The Needle Pinewood Lake Homeowners Association

www.pinewood-lake.com May, 2009

POOL OPENS Attend May 14 Board Meeting

to express an opinion on the potential for a Lee District community parking district which would prohibit boats, trailers, and RVs from parking on streets in Lee District. Jeff McKay is seeking resident input and has asked the Board to help.

Saturday, May 23 at 11 AM

POOL PASS SCHEDULE Monday, May 4 6:30-7:30 PM Thursday, May 7 6:30-8:30 PM Tuesday, May 12 6:30-8:30 PM Thursday, May 14 6:30-7:30 PM Saturday, May 16 9 AM-Noon Wednesday, May 20 6:30-7:30 PM Friday, May 22 6:30-8:30 PM Saturday, May 23 9 AM-Noon

IMPROVING SAFETY ON ROUTE 1 The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) cordially invites representatives from the Lee District homeowner associations to a meeting designed to provide the community with the opportunity to learn the results of VDOT’s comprehensive safety study on how to improve pedestrian and vehicle safety along the Route One corridor.

Meeting is May 5, 2009 from 7:00 – 8:30 PM at the South County Government Center, 8350 Richmond Highway in Room 221. For further information prior to the meeting, please contact Randy Dittberner at randy.dittberner@VDOT.Virginia.gov.

Skip the lines: don’t wait until the last minute!!!

GETTING YOUR POOL PASS New for 2009: • If you have no changes from last year, print

your name, address and “No Change” at the top of the form, and sign it. You will go to the head of the line.

• If you have changes, you must bring written documentation to prove additions are permanent residents. You must purchase guest passes for people who do not live here year round. Pinewood Bar-B-Q

Saturday, May 23 5:00 – 7:00 PM Pool Deck

Hamburgers, Hot Dogs & Drinks provided

Bring a dish to share Children must be with an adult Sponsored by the Hospitality Committee

If you have your laminated pool pass: 1. Complete the Pool Pass application in April

Needle - or @ www.pinewood-lake.com. 2. Bring your cards to the office on one of the

scheduled pool pass days. 3. Volunteers will put the 2009 sticker on your

cards and take new pictures of children who have changed appreciably since last year or who fall into a new age category.

4. If you want to add people to your pool pass, you must bring written documentation to prove they are permanent residents.

5. If you have lost your card, you must pay $5.

If you are new to the community or did not apply for a pool pass last year: 1. Complete the Pool Pass application 2. Come to the office on one of the scheduled

pool pass days. 3. Volunteers will prepare cards valid for 2009. 4. If the card is lost card, you must pay $5.

PINEWOOD LAKE POOL Although the pool rules have not changed, here are some reminders: • To enter you need a pool pass or a multi-

use guest pass. • 10 guest passes costs $25. • No guest passes available at the gate. • Guests are your friends and family who do

not live in Pinewood. • Guests must be accompanied by a resident

with a valid 2009 pool pass. • You may include only permanent residents

on your pool pass. • Adults must be within arm’s reach of non-

swimmers. • Only adults may supervise children in

wading pool. • Family members of residents behind in their

Association assessments will be denied entrance to the pool.

POOL REMINDERS

• Get your pool pass early • Join the Pool Committee; help make the

pool a center of community social activities • Have your child join the swim team • Host an after-hours pool party (applications

and instructions available on-line or by calling 703-360-6212)

Mike Shigley, Pool Chair 703-360-7237

ACC Announcements When you want to paint or repair the outside of your house, you must first submit a request to the ACC explaining what you want to do. There is a form in the office or at www.pinewood-lake.com . Drawings and paint chips are helpful to include in your request. Have you received a violation notice lately?

We are aware that finances for many homeowners are extremely tight at this point in time. It is the duty of the Homeowners Association to make sure properties are maintained. We will work with you if you contact us to create reasonable deadlines, but the work does need to be completed. Under the new paint standard all recessed plane needs to be all one approved color. Woodwork trim color needs to be all one approved color. This includes front, back and side of house. Please refer to current paint standard for details. If you have questions, please contact Karen Jones, ACC Administrator at (703) 360-6212.

Pinewood Lake Homeowners Association www.pinewood-lake.com

8159 Fernlake Court Alexandria, VA 22309-1209

Phone: 703-360-6212 FAX: 703-360-6771

email: plha@verizon.net Office Hours: 12 PM - 3 PM Monday-Friday 9 AM - 12 Noon Saturday Community Manager: Kirsten Davis Asst Community Mgr: Karen Mestemaker Admin Assistant: Karla Duggan Board of Directors President: Dave McAuley Vice President: Nancy Razzino Secretary: Delna Clark Treasurer: Jack Kaufman Members at Large: Brian Duggan Bill Gleason Richard Hall Burnette

carboro S The Pinewood Lake Needle Staff Editor Bev CardWebmaster Kirsten Davis Advertising Manager Lois Passman P hone: 703-780-4236 Fax: 703-780-6903 The Needle is the official publication of the Pinewood Lake Homeowners Association. Advertising in the Needle does not imply approval or sanction of products or services by PLHA. Noncommercial classified ads for goods are free to

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MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE

Street Paving At the April Board meeting, the PLHA Board approved proposals to re-pave Longworth Square and to repave a Lakepark Drive service road. Paving will begin in the next couple of weeks and flyers will be distributed to your home a couple of days before the work begins. If you have questions, call me.

Mosquitoes Did you know that cleaning your gutters will reduce the amount of mosquitoes in your yards? Please remember to limit standing water in your yards during the summer.

Community Clean Up A Success On behalf of the Maintenance Committee, I would like to thank all of the community members who participated in the Spring Community Clean-Up on April 18, 2009. The community members who participated are (Please forgive me if I accidentally omitted any names or mistyped them): Geoffrey Clingenpeel Tricia Gosby Kevin Cruz Paul Graham Bill and Evelyn Gleason Bryan Fuentes Gutierrez Steven Gutierrez Richard Hall Louise Horner Ione and Dick Knapp Ginger Krup Sieglinde Lesher Maria Leyva Martha Leyva Keith Maly James Maly Filiberto and Mary Helen Martinez Brian Palazzolo Jose M. Postillo Marshall and Debi Sutton Antonio Chris Ream 703-360-1712

PINEWOOD LAKE SWIM TEAM

Applications available in the office.

Questions – call Susan Hosek 703-360-8743

PINEWOOD LAKE EMAIL GROUP Want to keep up with what's going on in the neighborhood? Join the Pinewood Lake Email Group! You will receive important news and updates about Pinewood from your neighbors and the Pinewood Lake Homeowners Association. You can also use this email group to communicate with your neighbors. You can propose ideas, share concerns, list items for sale, ask your neighbors questions, start a club or just read the posts. The opportunities are endless. Email makes it easy to stay in touch and involved! To join the Pinewood Email Group, send a request to katyparente@yahoo.com.

Jeff McKay, Lee District Supervisor, Visits Pinewood

KIDS AND FENCES/BENCHES Parents, remind your children to: . stay off other people's private property; . stay off fences; . not stand on benches.

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GARDEN CLUB UPDATE “Flowers – Flowers – Everywhere!”

With another successful Plant Plus sale behind us, the Pinewood Lake Muddy Hole Garden Club members want to take this opportunity to thank all of our loyal community residents who continue to support us with their various floral bedding purchases. As well as all the other customers … new residents and passers by, that were captivated by the multitude of color and hardy bedding selections at tantalizing prices at our sale on Lawrence St. Certainly, the folks buying and enjoying hot dogs and hamburgers, sold by the Swim Team, enjoyed the day as well. Jutta Caudill’s Memorial garden will be dedicated in May. Peruse the new design with its unique mixed material foundations and bedding shrubbery and floral input on the Saint Anne’s cul-de-sac. Want to come and grow with us and get a new perspective to the floral and horticultural world? Please join us on the first Wednesday at 7:30 PM in the Frank Holub Community Center. May is the month to step up to your welcoming flower bed! Stephen Papanicolas 703-799-4328

Our community storm drains have been identified with this label:

Discovery Channel documentaries show fish and wildlife that have been hurt by eating or getting tangled up with trash, mostly plastic items, that wind up in our waterways (for photos, go to: http://seapics.com/feature-subject/environment/ocean-pollution-pictures-002.htm.) Did you know that plastic cups, bags, six pack rings and trash gets in the waterways by being blown or thrown into storm drains? In Pinewood, you can almost always see trash laying next to a drain just waiting for the next wind or rain to push it in. Our storm drains connect directly to our lake. That’s why the lake looks so trashy right after a big rainstorm.

This spring we’ll honor high school, college and advance degree graduates. Submit names and future plans by May 14. Group picture for June Needle is May 14 at 7 PM in Pinewood office. Send information to the Pinewood office at plha@verizon.net.

STORM DRAINS / OUR LAKE / POTOMAC RIVER /

CHESAPEAKE BAY / ATLANTIC

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(These drains are different from our household sewers, which go to a sewage treatment plant.) Then the trash from our lake flows into Dogue Creek, the Potomac River, the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. We have to be very careful to make sure that only rainwater goes into our storm drains! No fertilizers, paints, pesticides, anti-freeze, oil, street litter or pet waste. Pollutants that enter the water through the storm drain cause what is known as non-point source pollution (NPS) because no single individual or location is responsible, we all are! NPS is the major cause of pollution in our streams, rivers and the Chesapeake Bay. It’s easy to stop NPS by keeping trash out of our storm drains. You can help by putting all trash into our trash cans. There are many around the community. If you see trash on the street or the lake path, please pick it up before it gets blown or washed into the drains or the lake! Where does most of our street trash come from? Most of it comes from our own trash bags after birds or animals tear them open. Animals smell garbage more easily through the thin white trash bags. Please use the heavier and more effective dark trash bags. Make sure your household trash won’t blow away - especially recycle items. Put heavy items on top to keep lighter items secure. Don’t forget the dark trash bags. Please don’t throw trash into the storm drains. We can keep Pinewood Lake beautiful and save our ducks, fish and other wildlife from being injured by our trash! PS – I have extra labels and there are still some storm drains that need one, so if you see one, please let me know the location so I can label it. Thanks. I’d like to thank Christin Jolicouer at the Northern Virginia Soil & Water Conservation District for providing storm drain materials and Chris Ream for helping attach labels. Brian Palazzolo 703-780-4883

NEED HELP OUTSIDE YOUR HOME?

Are you able to provide the necessary materials but unable to do the labor to maintain your yard or the exterior of your home? If so, we have volunteers who may be able to help you. Please contact the Pinewood Lake office at 703-360-6212 or plha@verizon.net to tell us about your situation and we'll see if we have any volunteers able to assist you.

ATTENTION DOG WALKERS Please remember: . pick up after your dog; . dogs must be on a leash when out of

DO YOU NEED COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS?

Community Service Hours! Are you a student in need of community service hours for school or an extracurricular activity? Consider joining one of the many Pinewood Lake committees to complete your service hours over the summer. Contact the Pinewood Lake office at 703-360-6212 or plha@verizon.net for details.

your yard; . dogs may not run loose on common ground; . dogs may not go on other people's private property.

Needle/Directory Volunteers Needed

Would you volunteer to help the Needle get published each month? Would you like to help with the directory or other publications? Contact the office at 703-360-6212 or plha@verizon.net for more information.

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NEW NEEDLE FEATURE:

OUR NEIGHBORS

Do you know your neighbors? We need to strengthen our relationships with one another. This new section will feature:

o Birth o Graduation o Marriage o Death o Community Volunteers

Jeff McKay congratulates Jack Kaufman for a successful campaign to restore the South

County Senior Program to the Fairfax County budget.

This spring we’ll honor high school, college and advance degree graduations. Submit names and future plans by May 14. Group picture for June Needle is May 14 at 7 PM in Pinewood office.

Send information to the Pinewood office at plha@verizon.net.

PLHA Calendar Regular meetings in PLHA office @ 7:30 PM

May 5 ............................................... ACC

May 6................ Muddy Hole Garden Club

May 11 ................... Neighborhood Watch

May 14 ....................... Graduates Picture 7:00 PM in Pinewood Office

May 14 ........................................... Board

May 15 .......................... Needle Deadline

May 19 ............................................. ACC

May 20 ............................................. Pool

May 23 ..................... Pool Opens at 11 AM Pinewood Bar-B-Q from 5-7 PM

May 26 ................................ Maintenance

May 28 .................................... Marketing

The Needle Advertising Policy: • Free personal ads from Pinewood residents

and absentee owners that offer “one-time” sale of goods or requests for goods/services;

• Paid commercial ads from businesses

Avoid the long lines… Get your pool pass renewed early

No one may enter the pool without a valid 2009 pool pass on May 23.

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