The Box Office will be open 90 minutes prior to show, only for theater/concert events. All dance tickets must be purchased in advance. Tickets can be purchased by phone, in person at the Box Office, or online at www.sl4recdistrict.com.
Welcome Back Snowbirds!
• On Nov. 8 at our hospitality station in the lobby, we’ll be serving muffins (while quantities last) in appreciation of our owners.
• Election Day is Nov. 5. Don’t forget to vote! It’s right here at the Clubhouse.
• Nov. 9 is the fabulous show, Cheek to Cheek—a tribute to the musical duet of Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, featuring a live band. For an extra $10, we will be serving a delicious Italian dinner at 5:30pm before the show. Una bella serata!
• The Pool Party will be held on Nov. 10, with the dynamic “Shonee,” from 3pm to 5pm.
• Our Bunco Lunch will be at 11:30am on Nov. 18—come roll the dice and have lunch.
• Nov. 13 at 10:30am will be a special Burlesque Dance Class (with mimosas) presented by Anna. RSVP at the office and don’t forget your boas!
• Also on Nov. 13 will be our Bingo Night at 7pm. Feeling lucky?
• As an ending to Hispanic Heritage Month, we will be showing the 2008 film, Rudo aCursi, in Spanish, on Nov. 14.
• Sabado, Noviembre, 16. Lo Que Esperaban el Baile Vallenato del año incluye sangría y aperitivos.
• Nov. 19 is our monthly Karaoke party. You’d never realize what talent we have at Phase 4. It’s a fun evening—come check it out!
• Our famous Tea Dance is on Nov. 20. Let’s start the holiday right!
• Last, but certain not least, is our Pre-Thanksgiving Dance on Saturday, Nov. 23. There will be a full turkey dinner with all the trimmings (introducing a fabulous new caterer) and dance the night away to the Poppy Band.
A SPECIAL NOTE: Sunday, December 8, SLP4 will be presenting its Holiday Market. Tables will be filled with lots of festive gifts and goodies to buy. A great way to find those one-of-a-kind items! It will be held 9am to 3pm. Open to the public — bring your friends and neighbors!
See you in the Clubhouse! Marian Weinberg / Social Director
We gratefully thank and acknowledge our marvelous sponsors this month: Humana, Metropolitan, and Aetna.
Be on the lookout for our
Movies at 1pm will be shown with English subtitles. 7pm movies will be shown with Spanish subtitles.
REC BOARD NEWS
Hello Friends and Neighbors,
Finally, we are beginning to feel the cooler breeze in the air. Fall is upon us. The clubhouse is buzzing with activities organized by our wonderful Social Director, Marian Weinberg. Another piece of exciting news is that the banquet room floor is now entirely covered with beautiful walnut laminate flooring. This has opened up the space, allowing for a larger dance and exercise floor.
We also, would like to invite those of you who have never been to the clubhouse, to come and participate in all the wonderful amenities we have to offer. In my term as the Chairperson, I am always amazed at the number of owners who have lived here five years or more and have never stepped foot in the clubhouse. The clubhouse acts as a support network where owners can come and socialize and cultivate friendships with others who have similar interests. It is well known that seniors who satisfy their social needs and have a social circle that provides friendship and connection have a longer, healthier and more fulfilling life. So, please come by and have a cup of coffee or tea at our new weekday hospitality station. We invite you to join us on “Muffin Day.”
If you are more of an outdoor person, the Recreation District has an active pickle ball group that you can join. Why not join our Golf Club, where you can participate in golf tournaments or play a 9-hole game of golf with your neighbors? Along, with the Golf Club, there are active social clubs that have open membership. Please reference the calendar for more information. Finally, please remember to bookmark our website, www.sl4recdistrict.com, for up-to-date information on all of our activities. Stay safe and enjoy the beautiful Fall weather.
Yvonne Hepler
CHAIRPERSON
GLENN STRICKLIN VICE-CHAIR
DISTRICT NEWS
Dear Residents,
SLP4
I want to say “Thank you!” to all the Residents that have gone out of their way to welcome me back, I deeply appreciate it. I left in February—not because I was unhappy, but for an opportunity that I thought would be good for me. It turned out not to be! I am grateful to Yvonne Hepler and the Board for allowing me to come back and serve as your manager.
With hurricane season (hopefully) behind us, we can enjoy the best that Florida has to offer. I want to personally welcome back any snowbirds that have made the journey here. I am sure you’ll notice many improvements in the Clubhouse and its amenities.
Recreation District Manager
We have installed new A/C units in the Ballroom, as well as the Theater. It should be much more comfortable for all the shows and dances. New flooring has been installed in the Ballroom and we are also looking at replacing the existing stage curtains.
We hope Residents enjoy the new “hospitality” station in the main Clubhouse lobby. Help yourself to free brewed regular coffee as well as decaf, hot water for tea, and ice water for hydration.
While some of the improvements are obvious, many things go on behind the scenes to ensure your current and future enjoyment of the Recreation District. Should you have any questions, concerns or just want to know more, please don’t hesitate to stop by my office and introduce yourself.
YVONNE HEPLER
CHARLIE VENTICINQUE SECRETARY
JORGE DEL PINO TREASURER
LUIS DILONE BOARD SUPERVISOR
MONICA PORTELA BOARD SUPERVISOR
HEPLER ST RICKLIN VENTICINQUE DEL
Joseph Mallen
Thanksgiving may be America’s most beloved national holiday, but its history is all over the place. Even the details of the famous feast between the Plymouth Colony settlers and the Wampanoag Native Americans in November of 1621 are sketchy. The best account we have is a letter from English settler Edward Winslow that never mentions the word “Thanksgiving,” but tells of a weeklong harvest celebration that included a three-day celebration with King Massasoit and 90 Wampanoag men. Over the centuries, that briefly-mentioned feast week has taken on a life of its own, with each generation adding its own take on the fall tradition.
Where was the first Thanksgiving?
Colonists and the Wampanoag tribe shared an autumn harvest feast in 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts that is widely acknowledged as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations.
What did they eat at the first Thanksgiving?
The Thanksgiving meal in Plymouth probably had little in common with today’s traditional holiday spread. Although turkeys were indigenous, there’s no record of a big, roasted bird at the feast. The Wampanoag brought deer and there would have been lots of local seafood (mussels, lobster, bass) plus the fruits of the first pilgrim harvest, including pumpkin. No mashed potatoes, though. Potatoes had only been recently shipped back to Europe from South America.
When did America first call for a national Thanksgiving?
America first called for a national day of thanksgiving to celebrate victory over the British in the Battle of Saratoga. In 1789, George Washington again called for a national day of thanks on the last Thursday of November to commemorate the end of the Revolutionary War and the ratification of the Constitution. And during the Civil War, both the Confederacy and the Union issued Thanksgiving Day proclamations following major victories.
How long has pumpkin pie been a traditional part of Thanksgiving?
Pumpkin pie was a staple on New England Thanksgiving tables as far back as the turn of the 18th century. Legend has it that the Connecticut town of Colchester postponed its Thanksgiving feast for a week in 1705 due to a molasses shortage. There could simply be no Thanksgiving without pumpkin pie.
Why is football a Thanksgiving tradition?
The winning combo of football and Thanksgiving kicked off way before there was anything called the NFL. he first Thanksgiving football game was a college match between Yale and Princeton in 1876, only 13 years after Lincoln made Thanksgiving a national holiday. Soon after, Thanksgiving was picked for the date of the college football championships. By the 1890s, thousands of college and high school football rivalries were played every year on the holiday.
When was the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
To celebrate the expansion of its Herald Square superstore, Macy’s announced its very first “Big Christmas Parade” two weeks before Thanksgiving in 1924, promising magnificent floats, bands and an animal circus. A huge success, Macy’s trimmed the parade route from six miles to two miles and signed a TV contract with NBC to broadcast the now famous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
The first oversized balloons debuted in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in 1927. The brainchild of Anthony Frederick Sarg, a German-born puppeteer and theatrical designer who also created Macy’s fantastical Christmas window displays, the first balloons were filled with oxygen, not helium. That year they featured Felix the Cat and inflated animals like elephants, tigers and a giant hummingbird. Dave Roos for History.com
OTHER NOTABLE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER
Nov. 1, 1848 - The first medical school for women opened in Boston.
Nov. 5, 1911 - Aviator C.P. Snow completed the first transcontinental flight across America.
Nov. 6, 1860 - Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th U.S. President and the first Republican.
Nov. 7, 1944 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented fourth term,
Nov. 8, 1895 - X-rays were discovered.
Nov. 9, 1989 - The Berlin Wall opened after 28 years.
Nov. 13, 1927 - The Holland Tunnel was opened to traffic.
Nov. 15, 1777 - The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress.
Nov. 17, 1800 - The U.S. Congress met for the first time in the new capital at Washington, D.C.
Nov. 19, 1863 - President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.
Nov. 20, 1789 - New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
Nov. 22, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy was assasinated in Dallas, Texas.
Nov. 24, 1859 - Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species was first published.
Nov. 26, 1922 - Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon first went inside the tomb of King Tutankhamen.
Finalmente, estamos empezando a sentir la brisa más fresca en el aire. El otoño ya está aquí. La casa club está repleta de actividades organizadas por nuestra maravillosa directora social, Marian Weinberg. Otra noticia emocionante es que el piso del salón de banquetes ahora está completamente cubierto con un hermoso piso laminado de nogal. Esto ha abierto el espacio, lo que permite una pista de baile y ejercicio más grande.
También nos gustaría invitar a aquellos de ustedes que nunca han estado en la casa club a que vengan y participen de todas las maravillosas comodidades que tenemos para ofrecer. En mi mandato como presidente, siempre me sorprende la cantidad de propietarios que han vivido aquí durante cinco años o más y nunca han puesto un pie en la casa club. La casa club actúa como una red de apoyo donde los propietarios pueden venir y socializar y cultivar amistades con otras personas que tienen intereses similares. Es bien sabido que las personas mayores que satisfacen sus necesidades sociales y tienen un círculo social que les brinda amistad y conexión tienen una vida más larga, más saludable y más plena. Así que, venga y tome una taza de café o té en nuestra nueva estación de hospitalidad de lunes a viernes. Lo invitamos a unirse a nosotros en el “Día de Muffin”.
Si le gusta más estar al aire libre, el Distrito de Recreación tiene un grupo de pickle ball activo al que puede unirse. ¿Por qué no unirse a nuestro Club de Golf, donde puede participar en torneos de golf o jugar un partido de golf de 9 hoyos con sus vecinos? Junto con el Club de Golf, hay clubes sociales activos que tienen membresía abierta. Consulte el calendario para obtener más información. Por último, recuerde marcar nuestro sitio web www.sl4recdistrict.com como favorito para obtener información actualizada sobre todas nuestras actividades. Manténgase a salvo y disfrute del hermoso clima de otoño.
Yvonne Hepler
YVONNE HEPLER CHAIRPERSON
GLENN STRICKLIN VICE-CHAIR
CHARLIE
VENTICINQUE SECRETARY
JORGE DEL PINO TREASURER
LUIS DILONE BOARD SUPERVISOR
MONICA PORTELA BOARD SUPERVISOR
GLENNSTRICKLIN
VENTICINQUE
HEALTH NEWS
WHAT IS SUN AGING?
Sun aging, or photoaging, is when radiation from the sun causes visible signs of aging in the skin. This occurs due to UV light–a type of radiation present in sunlight. In small amounts, UV from the sun can be beneficial, as this is how humans get much of their vitamin D. However, UV light can also cause skin damage that can result in visible changes over time. This occurs due to oxidation, which is the process through which cells repair themselves.
When cells are under too much oxidative stress, their DNA becomes damaged, affecting their ability to reproduce and function as they should. In the skin, oxidative stress could lead to a loss of skin elasticity as UV radiation breaks down elastin fibers, which give skin its structure. UV damage can also lead to rough skin, uneven skin tone, and redness or visible blood vessels.
Does the sun cause most aging?
Yes, there is evidence that the sun causes most signs of skin aging in those with lighter skin. An older study involving 298 white women ages 30–75 years concluded that exposure to the sun may cause around 80% of visible skin aging. It is unclear how this compares to photoaging in darker skin, as no studies have evaluated this. However, darker skin is generally less vulnerable to photoaging than lighter skin because it contains more melanin. Melanin is the pigment that gives skin its color. It also provides some protection from UV light. It is important to note that photoaging still affects people with darker skin, but they may be more prone to changes in skin color and sun spots rather than wrinkles, according to a 2021 research review. If wrinkles do develop, they may become apparent later in life.
Signs of photoaging
Sunlight aging can show up in many ways. A person may develop: freckles, sun spots, dark or discolored patches, loose or drooping skin, fine lines, deep wrinkling, broken capillaries, and rough patches. Depending on the person, their skin tone, and the amount of sun exposure they get, these signs may be more or less visible. However, it is important to remember that not all sun damage shows up on the skin’s surface. Even if a person appears to have no signs of sun aging, excessive UV light exposure with no clothing or sunscreen protection can eventually damage the skin.
Photoaging vs. regular aging
The visible signs of skin aging can be similar no matter what the cause, but there are a few distinctions between photoaging and regular aging. Intrinsic or chronological aging happens naturally as a person gets older and affects the whole body. On the skin, signs may develop evenly in all locations, causing a general loss of elasticity, lines and wrinkles, or skin that feels thinner or more fragile than before.
In contrast, photoaging is extrinsic, meaning it occurs due to an external factor. It may only affect parts of the body that have had frequent sunlight exposure, such as the face, neck, or hands. Photoaging can also cause some specific symptoms, such as sun spots, that chronological aging may not.
Can you reverse sun aging?
The damage that UV light does to deeper layers of the skin is not always reversible. However, there are ways to reduce the visible signs on the surface of the skin. This may include topical treatments, or cosmetic procedures, depending on the person’s goals. While a small amount of sunlight is necessary for people to get enough vitamin D, it is important to take precautions to protect the skin from UV damage. Rosie Jones / Medical News Today