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Household Hazardous Waste Free College Courses HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION EVENT Commence
SCOTLAND COMES TO THE LANDINGS: ROBERT BURNS SUPPER
COLLECTION EVENT
Sarasota County Hazardous Waste and The Landings are hosting a household hazardous waste collection event.
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LANDINGS RESIDENT PROFILE: JOAN LOWERY
Tuesday, 12MAR2024 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.
ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED ● Ammunition ● Empty containers (>5 gal) ● Fireworks ● Flares ● Medications ● Needles or syringes ● Radioactive materials ● Tires
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ● Place materials in vehicle trunk. ● Remain in your vehicle. ● Staff will unload materials. ● No walk-ups accepted.
Landings residents John McFetridge, Norm Olshansky, and Guillermo Vidal were among the list of speakers who helped launch the 2024 Landings Free College curriculum. All sessions were extremely well attended and the content was very informative. John addressed the current and cont roversia l topic of A r t i f icia l
TYPES OF ITEMS ACCEPTED ● Adhesives and glues ● Aerosols ● Antifreeze ● Automotive products ● Cleaners ● Electronics ● Fertilizers
Intelligence, and how it impacts all aspects of our lives. Norm presented “News of the Week in Israel” and highlighted the myths and facts of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. On a lighter note, Guillermo spoke about the much less controversial, but equally relevant topic of senior dating.
● Fluorescent lamps ● Gasoline ● Household fire extinguishers ● Mercury ● Motor oil ● Oil filters ● Paint ● Pesticides ● Pool chemicals
COLLECTION TO TAKE PLACE AT:
Inside the north gate at the intersection of Kestral Park Way N. and Pine Harrier Circle.
● Propane cylinders ● Rechargeable batteries ● Solvents and thinners ● Vehicle batteries
This event is only for residents in The Landings . Proof of residency may be requested before any waste is accepted. Sarasota County may limit the amount of waste collected. No commercial or other organizational waste will be accepted.
Think before you throw… … No matter where you go.
MONA LISA SMILES QUIZ: GUESS YOUR NEIGHBORS
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DAY TRIPPING: GETTING OUT OF TOWN
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KID’S CORNER: ELLA CROUCH, 3
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Betty Greenspan
This is the seventeenth in a series of articles highlighting the special volunteers who help make The Landings such a wonderful community. Psychiatric nurse, pilot, boater, master gardner, entrepreneur, realtor, artist, columnist, ham radio operator and Landings volunteer are all adjectives that describe Betty Greenspan. Born in Brooklyn, NY, Betty is the oldest of three children who grew up in a family of furriers. Living a modest life, people thought she was rich because she wore a Persian Lamb fur coat to school. The family moved to Valley Stream, NY in the 50’s where Betty indicated that she had favorite memories of large family get togethers in their home. As many as 25 family members (aunts, uncles and cousins) gathered together on a regular basis. At Valley Stream South High School, Betty excelled in science and was a member of the Opera Club. She married when she was 18 years old and soon afterwards had her first child, Scott, in 1961. She lived near Queens College and took nursing courses part-time while her student friends baby sat. She had her second child, Peter, in 1966. Betty divorced shortly after receiving her RN degree and pursued a career in psychiatric nursing. It was a significant time in her life. Betty was employed at Long Island Jewish Hospital, handling psychiatric admissions, evaluating medications, and providing counseling. She moved on to her favorite area, working with adolescence. Betty’s hobby was horticulture which led her to take courses at the Bronx Botanical Gardens. This would bode well for her later in life. She met Richard Greenspan, a young dentist, on a blind date. She said it was electrifying when they first met and was truly “love at first sight”. He was practicing dentistry in Danbury, CT and after dating for 7 months, Betty moved to CT to be near Richard. They
married in 1974 while she continued to work as a psychiatric nurse at both Fairfield Hills State Hospital and at the Danbury Hospitals Crisis Intervention Unit. During that time, she had 2 more children, Allison and Shaun. Richard’s hobby was flying and Betty thought that she would like her license as well. They bought a single engine plane, a Grumman American Cheetah. Betty took flying lessons until she was 9-months pregnant then stopped when Allison was born. She went on to do her last solo cross country and obtain her license. Some of their flying adventures would include putting their bicycles in the plane, then fly to Nantucket and ride around the island as well as other places on the cape. Occasionally they would fly to Washington, DC and Maryland to visit friends. One time they flew to visit friends with a box of lobsters that were trying to escape their enclosure. It was a very exciting flight! Betty belonged to the 99’s Women Pilot Organization founded by Amelia Earhart. They eventually sold the plane and bought a sailboat which started them on many new adventures on Candlewood Lake in Brookfield. In 1991, they moved to Sarasota. Richard continued his dentistry and Betty took advantage of her interest in horticulture and eventually opened a flower shop on Osprey Ave. The store “A Little Shop of Flowers” was very successful. She also sold arrangements at the Farmers Market. When the lease expired, she moved the business to Towles Court. Someone from abroad offered to buy the business and Betty thought it was time to return to nursing and got a job a Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Betty and Richard have lived all over Sarasota. They first moved to the Treehouses in 1991, then moved to Osprey where they furthered their boating interests in Southbay, then moved downtown with the boat, then again to Longboat Key. While on Longboat, they were having a 44-foot
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10 Volunteers Who Work for You
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Trawler Cat built to live on when the market crashed and the builder went bankrupt and then died. They became financial victims, like many others. They had to regroup and change their lives. Their story caught the attention of the Wall Street Journal and they appeared on “Good Morning America”. They moved back to The Landings and lived on Pintail Way, then another Treehouse and finally Heron Way where they “vow to never leave”. Richard retired in 2018 and Betty in 2019. Now that she had more time, Betty’s cousin, Paige Packman, encouraged her to join the LMA Social Committee. Betty also initiated getting the LRC name tags. Betty is currently on the Eagle Committee and is the author of the regular feature, “Day Tripping”. She is also the instructor for the Landings Mahjong class. In the general community, Betty belongs to Women Contemporary Artists and was
the City Director for Tel Mond, Israel, for Sarasota Sister Cities. Together Richard and Betty are trying to form CERT, a Community Emergency Response Team here in The Landings since they are both ham radio operators. It is through FEMA and very important in case of emergencies. Stay tuned for more info. Betty’s family are meditators and they have been practicing for over 50 years. She likes the peacefulness and Zen feeling of The Landings, the sense of community and camaraderie as well as the great location. When asked what she would want moving forward in The Landings, she talked about a more consistent process at the guardhouse, improved nature trail and the need for benches and maybe a gazebo in Bayles Park. You can be sure that Betty will be working on adding more adjectives to her name in the coming years.