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22727 Maple Ave. Torrance CA 90505 Phone: 310 325-3080 Fax # 310 961-5918 [email protected] u Newsletter Editor: Jacob Aslay 310 325-3080 Adv. Mgr.: Paul Cohen 310 325-3080 Website: www.nhsb.org b E.MAIL: [email protected] H January 23, 2015 l i The ‘OBSERVER’ publication is not affiliated or sponsored by the New Horizons c South Bay Association. New Horizons is not responsibleO for the content of the a t Observer. R i o Next week’s activities at New Horizons ITo all residents – concerning work order n This is a reminder that you must put in a work Daily, 12:00 pm Water Aerobics f order for any and all work that you Sun. Jan. 25 9:00 am. Travel Club Trip to Escondondo Zneed done by Grounds Maintenance Dept. If o 1:00 pm Getting to Know You-Lounge you want or need something special: r Mon. Jan. 26 10:30 am Bridge Club Oif you feel a certain area is being neglected, if Tue. Jan. 27 9:00 am Ceramics Workshop you want us to make you a garden or 1:00 pm Scrabble - Card Room help you with one already planted, or if you t Wed. Jan. 28 9:00 am Men’s Golf N need plants moved or replanted. Anything h 7:00 pm CIC Meeting – 50/50 raffle Thu. Jan. 29 8:30 am Ladies' Golf that pertains to the Grounds Department must - e Sand I stress must - be on a work order. Fri. Jan. 30 1:00 pm Sit 'n Knit – Lounge You makeW out the work order, drop it at the office, theE ladies assign a number to it. B put it inE my box. I make a copy, initial the o K original and get with Tony and we go over a VOLUNTEERS WANTED them all.L Some are easy, some are harder but Need two volunteers ASAP to design and lay- they all Yget the same attention. NO one gets r out the newsletters. special attention even the board makes out a d N Need to have working knowledge of Microsoft work order for all work needed. Tony gives the E Word. original to Sam and crew, I keep the copy for my recordsW and that way I have a paper trail of o Newsletter Editor what is beingS done and if it is done in a timely f manner.L When the work orders are completed Tony givesE them back to me, I sign D Attention! them, giveT a copy back to office ladies for their The application for the HOA board nominees computerT entry and I file a copy in my i was closed on January 21st at the board own files.E This is a day in the life of a Grounds r meeting. DepartmenR t work order. e The nominees will be announced on the I so appreciateT all of your co-operation. Thank you c January 30th newsletter. h e Linda Crickmore, t Grounds Maintenance Chairman o

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DID YOU KNOW………………… To all residents - concerning area sprinklers That depending on the origin of a leak and the time Here is an updateR on the area sprinklers. A few frame in which it is found and reported - THE CONDO months agoe Grounds department decided to buy OWNER CAN BE 100% OUT OF POCKET brand new sprinklerss for the entire community. The RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL DAMAGES? board votedi and Grounds bought about 8059 brand To find out what the HOA pays for, what your new Toro sprinklers for the entire 55 acres insurance pays for, and what you will be responsible to here at Newd Horizons. Sam, our Foreman, Jesus, pay for - read your CC&R's pages 17-20 and 42-46. Gabriel ande Ramon of our gardening crew have been It's important to understand the difference between a working onn Saturdays to install the new sprinklers. leak that originates between the walls of your condo On Saturday, January 17th they installed the last of and a leak that originates from someplace inside your the sprinklerst in Area 1. The brand is Toro a top of condo, and who pays for what. the line sprinklers and also an item that we can get a To find out what your insurance company will pay for, rebate on. Last week we received our first rebate read your policy or call them and ask. They will be check. The total rebates we will be receiving is happy to help you with an information exploration to $21,000.00.a Grounds is glad the new sprinklers are better understand your policy. doing their njob also. No more watering the dog, car, Some insurance policies will cover "spontaneous" house. The dgrass is coming back and the areas are leaks. These are leaks you discover immediately and starting to look really good. We are buying plants you take immediate action to repair the leak. Some and flowers to fill in the sparse areas all thru the insurance policies WILL NOT COVER leaks complex. WeO are also replacing a tree when we have involving mold….as they believe that these leaks were to remove itw because it is diseased. This is an update NOT DISCOVERED in a timely manner; otherwise of what is andn has been going on in the Grounds mold would not have developed. And mold is very Dept. Enjoy New Horizons folks. expensive to remedy. e Linda Crickmore In order to protect yourself, and your investment in r Grounds Maintenance Chairman your condo, and to reduce your liability as much as **************************s you can………. Board Appreciation Dinner 1. TURN OFF YOUR WATER IF YOU WILL BE Saturday, March 21 GONE MORE THAN 24 HOURS and…. “The Depot” restaurant, Old Town Torrance 2. RUN THE FAUCET TO MAKE SURE ALL OF 3 course dinner: $35.00 per person YOUR PIPES ARE EMPTY OF WATER BEFORE Meet and Greet: 5:00 pm YOU LEAVE. Dinner served at 6:00 pm Joanie Jones, Insurance Chairman Maximum Attendance 120 ************************** Make check out to New Horizons H.O.A. Board ROOFING PROJECT INFORMATION Dinner. PHASE 4 Place checks in the Recreation Council Mail Box. The following buildings are scheduled to be completed Checks must be received by March 14. as part of Phase 4. These buildings are all straight line NO CANCELLATIONS OR REFUNDS AFTER construction. Support posts are also being installed. MARCH 14. The actual start date will depend on the condition of More information next month. the prior building and the weather. Any questions call Richard St. Amant 310-989-7700. Residents will be notified at least one week prior to the Sponsored by the Recreation Council. start of work. ************************** Building numbers: Keys Found 407 COMPLETED A set of 2 keys and 10 membership tags was found 410 STARTED 1/12/15 near the Recreation Center pool on this past Friday. 413, 420, 422, 504, 601 TBD The owner can retrieve them at the main office. Submitted by Gary Smith

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Travel Club News for 1-23-15 by Ed Railly, Men’s Wednesday Golf Results 1/14/15 Travel Club Chairman, New Horizons 310-326-4710 By Carroll Massey If you missed last week’s meeting (the rescheduled Weather warmed up. Some golfers did some, meeting on 1-8-15, due to our regularly scheduled some didn’t. meeting that normally takes place on the first Thursday High gross scores: 71 & 69 of the month) you managed to miss a chance to Winners determine what travel year 2015 has in store for the A Flight Low Gross Low Net travel club. The members of the club in attendance Craig Conant 50 indicated that they would be interested in the following Ray Tominaga 50 proposals: our first outing took place January 18. We Bruce Kenny 46 traveled to Escondido to take in a great meal and a BFlight terrific show at the Lawrence Welk Resort Theater. The Steve Spolodoro 55 show was Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical, R. Dilibero 47 “The King and I.” As are all the shows produced in the Hole in One: None Welk Resort, it was truly professional, a really enjoyable, first-rate production. ************************** Next up is Showtime Cabaret’s “It’s a Great Day for the Women’s Thursday Golf Tournament 1/15/15 Irish.” That trip takes place on St Patrick’s Day, By Joanie Johnson Tuesday, March 17. Cost is $102.00. In May we will be Another wonderful day on the course. heading south to San Diego and the Wild Animal Park. Tournament Saturday Date, time and cost TBD. Our next trip skips a month Low score 55, High score 83 and takes place in July. That’s when we get to see my We have all skills level, come out and join us. all-time favorite musical, “Singing in the Rain.” The Winners date is Sunday, July 12, and the cost is $107.00. A Flight Low Gross Low Net On August 23 we revisit the beautiful Walt Disney Kay Mori 55 Concert Hall where we will be treated to a wonderful Janet Weber 49 California Philharmonic program entitled “Postcards B Flight From Around the Globe.” In September we find out how Kathy Lindbergh 61 good you are at solving a mystery. Our destination is the Mary Carruthers 47 Act Out Mystery Theater in Long Beach. Date, time and C Flight cost is TBD. Autumn is apple harvest time and we are Barbara Helm 67 slated to travel up to Oak Glen on Friday, October 23 to Marge Frye 51 enjoy a delicious home style lunch at one of Oak Glen’s ************************** most popular country restaurants, stroll through Important!! picturesque Oak Tree Village and take home a whole When you feel ill let your neighbors and family freshly-baked apple pie. Mmm mmm good. Are you know so they can check on you. What you may ready to return to Laughlin? We are heading to the brush off as insignificant may develop into a Riverside Hotel and Casino in November with a time, life-threatening incident and a family member date and cost TBD. Then we finish off the year with a return trip to the Lawrence Welk Resort Theater on calling you and not getting a response may be Sunday, December 13 to enjoy everybody’s favorite able to save your life. musical, “Meet Me in St. Louis.” Cost will be about Example: a work friend told my step-daughter $112.00. that her Mom was ill. A day or two later when Do you enjoy traveling? If so, how about joining us? the daughter called and didn't get a response, she The Travel Club meets the first Thursday of every month rushed over to her mom's home. She found her at 7:00 PM in the Clubhouse. We always we conduct a on the floor unconscious! She called the little business, discuss new and upcoming trips, see a ambulance company which was able to revive travel related film and enjoy a social hour with her and she received hospital treatment which refreshments. It is a lot of fun. Our next meeting will restored her back to health. take place on Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 7:00 PM in Please take this item seriously!! the clubhouse. If you would like additional information, By Shelly Zirkes please call Ed Reilly at (310) 326-4710, or Sharon Rose at (310) 539-0811.

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Slice of New Horizons History Series Dorothy Adland Parker Dorothy was first here in 1963 as a guest, playing golf on our brand new course as permitted by the sales office. Her first husband, Herb Adland, an agent for DeBeers industrial diamonds, traveled from New York. The inner circle was complete and priced at $17,500; but upper units (originally considered more desirable) cost $1,000 more and $5,000 extra to be on the golf course. In 1969 they bought and moved in. Ray Watts planned paddle tennis where the driving practice net is now. However, Chevron had a working well there so residents asked instead, for a tennis court. At first there were no rules for the court so her group wrote some. “Before that,” she remembers, “there was fighting with residents bullied off the court.” Dorothy also played golf with a club here, The Traveling Golfers. They shot at a new course each month and even traveled to Hawaii and various resorts. She was an avid bowler, too. At that time New Horizons had its own bowling league with a dozen or so teams playing each week. She was a committee secretary and served as Board Secretary. Need a Notary Public ? ? “I was on every committee at one time or another, except for the budget committee,” she recalls. She was a part of a Call Elaine Trovato at (310) 339-4568 Therapeutic Pool Club; they had pancake breakfasts, Mexican $ 10 per signature lunches and other events to raise money to buy, install and New Horizons resident maintain our Jacuzzi. In that very Jacuzzi, after tennis, Dorothy met Bill Parker, her current husband of 30 years. Volunteers Needed for Meals on There were no garages then, only carports, and residents Wheels Delivery!! refused to pay to put them up. So Dorothy and Bill agreed Five days a week, volunteers deliver meals to with others in their immediate area to fund and install their house-bound citizens in Torrance and own 14 garage doors. After that, other residents saw them Lomita. Donating 1.5 hours per week of your time can make a difference! and realized the benefit of this pioneering endeavor, For more information eventually voting to add them condo-wide. Call 310-542-3434, or visit: When you talk to Dorothy, one thing comes across loud and www.TLMOW.ORG clear – that she loves New Horizons. “She was an inspiration with her devotion to the condo for so many years,” a neighbor told me “We all gained from how she served us.”

Golfers Herb and Young Tony maintains Dorothy Adland, the tennis court Norm Cox 1973 Bowlers Herb and Dorothy Adland, Bob King and Marge Dutton Page 7