FOOT PRINTS in the SAND PLEASE JOIN US at 9:30Am on May 26 at the Veteran’S Memorial, As We Honor and Remember Those Who Gave Their All
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May 2014 FOOT PRINTS IN THE SAND PLEASE JOIN US at 9:30am on May 26 at the Veteran’s Memorial, as we honor and remember those who gave their all. Visit our website at www.sandypines.com Follow us on Facebook, Twitter & Google+ IMPORTANT INFORMATION PHONE NUMBERS Letter from the Chairman by Tom Aldrich Member Services .................... 616.896.8315 Monday-Friday: 8:30am - 4:00pm Welcome back!!! I am sure everyone is more than ready for a fun and sun filled summer Saturday: 8:30am - Noon at our favorite resort. My condolences to those of you that spent the entire winter in our Closed Sunday Michigan frozen tundra. You more than deserve a summer break with lots of warm sunshine. Fax Number .................................... 616.896.7409 I talked to the weather man and he/she insured me a beautiful Michigan summer. My Member Service - Mary.................................... 100 Member Service ................................................ 101 thanks to Gene and the staff for the hard work in getting the Park ready. Be sure and mark [email protected] your calendar for the first Board Meeting at 7 pm, on May 16, at the Pavilion. We will look forward to seeing a good crowd. Please note this is a week later than usual. Administration We have three board openings, as usual. Gene/Kathy ........................................................ 105 [email protected] Yours truly and Stan Robbins will have [email protected] completed our terms and will not be Dawn .................................................................... 109 able to run again. If you are interested in [email protected] becoming a board member and would Beth ...................................................................... 106 like to discuss the experience before you [email protected] Park Inspector - Ralph ................. 616.896.7286 make a decision, contact Kathy Brott, at the [email protected] office. I will, in turn, contact you and set up Pumpouts - Emergency ................................... 111 Continued on Page 3... Sales Office ................................ 616.896.8315 Monday-Friday: 8:30am - 4:30pm ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM Saturday: 9:00am - 3:00pm BOARD OF DIRECTORS Sunday by Appt. Gene Van Koevering .....................Park President — MISSION STATEMENT — ....................................................Maintenance Supt. Dawn Arndt, CPA ............................................CFO The Sandy Pines Board of Directors Sales Office or Camping will provide positive leadership and Kelli ....................................................................... 103 Steve Deyarmond .........................Safety Director Kathy Molner ...................................................... 113 Jim Spray .............................Golf Course Manager management direction so as to ensure Dale Bos ............................................................. 114 the long term viability and success of www.sandypines.com Sandy Pines Wilderness Trails, Inc. [email protected] [email protected] MANAGEMENT TEAM Tom Aldrich (14) .....................................Chairman Maintenance .............................. 616.896.8317 Mary Cooper ..............Member Service Manager Kelvin Kronemeyer (15) ................Vice-Chairman [email protected] Kelli Blackman ...............Guest Service Manager Stan Robbins (14) .................................. Treasurer Open Monday-Friday Kathy Brott .............................. Executive Assistant 8:00am - 4:00pm John Spoelman (15) ...............................Secretary Kathy Molner ..................................Sales Manager Saturday Kerry Bunce (16) Ralph Smith .....................................Park Inspector 9:00am - 3:00pm Dan Kendall (16) Mary Applehof ...................Recreation Supervisor Closed Sunday Greg Maichele (15) Jack Schmidt ...................................Park & Garden Mike Young (16) Glen Pettigrove (14) Ranger Station ......................... 616.896.9006 [email protected] Fax Number .................................... 616.896.7286 [email protected] Recreation Dept ....................... 616.896.8318 COMMITTEE CHAIRS Mary Applehof - Recreation Director/ RETAIL SERVICES Adult Recreation..................616.896.8315 x112 Finance ................................................. Dan Kendall Kim Day, Aquatics Director Garden Club .................................. Nelson Bouma Corner Cafe....................................................... TBD Rog Grinwis, Signature Events Coordinator Golf Course ....................................Ron Corstange Hilltop Dairy Dip ............................ 616.896.8868 Carol Hoffman, Sr. Adult Recreation Grounds & Maintenance ...................Mike Young Just Your Style ............................... 616.896.1744 Kim Walters, Youth/Teen Recreation Long Range Planning ........................Rog Grinwis Park & Garden ............................... 616.896.9334 [email protected] Member Outreach ........................Kel Kronemeyer Pat’s Little Wheel .......................... 616.896.8004 Rules ...................................................Stan Robbins Pines Pizza ...................................... 616.896.0127 Lake Monterey Golf ............... 616.896.8118 Special Events ..............................Glen Pettigrove Technology ................................... Jon Novakowski Laundromat Hours / Retail Center 7:00am - 11:00pm 2 SANDY PINES FOOTPRINTS • MAY 2014 WWW.SANDYPINES.COM Letter from the Chairman Notice of Board of Directors Petitions ...Continued from Page 4 As per the Sandy Pines By-Laws, notice is hereby given that there will be three (3) positions available for the Board of Directors at the August 16, 2014, election. an appointment to discuss the experience and answer any questions. Contact the office for Nominating petitions must be returned to the Administration Office by June 17, details and the application forms. The deadline 2014, no later than 4:30 pm. for submitting your application along with 25 signed member petitions is June 17. Petitions NOTE: Petition forms are available at the Administration Office during regular must be turned in to Member Services no later business hours, Monday-Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm and Saturday 8:30 am to than 4:30 pm, on this date. We also would like Noon. In order to qualify as a candidate, you will need to submit a petition with you to encourage fellow members, who you feel at least 25 valid signatures from Sandy Pines members by June 17, and your are qualified and can make a contribution to the membership dues must be paid to date. leadership of the Park, to consider running. Respectfully submitted, We are going to establish a new committee John Spoelman, Secretary, to assist in the marketing of Sandy Pines. Our Sandy Pines Board of Directors long term goal is to create a strong demand for membership, to the point we will have a waiting list to join. I would like to call on members who have sales and/or marketing experience to join. Please contact Kathy Brott at the office if you What’s Happening are interested. You will be contacted relative to the time and place for the first meeting. We Cyndie and Al Metz, Site K-454 will celebrate 50 years of marriage on May also want to encourage all of our members to 23rd. They have been at Sandy Pines since the fall of 2002, and have two sons, do their part in the beautification of our resort. Jeff and Brad, 3 grandchildren and 2 wonderful daughter-in-laws. Thanks go out Keep your site clean and well maintained. to Pattie Menzel, for helping them find their paradise away from home, at Sandy Lots of flowers also make a welcome addition. Pines. They celebrated their anniversary on Celebrity Eclipse, for two weeks in Volunteering with the Garden Club and February, traveling in the Southern Caribbean, with two other friends that they Grounds and Maintenance, will also make a met at Sandy Pines. Wishing you many more years of happiness and laughter substantial contribution. Let’s all work together together! Congratulations on this wonderful milestone! and make Sandy Pines a beautiful showcase. Congratulations to Homer and Mary Elrod, Site K-362, who celebrated 30 Wishing everyone a safe and wonderful wonderful years of marriage on May 4th. May you always be as happy as you were summer. on the day you were wed! Wishing you much joy and laughter as you continue your journey together! Congratulations to you both! SANDY PINES FOOTPRINTS • MAY 2014 3 WWW.SANDYPINES.COM Letter From the President by Gene Van Koevering Welcome back to Sandy Pines!! It is really great to see the activity in the Park again and to witness the sites being cleaned, golf carts running about and Members excited to be back in one of their favorite places in the world. Thank you, to the many of you who have stopped by to say hi, just to let us know that you’re back and ready to help where needed. We look forward to your volunteerism this year; however we have been blessed by help from a number of Members in the off season, in a number of areas. A big thank you needs to go to those volunteers who worked the RV Shows with Kathy Molner: Jeremy and Megan Zeock-Vilas, Sharon White, Pam Mott, Ade Scholten, Don Dekker, Joe Molner. Members that helped at the Golf Show with Jim Spray: Terry Derks, Bill Reynolds, Karl and Jake Keuning, Mal Scott, Ralph Smith and Ron Timm. Thanks also to Michael VanderWall for putting together the power point presentation for the RV and Golf Show!! Thanks to