SUNRISE AT PELICAN POINTE from the Marina

SUNRISE AT PELICAN POINTE from the Marina
START OF A BEAUTIFUL DAY AT THE MARINA PHOTO BY FRANK M.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

ARSENIC DUMP BY FIND!

ARSENIC, CARCINOGENIC, TOXICIN TO BE DUMPED HERE
IN DMMA SITE IR-2 BY FLORIDA INLAND WATERWAY DISTRICT
(FIND) OUTRAGEOUS ACTION BY A FLORIDA STATE DEPARTMENT!!!
THIS IS HARD TO BELIEVE BUT AFTER RE-SAMPLING AND CHEMICAL TESTING
FIND REPORTED HIGH LEVELS OF THE POISONOUS ARSENIC IN THE SEDIMENT THEY PLAN TO DREDGE FROM THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON IN THE AREA NEAR THE US-1 BRIDGE TO BREVARD COUNTY.
EVEN THE THE RE-SAMPLING WAS NOT DONE AS OUR OUTSIDE EXPERTS HAD RECOMMENDED. YET FIND STILL PLANS TO DUMP THIS TOXIC SEDIMENT ON THE IR-2 DMMA SITE ON US-1, WHICH WILL BE IN OPERATION FOR AT LEAST FIFTY YEARS DURING WHICH TIME THIS TOXIN WILL BE PRESENT IN OUR RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE CONCERNED IRC TAXPAYERS TEAM WILL BE CONTACTING THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE US & FLORIDA ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES, VARIOUS EXPERTS IN THE FIELD, OUR STATE AND COUNTY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES TO STOP THIS TOTALLY UNNECESSARY, AND RASH ACTION BY FIND.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
PARTICIPATE IN A PEACEFUL PROTEST IN EARLY MARCH 2013 ON THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE DMMA SITE.OUCAN SIT ON A BEACH CHAIR AND HOLD A SIGN. IF WE GET A GOOD TURNOUT, WE WILL HAVE TELEVISION AND NEWSPAPER PEOPLE HERE TO COVER AND PUBLICIZE THE PROTEST AND GET ACROSS TO OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES THE CONCERN WE HAVE OF THE HEALTH OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE WILLING TO TAKE PART IN THIS IMPORTANT PEACEFUL PROTEST BY SENDING AN E-MAIL TO GARY KACZENSKI AT: finatic2004@aol.com
NOTE, ARSENIC CAN CAUSE CANCER OF THE SKIN, LUNGS, LIVER, KIDNEYS, ETC.IT CAN BE INTRODUCED INTO HUMANS BY INGESTION,INHALATION OR PHYSICAL CONTACT. SEE BELOW FOR AN EXAMPLE OF ARENIC CAUSED SKIN CANCER:
 
 PLEASE HELP YOUR COMMUNITY!
 
 
 

Friday, January 04, 2013

COMCAST CABLE SERVICE ALERT

JEFF KRACHT, PRESIDENT OF THE UMBRELLA ASSOCIATION
ADVISES THAT SOME PELICAN POINTE RESIDENTS HAVE RECEIVED AN INCORRECT BILL FROM COMCAST WHICH IS ABOUT $10.50
HIGHER THAN THEY NORMALLY HAVE BEEN RECEIVING.
THIS IS A COMCAST MISTAKE AS THE NEW CABLE BOXES WE RECEIVED
WERE NOT TO COST OUR RESIDENTS ANY MORE, PER THE AGREEMENT
REACHED BY THE ASSOCIATION WITH THEM.
YOU SHOULD BE GETTING, WITHOUT CHARGE,:
  1. STANDARD CABLE SERVICE-PROVIDED BY YOUR ASSOCIATION
  2. DIGITAL ECONOMY- LIMITED BASIC SERVICE PROVIDED BY YOUR COMMUNITY.
  3. DIGITAL STARTER-PROVIDED BY YOUR ASSOCIATION.
 TO GET THIS CORRECTED CALL COMCAST
AT 1-800-266-2278
TO REMIND THEM OF THE AGREEMENT WITH
PELICAN POINTE UMBRELLA ASSOCIATION.
NOTE; ON OUR PERSONAL COMCAST BILL RECEIVED THIS WEEK, THE CHARGES FOR THE ABOVE WERE ZERO. WE DID, HOWEVER, HAVE A FEE OF $9.95 FOR
HD TECHNOLOGY FEE (FOR OUR HDTV WHICH WE HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR A WHILE NOW.) FRANK MARSHALL.
PLEASE DO NOT CALL JEFF KRACHT AS ALL HE CAN DO IS GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION ABOVE.
THANK YOU
 
 



Sunday, December 30, 2012

NORMAN ROCKWELL-BEHIND THE CAMERA

IF YOU ARE A NORMAN ROCKWELL FAN THERE IS A VERY NICE EXHIBIT IN THE HOLMES GALLERY AT THE VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART. THE SPECIAL SHOWING RUNS TO JANUARY 13, 2013. THE SHOW HAS TWENTY ORIGINAL PAINTINGS, STUDIES, AND DRAWINGS , 47 OF ROCKWELL'S REFERENCE PHOTOGRAPHS AS WELL AS 37 MAGAZINE TEAR SHEETS. ALSO ON DISPLAY IS THE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT WHICH WAS UTILIZED IN ROCKWELL'S ART STUDIO.
THE UNDERLYING THEME OF THE EXHIBIT IS TO SHOW HOW ROCKWELL USED PHOTOGRAPHY AS A "DIRECTOR" IN PREPARATION FOR HIS FINAL ART WORK.  EARLY IN HIS CAREER HE BELIEVED THAT PHOTOGRAPHY WAS NOT "ART", BUT CAME TO USE IT EXTENSIVELY FOR PREPARATORY WORK FOR HIS FINAL PAINTINGS. WORK SUCH AS "GOSSIP" SHOWN BELOW ARE IN THE EXHIBIT:


ALSO THIS WORK BELOW IS SHOWN IN THE PAINTING OF A GIRL WHO WAS IN A SCHOOL FIGHT:



IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS EXHIBIT, OR HAVE CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN VISITING IT IS WELL WORTHWHILE VISITING THE ART MUSEUM. 

Wednesday, December 19, 2012


RUTH WHITBREAD HAS PASSED ON TO JOIN HER PARENTS AND SEVERAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS WITH THE LORD.
RUTH WHITBREAD HAS PASSED ON TO JOIN HER PARENTS AND SEVERAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS WITH THE LORD.
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RUTH, WAS BORN IN QUEENS, NEW YORK IN 1917 AND GREW UP IN LONG BEACH, NEW YORK. SHE GRADUATED FROM LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL AND WENT ON TO ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN IN BROOKLYN,N.Y. SHE WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL AT COLOMBIA UNIVERSITY FOR 2 TEACHING DEGREES .
HER ACTIVITIES AT PELICAN POINTE INCLUDED GOLF, WAKS,  BOOK CLUB, AND INSTRUCTING BRIDGE.  OFTEN, RUTH CONTRIBUTED TO SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS  HERE, SUCH AS THE MECHANICAL POOL-HEATER AND ELECTRONIC PIANO/ORGAN  FOR THE CLUBHOUSE.
FUNERAL SERVICE-FRIDAY, DEC. 19- AT 10:00 A.M. -- ST. SEBASTIAN CHURCH, U.S.1
DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO :
VNA HOSPICE HOUSE
1110 35 LANE, VERO BEACH, 32960











RUTH, WAS BORN IN QUEENS, NEW YORK IN 1917 AND GREW UP IN LONG BEACH, NEW YORK. SHE GRADUATED FROM LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL AND WENT ON TO ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN IN BROOKLYN,N.Y. SHE WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL AT COLOMBIA UNIVERSITY FOR 2 TEACHING DEGREES .
HER ACTIVITIES AT PELICAN POINTE INCLUDED GOLF, WAKS,  BOOK CLUB, AND INSTRUCTING BRIDGE.  OFTEN, RUTH CONTRIBUTED TO SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS  HERE, SUCH AS THE MECHANICAL POOL-HEATER AND ELECTRONIC PIANO/ORGAN  FOR THE CLUBHOUSE.
FUNERAL SERVICE-FRIDAY, DEC. 19- AT 10:00 A.M. -- ST. SEBASTIAN CHURCH, U.S.1
DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO :
VNA HOSPICE HOUSE
1110 35 LANE, VERO BEACH, 32960
FUNERAL SERVICE IS AT 10:00 A.M.

RUTH WHITBREAD OBITUARY

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

LONGTIME PELICAN POINTE I RESIDENT
GEORGE BREEN HAS PASSED ON

BELOW IS THE OBITUARY PUBLISHED BY THE PRESS JOURNAL ON NOV. 20, 2012



GEORGE BREEN George B. Breen passed away peacefully at the VNA Hospice House, Vero Beach, FL on
November 19, 2012 at age 92. George is survived in his immediate family by his wife Maureen of 31 years, his
son George Breen and his wife Joy of Anna Maria Island, FL; his son Sean Breen and his wife Patricia of
Jefforsonville, VT; his granddaughters Kelly Gerber and Robyn Shinn; and 3 great grandchildren, Hayden
Gerber, Storey Gerber and Scout Shinn. George is also survived by his stepdaughter, Kerry Comollo Slattery of
South Dorset, VT and step sons, Clarke Comollo and his wife Barbara and Keth Comollo and his sons Ryder
and Kai of East Dorset, VT. George volunteered for the US Air Force at the start of World War II. He was a pilot of
planes, helicopters and amphibians. Following his service, George worked for StanleyWorks of New Britain, CT. After leaving
the corporate world, George moved to Vermont and became a maple sugar maker having purchased Forest Farms in Winhall,
VT from Scott Nearing. There he became a Colleague of Pearl S. Buck and a Vice President of her Foundation. While operating
his maple farm for 13 years, he patented his invention, which he later sold to 3M Company, for the use of plastic tubing in the
collection of maple sap. After moving to Manchester, VT, where he founded the first local real estate brokerage, Potentials, Inc.,
George served on the original Board of Trustees of the Ethan Allen Community College. As Vice President of Weather
Engineering in the early 1970's, George negotiated a cloud seeding contract with the Shah of Iran, which successfully ended a
9- year drought in that country. After wintering in Florida of more than 25 years, George and Maureen moved permanently to Vero
Beach, Fl in 2001. In his later years, George became an accomplished, award-winning pastel artist. His painting, "Teaming up"
is in the permanent collection of the Vero Beach Art club. George was a passionate fly fisherman. His warmest memories were
of the many trout fishing trips he took with his family throughout North America. Arrangements are by Cox-Gifford-Seawinds
Funeral Home and Crematory, Vero Beach, FL. At George's request there will be no memorial services. Memorial Contributions
may be made to VNA Hospice House, 901 37th Street, Vero Beach, FL.
Published in the TC Palm on November 20, 2012
GO TO THIS LINK TO SEE OBITUARY AND GUEST BOOK:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tcpalm/obituary.aspx?n=george-breen&pid=161152937&fhid=10601#fbLoggedOut


Wednesday, November 14, 2012

REMINDER TO PP-II UNIT OWNERS

MEMBERS MEETING THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2012
AT 10:00 AM IN PP CLUBHOUSE

AGENDA: DETERMINE IF A MAJORITY OF THE UNIT OWNERS ARE IN FAVOR
OF A COLOR CHANGE TO THE EXTERIOR PAINT COLORS ON OUR BUILDINGS.
PLEASE BE SURE TO GET YOUR VOTE IN IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO YET.

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE ABOVE THERE
WILL BE A BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING TO REVIEW THE 2013
BUDGET PROPOSAL WHICH WAS MAILED TO UNIT OWNERS ON NOVEMBER 1, 2012.

AT THE TIME THE BUDGET PROPOSAL WAS SENT OUT WE DID NOT HAVE A BUDGET FROM THE UMBRELLA ASSOCIATION. IF THIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY TOMORROW'S MEETING WE WILL INCLUDE IT IN THE PP-II 2012 BUDGET FOR APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OTHERWISE WE WILL PROCEED ON THE BASIS OF THE ESTIMATED UMBRELLA BUDGET NUMBER AND CORRECT THIS ONCE THE UMBRELLA FIXES THEIR BUDGET.
ALL UNIT OWNERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THIS BOARD MEETING.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

PETER FRONTERA OF PELICAN POINTE V
 HAS PASSED AWAY
WE ARE SADDENED TO REPORT THAT A GOOD NEIGHBOR FROM PELICAN POINTE HAS GONE ON TO A BETTER PLACE AFTER A VERY ACTIVE, FULFILLING,  AND LONG LIFE.
BELOW IS THE OBITUARY FROM THE PRESS JOURNAL OF TODAY'S DATE:

PETER FRONTERA 
Obituary

PETER ANTHONY FRONTERA Peter Anthony "Pete" Frontera, 90,
passed peacefully Tuesday, October 2, 2012, at Kobacker House
 in Columbus, Ohio. He was born October 12, 1921 in 
Clarendon, Pennsylvania to the late John and Marie Frontera,
 both from Cortale, Italy. He served with the 15th Air Force
 during WWII, flying over 18 missions in the European theater.
 After the war, he attended Bucknell University where
 he met his wife, Louise Garard. They married in 1951
 and resided in Wilmington, Delaware, where he owned and 
operated Penny Hill Delicatessen for more than 20 years.
 In 1976, they moved to Sebastian, Florida, where he opened
 The Sandwich Shop. He "retired" in 1989, taking a part-time job
 at Walgreens, where he worked until he was 85 years old.
 He was a member of the Optimist Club in Wilmington,
 serving as Lt. Governor, the Elks Lodge of Wilmington,
 and Kiwanis of Sebastian. He was an avid golfer and 
bridge player his entire life. He is preceded in death
 by brothers Frank, Edward, and Dominic, and sister
 Marian Fago. He is survived by his wife Louise of 61 years,
 brother Joseph Frontera of Warren, PA;
 daughter Lucy Frontera (Bill Rives) of Columbus, Ohio;
 daughter Alice Frontera of Dayton, Ohio; granddaughters 
Sarah Rives (Jeffrey) Horn of Houston, Texas, 
and Holly Rives of Columbus, Ohio; and many nieces and 
nephews. Visitation and memorial service will be at
 3:00 p.m., October 13, 2012, at SHAW-DAVIS Funeral
 Home, Clintonville. In honor of the excellent care
 he received, donations may be made in his memory
 to Kobacker House in Columbus Ohio. 

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

GINNY FERRY

SAD NEWS-VIRGINIA "GINNY" FERRY
HAS PASSED ON.

OUR DEAR NEIGHBOR FROM PELICAN POINTE DRIVE PASSED AWAY
AFTER SOME RECENT YEARS OF DECLINING HEALTH. SHE WENT ON LAST FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 2012. BOB CARR AND JEAN ROSE OBTAINED SOME INFORMATION FROM GINNY'S DAUGHTER PAM AS THERE IS NOT YET AN OBITUARY POSTED IN THE NEWSPAPER. 
KEN AND GINNY WERE OWNERS HERE SINCE 1988. GINNY WAS ALWAYS AN ENTHUSIASTIC PERSON WITH A CHEERFUL OUT LOOK THAT MADE HER A JOY TO BE WITH.
GINNY WAS A PROACTIVE MEMBER OF THE PELICAN POINTE WOMEN'S CLUB, PLAYED GOLF AT THE SEBASTIAN GOLF COURSE AND OUR OWN 9 HOLE PAR  THREE COURSE.
SHE ATTENDED THE THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SEBASTIAN AND WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE CHURCH'S ACTIVITIES.
KEN AND GINNY HAD THREE CHILDREN: PAMELA FERRY DAYA, DAVID FERRY AND DONALD FERRY.
FINAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING HANDLED BY  CORAL RIDGE FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY, CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA.
TO SIGN THE GUEST BOOK AND LEAVE A NOTE FOR THE FAMILY GO TO: