Pine Mountain Lake Happy Thanksgiving! November 2005 News Meet New PMLCC Manager Tom Dorsey & Chef Orpheus Brown Country Club Happenings – Page 8 50 cents The Offi cial Newspaper of Pine Mountain Lake Property Owners TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE(S) PRSRT STD Administration . 2-7 19228 Pine Mountain Dr. Groveland, CA 95321 U.S. POSTAGE PML Calendar of Activities . 17 PAID Permit# 213 Clubs/Activities/Recreation . 10-17 MODESTO, CA Country Club & Entertainment . 8-9 Change Service Community Corner . 34-50 Requested Local School News . 46-47 “Homes on the Hill” Real Estate . 19-33 Classifi eds . 51 ADMINISTRATION • BOARD OF DIRECTORS RESIDENT’S MESSAGE The Pine Mountain Lake News, By Dennis Scott • Board President established July 25, 1973, is printed monthly for res i dents of Pine Moun tain Lake and vi cin i ty by Pine Moun tain Lake As so ci a tion, Groveland, Cal i for nia 95321. y the time that you receive this some hardware, which also will cost us work should start the end of 2006 after SUBSCRIPTION RATES: issue of the PML News your around $100,000. Our current system all of the permits are received. Co-owner subscription: Board of Directors will have is so old it no longer meets the needs of $3 per year B Because of the rising concern from Single copies: 50 cents each approved our Association Budget for the Association. In addition, because Property Owners pertaining to the Single mailed copies: $1.35 each 2006. Association Management, Ame- of its age, the manufacturer no longer Sheriff support to our community, we For non-members: $10 per year nity Managers, and the Board have spent provides repair and support service. We have asked the County Supervisor rep- a considerable amount of time the past will also be replacing the fences at the resenting our area, Mark Thornton, to SUBMISSION DEADLINE few months developing a budget that Equestrian Center. The old fences have 10th of the month by 4:30 PM attend the November Board Meeting controls expenses as much as possible become a safety issue. For many months Late submissions not accepted to discuss this issue with the Property without having a negative impact on the we have been pointing out that we had Visit www.pinemountainlake.com/ Owners. In addition, we have also asked pmlnews.html for ad rates and service to the Property Owners. Within hired a fi rm to analyze the condition of him to try and get a representative from submission guidelines or e-mail: the next few weeks you will be receiving our lake and provide us with a report the Sheriffs offi ce to attend as well. If [email protected]. your copy of the Budget with the exact and their recommendations on action this is something that is of concern to numbers and details. that we could take to properly maintain you, we strongly urge you to attend this For the mutual benefi t of all property We have several major projects the lake. After reviewing their prelimi- meeting. The date of that meeting will own ers, the Pine Mountain Lake News reserves the right to edit all copy sub- included in the Budget for 2006. We nary report we have decided to fund the be November 19. mit ted for pub li ca tion. The Pine Moun tain included around $100,000 to redo the project over the next three years rather In addition, also making a presenta- Lake News is a pri vate en ter prise, not a Arbor at the entrance to the Association. than do a Special Assessment. Included tion at the November Board Meeting will public entity, and as such is entitled to As you may recall, the old one had to in our 2006 Budget is $180,000 for this be the company that completed the lake reject ad ver tise ments or articles in the be taken down due to age and for safety project. There will be another $180,000 survey. Again, if you are interested in best judgment of its editor or publisher, despite a prob a ble monopoly in the area reasons. We will be installing a new in the 2007 Budget, with the remaining this item I encourage you to attend the of its publication. Pine Moun tain Lake computer software system along with $180,000 collected in 2008. The project meeting. As so ci a tion is not responsible for, nor The preliminary fi nancials for Sep- does it guarantee the accuracy of, infor- tember show that we continue to run mation contained in any ad placed in the favorable to our budget for this year. Pine Mountain Lake News. With just three accounting months left SABRE DESIGN & PUBLISHING we will make every effort maintain a Design/layout positive variance to our 2005 Budget. CHRISTINA WILKINSON Publishing Editor Thank you for your time. JUDI WILKINSON Advertising Manager BARBARA COLDREN Editing & Distribution On the Cover Pine Mountain Lake News P.O. Box 605 Groveland, CA 95321 Tel: 209/962-0342 Fax: 209/962-0774 E-mail:[email protected] BOARD OF DIRECTORS P President • Dennis Scott INE Vice-President • John Case M 2005 Treasurer • Steve Margossian OUNTAIN Secretary • Ron Maguire Director at Large • Rita Hart OVEMBER L AKE • N GENERAL MANAGER Manager Tom Dorsey Joseph M. Powell, CCAM N EWS & Chef Orpheus of PMLCC EWS N CORRESPONDENCE TO DIRECTORS Quit fi nding out about what • N AKE Pine Mountain Lake Association you’ve been missing through your L 19228 Pine Mountain Drive friends. Check out the new OVEMBER Groveland, CA 95321 happenings yourself by visiting the Pine Mountain Lake Country Club. OUNTAIN ADMINISTRATION OFFICE Something’s going on every week. 2005 M HOURS OF OPERATION Schedules and information can be INE Monday - Friday 8 AM - 4:30 PM P Tel: 209/962-8600 found on pages 8 and 9. 2 Photo by David Wilkinson 3 ADMINISTRATION • BOARD OF DIRECTORS ,the layers of water in the lake mix and we are GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT SUBSCRIBE to the By Joe Powell, CCAM General Manager unable to get all of the sulfide-laden water out. We are currently reviewing the timing of this Pine Mountain Lake News Tuolumne County Sheriff Deputy Cover- scheduled for Saturday, November 26th. It exercise and will be looking for ways to extend TODAY! age and Safety Issues promises to be a fun evening of great Italian the time frame to allow members to remove There is a lot of controversy surrounding music and dining. Tickets are on sale now their watercraft prior to October 31st. Name____________________ the service and coverage PMLA residents for only $40.00. are receiving from the County Sheriff’s Fire Safety Program Unit ________ Lot ________ Department. As a result, we have asked the Exercise of Dam Gates As the winter season approaches we ask Tuolumne County Sheriff, Dick Rogers, The annual Dam gate exercise was per- that property owners take the time to bring Mailing Address ___________ and County Supervisor, Mark Thornton, to formed on October 3rd and the water level was their lots into compliance with the Fire Safety _________________________ meet with us at the November 19th Board dropped almost two feet in order to extract the Program. The burn season is now in effect Meeting. If you are concerned and interested build up of hydrogen sulfide that is naturally and you can call our Department of Safety to _________________________ in safety, crime and coverage in the PMLA occurring. This is something we do every year get daily burn information. Our composting community, please attend. The meeting to reduce the incidence of algae growth and to area near the Campgrounds is also available _________________________ starts at 9 a.m. at the Lake Lodge. keep our lake healthy. The California Depart- to members from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. (weather NO CHARGE for PROPERTY OWNERS (bulk) In an effort to support law enforce- ment of Fish and Game and the Department of permitting). We take fire safety very seriously ment, PMLA continues to offer a reward Waterways Division of Dam Safety were noti- as it is the biggest threat to our community. If $3/year for Co-Owners (bulk); of $1,000 for information leading to the ar- fied as usual. The timing of the annual exercise you have any questions please call our Fire $10/year for Non-Property Owners (bulk) rest and conviction of persons responsible changes from year to year due to the water Safety Coordinator, Larry Woodruff at (209) for vandalism and other crimes within the temperature. If the temperature drops too far 962-8616. $18/year for PROPERTY OWNERS (1st class) PMLA community. $28/year for Non-property owners (1st class) If you see a crime in progress, please call 911 and report it immediately. If you are the Enclosed is my check in the amount of victim of a crime, please call the County $_______ (PAYMENT DUE IN FULL) Sheriff and report the incident. If you witness something suspicious and you are unsure if it is Send this subscription to: a crime, call our Department of Safety at (209) ����������� Pine Mountain Lake Association 962-8615 and report it so we can follow up. ������� 19228 Pine Mtn. Dr., Groveland, CA 95321 Help PMLA and your neighbors stay safe. ATTN: NANCY Main Gate Arbor Removal & Replacement �������� Submission Guidelines As you know, the Main Gate Arbor structure became a safety issue and was ������������������������� ����� ���������������� The PML News is the removed recently. Funding for this project official newspaper of is in the 2006 Budget. ��������� � ������������������������������������������� Pine Mountain Lake Please look for the Main Gate Entrance Property Owners design contest in the January issue of the ��������������������� ������������������������������� PML News.