Page 6 - Jupiter West - August '21

Page 6, Jupiter West
Friends Of Jupiter Beach

Is Grateful To Joan Ross For Nearly 20 Years Of Service!

If you have volunteered at a Friends of Jupiter Beach (FJB) Joan baked for every
monthly cleanup in the past 15 years, then you’ve had the monthly cleanup until
pleasure of enjoying Joan Ross’s baked goods. A longtime March 2020 when the
leader and loyal supporter of Friends of Jupiter Beach, Joan is pandemic put a temporary
hanging up her whisk to enjoy retirement – a second time. But end to gatherings. With
FJB has much more to thank Joan for than her baking. The dog an average of eleven
lover joined FJB in 2002 and ascended to the board of directors cleanups per year over
in 2003. Joan steered the organization as board president from a 15-year period, she
2004 through 2012. She also served as ticketing chair for FJB’s baked for 165 beach
Food and Wine Festival from 2010 to 2014. cleanups which equates
Joan started baking for the beach cleanups in 2005. Local to 25,000 breakfasts for
attorney Geoff Jones, board president from 2012 to 2015, still hungry volunteers.
serves on the board and had this to say about Joan’s service. “Joan’s baking for the
“I do not know anyone who worked harder for FJB than Joan cleanups always made
Ross. I sometimes think my job with the monthly cleanups is me feel like I was being
burdensome; loading tables, equipment and cleanup supplies into welcomed into her home,”
the car and transporting them to and from the monthly cleanup, said Mark Holbert, current
all of which gets done in one morning. Joan’s preparation for board member. Mark has always been in awe of the amount this book go to help support the mission of keeping Jupiter’s
the monthly breakfasts started days and sometimes weeks before of thought and care Joan used in preparing her baked goods beaches clean and dog friendly.
the cleanups. She planned the menus, bought the ingredients, did for the volunteers every month. So much so that he helped her “Friends of Jupiter Beach is grateful not only for Joan’s
all the baking, packed it all up, refrigerated it, transported it all, compile some of her favorite recipes into a cookbook so that baking, but also her leadership and guidance over the last 19
and then set up to feed typically 100 to 200 people. Then she she would always be a part of our community. A Taste of the years,” says Karen Gray, FJB’s executive director. “She will be
would go back and do it all over again, all because of her love Friends of Jupiter Beach is available on Amazon for those missed but we wish her a relaxing retirement with her family
for baking and her commitment to FJB.” who will miss Joan’s baking. Funds raised from the sale of and her pups. She’s earned it.”
Northern Notes

Lightning Facts And Safety Safety Tips And Guidelines:
1. There is no safe place outside during a lightning storm.
By Katie Roundtree, If you are stuck outside during a storm, avoid standing around
Finance Director, Northern trees, standing in open areas or laying flat on the ground. Get
Palm Beach County inside!
Improvement District 2. Get inside a fully enclosed building, not a gazebo, hut
Lightning is one of the or cabana.
leading weather-related 3. Remember the 30-30 rule: After you see lightning, start
causes of death and injury counting to 30. If you hear thunder before you reach 30, go
in the United States. Each indoors. Suspend activities for at least 30 minutes after the
year, there are about 25 last clap of thunder.
million cloud-to-ground 4. Stay away from electronics, windows and plumbing that
lightning flashes and can conduct electricity. Unplug appliances before the storm.
about 300 people struck Out of 1,000 incidents, most occurred in (descending order):
by lightning. Florida is known as the lightning capital of Tree struck by lightning in preserve next to a house in PGA a. On the telephone
the United States, with storms occurring approximately National b. In the kitchen
100 days out of the year. Although our entire state rates Photo by Sam Payson, Northern biologist c. Doing laundry
as a high-risk area, the most dangerous areas are in d. Watching television
Seminole and Orange counties, in the middle of the state. from the center of the thunderstorm, far outside the e. At a door or open window
Florida ranks number one in the number of deaths due to rainstorm cloud. “Bolts from the blue” can strike 10 to 5. If there is no building nearby, the next best thing to do
lightning, 94 percent of which occur between late May 15 miles from the thunderstorm. is to get inside a car or bus with a solid metal roof.
and end of September. On average, lightning kills more Myth: Rubber tires on a car protect you from lightning 6. If a car or building is not an option, seek lower elevation,
people in the United States than hurricanes or tornados. by insulating you from the ground. get as low to the ground as you can without lying down and
Why Florida? Partially due to its high heat levels, Fact: Most cars are safe from lightning; however, it stay away from bodies of water.
high humidity, and location between the Gulf of Mexico is the metal roof and metal sides that protect you, not the 7. Do not raise umbrellas or golf clubs above you.
and Atlantic Ocean: Rain clouds plus high heat equals rubber tires. In summary “When thunder roars, go indoors!”
thunderstorms and lightning! Myth: A lightning victim is electrified. If you touch NPDES tip: Your neighborhood drainage system is
Here are a few myths and facts about lightning: them, you will be electrocuted. not a garbage disposal – please don’t treat it like one.
Myth: Lightning never strikes the same place twice. Fact: The human body does not store electricity. It is Encourage residents to take responsibility and to not
Fact: There is no scientific reason why lightning can’t perfectly safe to touch a lightning victim to give them dump chemicals, fertilizer, paint, oil, etc., in inlets or
strike the same place twice. Lightning often strikes the first aid. pipes. Discourage sweeping of lawn clippings and dirt
same place repeatedly. The Empire State Building is hit Myth: If outside in a thunderstorm, you should seek into street drains and disposing of lawn clippings and
nearly 100 times a year. shelter under a tree to stay dry. other debris (wood, concrete blocks, trees, etc.) directly
Myth: If it’s not raining or there aren’t clouds Fact: Standing underneath a tree is the second leading into retention lakes. Keep drainage facilities clear of
overhead, you’re safe from lightning. cause of lightning casualties. Better to get wet than struck vegetation, trash, improperly and illegally discarded
Fact: Lightning often strikes more than three miles by lightning! appliances, shopping carts, tires, cars, garbage bags, etc.

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