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THE MAINLANDER
The Newsletter of The Mainlands Sections
1 and 2 Civic Association, Inc.
January 2021 Page1
Until the end of this pandemic, the Mainlander will only be available on our website.
We will be keeping our volunteers safe at home and will be emailing “The Blast” to
residents as appropriate and posting it on our bulletin boards for those who do not have
access to the internet. Please read the pages that follow for further information on
what’s happening and stay safely at home as much as possible.
Posted on all community doors
Photos by Dave
MOST
MAINLANDS 1 AND 2
EVENTS & MEETINGS
ARE CANCELLED
UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE…
Keeping the Covid-19 rules of wearing
face coverings and social distancing, the
Board is allowing the Monday Movies, the
Bible Classes, Board meetings and
drive-through events to be held.
954-731-3227
Photos by Dave
Birds do it….
Wear your mask when you are
likely to meet anyone.
Page 2 January 2021
2020 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Paul Muchler
Vice-President: Angela Cottman
Treasurer: Nancy Major
Secretary: Ruth Richard
Directors: Brian Beaton The Mainlander
Angel Ayala The newsletter of The
Manuel D. Thomas Mainlands Sections 1 and 2
Civic Association, Inc.
Pam Bushnell, Administrative Assistant
Editor: Benoît Behnan
Members of the Board of Directors or the Proof readers:
Staff should not be called or visited at their Pam Bushnell
homes about Association business. Ruth Richard
Carol Rogers
Marie Vales
Please use the following :
Distribution:
Main Office Phone (954) 731-3227 Cindy Smith
4301 Mainland Drive, Tamarac, FL 33319 Marie Vales
Pennie Winland
The Office is open Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays Roaming photographer
and Fridays from 9:00 am to 1. The Office is closed David Brutovsky
on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays.
Online edition:
http://www.mymainlands1-2.org
Web Site: http://www.mymainlands1-2.org/ Webmaster: Guy Bernier
The Mainlander is hand-distributed year-round
E-mail: office@main12.comcastbiz.net thanks to volunteers. If you wish to add your
name to the list of delivery persons, please leave
your name and phone number at the Office.
Emergency Numbers:
Pam Bushnell : (954) 733-1088 Advertising: For advertising in the Mainlander
please contact:
Brian Beaton : (954) 484-0860
Office at (954) 731-3227
January 2021 Page 3 A word from the President ... What an amazing time to serve as President! Covid crisis, masks, separation, isolation, quarantines, families enduring food and TP needs, vaccine tiers, and political change. Opportunity for anxiety, depression and fear to reign. And yet...our 529-household community is experiencing many of our greatest days! Our Board has transformed our community in the last four years...building improvements and beautification, IT and security improvements, fiscal stewardship, parking lot resurfacing, lighting, and safety accommodations, and persuasion for our city to provide traffic safety bumps. A great time to serve as President! This past year has been characterized by adjustments to be faithful to our greater community health and safety concerns, resulting in pools without furniture, restrictions on usage, absence of social gatherings, and creative “drive-through” celebrations. You...we...have wonderfully responded with cooperation and understanding. A great time to serve as President! Thank you! Photos by Dave Going into 2021, let’s make three commitments to one another: 1...ENJOY! Realize we are in a protected environment, most of us interacting with the greater Fort Lauderdale community only as necessary for work, shopping, and worship. We have a helpful staff, many volunteers, a great library, and safe and sanitized facilities. Our grounds are beautiful. Our neighbors are nice. Enjoy...this time and this place. 2...ENCOURAGE! We are all aware of fear factors. And many of us have compromised health and are a bit older. But we can encourage one another...greetings, phone calls, doing errands for one another, and just plain neighborly checking in on one another. Celebrate our community privilege. Encourage...the very word implies the follow-up...”one another”. 3...EMBRACE! “It is what it is”. “This, too, shall pass”. Stay safe. Wash your hands. Wear your masks. Practice six-foot distancing. Be vigilant. Get the vaccine. Hang in there. This is what community does. This is who we are. We will once again enjoy Mainlands 1 and 2 to the fullest. Paul Mutchler Privileged to Serve A former farm boy, musician, and pastor, loving my wife Linda and 19 grandchildren, serving as a “retreaded” Associate Pastor at Gracepoint Church in Oakland Park, and loving living in Mainlands 1 and 2!
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2020 PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Notwithstanding the complications of the Covid-19
Pandemic placed on our community and the world, this
Board of Directors managed to accomplish much while
maintaining a holding pattern on life in general.
We started out well enough with preparations going
forward to conduct the 2020 Census which keeps
Mainlands 1 and 2 certified for being a 55+
community. This project was chaired by Marie Vales
and door-to-door distribution of forms was done by
Pam Bushnell and Nancy Major. The Reserve Study
was approved and chaired by Nancy Major and is used
as a valuable tool in ensuring our community has the
funds to maintain or replace the elements present in all
buildings and areas of our common grounds.
The Committee chaired by Ruth Richard to review and or revise our outdated By-laws and
Restrictions continued throughout 2020 and finished their work on both documents in the month of
December. The revised editions, which included a proxy to allow for voting, were mailed to all
homeowners and a meeting was scheduled for January, 2021 to conclude this very important project.
In March of 2020, Covid-19 made the cancellation of all normal activities necessary. Brunches,
dinner dances, Monday movies, entertainment, weekly Bible classes and games, the volunteer party
and Mainlander deliveries were all placed on hold. Broward County mandated that all pools be
closed if certain requirements could not be met. Since we were unable to provide a monitor for the
pools during normal operating hours, we were restricted to only allowing the pools to be open if we
removed all seating from the deck, locked the washrooms as they could not be sanitized after each
use, and posted signs that said no children or guests were allowed in the pools at any time.
In May, Ruth Richard took on the task of writing a weekly Blast to residents which provided
information on Covid-19 Testing Sites and where free Food Distribution Sites were located. This
Blast was emailed to all whose addresses we had and hard copies were placed in all bulletin cabinets
for those who did not have access to the internet. This Blast became an important and welcomed
means of communicating with residents about all that was going on in the community. There were
36 Weekly Blasts done during the year due to the diligence of Ruth and the input of Board Members
and residents.
We instituted the drive-through Barbeques for July 4th and Labor Day since we were unable to host
our normal events and meals were either picked up or delivered to many grateful residents.
We took advantage of the lack of activities by having all parking lots repaved and restriped.
We hired an IT company to connect our buildings with internet and security cameras. This company
also cleaned up our tangle of computer wiring, updated our phone system and increased our file
back-up capability.
January 2021 Page 5
We purchased new lateral file cabinets and purged all homeowner’s files of unnecessary
papers that were cluttering most all of them.
In October, we allowed 2 Bible classes and the Monday Movies to begin again under the rules
of Covid-19 where the 6’ social distancing and the wearing of face masks must be maintained.
In November, Manuel Thomas chaired a Food Drive where the concept of “Give if you can,
take if you need it” was established. Homeowners were extremely generous in their donation
of non-perishable items and two days were dedicated to giving out 37 large bags of food to
residents.
The Board approved the hiring of a management company to take over the handling of the
application process, the monthly maintenance payments and the violations in the community
that require more attention than can be adequately taken care of by volunteers. It was felt that
this was an important step to take for the future success of Mainlands 1 and 2 and worth
giving it a try.
The last official improvement to be made was the purchase of a pop-up Covid-19 Changing
Room Tent to accommodate those using the pools who wanted to change into dry clothing
before heading home!
We honored our two employees who were leaving on December 31st and know that Mary Lou
McMillen and Pennie Winland will be missed by all. Their work has been much appreciated.
So, at the conclusion of this very strange year, many thanks go to my fellow Board Members
for their continued service to Mainlands 1 and 2 and for all they did to make this community a
better place to live.
Photos by Dave
Page 6 January 2021
REMEMBRANCE COMMITTEE
Sympathy sent to:
Bible Study Cynthia Grant for the passing of her husband,
Reuben
is back! Get well wishes sent to:
Linda Hetrick
Classes are held Mondays at Al Somma
2:00 pm in the Clubhouse.
If you know of a neighbor who is not well,
or any who have suffered a loss in their
Mah-Jongg family, please let us know so a special card
and acknowledgement can be sent on
We play this classic game on ! behalf of all of us. You can notify :
-19
Tuesday mornings, 9:30 VI
D am
to 12:00 noon in AB. C O Come the office at 954-731-3227 or
f or Pam at 954-733-1088
play Mah-Jongg ed with us. We
e nd
would love to sp have more play-
s su Pam Bushnell
ers join g us.
e tin Park432@aol.com
For M
e more information,
please call:
Ruth Richard (954) 907-8757.
C.O.P. (Citizen Observer Patrol)
THANKS to all our volunteers
who have joined us in this
community endeavor.
3 Ws
You are appreciated!
Wear your mask!
Our Mainlands 1 and 2 team
logged 466 patrol hours in 2019!
Lou Dubois, Coordinator
954-731-7102 Wash your hands!
URGENT REQUEST
More COP members are needed to help
make our community safer … won’t you
help? Call Lou Dubois at (954) 731-7102
Watch your distance!
and ask him how to add your name to the
list of volunteers.
January 2021 Page 7
MONDAY MOVIES
Movies start at 7:00 pm
in the Clubhouse
January 2021 Movies
Movies start at 7 pm / Donation $ 1.
01/04/21 108 min. "MORNING GLORY” PG13 Comedy
With: Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford
01/11/21 103 min. “LIKE FATHER” Comedy/Drama
With: Kristen Bell, Kelsey Grammer, Seth Rogen
01/18/21 96 min “QUARTET” PG 13 Comedy
With: Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Pauline Collins, Billy Connoly
01/25/21 86 min “WILD OATS” PG 13 Comedy
With: Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Lange, Demi Moore, Billy Connoly
COVID rules of safety will apply (mask and distancing).
If you have not gone to the movies lately, here is your chance.
Hope to see you there.
Going to the movies?
Bring along a friend.
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