Looking Ahead into 2004

 

We want to thank all of you that took the time to submit your vote for the membership dues issue.  We would like to report that it was an overwhelming “YES” to increase the annual dues from $20 to $40.  In the next few weeks keep an eye out for the membership invoice that will include an info sheet that will be used for the next neighborhood directory. 

 

Our dues are only a few pennys a day and it is vitally inportant that everyone participate.  With all that our neighborhood faces in just basic services we need your support more than ever.  Your membership will have advantages that will include discount coupons, access to an email tree that will provide instant information to area break-ins, vandalism, lost animals, along with continue neighborhood updates.  With its enornus costs, we will be phasing out the newsletter and steering towards the direction of emails and a neighborhood website.  Those who wish to participate in a trial sample of our planed email tree and website please send your email address to muzzman@chartertn.net , put in the subject line, “Email Tree”.

It’s that time of year again!

 

Each year we elect our Homeowners Association’s Officers and Board Members.  This year’s election will take place at the Spring Picnic in April.  If you would like to take an active role in our neighborhood community and place your name on the ballot for one of the following positions:

President   . . .   Secretary   . . .   Treasurer

4 –At Large Member:

  Social . . . Civic Affairs . . . Community Improvement . . . Public Relations

 

Neighborhood News!

 

In the last few days homes and cars along Dawn Redwood have been broken into.  These random attacks are occuring more frequently and it drives home the message that we need to put together a Neighborhood Watch program that requires everyones participation!  Let me know if you wish to participate and perhaps serve as one of the block captains.

 

 I was contacted by a representative from the Tierra Verda subdivision that provided me with some very disturbing news.  A small cat wondered away from its home and crossed into the Lakeridge subdivision.  This  8-pound kitten came back an hour later with a bullet wound.  It happed around 2 in the afternoon during a school day.  The Sherriff’s Department believes that shot came from our neighborhood and will arrest this individual.  It is illegal to discharge a firearm in or aound a neighborhood. 

 

 

 

SPRING FLING ~AND~ PICNIC

 

 

Live music, good food, and good times.

 

Association members and their families are invited to our spring picnic on Saturday, April 17th, 4:00 p.m.  If you’re not a member, this will be a great time for you to bring your $40 dues and join right in.  We want to celebrate the warm weather and usher in some new officers.

 

Lots of fried chicken, live music, games for the kids and a special surprise will be provided by the Association.  Just bring a dish to share, your lawn chair, and pack your cooler with drinks.  Then sit back, relax, and enjoy.

 

More details will be provided as they become available.  Rain date April 24th.

 

 

 

 

Neighborhood Garage Sale . . . 8am to Noon . . . Saturday April 3^rd . . .  Rain date 4/10

 

 

The Association will place the ads in the Knoxville News Sentinel and Farragut Press, put up signs, and arrange for a charity to come that afternoon to collect donations.  Habitat for Humanity is planning to come that day so even if you do not want to participate in the sale, you can still donate to a worthy cause.  To indicate your participation and to have the charity vans stop at your house, you must put balloons on your mailbox.