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JULY 2021
and the cleaning tools have been placed
www.islandparkvillagefl.com
on new wall holders. The total cost of the
Island Park Village Fort Myers cleanup of the storage room so far is
$1,200. All this because of the abuse of
the clubhouse garbage shed.
MASTER BOARD MESSAGE
Whoa. We are not done yet. The rats also
IPV residents received a notice that the
made their way into the clubhouse attic.
clubhouse garbage area is locked and All the plumbing that enters the
that personal garbage is to be held and clubhouse from the crawlspace has to be
picked up in front of your home only. The sealed with wire mesh and cement to
abuse of the garbage shed by a few prevent rats from entering the clubhouse
inconsiderate residents has or the attic. The air conditioners’ air
inconvenienced us all. Some residents intakes have already been sealed with
were putting their garbage in the shed at mesh to prevent rats from entering
the clubhouse every day. They did not there. After all this additional work has
want to keep garbage at their own house been done, we will call the pest control
like the rest of us. The lids were also not company that is on standby to remove
placed on the garbage cans. the rats from the clubhouse attic to the
Rats overtook the garbage shed and tune of another $600. This has been a
dined on the garbage that was tossed costly and disgusting cleanup that the rat
about. Dave Bovio, Dave Anderson and I invasion has caused. All this because a
cleaned out the garbage shed. The shed few had no regard for the rest of us.
has been power washed and cleaned as Donna Anderson
well as the garbage cans. It was a dirty
IPV Master Board President
and disgusting job that I never want to
have do again.
The rats were so pleased with the SECTION NEWS
constant food buffet provided to them at
the garbage shed that they decided to SECTION III
take up residence in our clubhouse. They The roofing project on Osprey should be
chewed huge holes through the outer finished by the time you are receiving
walls of the nearby cleaning supplies this newsletter. We want to welcome
storage room. There, the rats destroyed some new residents, all on Osprey. We
the stockpile of toilet paper rolls and are happy to welcome Katherine
paper hand towels that are used in the Dacaney and John Nedlo. Also we
IPV common areas. The filth from the welcome Sarah Jane Jenkins and Kirk
rats was horrendous and nauseating. The Minnelli.
three of us had to clean out and power ALL SECTIONS
wash the storage room as well. I hired a
carpenter to rebuild the chewed-up Clubhouse events are happening again!
outside storage room wall to the tune of Come join your neighbors for our lively
$900. social gatherings. Get to know the
fascinating people in other sections.
The room has since been painted. Dave Bring a dish to a potluck to share. It’s
Bovio installed new shelving and lighting, Summer. Let’s get together!
A NEW IPV NEWS SOURCE JULY EVENTS
Submitted by Eileen Wickeri
Island Park Village is now active on
Facebook. All IPV residents are welcome It’s summer in Island Park Village, and
to join this private Facebook group: villagers are gathering to reconnect.
Island Park Village Fort Myers. It is Regular events and outings are back.
intended as a forum for us all to Here are two popular ones:
communicate. You are encouraged to
Ladies Lunch OUT – Wednesday July
join, to share photos, thoughts, wishes,
14. Now is our time to head to the
essays, poetry, art. We have been apart
BEACH! Some of us have not been to Fort
for so many months, and we want to
Myers Beach for some time and are
draw back together in this residents-only
looking forward to seeing all the
group. Disharmonious or scurrilous posts
changes. We’ll head all the way down to
will be censored. Opinions will be
the Junkanoo Beach Restaurant (3040
encouraged. Share your observations,
Estero Blvd.) where we’ll enjoy its
your big ideas, your wit: Put them here.
beautiful seaside view and beach food.
This new Facebook group is intended as We have visited this restaurant before,
a supplement to our IPV website: but it still checks all the buttons.
islandparkvillagefl.com. Both portals will “Junkanoo” is actually a traditional street
be your major resource in the event of a festival and parade in the Bahamas, so
hurricane or other natural disaster. let’s celebrate by dressing in our
Members are encouraged to post news, brightest tropical attire! If you would like
photos, questions or alerts before, during to join us, please sign up on the bulletin
or after a weather event or local crisis. board at the clubhouse or contact Eileen
Wickeri at 239-939-2031. We plan to
As a community, we rely on each other
leave here at 11:30 am. Register on the
for more than a vague hello on the
sign-up sheet so we can make
street. Our power as a village is in our
reservations and arrange carpooling.
willingness to express ourselves and to
connect with one another. Lunch and Movie – Monday July 19 at
Noon
We encourage our neighbors to use these
resources, especially when there’s a Lunch – Bring your own.
scarcity of reliable information via
Movie - The Peanut Butter Falcon –
conventional media. And not just in the
Zak, a young man with Down Syndrome,
event of a crisis: Share your latest
runs away from a residential nursing
artworks or show us your northern
home to fulfill his dream of attending the
garden. We are more than neighbors. We
pro wrestling school of his idol, The Salt
are friends. We want to know about each
Water Redneck. On the road, Zak meets
other’s lives.
Tyler, a small-time outlaw who becomes
If you can’t find us on Facebook or at our Zak’s unlikely coach and ally. This 2019
IPV website, call or email your editors. film stars Shia LaBeouf and Dakota
They will help you connect. Johnson. It’s a film that didn’t receive a
lot of attention but is one of my favorites.
HOW TO KEEP INFORMED
For quick reference, these are the IPV COOL YOUR JETS
information portals that will be your go- Sadly, our spa is at the end of its life, but
to resource in the event of weather happily a new hot tub has been ordered.
emergencies or other crisis events. Rely Although the cost is considerable, the
on them for the latest news. Master Board believes in retaining our
Facebook: Island Park Village Fort Myers village amenities. A schedule for
IPV website: islandparkvillagefl.com installation has not been determined, but
residents can expect some down time.
LET THERE BE PARTIES
Villagers are clearly in the mood to get
together, as seen by the turnout of 42
residents for Italian night on June 26.
We sang along with Dean Martin to “Volare”
and “That’s Amore.”
And the decibel level increased into the
evening with many lively conversations.
That inaugural party has set the stage for
two upcoming July gatherings:
LET THERE BE MORE PARTIES
July 4 Old-Fashioned Celebration
Indoor Picnic and Potluck at the
Clubhouse – Sunday July 4 at 6 PM
We toasted our return to a robust social life. Independence Day is the original
American holiday, our National Day. This
year Island Park Village celebrates this
most beloved of holidays with a
traditional all-American potluck dinner.
Come and bring your favorite potluck
contribution to share. Sign up at the
Clubhouse bulletin board to show what
you’re bringing. We advise looking at the
signup list to see what others plan to
bring, then choosing to provide
something not on the list. This ensures
that we don’t have ten desserts and no
entrees.
Did you know? Most of the corn on the
cob on your July 4 table is from
California, Florida, Georgia or [surprise]
New York. And half of the July 4 potatoes
are from [no surprise] Idaho or
Washington.
The buffet table was laden with delicious
Favorite July 4 foods include potato
Italian specialties: lasagne, meatballs, pasta salad, grilled meats, barbecue, fried
pie, Caesar salad and much more. Desserts chicken and homemade desserts. Join
included cheesecake, ice cream, Italian your neighbors for some of these!
cookies and tiramisu.
MORE JULY PARTYING TOWN MEETING JULY 21
July 24 Tex-Mex Night Hurricane season has begun. As of the
Potluck at the Clubhouse – Saturday end of June, two tropical cyclones are
July 24 at 6 PM kicking up a storm in the Atlantic, with
Hurricane Elsa heading toward Cuba.
Unless you grew up near the southern US
border, the cuisine of Mexico was likely The Island Park Village Master Board is
not often on your childhood dinner menu. ready for the 2021 hurricane season and
I discovered it in the 1980s when wants our residents to be safe.
business travel took me to Arizona. That All are encouraged to attend a hurricane
was when chimichangas were a pursuit. information meeting on Wednesday July
Now in IPV, we have the opportunity to 21 at 7 PM in the Clubhouse. Protocols
create and share our own Mexican- for before, during and after a hurricane
American favorites at Tex-Mex night on will be presented in a half-hour session,
July 24. Sign up on the Clubhouse with added time for a Q&A.
bulletin board so that we’ll be sure to CUTIES AND CRITTERS
have a wide variety of foods to try. Here are more reminders that we share
Fajitas, chili, nachos, enchiladas, space with winged and 4-legged friends.
carnitas, quesadillas, dips, salads – the
possibilities are practically endless. And
if your preference is more Tex than Mex,
think about a barbecue or creole option.
There’s no rigid definition of “Tex-Mex,”
which means we can be whimsical in our
choices. Sì you there, pardner!
IPV FRONT GATE
Submitted by Donna Anderson
You may have noticed that the front gate
arm was down for a longer than usual
time. It was knocked down twice in two
days by incoming vehicles. The gate arm A family of screech owls has taken up residence
and the spare arm were both heavily in Becky Riley’s yard. Mom and Dad like to spend
damaged. the day on the lanai [see one on the orchid at
left, the other on the light beside the front door].
Dave Bovio repairs the gate arms and
puts them back on for IPV. Otherwise,
the cost of a new gate arm is $350.
Additionally, the gate company charges
$125 each time they put the arm back
on. Thanks to Dave, we are saving huge
amounts of money each time the gate is
crashed into as the gate is knocked down
about ten or more times a year.
Please call me, Donna, 517-672-1380
with any information you may have when
the gate is knocked down.
[Editor’s note: Volunteers to back up
Dave would be welcome. Call Donna.] Karl Buhl was working on his blog at 6 AM on
June 20 when the back door motion light tripped,
capturing a coyote via the video security camera.
RAT PATROL
Remember the 1971 movie Willard and
its 2003 sequel? This tale of a young
sociopath whose only friends are rats is
the only story I know in which rats and
humans are happy together. And it’s still
a monumentally creepy film.
Now we’ve had our own Willard-ish
situation here in Island Park Village. We
may not have overtly befriended our
local rats, but we certainly provided them
After the outer wall was rebuilt, volunteers
with a fine buffet at our former trash painted and rat-proofed the storage room. We
station. are grateful for those who step up to do the dirty
tasks and save our community lots of money.
It’s unclear why our rats chose to also
break into the clubhouse, but we can
PLEASE STEP UP
assume that they enjoy the shelter it
Do you have a free hour? You see the
provides. The damage a rat can do to a
same names every time good deeds are
structure is extensive: outer walls,
done in our community. If any of those
insulation, ductwork, electrical systems
volunteers becomes unable to replace a
and more – not to mention their
gate or paint a wall, our village suffers.
uncivilized bathroom habits and surly
Can you help us build a cadre of villagers
attitudes. There’s not much to like when
willing to do small jobs to help our
rats come calling.
community thrive? Sign up at the
Fortunately, after the disgusting cleanup clubhouse bulletin board.
work performed by our intrepid
Anderson-Bovio team, the infestation JULY EVENTS AT A GLANCE
seems to be under control. Enjoy these Sun. July 4 - Independence Day Potluck
photos, mementos of our ratty spring. at the Clubhouse, 6 PM
Wed. July 14 - Ladies Lunch OUT, 11:30
Mon. July 19 - Lunch and Movie, Noon
Wed. July 21 - Hurricane Town Meeting,
7 PM
Sat. July 24 - Tex-Mex Potluck at the
Clubhouse, 6 PM
ONGOING EVENTS FOR ALL
AQUACIZE Mon. – Fri. 9 & 10 AM
CHAIR YOGA Mon. 1 PM
PICKLEBALL every day 8:30 AM
CLASSICAL STRETCH Mon., Wed., Fri. 11 AM
This is your newsletter. Share your news
Much like the mouse holes of Tom & Jerry
with your editors:
cartoons, rats gnawed semicircles into the outer
wall of the storage room. Then they corrupted Mary Charles 718-848-4031
hundreds of dollars worth of the paper goods mary@marycharles.com
stored there. Sue Carlton 239-437-1493
suenislandpark@embarqmail.com
Sue’s new email: suenipv@gmail.com
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