Walking Among Trees Us in Our Country and Lives
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PRSRT STD ECRWSS U.S. Postage PAID EDDM Retail Monroe Twp., NJ 08831 VOLUME 54 / No. 11 Monroe Township, New Jersey November 2018 “What do you have to be thankful for?” By Tom Croake Yvonne Nobile Debbie MacCauley Thanksgiving to me is not Besides being thankful for merely a time of eating and my husband and children, Residents gather near the Clubhouse for an October tree walk. partying. Rather, Thanksgiving someone else comes to Photo by Sara Acevedo is a time to gather together mind, my best friend Ruth of with family and friends to give 48 years. Ruth and I met in thanks and show gratitude for high school. Along our jour- the many blessings enjoyed by neys, we share all the things Walking among trees us in our country and lives. It’s best friends go through, mar- a time to reflect on our good riage, children, grandchildren By Carol De Haan moor Drive to the East Gate Mike Niese appreciated the fortune and consider others and vacations, many happy Can you spot a Japanese and back, about 1½ miles. variety, which counts for a lot that are less fortunate. and sad times. Through it all, Zelkova? How about a horn- Armed with a list of trees, since they recently moved we are both always there for beam or a locust? they identified one hand- here from Maine, a state fa- each other. She is a one in a Some of us can, having some specimen after an- mous for magnificent trees. million friend. If I could only accepted the invitation of our other. There was general Rossmoor’s representative get her to move to Ross- tree guru from Mutual 5, astonishment with the diver- on the Township’s Shade moor, it would make her best Anne Rotholz, for an Oct. 6 sity of trees in that relatively Tree Commission, Lorraine friend very happy. tree walk in Rossmoor. Ap- short distance. Mary Ann and (Continued on page 2) proximately 30 residents, many from the Hiking Club, left the Clubhouse at 9:30 Focus on: Groups and Clubs a.m. on a lovely fall morning. They trekked along Ross- Yoga: exercise, stretch and relax By Jean Houvener standing for strength and Most Wednesday morn- balance. While the Cedar These trees grow in the ings at 9:30 a hardy band Room is carpeted, all partici- ¾ mile between the Club- meets in the Cedar Room to pants brought yoga mats. A Dennis Haggerty house and the East Gate: do traditional yoga under the recent session began with Ginko Biloba guidance of resident Norman warming up various joints, Perkus. Perkus has been a What I’m thankful for: I’m Japanese Zelkova working on loosening and thankful for my wife Dottie yoga instructor at Rossmoor Locust stretching the body in prepa- and our family. I’m thankful Eastern Red Cedar for 23 years. His experience ration for more vigorous extends back 45 years in all. for our son Steven telling us Pagoda work. This was followed by a about Rossmoor, it was the He graciously shares his Sequoia period of relaxation and best decision we made. And Dan McOlvin passion with the residents of Southern Magnolia stretches lengthening the all the programs and activi- Rossmoor. Well Tommy, a great ques- arms and legs in opposite ties they have here. I’m Sycamore The poses included sitting tion. The first thing that my directions. thankful to participate in giv- Maple or lying on the mats and wife Penni and I are thankful (Continued on page 19) ing out dinners on Thanks- Pin Oak for is that we wake up in the giving. It’s very rewarding Green Ash morning and have our health. seeing their faces. Plus Purple Leaf Plum Nothing else you can do if that working with the Women’s Bradford Pear Kick off the Thanksgiving season doesn’t happen. We are also Guild and all the lasting Sweet Bay Magnolia thankful for our family and with friends and neighbors friendships Dottie and I have Holly (Continued on page 2) made here. Sweet Gum (Poplar) By Diane England what is now known as Ply- Chinese Elm Were you taught in school mouth, Mass. For that mat- Colorado Spruce that our Thanksgiving holiday ter, in 1621 they celebrated a Norway Spruce honors a celebratory meal successful harvest with a Inside this issue Leyland Cypress shared by the Pilgrims with the three-day gathering which Indians who helped them sur- Crabapple was attended by members of Bits & Pieces ................... 2 Month in pictures .......... 15 vive that first harsh New Eng- the Wampanoag tribe. It is Linden land winter? Now you may (or from this that we derive Bob’s Almanac ................ 8 New Neighbors ............. 17 Hornbeam may not) realize that there’s Thanksgiving as we know it. Clubs ............................ 18 RCAI Meetings ............... 2 River Birch more of a story to be told. But this holiday wasn’t made Culinary Corner ............. 18 Religion ........................ 21 Kwanzan Cherry Yes, the Mayflower did official until 1863, at which Spruce Inversa bring the Pilgrims to North time President Lincoln de- Governors’ Meeting ........ 2 Smilestoes .................... 18 Willow Oak America from Plymouth, clared it as a kind of thank Health Care Center ...... 24 Sports ........................... 23 Dogwood England, in 1620. They did you for the Civil War victories Landscaping ................. 25 Transportation Tidbits .. 26 Witch Hazel land and set up a colony in (Continued on page 2) 2 NOVEMBER 2018 The Rossmoor NEWS Bits & Pieces Sue Ortiz Detours are everywhere sign, and turn right, think these days. Road construc- about what would have oc- tion, car accidents, trucks curred if you had turned left Daniel Jolly, RCAI Presi- the next day. on the Landscaping sched- getting stuck under a bridge instead. Each choice we dent, opened the Board of ule, the Clubhouse events – any of these can take you make has specific conse- Governors meeting promptly The board authorized and Community projects miles out of your way, or only quences; maybe if you had at 9:00 a.m. with the Pledge Resolution # 18-23 Authori- that were underway. around the block. A five- turned left, you might have of Allegiance. zation to Enter into a Five- minute commute can turn won the lottery, but by turn- The meeting was ad- Year Contract with RM Ter- into a two-hour road trip. If ing right you met the love of Mr. Jolly spoke about a mite and Pest Control. journed at 9:15 a.m. only the drivers of oversized- your life. Who knows? CAI Conference that Direc- trucks would heed the height If you are on the road, and tors could attend taking place Residents were briefed restriction signs posted miles the driver ahead of you is a Thanksgiving back, as well as on the slowpoke or being obnox- bridge … ious, try this trick to get him Walking forest fire. Four of them grew (Continued from page 1) Unless you’re late for work out of your way: concentrate within a mile of the area in in Vicksburg, Miss. and Get- or picking up your kid from on the driver and say, “turn, (Continued from page 1) Hiroshima where the atom tysburg, Pa. school, taking new roads turn, turn” over and over. Sarhage spoke about the bomb exploded. They sur- Perhaps what we learned might awaken the senses, Most of the time, he will take importance of trees on our vived the conflagration and wasn’t the entire story. But it and you just might end up the next left or right. I can quality of life. Ozone pollu- are alive today. will likely remain a holiday enjoying the ride. just imagine his thoughts as tion, which causes asthma, is When the walkers passed that many in our society con- One time, on a summer’s he’s traveling down that worsening in New Jersey. Madison Lane, Lucille Price tinue to enjoy. That said, if day trip to New Hope, Pa., I other road, Why the heck did Did you know that trees take drew their attention to the you want this year’s Thanks- ran into a detour somewhere I just make that turn? Try it, it up ozone and carbon diox- healthy trees she had gotten giving to have perhaps a around Hopewell, N. J. Not works for me, and he will ide? They also create the years ago from the Ross- sense of community, as the sure if I would end up where have a new experience him- oxygen we breathe. moor Tree Nursery, alas, Pilgrims initially enjoyed with I needed to go, I cautiously self. Maybe that’s why I end The walkers paused to now defunct. Peggy Mankey the Indians, plan to attend turned down the unfamiliar up on so many odd roads. admire the tall Ginko Biloba identified several varieties of the special Thanksgiving ser- road that the orange and Taking those roads less that grows on the grassy maple trees. vice we hold at Rossmoor black signs directed me. The traveled will leave you re- center mall between Old Back at the Clubhouse, the each year on the Thursday road ahead was bumpy at freshed and relaxed, as you Nassau Road and Glouces- walkers enjoyed coffee, ba- before Thanksgiving. This first, and then it climbed to a will lose yourself in time ter Way. Ginkos were known gels, and home-made muf- year’s service will be on Nov. one-lane road that wound while you explore. only in the fossil record; be- fins. Jutta Agnello brought 15 at 1:30 p.m. in the Meet- around dense trees and All roads lead to home, or lieved to have been extinct home-made cream puffs.