TOWN HALL MEETING
SUNDAY JULY 15TH

THERE WILL BE A TOWN HALL MEETING THIS SUNDAY AT 9 AM IN THE CLUBHOUSE.

BALLY FITNESS MEMBERSHIPS FOR SALE BY RESIDENT

Two " Premier Plus" Bally Total Fitness Memberships for sale. Going price is $800 each, willing to sell for $450 each. Yearly maintenance is $64.20 and is paid in full through July 21, 2008. No transfer fees involved. A nice gift to give the kids.
If interested please call 732-605-9846

FLYERS FROM OUR LIFESTYLE DIRECTOR - GAIL

WOW! Gail has certainly kept me busy. Check out all of these activities and trips. Guys - with all the trips that Gail has planned for Malls and Outdoor Markets, we are all in trouble. I think we should go along just to make sure the spending is controllable.

So check out all of these events by going to my BLOG and looking under FLYERS CHRONOLOGICAL. It will give you all the details.

http://regencyemailer2.blogspot.com/

A Tribute to Broadway - 07/28/07
Fine Art Auction - 08/25/07
Victorian Week - 10/12/07
Rices Market - Peddlers Village - 10/2/07
King of Prussia Mall - 11/13/07
Radio City Christmas Spectacular - 11/15/07
D Day Presentation Trip - 07/25/07
Learn To Crochet - Monday's Linda Strauss - 12-12:30 PM
Nutrition - 07/19/07
Regency Travel Committee Trip List
West Point Trip - 10/05/07
Woodbury Commons Trip - 9/6/07
Mohegan Sun Trip - 11/29/07 - 11/30/07

PROBLEMS WITH YOUR AC WHEN WE HAVE POWER SURGES

Periodically I have written about problems with your AC when we have power surges or "brownouts". I forget that Regency is still growing and new residents aren't aware of certain things that could save them money. A resident reminded me about a problem with her AC not working when we had a power problem.

So if you want to save yourself $100 keep backup FUSES around. (the fuses are found in your junction box outside of your home). Remember fuses come in different sizes based upon amperage so check to see what amps are in your box and buy a spare pair. Naturally don't touch the fuses when the power is on. You have to shut it off.

So if you replace the fuses and your AC starts working, you just saved yourself a service call. In section one when we had a major power failure about 4-5 years ago, fuses burned out and there was also another part that got "zapped". Myself and about 40-50 other homes needed this part to be replaced and unfortunately, it required a service call. $110 later our AC's were running. I'm trying to think about what that part was so that you would know but unfortunately my memory got "zapped" many years ago.

If you are new to Regency, please go to my BLOG to learn more about things you should know about your homes. It might save you a service call and some money. If you have other tips for the homeowner, please send it to me so that we can all learn about it.
http://regencyemailer2.blogspot.com/
If you scroll down, on the left hand side towards the bottom you will see:
(The AC fuse problem was already on my blog)

HOME REPAIRS - THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR HOME


AIR CONDITIONER FUSES
BATTERY FOR FRONT GATE REMOTE
CENTRAL HUMIDIFIERS
DISHWASHER - SHOWER TIP
FIREPLACE NOT WORKING?
ICICLE PATROL
JAPANESE BEETLE TRAPS
OUTSIDE WATER BIBS - SHUT OFF
PROTECT YOUR GARAGE DOOR SPRINGS


LOST BUT FOUND - SUNGLASSES

A pair of Ray Ban sunglasses were found at the tennis courts. They are now at the concierge desk.

SPEED TRAPS IN NEW JERSEY

My thanks to a resident who provided me with this site. Check it out since you might save yourself a ticket (or two).

http://www.speedtrap.org/speedtraps/ste_city.asp?state=NJ

A THANK YOU FROM ROB ROSEN

Hi, Everyone....

My name is Rob Rosen. My parents, Sheila and Lenny Rosen, live in Regency with you. Some of you may recognize my name from a message that Ron Post forwarded from my sister, Robin, several months ago about a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. I was diagnosed with Stage III Melanoma about this time last year. It has been a very difficult year of surgeries, treatments, uncertainties, and a wide range of emotions. This effects my friends....my family...and everyone that I know. In the note that Ron circulated, it mentioned a fundraiser called the Relay for Life. This is the American Cancer Society's largest fundraiser of the year. There are many Relay for Life events across the country every year. The one in the local area where I live, the Raleigh, NC area, was held at the end of April. Many of you donated to the Relay for Life. Your donations went straight to the American Cancer Society where they will be used for research to discover new cancer treatments and
to help find a cure for cancer. Also, thanks to you, the Relay for Life team that I am a member of raised the most of any non-corporate team. In addition, I am the highest individual fundraiser for this Relay for Life event. Words cannot express how incredibly thankful I am for all of your generous donations -- and there were way too many to count. You are all so wonderful.

The actual Relay for Life was an incredible event. It was held at a local high school -- in the middle of their 1/4 mile running track. Each team that participated ensured that at least one member from each team was walking around the track at all times during the 24 hours of the event. The event had more fundraising there in the form of food sales, pictures, posters, and other special events. Music was played most of the day. There were groups brought in from all over the area that did martial arts shows, folk dancing, magic, etc. There were several thousand families there -- many of which stayed all night. Toward the afternoon, about 75 or so volunteers went around the track with wagons and lined the entire outside of the track with luminaries -- which are bags with a candle inside -- like you might see lining driveways or streets at Christmas time. The bags can say "In Memory Of" to remember those loved ones that lost their battle to cancer or "In Honor Of" to
support those that are currently fighting cancer or who have won their individual battles. After the sun sets, all of the luminaries (there are several thousand) are lit -- which is a continuous line of candle light the entire way around the track as the bags are placed very close together. There are also luminaries arranged in the bleachers that spell out the word HOPE in giant letters. Amazing Grace is played on the bagpipes and everyone walks a lap around the track. Some of the bags have pictures of Fathers, Mothers, Children, Grandparents......people are sitting on the ground looking at the bags....tears streaming down their face....people are holding and hugging each other....others just walk. It's very quiet and incredibly emotional. You just can't help but cry. Personally I was crying for all those that have lost loved ones to this disease -- and yet I was crying because I was happy to be there to actually walk the lap. It was an amazing day -- but attending the
Relay for Life -- as a cancer survivor -- was one of the most quintessential defining days of my life. I have cancer. My life will never be the same...and yet I am a much better person because of it. Cancer has taught me to cherish every single moment of every single day. I don't say: "I'm too busy." anymore. Material possessions are no longer as important. I notice the sky and the trees and the wildlife for the first time in a very long time. I call my mother more often :) I have learned many lessons in life, but it took getting cancer to learn the most important one -- that life is far too precious -- and fragile.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you so so much. We are truly blessed to have such wonderful friends and supporters like you.

Kind Regards,
Robert Rosen.

TO BE READ AND UNDERSTOOD BY ONLY THOSE WHO LIVED IN BROOKLYN

If you ain't from Brooklyn, just forget this; you wouldn't understand. You're truly from Brooklyn if you can relate to any of the following:
(unfortunately I was unable to include some of the nostalgic pictures that came along with this list)

1.Alternate side of the street parking.
2.Ate at Kishke King ( 10 inch hot! dogs)
3.Ate dinner every Sunday night at Lee's Chinese Restaurant. (or a reasonable facsimile)
4.Ate Italian food at (fill in your choice)
5.Bought bobka at the original Ebingers .
6.Bought Ebinger's Black-Out Cake (and didn't count the calories)
7.Bought knishes from Mrs. Stahls in Brighton or Mom's knishes..
8.Bought knishes on the beach and didn't mind the sand.
9.Bought pickles out of a barrel.
10.Can name all the Brooklyn High Schools.
11.Don't speak with an accent - everybody else does.
12.Drove over the Marine Park Bridge for a 10-cent toll and Brooklyn Battery Tunnel for 25 cents.
13.Everybody knows somebody from the neighborhood even if it's your mother's cousin's son-in-law's sister's boyfriend.
14.Got a "Kitchen Sink" at Jahn's.
15.Got a J.D. card and feeling like Al Capone.
16.Had a prom date at the Club Elegante.
17.Had roller skates with keys.
18.Hand ball in the schoolyard.
19.Hit two sewers in punch ball.
20.It's not the "shore", it's the "beach" idiot.
21.Kings Plaza.... how come we get the crappy mall?
22.Knew who the neighborhood wise guy was, but you'd never tell the
cops.
23.Knew Rosie's Candy Store, headquarters for Murder, Inc!!
24.Know what E.J. Korvettes stands for (Eight Jewish Ko! rean Veterans).
25.Know what the F.W.I.L. on the Lundy's Restaurant in "The Bay"
stands for (It's the brothers, Frederick, William, Irving and Louis).
26.Know, or at least your hips do, what a Charlotte Russe is.
27.Owned a pair of shoes from Thom Mcann
28.Played at Faber's Fascination and Skeeball - saved tickets for junk.
29.Played Ring-A- Levio at dusk.
30.Played Hit The Penny; Stoop Ball; Skelly; and Potsy.
31. Rode the Cyclone.
32. Saw the Dodgers at Ebbets Field.
33.Remember Bohack's, Packer's and Associated.
34.Remember Coney Island fireworks every Tuesday night in the summer.
Watching from your roof.
35.Remember submarine race watching at Plum Beach. Heck, if you even
know where Plum Beach is.
36.Sheepshead Bay is for fishing and seafood.
37.Shopped at Pitkin Ave before the mall and all the
dreck.
38.Swear that George and Sid Deli had the l-e-a-n-e-s-t pastrami.
39. Went to Steeplechase and rode the horses.
40.There is a bagel bakery a few blocks away.
41.There is at least one pizzeria within 1 block of your house and a
candy store on the corner.
42.Thought "Buddy's Fairyland Kiddie Park" on Utica Ave. was a major
amusement park.
43.Thought going "away to college" means NYU, Pace, or Pratt.
44.Waited for Bungalow Bar or Mr Softee guy to come around
your block.
45.Walked along the Coney Island Boardwalk with a Shatzkin's knish.
46.Washed it down with a Sunny Boy orange drink.
47.Went to a Bar Mitzvah at the Paradise Caterers on Pitkin, sometimes two on a
weekend.
48. Rode the Trolleys.
49.Went to the "real " Fortunoff's on Livonia Avenue.
50.Went to Alan Freed rock ! & roll concerts at the Brooklyn Fox or the
Brooklyn Paramount. Went the night before for good seats.
51.Went to Saturday matinees at the Ambassador or Loew's Pitkin.
52.You ate at the Horn and Hardart Automat or the Famous Cafeteria.
53.You can correctly pronounce places like Long Island, but aren't
exactly sure where it begins.
54.You curse alot. Or can at least out curse anyone from anywhere
else.
55.You don't go to Manhattan; you go to "The City."
56.You have no ! reason to go to Queens.
57.You know and go to the REAL Nathan's - Coney Island.
58.You know someone with mob ties.
59.You know the difference between going with, seeing, fooling around
with and going out with someone.
60.You know what a "Johnny pump" is.
61.You knew when someone got carpeting, their "oil cloth" was in a roll by the garbage.
62.You made a scooter from orange crates and an old skate.
63.You made carpet guns that shot old linoleum projectiles.
64.You never realize you have an accent until you leave.
65.You waited for the rides on a truck to come to your neighborhood
for 10 cents a ride.
66.You walk down "The Avenue" and see at least a handful of the people you knew growing up.
67.Your friends came over to hang out on the stoop.
68.You've had a pigeon crap on your car and/or your head.
69. Rode the elevated (EL) lines or the BMT cut out to The Beach.
70. And the most important reason that you're a Brooklynite or at
least have the soul of one, is the attitude that you have and NEVER want to lose!!!!!

THAT'S IT FOR NOW
RON