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RENAISSANCE TIMES NovEMbER, 2012 PAGE A-10 Interior Design for Every Room in Your Home Custom Window Treatments • Fine Furniture • Decorative Accessories Providing great value, exceptional quality and timeless designs for the past 25 years. Up to 25% Off Hunter Douglas Window Fashions We invite you to schedule a free consultation with Ron. One of our many satisfied customers shared her experience with ron in this way… Enthusiastic & compassionate, that’s how I describe Ron Cantalupo! He transformed a house into a home & became part of our family along the way. An absolute master in measuring & laying out space to create elegant & timeless rooms that appeal to all ages in our family. Most important, he’s practical with your dollar. A true gentleman & businessman who decorates rooms that are current & classic. The great Gatsby of interior designing! ELIZABETH PINIZZOTTO of TOMS RIVER ads-3159 Procedures for Inserts for the Renaissance Times 1) Anyone wishing to place an insert in the newspaper must obtain approval from the appropriate Committee Chair and from the Trustee liaison for that committee. 2) The Committee Chair must notify the Activities Coordinator and the Editors of the Renaissance Times prior to placement in the newspaper of any approved insert. 3) Whoever creates the approved insert is responsible for procuring the required number of copies for placement in the newspapers. 4) If the approved insert is one page in length and comes directly from a Trustee or Standing Committee Chair, the clubhouse receptionist will distribute the inserts to the Block Captains along with the newspapers. 5) If the approved insert is more than one page, or if it comes from a source other than a Trustee or Standing Committee Chair, then whoever created the insert is responsible for: > reserving the clubhouse conference room; > forming an ad hoc group to place the inserts in the newspapers before distribution to the Block Captains; > ensuring that inserts are placed in the newspapers immediately upon their arrival at the clubhouse so that newspaper distribution to the Block Captains is not delayed. 6) Approved inserts must be submitted to the Activities Coordinator by the twenty-eighth of each month unless an ad hoc insertion group will be formed. 7) The Activities Coordinator will provide information regarding the required number of copies and pertinent dates/deadlines. Renaissance Landscape Committee Recently, I attended a presentation by Doug Tallamy, a scientist and a biologist who is concerned about our eco-system. He contends that because we are not sharing our planet with plants and animals, we are losing many of our native plants and animals from within nature’s habitat. The more diversified our ecosystem is, the more services we can expect from nature. Oxygen, watershed protection, nature’s water purification, soil building, moderation of weather systems, and pollination are all serviced by nature. Populations are ever-growing. Thus, we need more eco-system services, but we seem to be getting fewer. Four million miles of roads have been built in the United States, an area equal to 37,879 square miles—five times the area of New Jersey. There are 62,500 square miles of lawns in the United states—more than 45.6 million acres, or eight times the size of New Jersey. Grass is not a native plant. Our undeveloped land is overrun with woody plants that have escaped from our gardens. Various natural heritage studies and programs throughout the states, estimate that 33,000 species of plants and animals are threatened, and are so small in number that they can no longer perform their function within the ecosystem. Thirty-three percent of all birds in North America By Holly Yocum are endangered. Fifty-four percent of the land is a mess of cities, suburbs, or fragments of habitats, now too small to sustain wildlife. Don’t forget agriculture—that’s 41% of our land mass. If you think about it, natural areas of size are nearly gone everywhere. Habitats have become so small that they can support only small plants, not a decent cross section of nature and wildlife. We are forcing these things into extinction. We can prevent extinction if we redesign our cities and suburbs to enable other species to share the space and maintain some of the ecobalance. Insects are important. They transfer energy captured by plants to animals. If we remove all insects from the food chain, it will collapse. Ninety-six percent of birds rely on insects to feed their young. Studies show that plants, that are not native and are strange to insects and birds, can deprive the birds and wildlife of food, resulting in no survival and no reproducing. There are currently 22 fewer species of caterpillars. Have you seen many caterpillars lately? We need to begin planting native plants. As gardeners, we have never been so empowered to rebuild the balance of nature. Let us start with native plants. Try it! Plant native plants around your property and see if you don’t have birds visiting you regularly. We accept no responsibility for any advertisements. If there are any complaints concerning an advertiser, please contact them directly. If you receive no satisfaction, you can contact your Better Business Bureau or the Department of Consumer Affairs.
The Inquiring Photographer Question: What is your best way to spend a rainy morning? “On a rainy morning I like to read a good mystery book.” Terri Altieri 3 Baldwin Drive By Bernadette Garguilo “I love to read my newspaper in the quiet, and have a glass of juice or a cup of coffee.” Norman Weiss 22 Medici Drive “On a rainy morning, I go into my garage and do my oil painting.” Christopher Sessa 15 Edgeworth Circle “I usually wake up at 7:00 AM to go play pickleball. But on a rainy morning, I snuggle under the covers and stay in bed an extra hour.” Marie DeSordi 31 Milton Drive RENAISSANCE TIMES NovEMbER, 2012 PAGE A-11
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