Just a reminder to mark your calendars for Memorial Day Weekend and the Lilac Park Yard Sale!All Lilac Park homeowners wanting to participate, contact the Board by Saturday, 5/21/2011! 209-795-3807 or info@arnoldlilacparkhoa.org
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Your 2011 annual assessment is due before April 30, 2011. If your payment is made after April 30, late fees will apply.
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May 19 – 22, 2011
The world-renowned Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee has a rich heritage dating back to the 1800’s. In the early Gold Mining Days, the Mother Lode Country was very prosperous. It attracted many industrious individuals looking for adventure. One such individual was Samuel Clemens who regularly made the trip from San Francisco to a small mountain cabin near Angels Camp.
It was during one of Mr. Clemens’ trips that he heard a tale that inspired his first published work, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”. The story records the antics of a character named Jim Smiley and his frog Dan’l Webster. Mr. Clemens first published this story in 1865 and used his pen name, “Mark Twain”, and so the legend began.
Tadventureadventure continues, we still jump frogs as part of the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee, which is held annually the 3rd weekend in May. This “Old-Fashion County Fair” features exhibits, entertainment, rodeo, horse events, livestock exhibits and the best little carnival in the west. Everyone is your neighbor and you are hosted by the friendliest people on earth.
Visit the Frogtown web site!
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For kids of all ages.April 24 , 2011 – 12:00 noon
At the Cedar Center, Hwy 4 & Oak Circle starting at 12 noon. Don’t miss photos with the Easter Bunny! Call for more information.
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The spring 2011 version of the Arnold Lilac Park Homeowners Association newsletter, now called The Treetop Times, is available via the web site. We will be mailing this via USPS to the +/- 60 folks who haven’t subscribed to our broadcast e-mail service (yet).
Using the main menu bar above, you can go to About > Newsletter > Spring 2011 and download it, or you can just click HERE. Click the image above to see where we keep copies of the newsletter.
Viewing The Treetop Times requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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Saturday, May 14, 2011 – 9:00 – 2:00
Join us Saturday, May 14, to prepare the pool and common area for summer action and fun! Why volunteer?
This annual event helps to keep our annual dues low because it saves our association approximately $1,000 that we would have to spend otherwise. Plus, it’s a great way to get to know others in Lilac Park!
This year instead of giving volunteers a $10.00 credit, a free LUNCH will be served to all who come and help!
Here’s a list of things we need to do:
Bring rakes, trimmers, loppers, wheelbarrows, pick-up trucks and trailers (if you have them) to haul debris from the back lot to the front for burning. The weather should be settled by then, but you never know so be sure to dress in layers and wear some sturdy clothing for protection.
We need your help. Please use the Contact Us page or send us an email to let us know that you’re coming, and what you can help with. Let us know as early as possible so we get an accurate head count for lunch.
We hope to see you there!
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Hi all,Recent estimates figure that one message in seven traveling through cyberspace is a legitimate email. Most of us have seen the ads for pharmacy this, weight loss that, and the other less, tasteful messages. Thankfully most Internet Service Providers (ISP) have tools on their mail servers to filter out the unwanted stuff with surprising accuracy. Without spam filters, we’d be swimming in junk messages.
Many of the tools ISPs employ consider the sender’s address, the mail server’s IP address, message content, frequency, and more. Much of the filtering is based on probabilities that are pretty good at weeding out the flotsam, but occasionally the spam software will catch legitimate messages and flag them as junk. Thus, the reason for the note.
It has come to our attention that some of you may not be receiving the broadcast messages from the ALPHA Board of Directors, like this one. If you received this, it’s because you either are NOT having a problem, or you had to remove this message from your spam queue and are now reading it. The content here is aimed at the latter.
We’ve changed the mail address that the web site software sends from to hoa@…, however we can’t necessarily remove the info@… that it was sending from before because there are a number of people that use this e-mail address to contact us. If your spam server still thinks that mail coming from ALPHA is spam after this change, the easiest way to solve the problem is to either 1.) add an exception to your spam filter for anything coming from the arnoldlilacparkhoa.org domain or 2.) contact your ISP and have them do it.
Mail providers such as Google, AT&T, and other larger companies have user tools in the administrative sections of their mail interfaces that allow you to add whatever exceptions you want. Smaller ISPs and even many regional providers don’t offer such tools requiring their support departments to enter them manually.
With as competitive as Internet Service and Mail provisioning is these days, most smaller to mid-sized companies are pretty responsive to their customer’s needs, so if you continue to have problems receiving e-mail from us because of spam filtering, please add a filter exception for “arnoldlilacparkhoa.org,” (no comma) or call your ISP and have them do it for you.
I hope all is well.
Mark
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This is the first notice of the Memorial Day Weekend Yard Sale at the Lilac Park Pool.
Specific dates and times TBA.
All Lilac Park homeowners wanting to participate, contact the Board by Saturday, 5/21,2011! 209-795-3807 or info@arnoldlilacparkhoa.org
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Please see the Jobs Posting Page for details about this position. An on-line application can be found at the bottom of that page.
http://jobs.arnoldlilacparkhoa.org
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March 28 – roads were clear and snow was piled high – One of your residents needed help getting into her home. The call went out, and Lilac Park responded. You truly reflect what being a neighbor is all about. Thank you Lilac Park. Thank you.
Posted on the Bulletin Board by ALPHA’s Secretary / Treasurer:
A hardy thank you to GE for coming to the rescue on Sunday, March 27, with his 13 horsepower snow blower to create a path thru the 5 ft berm for a Lilac Park resident. G, in 30 minutes you did what would have taken 7 of us 3 hours. Thank you. …
Lilac Park isn’t the biggest community in Arnold, but we think it’s the best.
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Due to an increasing demand in the number of pages under the “Resources” heading to the left, the fire related links were moved to a new heading on the top menu bard called, “Your Property.”
You’ll also find a link under this heading called, “Property Maintenance,” which contains names and telephone numbers of people who perform lot cleaning/clearing services as well as others who do snow removal.
We have temporarily removed the photo gallery from the site because of some behind-the-scenes software issues. We’re in the process of getting those corrected and once we do, look for it to be posted under the “About” link on the top menu bar.
It is our aim to make the ALPHA web site a comprehensive resource of information for Lilac Park homeowners. We want our site to contain any information you may need to help you enjoy and maintain your Lilac Park property.
If you have any suggestions for this section, please let us know!
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If power does go off, tune to radio station 92.7, out of Sonora, it has good weather/power updates.
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Power remains on in Lilac Park. Grace Neurath, ALPHA’s Secretary/Treasurer, and her husband Rene, walked Lilac Park this morning and found several trees down. There was one house with a tree on it’s roof and a deck that came down under the snow load. Both owners already know about it. If we find any other properties with any visible damage from the storm, we will be sure to let you know.
The power is back on in Lilac Park. Received word that a PG & E truck was headed to the top of the hill and an hour later the power was restored. Let’s hope it stays that way.
Snow conditions are such that if you’re planning to head up to Lilac Park today, be prepared to dig out / blow off your driveway. Average snow depths are being reported at three to four feet with a berm that’s much deeper depending on where you are.
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From CBS13 web site)
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – PG&E is issuing an urgent safety warning to residents, cross-country skiers, snowmobilers, hikers and others who may be visiting mountain areas with snow: watch out for low-hanging live power lines.
Normally these high-voltage lines would be 25-to-30 feet above the ground but with the huge amount of snow that has fallen, in some areas, the lines are now only about 6-to-8 feet above the top of the snowpack.
PG&E is warning people to stay away from the line and do not try to go under or near the lines.
And as the weather clears, PG&E is asking motorists to be aware that their crews may be working on power lines in remote areas.
Click the picture to go directly to the story. (Thanks Lynn!)
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Some serious weather moving in. Are you prepared?
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Attention Lilac Park Homeowners,
Power has been restored to Lilac Park as of 5pm yesterday (Tuesday, March 22 – it went out on Sunday, 3/20 around 11:00am), but Comcast service to much of the area remains non-operational. No ETA has been given as to when it will be restored.
We will keep you up-to-date via posts here on the ALPHA site and by e-mail.
More snow is forecast for the Sierras and Arnold is expected to get more in the coming days. As always, please be prepared for winter driving conditions and carry chains. Be sure to check the road conditions (view ‘Road Reports’ to left) before heading into the mountains.
To view the Winter Storm Warning, click HERE.
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The ALPHA Board of Directors has updated the web site for spring! None of the functionality has changed, but we did update many of the pictures, colors, and modified the layout slightly.
To keep the web site fresh, it is the Board’s goal to update the look and fee of the web site with the changing of the seasons.
We feel we have a pretty good handle on site content so that won’t change too much, but if you have any suggestions for our site, please let us know. We’re open to any and all ideas.
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Make Your Home & Community Fire Safe Year Around!
Clear 100 feet for fire safety (or to your property line, whichever is nearest — as required by California Public Resources Code 4291
Remove Dead Vegetation
For more detailed information and information regarding required burn permits, click here. To download a CalFire PDF Flyer on burnpile safety, click here.
These cleaning services are in no particular order. Arnold Lilac Park Homeowners Association makes no endorsement or recommendation of ANY lot cleaning services. These are listed for your convenience only.
| Paul Bunyan Forest Debris Service | 795-4457 |
| Sierra Helpful | 728-8207 |
| Frank Stone | 795-1808 |
| Sierra Lot Cleaning | 795-4556 |
| Perry Gentry | 795-4292 |
| Bruce’s Tree Service | 772-7905 |
| D&L | 768-6977 |
| Mike Davis | 795-4628 |
| Dan Lamb | 795-8834 |
| Bitner Property Services | 728-0141 |
| Mountain Seasons Service | 795-9121 |
| Jon Dashner and Sons, Inc. | 795-4175/795-4180 |
| Sean Murphy | 728-1233 |
| Wood’s Lot Services | 795-5440 |
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Weather forecasts are calling for 8 – 10 inches of snow down to 3000′ with accumulations of up to 2 feet above 7000′. Be prepared!
Click here to visit the storm advisory, then scroll down to “Winter Storm Warning.”
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Come learn the in’s & out’s of Facebook at the next social media workshop on March 30th from 2pm-5pm at the Frogeteria. If you don’t yet have a Facebook page and aren’t sure how to get started, come at 2pm and we’ll get you going! At 3pm we’ll dive a little deeper into Facebook applications that can help business. BRING A LAPTOP! We will have wi-fi for all!
Click the graphic above to visit the Facebook site promoting the event. A Facebook account is required to view the page.
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Saturday, March 19, 2011 – 10am to 5pm
Fun for the whole family! Admission is FREE!
One of the premiere annual events in the Mother Lode is Murphys Irish Day. Each year thousands of people from Northern California and beyond gather in the historic gold rush town of Murphys to honor its Celtic heritage and to celebrate as only the Irish can. Its picturesque Main Street is filled with booths offering hand crafted items, original art, photographs, tasty food, wine, and other beverages.
Click here for more information.
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It’s a chilly, beautiful day in Arnold.
Check out our “Bulletin Board” and add your comments.
If you need the password, send us an email and we’ll get it to you. Enjoy!
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The ALPHA “Spring” web site will launch in mid-March. Fear not! None of the functionality will change and you’ll still find all of the same great content, we’re just updating the colors and layout slightly to correspond with the coming of Spring.
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A winter storm warning has been posted by the National Weather Service for this weekend beginning at 1pm Thursday and ending at 4am Saturday morning. This affects areas above 2000′ elevation. Heavy snow is expected at the higher elevations.
If you’re headed into the Sierras, please plan ahead. As always, carry chains.
Click HERE to read the advisory.
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Beautiful day in Lilac Park!
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It’s a beautiful, chilly 29 degree, snowy morning in Arnold. The sun is trying to make an appearance. Check our webcams. Plus, you can add your own photos to our Bulletin Board, we’d love to see them. If you need the password, send us an email and we’ll get it to you.
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2/18/11 @ 1800 – Power is back on in many parts of Arnold and, per various reports, most of Lilac Park. It is still snowing, but plows have been running all day and roads are currently free of heavy snow. This is going to change overnight as more snow is in the forecast through tomorrow afternoon. Skies are expected to clear on Sunday.
Check road reports | PG & E Outage Map
Be advised. As of Friday, 2/18/11 0800, weather conditions in Arnold are severe. As much as two feet of snow has fallen overnight, road conditions are treacherous, and much of the town is currently without power.
There are a number of trees down throughout the area, but crews have been dispatched to begin the cleanup. However, efforts will be slow because of the ongoing severe winter weather. Snow continues to fall in the area.
PG & E crews are still assessing damage and determining which areas are without power. They are not willing to make any estimates on restoring power to Arnold as of this posting.
If you travel into the Sierras, please be prepared and plan ahead for severe winter weather.
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Ok we admit: this is late in the season and there isn’t a lot of snow on the ground right now. But there are a series of storms moving in this week and being prepared for winter driving conditions in the mountains can save you a lot of time and trouble. It can even save your life. Be prepared.
Driving with chains. What you should know.
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The days are at their shortest but there are still many healthy fruits and vegetables at their prime during the winter season. Enjoy nutrient-packed root vegetables such as carrots and versatile winter greens such as spinach and kale. Citrus fruits are a treat this time of year, so stock up on oranges and grapefruit, and try delicious pineapple and pomegranates to add fiber and vitamin C to your day.
Click here to download a free slow-cooker mini-cookbook!
Reprinted from Eatingwell.com.
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Take It To Heart Chili Cook-offSaturday, February 19, 2011 Murphys Historic Hotel
♦ Registration & Set-up 8:00 am.
♦ Chili prep begins @ 9:00 am.
♦ Celebrity Judging 11:00 am.
♦ Chili Tasting 12 Noon ~ 3:00 pm.
♦ Awards: 3:30 pmCountry Western/Salsa Music.
♦ Cash Awards & PrizesContests for: Best Judged Chili * Best People’s Choice Chili.
♦ Best Costumes/Décor * Best Chili Sides/Condiments.
For more details and entry form, visit the Soroptimist International of Calaveras County.
Chili Cook-off Proceeds Support SICC’s Take Women To Heart Free Cholesterol Screening Program in April & May 2011.
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Dear Arnold Lilac Park Homeowners:
California Civil Code 1365 requires that all homeowners receive a copy of their homeowner’s association Pro Forma Budget, other related documents, and disclosures on an annual basis. Our first Pro Forma Budget and other documents, will be ready for distribution in February 2011.
As of 2010, the law allows Homeowner Associations to provide this document electronically, through our website, if we have written authorization from homeowners.
I need your help.
Please let me know if you would like to receive the 2011 Pro Forma Budget by US mail, or if you will be able to access it through our website: www.arnoldlilacparkhoa.org
(ONCE IT IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND POSTED TO THE WEBSITE IN FEBRUARY.)
Your choices are:
1. Send it US mail.
2. I will access it through the website.
Send a note to gneurath@arnoldlilacparkhoa.org and let me know.
Thank you!
Grace Neurath
ALPHA Secretary/Treasurer
P.S. The Pro Forma Budget and associated documents should be distributed no more than 60 and no less than 30 days prior to the beginning of our fiscal year. We realize we are late this year, but we commit to having our 2012 Pro Forma Budget ready for distribution in a timely manner.
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Attention Lilac Park Homeowners: Please see the “Important Changes to Billing” under the Homeowners Only section.
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Winter excitement at Bear Valley on Saturday, January 15th. Come join us for an evening of fun for everyone! There will be fireworks, torch light parade and live music.
Dinner tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for children. View the flyer for the event.
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Welcome to the new web site for Arnold Lilac Park Homeowners Association! The new “blog” layout will make it easier for us to relay information to you quickly and easily.
You’ll also find that our site will change slightly with the seasons including new pictures, colors and layouts that fit with the time of year.
New and dynamic information
Information will be posted right here on the front page making it simple for you to find out what’s going on. Older posts will be categorized and search-able via the search tools in the bottom right corner so you can go back and find information quickly and easily.
Useful Tools and Links
Check out the links to the right. Here you’ll find useful information such as Road Reports, useful telephone numbers, information and links to various fire prevention resources, and more.
Fun Stuff
There is also a new photo gallery, bulletin board (where you can post pictures!), a page with area webcams, and links to more, plus a whole host of other features. Most of the photos you find throughout our new site are clickable and will take you to larger scale images. Try it. Use the “back” button to navigate back to where you were.
Security / Privacy
As a Lilac Park Homeowner, you should receive an e-mail containing the password to protected areas of the web site. If you didn’t receive the password, drop us a note (It’s the same password we used on the old site). If you received it and are having trouble logging in, be sure you have cookies enabled AND that your “caps lock” key isn’t on.
We hope you like our new site! Please leave your comments on the bulletin board page. We want to hear from you. Bookmark this page (press ‘ctrl + D’ to bookmark) and check back for the latest news and happenings from Lilac Park and Arnold.
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