This week in Rainberry Bay: 10/4/2024
Updated event info: Myrainberrybay.com (click on Calendar) or Beacon
Please note – the charges for ClickPay only affect those who make “one time” payments, not continuous autopay. You can also set up bank payments.
Maintenance was due October 1st. It must be processed prior to 10/30 – if not, you will receive a late fee.
The Board has submitted, for a vote of the residents, a change in two amendments to the Master Association Docs. If you signed up for evoting, you should have received it in your email (check spam). If not, you should have received a paper ballot. If you are away from RB it may have gone to whatever address you have on file with the office. Either way, you can request another from rainberrybay@fsresidential.com. If you, or a neighbor, have not received a ballot, please email the office. The tally will end October 31st.
There is one vote per household.
When the road company comes back to install the car stops, you will need to move your car apx. 2’ from the grass. If you are away, please arrange for your car to be moved.
BEACON: LAST CALL FOR VETERANS PHOTOS. Please submit them to rainberrybaybeacon@ gmail.com.
INFORMATION CONTAINED BELOW: (changes in red)
MOVIE SCHEDULE
BOARD – new website “forum” (under community info towards bottom)
CERT & STORM & HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS – Fire Rescue Open House
CLUBS: UPDATE & EVENT, NON-FICTION BOOK CLUB, TABLE TENNIS, WOMEN’S CLUB, BOWLING, Tennis Team info.
CLASSES: NIA, CURRENT EVENTS, MEDITATION, EZ FITNESS, WATER AEROBICS, GENTLE YOGA, FLOWERS/ARTS & CRAFTS, CARD-MAKING, CLAY, CANASTA, Crafts with Babs
SPORTS: PICKLEBALL, BOCCE, STICKBALL
POOL INFO
COMMITTEES: Directory
MISC. INFO -OFFICE HOURS, GARBAGE PICKUP- recycling Tuesday morning/ bulk Friday morning, Landscaping reminders, COVID tests
OUTSIDE RAINBERRY - Institute for Regional Conservation, (SCAMS), DOCUMENTS TO KEEP, EARLY VOTING/VOTE BY MAIL, how to make sure your ballot has been accepted if you’ve mailed or dropped off your early ballot.
BOARD:
Board Meetings: All meetings will be hybrid meetings (clubhouse plus zoom). Please do not wear perfume to the meetings as some people have allergies. Thanks. Recordings of meetings will be made available on the myrainberrybay.com website. Click on The Videos Link –contact the office for the password if you do not have it.
Master – Oct 9, 7pm
Homes – Oct 29, 7pm (note change)
Villas t/b/a
Landscaping – Next Week
All weather permitting, subject to change.
Homeowners must leave gates unlocked and open. PBB will not be responsible per contract for anything damaged in the grass while mowing, however they will be as cautious and mindful as possible of things/ornaments on turf.
Trim crew will be on 27th Ave across from the theater, heading towards Riviera
Spray will be on NW 30th next to the clubhouse on mid-circle heading towards theater.
Mowing will be on 10/15.
Bug Off Exterminators, Inc. – Direct calls (only)
Phone number to schedule pest control: 954- 772-8338
Rainberry Bay's Schedule is: Mon., Wed., and Fri. between 9:00 am to 1:30 pm, a total of 15 appointments per day.
MOVIES – THEATER, 7PM
Oct 27 - Arthur the King Nov 3 – The Fabulous Four Dec 1- It Ends with Us
MISC:
CERT
Delray Beach Fire Rescue is hosting an Open House and they are reaching out to CERT to volunteer in helping. The open house will be held at Station 111 on Saturday October 19, 2024.
If you are able to volunteer, please contact Tyeisha Knight at Knightt@mydelraybeach.com
Wishing all of our members, their families and our Rainberry Bay family & friends who are celebrating, a very Happy, Healthy & Safe New Year. "Shona Tova"
October’s CERT meeting has been cancelled.
We would like to welcome CAROL UNGER as our newest member to our Rainberry Bay CERT team.
She has just completed the 24hr CERT course. Kudos!
STORM Committee
Be a Rainberry Bay Hero: Your Skills Can Make a Difference!
If you think you are ready and willing to help out, please contact RainberrySTORM@gmail.com
CLUBS
ON STAGE
KARAOKE will be Sunday, October 13th in the theatre at 7:30 PM. We have a professional Karaoke DJ!!! Admission will be free, but please bring your own goodies and drinks. Set up will be cabaret style. Whether you are coming to sing or just to watch it would be nice to bring out a great crowd.
We are beginning to recruit for our annual OPEN MIC NIGHT, December 15th. If you would like to perform, we want to help you get ready. Contact Neill at onstage.rainberry@yahoo.com.
YOUR CHANCE TO TELL US A STORY…GIVE US A LITTLE COMEDY…SING US A SONG…LET US HEAR HOW YOU PLAY…WE WILL ALWAYS ENJOY SOME DANCING. WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN US…
FOREVER ERIC, The Eric Clapton Tribute Band led by our own Ed Willey will be here on November 9th in the theatre. Tickets are $20 and go on sale October 21st. This is a complete band!!!
Thanks to the generosity of many of our friends and neighbors, our list is down to 2 items. We are still looking for a laptop computer and working iPads. Thanks to everyone who helped us out. Please contact Neill Klein by email at onstage.rainberry@yahoo.com
NON-FICTION BOOK CLUB – Allan Trust Ctrust371@comcast.net
*October 8th- Debbie Peters will be presenting They Came for the Schools, by Mike Hixenbaugh. The author gives a case study of the battle raging in school districts across America over who gets to decide how students are educated. The focus is on a Dallas suburb, and illustrates the new war in America's classrooms.
*November 12th- Stephanie Braunstein & Allan Trust will co facilitate. Our Topic will be where are we as a country after our Presidential election.
December- To Be Announced.
January- Ron Pollock will present The Wolves of K Street -The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government, by Brody & Luke Mullins
February- Cliff Guinyard will present Our Hidden Conversations- What Americans Really Think About Race & Identity, by Michele Norris
March- To Be Announced
April- We'll cooperate again with the Green Committee, during Earth Month.
All meetings are at 11AM, in the clubhouse. Newcomers very welcome.
WOMEN’S CLUB – by Fern Katronetsky (President)
Only two selling dates left for you to purchase tickets! BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND, the Rainberry Bay Women’s Club is holding its Wine Tasting Event on Tuesday, October 15th in the Clubhouse Auditorium from 2:00-4:00 p.m. (A special introduction to NIA will be provided by Helen Sohne at 1:45 p.m.). Please join us!!
Tickets will ONLY be available for purchase in the Clubhouse Lobby on Monday, October 7th and Thursday, October 10th between 4:00-5:00 p.m. If you cannot make either of these dates/times, you may leave a check made out to RB Women's Club and leave it in Mailbox # 10 which is just outside the Clubhouse Library and right next to the gym. Cost for Club Members for this Event is $12.00, and for Non-members $15.00. Please specify on the check that this payment is for “WC Wine Tasting Event.” If you would also like to become a Club Member, the cost is $15.00 for the 2024-2025 Season. Therefore, if you sign up for both Membership AND the “Wine Tasting Event,” make your check payable to Women’s Club in the amount of $27.00. NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO TICKETS AVAILABLE TO BE SOLD AT THE DOOR ON OCT. 15 FOR THIS EVENT. If you have any questions, contact Fern Katronetsky at <f.katronetsky@verizon.net> or call her. Her phone number is in the Rainberry Bay Phone Directory.
BOWLING LEAGUE . . . BY Fern Katronetsky, President
The 2024-2025 Rainberry Bay Bowling League has already begun its League for the Season and once again is at the AMF Bowling Center in Boynton Beach. We bowl every Thursday, starting with warm-ups at 2:45 p.m., and then are officially underway at 3:00 p.m. If you would like to join us either as a League member, or as a Pacer, let the President of the RB League know and we will see how we might be able to accommodate you, or a family member, or a friend. If you have any questions, or are ready to sign up, please contact League President, Fern Katronetsky by e-mail at <f.katronetsky@verizon.net>.
TABLE TENNIS CLUB
The Table Tennis Club invites you to play or watch during our club play time: Mondays and Wednesdays 12-2, singles or doubles play; Fridays 10-12 mostly singles play. If you do want to play, wear shoes that aren’t too “grippy,” bring a drink and a paddle if you have it. Contact rbtabletennis@gmail.com with any questions.
FOODBERRY – Marlene Elmowitz
Miss the Club? We planning Kickoff event on 11/10/24 Challah Bake and Brunch in theatre - details to follow, Open to members only
Put these dates in your calendar for upcoming food fun we have planned
November 10th – Challah bake, fun and brunch, December 22nd: Holiday party, January 26th Breakfast club, February 15th: Valentines Dinner and Newlywed Game, March 1st: Food Crawl, April: Cooking for Easter and Passover, May 4th: almost Cinco Demayo
Don’t forget Breakfast club- planning for the Odd Months: January set, March and May
2025 dues will remain the same $20 and can be paid at your convenience (by 1/15/24 for the kickoff Food crawl event)
Email rbfoodberryclub@gmail.com any ideas, questions, or comments
COMMITTEE INFO:
SEARCH COMMITTEE
Ready for a change in your everyday routine? Say, YES! Become a candidate for the Rainberry Bay Board of Directors. The Nominating/Search Committee is actively looking for you. To serve on the Rainberry Master, Homes, or Villas Board you must be:
·a deeded owner
·current with your maintenance payments
·free of felony convictions
·vetted by the management office.
Come make a difference in your community!
Thank you. Please contact Nan Robb Nanscapes12@gmail.com
GREEN COMMITTEE
The Green Committee has some lovely native gardens in our community.
If you love to Garden, you are welcome to come join us to beautify these locations:
10th Street, Tennis Center, Bocce courts.
You are always welcome to join the Green Committee meetings - posted on myrainberrybay.com, on the calendar tab. In addition, the Green Committee is planning a tour of community gardens. All that info will follow soon.
CLASSES
Crafts with Babs: 1st & 3rd Tuesdays at 10am in the crafts room. Learn to make interesting embellished photo frames and various other crafts.
BOOK DISCUSSION
On Wednesday, October 16th, at 2:00PM, we begin a NEW SEASON with a New Leader (Laney Schulte) and a discussion of THE WOMEN, by Kristin Hannah, a remarkable novel which has been on the NYTimes Bestseller list for months! Limited copies of this book are available in our own library. Joyce Vogel will facilitate the discussion.
Future Books: 11/20/24: THE TEACHER (Mystery), by Freida McFadden. Laney Schulte, Facilitator.
12/18/24: ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL, by Kerri Maher. Roberta Weltman, Facilitator.
(All meetings in Men’s Card Room - 2PM, 3rd Wednesday of the month. ALL WELCOME!!!)
BEADING
Bead and Bitch has resumed. We will meet in the Clubhouse Crafts Room, Thursdays, from 7pm until 9pm. Please join us, if you like to bead or want to learn how. You can contact Karen Miller at karenjkm@yahoo.com.
NIA CLASSES - Helen Sohne
Nia (low impact dance aerobics)
Tuesdays & Fridays 10-11AM In the Men’s Card Room
For more information about Nia, please feel free to reach out to me: Niadelray@gmail.com
CURRENT EVENTS – Roberta Weltman & Allan Trust
For information email Roberta at rbtaw3@gmail.com or Allan at Ctrust371@comcast.net
We're back to regular weekly meetings. Meetings begin at 10:30AM, in the clubhouse.
Join us as we talk about the timely topics of the week.
All welcome. For info, contact: Roberta- rbtaw3@gmail.com, Allan- Ctrust371@comcast.net
MEDITATION
Healing and Awakening Meditation. Please contact Miriam Rosen at positivepsychology998@hotmail.com
EZ FITNESS CLASSES – Muscles in Motion
M W F 8:30 – 9:30 through November 30th. Questions? Contact Madeleine Bochner
WATER AEROBICS
Water aerobics classes are held at pool 1 @11 -12 o’clock Wednesday and Fridays. There will be a small fee of $20 a month. Hope to see you pool side.
GENTLE YOGA with Deb Mayes
Mayesda1@gmail.com $20/month or $10/class
Saturdays 10am, bring a mat. Mondays 10am Chair Yoga, no mat needed.
CARD-MAKING WORKSHOP
2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 10:15, clubhouse craft room. All supplies provided.
Supply fee - $4. Any questions – Madeline Hincken mhincken@gmail.com
CLAY STUDIO
Friday 10 - 12 in the crafts room. Further info call Joyce Poses
CANASTA
Canasta Play every Monday, 1:30pm, in the MCR. Learn the game or refresh your game.
SPORTS
PICKLEBALL (wear court sneakers) No dogs are allowed on the courts.
Open play Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Please use courts 7&8.
The times are: 8:00 am and 5:30 pm.
Tennis teams:
RB WOMEN’S 55Love TENNIS TEAM SEEKING RESIDENT PLAYERS:
The RB 55Love tennis team is seeking players at the 3.5-4.0 level to join our team. The team is part of the South Palm Beach County Women’s Tennis Association 55Love League. It is a Division 2 level competitive league with matches played on Fridays. The upcoming season starts Nov. 1 and ends March 28, 2025. You can join the team even if you will not be back to RB by the start date. There is a nominal league fee to join the team and nominal team expenses - balls / drinks/ snacks.
For further information and consideration please contact Rose Parrin. Number is in the directory.
BOCCE CLUB
Our Bocce club meets at our two Bocce courts on 29th Ave near Pool 2.
We play together on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday mornings at 9am and on Monday and Thursday nights at 6pm. Our members are great teachers and will be happy to welcome you and show you how to play.
SPECIAL NOTE: Our Rainberry team is looking for skilled competitive players to try out for our travel team. If you qualify for the team, those that are still here over the summer will be practicing. If you are interested, please give Barry Nissinoff a call. His phone number is listed in the Rainberry Directory.
STICKBALL
Wednesday afternoons at 3:45 PM at the 3-sided concrete enclosure at the back of the tennis center. Please join our RB stickball players for a fun time pitching and hitting with no running.
POOLS
Please shower before going into the pool as it leaves marks on the coping – and remember to shut the water off when finished! Please use a towel on all chairs and lounges.
Only pool noodles are allowed in the pools, no floats. Please check the posted rules. Do not go into the pool/spa unaccompanied. Anyone with incontinence (child or adult) should not go into the pools. Please shower before going into the pool. Only licensed Service Animals are allowed in the pool area. No others are allowed, by law.
Pools #1-4 open from dawn until dusk (there is no set time as this changes seasonally). Pool #5 is open from dawn until 11pm, adults over 18 only.
COMMITTEES
Rainberry Bay Directory – Char Lane
The next Directory will be published in the spring of 2025. Please review your information in the 2023 Directory and let me know of any changes or corrections if you've not already done so. Directory Inclusion forms are available in the wall display in the club house lobby and on the website. Or, let me know (my phone number is in the Directory) and I'll email you a form. If you're unable to get to the clubhouse or don't have access to email, please contact me and I'll be happy to drop off a form and pick it up when it's done. New residents since April 2023 - please ensure that you've completed and returned a Directory Inclusion form. Thank you.
COMMUNITY INFORMATION (cont’d)
Red reflector program clarification from HOA board meeting on September 11:
RED REFLECTORS are used to id your shrubs that are not to be trimmed.
BLUE REFLECTORS are used to stop any chemical treatment in your landscape beds.
You must complete a form to participate in either of these programs. Forms are in clubhouse kiosk or from office.
We’ve set up a forum – bulletin board style – for Rainberry residents. You can get information on various Rainberry subjects, as well as for sale, houses for sale/rent, and lost and found. You can ask questions and post about various subjects. The forum is at https://rbforum.org. (it can be found on myrainberrybay.com)
If you are receiving this, you are already registered on the forum using your full name as your username, for instance, Bill Smith. So do not register, please use the link for I Forgot My Password and you receive an email to set a new password.
Please download the quick-start guide here:
https://www.myrainberrybay.com/_files/ugd/739731_fb44ef224a6340b696e7c1187321469b.pdf
You can also get to the forum by going to myrainberrybay.com, click on the Bulletin Board button at the top of the page, read the page, and follow the instructions from there. We hope this will foster communications within Rainberry and allow everyone to get questions answered.
The office hours are posted on the door to the office: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri: 8:30-4:30, they close for lunch 12 – 12:30.
On Wednesdays the office will close for the day at 12:30pm, reopening Thursday at 8:30am. They are inside, working.
Do not write or otherwise contact our vendors / contractors without express permission, this includes the landscapers, painters and roofers.
No soliciting of any nature is allowed in RB – see something, say something!
Please pick up after your dogs.
Bulk pick-up items are picked up Friday mornings. Do not block any dumpsters because the garbage truck will not empty the bin. You could receive a violation/be subject to a fine. If you have items to be picked up before Friday, call for a pick-up.
Please make sure all construction debris is removed. All boxes must be broken down (flattened) before putting them into recycling bins. (3x3) Where there are dumpsters, do not block the dumpsters. The truck will not remove the bulk items OR the garbage in the dumpsters.
Problem with the garbage pickup? call Waste Management at: 561-202-2463.
“Open Houses” are not allowed in Rainberry Bay. Please read the most current set of Rules. It is the owner’s responsibility to be sure your realtor is aware. The Rules also require that everyone wear a cover-up to and from the pools. Thank you.
Debris pickup: On Monday and Wednesday, place palm fronds at your curb for pick up by our landscaping and/or our management companies Friday is the day large amounts of debris from trimmed trees will be picked up by Waste Management. Please DO NOT put any debris on the circle.
“Rainberry Bay Master Association insures the common areas only. As an Owner of a Home or Villa, it is strongly recommended that you obtain an individual Homeowners Policy (HO-3) and pay that premium to cover any insurable loss to your dwelling and personal belongings. Any roof damage caused by wind or storms is not covered by the HOA insurance.”
Please don’t use fake spider webbing for Halloween which is a hazard to butterflies and birds.
OUTSIDE RAINBERRY
COVID TESTS:
https://special.usps.com/testkits
Free covid test kits
NATIONAL ELECTION
NATIONAL ELECTION:
Vote-by-Mail Ballots will be mailed out from 9/26/24 through 10/03/24. Upon receipt of your Vote-by-Mail ballot you can mail back your completed ballot or drop it off during early voting at the Hagen Ranch Library (14350 Hagen Ranch Rd), the downtown Civic Center (500 NW 1st Ave), or any early voting location in PB County. Early voting will be from 10/21/24 through 11/03/24.
Please remember that our 11/05/24 election day voting location is now at Pines of Delray North on Congress, just north of Lake Ida Road.
EARLY VOTING/DROP-OFFS FOR PAPER BALLOTS:
-Supervisor of Elections Office on Congress south of Atlantic and in the same overall lot as but just north of the driver's license facility – there are clear signs.
-South County Civic Center
-Hagen Ranch Library
Or -
Any voting location in PB County for early voting, votepalmbeach.gov
Want to make sure your ballot has been counted?