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Kingspoint Crier
February 28, 2016 KINGSPOINT CLUB NEWS: We are happy to report that the Annual Meeting of the Kingspoint Club on February 25th was a success. Thank you to all the attendees and those who submitted proxies; we easily met a quorum. Membership approved the additions of Danny Schmidt (member at large), Amy Gaunt (Secretary,) and Greg Henderson (Facilities), and re-elected Jamie Peters (Clubhouse Coordinator). These approvals make us a full board and we are very enthusiastic about the coming year! In addition, we were joined by Gemma Meadows who will provide much needed membership support. The tennis court improvement project passed! Board Member Danny Schmidt gave an extensive overview of his 9 months of research and presented the most viable plan for improving this area. The project entails removing the current surface and greening the quarter-acre area, creating additional recreational space for KP members to enjoy and improve upon for years to come. We will be working on a more formal capital fundraising campaign in the coming months and will keep you informed of developments. In the meantime, please feel free to send donations to the Kingspoint Club, P.O. Box 365, Williamsburg, VA 23187, noting the “Kingspoint Tennis Court Improvement” project on your checks. Tracy Sohoni gave a recap of the 2015 budget and an outlook for 2016. We were able to exceed our savings goal by $1,000 and we enter 2016 on strong financial footing. Working with
BB&T Bank, which holds our current loan, we have developed a plan to refinance the current loan ahead of the 2017 requirement to take advantage of current interest rates. The Club’s major expenditure in 2016 will be replacing the pool deck furniture. We are currently soliciting bids and hope to have it for this coming pool season! We discussed the opportunity to leverage stock membership when neighborhood homes are on the market/under contract. Please spread the word to any neighbors who currently have their home on the market or are planning to list them that stock membership should be verified and discussed as part of the negotiating process. Please speak to the applicable real estate agents for opportunities and clarification. The club hosted some new social events over the past year, including St. Patrick’s Day Party, Fridays on the Deck, Harvest Party and Friday Coffee will resume in March. We would like to thank Kim Storms for her tenure as Social Chair last year. She did a phenomenal job. The Club is actively seeking a new social chair (or two). If you are interested, please send an email to [email protected] . We were very pleased to introduce our new facilities chair, Greg Henderson, who provided an overview of upcoming projects and priorities for the entire Club property. His first order of business will be fixing the broken platform on the playset with the help of his father. Thank you Greg! This past year, we were able to complete some needed maintenance projects thanks to our wonderful volunteers, including painting the clubhouse, limbing trees along Northpoint in front of the Clubhouse, and fixing the lights that illuminate the area where the sidewalk meets Northpoint. There is plenty more work to do! Please look for details in the coming weeks for a Spring Clean Up Day. As always, immediate volunteer opportunities will be advertised in the Crier.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the club this year—we cannot do it without you! The volunteer reception that was postponed will be rescheduled and we look forward to celebrating another year in beautiful Kingspoint! The Meeting Minutes will be posted on the Kingspoint website in the next week. Cheers, Molly & Meredith Additional sub-topics: KP Club Help Needed The following tasks need to be completed on Club grounds. Please contact us at [email protected] if you’re interested in pitching in. The Club will purchase all materials needed. If you notice other needs you would like to fill, or you think need attention, please reach out to us as well!
x Flower bed weeding (anyone can do this whenever they fancy!)
x Replace sandbox toys as necessary (remove anything broken/dangerous and make replacements if necessary)
x Repairing boat ramp (we already have materials)
x Lifeguard stand repair and painting x Pool bathrooms - re-paint floors x Replace some noodles & pool toys x Volunteers to help take broken chairs
and tables to the dump The Kingspoint Club Board: (Updated 8/21/15) Co-Presidents: [email protected] Meredith Robertson: 345-4181 Molly Taylor: 345-9781 Treasurer: Tracy Peters: [email protected] 256-5548
Secretary: Amy Gauntt: (804) 291-7346 [email protected]; At Large Board Members: Danny Schmidt: [email protected] , 229-4578 Facilities: Greg Henderson:[email protected] 784-8320 Membership: Gemma Meadows: 757-561-4310, [email protected] Clubhouse Coordinator: Jamie Peters [email protected] ; Home: 903-2864, cell 753-1073
For clubhouse, pool, or deck rental:
Jamie Peters: [email protected], 903-2864
Other clubhouse responsibilities:
Judy Shubert: [email protected]; 220-9913
Pool Liaison: Denise Koch: [email protected], 253-1135
Website Manager: Anneliese B.: [email protected] KCI website: www.kpwilliamsburg.org Website News: As a convenience to the community, the Kingspoint website is now featuring photographs of the Kingspoint message boards. Within a day or two of the posting of new signs, a photograph of the sign will be placed on the website. Please visit the Kingspoint website to view the signs at www.kpwilliamsburg.org. If you have community information or club news including photographs of recent events that you would like to see on the website, please email Anneliese B. @ [email protected] .
JCC police non-emergency number:
253-1800.
VDOT 1-800-367-7623
Zoning Codes Compliance and Enforcement 253-6671 JCC Citizen Services Local crime reports KINGSPOINT CLUB MEMBERSHIP We are very happy to announce that Gemma Meadows has joined the treasury team and will take over Membership duties. No one will ever fill Darrel’s shoes, but we are very happy to have Gemma on board. Statements will go out at the end of the month, and quarterly payments will be due on April 1st. The 2016 statements have been sent out. Annual dues are $500, and we have already received payments from many of you – so thank you for your promptness! Payments were due by Jan 31st - you may pay in full (which assists us in terms of volunteer hours), or may choose the option of submitting a quarterly payment of $125. Checks can be sent to: Kingspoint Club Inc PO BOX 365 Williamsburg, VA 23187 If you have any questions about your payment, please contact Tracy Sohoni at [email protected] or call at 757-256-5548. And again, thanks to everyone for your contributions in helping to keep Kingspoint a wonderful place to live. Tracy
FIRST FRIDAY COFFEE’S First Friday Club House Coffees start again in March. Come by
for a cuppa: March 4, April 1st, and May 6th. Hours: 10 until noon. See you there!
NEIGHBORHOOD DIRECTORY 2016
Corrections: p. 6 of Street Directory: Woodbine Ct., 101, Shaw…change phone # to 585-2599 I would like to personally thank Peggy and Harvey Manning for updating, publishing and delivering the Kingspoint Directory! It is a labor of dedication to our neighborhood. Please remember, the directory can only be accurate with your assistance to detail. If you are not listed, or are not listed correctly; please send corrections to Peggy Manning ([email protected]). Please also let Peggy know of changes to nearby homes, especially when a neighbor has moved out. We plan to include neighborhood maps, once again, in the 2016 directory. Watch for your new neighborhood directory from the Kingspoint Neighborhood Association in early February.
THE KINGSPOINT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION NEWS
Your 2016 Kingspoint Neighborhood Directory has been delivered. We hope you will find it accurate and helpful. If you catch an error, please let us know right away. We appreciate the tremendous efforts of Peggy and Harvey Manning in updating and publishing our directory for the last 20 years.
We also thank our Neighborhood Association Board members and Neighborhood Watch zone leaders who assisted with revisions. We have welcomed more than a dozen new families to Kingspoint over the past year. We have also lost a large number of neighbors; both those who have passed away in recent months and those who have moved on. Please let us know when there are changes near you and properties change hands. We want to welcome all new neighbors and bring them a Directory.
Our strength as a community comes from the strong relationships neighbors build with one another. We hope that each of our new families feels welcomed to Kingspoint, and will soon count many of us as friends.
The 2016 Directory includes neighborhood maps and a clear plastic cover for the first time in many years. We ask neighbors to keep and re-use the covers and maps in years to come.
A medical professional in the community asked that we remind everyone to eliminate standing water, where mosquitoes breed, from around our homes. We simply cannot allow water to collect in containers, outdoor furniture, vehicles, refuse, or anywhere else mosquitoes may breed. Please check your property and empty or eliminate containers where rain can collect. Those of us with rain barrels and water gardens are already aware of Mosquito Dunks, which kill larvae without harming fish or other wildlife who might drink the water.
You are most likely aware of the new Zika virus, which has been brought back to the United States by travelers this winter. We've already had mosquito borne Encephalitis, West Nile Virus, and other diseases in our area for the last several years, which can have a devastating impact on young children, pregnant women, and the elderly. Prevention is important if we want to do our part to keep the Zika virus away from Kingspoint. Our vigilance in eliminating or treating standing
water is crucial to protect ourselves and our neighbors in the months ahead.
Many pioneer residents, who built the first homes, still live in Kingspoint. Family roots run deep, as young people who grew up here remain actively engaged in the life of our community. We never want visitors to have a false impression of a community in decline. It is important to keep our neighborhood as beautiful and well maintained as it was in its early years.
Spring offers a fresh opportunity for all of us to spruce up our properties. Master Gardeners are available to consult with us about our yards. Nine Kingspoint homes are currently on the market; Realtors and buyers visit frequently. Let's work together to make sure visitors and potential neighbors see not only the natural beauty of our community, but also the pride we share in our homes and neighborhood.
Spring brings more of us out to walk. Those of us walking need to move aside for traffic, and to keep our dogs out of the way of oncoming cars. We ask all drivers to observe our 25 mph speed limit and to watch out for children, pets, and walkers. A little consideration keeps our streets safer for everyone.
Steve Houff and Benson Dexter will complete our new plantings at the entrance in the weeks ahead, as they replace a few of the Junipers. This is the last stage of our 2015 project, funded in part by a grant from the county. You may have noticed the new Daffodils beginning to emerge. Many thanks to the volunteers who planted the bulbs last fall, to Steve and Benson for planting our new Crepe Myrtle trees and Junipers, and to all those who help with our neighborhood entrance. We hope everyone enjoys the beauty here each day.
We appreciate the ongoing efforts of all neighbors which keep our community looking neat and well maintained.
Community Resources: James City County Alert system Register at 1-800-566-9780
JCC police non-emergency number 253-1800.
VDOT 1-800-367-7623 Zoning Codes Compliance and Enforcement 253-6671 JCC Citizen Services Please visit our website for news and useful community links. Our webmistress, Anneliese Brei, regularly updates the KPNA website with new information. Elizabeth McCoy [email protected] for the Kingspoint Neighborhood Association Board
Clubhouse Entrance Patio Bricks The past few years we have
welcomed many new families to the Kingspoint community. These families may not have thought about or known how to order a brick for the Clubhouse entrance. When we built the Clubhouse we conducted a “Fundraiser” that generated money to furnish the clubhouse. At that time we offered bricks with personal messages, and benches, trees, etc. and raised over $20,000! This time we are ordering only bricks. Personal messages have honored families, children, grandchildren, neighbors, former residents, individuals, who have passed on, and pets. For many of us it has served as a way to remember all the wonderful neighbors who make Kingspoint what it is. This is also a way to show your pride in your swimmers! Ordering a brick is very simple and easy. We charge $100.00 for a “STANDARD” brick (4”x8”) which allows 15 characters per line
(including spaces) and 4 lines of text. (Call me if you want a larger brick, 8”x 8”.)
1. Check out bricks in the patio to get an idea for your brick.
2. Give me a call and I will help you with the wording. (The website where I order has a “brick creator” where I can make a digital brick and email it to you.) This is a very simple process that allows you to see what you are getting.
3. Send a check made out to me, Robert Hanny, for $100.00. I will order your brick, pay for it and when your brick arrives I will cash your check and send the balance, usually $60.00 to the club, (less my expense which includes the brick and shipping). A standard brick usually costs $40.00 depending on how many bricks are in an order.
4. Bricks are usually shipped and received in 3-4 weeks. Weather permitting, I then install the brick.
5. My phone, 229-508. My email [email protected]
Bob Hanny
KINGSPOINT GARDEN CLUB They say when it rains it pours. My father is very ill and will pass soon, so I visit him every day now. My laptop recently broke so I had to get a new one and set it up in order to do articles for the Crier, and other things. I have discovered, even in Winter, that a garden can be a place of solace. Each year the Kingspoint Garden Club attempts to partially sponsor a child to Nature Camp. The student must be between 6th and 12th grade (completed 5th grade). If you have, or know of a child, that is interested please let us know.
For more information, you can view their website at www.naturecamp.net. As we have had a rather cold winter, in spells, I thought I would write about dealing with winter plant damage. One way to cope with this is to select plants that are suitable for our climate. Water the plant less in winter. Protect them from wind as it is usually what hurts them. When you look at your plants at the end of winter don’t be too quick in tossing them if they appear dead. Nature may still be working on them so look for those green shoots. I generally allow the leaves that fall to protect the plants until Spring starts to become obvious. Then I carefully remove the leaves. I have already done this for our daffodils which are pretty hearty. If the dried foliage has lost all the seeds then I might trim them; otherwise, I leave the seeds for the birds and textural interest.
Bill Williams standing below. Photos courtesy of Yuko.
We had a wonderful program this month on hummingbirds. If you weren’t able to come you missed a really nice talk and program. Next
month the club is having their Designs for Dining at Emily McDowell’s home. This is a chance for members to get together. In April we will be visiting the Norfolk Botanical Garden. If this sounds interesting, keep us in mind. Yours in gardening, Mary Grogan [email protected] 757-258-5861 KINGSPOINT WOMEN’S CLUB The Kingpsoint Women's Club met on Tuesday, February 16th at the Kingpsoint Clubhouse to hear an informative talk about the water resources of James City County from Larry Foster, longtime head of the James City County Service Authority. We all came away with a better understanding of the water sources for James City County and their limitations. Larry graciously answered lots of pertinent questions asked by our members. The members voted to make their annual donation of $400 to the Kingspoint Club for the use of the clubhouse for meetings. I would like to thank hostesses Penny Kidd, Linda Berryman and Judy Schroeder for the delicious food and beautiful flowers (pictured below).
Next month on Tuesday, March 15th, we are having a special tour of Bacon's Castle in Surry County. Built in 1665, it is the oldest brick
dwelling in the United States. Bacon's Castle is restored and operated by Preservation Virginia. We plan to meet at the Clubhouse at 10:00 to carpool to Surry. We want to catch the 10:30 ferry to arrive for a tour at about 11:00 AM. There will be a charge of $5 per person for the tour. Those who are so inclined are planning to stop at the Carrot Tree on the return trip for lunch. More information to follow. Ann Hobson and Alice Lasher Co-presidents, Kingspoint Women's Club NEIGHBORS IN THE NEWS D'arcy Terry of 136 Kingspoint Drive is a nominee for Daily Press Citizen of The Year! NEW NEIGHBORS: Welcome! *Please let Cathy Adams (as well as directory and membership) know when someone moves into the neighborhood: 220-2486, or [email protected]. Please welcome the following new neighbors: Julie and Bill King at 119 Crownpoint Road Shannon and Geoff Scheibel at 103 Overlook Drive I hope to have paragraphs introducing them soon. New neighbors please contact me @ [email protected] with your email addresses so that I can add you to the Kingspoint Crier address group which will enable you to receive the monthly newsletter and any news blasts that I am requested to send. I can then pass on your information to our directory editor. If you are in need of a directory, we can arrange that too. Please send me a paragraph about your family that you would like for me to include in the newsletter to introduce you to your neighbors. I look forward to hearing from you- Thank you, Cathy Adams (757-220-2486)
BRIDGE ANYONE? All club members are invited to
join us for bridge at the clubhouse on Monday mornings from 9 a.m. to noon. It’s a friendly low-stress environment. It doesn’t matter if it’s been years since you last played and you think your skills are a little “rusty.” Sign up and give it a try. Start your week off having a fun time with your neighbors! Call Dee Snow, 229-9699, or e-mail her at [email protected] no later than Friday if you would like to play the following Monday. We fill tables in the order that players sign-up.
LITTLE DOLPHINS A few parents got together to form "Little Dolphins", a Kingspoint
playgroup for babies through preschoolers who have now aged to being toddlers to early elementary school-aged. You can find them on Facebook under “Little Dolphins”. If you are interested in joining please e-mail Tracy Sohoni at [email protected]. CONDLENCES: Please join me in offering condolences to Lisa Cooke of 103 Glenwood Drive. Lisa’s father Charlie Cooke passed away this month. He and his wife Sylvia were longtime residents of Kingspoint. Please join me in offering condolences to Mary Grogan of 114 Overlook Drive whose father Owen Grogan passed away on 2/25/16 at the age of 96 at Patriot’s Colony. The visitation is at Nelson Funeral Home, this coming Monday, 2/29/16, 6-8:30 pm. The service is March 1 @ 2 pm at Nelson.
FREE YOGA TO KCI MEMBERS All KP club members are welcome to join us for yoga on the dates listed
below. I will be teaching a free yoga class at the Clubhouse from 9-10am. All levels are welcome! Please bring your own mat. Ages 12 and up. Dates of future yoga classes include: Sunday, March 6th from 9-10am Sunday, March 20th from 9-10am Namaste, Katherine Sokolowsky FACEBOOK PAGE Kingspoint neighborhood has its own Facebook Page to add info, photos, items for sale, invite neighbors to a last minute movie or bbq, post last minute updates for swim meets, cancellations, etc. This Page is a "Closed Group", which means you have to "request" to be added to the Page (this prevents just anyone from joining the group and posting spam). But all residents are encouraged to request an invite! Here is how you do this: Type in the following URL address https://www.facebook.com/groups/2118520156 32122/ . It will say it's a closed group, and then in the upper right corner, under the photo, you click on ‘JOIN GROUP’. The Admin for the group will approve all KP residents! Please feel free to post "hello's", add photos, etc. BOOK CLUB Book worms wanted! This group meets every other month and meets in the evening. We've had some great discussion (and food)! To be added to the list, please contact Yvette Mardis at [email protected] .
Crier Delivery and Notes f/m the Editor: Many thanks to Ray Lee who prints the copies for those who do not take the electronic version. If your neighbor mentions that they are not receiving their electronic version of the Crier, please have them email me @ [email protected] as their email address may have changed, and I have not been notified.- Thank you. CRIER ADVERTISING-FYI The advertising policy for the Kingspoint Crier is as follows: the charge for business related ads will be $10/edition for a business card ($100/yr.); $25/edition for anything larger and the space will be limited to a reasonable size to be determined by the Crier editor and space constraints of each edition; small ads of one, or two sentences, from residents and non-resident club members are free as a community service; non-profit and children's ads in the Crier are free.
*If you no longer wish your ad to run in the
Crier, please ask me to remove it-
The next issue will come out after March 20, 2016.
Deadline for entries: March 20, 2016
