VGAC Newsletter 2017 Interactive

Village Grande at Camelot
COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER

MARCH 2017

MEET YOUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES MESSAGE FROM SCOTT BERGMAN

Camelot Residents,

First let me say thank you for your support in 2016.
It’s been a pleasure working with everyone to help
make our community a success. 2016 was a successful
year here at Camelot and I’d like to wave the flag of
our committees.
• We re-established both our Sports & Fitness and
Communications committees which has helped us
focus on additional benefits for the community.
We’re using our Clubhouse facility more than ever and
you’re reading this article in our new VGAC Newsletter.

• Thanks to the Pool Committee, we had a very
successful pool season with many new residents
enjoying this amenity. The committee negotiated a
pool management contract for the next two years
with zero cost increase to the community.

• The Landscape committee did a great job getting
our lawns looking better by recommending added
treatments to address insects and disease. They also
managed the bid process and awarded agreements for
the next two years of lawn service and snow removal.

• The Common Facilities Management Committee
spent a lot of time working though the “punch list” to
ensure areas of concern were addressed by DR Horton
before they become major concerns.

Did you know that by patronizing Glassboro businesses, you • Between the Fund Raising and Social Committees
can get a reduction in your property taxes? It’s easy to do we have no shortage of events. From tailgate parties to
and the benefits are worth it! Go to the Investors Bank on formal holiday parties, these folks do a wonderful job
Delsea Drive and pick up your card. Then go online and reg- of keeping us all involved, especially if you like to eat
ister your card at www.PropertyTaxCard.com/Glassboro. and enjoy an adult beverage. The Fundraising Com-
Enjoy the savings! mittee raised over $8,000 in 2016 which is being used
to add sports equipment, furniture and misc. items for
all our enjoyment.
Thanks again and enjoy our wonderful community.

You are reading the first edition of the Did
Camelot newsletter which will be published You
quarterly. The Communications Committee was Know
just recently formed and the members of this that
committee have been hard at work. Our main there
purpose is to facilitate communication within are
our community as well as with the community- fish in
at-large. To that end, some of our initiatives are most
outlined here. of the
We are working on a new directory for retention
the residents which will be ready in March. ponds
The directory will be emailed to all residents; in the
hard copies will be available for those without community?...
computers.
We will placing an information rack in the
clubhouse. The rack will be stocked with
Camelot events and community information
as well as information about events and services
offered by the Borough of Glassboro and Rowan
University. We are also working on developing
a user-friendly community bulletin board
which will contain information pertinent to
our VGAC community.

We are very happy to announce that the
Welcome Wagon under the direction of the
very capable Tony Buck and his wife, JoAnne,
is now a subcommittee of the Communications
Committee! Tony and JoAnne have done an
outstanding job welcoming new residents to our
community. Thank you Tony & JoAnne!
The newly formed Sunshine subcommittee is
also part of our committee. Joann Bergman is in
charge of this subcommittee whose purpose is to
offer support to residents who are seriously ill or
who have lost a loved one. Thank you Joann!
We look forward to serving the community at
Camelot. Feel free to offer suggestions, submit
articles, or volunteer to help out.
—­ Maureen Ressler, Chairperson,

John Eppehimer, Vice Chair

Mostly they are small largemouth Social Security
bass, although there is a rather large Online Services
one in one of the front ponds. contact information:
1-800-772-1213 or
The most bass I have seen are in the www.socialsecurity.gov
pond behind Heritage Loop in the back
corner of the property. Apply for retirement or disability benefits,
replace Medicare cards, change your
There are bass, chain pickerel, and contact information, and more.
some sunfish or bluegills in Raccoon
Creek which is located behind the
parking lot on Heritage Loop. This is
the place where the proposed fishing
pier will be located. A fishing license
is required for adults under the age of
70. Children under 16 do not need
a license.

­—John Eppehimer

MEET YOUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Scott Bergman Ed Hutchinson Denise DiRienzo Thomas Tonden
TREASURER
PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT SECRETARY I grew up in Carney’s Point,
JoAnn and I moved into the Barb and I are entering our My husband and I purchased NJ and graduated from
community two years ago, second year as residents our home in Camelot in Penns Grove High School.
after living in the Mullica of Camelot. We previously September 2015. Prior to Following graduation from
Hill area for 35 years. We lived in Gloucester City moving here, we lived in the US Naval Academy, I
have two daughters, each then to Mickleton. We have Elk Township for a decade. served 5 years in the Navy
married and each has two three sons and three grand- We have four sons and (submarine service).
children between the ages children. I was appointed to three grandsons. Our family After the Navy, I worked
of 2 and 7, two boys and the Board in August, 2015, enjoys travel and spending as an engineer and project
two girls and luckily, they after the resignation of Bob time together.
live close. Miller. I was elected to the
Board for a two year term The bulk of my working manager in the nuclear
I’ve worked in the oil during this past election, career was with the Federal power industry for 40 years,
industry for 39 years. 20 and currently serve as vice- Government in Purchasing retiring in 2014. I hold a
of those years I worked president of the Board. and Inventory Management commercial pilot license and
in the Refinery and the for the United States Postal own a 1977 Piper Archer
remainder has been in I am a retired educator, at Service. Primarily in center general aviation aircraft
Operations Management both high school and col- city Philadelphia, however; which I fly for pleasure.
and Marketing. I’ve been lege level, have chaired the I spent two years in Wash- I am married to Anne and
provided many opportuni- Zoning Board in Gloucester ington DC and several we have two grown children
ties throughout my career in City, and I’m also a Com- years travelling around the and two granddaughters
the oil business, all of which missioner of the Glassboro country developing and who are terrific young
have kept me here in the Housing Authority. I have implementing an automated people! I often walk around
South Jersey Area. been an active participant purchasing system. After I Camelot wearing a Indiana
in the Camelot Landscape retired, I worked at a local Jones type hat with our dog,
JoAnn and I enjoy traveling Committee, and have a school district and in retail. Pilot. Currently, I enjoy
and visiting historic loca- background in scientific
tions, wine tasting and we research at State and I have my New Jersey Real getting to know the people
really enjoy the new friends Federal levels. Estate license and from 1994 of Camelot through work
we’ve made here at Camelot, until this month have served with the Board of Trustees
many of which we feel we’ve on church council in various and through various
known our entire lives. positions. committees.

I’m a car nut and have Todd Greene
always been. I enjoy working
with my hands, whether Todd Greene, Esq. is Division Counsel for D.R. Horton,
it’s working on my cars, Inc.–New Jersey. He has been a member of the Board of
cabinet making, working Trustees since joining D.R. Horton in June 2012. Prior to
in the yard or generally just D.R. Horton, Todd was in private practice for twelve years.
fixing things. He is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College and
Penn State Dickinson School of Law. Todd is admitted to
practice law in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania, and the District Court of New Jersey.

VGAC COMMITTEES

ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL LANDSCAPE

Ed Hutchinson 856-404-4995 Scott Bergman
[email protected] [email protected]

CLUBHOUSE LIBRARY

Henry Heyman 856-243-5323 Pat Labonne 856-243-2124
[email protected] Robin Norcross 856-905-7365
Residents can use the library, borrow books
COMMUNICATIONS and DVDs. Please return them to the cabinet
marked Returns.
Maureen Ressler 609-790-6466
[email protected] POOL

FINANCE Bill Alvaro-Chair
[email protected]
Steve Timko 856-207-0360
[email protected] SOCIAL

FITNESS AND SPORTS Marianne Schottenfeld 856-226-3012
[email protected]
Barbara Hutchinson 856-404-4996 Meets 2nd Thursday 7pm at Clubhouse
[email protected] The Social Committee is pleased to announce
the following upcoming events:
FUNDRAISING April 22 - Sock Hop; more details to follow
May 22 – Ellis Island Bus Trip; $77 per person;
Cheryl Badyna 856-243-2408 more details to follow
Meets 1st Tuesday 11am at Clubhouse June - Luau; more details to follow
The Fundraising Committee is pleased Summer Barbeque – more details to follow
to announce the following upcoming events:
St. Patty’s Day Party-March 17 6:30-10:30 $20 SWEET ESCAPE
per person. Contact: Flo Villari, 856-226-3534
or Helen Simcox Ayars, 609-221-4501 Handles charity during the holidays
May 29-Memorial Day Party; details to follow Mary Ellen Smith 856-226-3241
July 12-Ice Cream Wednesday; details to follow Rosann Watson 856-243-5167
September 4-Labor Day Party; details to follow
October-the fabulous Aquanets return to WELCOME WAGON
Camelot!!! Details to follow.
Watch for emails with specific details about JoAnne & Tony Buck 856-243-5501
these events!! Claudette DeLaurentis 856-381-7307

FITNESS/RECREATION FITNESS ROOM/GYM

OBLONG RECREATION CONTAINER Tony DiRienzo 856-341-4268
FOR EVERYONE’S USE-COMBINATION:1950
for Basketball, Badminton, Bocce, GOLF-MEN
Horseshoes,Volleyball.
Some of the activities below are seasonal and/or Mondays/Thursdays 10am Centerton CC
weather dependent. For info or questions, call Bob Dolge [email protected]
the contact person listed under the activity. Tuesday Pitman Golf Club
Cal Klingner [email protected]
BOCCE
GOLF-WOMEN
Mon. 6:30pm Wed. and Sat. 9am
Vince Palomari 856-612-5272 Thursdays AM
Mitch Brodkin 856-207-4004 [email protected]
[email protected]
BASKETBALL
HORSESHOES
Sunday 11am
Bob Neilen 856-287-2978 Wednesdays 6pm
Bob Neilen 856-287-2978
BILLIARDS
VOLLEYBALL/BADMINTON
Wednesdays 7pm
Bob Dolge 609-224-5066 Monday 6:30pm
Barbara Hutchinson 856-404-4996
BOWLING
WATER VOLLEYBALL
Fridays Noon Open bowling $5 or $7 includes lunch
Glassboro Bowling Alley Monday 6:30pm
Barbara Hutchinson 856-404-4996

DARTS WALKING/BIKING

Tuesdays 7pm Information book in clubhouse
Bob Dolge 609-224-5066 Barbara Hutchinson 856-404-4996

ZUMBA CHAIR BINGO

Mondays 10:15am Thursdays 11am Monthly • 3rd Thursday • 7pm at Clubhouse

ZUMBA GOLD BUNCO

Wednesdays 7pm 1st Group 3rd Thursday 7 PM
Debbi Braceland 856-243-5886
ZUMBA WATER 2nd Group 4th Tuesday 6:45 PM
Ruth Baumann 856-652-2365
Summertime in pool
Wednesdays 6pm Pat Toreki 856-612-5269

YOGA CANASTA

Tuesdays 6:45pm Wednesdays-7 PM at Clubhouse
Linda Cohen 856-881-5105
CLUBS Janet Richman 856-612-5208

1st and 2nd Wednesdays DOMINOS (Mexican Train)
Clubhouse Craft Room
Notification will be posted on Tuesdays 1 PM at Clubhouse
email and Clubhouse bulletin board MaryAnn Spina 856-243-2625

ARTS & CRAFTS MAH JONGG

Joann Wirchansky 856-430-1713 Mon., Wed., Fri. 1 PM at Clubhouse
[email protected] Linda Cohen 856-881-5105
Lee Dimetrosky 856-881-3005
BIBLE STUDY (LADIES)
MOVIE NIGHT (LADIES)
2nd & 4th Thursdays 10am • 100 Heritage Loop
Mary Ann Brasco 856-881-0040 1st Tuesday- Look for monthly info
Dolores Tornari 856-442-0662 Robin Barry 856-237-4584 or 856-863-0641

BOOK CLUB A close knit group

Monthly -First Tuesday 7 PM at Clubhouse NEEDLES & NEIGHBORS

BRIDGE Mondays 7pm at Clubhouse
Bonnie Durante 856-308-3891
Thursdays 1 pm at Clubhouse in last card room Ruthann DelTito 856-243-5687
Rosemary Nestor 856-226-3452

PINOCHLE GROUPS BREAKFAST (MEN) R.O.M.E.O.

Monthly 7pm, some at Clubhouse Retired Old Men Eating Out
1st, 2nd, & 3rd Fri / 2nd Sat / 3rd Tue 2nd Saturday and 4th Friday 9:30am
contact Bev Moan 856-442-0286 Seven Stars Diner
For 3rd Tue only contact 1890 Hurfville Road, Sewell
Denise Muldoon 856-243-2688 Michael Cohen 856-881-5105

POKER (MEN) The Biggest Surprises in Retirement

Once a month. In a recent in-depth article in the Wall Street Journal
Steve Villari 856-226-3534 by Glenn Ruffenach, he maintains that “retirement—
(There a a few groups, most play in homes) for better and worse—will change your life more
than you anticipate.” Mr. Ruffenach came to that
POKER (WOMEN) conclusion after poring over countless responses
posed by the paper asking retirees what has
4th Wednesday of the month at Clubhouse surprised them in retirement? The answer—
Flo Villari 856-226-3534 almost everything.
That isn’t to say that all of the surprises were like
POKER (COUPLES) sucker punches to the gut; on the contrary, the
majority of them were of a positive nature. Many
1st Friday of the month 7pm readers reported that their savings were holding
Rosann Watson 856-243-5167 up well, although “several said that household
expenses—and Medicare premiums, in particular—
POKER (TEXAS HOLD’EM) have been steeper than they anticipated.”
Regarding relationships, numerous respondents
Thursdays at 7pm wrote that although most experts agree that
at the Clubhouse establishing new friendships later in life is
problematic, that hasn’t been the case for them.
DINING However, not being part of “a team” at work is
LADIES LUNCHEON GROUPS hard to get used to for many.
Many readers also reported that they were in the
4 Lunch Groups monthly best shape of their lives, now that their “work”
1st Thu / 2nd Tue / 3rd Wed / 2nd Fri (is full) became internalized to devote the time previously
Dolores Tornari 856-442-0662 or spent at an office or company, on themselves, with
[email protected] the ultimate goal of feeling better and enjoying a
satisfactory quality of life in their golden years.
LADIES NIGHT OUT (DINNER) The most heart wrenching of all the responses were
numerous stories of retirements cut drastically and
3 Dinner Groups a month unexpectedly short. The lesson to others being: don’t
1st Wed (full), 3rd Tue take for granted any day with your loved ones and
Dolores Tornari 856-442-0662 or friends, since you never know when circumstances
[email protected] will change for the worse.
1st Thu Ruth Baumann 856-652-2365 The article went into depth on these and many
related fronts, and was truly revelatory, and for the
DINNER CLUB most part, inspiring. Should any folks be interested
in the entire piece, please feel free to contact me at
Groups meet monthly 856.881.0819, or via email at: [email protected]
Carol Drea 856-226-3453 —Peter Alexander

4GLHAI SSTSOBR YOORF O$
BY EILEEN COVELLI

Abundant raw materials to make glass products are offering numerous degree programs including
what finally brought permanent settlers to Glassboro, engineering and medicine for over 13,000 students.
known in the late 1700s as the “little glass town in the The Borough of Glassboro, hand-in-hand with
woods”. In the early 1800s, the Whitney brothers built Rowan University, continues to grow and thrive,
a large glass factory and, as it prospered, built homes, offering a variety of restaurants, an arts district, retail
stores, a bank, a post office and a large farm and or- shops, one-of-a-kind events throughout the year and
chards to supply food and dairy products to an over-55 community second to none!
the community.

Civic-minded Thomas Whitney helped to build
the region’s first free public school and shortly there-
after, the Glassboro-Millville Railroad. The citizens of
Glassboro banded together and established free public
education half a century before the State of New Jersey
required it. As a result, students from miles away took
the train to school in Glassboro and the glassworks
town soon became the educational center of
Gloucester County.

Around the turn of the 20th century, state officials
recognized the need for a regional institution to
train teachers. A group of philanthropic Glassboro
citizens raised enough money to purchase land from
the Whitney estate including the Hollybush mansion
and donated it to the state. Thus, the Glassboro
Normal School opened in 1923, which became
Glassboro State College and is now known as
Rowan University.

South Jersey residents of Camelot may recall when
Glassboro hosted a peace summit between President
Lyndon B. Johnson and Soviet Premier Alexei
Kosygin during the Cold War in 1967, which
launched the town to international recognition.
Later, in 1992, a $100 million endowment from
industrialist Henry Rowan propelled the expansion
of the former Glassboro State, primarily a small
teachers’ college, into a comprehensive institution

DID YOU KNOW? technology in each of the 170 proposed
private rooms. Much of the current hospital
Gloucester County Transportation provides equipment will be replaced with state-of-the-
Curb-to-Curb for Seniors 60 yrs old or older art technology. The new location will house a
Call 856-686-8355 for information. cardiac catheterization lab with emergency
To schedule a ride : 856-686-8350 angioplasty for heart attack patients, adult
Private Transportation Companies can be acute psychiatric beds, a home-like maternity
found under “Senior Transportation” by center and a spacious emergency department
looking on the web, many are Sedan, with a dedicated Pediatric ER. Additional
Town Car, Limo & Bus Companies. services will include acute hemodialysis,
computerized tomography, and modern,
Gloucester County Library System will fully equipped surgical suites as well as
deliver & pick up books, DVDs, and CDs designations for a primary stroke center.
to individuals who are unable to get to the The Woodbury site would continue to provide
library? This is a FREE service. Call the emergency care and psychiatric care as well as
Homebound Coordinator, Holly Coons, various outpatient behavioral health services.
at 856-223-6043.

Gloucester County has an Aging & Disability CALLING ALL ARTISTS,
Resource Connection (ADRC) which offers CRAFTERS, KNITTERS,
services to seniors, the physically disabled, JEWELRY MAKERS, ETC!!!
caregivers, and families. Some of the services
include: care planning and coordination, nu- We are looking for volunteers for the Arts & Crafts
trition, living wills, social activities, and much Club. If you have a particular talent, why not share it
more. Call toll free: 1-877-222-3737 with your neighbors and friends. If you are interested in

teaching a class, please call Joann Wirchansky at
856-430-1713, or email her at [email protected]

Inspira Medical Center (formerly Underwood Please consider sharing your experiences
Memorial Hospital) is moving to Mullica Hill! or expertise by writing an article for the
The $326 million replacement hospital will newsletter. Contact Maureen Ressler at
be constructed near Route 55 and Route 322 [email protected] or 609-790-6466
adjacent to property owned by Rowan to share your ideas with your neighbors!
University and, once approved, scheduled
to be completed in approximately three years. KIM RUSSELL
The New Jersey Department of Health has Senior Shopping Services
recommended the completion of the project
as it is in the best interests of patients in the 856-693-0042
hospital’s service area. Pitman
Inspira plans to implement leading-edge
wireless and digital technologies including
electronic medial records and smart room