A bell is no bell ‘til you ring it, “ A song is no song ‘til you sing it, And love in your heart Wasn’t put there to stay— Love isn’t love ‘Til you give it away. ~ OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN, SOUND OF MUSIC, “ “YOU ARE SIXTEEN (REPRISE)” VOLUME ELEVEN, ISSUE TWO FEBRUARY 3, 2016 The LUNCH BUNCH invites you to join us for lunch at… Photos: Ron Dorfman Located 15–20 minutes from The Villas at Five Ponds at 4950 York Road (in the Buckingham Green Shopping n RON DORFMAN Center) Buckingham, PA 18912 BLIZZARD! ARRIVING with a slap of frigid temperatures on Friday night, January 22, 2016 The Chef Tony Karamitros will prepare Villas at Five Ponds found itself frozen original European dishes. BYOB. under about 24” of snow and ice for at least three full days. Following a balmy Grille Christmas and New Years, we were all Tuesday, March 29th, 2016 • 11:30 AM shocked by the massive, disabling storm. Our vendor apparently lacked enough OUR MENU (all choices are final) will include: equipment and manpower to release us Choice of Salad (dressings on the side): from the grasp of this monster. Hopefully, q Perfect Taste Wedge Salad q Greek Salad a lesson will be learned and we won’t get Appetizer: Spinach Pie caught in this situation again. Entrée (choose one): q Grilled Salmon—Accompanied with potato and vegetable– Dill sauce on the side q Gyro Platter —Beef, chicken, lamb & vegetables q Vegetable Napoleon—Layers of grilled zucchini, squash, roasted pepper, asparagus topped with mozzarella cheese q Perfect Taste Chicken—Sautéed with portabella mushrooms, olives, roasted peppers, homemade marinara sauce and topped w/mozzarella cheese. BETHLEHEM Choice of Dessert: q Homemade Cheesecake q Vanilla Ice Cream Iced tea, hot tea & coffee will be served. THE CASINO BUS IS ROLLING AGAIN! The Villas at Five Ponds is going to the “Sands” in The cost is $22 per person with limited seating for Bethlehem on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. The cost is 50 ladies. Place card seating at tables of 4 and 6 is $23 per person. This will give us the opportunity to shop, eat, back by popular request. gamble and just have fun. We will receive a casino package of Please deliver your menu choices and non-refundable $20 for gambling and $5 toward food purchase. check made out to “Villas of Five Ponds Social Club” The bus will leave from the Clubhouse at (no initials) to Penny Barenbaum at 160 Fairway Drive 9:45 AM and return about 5:30 PM. 215-913-5170. Do not use the drop box. To reserve your place for this wonderful day please make sure your non-refundable check for $23 per person is received RESERVATION for PERFECT TASTE GRILLE LUNCH BUNCH by March 8th, 2016, payable to VFPSC. Please RSVP with your check by March 10th. Send to: Reba Grossman (215-675-6883) 235 Fairway Drive. Checks may also be dropped into the lockbox at the Name________________________________________________ Clubhouse but they must be in an envelope with your name, Phone _______________________________________________ date, and phone number. email________________________________________________ Join us for Outlet Shopping, Fun Food, Good Times, Gambling & Great People! HOSTESSES: ARLENE BLANCK 267-342-6704 PENNY BARENbaUM 215-913-5170 Open to Friends & Family as of February 1, 2016 SHARAN RODGERS 215-672-8054 THE VILLA’S VOICE | FEBRUARY 2016 | 1 otes from the Board of The Villas at Five Ponds Nn THE VILLas at FIVE PONDS EXECUTIVE BOARD In Case of Snow: Where’s your car? As a mentioned earlier, when we have to plow snow, it is an Reminder, if we have a “plowable” snow storm no vehicles can be immediate $100 fine if a car is left on the street or your driveway. parked on the street, or on a home driveway. Any violation of this All “extra” vehicles must be parked on the middle two rows of the community rule will result in an immediate $100 fine. clubhouse lot. Any cars that can not be put into your garage, must be parked Also, please be aware should a resident or guest have vehicle on the clubhouse lot, on one of the two center rows only. Thank you with an expired inspection sticker or non-up to date license plate, for your cooperation. that vehicle cannot be parked anywhere on our property, clubhouse lot, street, or driveway. Yes, it can be left in your garage. “Meet The Board Night” February 2nd, 2016 at 7 PM in the Ballroom. We encourage all “new” residents to attend. Other residents who have community type questions, please THE VFP attend as well. No individual property issues please, these should be RESIDENT’S sent to the property in manager in writing for follow up. DIRECTORY Winter Clean Up ADDITIONS The Villas at Five Ponds Executive Board asks all home owners to WITH THIS ISSUE of The Villa’s do some “winter clean up” around their homes. Placing things like Voice, we have distributed to empty planters out of the way, throwing out dead plants, etc. each household an updated insert Thank you! for your copies of The Villas at Five Ponds Resident’s Directory. Your sheet should be inserted Parking in Snowy Weather in the back of your book. We will, It has been observed that there are several vehicles that, while parked as information changes, provide legally, are being left on Villa or Fairway Drives for extended periods. additional replacement sheets in the months to come. HELP IS ALWAYS n CAROL BERKSON AVAILABLE! IF YOU ARE RECOVERING from an illness or are home- bound we would like to help. Would you like a visit? Need errands run? Need your dog walked? Please consider using Helping Hands. We have “Hands” ready to assist the needs of our residents. Contact Carol Berkson at 215-441-4791, e-mail [email protected] or Sandy Rubin at 215-441-8544, [email protected]. The Villa’s Voice Publisher/Owner: Ron Dorfman, Design, Graphics, Advertising The Villa’s Voice newspaper 97 Villa Drive, 215.328.9255 is an independently owned [email protected] and operated enterprise www.RonaldDorfmanDesign.com providing information as a public service. The Villa’s Voice Staff: All views expressed in credited columns are those Bill Cohen, Distribution & of the individual writer(s). Special Assignments They are not necessarily the opinions of The Villa’s Tony Martella, Distribution & Voice staff, The Villas at Special Assignments Five Ponds management Barry Ace Platt, Investigative Reporter company, Board or of the VFP Association. Herb Utain, Sports Reporter As our community members, your comments Al Wiesner, Editorial Cartoonist and remarks are invited on any shared topic All staff can be reached via email at: of interest. [email protected] —The Villa’s Voice Staff ©2016 Ronald Dorfman, Warminster, PA. All rights reserved. 2 | THE VILLA’S VOICE | FEBRUARY 2016 WINTER 2016 ATTENTION OWNER’S! $25 OFF How Old is Your Hot Water Heater? Any Maintenance Now is the time to or Repair Service replace it with… Cannot be combined with any other Expiresoffers. Expires9/30/14 3/03/16 ~NEW GAS~ Hot Water Heaters REBATES of up to $ 50 Gallon: $1,050. 1,200 on a complete high 75 Gallon: $1,350. Cannot be combined with any other offers. efficiency HVAC system Price includes labor. Expires 3/03/16 Call for Details! $10 OFF PARTY TRAY or CATERING Order of $75 or more. Villas at Five Ponds complete Clubhouse Catering Not to be combined with CATERED DINNERS any other offer or coupon. Our Specialty! Expires 3/03/16 Special Orders for Every Occasion Delivered to Your Door 10% OFF Special Event Breakfast, Lunch, Party Trays Order or NOW! Dinner • Meat Deli Trays • Fancy Smoked Fish Trays Not to be combined with any other offer or coupon. • Wrap Trays • Dessert Trays • Fresh Fruit Bowls Expires 3/03/16 • Danish & Cookie Trays • Complete Dinners • Hot Entrees Catered & Served • and Much More! OPEN DAILY 1962 COUNTY LINE ROAD • HUNTINGDON VALLEY VISIT US ONLINE & RECEIVE 7 AM – 9 PM 215-355-2000 (FAX: 215-364-6638) • www.benandirvs.com E-CLUB SPECIAL DISCOUNTS! THE VILLA’S VOICE | FEBRUARY 2016 | 3 Travel Tours • Family Trips • Cruises • Reunions 2015/16 HOLIDAY CRUISING onboard the Azamara Journey were The Villas at Five Ponds friends (left to right) Jo Ann & Dan Robbins and Harriet & Burt Soltoff. At right, Dan & Jo Ann are seen at another of the party celebrations. RONDA & RON DORFMAN celebrated Thanksgiving in Valley Village, in-law, Michika join them in Encino, CA. At right, Ronda’s birthday was California with their children and grandchildren (Max & Emmett are later celebrated here at Five Ponds when the twins and son, Michael seen above with The Voice.) In the center, grandson, Kai and daughter- returned for a New Year’s visit. (More Travelers on page 14.) Guest Speakers Programs • Demonstrations the area, with a focus on Jewish and other faith based communities and organizations. Coming to the Clubhouse… The Consulate General of Israel to the Mid-Atlantic Region is the of- ficial representative of the state of Israel to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware, ISRAEL: DIVERSITY, DEMOCRACY Kentucky, West Virginia and Southern New Jersey. & SHARED VALUES Mr. Zaremba was formerly the assistant of the Middle East Quarterly and Associate Editor of the Islamist Watch, a project of the Middle East Presented by the Israeli Consulate Forum, based in Philadelphia. He has worked for over 20 years in the Wednesday, March 9, 2016 private and public sectors developing instructional materials for a vari- 2 PM in the Clubhouse Ballroom ety of clients, including the Department of Homeland Security, The U.S.