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PRSRT STD ECRWSS U.S. Postage PAID EDDM Retail Monroe Twp., NJ 08831 VOLUME 52 / No. 4 Monroe Township, New Jersey April 2016 Get ready for spaghetti and meatballs - coming to you April 28 By Diane England causes that some of your these projects now for 19 What does the arrival of ticket dollars will support in years, through their atten- April mean? That it’s time to the coming year? Indeed, dance at these semi-annual pick up your phone and invite they’ll help fund the Monroe spaghetti dinners. Thus, if friends and family members High School Key Club you’re a newcomer to Ross- to join you for an evening of Scholarships, the Kiwanis moor, let us thank you now great food and great fun, Food Pantry, the Reading Is for planning to embrace this which also supports a great FUNdamental Program, and important tradition. And if cause, of course. After all, some of the other Kiwanis you’re an old-timer, we of the semi-annual Kiwanis charitable activities, too. course offer you a big thank Spaghetti Dinner will be here By the way, our community you for your continued sup- before you know it, or on has been helping to support port! Thursday, April 28 at 6 p.m. in the Ballroom of the Club- house, to be exact. And for the same eco- The drones are coming nomical price you’ve come to expect, merely $15 per person, you’ll get to enjoy not only the widely antici- pated spaghetti and meat- balls, but also a salad, Ital- ian bread, dessert, coffee, Geoff Gallante and tea. Oh, and certainly don’t hesitate to bring a bottle of Chianti or another Another great jazz-fest will star favorite wine since this is a BYOB affair. However, for Geoff Gallante and his jazz trio those of you who’d prefer something other than wine By Gene Horan sic Association concert is or coffee, we will be provid- Those who attended last only $10. ing soft drinks, too. summer’s rousing jazz con- Geoff, a 15-year-old high- Certainly, we know that By Jean Hoban be emailed or texted to the cert by musical prodigy Geoff school student, plays the many of you like to take The Logistics Department resident; after delivery an Gallante and his trio will be trumpet, cornet, and flugel- advantage of this opportu- at Amazon’s mega ware- online feedback form must happy to know they are re- horn. He has been dazzling nity to entertain friends and house in Robbinsville, under be completed and returned to turning to Rossmoor. Mark audiences since he was four family over a dinner in our the guidance of CEO Jeff Amazon. If a package misses the date: Sunday, August 21, years old, and that includes lovely Clubhouse, some- Bezos, recently announced its target, for instance, and it at 3 p.m. in the Meeting playing at the White House thing you’re not typically that it has partnered with drops onto the golf course or House. The cost of this Mu- when he was only six. able to do. So, make a note Rossmoor to launch a new swimming pool, then the in- to yourself to reserve a ta- drone delivery testing pro- tended receiver must retrieve ble for ten, by calling Alyce gram. The hush, hush nature it and follow the feedback Owens sometime from April of the project has been kept procedure. Packages that 4 through April 15. (That under wraps for several miss their mark must not be Registration for phone number is 609-860- months; however, Ross- opened by anyone except 0866.) moor’s proximity to the ware- the resident whose name primary voting As usual, if you don’t have house and the low architec- appears on the label. If you If you are not yet registered to vote, you can become a large group, all remaining tural and structural nature of find one of these packages tickets will be sold in the Red our buildings make it a per- please call the owner or drop registered. The voter registration sites in Monroe Town- Room of the Clubhouse. Pur- fect location to test the deliv- the package at the Club- ship are (1) The Recreation/Community Center on chase them from Monday, ery of packages by drones. house lost and found. Ama- Monday, April 25, from 6 to 8 p.m., or (2) the Monroe April 18 until Friday, April 22 The tremendous increase of zon will give a reward of a Twp. Library on Tuesday, April 5, from 5 to 7 p.m.; between the hours of 10 a.m. online buying by seniors and $25 gift card to the finder. Monday, April 11, from 5 to 7 p.m.; Tuesday, May 10, and noon. Also, please plan other adult consumers makes This is an important test pro- from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to pay for your tickets by the use of drones both practi- gram for Amazon. The last day to register is May 17 if you want to vote check. This helps immensely cal and cost efficient. The There will be additional in the primary. Your Vote-by-Mail ballot must reach the with the handling of seating Robbinsville warehouse will information coming our way County Clerk’s office by May 31. arrangements and other re- start delivering dummy pack- in a few weeks concerning The primary will be held on Tuesday, June 7. cord-keeping. ages to Rossmoor residents safety and possible mishaps Vote in the Rossmoor Clubhouse Do you wish to know the who are interested in partici- such as the crash of a drone, pating in the program. or injury to a walker or golfer An Amazon gift card worth by a dropped package. $350 will be given to those Please note that none of Announcing who complete the application packages will weigh more process and agree to the than 30 pounds. Inside this issue Two new articles terms and conditions that will The initial roll out of the began in February be part of their contract with drone program starts in June Bits & Pieces................... 2 Musings and Memories .. 9 and will continue the company. Only 300 resi- and will continue through the Bob Huber’s Almanac ..... 6 New Neighbors .............. 9 monthly: dents who own or rent a end of October. Not more Clubs ............................ 12 The Fitness Cor- RCAI Meetings ............... 2 1. downstairs or single-story than 60 packages will be de- Culinary Corner ............ 11 ner, by Kim Vasta Religion ........................ 20 unit will be selected to re- livered on any day. As of this Fitness Corner ............... 8 2. Focus on Groups Smilestones.................... 8 ceive packages. A lottery will writing, no Sunday deliveries Focus Groups & Clubs ... 9 and Clubs, by Jean draw the names of the lucky are scheduled. Remember Sports ........................... 19 Healthcare .................... 22 Houvenir participants early in May. the new Rossmoor motto this This Month in pictures .. 14 During the testing event summer will be Heads Up! Maintenance ................. 21 the time of each drop-off will (Continued on page 21) 2 APRIL 2016 The Rossmoor NEWS Bits & Pieces Sue Ortiz Winter came and went all in more nuts! It’s Halloween one weekend. March winds year-round at my back door. preceded April showers. But Every morning those little watch out! April weather can critters in their furry gray cos- be unpredictable. I remember tumes, sometimes ten at a a snowstorm on April 1 one time, “knock” at my door. Daniel Jolly, RCAI Presi- RCAI Membership Fees resurfacing Spencer Lane in year. No kidding -- I was able “Trick or treat,” I can almost dent, opened the Board of received after January 1, 2020; $46,440 for resurfac- to write “April Fools” in the hear them squealing. Don’t Governors meeting at 9:00 2016, into the RCAI Re- ing Terry Lane in 2020; and snow with a stick! And another rush the seasons, please! a.m. with the Pledge of Alle- serve Fund as a contribu- $105,035 for resurfacing year, on school break at They walk along my fence giance. tion to the fund. Tilton Way in 2019; Easter, my parents dug out the and stop to peek at me gm gm $85,682 for resurfacing lawn chairs, and we sat in the through the window. “Could Annette Murray reported The Board of Governors Waverly Way in 2019; scorching heat out on the front you bring out some nuts for that the RCAI ended 2015 approved the renovation of $125,000 for concrete flush porch in our shorts and T- us, please?” they plead with with a deficit of $189,511 or the bocce court surfaces with curb/curb and gutter; shirts. their eyes. I wave for them $134,240 over budget. The drainage panels and new $10,000 for common facility Soon, though, a crayon to go to the back of the deficit will be offset by the synthetic turf on the three sidewalks; and $50,000 box of colors will tint the house, and, when I open cumulative surplus or courts at their July 16, 2015 storm inlet reconstruction in landscape, and the scent of the door, there they are, “Undesignated Operating meeting. The Board of Gov- 2016 or a total of $445,055. fresh blooms will waft on the patiently waiting for their Fund Balance” line item on ernors approved a resolution The Board of Governors spring breeze. Bumblebees treat. Who has whom the balance sheet leaving a to remove and replace the approved a resolution to will buzz leisurely, their trained, I ask you? small balance of $254,166.