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Memorial Day Potluck
Memorial Day is observed today,
and our Hospitality Committee will hold EE's traditional
Memorial Day potluck, starting at
4:30 at
the Ramada. Please bring a dish to share. The Committee
will provide wine, beer, soda and water.
Please remember
the Food Bank bin at the Ramada, and bring a donation if you
can.
Skyped Board Meeting
A first for our technologically savy HOA Board! Thanks to
the Ramada's WiFi connection and hours of work by our
Webmaster, Craig Surprise, Board members Eric Ellingson and
Stacie Meyer and residents Ken Adler and Bill Berdine
successfully participated in the May Board meeting via Skype
video conference call from their summer residences. This
is just another example of the creativity and innovation of
our HOA. Or, as Tom Cooke says, "In EE, we're always on
the cutting edge."
During the meeting, the Board approved two owner applications
for changes in wall height and tabled action on consideration
of competitive bids from firms interested
in contracting for common area maintenance.
Meeting minutes are available at
esperanzaestates.net.
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Ramada Screens
Our ramada sun screens, which have made social events
comfortable regardless of the weather, were recently
adjusted. If you raise or lower the screens, please
remember the technique is to hold the crank rod perpendicular to
the screen and not canted off to the side, which may cause the
plastic hook on the shade to break.
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Open Courts on Saturday Mornings
Competitive pickleball meets have been suspended for the
summer. The courts are open to individual tennis or
pickleball players on Saturday mornings during the summer.
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Flags on Napa
Residents on upper Napa extend their thanks to Charlie
& Sally Elliott, who have been decorating all of
the mailboxes on upper Napa with American flags for the last
few years. The recent replacements arrived just in time for
Memorial Day.
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Restroom Construction Update
Great progress was made this past week as the walls went
up. You may notice that one of the rooms is larger than the
other. Ben and Jim designed it that way to create space for
a storage closet for mops and supplies.
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News Bulletin for Residents Who Are Away
If you have left Green Valley and don't read the GV News
during the summer, you may want to note that the speed limit
on parts of La Canada has been reduced from 40 to 35 mph.
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New BBQ Grill
Thanks to the generous donation of funds by homeowners Paul
and Kathy LaVanway, the HOA has purchased a
shiny new, top of the line, stainless steel barbeque
grill, which will last us for many years of events at
the Ramada. We'll fire it up for the first time at our
annual Fourth of July event. The graciousness and
community spirit of people like Paul and Kathy adds so
much to the Esperanza experience and to the
exceptionalism of our neighborhood.
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Tele-Care
Several residents who live alone recently told me how much
peace of mind they get from receiving a daily
morning call from Tele-Care checking
that all is well. For
more information or to register for the service, call Tele-Care
at 625-9079. The service is free. A brochure about the
program is posted on the bulletin board at the Ramada. (If
you are interested in volunteering to call residents, call Tele-care.)
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May Periodico
The May issue of the Periodico is now available. If you didn't
receive an email notice, you can read it by going directly to
the website at
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What's Up in EE?
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MORNING WATER AEROBICS |
8 AM |
MON, WED, FRI |
POOL |
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MEMORIAL DAY POTLUCK |
4:30 PM |
MON |
RAMADA |
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AQUASIZE |
3 PM |
TU, TH |
POOL |
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PICKLEBALL |
8 AM |
TU, TH, SU |
PICKLEBALL/TEN COURTS |
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TENNIS |
8 AM |
FRI |
TENNIS/PBALL COURTS |
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COMPUTER CLUB |
1 PM |
FRI |
RAMADA |
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