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VOL. 24 NO. 10 www.seabreezepublications.com OCTOBER 2023

NOTICE

ANNUAL MEETING

Abacoa Property Owners’ Assembly, Inc.

The idea for a holiday celebration was formulated in 1977. Abacoa Golf Club
At the time the Jupiter Tequesta Athletic Association (JTAA) 105 Barbados Drive, Jupiter, FL
Executive Board of Directors (E-Board) and the members
of the local Kiwanis decided to create the first Christmas Tuesday, November 7th, 2023
parade which was held on the second Sunday in December.
5:30pm Social 6:15pm Meeting

Guest Speakers:
Mayor Jim Kuretski – Town of Jupiter
Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium

Chief Charles Coyle – PBCFR
Medical Services
The JTAA supplied the manpower and the logistics, the the neighborhood riding their bikes, pulling a decorated red
Kiwanis supplied the operating budget necessary. Roe Malloy wagon with the family’s favorite pets, walkers, a few floats Abacoa Owners Welcome
(softball director at the time) and Tony Newman accepted from some local businesses, and a band.
the task to organize that first parade. In the beginning the No entry permitted at the door
parade was organized as an old-fashioned event with kids in Christmas Parade on page 4 Pre -Register to attend in-person by October 31, 2023 at:
abacoa.com
North America’s Song Dog Attend remotely via Zoom.us
Or

Meeting ID: 246 435 7461
Living With The Coyote In Passcode: 618983

South Florida Thank you to the 2023 Annual Meeting Sponsors

Coyotes arrived in Florida as part of natural range
expansion from western states. A close relative of the
domestic dog, they are extremely adaptable. Their fur is
generally a mixture of browns, grays, whites, and even black.
They have large, triangle-shaped ears, a long slender muzzle,
and a bushy tail. Coyotes are typically shy and elusive and
very good at avoiding people.
Coyotes are established throughout Florida and have ecosystem. They help maintain balanced ecosystems by
learned to live in densely populated areas. Coyotes are controlling the populations of rodents and smaller predators,
found in several habitat types and are common in rural, such as skunks, foxes, opossums and raccoons, thereby
suburban, and even some urban landscapes. According to a having a positive impact on ground-nesting birds and
2007 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission songbird diversity and abundance. Coyotes also play a very
(FWC) report, the presence of coyotes has been documented important ecological role by
in all 67 Florida counties. Coyotes are often encountered by dispersing native seeds, a
those near wildlife reserves, forests, or farms – but that’s now critical service in light of the Coming in November at Abacoa
changing. Now that more people work from home, wildlife rapid invasion of non-native
spotting in urban areas is pretty common. Coyotes are native plants into ecosystems.
to North America, have been in Florida for many years, and
will continue to make their homes around the state. North America’s Song Dog
Coyotes are incredibly beneficial to the natural on page 7

SATURDAY ,
NOVEMBER 25