Fall 2012
Orangewood Lakes Community Newsletter 窶天olume II No. 4
The OWL Newsletter
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EASTERN LUBBER GRASSHOPPER The giant, slow moving grasshopper’s bright orange, yellow and red colors are a warning that it contains toxins and will make any potential predator sick. If for any reason, you fail to heed the color warning and pick it up, the grasshopper makes a loud hissing noise and secretes an irritating foulsmelling foamy spray. These 4-inch grasshoppers are too large and toxic for most natural predators, so they don’t need to move fast. Lubbers cannot fly far, and travel in short clumsy hops, or walk and crawl slowly through the vegetation. They feed on broadleaf plants and become a nuisance when swarms invade residential areas and feast on garden plants. Lubbers seem to be unaffected by most insecticides, and according to expects at the University of Florida, if they become a garden pest, the best way to get rid of them is to stamp on them, or ‘hand pick’ them and drown them in a bucket of soapy water. Contributed By: Linda Newton
Welcome Back to all our Winter Residents!!
OWL Gazette Published Quarterly by and for the residents of Orangewood Lakes Manufactured Homes Community Linda Newton, editor E-mail letters to editor, ideas and photos to OWLeditor2012@yahoo.com Bethany Knight, reporter Roy Weisner, photographer
FROM THE DESK OF THE HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION CATS, CATS, CATS do not get it wrong I love cats, dogs and all MOTHER NATURES CREATURES. Although I was upset when it was reported to me that a car came into our park late one night and let out a few cats and drove off leaving the cats to run free in our park. We also have been left dogs this spring. I believe we all realize that many people are having financial problems yet it’s no excuse to leave their pets for us to take care of. As a community we need to come up with a solution to stop this from happening. If you have any suggestion on how to resolve this problem I would like to hear about your ideas. One other problem that was reported to me was about strange cars riding on our community streets in the middle of the night. It has not caused problems as far as I know. Although I do not believe, we need to wait for something bad to happen to one of our neighbors before we as a community come to some solution. I hope you agree and will come up with some ideas on how as a community we can protect ourselves from unwelcome people driving in our park. As a community we still need BLOCK CAPTAINS. It is a volunteer position for a year. You are responsible for helping out when it’s needed or asked on your block. Example: A block captain would be sure neighbors have left when the weather calls for evacuations or do wellness visits if there is concern about a neighbor. If you have not joined the Home Owners Association, remember to do that for your own protection and help with problems that may occur. A friendly reminder speed limit is 15mph in our community, please slow down for safety of our neighbors, pets and our wild life. THANK YOU. Sharon Wells, H.O.A President
Recipe
Pickled Vegetables Ingredients 1 pound green beans ½ pound of pearl onions ½ pound of button mushrooms 1 English cucumber 3 cups cider vinegar 3 cups water 2 Tablespoons whole coriander 1 Tablespoon whole black peppercorns 1 Teaspoon whole cloves 3 Bay leaves 1 ½ cups of sugar ¼ cup kosher salt 2 cloves garlic Directions Clean green beans, peel pearl onions, quarter mushrooms and slice cucumbers. Blanch green beans and pearl onions. Heat vinegar and water with remaining ingredients and pour over vegetables in a bowl (glass). Cover and refrigerate for at least 6 hours or several days. “GOOD EATS”
Another Great Recipe Thanks To Larry! When a chef is totally consumed by the work, it is said, “the kitchen is his second home.” For OWL’s resident chef Larry Tarter, the kitchen is truly his first home. Chances are, if Larry is awake, he is more than likely in his kitchen.
announced, “I’ve got a problem. Five people are hurt and I need cooks. Anyone have experience?” Larry said he did, working in a restaurant.
Friends typically find Larry standing at the stove or sitting at the kitchen table, leafing through current flyers from local grocery stores. Larry isn’t exactly looking for a bargain; he is looking for a bargain that triggers his imagination. A sale on strawberries leads to a few days of making jam. A good deal on beef? Time to cook up some of his world famous chili. And like so many of us, Larry owes his start in the kitchen to his mother.
He had signed on as a busboy in the full service restaurant at age 14, working his way up to cook by age 15. The cook-owner took an interest in training Larry. One day he taught him how to cut up fresh chicken. “Pretty soon, we had a chicken cutting contest, and pretty soon, I was beating him,” Larry says, remembering he never got cut, no matter how fast he cut. His boss wore gloves, Larry didn’t have any!
“Mother showed me a lot and got me started,” Larry recalls. “Mom and Dad were both working. I would get home from school and always start dinner. Most of the time Mom would step in if I was doing something wrong.”
Moving from cutting chicken to frying chicken was not a big leap for Larry. One Sunday, the busiest day, the first cook called in sick, leaving Larry and another fairly inexperienced cook to prepare all the Sunday dinners. “I ended up cooking a lot after that day,” he says, “and soon I pulled my Mother into the situation.”
Years later, Larry enlisted in the Army. When asked what he wanted to do, he said he wanted to cook. Assigned instead to supply school in Fort Dix Woods in Missouri, Larry quickly learned you don’t always get what you want in the military. He was trained in supplies. Three weeks later, there was a bad accident in the mess hall. “Five of the 9 cooks got scalded,” Larry says. A valve got stuck on the large water heating tanks and it blew.” With only four cooks to prepare food for 350 people, the first sergeant
Seems his Mom, Gladys Tarter, had been saying she was tired of sitting around the house and she wanted a job. One morning, the main waitress, who was pregnant, was admitted to the hospital. “I called Momma,” he says. He asked her, “You got a black skirt? And put on a white blouse and get down here.” “Why?” she asked. “’You’re hired as a waitress,’ I told her. I literally hired my Mom.”
Turns out, Gladys Tarter, “Got real popular real quick, as she wasn’t afraid to talk to people,” Larry said. She was so chatty, that one day, she did not notice her order was up at the window, and waitresses were supposed to get their plates right away. Larry picked up the microphone and announced, “Gladys get up here and pick up this order!” “I’m your mother!” she replied, with Larry reminding her that, at work, she wasn’t his mother, but his employee. The two of them both worked there until the restaurant burned down, sadly, with his Mom’s new doe skin jacket inside. The owner also operated a fast food restaurant where Larry went to work after the fire, until he entered the service. But as has so often been the case in Larry’s life, good came from the unexpected. How? It was there he met his future wife Sandy. She was a Curbie, one of the girls who served customers in their cars. “She liked to reach up and untie my apron, to get my attention, I think,” Larry recalls. “The first time I met her, I told her, ‘I’m going to marry you.’” He was just 17, and Sandy thought he was crazy, but Larry believed it was preordained. (In our next column, we’ll
talk about their wedding and Larry’s Army career.) This month, Larry shares his tricked out corn bread recipe. Tricked out, because he has never met a recipe he didn’t want…to tinker with! In this case, Larry begins with two boxes of humble Jiffy corn muffin mix. Made by the Chelsea Milling Company of Chelsea, Michigan, (www.jiffymix.com) the Jiffy corn muffin mix makes a tasty, foolproof muffin every time. Larry gives this lil’ ole box an extreme makeover, and your taste buds will love the reveal. Larry’s Tricked Out Corn Bread 2 boxes of Jiffy corn muffin mix 1/2 cup flour 1/2 cup sugar (more if you like sweeter) Mix dry ingredients 2 large Jalapeno peppers: washed, seeded and chopped very fine
Keeping Cool! Ceiling Fans If you’re looking for ways to beat the heat, a ceiling fan can be a great investment for your home. This one appliance can make a room feel 6 or 7 degrees cooler, and even the most power-hungry fan costs less than $10 a month to use if you keep it on for 12 hours a day. Good fans make it possible for you to raise your thermostat setting and save on air-conditioning costs. Fans don’t use much energy, but when air is circulating, it feels much cooler. Ceiling fans are best, but a good portable fan can be very effective as well. Shades, drapes, or blinds
1 can creamed corn 4 well beaten eggs 1cup Cheddar cheese 1 to 11/2 cups of milk Blend well…DO NOT OVER MIX Pour into well greased 9” by 13” pan Bake at 375 until the center is very firm, about 35 to 45 minutes
Reporter’s Note: Considering ourselves among the “chosen people,” my husband and I are regular beneficiaries of Larry’s culinary creations. We especially love this dense and delicious bread, a meal in itself. Attempting to make the recipe was a little intimidating…after all, who am I to take on the Master? Larry has joked that he sometimes provides people with his recipes, minus one ingredient. He also has known other cooks who charge for their recipes. Fortunately for OWL newsletter readers, Larry promises he provided a complete recipe…and for free.
Install white window shades, drapes, or blinds to reflect heat away from the house. Close blinds, shades and draperies facing the sun (east-facing windows in the morning and west-facing windows in the afternoon) to keep the sun’s heat out and help fans or air conditioners cool more efficiently. Always remember that the best way to keep your home cool is to keep the heat out. Internal Heat The most common sources of internal heat gain are; appliances, electronic devices, and lighting. Be aware from where the heat is coming. Now if you have air conditioning, use it wisely. Don’t put lamps, televisions or other heat-generating appliances next to your air-conditioning thermostat, because the heat from these appliances will cause the air conditioner to run
From roughly May 1 to November 1, we leave Florida and live in Vermont. We miss our OWL life, and in particular, Larry’s cooking. So in late May, I got brave, assembled all the ingredients and baked a big pan of Tricked Out Corn Bread for our visiting son and his family. WHAT A SUCCESS! We all agreed it was moist and filling, and impossible to eat just one piece, no matter how large. I noticed more than one of us took a second piece and crumbled into the soup. Yum. And without a doubt, we all agreed the bread was even better when served warm. By Bethany Knight (resident)
longer. The heat they produce will make it think your house is warmer than it really is, and your system will run harder than it needs to. You should also try to avoid heatgenerating activities, such as cooking, on hot days or during the hottest part of the day. If you are cooking, use your range fan to vent the hot air out of your house. By reducing the amount of heat in your home, you will have to use less energy to cool it. Other things to remember Humidity makes room air feel warmer, so reduce indoor humidity. Minimize mid-day washing and drying clothes, showering, and cooking. And when you must do these things, turn on ventilating fans to help extract warm, moist air.
Happy Times
Jim and Janice Enjoying Hot Dog Thursday!
Joyce- Cristy-June-Don-Sharon-Irene-Sheerie Enjoying the Dogs Don & June Hot Dog Grillers extraordinaire Come Join Us In September!!
Granddaughter-Mother-GreatGrandDaughter-Daughter Lorraine Butterfield & family Disable Vietnam Veteran Don Butterfield, Helping the cause! Thanks for serving, Don!
Birthdays LEO The Boss ( July23 – Aug 22 ) Very organized. Needs order in their lives-like being in control. Like boundaries... Tend to take over everything. Bossy. Like to help Others. Social and outgoing. Extroverted...Generous, warm- hearted. Sensitive. Created energy...Full of themselves. Loving. Doing the right thing is important...Attractive. VIRGO The perfectionist (Aug23-Sept22) Dominant in relationships. Conservative. Always wants the last word...Argumentative. Worries. Very smart. Dislikes noise and chaos. Eager. Hardworking. Loyal. Beautiful. Easy to talk to. Hard to please. Harsh. Practical and very fussy...Often shy...Pessimistic.
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Hans Eggers 7/1 John Ruckdeshel 7/1 Lynn Krueger 7/2 Robert Tanguay 7/2 Liliane Deschenes 7/3 Jeanette Wood 7/5 Eugene Russell 7/6 Antoinette Fournier 7/7 Robert Lee Jones 7/11 Gerald Neu 7/17 Lydia Bergeron 7/19 Kenneth Manness 7/19 Janice Braga 7/20 Barbara Hanes 7/22 Alice McAndrew 7/22 Lorna Grey 7/23 Robert Munday 7/23 Thomas McCann 7/25 Richard Warner 7/25 Michael Williams 7/25 John Childs 7/26 Robert Hanes 7/26 Olive Dubreuil 7/27 Aleck Puhalski 7/27 Luis Burruezo 7/29 Gerald Gillis 7/29
Howard Ellis 8/1 David Hunt 8/2 Craig Chernack 8/3 Annette Horne 8/4 Matthew Eickmeyer 8/6 John Burke 8/7 Susan Gibson 8/8 Sherry Weisner 8/11 Barker Lester 8/12 Dorothy Smith 8/14 Martin Landry 8/16 Mary Oliver 8/16 Bob Ferreira 8/18 Larry Tarter 8/18 Nancy Skinner 8/20 Maxine Paprocki 8/21 Mary Thompson 8/21 Donna Keeton 8/22 Michael McClintock 8/22 Sidney Bounds 8/23 Gloria Stravalle 8/23 Jane Galassi 8/25 Mary Burriss 8/27 Julia Eickmeyer 8/27 Myrtle Taber 8/27 Margaret Duvall 8/28 Thomas Lanfair 8/28 Gail Selvidge 8/29 Marlene Luchenbill 8/30 Willard Samson 8/30
James Rothwell 9/1 Ronald Boudreau 9/3 Sandra Tarter 9/4 Judith Johnson 9/7 Herbie Johnson 9/7 Louella Heaton 9/9 Miguel Acosta 9/10 Nayda Bernabe 9/10 Kathreen Greeley 9/10 Jacqueline Newell 9/10 Marie Forman 9/12 Patricia Gecewicz 9/12 Pamela Swanson 9/12 Mary Fallon 9/13 Carol Monaghan 9/15 Roger Greeley 9/16 Josephine Hasenmeyer 9/19 Edgar Davis 9/20 Brenda Terpstra 9/20 Irene Piche 9/23 Ruth Houghton 9/25 Denise Fournier 9/27 Rusty Boltz 9/29 Elizabeth Ritz 9/30 Eugene Smith 9/30
Need a Service? Try a Neighbor.....
In Park Services that are from our neighbors. The Home Owners Association recognizes the talents of the people in this park and who are willing to work for you. The H. 0 .A. is presenting this list as a service for you, and not responsible for negotiation that occur between providers and customers. BIKE REPAIRS JIM PRITCHARD 645-5242
HAIR DESIGN BARBARA ELLIS (678) 371-4533
ELECTRICAL GARY ACETO (310) 658-7300
LAWN CARE LESTER BARKER 494-7582
WILLY FITZPATRICK (248) 556-1672
BOB MURRAY 843-0081
HANDYMAN TOM McCANN 264-8056
TAX SERVICE / BOOKKEEPING BOB FERREIRA 848-9786
COMPUTERS JACKIE CHRISTENSON 7824 LYNBROOK
MENDING/ SEWING FERN MILLEMAN 849-6355
FERAL CATS TRANSPORTER WILL Y FITZPATRICK (248) 556-1672 Please call Sharon Wells to be added to our list of services at 645- 6829.
Reminders!! Directory is about to be published please let us know if you do not wish to be included in the new edition. Don’t forget the newsletter is now available online at: http://www.floridacommunities.com/pdf/2012-05_Orangewood_Newsletter_Color.pdf
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