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VOLUME FIFTEEN, ISSUE THREE MARCH 1, 2020

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Hunterdon Hills Playhouse88 Route 173 West, Hampton, NJ 08827

Proudly presents…

FACE 2 FACEA Tribute to

Billy Joel & Sir Elton John

Sunday, May 3, 2020

Cost is $105 per person and includes:

Show, Early Dinner and Transportation.

Bus will leave clubhouse at 12:45 PM.

For reservations please make your non refundable check payable to: Villas at Five Ponds Social Committee for $105 per person no later than March 20, 2020

Send or deliver to: Barbara Kains, 114 Villa Drive, 215-444-9908. Put in box by Barbara’s front door or Mary Langdon, 30 Villa Drive, 215-441-8093.

Please do not put checks in Barbara or Mary’s mail boxes.

Located on 90 country acres in picturesque Hunterdon County, New Jersey, the Playhouse is conveniently located an hour’s drive from Philadelphia.

Friday May 1, 20207 PM in The Ballroom…

Author, Jamie Novak

The Five Ponds Programming Committee invites ALL Five Pond residents to attend an entertaining evening

with Jamie Novak, best selling author of Keep This, Toss That.

IF YOU CAN'T OPEN YOUR DRAWERS, if clutter topples out of closets, and paperwork covers your tabletops then run don't walk to this de-cluttering comedy show! Join Organizing Humorist and bestselling author Jamie Novak as she shares her laugh-out-loud funny approach for what to do with all the stuff—without getting over-whelmed. Wondering what to keep? What to toss? What to share or sell? And how to let it all go? Then run don't walk to this program event.

Friday May 1st at 7 PM • Cost $10 pp

K E E P T H I S , T O S S T H A T

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Please send your non-refundable check for $10 per person payable to

The VIllas at Five Ponds Social Committee to Barbara Feldman at 304 Clubhouse Lane.

Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people’s habits. It just kept them inside the house. ~ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Who THINKS they know more Trivia than anyone else at The Villas at Five Ponds?Find out on Friday, April 24th…in our beautiful, newly refurbished Ballroom!

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The Villa’s Voice Publisher/Owner:

Ron Dorfman Design, Graphics, Advertising97 Villa Drive, 215.328.9255RonaldDorfmanDesign@comcast.netwww.RonaldDorfmanDesign.com

The Villa’s Voice Staff:

Ronda S. Dorfman Editor & Special Assignments

Al Wiesner, Editorial Cartoonist

All staff can be reached via email at: RonaldDorfmanDesign@comcast.net

The Villa’s Voice newspaper is an independently owned and operated enterprise providing information as a public service. All views expressed in credited columns are those of the individual writer(s). They are not necessarily the opinions of The Villa’s Voice staff, The Villas at Five Ponds management company, Board or of the VFP Association. As our community members, your comments and remarks are invited on any shared topic of interest. ~The Villa’s Voice Staff

©2020 Ronald Dorfman, Warminster, PA 18974 All rights reserved.

from the Board of The Villas at Five PondsNotesn The Villas aT FiVe Ponds execuTiVe Board

Introducing my new associate—Mary Pearce, Realtor® 215-355-5100 ext. 2945

CLUBHOUSE REDECORATING UPDATETHE VILLAS AT FIVE PONDS Board of Directors and the Decorating Committee want to express to our residents a sincere and heartfelt thanks for your patience and cooperation during the “facelift” of our Clubhouse. It’s been a long journey as unforeseen repairs prolonged our completion. Our vendors worked tirelessly, even on weekends, to bring you a project to be proud of. You can’t begin to imagine the amount of time and effort that went into this makeover, and neither did we! As if this writing, our lighting is being installed February 19th & 20th. The week of February 24th carpeting replacement is scheduled. We now see the “light at the end of the tunnel.” As soon as we know the date for furniture deliveries, we will communicate that to you. A firm date to reopen is forthcoming. Just awaiting our Decorators’ Timeline. We hope you will appreciate and enjoy what will be the “jewel” of our community for a long time to come.

POOL ISSUE A RECENT INCIDENT causes us to remind all of our residents of the following: If you wish to bring your young grandchildren to one of our pools, even if they are well beyond the diaper stage of life, it is

probably best to require them to use our restrooms facilities prior to going into one of our pools. Of course, no one who is wearing diapers or needs to wear them—regardless of age—is ever allowed into one of our pools. We certainly are appreciative of the person reporting the issue, because no one should ever let others unknowingly swim in one our pools in what is probably contaminated water. We would like to once again remind everyone if you need to report a community emergency, you should call our Management Company, at 215-343 1550, and if it is not during business hours, the message at the end will give an emergency phone number to call. In this specific case, a Board member was called on their cell phone—on a Sunday—and upon receipt of the call wasn't even in the state of Pennsylvania.

ANNUAL PROPERTY INSURANCE PROOF THE VILLAS AT FIVE PONDS EXECUTIVE BOARD, effective, immedi-ately has eliminated the annual requirement of resident/owners to provide proof of their property insurance to the Villas at Five Ponds Community Association, 975 Easton Road, suite 102, Warrington, PA 18976. Please notify your Agent and/or your company that they no longer have to annually send the proof of insurance to the above address. This in no way alleviates you of the responsibility of having insurance for your property, see the requirements below, re-printed from our documents.

B. RESPONSIBILITIES:3. Owners are required to obtain and maintain insurance on their Units, which shall include coverage for damages or destruction by fire and other casualty, and liability coverage for injury to persons or damage to Property occasioned by any use of the Unit. In addition,

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Entertainment Theater • Exhibitions • Reviews

PlEAsE REtuRN this FoRM with youR ChECk(s) Name of the CONTACT PERSON for the table: ________________________________________________________ Amount Enclosed $________(Include all checks for your table with this form) Phone:_____________________Email_________________________ The people at my table are: PLEASE PRINT all names (maximum of 10 people per table)______________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ q Help! We need help filling up our table. Please help us make a table of 10.

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COST: $10 pp ($100 per table of 10.) There will be a maximum of 10 teams—10 People per team, per table. (Pick your teammates for their “smarts”—not because they are your best friends!) QUESTIONS or if you need help filling your table: Call Ron Gordon at 215-674-3838. RESERVATIONS: Send your check(s) or drop off to Anne Leskowitz, 42 Villa Drive, 215-313-5250, with your teammates listed.

*NOTE: Friday, May 1st is our “back-up” date in case of delay in Ballroom renovation. Please check our next Villa’s Voice for updated schedule.

This whip smart musical, given a game-changing makeover for a

modern-day Manhattan, features some of Sondheim’s best loved songs, including “Company,”

“You Could Drive a Person Crazy,” “The Ladies Who Lunch,” “Side by Side,” and the

iconic “Being Alive.”

Date: Sunday, November 15, 2020 Place: Bernard Jacobs Theatre 241 W. 45th Street, NY, NY 10036 Show time: 3 PM Matinee Seating: Orchestra Cost: $163 per person (includes show ticket and bus)

Meet at the clubhouse at 9:30 AM Bus departure at 10 AM

Only 56 tickets available. First come, first served. No payments or reservations will be accepted before April 27, 2020. Because of limited seats, Five Ponds residents only. Please make non-refundable check for $163 per ticket, payable to Villas at Five Ponds Social Committee, and deliver or send to Cheryle Goldberg, 120 Fairway Drive by April 27th, 2020. Please do not put in mailbox. Include your name, address and phone number on the check.

Starring Patti LuPone & Katrina LenkMusic by Steven Sondheim

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WARMINSTER SYMPHONY PRESENTS… “YOUNG AND AMBITIOUS” Saturday, March 14 at 8 PM Program features two winners of the Orchestra’s Youth Soloist Competition.

THE CONCERT FEATURES the winners of the Young Artists Competition, who are area residents. The program includes Poet and Peasant Overture, von Suppe; Classical Symphony, Prokofiev; Paino Concerto No. 23, Mozart; Ziguenenweizen, Sarasate; and Academic Festival, Brahms. Lea Wang, 14, violin, is is a distinguished honors student and sophomore at Council Rock High School South in Bucks County, Pa. She began studying piano at age four and violin at age six. Currently, she is a first violinist in the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, a recipient of the Ad-vanced Study Scholarship from the Settlement Music School of Philadelphia in the Gail W. Snitzer String Quartet, and concertmaster of the Council Rock South Symphony Orchestra. Previously, Lea served as the co-concertmaster of the Philadelphia Young Art-ists Orchestra and the concert-master of the Bucks County Orchestra Festivals. William Ge, piano, is a 6th grader at the Valley Forge Middle School in Pennsylvania. He currently studies piano with Natalie Zhu and Joy Kiszely. He also studies music theory and com-position with Ke-Chia Chen. William made his first public appearance at age six at Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall. At age nine, he was invited to perform in the International Chopin Festival, “Lato Z. Chopinem” in Busko-Zdroj, Poland. In February 2018, He was interviewed and performed at the Cunningham Piano Show. He has been invited to give public recitals since 2018, including the 85th Season of the Young Musicians Musicales. “Warminster Symphony Orchestra is honored to present these two out-standing young mu-sicians, whose virtuosity I can promise will entertain and astound audience members,” says Joseph Lovechio, Musici Director/Conduc-tor. “They represent the future of great classical music performance.” The concert will be held at William Tennent Auditorium, 333 Centennial Road, Warminster, Pa., 18974. Tickets are $22 in advance, $25 at the door with students with ID $8. Advance tickets can be purchased (cash or check only) at John S. Cryan Jewelers, 673 2nd Street Pike, South-amp-ton, Pa., and M&H Custom Framing & Gallery, 373 York Road, Warmin-ster, Pa. Call (215) 672-9650 with questions or to reserve tickets. Please visit www.warminstersymphony.org for more information. The full biographies of the young artists are posted there.

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HOURSLunch Everyday— Except Mondays: 11AM–3 PMCLOSED MONDAYSDinner— Tuesday–Thursday: 4 PM–9 PMFriday: 4 PM–9:30 PMSaturday: 4 PM–9:30 PMSunday: 3 PM–9 PM

HELPING HANDS CLUB n Mary langdon, chair

TO OUR NEIGHBORS who are celebrating a birthday or anniversary during the month of March, the Helping Hands Club of The Villas at Five Ponds wish you a happy day.

• Get well wishes to our friends & neighbors who have been ill.

Please tell us if you know of anyone who is ill/ hospitalized, lost a loved one, or just needs a “helping hand.” You may contact any of the following residents:

Lana Skwer 215-328-6227 Reba Grossman 215-675-5883 Bev Kelly 215-672-6348 Cheryle Goldberg 215-682-7733Joyce Van Ness 215-441-4691 Bill Van Ness 215-441-4691 Lorraine Incollingo 215-674-0817

HELP IS AVAILABLE! n Mary langdon

IF YOU ARE RECOVERING from an illness or are home-bound we would like to help. Would you like a visit? Need errands run? Please consider using Helping Hands. We have “Hands” ready to assist the needs of our residents. Contact Mary Langdon, 30 Villa Drive, 215-441-8093, edmaryl@verizon.net.

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THE WIESNER VIEW n al Wiesner

“I'd Love one of these! but CAN I use a screen this size on a wall designed for a 20 incher???”

©2020 Al Wiesner, Warminster, PA

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the Owners are required to have their insurance carrier identify The Villas at Five Ponds Community Association as a certificate holder or interested party so the Association can automatically receive renew-als and changes. Note that Units are owned as individual homes, so that Condominium Policies are not appropriate or acceptable. (Declaration, Article 12, Section 12.10) ___________________________________

BELOW YOU WILL FIND A RE-PRINT from our documents about your responsibility when damage occurs to community owned property that is caused by, you, your guests or a contractor hired by you.

15. TENANT(S), GUESTS, and CONTRACTORSEach Owner is charged with the responsibility of directing ten-ants, guests and/or Contractors to comply with the Association’s Declarations, By-Laws, Rules and Regulations, etc. and is responsible for their compliance. The Owner will be responsible for any and all damages, fees, costs, fines and penalties incurred as a result of their failure to comply.

10. DAMAGESAny damage of equipment or the facility must be reported to a Clubhouse Committee member, Lobby Front Desk, or a Board member. Any damage to the Clubhouse or its equipment will be repaired by the Association and a determination will be made by the Board concerning the liability of the Owner responsible.

BOARD NOTES—Continued from page 2

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News • Trips • Events • Special PresentationsSports

Jake SamSon

DOES BRETT BROWN DESERVE ANOTHER CHANCE?n Jake saMson, The Villa’S Voice guesT sPorTs rePorTer

I WROTE a couple of months back regarding the job status of Doug Pederson, and he ended up leading the Eagles to a surprise playoff berth despite all of the injuries that the team faced. Brett Brown faces a similar dilemma but due to

a different reason: expectations. To start with, I have been defending Brett Brown from the jump. He has been put through the absolute gauntlet being part of teams that were consistently in the basement of the NBA. He went through the “process”; the rebuild where the 76ers were bad, basically on purpose, in order to collect draft picks which would hopefully result in stars. They were able to hit on a couple of those, and they are now the franchise cornerstones in Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons, who are both signed in Philadelphia until 2023. They were able to turn that process that began with a 10-72 team, into a team that has arguably the best starting 5 in all of the NBA. After coming hot to start the season, this year has been a rather

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weird one, which has the 76ers sitting in the #5 seed in the eastern conference at the all star break with 27 games remaining. They’re almost on pace to the same number of wins as last season, but the top of the Eastern Conference has stepped up and the 76ers are 1.5 games back of Miami, 4.5 back of Boston, 6 back of Toronto and 12.5 back of Milwaukee. Why is the seeding significant? The top 4 teams host a home playoff series, and the 76ers are somehow 25-2 at the Wells Fargo Center, and are 9-19 away from their home arena. This statistic has befuddled every fan of this team. Sure, they play off of the crowd, but there is no reason why they can’t take their talent on the road.

With the amount of talent they have, they should at least have 4 or 5 more road wins under their belt. That’s why Brett Brown’s seat is getting rather hot. If this 76ers team, whom had expecta-tions of championship or bust, bows out in the first round of the playoffs, the blame is going to have to be put somewhere. Unfortunately, with a bunch of new arrivals in the front office (GM Elton Brand) and on the court (Josh Richardson,

Al Horford), it may only go one place and that is to Brett Brown. If the 76ers make the Eastern Conference finals or better, he deserves another shot. If that doesn’t happen, the blame may ultimately fall on him.

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SOCIAL COMMITTEE NEWSn aileen salus

WHILE WE AWAIT the reopening of our clubhouse, all of our clubs are busy planning activities for the coming months. Friday night, April 24, Ron Gordon and Anne Leskowitz once again are planning a Trivia Night. Put together a table of ten of your ‘smart’ friends and neighbors for your chance to win. If you need help filling a table, contact Ron. May is a busy month for Five Ponders. Friday evening May 1 Diane Polsky and Barbara Feldman, Co-Chairs of the Program Club, have arranged for comedian Jamie Novac who will enter-tain us with the topic of Decluttering Your Life. Also, on Sunday, May 3, we are going to the Hunterdon Hills Playhouse to see a show entitled Face 2 Face: A Tribute to Billy Joel and Elton John. This trip includes dinner and transportation. Please see Barbara Kains or Mary Langdon for reservations. Also in May, be on the lookout for an afternoon being planned by the Lunch Bunch Club. Date and location to be announced. It may seem like a long way off but before you know it, it will be baseball season and the Men’s Club will be going to see the Iron Pigs on Thursday, June 4. Contact Berny Dubin or his Co-Chairs, Howard Rabinovitch or Steve Warshaw, for information. On Tuesday, June 2, Barbara Kains is planning the semi-annual Bingo. Barbara and her helpers always do a great job and this is always a fun evening. Barbara has been putting together Bingo for the last twelve years. She would appreciate some of our new residents stepping up to work with her. If you have ideas for future activities, please contact me at asalus1945@gmail.com or 215-441-9339. Or, contact any of the Club Chairs. We welcome your input.

PING PONG PLAYERS WANTED n Joe kWiaTek

PING PONG played every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 2 to 3:30 PM in the Clubhouse Sports Lounge. Join us. For information, stop in and talk to us in the Clubhouse while we play.

THE FUN OF TRAIN DOMINOES CONTINUES… n Donna Besignano

JOIN YOUR NEIGHBORS and friends for a friendly, pickup game of Dominoes.

Don’t know how to play? We’ll teach you! No stress, just fun. We get together the 1st Thursday of each month at 7 PM in the Clubhouse Sports Lounge. Our next game is March 5th—unless the Clubhouse is not available.See the sign in the Clubhouse lobby for our location. For more info & questions, call Donna Besignano 908-526-7496.

WATCH FOR TH IS NEW CLUB!

COMING SOON:

“ LAD I E S OF THE N IGHT”A special dinner/dining experience

at upscale restaurants.

More information to follow in the April issue of The Villa’s Voice.

Get excited. We are!

Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2020Place: The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre205 W. 46th Street , New York, NY Show Time: 2 PM Matinee Seating: OrchestraCost: $162 per person (includes show ticket and bus)

SOLD OUT

WAITING LIST AVAILABLE Contact Cheryle Goldberg, 120 Fairway Drive

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Committee & Club Chairs & Co-Chairs2020

Social CommitteeChair: Aileen Salus, 104 Villa Drive215-441-9339; asalus1945@gmail.comTreasurer:Richard Gittis, 9 Fairway Drive215-672-7225; richiesg@verizon.netRecording Secretary:Merryl Pelberg, 103 Villa Drive215-443-8588merrylpelberg@gmail.com

CalendarChair: Aileen Salus, 104 Villa Drive215-441-9339; asalus1945@gmail.com

Brunch ClubCo-Chairs: Maxine Dubin, 195 Fairway Drive215-674-5916; maxineD5@gmail.comMarion Gittis, 9 Fairway Drive215-672-7225; richiesg@verizon.net

Day Trips ClubCo-Chairs:Reba Grossman, 235 Fairway Drive 215-675-6883; bubbyreba2@gmail.comBarbara Kains, 114 Villa Drive 215-444-9908; bubbiepete@comcast.net

Helping Hands ClubChair: Mary Langdon, 30 Villa Drive215-441-8093; edmaryl@verizon.net

Lunch Bunch ClubCo-Chairs:Penny Barenbaum, 160 Fairway Dr. 215-957-6116; pbarenbaum@gmail.comLorraine Incollingo, 207 Fairway Dr.215-674-0817

Men’s Club Co-Chairs: Berny Dubin 215-674-5916, cell 215-722-2427, ourinsuranceman@gmail.com; Howard Rabinovitch, 267-282-5018, cell 215-601-1866howanddi@comcast.net; Steve Warshaw, 215-674-4894, cell 215-620-6698, sgwarshaw@aol.com

Movie ClubCo-Chairs: Sue Gordon, 21 Five Ponds Circle267-968-0705 suegordon116@gmail.comAnne Leskowitz, 42 Villa Drive 215-674-8365; anne.leskowitz@gmail.com

Parties PlusCo-Chairs:Maxine Dubin, 195 Fairway Drive215-674-5916; maxineD5@gmail.com

Cheryle Goldberg, 120 Fairway Drive 215-682-7733; cherrick55@comcast.net

Program ClubCo-Chairs:Diane Polsky, 84 Villa Drive 215-441-5753; dpolsky@gmail.comBarbara Feldman, 304 Clubhouse Lane; 215-343-5112bjacobsfeldman@verizon.net

Women’s Group ClubCo-Chairs:Kathy Hitchiner, 5 Fairway Drive267 803-6112 kathyhitchiner@yahoo.com Joyce Van Ness 330 Clubhouse Lane; 302-359-4764joycevanness@yahoo.com

new members always wanted!JOIN & ENJOY OUR CLUBS TODAY

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This section features personal community messages, joyous extended family notes, and special events. Your free listing is wel-comed. Please provide information and/or photo via email by the 15th of the month preceding publication. Send to: RonaldDorfmanDesign@comcast.net

Thank You Notes • Celebrations • Family News & Events • Birthdays & Anniversaries

ON THURSDAY, January 30 a group of members from the Five Ponds Singles Club celebrated our friend and neighbor, Jean Littel’s, 90th birthday at Angelo’s in Ambler.

90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!

BIRTHDAY CRUISE

RECENTLY, (from right to left) BEV & LARRY SAMSON had a lovely lunch in Deerfield Beach, Florida, during a visit with former Five Ponders, Danny & Paula Leder, who are happily settled into their new Florida home.

SHARAN & RICK RODGERS celebrated Sharan’s birthday last month on a Viking Heritage Cruise of the Carribean.

IMPORTANT NOTICE! Please be aware that we are still in the

process of having the Clubhouse updated and redecorated, throughout…

This leaves some areas—including the Ballroom—unavailable for periods during the process.

Please take that into consideration when planning for “in-house” activities, private rentals and events. We will notify you of actual dates & times as they become available.

Your understanding and cooperation is appreciated. The result should be well worth the effort.

REUNION

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Thank You Notes • Celebrations • Family News & Events • Birthdays & Anniversaries

FIVE PONDS SINGLES CLUB n Merryl PelBerg

THE FIVE PONDS SINGLES have been very busy enjoying theater shows, a Philly Pops concert and other activities. We are looking forward to seeing the show, Dear Evan Hansen, as well as the remaining Bristol Theater shows. Plans are being made for our end-of-year luncheon. If you are a Five Ponds resident and are single, please come out and join us. Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, March 4 at 7 PM. Because of ongoing Ballroom redecorating, this month’s meeting will be held at Giuseppe’s.

POKER & TEXAS-HOLD'EM GAMES AVAILABLE FOR MEN & WOMENMEN OR LADIES that would like to play poker and or Texas-Hold‘em to contact: Mick Jones @ 215 873-3802 or Bruce Rogovitz at 973-449-7418. (New and/or experienced players are welcome to participate.)

FIVE PONDS MEN'S CLUB n Berny duBin

THE MEN of the Men’s Club will be going to the Iron Pigs baseball game in Allentown on Thursday June 4th, 2020. We will leave from the Clubhouse at 4:15 PM and go by van. This mean you have to get there no later than 4 PM. The cost is the total of $30.

The Spring 2020 Edition of The Villas at Five Ponds

Resident’s Directory is Now available!

Printable online (for residents only) at www.TheVillasatFivePonds.org

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REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT. Please call Larry McKeogh 215-672-7087.

SERVICES & MISC

AUTO DETAILING. Your car or SUV will look great! Call Villa resident Jon Utain, 267-770-9681.

GAIL THE SHOE LADY. I can stretch shoes, make hammer toe and bunion pockets. $5 pair. Call Gail Wiener 215-293-0506.

I CAN HELP YOU get the correct insurance. Home owners, Auto, Umbrella, Long Term Care & Life.Berny Dubin 215-722-2427.

NEED A RIDE or DRIVER? 5 Ponds resident will drive your car or mine to and from PHL, NWK, JFK airports, cruise terminals, theater, etc. Call Paul at 215-833-6000.

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ATTENTION AUTHORS! Printed books are a valuable sales tool and undeni-able legacy. If you are writing a family memoir, financial self-help book, children’s book, cookbook, business journal, etc., I can help you. I can provide ghost writers, editors, and cost-effective self-publishing. Call Ron Dorfman, 215-328-9255.

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TIPS TO AVOID TAX SCAMMERS & “GHOST” TAX PREPARERSIT’S THAT SOMETIMES dreaded time of year again, tax filing season! It seems as though every year there's an ever-growing list of tax-related scams to be aware of. The Bucks County Crimes Against Older Adults would like to warn not just seniors but all Bucks County residents of some of the red flags to be aware of related to tax scams. The Inter-nal Revenue Service has also been proactive in providing tips and alerts on their website (www.irs.gov) to warn taxpayers of some common tax-related scams to avoid. The information in your tax return contains everything that a scam artist needs to steal your identity, file tax returns on your behalf, or even steal your refund. Be vigilant and never provide any sensitive information over the telephone. Many of us are aware of the scam calls claiming to be from the IRS and telling consumers they’ll be arrested if they don’t submit payment over the phone via gift cards. The IRS will never make con-tact in this manner, nor will they ever ask you to pay a tax debt by wiring the money or purchasing gift cards. The good news is the federal government has made some progress in combating these scam calls. In recent years some of these scam artists, many located on the other side of the world, have been arrested and extradited to the US to face charges for their nefarious actions scamming consumer's out of millions of dol-lars and impersonating federal government officials. There are also many scams associ-ated with filing your taxes. Below are a few tips to help avoid some of the more common tax preparation scams:

• Be realistic. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. From companies that promise to file your taxes for free, to sites that claim you don't have to pay tax because it's unconstitutional—keep an eye out for de-liberately misleading statements and always look for and read the fine print.• Be informed. Before you file your taxes, spend a little time at the website for the IRS (www.irs.gov). • Never respond to unsolicited e-mail offers or requests for information. The IRS does not use e-mail to communicate any personal information, and legitimate tax-preparation companies should not approach you with unsolicited e-mail. These messages are most likely identity-theft phishing scams. • Choose your tax-preparer or tax preparation software with care. Ask people you trust for recommendations. For more information about e-file partners and tax software, visit the IRS website. Return Preparer Fraud: Dishonest re-turn preparers can cause many headaches for taxpayers who fall victim to their schemes. Such preparers make their money by skim-ming a portion of their clients' refunds and charging inflated fees for return preparation services. They attract new clients by promis-ing large refunds. Some preparers promote filing fraudulent claims for refunds on items such as fuel tax credits to recover taxes paid in prior years. Taxpayers should choose carefully when hiring a tax preparer. As the old saying goes, “if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” Remember that no mat-ter who prepares the return, the taxpayer is ultimately responsible for its accuracy. When it comes to preparing your taxes, consumers should avoid unethical tax return preparers, these are known as “ghost” pre-parers. By law, anyone who is paid to prepare or assist in preparing federal tax returns must

have a valid 2020 Preparer Tax Identifi-

cation Number, or PTIN. Paid preparers must sign the return and include their PTIN. But “ghost” preparers do not sign the return. Instead, they print the return and tell the taxpayer to sign and mail it to the IRS. Or, for e-filed returns, they prepare but refuse to digitally sign it as the paid preparer. According to the IRS, similar to other tax preparation schemes, dishonest and unscrupulous ghost tax return preparers look to make a fast buck by promising a big refund or charging fees based on a percent-age of the refund. These scam-mers hurt honest taxpayers who are simply trying to do the right thing and file a legitimate tax return. Ghost tax return preparers may also require payment in cash only and not pro-vide a receipt. This would be one of the biggest red flags to look out for. They may also invent income to erroneously qualify their clients for tax credits or claim fake deductions to boost their refunds or even attempt to direct refunds into their own bank account rather than the taxpayer's account. The IRS offers tips to help taxpayers choose a tax return preparer wisely. The IRS Directory of Federal Tax Return Preparers with Credentials and Select Qualifications can help identify many preparers by type of credential or qualification. Consumers need to educate themselves on whom they're hiring and know if you're hiring a creden-tialed tax preparer or a preparer with more credentials such as Accountants and Certified Public Accountants, whose certifications can be searched through the Pennsylvania Bu-reau of Professional and Occupational Affairs. Taxpayers can report abusive tax preparers to the IRS. Use Form 14157, Complaint: Tax Return Preparer. If a taxpayer suspects a tax preparer filed or changed their tax return without their consent, they should file Form 14157-A, Tax Return Preparer Fraud or Misconduct Affidavit.

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Water Zumba, 6 PM

Water Zumba, 6 PM

Water Zumba, 6 PM

MARCH 2020

Art Class, 10 AM

Art Class, 10 AMKnitting & Crocheting Club,7 PM

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Art Class, 10 AM

Singles Club at Giuseppe's, 7 PM

COMING EVENTS

April 2020April 21. Cooking Club #2. April 24. Trivia Night.April 30. Cooking Club #1.

May 2020May 1. Comedian, Jamie Novac: Keep This, Toss That.May 3. Face 2 Face. Hunterdon Hills Playhouse trip.May 13. Tina on Broadway, NYC Theater trip.

June 2020June 2. Bingo.June 4. Iron Pigs ballgame, Men’s Club.June 9. Cooking Club #1.

July 2020July 1. Men’s Club, Georgines Dinner & Speaker. *To be announced.

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Water Zumba, 6 PM

Water Zumba, 6 PM

NOTICE! Because of the ongoing installation

and updating of the Clubhouse, no functions will be

scheduled in the Ballroom or Lounge until further notice.*

NOTE: Clubhouse game & club meeting locations may be changing once redecorating & construction is complete. Watch for the latest information next month.

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