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Middle Plantation Civic League Website: http://www.middleplantation.org September 2006
From the President
Your Civic League Board has elected a new Vice President, Marty Nopper, and a new Architectural Review Committee
Chairman, Tim Good. Steve Lonning, Jan Zalaskus and Lewie Gayton were reelected President, Secretary and Treasurer
respectively. Bernie Deneke was elected to the Board replacing Megan Lombard who retired after several years on the Board
and a stint as Social Committee chair.
We always welcome new talent to the Civic League. Please consider getting involved by joining one of our standing
committees or running for a Board position. The committee chairs are listed below. Please feel free to call any of the
officers or committee chairs with questions or comments.
The first membership meeting when you can meet your new board is scheduled for Tuesday, September 19 at 7:30 pm at
Kingston School in the cafeteria. Please plan on attending. Two additional meeting dates have been chosen so please mark
your calendars for Tuesday, November 14 and February 13. These meetings are also scheduled for Kingston School at 7:30
pm.
New Initiatives Planned
Youth Employment Listings
INSIDE THIS ISSUE A number of residents have told us that they would love
to see a listing of neighborhood young people interested
1 President’s Viewpoint in working as babysitters or lawn mowers, etc.
Newcomers to Middle Plantation have been especially
1
receptive to this idea. Following much discussion, the
New Initiatives board has decided to proceed and we will put together a
list of job seekers and publish it in the next newsletter.
2 Committee Reports The jobs will include babysitting, dog walking, pet
sitting/house sitting, lawn mowing, yard cleanup, tutoring
3 Calendar of Events
and other jobs you may choose to add.
This list will only be available to Middle Plantation
3 2006 Officers, Board of Directors residents. It will be included in the November newsletter
(which is only distributed to residents) but not placed on
3 Service Annoucement
our website. We encourage parental supervision. If
you’d like your son or daughter to be included in the
listing, please send the following information: name of
4 Important Phone Numbers child, home phone number and job. You may email this
information to: stephenlonning1@cox.net or fill out the
4 Youth Employment Form form on page 4 and drop it off. The list will be updated
periodically which will also provide an opportunity to
remove your child from the list.
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Continued from page 1 permitted in the neighborhood. If you bring your
boat home for end of season cleaning, please do
Realtor/Home Seller Notification of Deed the work promptly and put the boat in storage.
Restrictions Also, please note that all cars parked in view of the
street or your neighbors must have a current state
registration.
The second new initiative that we are introducing, also
following much discussion, is a program to notify anyone Please call me with any questions.
selling a home in Middle Plantation (both the homeowner
and the listing realtor) of our deed restrictions. The board, Tim Good 435-8024
especially the Architectural Review Committee, has had to
deal with a number of new residents who unknowingly are
violating the deed restrictions. When contacted by the Communication/Block Security Committee
League they state that the selling agent or the selling
The Communications committee is responsible for
homeowner told them that there were no restrictions or that
publishing and distributing the annual directory.
boats, campers or other items prohibited under our
This committee is the point of contact with the
restrictions were specifically allowed. Naturally, when new
block captains who report any incidents occurring
residents learn of our restrictions at this late a date, friction
in their blocks.
often occurs.
In conjunction with the Women’s Club, the
To help alleviate this problem the board has decided to
Communications Committee maintains a Welcome
launch a program whereby we will send a letter to the
Committee to greet new residents. If you have
selling realtor and the selling homeowner informing them
new neighbors, please call me or Kathy Good,
of our deed restrictions. Every selling homeowner will
Women’s Club coordinator, (306-7029) to arrange
receive the letter but each realtor will receive the letter only
a welcome for your new neighbor.
the first time they list a Middle Plantation home after the
program is launched. (Since realtors often have multiple
If you are newcomers and have not been contacted,
Middle Plantation listings, there is no need to send a letter
please call either Margaret or Kathy. We don’t
each time.)
want to miss you.
In order to make this program a success, we need
everyone’s help. When you see a new for sale sign on a Margaret Vann 498- 9738
neighbor’s lot, please call me at 498-7389. Provide the
address and the realtor’s name and firm (or indicate the
property is for sale by owner). Beautification Committee
The Beautification committee works with our
Steve Lonning landscaper, Stuart Clarke, to maintain the
landscaping at the entrances.
Committee Reports Sharon Welch 306-1447
Architectural Review Committee
The Architectural Review committee is responsible Social Committee
for maintaining the deed restrictions within Middle The Social committee organizes two
Plantation. These restrictions are detailed in the front neighborhood-wide parties/celebrations; the
of the Middle Plantation directory and are also posted Halloween Parade and the Easter egg hunt. This
on our Website (www.middleplantation.org). All committee, in conjunction with the Women’s Club,
homeowners planning to erect any additions, outlying plans the end of year party in May.
structures or fences should review their plans with the
committee before work begins. This simple step will Planning has begun for the Halloween Parade.
eliminate potential problems and avoid the need for
major rework. Please contact Beth if you are interested in helping.
Beth Ripa 431-9513
We also see boats and unregistered cars in the
neighborhood. Remember, parking of boats is not
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MPCL Women’s Club MPCL 2006 Officers
The Fall Kick-Off will be held Sunday, September 10, President ........................... Steve Lonning @ 498 -7389
2006. The next Fall Event for Women's Club . Vice-President.................. Marty Nopper @ 431-0265
members will take place in October at Coastal
Secretary ........................... Jan Zalaskas @ 340-1455
Cooks. Look for more details in late September/early
October. Treasurer........................... Lewie Gayton @ 463-3678
Service Announcement
Attention high school Juniors, Seniors, and those that Board of Directors
are college bound. Dr. Suzan Thompson from the Bill Balzer ......................................................... @ 486-4228
Beach Counseling and Career Center will offer a three
Mike Barbachem ............................................. @ 340-7532
part seminar for young people and their parents in the
midst of planning their academic and career future. Bernie Deneke ................................................. @ 631-1536
Due to an expressed interest among teens and parents Rick Jakobowski .............................................. @ 463-7815
from our neighborhood, this seminar has been
arranged specifically for you. For more information Sharon Welch................................................... @ 306-1447
contact Carol Piscitelli with the Women’s Club Margaret Vann ................................................. @ 498-9738
at 463-2699 or Lrn2See@cox.net. Details will be
available at the Women's Club Kick-Off September
10th. MPCL Committee Chairpersons
Architectural Review ...... Tim Good @ 435-8024
CALENDAR OF EVENTS Beautification ................... Sharon Welch @ 306-1447
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING Communication ............... Margaret Vann @ 498-9738
Social ................................. Beth Ripa @ 631-4898
PLACE: KINGSTON ELEMENTARY CAFETERIA
DATE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Welcome ........................... Kathy Good @ 306-7029
TIME: 7:30 PM
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING Back to School- Watch Your Speed
PLACE: KINGSTON ELEMENTARY CAFETERIA School is back in session. Please watch out for our children
DATE: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 as they walk to and from the bus stops. Please observe the
TIME: 7:30 PM neighborhood speed limit of 25 miles per hour and remind
any new teen drivers in your household to drive carefully.
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
PLACE: KINGSTON ELEMENTARY CAFETERIA Streetlights
DATE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13
Now that it’s getting dark earlier and staying dark longer, it
TIME: 7:30 PM is important for our safety that all our streetlights are
illuminated. Some residents believe that Virginia Power
TGIF SOCIAL travels through neighborhoods to identify outages and
PLACE: ??????????? automatically fixes them. This is not the case. If you notice
DATE: OCTOBER (TO BE ANNOUNCED) a light out please call Dominion Power at 1-888-667-3000.
Virginia Power crews normally respond within 3-5 working
TIME: 7:30 PM days.
FALL PARADE
PLACE: TO BE ANNOUNCED
Election Officials Wanted
DATE: OCTOBER (TO BE ANNOUNCED)
The city’s Voter Registrar is seeking volunteers to man the
TIME: 2:00 PM polls on election day. If you are interested in serving,
please contact Cindy Shortridge in the registrar’s office at
385-8683 or cshortri@Vbgov.com.
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IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS
Police Non-Emergency.................................................................................... 427-5616
Garbage and trash pickup ............................................................................... 430-2450
Yard waste pickup ............................................................................................ 430-3450
Request a yard debris trailer ............................................................................ 430-2450
Pickup an old appliance ................................................................................... 430-2450
Report a street light outage ............................................................................. 427-4131
Report a bad pothole/street condition.......................................................... 563-1470
Discuss storm water bill .................................................................................. 426-5859
Storm water flooding ....................................................................................... 563-1470
Youth Employment Listing
Please fill in the following information and drop it off or mail to Steve Lonning, 3364 Middle Plantation Quay
or call 498-7389.
Name: ____________________________
Home Phone: ____________________________
Job: ____________________________
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