Excitement Grows As the New Clubhouse Is Nearly Complete!
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® The Official Newsmagazine for HG March, 2012 Vol. 26, No. 1 www.heathergardens.org Excitement grows as the new Clubhouse is nearly complete! (See more photos, page 25) Some interior walls are painted. HG board members got tour on Jan. 26. Above: HGA Director Donna Dissette stands at window that overlooks the golf course. Far right: HGA President Joyce Angel examines framing for an elevator. Photos by Jeannie Girard • Implant and Non-implant Supported Full and Partial Dentures • Loose Denture Solutions • In-house Crown and Bridge Lab • Sedation Dentistry • Veneering and Bonding • TVs in Treatment Rooms • Payment Options Available contents CenturyLink resolves accounting issues HGMD Grants Easement 5 Clubhouse nears completion Mini T-Rex…see page 17 Committee reviews resident suggestions Rooms Are Named 6 New Clubhouse: some new, some old HGA increase charges for all renters 7 Room Rental Fees Set To begin new capital improvement study HGA President and General Manager hold 11 Open Forum for Residents After HGMD Board meeting Author, Artist…see page 19 31 LETTERS 34 CLUBS/ORGANIZATIONS 38 SPORTS/RECREATION 41 HGMD FOUNDATION 42 CLUBHOUSE EvENTS 46 TRIPS AND TOURS Girl Scouts…see page 24 50 CLASSIFIEDS Heather ’n Yon ™ is published monthly TO HG RESIDENTS: for the residents of HG It is the intent of the Editors to provide infor- mation of interest to its readers, to afford persons Trademark Owner: HG Association with varying and differing views opportunity to air 2888 S. 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Printed by Publication Printers ([email protected]) corp., 2001 S. Platte River Dr. Join us as Senator Suzanne Williams Introduces Senator Linda Newell to Heather Gardens After the new legislative district maps were approved, Heather Gardens is part of the new Senate District 26. It will be my honor to represent your community. I’d like to learn how I can best serve you. Please join me at 9 am March 17, in the Art agle tax and accounting llc Studio to get to know each other, and discuss 3131 S Vaughn Way Suite 203 your issues and concerns. There are Aurora, CO 80014 exciting things happening at the Capitol. I look forward to sharing those with you as well. See you there! Steve Peister Contact Senator Newell: Email: [email protected] 303-337-6992 cell: 303-912-6937 Capitol Office Phone:303-866-4846 Fax: 303-337-6981 [email protected] Listing of Advertisers Attorneys- Health Services- Senator Linda Newall................4 Martha J. Karnopp .................23 Affordable Hearing .................12 Motels/Hotels- Kirch and Rounds ..................18 Bayer Ear Clinic Inc. .................8 Fairfield Inn .............................36 Paul Mitchell ..........................28 Gold Eagle Systems ...............44 Realtors- Auto Service- Home Furnishings- Keller Williams -Cathy Ford ....36 Johnson Automotive ..............41 Alfa Blinds ..............................22 Keller Williams -M. Bledsoe ....13 Tapp Auto Service ..................37 Bentley Baths ..........................21 Kentwood Co -Ron Ansay ......21 Auto Sales- Home Improvements- Re/Max Masters -Fred Smith .16 Ed Bozarth ................................9 BBS Handyman Services .......45 Re/Max Unlimited -HG Team ..56 Dentist- Blue Sky Sun Rooms ..............37 Retirement- Aesthetic Dentistry ..................45 Dun-Rite Kitchens ...................13 Cherry Creek Retirement ........32 Aspenwood ...............................2 Expressions in Flooring ..........40 Morningstar at Dayton Place ...9 D’Amico and Assoc .................36 Grande Vista Windows ...........55 St. Andrews Village at HG .....40 Dr. Nelson Joo .......................42 Kitchen Tune-Up .....................44 Travel- Estate Sales- New Windows for America ......48 Agape (Prime Time Tours) .....29 Metro Estate Brokers ...............9 Renaissance Dome Lighting ..44 Financial Services- Stack’s Home Repair .............22 Eagle Tax and Accounting ........4 Home Care/Nursing- LPL Financial .........................22 Elderlink Home Care...............44 Sandy Clements .....................47 Griswold Special Care ............45 Secure Financial Group ..........18 Home Instead Senior Care .....40 Semple Financial ....................18 Temure ....................................37 Food / Restaurants- Funerals- Miscellaneous- Apple Creek .......................... 20 Horan and McConaty ..............26 All Garage Door Repair ............4 Chambers Wine and Liquors 13 Newcomer ...............................21 Gate City Moving ....................46 Rosie’s Diner ........................ 20 NapoliTom’s .......................... 45 4 Heather ’n Yon, March 2012 HGMD hears “the check is in the pipeline,” grants easement to CenturyLink Four directors attended the Feb. 16 meeting of the Chuck Musgrave, of Barker Rinker Seacat (BRS) HGMD Board of Directors. Ron Dissette was absent. Architects, offered an update on Clubhouse construc- CenturyLink engineer Charles Place, who wants to tion. secure an easement from HG to accompany construc- “Exterior closure (stone, siding) New Clubhouse tion of the new Yale bridge over I-225 by moving existing is pretty much complete. Right now, construction telephone posts and lines, reported on his latest efforts they’re painting and caulking. Soon, status to resolve a dispute with HG. HG paid CenturyLink for we will be pouring curbs in the park- temporarily relocating telephone lines to the Clubhouse ing lot, in anticipation of asphalt. while construction of the new Clubhouse proceeded. “Xcel has put permanent power in [the building]. The work requested was never completed, but only We’re finishing setting all the mechanical equipment. about a third of what was paid by HG was refunded by You can’t see much of it [from outdoors], which was the CenturyLink. intent. The elevator is being installed. Place commented he had met with more CenturyLink “We’re now prepping the ground for landscaping co-workers over HG’s refund issue “than I knew exist- and putting in the irrigation system. HG crew will do the ed.” He explained that the refund HG sought had been actual landscaping. approved, and a check cut, from the old Qwest billing “Ceilings are going in. Interior painting has started, system. and cabinets are going in. Unfortunately, CenturyLink, which acquired Qwest, “We’re starting tiling in the bathrooms and locker has “taken over the Qwest process, but your [HG] name rooms. Carpeting and wood floors are going in. wasn’t in the CenturyLink vendor system. CenturyLink “The pool professional is back [on site]. The swim- will cut you a new check. I hope you will have it by the ming-pool tile will go in first, then the plaster, then the end of next week.” water to cure the plaster.” HGMD President Al Lindeman remarked, “Charles Treasurer Bill Archambault reported has worked very hard [for us] within a cumbersome that approximately $6 million had been Financial corporate process.” The board approved granting the spent from the Clubhouse Project Fund, report easement to CenturyLink, contingent upon receiving the with $3.7 million on balance at Zion First check. National Bank. A second condition of granting the easement was The Lottery Fund has a balance of $92,400; howev- that HG receive satisfaction that CenturyLink has es- er, $80,000 of this has been earmarked for construction tablished sufficient integration with another company, of new tennis courts. Integra, which is providing the T-1 circuit, to carry voice The Foundation has a balance of $494,150. “The and data, for the new Clubhouse. HG seeks assurance 2012 budget anticipates using a portion of these funds that CenturyLink will complete the work it must do on the for capital needs,” Archambault said. T-1 circuit on a timely basis (after Integra’s work); there- The board approved sev- Foundation fore, opening the Clubhouse will not be delayed. eral recommendations from HG’s funds several Foundation, to fund items for the new purchases Clubhouse. The board approved a HGMD Board Election contract with TouchSource, of Louisville, Colorado, not Candidates interested in running for two open to exceed $10,000 for a kiosk and software in the main positions on the HGMD Board of Directors should re- lobby. The kiosk could list Clubhouse activities (similar quest a Nomination Form from the Management Office to the television monitor in the existing Clubhouse lob- Completed forms must be returned to the office by 4 by), Foundation gifts and acknowledgements, and have pm Friday, March 2. a button for the restaurant, which, when selected, could Heather ’n Yon will run biographies of all candi- link to a