The ALPHA Board of Directors will be meeting on Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 10:00am, at the Arnold Public Library.
All ALPHA homeowners are invited and welcome to attend.
What? It’s Christmas already?Well, not quite, but we know that the Holidays are busy for everyone. We wanted to announce this early in order to give ample opportunity to RSVP to anyone who may want to go. Last year’s event was a great success and we hope that you can attend this year’s event.
Come and celebrate the Holidays with your Lilac Park neighbors. If you don’t know any, this is a great opportunity to get to meet some new people who live in your community.
WHAT: Christmas Dinner and Party
Dress is “dinner casual,” this is NOT a coat and tie affair. After all, we’re in the mountains.
WHO: Lilac Park Residents and their guests
As a dinner party, this is a night for adults to “get-away” before the frenetic Christmas Holiday.
WHERE: The Snowflake Lodge, Blue Lake Springs
Click HERE for a map to the Snowflake Lodge in Blue Lake Springs. The lodge is right next to the tennis courts.
WHEN: Saturday, December 1, 2011
Drinks at 5:30, dinner will be served at 6:30. Ends: Around 9:30 – 10:00
This is a BYOB event and as of this posting, NO decanting/cork fees will be charged.
HOW MUCH: Estimated cost per plate is approximately $30, which includes desert and tip. Menu TBA, but last year included a chicken, fish, and pasta dish.
More information to follow.
RSVP: Please RSVP by November 24, 2011 by clicking below and filling out the short form so we can let the Snowflake Lodge know how many to expect.
Many homeowners are opting to install a portable or permanent whole house generator to keep the lights on during the heaviest winter storms that often blow through our area.
If you are considering the installation of a generator to your home, please do your homework to ensure that your installation is correct. Improper installation can be life threatening to both you and to PG & E linemen working on downed power lines during a storm. It’s best to have your new generator installed by a licensed electrical contractor familiar with generator installation.
– PG & E Info on Generators
– California Energy Commission
Even though these web sites are from areas far away from here, people that live in these areas use generators frequently because of very harsh weather.
– Central Maine Power Utility
– Lakeland Electric Company (A Florida Electric Utility)
The ALPHA Board of Directors will be meeting on Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 10:00am, at the ALPHA swimming pool.
All ALPHA homeowners are invited and welcome to attend.
Air temperatures at night have been dropping into the 40’s and the solar panels are only getting about 3 hours of sun in the mid-afternoon. At last check, the pool temperature was only 67 degrees … chilly.
This year saw a big jump in pool use. Almost 80 lot owners used the pool an average of 7 times each resulting in just shy of 1350 bathers this season. We’re not sure because earlier records aren’t that accurate, but several people seem to think that the pool saw record use this year.
We look forward to next year and hope to see you at the pool!
The Summer / Fall 2012 edition of the Treetop Times, ALPHA’s newsletter, has been published to the web site. Click ‘Newsletter’ on the menu bar above then select the Summer / Fall 2012 edition.
The Treetop Times is published in Adobe PDF format, which requires the Adobe Reader. Get the Adobe Reader free by clicking here.
Paper copies of the Tree Top Times went out on Friday to homeowners who don’t receive email.
Lilac Park falls within the SRA and lot owners are subject to this fee. At present, Lilac Park does not have a form opinion about this fee, though the consensus among homeowners is that the fee was unfairly levied against those in rural areas. Several groups and associations have filed lawsuits to overturn this fee, but none have gone to trial as yet. Lilac Park Homeowners Association will monitor these cases and keep ALPHA residents up to speed as information becomes available.
The fee, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last year, is intended to raise an estimated $84 million in its first year for fire-prevention efforts. The annual charge can run as high as $150 for property owners with a single occupied dwelling, although there is a $35 discount for those who already pay a local tax for fire protection.
For more information, visit http://www.firepreventionfee.org/
or use Google to search for “Cal Fire Prevention Fee.“
A documentary film about California state parks made by an Arnold couple, will soon air across the nation on prime time television. Calaveras County residents can watch it on KVIE at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, and at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 19.
Many Calaveras County residents were first introduced to David Vassar and Sally Kaplan at the premiere of their latest film “California Forever” held at Jack Knight Hall at Calaveras Big Trees State Park last February.
When the 75-minute film concluded, thunderous applause shook the rustic rafters of the hall as the entire audience showed appreciation for the beauty, drama and fascinating history of California’s state parks.
“It’s really nice to have a community this small that is this engaged,” said Vassar, who is an Emmy award-nominated director. “I think it’s a testament to people caring about parks.
“People need to be reminded of the sacrifice people made to create these parks and why they were set aside – to preserve the heritage of our culture and the natural heritage of the generations to come.”
Main sections in the film, which took 61 days to shoot in 47 different parks, focus on Yosemite, coastal parks, deserts and the Sierra Nevada.
While shooting the film, Vassar said he and Kaplan realized they had and abundance of high quality content that couldn’t possibly fit into one film.
“In the scouting and filming, we found that there was an embarrassment of riches,” Kaplan, who produced the film, said with a smile.
After putting their heads together with those funding the project, a decision was made to lengthen the first film and make a second film called “California Forever: Parks for the future.”
It will focus on the idea that California led the nation in the “park idea” and it will also have to lead the nation in facing the challenges that will face parks in the future, Vassar said.
“I think people have forgotten the legacy of California State Parks, and they’ve forgotten the sacrifices people made to set these places aside and they’ve forgotten what an incredible treasure they are, and they need to be reminded.”
Just a reminder that the Annual Meeting of the Homeowners is this coming Sunday, September 2, 2012.
If your last name begins with
A through M: please bring a side dish. If your last name begins with N through Z: please bring a desert.
Homeowner’s Meeting from 4p to 5p, however all Lilac Park tenants and residents in good standing are welcome to attend the BBQ which begins at 5pm.
If you haven’t seen them already, signs are (or soon will be) posted around Lilac Park, which contain details of the event.
Extended ALPHA Pool Season Trial
The ALPHA Pool will remain open on a weekend-to-weekend basis through the end of September provided we continue to have hot weather and usage remains above 20 visitors per weekend.
Weekend hours will remain 12:00 noon to 6:00pm, Saturday and Sunday. The first extra days are Saturday, September 8 and Sunday, September 9.
Join us for all day long fee live solar powered music event in Hermit Valley which we affectionately refer to as Hermitfest. There will be booths, food, activities for kids and plenty of great music from 11 until 6….stick around a little longer and enjoy the musicians jamming together around the campfire. There will be concurrent celebrations in Markleeville including our popular fish plant at the Carson River Resort. The drawing for our beautiful byway quilt will be held at Hermit Valley. Raffle tickets are available now at select locations and events including the Calaveras Visitors Bureau in Angels Camp.
Vendors and musicians interested in participating in this year’s event should e-mail us at info@scenic4.org. Camping is available in the area but spots go quickly so plan to come up a day early and stay through Sunday to give yourselves a chance to play on the pass or enjoy a drive over the hill. Lodging is available in Murphys, Arnold, Bear Valley and Markleeville for those folks who prefer indoor accommodations.
More details, click the graphic above or click HERE!