The Sommerwood’s Monthly Community Newsletter Sommerwood of Noblesville February 2012 S O M M E R W O O D O F N O B L E S V I L L E with the Board What’s on Board … SWHOA BOARD MEETING Sommerwood Homeowners Association Association meetings are held on the second Monday of each Board Meeting month, unless otherwise stated. The next meeting of the SWHOA will be held on January 9, 2012 @ 7:00 p.m. at 14074 Trade Center Drive Conference Room # 3 @ 7pm, Fishers, IN TUESDAY, February 7, 2012 14074 Trade Center Drive Board Members Present: Conference Room # 3 @ 7pm, Fishers, IN (Up stairs at the rear of the building.) NEW President: Chris Haynes (Behind Buffalo Wild Wings, 141st Street & SR37) NEW Secretary: Sarah Morey NEW Vice President: Kevin Shellcroft All LOT OWNERS are Welcome & Encouraged to Attend! Board Members at Large: Anne Harrington Board Members at Large: Jeff Voegele Property Manager: Tom Fernandez The meeting was called to order at 7:10.m. Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. Old Business: • NEW Board Members were discussed for 2012 positions. • CRIME WATCH for our Neighborhood. WE need more volunteers! As a Board WE ENDORSE IT! We need Neighborhood Crime Watch/Update YOU! Contact Cara Augspurger at [email protected] There is still a need of approximately (10) ten residents to • With the NEW Pool Season just around the corner, we email Cara with interest in being part of the Crime Watch the Board want to bring it to ALL Homeowners Program. Once that number has been achieved, a group attention. YOU OWN IT! You Live Here. It is our meeting with the Noblesville Police Department will be privilege and right to monitor and take position to do scheduled—thirty-eight Sommerwood households will need what is right for YOU as a Homeowner. to be represented at the meeting. New Business: Join in the prevention and reduction in crime in Sommerwood by indicating that you are watching. If you • NEW Board Members elected into positions: have questions or concerns, please contact Cara Augspurger NEW President: Chris Haynes at [email protected] or directly 776-2381. NEW Secretary: Sarah Morey NEW Vice President: Kevin Shellcroft Treasurer: Dion Norris Around Sommerwood ~ February 2012 Board Members at Large: Anne Harrington Board Members at Large: Jeff Voegele 2/2 Ground Hog Day 2/5 Super Bowl XLVI, Lucas Oil Stadium, 6:30pm on NBC It has been a Privilege for me to serve as your 2/7 SWHOA Monthly Meeting, 7:00PM Secretary for over 5 years. It is time to pass on the 2/14 Valentine’s Day torch to our newly appointed Secretary, Sarah 2/15 Noblesville Schools, Early Dismissal 2:05p & 2:55p Morey. Thanks for being such a GREAT 2/20 President’s Day/No School 2/21 Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday neighborhood. — Jeff Voegele 2/22 Ash Wednesday/Lent Continued on page 2 2/24 Flag Day “You will never possess what you are unwilling to pursue.” —unknown Page 2 THE FOILAGE ~ SOMMERWOOD’S MONTHLY COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER ~ February 2012 Sommerwood What’s on Board . with the Board, continued from pg. 1 Board of Directors 195 Homesteads No further business, the meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:00 p.m. Board of Directors & The next regular meeting of the SWHOA Board will be Members: held Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. To contact all SWHOA Board, go to: [email protected] PRESIDENT ―Great Neighbors‖ . make Greater Neighborhoods Chris Haynes 14813 Windsor Lane Submit an article of interest, announcement, concern regarding our neighborhood or maybe a neighborhood lent a helping hand. Email your VICE PRESDIENT blurb to [email protected] or [email protected] Kevin Shellcroft 14957 Windsor Lane and/or deposit it in the Drop Box, located at the pool/commons area! 317-770-9816 TREASURER Dion Norris 14939 Windsor Lane 317-774-9803 Spring Yard/Garage Sale SECRETARY It’s not too early to think about the Spring Sale, which is just around the Sarah Morey corner! This is a great opportunity to ―spring ahead‖ on your spring cleaning! If 14950 Rosebud Drive you are thinking about running a yard sale this year, please contact AT LARGE Lynne at 774-9803 or by email: [email protected]. Jeff Voegele A tip to get ready for your sale: Start a list of items you want to sell on 14885 Windsor Lane your refrigerator . 317-774-0873 By spring, which is March 20th, you’ll have your list ready! Anne Harrington 14849 Windsor Lane 507-1985 Property Manager Tom Fernandez Noblesville Communications Department —-Provided by Captain Nick Campbell, Noblesville Police Department Four Seasons Property Management PO Box 498 12/14/2011 10:48:34 AM ROSEBUD DR DISTURBANCE-NOISE COMPLAINT UNFOUNDED Fishers, IN 46038 1/3/2012 1:20:46 PM DAISY CT 9-1-1 HANG UP UNFOUNDED Phone: 317-846-3687 Fax: 317-324-4044 (See NCD Summary 2011, pg. 6) [email protected] Pool Gary (Gerry) Porter 317-702-3008 WANTED: Greeters/Resident Updates [email protected] If you are new to Sommerwood or need to update your residential address/phone, please contact Social Committee Christine Earley at [email protected] or call 696-5395, to be introduced into the community via Coordinator the newsletter and to update any information for the Board and directory! Lynne Norris macynorris@ yahoo.com Are you a newsletter captain and/or neighbor on your street, 317-774-9803 who would like to be GREETER to new neighbors? Contact Christine Earley for further details! Architectural Review Board Responsible for reviewing requests for architectural changes and presenting recommendations to the board. Obtain and submit your ARB form to the property manager. Brush and Branches SWHOA Website Freezing rain and wind gusts have been up to or exceeded 40 mph this winter, which sommerwood.com has blown down branches and trees. Webmaster: Chris Haynes Sommerwood Homeowners’ Just an FYI: Do not put brush in the street. CALL the Street Dept. at Association 776-6348, press 0 to schedule brush pick up as weather permits. P.O. Box 498 Fishers, IN 46038 Desktop Publisher/ Advertising Storage of Trash/Recycling Containers Christine Earley It’s cold, windy and temperatures are dropping! Please be reminded, that once 317-696-5395 Cell trash day has come and gone, trash and recycling containers need to be stored [email protected] [email protected] out of sight. Please do not leave them on the driveways or in other visible areas. Your cooperation will be appreciated by all. Thank you! Page 3 THE FOILAGE ~ SOMMERWOOD’S MONTHLY COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER ~ February 2012 Sommerwood Social Committee Sommerwood Lynne Norris is the Sommerwood Social Committee (SWSC) KIDS AT WORK Chairperson for the neighborhood, who plans social events throughout the year. If you have some ideas, share them! Pet Watcher Contact Lynne at 774-9803 or by email: macynorris@ yahoo.com. Lindsay Buell, 16, 774-9549 Stephanie Foerder, age 15, 773-7929 Lexi Foerder, age 11, 773-7929 Becca Foerder, age 11, 773-7929 Parking Concerns Evan Melloh, 417-5081 It becomes very difficult, especially in the cul-de-sacs, to back out of driveways safely Justin Weimer, 652-9846 or 773-5154 when vehicles are parked in the street. The US mail will not be delivered to an address, Alex Smith, 14 yrs, 774-7522 ($10 per day) if they are too close to the mailbox. Snowplows do not discriminate. If it is deemed necessary to park on the street in the cul-de-sacs, position your vehicle along the curb, rather Babysitting Lindsay Buell, 16, 774-9549 than parking with the front end of your vehicle at the curb. Even though it is inconvenient at times, when all possible, park in your driveways and please ask your guests to do the Olivia Clark, 13, Certified in CPR 770-3894/ Cell 372-4727 same. :) Elizabeth Dickey, 20, Looking for a full-time nanny this summer? College junior at Cedarville University. She loves children, has CPR/lifeguard certification, and has Kids @ Work Update! previously been a nanny. Lives in Wellington Heights. References are available upon request. 314-974-2642 The Kids at Work section of the newsletter needs to be updated. If Mallory Edmundowicz, age 17, 776-0589 your child/children are listed in the Kids @ Work section and require updating, moved, unavailable, need to be removed from the listings Morgan Edmundowicz, age15, Safe-Sitter Certified 776-0589 or a neighbor that has an update, please email the updated information to [email protected] at your earliest convenience. Stephanie Foerder, age 15, 773-7929, Safe- Sitter certified Lexi Foerder, age 11, 773-7929, Smart- Sitter certified Becca Foerder, age 11, 773-7929, Smart- Sitter certified Kudos . to our Newsletter Distributors Alyssa Hess, 18, 776-1709 Thank you to each and every one of our distributors for delivering the newsletter each Kami Hess, 15, 776-1709 month in the community – it is truly appreciated. If you are not receiving the total amount of newsletters for your route or have extra copies, please contact Christine Earley (refer to Emeline Rodenas, 18, five-years experience, Safe-Sitter and CPR certified. H: 774-8657; contact page). Also, if you are unable to deliver the newsletter within a couple of days of Cell 385-0665 receiving your bundle, going to be out of town or any other situation that prohibits Taylor Seyfried, 14 years old, Safe-sitter delivery, please do contact me, so that arrangements may be made. 317-696-5395 AND/OR Certified, 773-4825 [email protected] Isabelle (Izzi) Substanley, age 13, 774-8046 McKenzie Substanley, age 17, 774-8046 Becca Voegele, 16 years old, CPR Certified External Lighting 774-0873 Barbara Turcotte, Need a Grandma’s help? Please take a minute to look over your external lighting in regard to Anne Harrington’s mother is available.