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NOVEMBER/ DECEMBER 2020 MAGAZINE A Publication for the members of Hunters Run Country Club STAR-STUDDED: Our Favorite Celebrity Moments Editor’s Note Our memories of meeting celebrities have been lasting. While we have experienced these moments in very different ways, we remember them because they are singular events of pleasure, importance, fascination or even just surprise that they even happened. For some, it was being in the WHO’S WHO? Many years ago, right place at the right time. For several of us, it our editor-in-chief was at a trade was in a school classroom, a few were at social show for the publishers of Who’s Who OFFICERS AND BOARD gatherings, through work-related activities, or on in America, when he was spotted MEMBERS 2020-2021 with Michael Jackson, Jerry Seinfeld EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE vacation…on a honeymoon, at sporting events, and and Cher……oh, sorry, they are all President Michael Soroka even in a dentist’s chair. Thanks to everyone who impersonators—except Stan. And, Vice President Michael Rappaport shared their favorite stories, starting on page 5. small world, that Cher Look Alike is a Treasurer Sue Layton Secretary Steve Perlmutter — Stan Walker current member of Hunters Run (see page 15) Real Estate Advisor to Exec. Committee Steve Bzura Member-At-Large Jack Gorny UPCOMING ISSUES: BOARD COMMITTEE CHAIRS Cats And Dogs Audit Harvey Newman Never has it been more obvious than during these months when the pandemic has changed our daily Co-Chair Rick Barrow lives, that the companionship and unconditional love of our pets can be so meaningful. Animal shelters Budget & Finance Steve Goldstein Vice Chair Peter Tryhane report a huge increase in the number of dogs and cats who have been adopted or are in foster care. We Communications Lew Gedansky want to share any experiences of Hunters Run members with their pets during the pandemic. Please Vice Chair Stan Walker send your response to Ann Forman at [email protected] before November 30. Community Relations Jerry Chafetz HR Women Breaking The Glass Ceiling Vice Chair Rich Sedlik Are you one of the unusual Hunters Run women who has changed your world in some small way by Development Michael Kampel Vice Chair Irwin Regent shattering the glass ceiling—crack by crack? *The glass ceiling: a metaphor for the invisible barrier to the Entertainment & Arts Sue Layton growth, advancement and actualization of women. Vice Chair Leslie Davret Your story might have been fueled by policies, rules, procedures, tradition and history. We really want to Fitness & Pool Heidi Rubin hear it. Please respond to Judie Spinner at [email protected] before November 30. Vice Chair Judy Pope Food & Beverage Steve Perlmutter Puzzle Sharing---Missing A Piece? Vice Chair Ed Slawitsky We’ve been hearing about members working on large puzzles and sharing them with each other. Any Golf Michael Rappaport interesting stories to tell? Send them, along with photos of the puzzles, to Susan Braitman, at Vice Chair Jodi Kaplan [email protected]. no later than November 30. Greens & Lakes Michael Rappaport Vice Chair Jerry Bloom House Debra Levine Vice Chair Deirdre Kline WELCOME NEW MEMBERS August/September 2020 Landscape Rich Sedlik Name Address Name Address Vice Chair Harold Diamond Robert Decker & Deborah Kuznitz 11 Southport Lane, Unit G Lawrence & Carol Berman 20 Southport Lane, Unit G Legal Jack Gorny Vice Chair Danny Beyda Howard & Claudia Golub 15 Woods Lane Richard & Laura Shih 18 Stratford Drive, Unit D Long Range Planning Lew Gedansky Daniel & Lysa Saltzman 17 Sutton Drive Steven & Mila Mondre 24 Hampshire Lane Membership & Marketing Richard Kapner Jeff Gold & Michele Robinson 15 Oaks Lane Mark & Maxine Shaprow 77 Hampshire Lane Vice Chair Sue Rappaport Audrey Ciuffo & Roger Heydt 8 Southport Lane, Unit A Frank & Karen Schipani 17 Brentwood Drive Security Jerry Chafetz Amy Goldfarb & James Mcdonald 3 Woods Lane Vice Chair Len Pravda Strategic Planning Lew Gedansky Vice Chair Gary Koesten HUNTERS RUN MAGAZINE Tennis Joel Needleman Hunters Run POA Inc. • 3500 Clubhouse Lane • Boynton Beach, FL 33436 • 561-737-2582 Vice Chair Diane Tryhane Hunters Run POA Inc. Editorial Staff Judie Spinner, Marilyn Ross, Susan Braitman, Real Estate Steve Bzura Chief Operating Officer Deirdre Kline, Dianne Honig, Reneé Pravda, Shy Kramer NOTE: All Committee Chairs are board members Mary Watkins, CCM Photography Diane Soroka, Marilyn Ross, Karen Meltz, DEDICATED TO EXCELLENCE Election Ruth Halkuff Stuart Sackin, Malcolm Gropper Vice Chair Fred Wiener Editor Stan Walker Administrative Support Graham Cordrey Liaison Harvey Newman Features Editor Ann Forman Governmental Relations Carl Sloan Correspondence Design, Layout and Printing [email protected] Grievance-Intake Max Baker EG Communications Group Vice Chair Ed Merdinger Grievance-Appeals Carl Sloan 2 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020 Hunters Run Country Club Vice Chair Stu Adelkoff From our PRESIDENTEVENTS Our Season Of Challenges And Progress Dear Members, 3500 Clubhouse Lane • Boynton Beach, FL 33436 The “Season” is upon us and we all welcome our returning (561) 737-2582 • www.huntersrun.net members. At this writing no one can predict precisely what life will be in the coming months when this edition arrives to our membership. Hopefully, we should know who is the President-Elect and the names of other publicly elected officials. Club Phone Numbers Certainly, on our local level, questions persist regarding what we can expect in the coming season at Hunters Run. If we are lucky enough to have a Covid-19 vaccine distributed to our CLUBHOUSE EXT members, that certainly would be impactful. Such optimism is, of course, very problematic. If Cardroom - Ladies' 4003 such a vaccine is not developed or available, then masks, social distancing and a reduced use of Cardroom - Men’s 4009 facilities will continue, as we do all we can to keep our members safe. Beauty Salon - Inside Extension 4353 Beauty Salon Our Food & Beverage and Entertainment Committees will have their ingenuity and creativity Outside Telephone 364-9353 tested to provide us with outdoor dining and other events. Golf, pickleball and tennis regulations Fitness Center 4056 have recently been relaxed but caution must and will remain our guideposts. One way or another, Front Desk - 737-2582 4582 I expect the Club to meet all challenges. Locker Room - Ladies’ 3903 Locker Room - Men’s 3902 During the last several months the board has turned its attention to continuing to improve Pool Attendant 4560 Hunters Run facilities. The North Course restroom has been completed, the club pool Valet 4025 remediation is ongoing, conceptual drawings for a soon- to -be proposed new Congress Avenue COURTESY PHONES EXT entrance signage are near finalization and the Front Entrance/Main Guardhouse proposed Lobby 4015 conceptual plans are also nearing completion. If the Membership also approves our proposal, the Golf Shop 4026 current Tennis Center will be replaced with a new and reimagined facility including a new main Ladies' Restroom 4022 building, a new pavilion, bleachers, and entrance way, and also including needed infrastructure Men’s Restroom 4024 improvements. Again, when proposals are ready for submission to the membership, ample Tennis Shop 4657 Pool Area East 4077 opportunities will be given for membership input before any further actions are taken. In the Pool Area SW 4076 coming months the details of these various exciting proposals should be ready for membership F & B DINING INFO TELEPHONE review and consideration. Grille Room 735-4021 The POA has recently renovated an apartment in Southport and it should be available for Il Cacciatore 735-4027 inspection by members in November. This renovation will give buyers a firsthand look as to the Snack Shack 735-4068 vast potential of many of the non-performing living units available at Hunters Run. Please tell Tiki Bar 735-4012 your friends about how wonderful these newly reimagined units are. After all, members are our Lodge/Dining Reservations 735-4044 Main Dining Room 735-4064 most important assets. The Palms 735-4038 Even in the face of the pandemic Hunters Run remains committed to excellence. If we can Lounge 735-4050 remain optimistic, proceed with collective enthusiasm and remain cautious and healthy, our Internet Café 735-4016 community’s future will do the same. Best wishes for a happy holiday season and a new and 19 Hole 735-4052 healthy 2021. SECURITY EXT EMERGENCY 911 Security - South Gate - Main 4060 /736-9711 Security-North Gate 364-0018 Michael H. Soroka Security - Automated President Guest System 736-6913 Lukasz Kotowski, Director Office: 737-3848 Cell: 561-225-5669 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Clubhouse Security 5020 Isles Guard Gate 738-1569 5 FEATURE: Star-Studded 22 Bridge CMO TELEPHONE 18 Golf 23 Fitness Matthew Iaccarino 21 Tennis 24 New Member Profiles CMO Manager 734-5000 Fax 734-4681 CMO Maintenance 734-6784 Hunters Run Country Club NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020 3 COMMUNITY RELATIONS In its ongoing efforts to help local organizations, Run Hunters Run has made donations totaling $40,000, Hunters according to a report by Jerry Chafetz, chair of the Community Relations Committee. The donations were distributed to: Cookbook Proceeds to benefit Boynton Beach Police $5,000 Meals on Wheels program Boynton Beach Fire Dept Station 2 $5,000 Bethesda Hospital Foundation $4,000 Delray Medical Center $4,000 Boynton Beach Food Pantry $5,000 In July, after months of cooking meals at home due to the pandemic, Bethanie Gorny was running out of dinner Jacobson Family Food Pantry $4,000 ideas. She posted a request for recipes on the Hunters Run Fun Albert Jewish Family Center $5,000 Facebook page and over 60 people responded. The Caridad Center $2,000 Rebecca Barth, the site administrator, noticed the interest and came up with the idea of writing a cookbook compiling recipes from Hunters Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse $2,500 Run residents.