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Licorice Fern II More than just a Neighborhood
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In this Issue • Poet’s Corner
• Save the Date & Events
• Neighborhood Hot Topics
• 2015 Neighborhood Directory
• Welcome
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Poet’s Corner- Autumn by Julie L. O’conner
There's a crispness in the air that greets the morning sun, a feeling of anticipation, a new day has begun. Harvest days are ending, winter is drawing near, yet in between is surely the most special time of year. They call it Indian Summer, and it seems to fit the bill, for it's as if the a feathered brush and painted all the hills. Now as I sit contented, atop of one of these, a book in hand to pass the time, the sound of a gentle breeze, I can almost imagine an Indian child upon this mountaintop, looking down at the land of her forefathers, lost within her thoughts. For in every person’s lifetime some heartache may occur, but on these hills in quiet solitude, hope helps us to endure. So I say that the eyes are a window, beauty is found within the soul, and upon the hills of Autumn, that are strewn with red and gold. Source: http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/autumn-indian-summer#ixzz3JlEjVjQV Family Friend Poems
Save the Date! Progressive Treats & Christmas Caroling
Sunday, December 7th, 2014
LFII Homeowner’s Association Annual Meeting Monday, January 12th, 2015 at 7pm, Newcastle Library
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Neighborhood Events Progressive Treats & Caroling
Join us on Sunday, December 7th from 4:30pm – 6:30pm for a festive time filled with attempted harmony, hot chocolate and delicious confectionary. Meet at the Doug & Kelly Schmidt home (17152 SE 100th) at 4:30pm. We’ll head west down the loop heading up the hood then down, strolling through each street hopefully increasing in participants as we go about our musical meandering. We’ll end the early evening back on the loop with one last warm up at the Mike & Claire Schmidt home.
• All ages are welcome. Song sheets provided. Bundle up!!!
• Strollers, wagons for little ones highly suggested.
• More volunteer warming huts appreciated along the way. Promise we won’t stay longer than a few minutes!
• Bring flashlights, headlamps, and/or candles.
• Santa hats optional. Jingle bells welcome!
Can’t think of a better way to ruin dinner!!!
Annual LF II Annual Meeting Monday, January 12th, 2015 @ Newcastle Library- 7pm
This year’s annual meeting will be held at Newcastle Library once again. There will be 3 board positions vacant needing to be filled. Remaining on the board will be Kevin Masterson (with 1 yr left in his term) and Tristan Liabraaten (with 2 yrs left in his term). At present the only submitted candidate is Kelly Schmidt to assist in filling the open vacancies. If you are interested in placing your name on the ballot please contact our association manager Christina Dillon at Pinnacle, [email protected]. The new board will be voted for at the 2015 annual meeting and/or by proxy. The board commitment is one meeting per month on the second Monday of the month. Meeting time is 7pm. Special meetings are rare and most additional board business is usually accomplished via email communication and phone calls throughout the year. Please consider volunteering your time toward keeping our neighborhood a wonderful place to call home!
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LFII 2014 ~Chili Cook Off~
And the Winner is!!!
Brian Corrington Moose Chili
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Neighborhood Hot Topics
Hot Topic - Mailbox Kiosk Update
The Board has approved the contractor – Heilman Deck & Fence (their info below ). Right now we are requesting updated pricing for the two roofing options, and staining. Once we get this pricing, we will move to schedule the first 1/3 of the job in the springtime (or as soon as we have some good weather). Another notice to homeowners will be sent out with further information once a project commencement date is pinned down.
Heilman Deck & Fence 6933 184th St SE Snohomish, WA 98296 (425)269-4920 [email protected] http://www.heilmandeckandfence.com
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Hot Topic- Security & Safety
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Hope that helps, good luck! Dixie Smith (our Spring Lake community communicator)”
At the November board meeting the LFII Board voted affirmatively to follow the lead of the Spring Lake Community in Maple Valley/Renton and install the sign below in 3-4 locations along Licorice Fern Way on LFII common property. The sign’s dimensions are 18”x18” as pictured below. HOA managed security cameras will not be installed, however similar to Spring Lake there are several homeowners that have their own video surveillance systems. By playing off that knowledge, stepping up neighbor communication and vigilance and putting these measures in place the Board is hoping that criminal activity will subside in the neighborhood instead
of following the recent trend of acceleration.
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We’ve all been a bit frustrated lately with the amount of unwanted “petty criminal activity” that seems to be finding it’s way to our neighborhood. At last month’s meeting the board decided to solicit input from a neighboring community (Spring Lake) that has similar characteristics to our own:
• Abuts an active King County park and trail system.
• Off the beaten path (destination location with rural characteristics)
One major difference is they have video surveillance signs posted. When contacted the community about the cost and effectiveness surrounding their video surveillance and this is what Dixie Smith had to share with us about the signs…
“It’s unfortunate our communities have to worry about such things. We don’t really have a substantial system. We did realize we had a few homeowners who had video security set up in their driveways, so we went with it and installed “This neighborhood is under video surveillance” signs on the two roads leading into our community. We might pick up a vehicle type, if we’re lucky. But we haven’t had much problem since the signs have been installed, maybe 4 years ago…And our mailboxes have been hit, but most of us installed locking mailboxes some time ago. Since we’re on a lake and King County park, we do have lots of walkers in our neighborhood (which is probably our best deterrent), so we have meetings and communicate any issues to a community e-mail list very quickly. We ask people to “let them know we’re watching.” Take down license plates and descriptions of people in the neighborhood, etc. We also have a Facebook community page, but we haven’t had an issue in quite some time. Thankfully! The signs seem to help and are cost effective. As I recall a police officer we had stop by one of our meetings (to help us come up with ideas) said the info gathered from such a system would be hard to actually use in court anyway. Which surprised us, but the signs seem to still deter the thieves.
LFII Newcomers We’d like to welcome our newest residents…
• Grace & Finley Lubbers (Congrats Matt & Ellen)
• Neil & Hilary Doherty (Doug & Lyn Marshall’s former residence)
Licorice Fern II HOA Management Company Pinnacle- Christina Dillon, Community Association Manager 206-215-9817 [email protected] 2801 Alaskan Way, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98121
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Welcome Home !!!
2015 Licorice Fern II Neighborhood Directory Please review your information in the 2014 Neighborhood Directory. If you would like to edit the information please email the updates to Kelly Schmidt at [email protected]. If edits are not received by December 15th then your 2014 information will be repeated in the 2015 Directory. For new residents please send the following to the email above by December 15th if you would like to be included in next year’s directory: Example Last Name, First Name Schmidt, Doug & Kelly Address 17152 SE 100th St Phase #, Lot # Phase 2, Lot 27 House Phone (if applicable), cell phone w/name 512-293-1366(Doug), 512-264-5867(Kelly) Email addresses of adults in home [email protected] [email protected] Child’s name and yr born (optional) Summer 10, Sienna 11
