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A Note from the President On behalf of the Board, I would like to welcome Joyce Bryant, who has been appointed by the Board, as our new member replacing Vito Romano who had to resign in order to attend to family matters. It was a pleasure to have Vito on the Board and he will be missed. Thanks Vito for all your hard work. As many of you know, Joyce has been the chairperson of the Grounds committee. She and her com-mittee have done a wonderful job working along with Brickman to really make our community look beautiful. Joyce will be the liaison from the Board to the Grounds committee. Welcome aboard Joyce, we know you’ll be a real asset to the Board. Morty Berkowitz is heading up an ad hoc group which will be responsible for the reconfiguration of the clubhouse. Angelo Vivelo has been working closely with Morty on plans for this project which will include making space for 40 additional seats to increase the num-ber of residents able to attend functions. The renovations will begin shortly and will be done in phases beginning with the updating of the kitchen. Everyone will be glad to know that there will not be any assessments or increase in homeowners dues for this project. We look forward to having a beautiful, updated and functional clubhouse here in Heritage Pines.
With hot weather approaching, the Bocce group
has moved its time back to 10am on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. If you
haven’t played bocce, come out and give it a try. It’s a fun game, and
beginners are always welcome. The group could use some more players,
especially women.
Pat Schneider
ChecKmeds NC Program—
Robin Zook, a Certified Geriatric Pharmacist, will present a program for
adults, aged 65 or older, living in NC with a Medicare Part D drug plan in
the clubhouse on Monday, June 8 at 1:30 pm. She will explain that the free
program is a one on one consultation between the patient & a trained
pharmacist to discuss the patient’s medications. After the presentation,
residents can sign up to consult with a pharmacist at a later time. The
deadline to sign up is noon, Monday, June 1.
Ladies’ Lunch
The June Ladies lunch will be held on Tuesday, June 16 at 12:
30 pm in the clubhouse. The luncheon cost is $7.50 per person and includes
pizza, salad, desert and beverage. The speaker is the published articles
writer, Martha Van Der Linden. She has received numerous writing awards at
writer’s conferences and is the recipient of an Amy Award for an article
featured in "The News and Observer." She is also a certified humor
presenter, a trained clown and a Laugh Mobile volunteer in the adult
oncology unit at Duke University Medical Center.
The Fourth of July
Join your neighbors in celebrating the 4th of July at
the July Pot Luck Dinner. The dinner will be held on Saturday. July 4 at
5:30 pm in the clubhouse. The cost is $2.00. The menu will be a picnic style
dinner consisting of hot dogs with toppings, salads, baked beans, watermelon
and deserts. The hot dogs and buns will be provided. When you sign up,
please register which of the other items you will bring on the clip boards
located in the front lobby. After dinner we will have a sing-a-long of
patriotic songs with Joan Hall at the keyboard. The seating is limited to 88
residents and the deadline to sign up is noon, Monday, June16.
Line Dancers win again
Congratulations to the HP line dancers, who once
again, brought home the gold medal in the Raleigh-Wake County Senior
Olympics competition. These ladies have won gold medals three years in a
row.
Choreographed and directed by Norma Curran, the advanced line dancing class
performed their routine to Big and Loud. These ladies designed and sewed
their costumes, spent many hours rehearsing and had a lot of fun. Norma,
Sandy Ramsey and Alice Cassimatis are original members of the group. "Newer"
members are Sue Brescia, Sandy Giovino, Marianne Hannan, Barbara Harcharic,
Fran Mammolito, Saundra Robertson, Jean Rossi, Mary Schroeher, Susan Smith
and Jean Tiedemann. Special congratulations to Norma, who performed despite
recent cancer surgery. Unfortunately Mary, Alice and Jean couldn’t perform
because of recent or impending surgeries. (Really, they just wanted to keep
up with the spirit of Dancing with the Stars.)
The line dancers would like to thank the many HP residents who attended the
competition. It’s an added bonus to have loyal and enthusiastic supporters
in the audience.
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Show Me Your Root Collar
During recent inspections of the trees in your neighborhood I have noticed
several problems
causing many of your trees to decline. One of these problems is with the
root collars or root flares of your trees being covered with soil and or
mulch. In this
article I will address the following questions: What is a root flare or root
collar? What problems occur when my root flare is covered? How do I correct
the Okay what is a root collar? The root collar of a plant is defined as the area of a tree or shrub where the main buttress or structural roots come out of the trunk. This area is also called the root flare because the main stem or trunks flare out with the emergence of the buttress roots. The root collar is a very important part of your plant that helps to regulate transpiration and is solely responsible for the structure of buttress or structural roots. Why does it matter that my root flare is covered? Two serious and possibly fatal conditions can arise when a tree’s root flare is covered. First, since the root flare is part of the trunk and not the root system it is not specialized to resist constant soil moisture. Mulch and soil keep the trunk moist which inhibits oxygen and carbon dioxide flow from the phloem of the plant. Moisture also creates an easy entry point for soil borne fungal pathogens; primarily Phytopthora (a Greek word meaning plant destroyer) root rot. Secondly, buttress and feeder roots emerging from a plant with a covered flare often become disoriented. They grow upward and then begin to circle or girdle the main stem. As the roots grow in size they can actually "strangle" the main trunk effectively killing themselves. I know this all sounds horrible, but there is hope. Carefully remove the soil/mulch with hand tools or an Airspade (consult your local arborist) until you have located the flare for your plant. Remove or reorient any girdling roots and keep the flare clear of any soil or mulch. That’s all it takes to save your plants from the "plant destroyer" and possible suicide. If all that sounds easy to you then feel free to go for it and show me your flare. If not and you feel like you need help, contact a Certified Arborist.
Robert Day
Hospitality Ladies’ Lunch Men’s Breakfast Pot Luck Dinner Dispelling the Hospice
Myth Memorial Day - Mickey
& Sue Brescia and Dick Hellkamp
Your Neighbors
Art
Eileen Fitzgerald is having a showing of her paintings in May at the
Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship on Wade Avenue.
Purple Power Pancreatic Cancer
It is that time of year again when our local
Pancreatic Cancer awareness group will be holding it’s annual fundraiser on
Saturday, August 8, 2009 at the Buffaloe Lanes in Cary. Last year we raised
over $13,000.00 for this cause. It’s a fun morning out for the entire family
with bowling, food, raffles, t-shirts and a silent auction. This function
helps honor those who have died with pancreatic cancer and those who are
still bravely fighting it. Harvey
Schneider, who was a resident here in Heritage Pines, succumbed to
pancreatic cancer three years ago this month.
For more info. please contact Pat Schneider.
Registration forms will be available on the clubhouse bulletin board..
Activity Reminders
Friday Night Fun Time
Scrabble
The scrabble group meets the second and fourth Tuesdays at 1:00 pm.
Choral Group
The new choral group meets every Friday
afternoon (except the fourth Friday) at 2:00 pm.
All are welcome.
Pool Reminder
When signing in at the pool, please record your pass numbers
next to your name. Thank you. |
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Hot Off The Press
Community Information
Pet Waste
Please clean up after your pets. It is not only a
community association rule, it is also a rule for the Town of Cary. You can
be fined for not complying. The latest sighting of multiple unclaimed pet
waste was in the 100 block of Rockport Ridge Way and
Rules & Regulations addition
Professionally engineered lightning rod systems may be allowed on homes if
they are installed and maintained by an experienced qualified contractor
specialist, who follows all nationally recognized safety standards of the
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the Lightning Protection
Institute (LPI), and Underwriters Laboratories (UL). Only UL-listed
materials may be used. Particular care must be taken when in-stalling the
minimum if two required ground rods, as they must be buried at least ten
(10) feet deep into the earth. Rooftop rods, including the height of the
house, must meet the Town of Cary’s height requirement of no more than |
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Sign Up Sheets You may turn in your sign-up sheet beginning at 10:00 am, Tuesday, May 26, 2009 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.
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Welcome
To
Helen Handley on the birth of great-grandchild #9, Handley Kate Lewis.
