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February Fox Talk
Digest
VOLUME 8, ISSUE 2 2002

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Articles:
AMALGAMATION
GRAFITTI
S&E Committee
Centre Report
POOL

Events:
New Years
HAPPY HOUR 2
SPECIAL EVENTS
Future Events
Meetings 2002

Social:
CARE
In Touch
COMPUTER CLUB
RECOGNITION

Notices:
BINGO
Recipes
PHONE BOOK
LIBRARY

VALENTINES DAY
By Carol Cameron
Legend has it that Saint Valentine was a Roman citizen who was especially beloved by children. The Romans for refusing to worship their gods imprisoned him. His many friends showed their support by tossing notes of friendship into his cell. This may have been the origin of the Valentine card.

Folk tales tell us that young men in Victorian England would write the name of their chosen one on an arm band which they wore publicly for several days - hence the term "wearing his heart on his sleeve".

The early 1900's saw the inception of the first Valentine's cards which were elaborate handmade missives, often decorated with real lace or mother-of-pearl and hand-painted with romantic scenes of handsome young men and women in elegant dress. These early Valentines Have become highly valued collector's items.

Modern custom dictates that on Valentine's Day we make a formal declaration of love to our significant other in some tangible form. The fairer sex can usually get away with a mushy card. But a fellow who knows what's good for him will ante up for flowers, chocolates, dinner, or the big one, JEWELRY. It is a long winter and women have very long memories.

Remember the old days girls, when the bouquets were coming from every direction propelled by a horde of hormonal hopefuls, when every time the phone rang you would trample every other family member to answer it since it was sure to be some hunk panting for a date With luscious you? Remember when you would smile coyly through a whole 2-hour phone conversation and you could never figure out why your face hurt when you hung up? Those were heady days when Mother Nature disguised as Cupid made life so exciting.

Alas, all things must pass. The hunk has somewhat fewer hormones and "luscious" is not the first adjective that springs to mind when you pass a mirror. Yet, on Valentines Day we are once more reflected in the eyes of our beloved as the golden girls and guys we were on our first Valentine's Day spent together. Vive L'amour!

NEW YEARS EVE
Sandra Nairn
A good time was had by all 50 people who attended.
A charge of $1 helped to cover some of the out of pocket expenses - thanks to all who made this donation.
The pot luck hors d'oeuvres buffet, offered an abundance and great variety of food - a real feast.
The music was provided by Cam Magnan, who had spent a great deal of time, burning C.D.s from a large collection of varied music, resulting in a wide and excellent variety of dance music - well done Cam.
Bob Price did his usual great job as Master of Ceremonies, and even had the occasional unsolicited help!! (?) with the microphone (I wonder who??)
Spot dance prizes seemed to be well received, and I must say the decorations and candles created a very festive atmosphere - dancing and celebrating went on until after 1 a.m.
There was no shortage of volunteers for set-up or clean-up, much to the delight of the organisers, Carol Cameron and Sandra Nairn.
A very honorable mention goes to Blanche Douey who so willingly imparted a wealth of information on how to go about convening such an event.
Many thanks to everyone who helped and participated.

SPECIAL EVENTS

We have several exciting events coming up!

Valentines Luncheon
Marian's Country Cupboard!

Currently 40 people have signed up. The maximum is fifty four. A wonderful menu with beef, turkey and all the trimmings is offered for only $20 per person. Tickets will be sold in advance. Committee members will phone with information about your tickets. We will meet at the Recreation Centre @ 11:30 am and carpool from there

St. Patrick's Celebration
Sunday March 17, 2002

Bob Thomson of New Dundee will provide our meal and Celtic dancers will entertain us afterwards. We will start with Irish Hour (always happy!) at 5 pm and dinner will be served at 6pm. You will find details on the bulletin board along with the sign-up in mid-February. We look forward to having an enthusiastic group with us to celebrate.

NOTICE BOARD GRAFITTI
Ron Bleier
Notices posted on the message boards in the mail room are to inform and alert members of our community about on-going situations and conditions.

Notices posted by the S&E Committee are so identified and bear the name and telephone number of the author.

Members of the S&E Committee and others who post notices in the mail room will, I am sure, be pleased to hear from members of the community, either pro or con notices in writing, or verbally by telephone or face-to-face.

We as editors or Foxtalk on behalf of the community, request that notices not be defaced. Thank You.

CARE COMMITTEES
Marg.MacDonald
A Foxboro Innovation

Frequently asked questions by new comers to our community are: "What is the Care Committee, what does it do, and how do we take part?" The Care Committees are delighted to report that one of our primary duties is to welcome newcomers to our community. Along with the welcome we provide a booklet called "Welcome to Foxboro Green" which describes the activities available within Foxboro as well as some outside. For example newcomers will learn about opportunities to participate in aquafit, the computer interest group, woodworking, bridge, tennis, curling etc. We also invite them to become a part of the Care Committee, explaining what we do and how they may help. A survey is included to be returned to their Care Co-ordinator when they feel ready to become involved.
We provide information on "Emergency Preparedness" where medical & drug information is stored in the refrigerator for use by medical personnel in an emergency. We hope that all residents have by now completed the forms and that the information is stored as was described in April & May 2001 issues of Foxtalk. For those who haven't please call Marg. Wendland or Macdonald for complete information
Care Committee Co-ordinators ask new residents to call with any questions or problems and are a resource to them as they adapt to the community. Neighbours are asked to phone their Care Co-ordinator when new residents arrive. In addition, the Care Committee Co-ordinators take flowers or goodies to people who have been in hospital on behalf of the community. We try to provide support and encouragement to those in distress. When residents experience a loss we also visit and recognise the loss with a card and flowers or donation on behalf of the community. Even if your neighbour doesn't need any help we like to recognise a hospitalisation or medical intervention, so please let us know. All information we receive is kept confidential! In the past few years we have learned a great deal more about services available outside the community, many of which have expanded and increased. We have helpful information that could be useful in times of need. Anyone who needs transportation for daily treatments, Hospital admission/ discharge, or a medical appointment can call their Care Co-ordinator. Eye appointments where dilation is required, whenever someone needs to be accompanied and no family member is available, please call! We also have residents who are willing to help with laundry, meals, hair dressing, finances, be a handyman or provide spiritual support. Your neighbours will help if they know of your need!

We have 4 Care Areas:
Care Committee #1:
Care Coordinators: Marg Wendland, Norma Fisher and Barb. Koerber
Lakefield Court, Spruce Grove, 86 to 113 Foxboro Drive and 100 to 110 Golf Links
Care Committee #2 Care Coordinators: Marg Macdonald and Pat Tibbles 112 to 125 Golf Links 115 to 156 Foxboro Drive Care Committee #3 Care Coordinators: Faith Mundy and Marion Koehler 126 to 185 Golf Links and Maue Court
Care Committee #4 Care Coordinators: Audrey Euler and Ellen Bowring 1 to 52 Sun Valley and Woods Edge Court

Keeping in Touch

Flowers and a card were sent to Ada Jenkinson on her return from the hospital. Harold Koerber received a fruit basket following his heart by- pass surgery.

Sympathy was extended to Ellen Bowring on the death of her father, she received flowers and a card. A donation was made in memory of Gail Hovey's mother who died in January.

THE VILLAGE PHONE BOOK
Ruth Dean
Please make the following changes.
Reittinger, Doris should read Rittinger, Doris

PHONE BOOK
E-MAIL CHANGE

Bleier, Ron delete [email protected]
Add [email protected]

LIBRARY NOTICE
Rosemary Schaaf
It is great to know that people are using our library. We appreciate your donations, but unfortunately we do not have room for any more hard cover books. What is needed, are children and adult videos.

Future Events

ONTARIO SENIOR GAMES
Ted Tibbles
The games are for participants from Waterloo and Wellington regions, they will be staged from May 27th to June 6th 2002 Hosted this year by Wilmot Township

There will be approximately 25 events the majority of which will take place in the proximity of New Hamburg.

Residents of Waterloo & Wellington regions, (which encompasses a large geographic area including Kitchener, Waterloo, and Guelph), who will be at least 55 years of age before the end of 2002 will be eligible to participate.

The Games will attract those people having many diverse specialties - from crokinole, bridge, euchre, and scrabble to Tennis, Golf, Slo-Pitch Ball and Bowling 5 & 10 pin.

Gold Medal winners from this event will be invited to vie for the all-Ontario honors at the Games scheduled for later this summer to be held in Kingston, Ont.

A complete list of events will be available soon.
Volunteers of all ages, are needed to assist in a variety of ways e.g. Directing Traffic,

setting up chairs for opening and closing ceremonies, registrations at various venues etc. We hope that Foxboro Green will be well represented - both in the participant and volunteer roles.

Please contact Ted or Pat Tibbles telephone 634-5223 for more information or to volunteer to assist in some way.

Home Owners Meetings 2002
Hanne Pederson
March 18, 2002..... 7.00pm
April 15, 2002......7.00pm
May 27, 2002......7.00pm
June 17, 2002......7.00pm

For information call Property Manager Teresa Tewfik - 634-8807

POOL BEAUTIFICATION
Bob & Bob Price & Leppington
Profits from the BBQ's and Horse races organized by the Prices and Leppingtons have been used to purchase the artificial plants that now grace the pool area, these were purchased from "Jenkins".
A special thanks goes to the Ruppes for their help.

A NIGHT AT THE RACES & HAPPY HOUR 2

Place: FOXBORO DOWNS (Recreation Center)
Date: Friday February 22nd 2002
Time: First Race 7:30pm

Everyone welcome, no need to sign-up
Bring your LOONIES and beverage of choice.

AMALGAMATION UPDATE

Slowly but surely we are moving towards our goal -- the simplification and unification of our community as a single condominium corporation. You can see our progress on the chart in the mailroom. We have to fill in the green 90% circle. This means that only one person in each condo can withhold consent - two dissenters in one single condo can block the whole amalgamation process. It is this very anachronism that is one of the primary reasons to amalgamate. The Board of the Association has passed a resolution asking all directors to fulfill their commitment in the Interim Agreement to use their best efforts to obtain the required consent.
We hope that the virtually unanimous straw vote in favour of amalgamation will be repeated. Consent has been received from over 78% of our owners as of January 24. 46 owners have yet to respond. The deadline is March 6, 2002. Forms are to be returned to Theresa, either at the Rec Centre, or to Sanderson Management, 30 Water Street N, Kitchener, N2H 5A8.
It appears that some people are holding their forms because they do not know their unit number. This is not essential - you can just write in your street number and street name (municipal address).

S&E Committee Report

Thanks to the effort of Bill Goddard, and his connection with International Cooling Systems, the S&E Committee has received a report from them concerning the home-site irrigation system.

Specifically, ICS was asked what options were available to us to ensure that those of our residents living at the highest point from the lake (Maue Court and neighbours) could be sure of adequate water flow for lawn and flower bed watering during the summer months.

The ICS report, along with one prepared by the Committee (thank you Stewart Bowring and Derek Tickner) was forwarded to the Board Of Management at their meeting in January.

At that time the Committee was authorized to develop a water conservation and use strategy that would ensure that during the next several dry summers (Environment Canada) Foxboro Green would continue to live up to its name. The Committee will be working on this during the remainder of the winter and through the spring. Stay tuned!

The lake is currently being allowed to refill itself and will return to its former level in good order.

The leaning gazebo of Foxboro Green will be attended to shortly. Steps will be taken to ensure the safety of the structure and those using it while a schedule for the correction of its problems is worked out.

Notices concerning these and other activities of the S&E Committee will be posted on the message boards in the mail room.

Ron Bleier S&E Committee Convenor 634 5363

COMPUTER CLUB
Ron Bleier
The donation of a modem to the Computer Club by a member, has given us access to the Internet again. Members of the community interested in finding out about the Internet or E-mail are encouraged to come out and join us on Tuesdays at 7:00PM.

Recreation Centre Report
George Jones
In the absence of Ron Donaldson, I have been helping to take care of the Recreation Centre. Late at night I have frequently found lights left on in the main foyer, also in individual rooms, (particularly the Pool Room), and hallways, with no-one in the building. Please turn them off if you are the last person to leave the area.

Should you go to the mail room at night or are simply passing the building and notice lights on please take a few minutes to check if anyone is there, and if not switch all the lights off. It is up to all of us to be responsible for keeping down the electricity costs, remember we pay the bills.

At 10.30 one evening I went to attend to a pool problem, I found lights on in the downstairs hallway, the area outside of the change rooms, the pool area (both underwater and overhead lights), the Hot Tub pumps were on plus the light in the Sauna, there wasn't a person in the whole building. Someone had turned on all of these switches but hadn't bothered to turn them off when they left, how careless and irresponsible!

If you use the pool in the evening try using the underwater lights only. I think that you will find it provides ample illumination and that the seventeen (17) overhead lights (yes, seventeen) are not needed. However, regardless of what you use please turn off the switches as you leave. Note that the timer on the Hot Tub DOES NOT shut off automatically, it has to be turned off manually.
Thank you.
N.B. ALWAYS CHECK TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO ONE IN ANY OF THE BATHROOMS OR ROOMS BEFORE YOU SWITCH OFF LIGHTS.

BINGO
COME ONE, COME ALL to our Bingo Nights. We the members of the Computer Club and producers of Fox Talk are featuring Bingo Nights as a way of raising money for a new printer and computer. Fox Talk is for the Community and therefore in order to continue producing a quality magazine, we need your support.
Our next Bingo is on Friday, Feb. 8th, 7 p.m.

RECOGNITION

New Years Eve
This party would never have happened if Sandra Nairn and Carol Cameron had not volunteered to run this event.
Thank you ladies for providing us not only with a memorable evening but for the ambiance in which we were able to enjoy the festivities.

Pub Night
Russ & Wendy Wilson deserve credit for organizing another Pub Night of singing and dancing. Song sheets were prepared for our Sing Along and tapes for dancing. Not forgetting the men who gave of their time to set up and clean up after the event. Thank you all.

Decorations Down
It is fun to decorate but not as much fun to "un" decorate. Thanks go to all who showed up to take the decorations down and a big Thank You to Pauline Tickner and Beryl Boughey for preparing the food.

Recipes

Bread Pudding
Mary Boucher 1 Loaf Day-Old Bread (French or Italian)
Cube and soak in 1 Qt milk for 10 min.
Beat Together
3 eggs
11/2 Cups White or Brown Sugar
2 Tablespoons Vanilla
� teaspoons each Cinnamon & Nutmeg
1/3 Cups raisins
Combine all ingredients and pour into well buttered 11x14 pan. Place in pan with water. Bake at 350 for 30 min and then 300 for 30 to 40 min or until set. Serve warm with Toffee Sauce
Toffee Sauce
1 Cup soft butter
� Cup each Brown & White sugar
Dash Salt
1 egg
1 Can Carnation 2% milk
Cook at low heat for 4 - 6 minutes stirring constantly. Add � teaspoon vanilla when cool. (Optional add � cup Jack Daniels Whiskey)

Cranberry Rollups
Mary Boucher 1 Pkg Cream Cheese
2/3 Cups Feta Cheese
2/3 Cups Dried Cranberries
� Cups chopped green onion Mix together until smooth. Spread on 3 tortilla Wraps. (Pesto or spinach) Roll up and wrap in seran. Chill well. Slice to serve

English Trifle
Pauline Tickner
Ingredients:
� large Jelly Roll (jam not cream)
1 Jello (I use raspberry or strawberry) 2/3rd cup of fruit I use Raspberries (frozen, fresh or canned are OK)
6 tablespoons Bird's Custard Powder
4 cups of Homo. milk - 2% milk can be substituted
4 tablespoons of sugar
250ml ctn. of whipping cream
1 tablespoon of icing sugar
1/3rd cup of sherry
Chocolate curls or almonds etc. for decoration

Method:
Base Layer:
Cut Jellyroll into just over �" thick slices and lay in the bottom of a glass bowl. Sprinkle with sherry.
Put fruit in between and on top of Jelly Roll slices.
Make Jell-O according to directions on package then pour evenly over Jelly Roll slices, leave to set.
Custard Layer:
Stir together custard powder, sugar and 4tablespoons of milk, making a paste.
Put remaining milk into a saucepan and slowly heat on medium heat to boiling, being careful not to scorch the bottom of the pan as this would make the custard taste burned, add the custard powder mixture stir until thickened and gently bubbling, remove from heat. Put custard saucepan in a bowl of cold water and stir often until custard is lukewarm. Pour over base layer then cover bowl with saran wrap to prevent a skin forming on the custard, put bowl in the Fridge until the custard is firmly set.
Cream Layer:
Whip the cream until it begins to mound, add icing sugar and continue to whip until fairly stiff. Spread over the custard layer. Using the tines of a fork, make a design on the cream and decorate with chocolate and or toasted slivered almonds.

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