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TO THE POINT Drivers, START YOUR ENGINES!!!! MARCH 2015 1ST DAY OF SIGNUP IS 8:30 AM By Patrick J. Rooney – CMCA®, AMS®, PCAM® FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 2015 Valentine’s Day is here. It always marks the beginning of the UMBRELLA COMMITTEE NASCAR Auto Racing Season. The Opening Day Event is the MEETINGS celebrated “Daytona 500”. A celebrity is always selected to announce the title of this article with great enthusiasm. I’m sure that GROUNDS some of you will watch with profound interest. 3/09/15, 1:00 p.m. O. P. RESIDENT EVENTS But I want to talk about another race. It is not official or on the 3/20/15, 10:00 a.m. O.P. NASCAR circuit. But it is on the Providence Point circuit apparently. I call the race Providence Point 2 or “PP2” for short. It is not a SAFETY & SECURITY race held on one certain day but every day. You do not want to be 3/03/15, 11:00 a.m. C.B. a PP2 driver. PP2 drivers definitely go faster than 20 miles per hour BUDGET & FINANCE and some even decide to ignore stop signs, cross walks, and appear 3/24/15, 9:30 a.m. C.H. oblivious to pedestrians. Even NASCAR races have cautionary flags for safety. UMBRELLA BOARD MEETING 3/24/15, 1:30 p.m. C.H. It has become clear from a safety standpoint that the Umbrella Association needs to become more pro-active in the enforcement KEY of vehicle operating safety. Many employees and residents at Providence Point are observing poor driving habits on a weekly C.H......................COLLIN HALL basis. T.H..........................TOWN HALL Becoming pro-active costs money. This affects assessments. The CLBH....................CLUBHOUSE C.B........N. COMMUNITY BLDG. Association will have to take a more serious look at systems of M.P....MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM deterrence such as scorned “speed bumps”, to other devices to let F.V................FOREST VILLAGE driver’s know what speed they are going, to lighted stop signs, etc. O.P…………………OUR PLACE We may have to look at radar enforcement and camera systems. S.C.B.....S. COMMUNITY BLDG. As you can see this is costly. The real question is whether we as a community can afford the possible loss of life or serious injury. VILLAGE BOARD MEETINGS Here are some things to keep in mind. The Umbrella Association can and will fine speeders. The fines start at $75.00 per occurrence. Center …..….3/18/15, 10:00 a.m. C.H. The governing Board of Directors has the authority to ban any driver Forest ………3/17/15, 3:30 p.m. S.C.B. Garden………3/16/15, 10:00 a.m. C.B. from driving on Association owned streets in Providence Point. An Highland…….3/12/14, 10:00 a.m. C.B. owner could even face a foreclosure lawsuit as a last resort if they Hilltop……….3/12/15, 4:00 p.m. CLBH continually break the rules. It is not the intention of the Umbrella Meadow……..3/18/15, 3:00 p.m. C.B. Association to have to take such measures and we expect Washington…3/11/15, 1:30 p.m. C.B. cooperation of driver’s when they are notified of an issue. continued on page 2 I want to report on a recent phenomenon; Providence You too can join us in the pleasure of improving Point Drivers are aware of the law pertaining to use of lives. To find out how, come to one of our Friday cell phones while driving. We have observed owners meetings in Collin Hall. For more information call stopping their vehicle to take a call. This is very good. Barbara Cheatham 391-1772, John Gorow 557- On the other hand, some drivers are deciding to stop in 4626, Ferrin Lauve 427-9060 or Karl Plantinga the middle of a road. This obviously blocks traffic. Please 654-0487. navigate your vehicle to a safe location to pull over before taking a call. So if you like to drive like Mario Andretti, Danica Patrick PROVIDENCE POINT OFFICES or Dale Earnhart Jr., I suggest you find a race track to meet your needs. If you want to avoid higher 4135-A Providence Point Drive SE assessments and other inconveniences, it is time to bring Issaquah, WA. 98029: PP2 to an end. DON’T BE A PP2 DRIVER!!! Office phone: 392-9483 Office fax: 392-2530 Be safe out there Fans! Pat Rooney ext 22 KIWANIS 100TH ANNIVERSARY Community Manager This year Kiwanis is celebrating its 100th anniversary. [email protected] Kiwanians are especially proud of its improvements in the lives of children and their mothers. Cynthia Wirtz ext 22 Every day 134 newborns die from tetanus. Kiwanis’s Operations Manager worldwide program to reduce iodine deficiency is saving [email protected] the lives of millions of children and their mothers through iodine added to their salt. This is just one the ways Kiwanis Victoria Davenport ext 21 International improves lives worldwide and here at home. Office Coordinator [email protected] Tim Boone ext 26 Facilities Manager [email protected] Tim Hudson ext 32 Maintenance Supervisor [email protected] Nancy Post ext 30 Maintenance Administrative Coordinator [email protected] Lorri Palreiro/Genette Altaras Phone: 392-1222 Activities Manager/Coordinator [email protected] [email protected]. [email protected] Security Gate/After Hours 392-2592 2 3 EVERY MONDAY At 1:45 p.m. everyone will meet at the entrance of TH the Pompeii Exhibit for our timed ticket tour of 2:00 MARCH 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 p.m. HAPPY HOUR 5:00 p.m. South Community Building Experience Pompeii before and after the epic erup- Happy Hour every Monday night at the South tion 2,000 years ago. Imagine the moment their Community Building in Forest Village at 5:00 p.m. world vanished and discover the miraculous artifacts Come as you are. Bring something to drink and enjoy unearthed since. Witness the final moments of those your neighbors. This is a great way for people from all entombed in ash – including one of the largest col- villages to get to know each other. lection of body casts ever presented. RD TUESDAY, MARCH 3 In the year 79, Pompeii vanished beneath thick layers PACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER of volcanic ash left by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. POMPEII EXHIBIT & But what nature destroyed, it also preserved. IMAX “GREECE:SECRETS OF THE PAST” POMPEII: The Exhibition tells the tale of this city, 10:00 a.m. Last Stop hidden from view and forgotten for centuries until its Start your afternoon by grabbing a bite to eat at the rediscovery over 250 years ago. From garden Center House. The Center House offers a wide variety frescoes and marble statues to helmets and shin of good eats from sub sandwiches to pizza and guards of the day's Gladiators, coins and currency to everything in between. At 12:45 pm everyone will meet religious altars and shrines — all set in their original at the IMAX Theater for the movie Greece: Secrets of surroundings — you will experience daily life in this the Past. bustling Roman city. Then, as the floors shake and the walls rumble, relive the volcano's catastrophic Travel to Greece on a sweeping archaeological trip eruption through an immersive CGI experience, back in time. Whether digging for clues amid the culminating in the reveal of 6 full body casts of twisted ancient sands of Santorini or diving the waters of the human forms, asphyxiated by extreme heat and Aegean Sea where a 2,000-year-old statue of Posei- noxious gases and forever frozen in time. The cost don awaits discovery, Greece: Secrets of the Past of this trip is $31.00 and includes your admission and makes history come alive on the giant screen as entrance to the IMAX Theater, the Pompeii Exhibit never before. and your transportation. Lunch is at your own At the heart of the film's journey is Dr. Christos Dou- mas, an impassioned Greek archaeologist who, in- spired by his love of Greek culture, is working feverishly to piece together the puzzle of ancient Greece and better understand its influence on life today. Also playing a key role is Doumas' friend and fellow scientist, Dr. George Vougioukalakis, a volcan- ologist studying the devastating explosion on the island of Santorini in 1646 BC, which changed life in the Aegean Sea forever. 4 expense. Signup Day is February 27. You can sign There will be a cash bar with beer and wine up in the activities office on or after this date. available. Tickets for this dinner are $16.00 now on sale in activities. No need to wait for Signup Day. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4TH FISH & CHOWDER FEED THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH 5:30 p.m. Our Place FADO IRISH PUB Join your friends and neighbors for our monthly fish 5:00 pm. Last Stop feed. This event continues to be popular among the It’s time to get your Irish on! In celebration of St. residents, so if you haven’t gave it a try lately you may Patrick’s Day this month we’re headed to Seattle to want to consider it. the famous Irish restaurant, Fadó Irish Pub. Fadó Seattle has been serving the public since November Menu: of 2000, located at the intersection of First and Columbia just blocks away from the historic Pioneer Starter Choices are: Square district, Pike Place Market, and the beautiful Seattle waterfront. Caesar Salad or Matt’s Clam Chowder Their menu goes beyond the typical pub grub with Your entrée choices are: a range of high quality Irish, pub and new tavern favorites all made from scratch.