Island Dunes Oceanside 1 Condominium Association, Inc.
8880 South Ocean Drive, Jensen Beach, FL 34957
THE OCEANSIDE I WAVE
APRIL 2021
GREETINGS FROM YOUR SOCIAL COMMITTEE! IT HAS BEEN QUITE A SEASON, BUT A BIT QUIETER THAN NORMAL. MANY OF US HAVE RECEIVED OUR VACCINE SHOTS, AND ARE HOPING TO RETURN TO A MORE NORMAL EXISTENCE. WE ARE STILL TRYING TO BE SAFE BY NOT CONNECTING SOCIALLY AS A GROUP IN THE SOCIAL ROOM, BUT HOPEFULLY WILL RETURN TO THOSE TIMES NEXT YEAR.
WE SEE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEGINNING TO HEAD NORTH. THIS WILL BE THE LAST ISSUE FOR THE SPRING AND WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE SNOWBIRDS IN THE FALL. A WONDERFUL SUMMER TO ALL!
HOW WE COMMUNICATE:
THE SOCIAL BLOG: Island Dunes Oceanside 1 (idoceanside1.blogspot.com)
Some great pictures of past social events – we will use this blog for social committee events and newsletters going forward.
THE BOARD WEBSITE: www.idoceanside1.com
Everyone should be encouraged to go to the website and read through all of the information available to us!
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WILL STILL BE AROUND FOR EASTER WEEKEND, WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION FOR GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 2, IN OUR SOCIAL ROOM.
ALL ARE WELCOME- PLEASE WEAR A Mask .
“JESUS, MY SON” READ BY LAURA OLESZKOWICZ.
COVID VACCINE INFORMATION
WE ARE ALL INTERESTED IN GETTING APPOINTMENTS SET UP FOR THE COVID VACCINATION. THE SOONER WE CAN ALL GET OUR Vaccinations, THE SOONER WE CAN PLAN OUR FIRST BIG CELEBRATION!
WEBSITES FOR COVID APPOINTMENT SIGN-UPS:
http://martin.floridahealth.gov/programs-and-services/COVID-19Vaccineinformation.html
https://myclevelandclinic.org/landing/covid-19-vaccine/florida
www.publix.com/covid-vaccine/florida
http://stlucie.floridahealth.gov/
HONORING MARILYN WALTERS
MARCH 20. Marilyn loved to race. We may walk instead of run but we keep that love of hers going by walking the Manatee walk/run race for her.
We plan to keep that going so practice your 5k walks and join us next year They have the race each March in FtPierce. Long live the memory of Marilyn. She would have been 90 this month.
LADIES GOLF CHARITY MARCH 24
The Ladies Golf Charity Tournament on March 24 raised $12,000 for SafeSpace. Hole number one was sponsored in honor of Marilyn.
SafeSpace is the local area expert in providing domestic violence services and offers a safe haven to victims and their children as they seek refuge from physical and emotional abuse. It empowers victims to become survivors by providing an extensive array of other programs and services, including legal assistance, financial literacy training, emotional and mental health counseling, advocacy, community outreach, and prevention education.
CRAZY 8 GOLF SCRAMBLE MARCH 8
The winners were Candace Bergen, Tim Rowe and Liz Rowe. They were called Cathy’s Clowns!
ISLAND DUNES COUNTRY Club
PICKLE BALL ( Kathy Hutton
Join us at Island Dunes Country Club
Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays 9:30-11:30. on our 6 beautiful , dedicated pickleball courts. Beginners welcome.
Mondays- Drop-in for Everyone
Wed & Fr-Divided Play
Contact the IDCC Tennis Office at 772-229-8461
ISLAND DUNES GOLF (Geri Ferguson)Island Dunes golf events are continuing in the pandemic mode. 2 people will be in each golf carts with a plastic panel between them unless they are in the same family. Flags must stay in the hole when putting, all members must wear face masks in and around the pro shop. Weekly events and starting tee times:
Sunday Couples 9 Hole: Tee Times 11:30
Tuesday Men’s Skins: Tee Times 11am -12pm
Clinic on Tuesday 11 am-12pm
Wednesday Ladies 9 Holes: Tee Times 8:30
Friday Men’s 9 Hole: Tee Times 11:
April Golf Events:
On Easter Sunday the Golf Course and Pro Shop will close at 1pm.
Ladies Closing Day April 7. The theme will be “Gone With the Wind”, Please wear a Southern Belle hat to receive a stroke off of your score. There will be boxed lunches.
Sunday April 11 The club champion award winners names will be displayed during the couple’s games. On May 12 there will be a Superintendent Revenge Scramble. Call the Pro Shop to sign up and BYOB because Pietros is closed.
Lessons available with Kathy Cassese, call 772 229 2730
HAPPENINGS
Le Cafe Carla
3350 NE Indian River Dr, Jensen Beach Fl. 772-444-3976
There is a new place in town! It is quite a surprise, like a quick trip to France! It is a cafe with great coffee, French pastries, quiche and crepes. Opened every day but on Tuesday evenings. Carla lights up the evening with her jazz ensemble. Menu remains the same but they are obtaining a wine license and you are invited to BYOB for now. You may remember Carla Holbrook who has sung at Jensen Beach for years and has quite a following (well deserved). We would sure like to see her attempt at bringing a little class to the neighborhood to be a success, so please check it out. They are a work in progress, but what a fun v
The Social Committee invited friends of the Monins for a private party to give thanks for all of their support, They promise they are not going far away, We will miss them anyway. Our gratitude.
The Social Room is a great place to find how we can help keep our beaches and waters the way we would like to leave them to the next generation. Ann Ross is a great resource of information and we thank her for keeping us aware of what we can do to help, Than you Annie!
HISTORY OF THE EASTER BUNNY
The Bible makes no mention of a long-eared, short-tailed creature who delivers decorated eggs to well-behaved children on Easter Sunday; nevertheless, the Easter bunny has become a prominent symbol of Christianity's most important holiday. The exact origins of this mythical mammal are unclear, but rabbits, known to be prolific pro creators and are an ancient symbol of fertility and new life. According to some sources, the Easter bunny first arrived in America in the 1700s with German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania and transported their tradition of a egg laying hare. Their children made nests in their caps and bonnets in which this creature could lay its colored eggs. Eventually, the custom spread across the U.S. The children often left out carrots for the bunny in case he got hungry from all his hopping.
Easter is a religious holiday, but some of the custom, such as Easter eggs, are likely linked to pagan festivals celebrating Spring. One explanation for this custom is that the eggs were formerly a forbidden food during the Lenten season, so people would paint and decorate them to mark the end of the period of penance and fasting, then eat them on Easter as a celebration.
Easter egg hunts and egg roll are two popular egg-related traditions. The first official White House egg roll occurred in 1878, when Rutherford B. Hayes was president. The event has no religious significance, although some people have considered egg rolling symbolic of the stone blocking Jesus' tomb being rolled away, leading to his resurrection.
Easter is the second best-selling candy holiday in America after Halloween. Among the most popular sweet treats associated with this day are chocolate eggs and jelly beans. The top-selling non-chocolate Easter candy has been marshmallow peeps.
EASTER QUESTIONS (ANSWERS BELOW)
- Why did the bunny eat the wedding ring?
- What do you get if you cross a rabbit with an insect?
As many of us will be leaving for our northern homes soon, this will be our last issue until we all start gathering next winter. We are praying that we will all be well and that the pandemic will be behind us enough that we can begin to gather and celebrate in our Social Room. Until then, stay safe, stay well and mostly importantly remain grateful for this little bit of paradise that we call home. Thanks for your support.
Oceanside I Social Committee
EASTER ANSWERS
- Because he heard it was 18 carrot
- Bugs Bunny
We leave you with memories of prior end of season parties.
