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Island Visitor Publishing, LLC • December 2020 • 941.349.0194 • www.DELTURA-HOA.com
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Island Visitor Publishing, LLC • December 2020 • 941.349.0194 • www.DELTURA-HOA.com
FALL FISH NEWS
By Ginny Benjamins
FISH is NOT making flu shots available this year so please make sure you get yours soon. Your physician can give you one or locally you can get an injection at drugstores or even when you are grocery shopping at Publix, plus they give you a tendollar store credit. Just make sure you get the protection you need against the flu.
Call the FISH line (997-3474) if you need a ride for an appointment. We have more drivers returning to Del Tura from their summer homes and they are ready to drive you. Please give us at least 24 hours or longer so we may arrange a driver.
When you call the FISH line you will get a recording asking you to leave your name, phone number, address, if you need a driver, what time you need to be picked up and the address of where you need to go. If you need medical equipment, again leave your name, address, telephone number and what equipment you need. Your request will be given to the correct person. We try to answer all calls as quickly as possible. FISH is here to serve all of Tel Tura, owners and renters alike. Remember to call FISH first before you buy any medical equipment. We have almost everything you might need.
FISH to reach us please call 997-FISH (997-3474)
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THE SOCIALIZE
AT A DISTANCE VEHICLE By Maureen Monroy • And it has pockets for face masks and
If you are lucky enough to live in a golf- hand sanitizer cart community, you can turn the loneliness of It really does work! The Socializing at a Social Distancing into the joy of Socializing at a Distance Vehicle gives easy access to friends Distance. as you drive through your neighborhood; meet
That’s right. Plugged in and humming away friends for morning coffee in their yards; pick in your garage is the cure for Covid loneliness – up a take-out meal and enjoy lunch in an SDV the Socializing at a Distance Vehicle (aka a golf cluster; join an SDV prayer group; ride in an cart). SDV parade; or surprise a friend with an SDV
The SDV fully meets CDC Social Distancing drive-by birthday celebration. guidelines. So, turn off the TV, put down your book and • It supports 6 ft separation get out of your house. Climb in your SDV and • It gets you outside safely get back into enjoying your friends and • You avoid touching items others have neighbors... (If only there were cart paths to touched California and New England).
POSITIVES
By Charlotte Ping
Covid has actually had so many positive impacts on my life that I was totally amazed.
First of all, I am not a social butterfly, so being alone does not bother me at all. I enjoy my own company and can’t think of anyone else more intelligent to talk to. (lol). I have so many hobbies and activities that keep me busy, so I have very little idle time.
It’s been like a snowball for me, rolling down a hill that keeps getting bigger. A magic snowball of opportunities to learn about myself and learn new things.
Mainly, I was amazed at how much money I have saved by not eating out or socializing with my friends. I didn’t realize how much I was spending doing those things. By cooking at home, which I enjoy doing anyway, I learned to expand my culinary skills by trying new recipes with foods I had never cooked with before.
I think the most important thing was learning patience. Everybody’s phase of life has been changed and slowed down. Especially waiting in lines at a social distance, waiting for deliveries; even the mail seems slower. Waiting means more time for yourself ... to meditate, study and catch up on all the things I was meaning to do someday, when I had the time. Well, I do have the time now and I am doing it. It’s enjoyable and rewarding.
DEL TURA FRUIT TREE PROJECT – YEAR END REPORT October 2019 – September 2020 It is said, “Many hands make light work”
This year, we picked a total of 3,920 pounds and the following people did just that by of Avocados, Lemons, Mangoes, Oranges and volunteering to give up an hour or so to pick Carambola (aka Starfruit). fruit.
We picked the fruit from fourteen residences; Joe Pollock, Gail & Larry Hodge, Maria some were picked two or three times. The total Soper, Denise Rose, Arleen & Dan Mancino, from one amazing tree was 1,420 pounds! Greg Wilkerson, Diana Camp, Rick Rudzik, and
Our thanks to all the residents who donated Sherry & Barry Plisch. their fruit. The fruit was taken to the CCMI If you’d like to help pick fruit, please call Rick Café and Soup Kitchen. They either use it in the or Sherry. preparation of their meals or pass it on to those Thank you all! Rick Rudzik - 543-3662 in need. Sherry Plisch - 567-0538 Co-chairs
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