THE GRAPEVINE. Inside this Issue. Plant Sale!! The Pine Island Cove Garden Club has set up a. Pine Island Cove Newsletter Volume 38 Issue 3 March 2019

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1 THE GRAPEVINE Pine Island Cove Newsletter Volume 38 Issue 3 March 2019 CALLING ALL KARAOKE SINGERS! Karaoke Contest to benefit BreastFest! March 9 is the annual BreastFest Walk plus a special event held at the St James City Civic Association. This year s special event part is a one-day Karaoke Contest from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Groups are allowed but no instruments. Prizes will be awarded! You MUST pre-register beforehand! Event registration form and more information can be found at fromourheart.org LUAU Goodbye-Party -page 3 Hope to hear your voice in this fun filled event! -Mary Scott Plant Sale!! The Pine Island Cove Garden Club has set up a huge plant sale at JMC Landscaping on March 1, 2 and 3. All 3 Gallon sun and shade plants including orchids will be 25% off. All fruit trees will be 20% off. Christmas and Foxtail palm trees will be $175., delivered and planted. All Red Tagged Items will be 50% off. The Activities Calendar is Going Digital We are converting the calendar into a digital (i.e., computer-readable) format. By taking this initiative we hope to improve efficiency, and improve accessibility to the information. As a result, the March calendar (which was attached to your message) is in a new format. More calendar enhancements, including improved web access, will be forthcoming, so please bear with us as we transition to the digital age! -Mary Jo Lanzen and Claudia Sitzman Inside this Issue Thank you... 2 March Events Save the Dates... 3 March Sports... 4 Activities, etc Featured Article Reminder... 8 Services/Contacts... 9 Editor s Note... 9 Pine Island Cove our little place in paradise 2/27/2019

2 Thank you... The Ladies Luncheon and Style Show was a fabulous day in the neighborhood. My heart is still smiling, thank you for coming. Kudos and many thanks to the committee! Finding the can do committee was the easy part with the bond we share in sisterhood. From securing the date, selling the tickets, checking people in, advertising, making name cards, the food, selecting the perfect models, decorating, buying the paper products, mimosas, flowers, door prizes, the blessing and much, much more. With deep gratitude and thanks to - in alphabetical order: The models: Chet Newbrough, Deb LeBlanc, Donna Henige, Donna Ziegelman, Jacque Rode, Janet Pepper, Nancy Doughtery and Nancy Moore. John Newbrough and Kevin Henige made a special appearance modeling with their wife by their side. The committee: Caroline Grimm, Cheryl Marshall, EvelynZuhlke, Jenny Neff, Joanne Patton, Mary Jean Schimmel, Mary Moser, Marylea Lewellyn, Mary Jo Lanzen, Ruth Brown, Sarah Furia, Sharon Aley, Sharon Weisenbach, Shellie Siwajek and Tansy Powell. Honorable mention; Sharon Bublitz The photographer: Steve Russell -Nancy Riley Happening in March... Men s Club Breakfast March 9 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Cost: $7.00 Everyone is welcome! Quilt Show and Raffle At the Clubhouse March 18 12:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 9th Annual Hog Roast Saturday March 2 Cobiac Pavilion Happy Hour 1PM-3PM - Free Beer Eat at 3PM We want to remind Our Pine Island Cove Family to come and enjoy our 9th Annual Hog Roast. We have purchased all hams and pork butts from the store. There is no wild hog meat. We appreciate all of your donations to help keep this Annual Event. Donations will be accepted for Beer and Wine before and at the Hog Roast - Saturday, March 2, Thank you in advance to all involved in the Hog Roast from start to finish. Please bring a dish to pass. Live Music by Joel 1:00 PM-5:00 PM due to generous donations. Please call or text Darwin at (813) or Pauline at (352) Bocce Party March 28 (after the last game) Ladies Tiki-on-the-Lake Happy Hour 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month 2/27/2019 2

3 Happening in March... LUAU Tickets are available from: Denyse Parker, Peggy Johnson, Sharon Bublitz, Audrey Dideon, and Lois Picklo. Tickets are available now for $15 - meal included. Red Shoe Karaoke with Roger Saxon Saturday, March 30 6:30 p.m. BYOB and an appetizer or dessert to share 50/50 to benefit the men s club Hope to see you there for singing and dancing! Final Pickleball Tournament Tuesday March 26 Spring Fish Fry February 12, 2020 Ladies Clubhouse Luncheon The theme will be KEEP CALM and put your JAMMIES ON! -Nancy Riley Wednesday April 3 at the Pavilion Happy Hour at 3:00, Meal at 4:00 Fish and Tartar Sauce will be provided. Please bring dinnerware, cutlery, the beverage(s) of your choice, and a dish to share. Please sign up at the Clubhouse so we know how much fish to prepare. Call Tom Moore at or Carol Ciafre at with questions. 2/27/2019 3

4 Sport Bocce Ball free play Day of the Week March Sports Activities Monday, Wednesday, Friday Clip (or Print) and Save! Time Contact Info 9:30 a.m. Glen Miller: Bowling (at Coral Lanes) Friday 9:15 a.m. Evelyn Zuhlke: Ladies Golf Monday mornings Lois Picklo: Men s Golf Wednesday mornings Gordy Ziegelman: Pickleball novice players only Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Lori Smith: Pickleball intermediate players only Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Lori Smith: Pickleball all levels Mon. Sat. 9:00 a.m. Lori Smith: Pickleball all levels Sunday anytime Lori Smith: Ping Pong Tuesday 9:30 a.m. Joe Hainey: Water Aerobics- when the air temp. is 70 or above Monday through Friday weather permitting 9:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Carol Ervin: Carol Johnson: Due to rising temps Pickleball will commence at 8 am starting March 1. Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8-9 novice and Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday intermediate from 8-9. After 9 and on Sunday all levels welcome. The final pickle ball tournament will be held on Tuesday March 26. -Lori Smith 2/27/2019 4

5 Activities, Committees, Clubs and Group News Bingo Bingo will continue to be held in the clubhouse on Tuesday evenings throughout the month of March. The coffee is ready and cards are for sale at 5:30 with the games starting at 6:30. So please come early to find a seat and get set up and have a little time for socializing. Remember to bring 1 or 2 items for the food pantry and a coffee cup to use and your quarter for the coffee or soda. Each of these will get you a free hard card to play for the evening. So far this season the bingo players have donated over 600 pounds of food which is much appreciated here on the island. The cost is minimal ($7 and you can play all games) with the chance to win much more as many players can attest. Bingo will be continuing for six more weeks with the final games of the season on April 9. The season has flown by for me and for many of you also, I'm sure. So let's have some more fun on Tuesday nights while we can!! Hope to see you there. -Sher Lucas Bocce Due to two rain-cancelled games, the makeup games will be played on Fri., Mar. 22 & Thurs., Mar. 28. These game dates replace Jan. 24 & Feb.14. Players - look at your schedule for your court number & times to play with opposing team for Jan. 24 & Feb.14. Bocce party is at the end of the last game. Big thanks to Mike Satmary, Steve Petco, Pat Kennedy, Lea Brunson & Joan Gilbert for cleaning & repairing court 1 from water damage. Crafts -Lou Trotta March 6 at 10:15 a.m. is the 2 nd session for those of you making the lighthouses. Your basic painting should be finished before this class so we can work on the décor etc. Anyone needing help please call Kathy at March 27 at 10:15 a.m. is for all the jewelry lovers. Peggy Johnson will show us how to make a beautiful boho beaded bracelet. Sign-up sheet will be posted at the clubhouse along with a picture and supplies needed. Looking forward to this class! Book Club On Friday, March 22 at 10:15 am in the Clubhouse the Book Club will discuss Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande. This book written by a doctor is about aging, the end of life, the hospital and care industry.... a must read for all. Come join with us, have coffee, listen or join in the discussion. Mary Jean Shimmel will lead the discussion. -Duree Evans and Marion Seery Garden Club The next meeting of the Garden Club will be on Friday March 1 at 10:15 a.m. in the clubhouse. Everyone is welcome. Any questions you can call me at Thanks. -Donna Ziegelman Men s Club March 7th will be the last meeting of this year for the Men s Club at 7:00 pm. There will be pizza and beer after the meeting. All of the men that were a part of our work parties are encouraged to attend! -Kathy Saxon /27/2019 5

6 Activities, Committees, Clubs and Group News (cont d) Nimble Thimble Quilters and Needlework February seemed to fly by. Everyone is busy. Our quilt show is March 18, 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. We have two raffles: a lovely quilt and a Swedish Weaving Afghan. The money will be used for different charities here on the island. Baby quilts are for sale and the money will also be used here on the island - food pantry, feed the kids, etc. Please come in and see the girls at work. We will have a For Sale table with items girls have made; also punch and cookies. Hope to see you at the show. -Ethel Tautkus Ladies Luncheon The Style Show/Ladies Luncheon was a huge success. We had a large turn-out of over 100 ladies attending. The food was excellent, and the style show stylish. The 50/50 drawing had three winners of $75.00 and the Garden Club received $ For March we will be going to one of the ladies favorite restaurants, Monarca s Mexican Restaurant, 1604 South East 46 th Street, Cape Coral FL ( ) The Luncheon will be held on March 20 at 12:00 Noon. Driving Directions: Pine Island Road to Veterans Parkway. Veteran s to the Del Prado Exit. Turn right on to Del Prado and drive to 46 th Street. Turn left at 46 th Street, the restaurant will be on your right. We will be ordering off the menu. The sign-up sheet will be posted in the Clubhouse. Please clearly write your phone number after your name if you need a ride. You will be called a day before the luncheon to let you know who you will be riding with. Marylea (412) ) Ginny (239) Shellie (419) Travel Broadway Palm Dinner (Saturday Night Fever) was attended by 42 persons! The show was wonderful and everyone seemed to have enjoyed the show and dinner. Stay tuned for next year's show which should be posted at the end of March. We had a great turn out for our February trip to the Florida State Fair in Tampa - thanks to all of you who signed up! There may still be time to get in on one of our two one-day March trips that we put together to replace the St. Augustine trip that did not have enough people signed up. Friday, March 8, we are going to Plant City to the Strawberry Festival. We had enough response for a big bus so there is still room to hop aboard! Friday, March 15 we are going to Naples Botanical Gardens with a stop at Historic Tin City where you can just shop and sightsee and/or have a late lunch or early dinner in one of the restaurants there. Both trips are all day trips. Contact Kathy Russell at or Donna Ziegelman at to see if there is still room for either of these trips. Watch the travel bulletin board for an April day trip - still being planned. This is new for us. Usually we end trips with March - so we'll see what kind of response we have. The travel committee is working diligently planning next season's trips. We have what we think are some great ideas - hopefully you will too! Please get all your suggestions and ideas to Monique, Donna or Kathy. The best place to keep up with what we are doing is the travel bulletin board - we know not everyone does Facebook!! In April we should be announcing proposed trips for next season to get a feel whether or not there would be enough interest in them. Thanks for your support and for signing up for the trips! -Kathy, Donna, and Monique 2/27/2019 6

7 Sometimes fathers hope for a son to help them with their work, or to participate in activities that daughters often do not. That s only natural, but it plays into stereotypes that can be flat wrong. The wisest fathers realize that girls, with just a little motivation, and the opportunity, can do things every bit as well as boys. Those of us fortunate enough to have daughters have learned that often girls like doing the same sort of things as boys. When I heard the story of a woman here in Pine Island Cove who built a deck all by herself in just a few days, I had to find out more. I stopped by to meet Doris Tempesta at 4972 Gulfgate. We had not met before. She and her husband, Steve, have not been here that long. She told me all about her deck, and her family. I must admit, I was very impressed. We have many, many very talented women living here in Pine Island Cove. It has been my good fortune to know many of them. But I never knew of a woman who could build a deck, from the ground up. Doris admitted to doing precisely that, and all in just four days. Doris dad, Heiner, may have been one of those wise fathers Featured Article They Live Among Us Doris Tempesta by Steve Russell mentioned above, or perhaps just a very practical person, who, not having a son as a helper, recruited his daughter to help him. Heiner was the superintendent of a building in the Bronx. He started bringing Doris along to help him when she was only six or seven years old. At his side, she learned carpentry, plumbing, and electrical skills. That was her only training in those fields, and it has served her well through life. Doris had an older sister who was not interested in that sort of thing. On the other hand, Doris was very interested, so with an aptitude and opportunity, she became her dad s helper. Doris grew up in a strict German household in the Bronx and Queens in New York City. Her mother, Gilda, taught her how to cook, clean, bake, and sew. So, combined with what she learned from her dad she can, and does, do about anything and everything. Doris had two children when she met her husband Steve 30 years ago. They married 28 years ago. Her daughter Jennifer was six and her son Robert was eight years old. Steve adopted them both and proved to be a great father. He helped their son Robert earn the Eagle Scout award at only 14 years old. Robert is now 39. He has a degree in biology and microbiology, as well as a Masters Degree in Business Management. He and his wife live in Madison, Wis. They have two boys. Their daughter Jennifer, 37, has a girl and boy and live in Cape Coral. She works for Longhorn Steak House, where she is in charge of training all the waitresses and kitchen help. She is finishing a degree in Psychology and will graduate in August. So, how exactly did this deck come about? Doris and Steve are full-time renters. They asked the owner if he would allow them to construct a deck. They came to an agreement where the owner would provide the materials, and Doris would provide the labor. This was actually the third deck Doris had constructed. In four days from start to finish, the deck would be done. Steve was working as a security guard in the evenings at the time, which meant he was sleeping in the daytime. This would be Doris project from start to finish. continued on next page... 2/27/2019 7

8 She measured the area where the deck was to be built. Then she drew up her plans. She figured what materials she would use, and the quantity that would be needed, adding a little extra. Then she dug twenty holes for the posts with a posthole digger. She cut the treated 4x4 posts to the right length and planted them in the ground. Then she framed up the evolving deck with 2x4 s, leveling it as she went. To finish the project, she put the deck boards on top, screwing them down, each with at least ten screws. She has further plans to beautify their home. Doris intends to install a sprinkler system, then plant grass and trees along the side yard and the back. She dislikes the shell and rock found throughout the park and much prefers grass. She intends to beautify anything she can. Featured Article They Live Among Us Doris Tempesta by Steve Russell Doris husband Steve was born in Brooklyn. He joined the Navy after high school and was assigned to a cargo handling battalion aboard the USS Truckee. He left the Navy after four years, having become a Boatswains Mate Third Class. He then went to work for the Veterans Administration cemetery system at Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York. He worked for the Veteran s Administration for 33 years. After meeting and marrying Doris they moved their family to Bushnell, Florida, where he worked for the National Cemetery there. In 1996 Steve joined the Navy Reserves out of Tampa. He was assigned to a Seabee outfit, a Naval Mobile Construction Battalion. He was in Iraq for two tours, for Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, with that battalion. They were stationed at Al Alasad Air Force Base, 237 miles northwest of Baghdad, right on the Euphrates river. It was an exceedingly dangerous place. They were often mortared from the nearby mountains, experienced frequent rocket attacks, and on the roads, the ever-present IED (improvised explosive device). Steve lost seven friends there, including his best friend. Steve retired from the Veterans Administration in 2011 with 33 years of service. In 2012 he retired from the Navy Reserves as an E6 Equipment Operator First Class with 22 years of service. Doris and Steve love the Pine Island/Cape Coral area. They also love that there are so many things to do here. They plan to stay here indefinitely and plan to buy the home they are currently renting. Doris and Steve are talented, hard-working, can-do people. Between them, they can do about anything, and we are fortunate they live among us. The above article is posted at Reminder The Resident Photo Directory is available from Sher Lucas at 4940 Pinfish Ln. Anyone that had their photo taken for the book is eligible to receive a copy. All others may purchase one at a cost of $10.00, if interested. 2/27/2019 8

9 Services in the Cove Computer Help Bob Jannette Fishing Rod Repairs Mack Luten Lawn Art: Woodpeckers, Egrets, and Herons - Made to Order Mack Luten Real Estate Joann Buck Joeyb1978@Gmail.com Real Estate Peggy Johnson Century 21 Sunbelt Realty, Inc. PIC Real Estate Listings The listings of properties that are for sale or for rent in the Cove are available in the PICHA Office and are also posted on the Cove s website at Important Phone Numbers Lee County Sheriff PICHA Office page_for_sale.html From the Editor When submitting a news item or article please consider: The 25 th of each month is the deadline for submission of articles. The article should be computer-generated. (Can be either text within the message, or an attachment - preferably in a word processor format.) (Please do not submit a.pdf file, if at all possible.) Please do not submit handwritten or scanned items, if at all possible. Kindly limit the number of words to max. The PICHA Board of Directors and The Grapevine editor reserve the right to edit items for the sake of brevity and clarity. Send your news item to picove.newsletter@gmail.com Photos are not published because, when printed, the print quality is generally poor. Please include your full name with your article. I will acknowledge receipt of your item by return . -Claudia Sitzman 2/27/2019 9