April 2020 Villager
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THE VILLAGER MISSION STATEMENT To fully inform the residents of the Village at Calabash of all activities and issues related to the good and welfare of the community to maintain fairness and impartiality in all reporting. To this end, no personal or political editorializing will be published, as well as anything derogatory or inflammatory. The Villager Printed copies funding provided by the Village at Calabash P.O.A. Massachusetts. Menotomy was on the Concord Road between Lexington and Concord and Boston While the fighting was going on in Lexington and Concord, 5,100 militia men arrived in Menotomy from April showers will not bring May Flowers this Middlesex and Essex Counties. These men year! “APRIL FOOL’S” To bad it didn’t apply took up positions along the road the British to this virus menace we are all dealing with. troops would take on their retreat to Boston. REMEMBER to follow all the They placed themselves in and around protocols with the virus houses, stone walls, fields and barns. The mandates from the local and bloodiest fighting of the first day of the American Revolution took place inside a Federal governments. Check single house, the Jason Russell House, in your email for any changes that Menotomy. Eleven militia men died in this may occur, as to when and if house fighting British troops trained in events will resume. bayonet fighting. Patriots' Day was first proclaimed in Massachusetts in 1894 by Gov. Special days and holiday’s this month are of Greenhalge replacing Fast Day as a public course April fool’s day on the 1st, Passover holiday. The idea was introduced to the begins on the 8th, Palm Sunday on the 5th, Governor by the statesman from Lowell, Good Friday on the 10th, Happy Easter on the Isaac Henry Paige. It was established on 12th, Patriot Day for our MA & RI Villagers on April 19th, commemorating the date of the the 20th, Earth Day on the 22nd, Ramadan Battles of Lexington and Concord and the begins on the 23rd, and National Arbor Day larger Battle of Menotomy in 1775, and on the 24th. consolidating the longstanding municipal Patriot's Day Patriots' Day (so punctuated observances of Lexington Day and Concord in several U.S. states, but Patriot's Day in Day. It also marked the first bloodshed of Maine) is an annual event, formalized as the American Civil War in the Baltimore riot several state holidays, commemorating the of 1861, during which four members of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and the Massachusetts militia were slain and 36 Battle of Menotomy, which were fought near injured. In Menotomy, now Arlington, 25 Boston in 1775, the first battles of the militia men died, and 40 British soldiers were American Revolutionary War. In 1894 the killed. The dual commemoration, Greenhalge Lexington Historical Society petitioned the explained, celebrated "the anniversary of the Massachusetts State Legislature to proclaim birth of liberty and union". It is likely that April 19 as "Lexington Day". Concord the battles that took place in Menotomy are countered with "Concord Day". Governor not as well-known as the smaller battles in Frederic T. Greenhalge opted for a Lexington and Concord because the town has compromise: Patriots' Day. However the had several names since that day in 1775. In biggest battle fought on this day was in the 1938, with the generation that had fought in town of Menotomy, now Arlington, the Civil War largely off the voter rolls, the SAFETY FLOTATION DEVICES. Now that the Massachusetts legislature passed a bill “Pine Dust” season is just about over, it’s establishing the holiday "in commemoration time to think about cleaning up our yards of the opening events of the War of the and power washing our houses if it is Revolution". Maine followed Massachusetts in needed. We have conducted an inspection of 1907 and replaced its Fast Day with Patriot's homes in the Village and made a list of Day. Patriot's Day is annually held on the homes that we feel need to be power third Monday of April. It should not be washed. On April 1, 2020, letters will be sent confused with Patriot’s Day, held on out to residents who we feel need to power September 11th. wash their homes. If you receive a letter requesting that your home be washed, you ***************** will have 30 days to comply with this request. If after 30 days, you have not Dick Bergin, Editor complied with this request, you will then be issued a violation letter and be subject to fines until the work is completed. The POA Board of Directors are not trying to single anyone out, or embarrass anyone, we are just trying to maintain a uniform appearance What other states observe Patriot Day along within the Village and keep our property with Ma, RI.? values high. We all live in a beautiful Answer later in this issue. community, let’s try and keep it that way. Please remember to drive slowly and obey all traffic control signs in the Village. Please stay home, stay safe and healthy If you have any issues, questions, comments, please speak with a POA Board These are trying times that we are all going member, or come to see us in the office through right now, but if we follow the Mondays and Wednesdays from 8am, -Noon, guidelines being put out by our Federal, phone us at 910-579-5464 or e-mail us at State and local governments, we will all work [email protected]. through this virus. With the clubhouse and Ray Alenckis, all social activities being shut down, there POA Board President isn’t much to report on, but I will touch on several subjects that need to be addressed. ***************** We still have a number of residents who have not paid their POA dues as of this writing. As of April 1, 2020, all residents who “Reminder” New residents are requested to register have not paid their POA dues will have their access cards turned off. You will not be able at the office within 30 days of residing to go to the pool (when its re-opened), in the Village to obtain Pool Access attend functions in the clubhouse, or Cards and register your purchase. participate in POA general membership Also, if you have sold your home, please meetings. Please get these dues payments in remember to turn in your access cards. as soon as possible. Attached with this month’s Villager, you will find a copy of the pool rules. Please read these rules carefully, so that you are aware of what is required of CONTACTING THE POA you to use the pool safely and be respectful Mailing address: 1099 North Clubview Lane, of other residents using it also. Please Carolina Shores, NC 28467; phone: (910) remember, NO SMOKING, NO ALCOHOLIC 579-5464 email: [email protected]. Your BEVERAGES, NO DIVING or JUMPING INTO P.O.A Members are Ray Alenckis 579-9280, THE POOL and NO FLOTATION DEVICES or Bob Sewell 610-506-2301, Betty Towell 579- INFLATABLES except “NOODLES” and BABY 8121, Joyce Baughman 919-548-7323 John Epting 518-428-0068, Gary Reynolds 207- 8877, Phillip Mara 978-897-7680 If you are new to the Village, or you have Well, work has continued cleaning out the any issues, questions, or comments please swales in the Village throughout all of March. stop by during the office hours Monday or As far as April is concerned, what is not Wednesday from 8AM-Noon, and have the happening overshadows anything that might pleasure of meeting our administrator, Betty have been happening. Towell. The Budget Retreat scheduled for March 24th was cancelled. Instead, a brief meeting (10- 15 minutes) with only a required minimum quorum of commissioner’s present, will be held on Monday, April 6th, at 10 AM. At this Open – 4 Closed - 9 time, the Board will direct the Town We also had 4 complaints this past month Administrator to prepare a reduced budget that were closed with a visit or phone call. based on anticipated reduced revenues. Please remember all Vehicles must be While, by law, this must be an open parked on concrete driveways. Please note 2 meeting, the current 10-person limit can wheels on concrete and 2 wheels on grass is only accommodate three members of the not Legal. All wheels must be parked on the general public: (mayor and 2 commissioners, concrete driveway, this includes trailers. 3 town staff, a 1 press representative equals Also, all vehicles and trailers must have a 7). The town has declared a state of current Registration, or should be removed emergency, which temporarily allows the from Village. Board of Commissioners to informally set John Epting guidelines for the Town Administrator to 518-428-0068 direct operations concerning the safety and POA Violations Director well-being of our employees and our residents without the need for a meeting to formally approve these actions prior their implementation. This is the town’s standard practice for dealing with hurricanes, before, during, and after. ADDITIONS/CORRECTIONS The items listed below are those that may Bonnie Dewberry 1096 Starboard 404-643- affect Town/Resident interactions for the 3630 duration: Daniel Deluca 1063 Cedar Court 631-566- Town facilities are closed to the public except 5626 for the solid waste convenience site. Ronald Garrison 1111 Bow CT. 419-989- To do business with the Town, residents 1560 should call, email, or use the drop box at the Dick Bergin flagpole, these are the only methods in POA Technical Advisor which business will be conducted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.