FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FROM OUR PROPERTY

HOME OWNER ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER
Board of Directors
FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President
Jack Minenna
To our fellow neighbors,
Vice President
Jane Falgia
Treasurer
James Russello
Secretary
Maria Wells
Director
Frank Gionfriddo
M AY 2 0 1 5
The 2014 audit has been completed and a copy is available at the
clubhouse for anyone that would like to review it.
We also would like you to know that during the summer months
we will be working with the Architectural Review Committee to
review and update the architectural standards for Lake Forest.
Once it is all finalized, all residents will be notified by mail and
approval of any changes will be scheduled at a board meeting in
the fall.
Clubhouse Office Hours
At the conclusion of the April 30th Board meeting, we will be
adjourning (board meetings) for the summer. Board meetings will
reconvene on September 24, 2015. We will continue to hold
workshops during the summer. Scheduled workshops will be
posted on the bulletin board located outside of the clubhouse.
Everyone is invited to attend these workshops where we review
architectural applications and also discuss daily operations to
keep the community functioning smoothly. We will be very happy
to accept comments from the community.
Monday thru Friday
8:00AM to 12:00PM
We would like to wish everyone a safe, happy and healthy
summer.
Property Manager
Donna Maravell
donna@lakeforestatslw.com
Jack, Jane, Maria, Jim and Frank
directors@lakeforestatslw.com
Association Address
249 SW Lake Forest Way
St. Lucie West, FL 34986
Ph: (772) 878 1944
Fax: (772) 878 6461
www.lakeforestatslw.com
FROM OUR PROPERTY MANAGER
I would like to thank everyone for their cooperation in adhering to the rules and regulations of
Lake Forest at SLW and rectifying any non-compliance issues that they are notified about. Please
take an occasional look at your property to make sure everything is up to the maintenance
standards required by the association. I would also like to remind everyone that any changes to
the exterior of your property must be approved by the Architectural Review Committee before
the change is made. The Architectural Review Committee meets twice per month to review the
applications. Please plan your project to allow time to obtain an approval. The approval process
may take up to 30 days. If approval is not received and you make changes, you will be required
to restore it to the original condition. Once approval is obtained, it is very important to adhere to
the plans that were approved. If anything deviates from the plans, you will be required to restore
it to its original condition.
As always, please pick up after your pet and discard the waste properly. I have received notice
from St. Lucie West Services District that owners are going around the fence at the Rocky Bayou
cul-de-sac near the turnpike with their pets, picking up the waste and leaving the waste bags
behind. Going around the fence is trespassing and violators will be prosecuted!
On another note, the rainy season will soon be
upon us and some homes have issue with
saturated grass. If you find your grass sodden
with water, please shut off your irrigation
system. This will help keep the landscapers
from tearing up your lawn when mowing.
Thank you!
Donna Maravell, Property Manager
TREASURER’S REPORT
For period ending March 31, 2015
$692,259 in our Operating Account.
$379,429 in Reserve Accounts.
$108,979 is owed the HOA by past and current
owners.
$150,659 March expenses ($398,608 YTD)
As of the end of March there are 22 homes
with legal action pending.
Five homes were sold in March for a total of 10
year-to-date.
Jim Russello, Treasurer
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Upcoming Lake Forest and Port St. Lucie
Community Events
May 9 - 10:00AM
Disaster Communications at the Lake Forest Clubhouse
May 9 - 11:00AM
Kids Event - Propagating Seeds Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens
May 12, 14, 19, 21 & 30
Next CERT program training (registration required)
May 16 - 10:00AM
Lake Forest Joint Disaster Exercise at the Lake Forest Clubhouse
May 24 - 4:00PM
A Salute to Veterans by the original Drifters at the Civic Center
May 30 - 9:00AM
Pandemic Webinar at the Lake Forest Clubhouse
June 3 - 6:30PM
Jazz & Blues night - PSL Botanical Gardens
June 6 - 9:00AM
Hurricane Webinar at the Lake Forest Clubhouse
June 6 - 10:00AM
Port St. Lucie Hurricane Expo at the Civic Center
June 13 - 10:00AM
Post Event Damage Assessment at the Lake Forest
Clubhouse
June 26 - 8:30 AM
PSL Coffee with the Council at the PSL Community Center
PORT ST LUCIE INFORMATION
Anyone with a smartphone can now use the
Access Port St. Lucie smartphone application.
The 'app' is available for your mobile devices
from Apple App Store or Google Play.
Residents using this app can report issues with
vandalism, water leaks, litter and also upload a
picture or video. Once the concern is reported
you will receive updates on the status of the
request.
This method of reporting is available on your
mobile devices using this free app.
To report concerns using a desktop computer
visit the city PSL website and use the Access
Port. Lucie feature.
For more information visit http://
www.cityofpsl.com/mis/access-psl-app.html.
Crosstown Parkway
If you wish to follow and have updates on the
Crosstown Parkway Extension visit the newly
created website specifically for this http://
crosstownextension.com
NEW RESIDENT ORIENTATION
We had a good turnout of new residents for
the presentation on Saturday April 25th. Maria
Wells, from our Board of Directors, welcomed
the new residents and gave an overview of our
community and how it is governed. Maria then
had a question and answer period for the
group and fielded questions about living in
Lake Forest. Bud Sommers and Dan Bogan,
with the assistance of Tom Karczewski,
explained the information and links available
on the Lake Forest website,
www.lakeforestatslw.com. The CERT program
was explained and dates given for the next
classes. You can register online at
www.tcpublicsafetytraining.com. Handouts
included the Hurricane and Emergency
Preparedness Guide from the City of Port St
Lucie, the NOAA Extreme Weather Information
Sheet, and the Lake Forest Emergency Plan.
The radio communications network including
our Ham Radio link with the St Lucie
Emergency Operations Center was also
included. We are always looking for volunteers
who would be like to help our community in
preparedness, becoming a CERT member or
being a member of our Emergency Response
Team. Contact Bud Sommers (772-237-4786)
or Dan Bogan (772-260-1253) for further
information.
Our next training opportunity,
Communications, will be May 9th at 10:00AM.
The time of our Disaster Exercise on May 16th
has been changed from 9:00AM to 10:00AM
due to the ROMEO’s availability
Bud Sommers, Chair, ERC
CALLING ALL GOLF CARTS
Our Emergency Response Committee needs
Golf Cart owners and Carts for post disaster
assistance, to shuttle our emergency response
team members from the EOC (Emergency
Operating Center/Clubhouse) to the affected
areas within our community. This service will
provide critical information to the EOC needed
for expediting, emergency resources and
public services necessary for the fastest
recovery time possible and bringing Lake
Forest back to normal operations.
Please, contact Donna at the Clubhouse with
your contact information. Someone from the
ERC (Emergency Response Committee) will
contact you. Thank You!
Dan Bogan, Co-Chair, ERC
CITIZENS OBSERVATION PATROL
Does anyone know when Lake Forest started in
the Port St. Lucie Sheriff’s Department COP? If
you guessed or are part of the original
members you know that this all began in
2007. Our COP Lake Forest team has
volunteered many hours and have driven many
miles patrolling our community over the past 8
years.
FIRE EXTINGUISHER TRAINING
Fire Extinguisher Training was held on April
18th, at the Clubhouse. Fifteen residents
attended both C.E.R.T. (Community Emergency
Response Team) qualified and non-qualified
and was received very well; with an excellent
Q&A session at the conclusion of the training.
Our next scheduled trainings will be on May
9th, Disaster Communications at 10:00AM and
June 13th, Post Disaster Assessment at
10:00AM; both trainings will be held at the
Clubhouse.
Watch the North and South Gate information
Boards for any updates.
Remember this is your home and community,
learn to protect it!
WE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU..!
We would like to extend a BIG THANK YOU to
the leader of the COP team, Gladys Fuentes.
Gladys has been leading the team from its
inception. She keeps track of the hours and
miles of our volunteers and also completes
monthly reports to the Sheriff's department.
She handles any new volunteers, monitors the
current volunteers, ensures the COP vehicle is
maintained, coordinates the LF Night Out held
in August each year, ensures the House Watch
forms are filed timely and many other COP
hats.
We would like to thank all of our COP team
members for all their volunteer hours here in
our Lake Forest community, local parks and
maritime locations.
Our COP team members have patrolled within
Lake Forest for a total of 346.5 miles in the
first four months of 2015.
Whether you are a beginner or have many
years of experience the group will be happy to
have you join them.
For those that have been wanting to learn to
knit or crochet this group is very willing to
teach you. Just come to any of the meetings
(no supplies are needed at your first meeting).
One of the members of the group will talk with
you about what you want your first project to
be. They will explain what you need to
purchase and guide you along each week.
If you want to the learn to knit they may start
you with creating one of those wonderful
cotton dish clothes. Someone will get you
started the first day.
See the links at the end of this article for
information on Knitting and Crocheting.
If you have questions please contact Theresa
Plourde at 772-879-4706.
http://www.wikihow.com/Crochet
http://www.wikihow.com/Knit
First row: Cheryl Smith, Gladys Rodriguez, Donna Lemen,
Meryl Lemen, Gladys Fuentes, Rosa Lucchesi, Teresa
Sullivan, Cheryl Miller
Back Row: Luis Nogueira, Kathleen Retenski, Klaus
Gersdorf, Jose Rodriguez, Michael Spagna, Lawrence
D'Angelo, Valentin Garcia, Pete Kazmier, Daniel Ascencio,
Jose M. Fuentes
Not in photo: Stanley Petrula, Bud Sommers, Eugene
Weiss, Rose Wilson
Our community is fortunate to be part of this
great program thru the Sheriff’s department
and volunteers are always needed. Every little
bit individuals volunteer helps to keep this
valuable program in our community.
If anyone in the community is interested in
becoming a member of the Lake Forest COP
Team please contact Gladys at 772-344-9199.
ACTIVITY CORNER
Our Lake Forest Community has many
activities that are scheduled on a regular basis.
This month, Activity Corner will highlight the
Knitting and Crochet group.
Every Monday from 12:00PM until 2:00PM the
knitting and crocheting group meets in the
Clubhouse. Each week, during the winter
season there are approximately 10 - 12 ladies
that come together to work on their projects.
SUMMER FUN FOR LF CHILDREN
At a recent new home owners meeting at the
clubhouse, two mothers suggested it would be
nice for parents to come together with their
children over the summer.
Here are their thoughts …
The parent will need to accompany the child at
all events and is responsible for the child/
children at all times. Some suggestions for
events are: pool dates, park, beach, the Oxbow
Center, Elliott Museum, Stuart Oceanographic
Center, and the movies. Other suggestions are
welcome and can be planned by the parents.
If you would be interested in participating in
these summer activities, with your children,
email Courtney Kline at
klinecourtney@yahoo.com or Shannon Whalen
at swhalen99@aol.com. Please include your
suggestions, ages of children, interests and
times available.
On our community web portal we have created
a secured Forum that can be used by the
group of interested parents to collaborate. See
the LAKE FOREST WEB PORTAL section in this
newsletter for the website and registration
info.
RECIPES OF THE MONTH
Each newsletter we will share recipes
submitted by our friends and neighbors here
in Lake Forest. We encourage our Lake Forest
community to email their recipes, by the 22nd
of each month, to
newsletter@lakeforestslw.org.
Greek Style Scampi
submitted by: Mary Ann Borie
Ingredients
1 tsp. of olive oil
5 garlic cloves – minced
2 cans of seasoned diced tomatoes (with basil and oregano) note: if you like a lot of tomatoes add an extra can
½ cup chopped fresh parsley
1¼ lbs of peeled, deveined large shrimp
1 cup of reduced fat feta cheese
2 tbsp. of lemon juice
¼ tsp of ground black pepper
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
Directions
Preheat oven to 400º.
For Crust: Mix flour, salt and ⅓ cup sugar in
medium bowl. Cut in butter with a pastry blender
or 2 knives till mixture is in fine particles. Mix in
egg. Squeeze dough together with your hands,
press ¾ of the dough in bottom and 2 inches up
sides of a 9" spring form pan.
For Filling: Slice the nectarines, do not peel, to
make about 1 quart; fold in blueberries, ½ cup
sugar, 3 tbsp flour and the cinnamon.
Pour filling into pastry shell; drizzle with the lemon
juice and honey. Crumble the remaining dough
over the top. Bake in 400 degree oven 45-60
minutes, till fruit is tender and top is browned. Lay
foil over top if browning too fast. Cool on wire rack
for 15 min, remove sides, cool completely to allow
fruit to set. Enjoy it with fresh whipped cream if
you like. It really is worth the effort.
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Heat oil in a large pan over medium heat.
Add minced garlic and sauté for 30 seconds.
Add tomatoes and ¼ cup of the parsley.
Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes.
Add shrimp and cook for 5 minutes.
If your pan is ovenproof use same pan if not add
mixture to 13 x 9 baking dish and sprinkle with the
feta cheese.
Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.
Sprinkle with remaining parsley, lemon juice and
pepper.
Serve with couscous or rice.
Enjoy this low fat meal!!
Nectarine-Blueberry Tart
submitted by: Jane Male
Ingredients
2 cups flour
⅓ cup sugar plus
½ cup sugar
1½ sticks softened butter (no margarine)
5-7 nectarines, depending on their size - they do
not have to be ripe
1 cup fresh blueberries 1 egg, beaten
3 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon lemon juice
RELAY FOR LIFE TEAM
Come Join Us!
Want to get more involved and make a real
difference in your community? The American
Cancer Society Relay For Life movement
symbolizes hope and our shared goal to end a
disease that threatens the lives of so many
people we love. Why not join our team and be
a part of that shared goal?
Enjoy making new friends and neighbors while
raising money to help fight cancer? Come to
one of our monthly Happy Hour fundraising
events! Happy Hour information is posted in
our monthly Lake Forest newsletter.
If cancer has touched your life, participating in
a Relay For Life event is a way to take action
and help finish the fight. This is your
opportunity to honor cancer survivors,
remember those you have lost, and raise funds
and awareness to fight back and help end
cancer forever.
Our Relay for Life Team meets at the Lake
Forest Clubhouse, the first Wednesday of the
month at 7:00PM. For additional information,
please contact Pam Milazzo at 772-878-8068.
Relay for Life of 2015
The Lake Forest Relay for Life team once again
participated in the American Cancer Society
around that theme. Our Lake Forest team
chose to "go Jamaican" in memory of reggae
musician Bob Marley, who succumbed to
melanoma in 1981. We wore "rasta" style hats
and sold Jamaican beef patties, generously
donated by Peppers Lounge of Port St Lucie.
The event raised $95,414.39 to date, with
Lake Forest raising over $10,000.00 for its
eleventh consecutive year.
Relay for Life of SLW held at Tradition Field, on
Saturday April 25th, 2015.
This year, 63 teams and 692 participants
celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Relay for
Life, dedicating the event to the memory of
Relay's founder, Dr. Gordon "Gordy" Klatt, who
passed away on August 3, 2014, at the age of
71 from heart failure after battling stomach
cancer.
This year's event theme was "the 80's" with
each team creating campsites, costumes and
fundraising and an educational message
We'd like to thank Peppers Lounge - 1002 SE
Port St Lucie Blvd, Where's Da Party Rentals 580 NW Mercantile Pl, and Jimmy John's
Gourmet Sandwiches on St Lucie West Blvd.
Please thank them for their support of our
team by patronizing their businesses.
LAKE FOREST WEB PORTAL
We are working at moving to a new style of
interactive website (http://lakeforestslw.org).
Please consider registering at the new website
and submitting your suggestions to help shape
and grow the website. The needed registration
authorization code is: LF34986FL
Ron Crans and Pam Mitchell
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