was recently in a restaurant and ordered a reuben sandwich. When I got home an issue of the AAA magazine was in my mailbox. Carl Johnson, [email protected] Lo and behold, there was an article on the history of the reuben. When I went online, I found a slightly different version of the origin of the sandwich. An Unknown American While I like corned beef as the meat in the reuben, others like pastrami. Here is the history of the reuben which Barb and I spent a week up in the lovely, wooded hills was made for the first time almost 100 years ago. of NE Pennsylvania and across the Delaware noticed that The sandwich features the meat (either of the two they were celebrating an event of the revolutionary war, mentioned above) tangy sauerkraut, melted swiss cheese, the Battle of Minisink...July22, 1779. It was a gory battle and topped with Russian dressing on two slices of rye which I shall not dwell on here, but there is a footnote I bread. It was at the Blackstone Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska, would add. that the reuben was invented. There was a weekly poker The death toll on the American side was approximately game that local businessmen played. One of them, Reuben 50 to 60, half of their number. Most were left where they Kulafofsky, asked the chef to concoct a sandwich. It was fell and it was not until 44 years later that the remains were such a hit at the game that within a few years it appeared found and given a military burial at Goshen, NY. on the hotel’s restaurant menu. In 1934, the sandwich cost Years later, a Pennsylvania farmer by the Delaware at 40 cents. Lackawaxen found the remains of one of the fighters there Over the years the Blackstone Hotel, which no longer and he is given a burial site there, with the words “Here exists, was reincarnated under several names. The newest lies an unknown American soldier”. hotel on the site is the Kimpton Cottonwood Hotel. The No one knows to this day which side he fought on, ei- reuben is a fixture at the Orleans Room and the Commit- ther rebel or tory, but he died fighting for what he believed tee Chophouse restaurants in the hotel. It is, by far, the was a just cause. Half of the British and Indian raiding most popular sandwich on the lunch menu. Many restau- force was composed of settlers from the upper Delaware rants in Omaha also have it on their menus. It has spread who took the British side. nationwide over the decades since its “birth”. Today when the entire country seems divided into two In an ironic way, the reuben and sandwich are histori- warring factions, it seems right to remember that we are cally connected. The word sandwich is associated with the all Americans, and supporting the side we feel most right. Earl of Sandwich, who was an avid card player several We must keep in mind that we are all Americans and centuries ago in England. It is said that he asked one of must work together to make our country whole again. his servants to put pieces of meat between two slices of If you are ever in the area, make a visit to the grave bread, so that he could eat while playing cards. Whether or site...... there are no ornate stones or markers, but a pretty, not, the story is true, the Earl would have approved of the rural scene. innovation of the sandwich as a win-win for all sandwich enthusiasts from here in America to------even Sandwich. May God bless the United States and all who live in this great nation. May He watch over and protect the men and women serving in our armed forces, where ever they are stationed, who, by their service, guarantee our freedom. Hardwood Laminates Submitted by Sam Green Vinyl Tile Linoleum Area Rugs Financing Available

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