The Landings & Bay Colony

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ello and welcome to another issue of our bimonthly The Landings and Bay
Colony newsletter. First, I would like to introduce you to the Landings team. I
am your Landings Residential Association (LRA) President for 2016. Together

with the newly-elected Board of Directors, we will endeavor to protect and serve our
community through the year.

Patricia, my wife, and I landed here in 1993. We are pleased that during our 23
years here, we raised three sons and our daughter from K-12 and beyond, with each
of them earning a college degree. For our newcomers looking to raise their family in
the Landings, we can say that it is very possible to do, even with the challenges of
South Florida distractions. Patricia, along with many other families in the Landings, has
contributed significantly to planning family events. One of them is our popular fall
party, following a tradition of a community party centered around Halloween. The
original Landings Boat Club led to a formal civic association during the 1960's which
included the annual fall party. We are looking for ideas and volunteers to make this
homecoming event happen again, so please reach out to me or to any our Board
members if you’d like to help.

The LRA newsletter today is robust with news from the city and, in keeping with newsletters
of decades past, we are also including very local news from within the Landings. The
following SOFT 911 article and information is presented in this tradition. Enjoy!

SOFT 911

Our neighborhood, The Landings, with 367 lots, was built out some time ago. When
we first moved in, we had phones with cords. These residential telephone lines have
fallen victim to "cord cutters" in recent years since we now rely on our cell phones and
we have removed all but one ‘corded’ wall phone. Recently I picked up that old phone
and was surprised to hear a dial tone. “What was that tone?” I wondered, since we
had cancelled the service.

The cord phone dial tone is called SOFT 911…and it means that the phone can still be
used to call for emergency services!The way to check if your old phones are still
usable is to dial 611. The polite recording will tell you some details about SOFT 911.
You should not incur any charges for the 611 call.

Consumer Reports News, May 13, 2009, reported that "disconnected" landlines may
have a "warm" dial tone.  The article suggests that if you move into a new house or
apartment where you're considering not getting a landline, use the fact that a soft-tone
line should also reach the phone company. To test it out, plug in a phone and call the
carrier's business number, typically 611. (Such a test might also be wise after you
discontinue service, as a check that you, in fact, received accurate information about
soft-tone service.)

Further information about using 911 effectively as a senior citizen is included
elsewhere in our newsletter. Remember that with a landline, i.e. the phone with a cord,
the 911 operator ALREADY KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE.

Until next time, enjoy the warm air and coastal breezes.

Paul Renneisen, President
The Landings Residential Association

President's Message

The Landings Residential Association

Paul Renneisen, President

Landings Residential Association

OFFICERS

President

Paul Renneisen

Vice President

Gene Zorovich

Secretary

Dana Mullaney

Treasurer

Mike Watson

DIRECTORS

David Crane

Ann Marie Dari

Darran Blake

John Marquart

Diane Dodich

Lonnie Epstein

Robert Kom