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I hope you are all enjoying this beautiful autumn weather. The change of season is always welcome. It’s the time of year for pumpkins, the spectacular changing colors of the leaves, home-made pies, mums, green lawns, opening of windows, cool nights for sleeping, and most importantly a time to count our blessings as we gather around the Thanksgiving table with family and friends.
I am often asked what the difference is in the
meetings that are held by the Board of Directors. I would like to explain.
First, there are the monthly Board of Directors meetings held at 10:00 am on
the third Thursday of each month. These meetings are always open to any
member of our community. When you attend, you are asked to sign in as a
speaker or an observer. Before the meeting is called to order there is an
Open Forum at which time you may ask your question. We will attempt to
answer your question and if we are unable to answer the question at that
time we will get back to you. Our meetings have been running about 3 ½ hrs.
long. This is a long time for anyone to sit in one seat, so we find it
necessary to have work sessions in between the monthly meetings. At these
sessions we discuss items that have come up during the month, or an item
that requires immediate attention. While some residents have expressed that
these sessions are "unfair" as they are closed, this is UNTRUE. While
these meetings are also open to all, we are unable to entertain questions at
this time. As the words work session imply, we are working. These sessions
come up as needed so they are not scheduled. We also have what is called "an
executive session." These are closed meetings. At this time we would be
discussing a resident by name and would be protecting their privacy.
Examples of this might be when a resident is be-hind in his homeowner’s dues
or has received a violation notice. I hope this will clear up the confusion
for those who did not understand. Please remember this Board is working for
you! Pat Schneider Gotta Dance Appearing at Heritage Pines Clubhouse on Thursday, November 6th at 7:00 p.m.
The Heritage Pines Line Dancers Dancing for two years under the direction of Norma Curran, the intermediate class includes Pauline Collette, Eva Germano, Ruth Macziwitzki, Chrys Matthews, Sonia Medina, Katharina Megger, Nell Naughton, Janet Petruccione, Nancy Romano, and Audrey Schmidt.
Choreographed and directed by Norma Curran, the
advanced class will perform its Senior Olympics, Gold-Medal-winning versions
of Grease Lightning from 2007 and Come On Everybody from 2008. These ladies
designed their costumes, sewed their poodle skirts, spend many hours
rehearsing, and, just plainly, have a lot of fun! Norma Curran, Sandy
Ramsey, and Alice Cassimatis are original members of the advanced group,
dancing together for five years. Newer members are Myrle Adams, Sue Brescia,
Sandy Giovino, Marianne Hannan, Barbara Harcharic, Fran Mammolito, Saundra
Robertson, Jean Rossi, Mary Schroeher, Susan Smith, and Jean Tiedemann, with
back-up dancer Nancy Romano.
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Ladies’ Lunch The members of our Heritage Pines book club will host our November ladies’ luncheon on Tuesday, November 18 at the clubhouse. It will be a potluck luncheon; therefore, we ask that you bring a dish for six-eight people. Our entertainment will be our own neighborhood resident, Dave Manning. He has three books of published poetry and has won awards from the North Carolina Poetry Society, including its Poet Laureate Award in 1996, 1998 and 2006. Dave will read his poetry and entertain us with songs.. You don’t want to miss him! The cost for the luncheon will be one dollar.
The Sassy Classics
The Dancing Divas
The troupe began working together in 2006 with
the goal of becoming better dancers and to have fun, build friendships, and
increase fitness while learning and performing Rockette-style dance
routines.
Breakfast with Santa
Heritage Pines will be welcoming Santa at
Breakfast on Saturday, December 6 at 8:30 am and 11:00 am. There will be
pancakes and sausage for everyone. Santa will visit and have a small gift
for all children. The cost is $3.00 for children & $5.00 for each adult.
Please use the separate sign-up sheet enclosed with this newsletter. If you
would like to volunteer to help, please use the blue volunteer sheet. Any
questions, call Barbara Lipson or Tina Caffera.
Holiday Party at the Sheraton
The HP Holiday Party for all homeowners will be
held at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel on Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 5:30 pm.
The hotel is located at 4700 Emperor Boulevard, in RTP. The menu and cost is
listed on the separate sign up sheet. The cost reflects the HP Association
paying half. Please sign up by noon, Monday, November 10. Charlie Chiklis &
the Moonlighters band will provide the music for dancing. There will be a
cash bar. “Jersey Boys” "Jersey Boys" is coming to the Progress Energy
Center in Raleigh in June 2009. Tickets are on sale now. A trip is being
planned for Thursday, June 25th at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $50.50 for seating
in the dress circle, if we have a group of 20 or more people. We will be car
pooling and we will plan to have dinner after the show. If you are
interested, please call Bernie/Bob Aliberti by November 3rd – 469-3219.
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2000 Heritage Pines Drive Management company
Hot Off The Press
The Ladies’ Lunch Committee has openings for
2009. We’re looking for sponsors, co-sponsors and any group, large or small,
that would like to sponsor a lunch and provide an interesting program. We’ll
work with anyone interested and show you how easy it is to arrange a
wonderful event. Okay ladies, talk to your neighbors and give us a call. We
need volunteers. Call Saundra Robertson, 460-8745, or Nancy Romano,
379-3943.
Several residents have expressed a desire to get
the bus back. Most of them do not drive. Sometimes they need rides for
doctor appointments or to do some shopping. I thought we could see if there
was any interest in volunteering to drive a resident when needed. If you
have interest in donating your time please call Martha Kozar 465-9672. If
there is enough interest we can meet to decide on a strategy. If you are a
resident who needs a ride, please call Martha.
Holiday Decorating With Liz
Help is needed following the Veterans’ Day Lunch
to bring holiday decorations down from the storage room. The annual
decorating party will continue on Wednesday, November 12 and Thursday,
November 13 at 10 am. Please contact Liz Mongrain if you would like to help
with this project.
Community Thanks To The Following
Chairpersons and Their Committees :
Hospitality - Bev Loseke
Men's Breakfasts - Bob Hodes & Emmett
Waller
Ladies’ Lunch - Joan Edlind & Mary Ellen
Heller
Halloween Bash - Susan Smith
Oktoberfest- Gerry & Liz Mongrain
Golf Scramble- Walt Ramsey |
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General Assembly Chorus Once again the General Assembly Chorus (in which HP resident Doug Elvers will be participating) and the Carolina Harmony Chorus will present their "Songs of the Season" show on Saturday, December 6th. There will be two performances – 2:00 p.m.
and 7:30 p.m. These will be held in the Fletcher Opera Theater, Progress
Energy Center, Raleigh. Advance sale ticket prices range from $15 to $20.
Ticket Rex Volunteers On September 24th Lois Copeland of Rex Hospi-tal Volunteers visited Heritage Pines. Since her last visit in May, thirty ladies have been working on projects to be distributed to patients at Rex Hospital. Our completed projects included "angel bags", drain bags, fleece wraps, totes and pillows, incubator covers, baby hats and blankets and over 250 assorted pillows. A special project this visit was a dozen pumpkin pillows made and appliquéd by Liz Mongrain. Our volunteers are encouraged by Lois’ stories about how our projects are used in the hospital. We are happy that they bring a little happiness into the lives of sick people. We thank all our volunteers and all the people who have donated fabric, yarn and sewing notions. We plan to use it all. The Rex Volunteers meet twice a month in the Clubhouse. Please check your calendar for the dates. If you have any questions, please call Bernie Aliberti. |
Brickman Field Notes: Residents of Heritage Pines, By now you should be seeing good seed germination from our aeration and over-seeding efforts. Remember, some yards may look better than others right now depending on the shape they were in before we over-seeded. If you have a more challenging yard (meaning a lot of weeds, dirt patches, and overall weak turf conditions), you should see seed germination but it may take two or three seasons for your yard to fully rebound.
All of the yards were fertilized with a seed
starting fertilizer in mid October. Your annual turf weeds should be
disappearing by now as well. We will apply a pre-emergent weed control
chemical in the spring. We hope that you enjoyed the conversation that
we had in September regarding turf improvement practices. We are planning
another conversation towards the end of October to discuss seasonal color
enhancements. We would appreciate any feedback for future topics that you may
like to learn about. In case you have not heard the clubhouse hours are 5: 00 am to 12 midnight as previously publicized.
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Community Reminders From the HPCA Board:
ARC changes
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Sign Up Sheets You may turn in your sign-up sheet beginning at 9 am, Thursday, September 25 during office hours. None will be accepted before that time. If you are unable to deliver your sign-up sheet to the office, you may ask a neighbor or friend to take your sheet. Each resident is limited to one (1) extra sheet. Thank you for your patience. We trying to work on making event sign-up pleasurable for everyone. A separate check is required for the “lottery” events.
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Welcome
Gloria
Slugg on the birth of her 2nd great grand -child, Aiden Patrick Moulis,
September 19.
