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Hurricane Sandy has left much destruction and many home-less during this holiday season, leaving Lake Pine residents without any significant impact. Many thanks for the numerous people who donated food, clothing, and water, recently col-lected for Sandy victims!
Our member meeting will be held on Thursday, December 13th at 7:30 p.m. The Board will feature next year’s budget for member’s to review and we welcome any questions or com-ments from you; please make your calendar to attend.
This year’s Breakfast with Santa will be another huge success. Lots of reservations and we anticipate another great time had by all. Please join us Saturday, December 15 from 9-11am.
Congratulations to Steve Kingan, Float Master Extraordinaire. His team won 1st place for this year’s float in Medford’s Halloween Parade. Ho, ho, ho!!!
In closing, I’d like to thank all of the volunteers who continue to make Lake Pine Colony Clubevents a success!
Wishing everyone a safe, happy and healthy holiday and we’ll see you next year!!
All the best,
~Laura Saunders
A Service of the Lake Pine Colony Clubvol. 54, issue 6
December 2012
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGEIn This Issue...Pine Needle Advertising .....................3Lake Pine Board .................................2Affinity Program/TD Bank Program .. .3Not Receiving Emails? ......................5Book Our Clubhouse ..........................2Letters to The Editor ...........................5Kid’s Corner ........................................9Fishing Notice .....................................5Dock Approvals...................................3Lake Pine Play Group.........................5Hurricane Sandy Donations................6Halloween Party Thank You ...............7Public Works Services Update ...........8General Membership Meeting ............3
We would like to welcome all new members to Lake Pine when they enter our community. As such, we would like to reach out to you although sometimes we aren’t quite aware when we have new neighbors. So please
let us know who you are by sending your information to [email protected]. And welcome to Lake Pine!
NEW TO LAKE PINE?
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BOOK OUR NEWLYRENOVATED CLUBHOUSE FOR YOUR NEXT EVENT!
2012 COLONY CLUBOfficers
President: Laura [email protected]
Vice President: Dave [email protected]
Treasurer: [email protected]
Secretary: Evelyn [email protected]
Trustees
Staff
Administrative Assistant: Becca [email protected]
Pine Needle Editor: Brandy [email protected]
Clubhouse Rental Agent: Brandy [email protected]
Communications & Marketing Coordinator:Brandy Jericho-Beach
Property Management
Stephen Beach:PO Box 1091
Medford, NJ 08055(856) 983-9758
Pete AdamsRichard DePasquale
Michael DoughertyWayne Hunter
Our clubhouse has a new, inviting look to better suit your hosting needs! Host-
ing an event in your home can be stress-ful. Cleaning, rearranging furniture, and lack of parking can turn any happy occa-sion into a chore. Eliminate some of the work and worry by renting our hall! Our clubhouse can accommodate up to 154
guests and offers plenty of off-street park-ing. Tables, chairs, a PA sound system
and use of the kitchen are all included in the rental fee.
Rental Fees:
Friday & Sunday:Members $325 • Non-Member $450
Saturday:Members $375 • Non-Members $500
Weekday and weekly rental rates are also available. Please call for rates.
For more information call 856-983-9758email: [email protected]
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Check Out Our Website at:www.lakepinecolonyclub.com
Please direct updates or suggestions for the website to:[email protected]
Erik Lure
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Pine Needle Advertising Rates
A real bargain for businesses and professionals who wish to target their advertising to the 400+ families of the Lake Pine Comunity! All Advertisements need to be submitted as a high quality jpg or pdf file via email.
Please make all checks payable to: LPCC& mail to: Lake Pine Colony Club - Pine Needle Editor
PO Box 1091, Medford, NJ08055
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Pine Needle Submission GuidelinesThe Pine Needle welcomes articless or other information which may be of interest to our members. Please submit
all items to the Pine Needle via email to [email protected] as a Microsoft Word document. Should email be unavailable to you, please send your
items to:
Lake Pine Colony ClubPine Needle Editor
PO Box 1091Medford, NJ 08055
The deadline date for submissions is the 20th of the previ-ous month of distribution. The Pine Needle will be distrib-uted six times in 2012. Please see the list of dates within
this issue.
AFFINITY PROGRAM/TD BANK PROGRAM
Help support LPCC’s fundraising efforts by joining TD Bank’s Affinity Membership Program. Your participation earns us an annual donation based upon the number of members enrolled.In our first full year of participating in the program, we received over $3500 (and in the years following) from the bank simply because 50 of you who bank at TD Bank named us as your Affinity Program Designees.TD Bank does not give us any information about you – not who you are nor what you have in your accounts. The bank simply makes a donation to our organization if 50 or more account holders designate our group. The donation is based on a formula and the money does not come from you – it comes from the bank. If the number of you drops below 50, we receive noth-ing. So, if you bank with TD Bank or are looking for a new bank to do business with, please designate the Lake Pine Colony Club as your designee to insure that at least 50 people or companies designate us for the program.Eligible accounts include: Checking, Money Market, Savings, CD, and IRATo sign up for the program, all you need to do is give them our organization’s name and they’ll take care of the rest. To become a member of the Lake Pine Col-ony Club Affinity Membership Program, call the Lake Pine Branch at (856) 596-6622.To open an account, visit any TD Bank Branch or call 1-888-751-9000.
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING:
The next general membership meeting will be held on Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 7:30pm in the clubhouse. Elections for officers and one trustee
position will be held. All members in good standing are encouraged to attend.
ALL LAKE CONSTRUCTION
NEEDS APPROVAL
All dock and bulkhead additions, expansions and repairs must be approved by the LPCC Board prior to construction. Please submit your plans/specs to: [email protected] for consideration.
“How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness
how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?”
~Dr. Seuss
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Pine Needle invites readers to send Letters to the Editor commenting upon published ar-ticles, issues facing the LPCC, or related mat-ters. Please limit letters to 200 words or less. The Pine Needle reserves the right to edit let-ters for grammar, length and use of expletives. All letters should include the author’s name and address. Letters may be sent as a Micro-soft Word file or in an email to: [email protected] or via mail to: LPCC - Pine Needle PO Box 1091 Medford, NJ 08055
We look forward to hearing from you!
NOT RECEIVING LPCC EMAILS?
If you provided your email address to receive im-portant Lake Pine News, but do not receive the emails, this may be due to your email provider. They may be marking the LPCC emails as “junk.” Please check your junk mailbox to see if you have any emails listed there from Lake Pine President or Constant Contact. Then mark the messages as “safe.” If you have not elected to receive emails but would like to, please send an email to:[email protected].
“May the true spirit of the season find you & fill your heart with joy.”
~Unknown
If you are interested in participating in a play group/gathering for parents and children and children of all ages in the Lake Pine area, please contact Brandy Jericho-Beach at [email protected].
LAKE PINE PLAY GROUP
The LPCC would like to remind members to please refrain from fishing inside the roped
swimming areas on the beaches. Fishing in the designated swimming areas any time of year is a danger to everyone. Refraining from fishing in those areas, no matter the time of year, will ensure a safe swimming season for everyone.
Thank you for your cooperation!
FISHING NOTICE
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR 2012
PINE NEEDLE ADVERTISERS! WE
APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT!
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SELLERS: BE PATIENT
Patience and wise advice is the key. Despite unquestioned improvement in the marketplace, the road to a successful settlement is littered with land mines… that is after buyer and seller have agreed on price and terms. It’s the process that often becomes the deal-killer. It all starts with the appraisal (#1 deal killer), after which is the inspection (#2 deal-killer) which often discovers multiple defects... each requiring remediation or negotiation or explanation… or all of the above. Trust me; the process has never seen so many barriers to completing a sale. Sellers are exasperated and then become vulnerable. Have I convinced you of the need for extremely knowledgeable assistance? Does your agent know how to get your Homestead Rebate after the sale? Call me.
NANCY SCHUMACHER STEVENS, CRS,GRI,ABR Broker Owner
856-797-1550 RE/MAX POWERCENTRAL 609-519-0076 Medford, New Jersey 08055
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Dear Neighbors and Friends,I cannot thank you enough for the generous amount of donations that you contributed toward Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. We were able to deliver almost ten truckloads full of items to Ocean County families. The fami-lies who received these items expressed so much gratitude and appreciation for your efforts - you helped instill a sense of hope and community in people who had lost everything. THANK YOU Lake Pine community for your hearts of gold. I want to extend an extra special thank you to Carlie Cattanea who actually came up with the idea of reaching out to Lake Pine and volunteered her time to gather donations. I want to share a recent post by Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark:Be kind to others: The energy we extend will always reflect the spirit we possess. Be kind to others: We are all more fragile than we let on.Be kind to others: Perhaps the biggest thing you can do today is a small act of kindness. Be kind to others: You can’t illuminate another’s path without bringing light onto your own. Be kind to others: It costs nothing but has infinite value.Be kind to others: “Whenever possible and it is always possible”Thank you neighbors and friends for your incredible generosity. Wishing you and your families a warm and wonderful holiday season.~Mark Finley
HURRICANE SANDY DONATIONS THANK YOU!
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THE ANNUAL LAKE PINE HALLOWEEN PARTY WAS A BLAST!
Becca Finley would like to thank Ben Clark, Chelsea Duerholz, Tammy Herbert, Connie Livingson, Brandy Jer-icho-Beach, and Joyce Scheller for helping to make the Halloween Party a fun event for everyone! And there was quite a lot of fun to be had at the annual tradition with face painting, crafts, games, a spooky fog machine and contests. Many wonderful pumpkins were entered into the pumkin carving contest but a big congratula-tions to the Beckwith family who won the carving contest. Another congratulations to Maddy who guessed the correct amount of candy in the jar and got to take the whole thing home!
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The restoration of Public Works services has been made possible by the passage of the referendum in April. Please keep checking the website at www.medfordtownship.com for additional information and for updates
and changes in the service schedule.Vegetative Debris Collection: The pickup of vegetative debris, or brush, left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy will begin the week of December 10th. Residents are asked to move all brush curbside immediately and to avoid placing it under wires or low hanging trees. Medford Township has contracted with Ceres Environmen-tal to remove and dispose of the brush along the Township right-of-way. Brush pickup is expected to begin within Zone 1 and will progress rapidly through the remainder of the zones thereafter. The contractor will be working during daylight hours, seven days a week and will only make one pass. Any problems or issues with the contractor should be reported to the Public Works Department at 609-654-2608, ext. 322.
The pickup of brush is separate and apart from the Township leaf collection program. Please follow previous guidance issued by the Public Works Department regarding the status of leaf collection.
Sanitation Collection: Weekly sanitation collection continues at the current service level.
Bulk Trash Collection: Bulk trash pickup will be provided quarterly. Additional information will be provided at www.medfordtownship.com when specific dates are determined.
Public Works Yard Hours: Yard hours continue Monday to Wednesday, and Friday from 7AM to 2PM, and Thursday from 7 AM to 7 PM. The yard will be open on the third Saturday of each month from 8AM to 12PM.
Brush Collection: Brush collection will be provided two times per year. The first collection following the refer-endum has been completed. Fall collection is scheduled for September and October. In subsequent years, it is anticipated that brush collection will be in the Spring and the Fall. Residents may still bring brush to the public works yard per the yard hours schedule above. Residents are reminded that pursuant to Township Code Chapter 82, trunks and stumps will not be collected. In addition, the Township will not collect brush piles with tree trunks and/or stumps commingled with brush as well as brush piles with any other non-brush debris such as leaves, grass clippings, etc. Furthermore, brush generated by professional tree removers, trimmers, or landscapers shall be removed by private services within 10 days from the date it is generated. Brush cannot be placed in trash containers as well. If Township sanitation crews observe brush in trash con-tainers, the container will not be emptied.
Leaf Collection Program: Leaves will be collected once a year beginning November by Township zone. As of the week of December 10th collection efforts were taking place in Zone three with Lake Pine next as we are Zone 4. The order of zones for leaf collection will be rotated each year, with the first zone each year being collected twice, the second time after all zones are completed. In accordance with New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection regulations for storm water management, no leaves may be placed roadside before times posted by the Township. Chapter 128-14 Yard Waste (defined as leaves and grass clippings). It further states: Sweeping, raking, blowing or otherwise placing yard waste that is not containerized at the curb or along the street is only allowed during the seven (7) days prior to a scheduled and announced col-lection, and shall not be placed closer than 10 feet from any storm drain inlet. Placement of such yard waste at the curb or along the street at any other time or in any other manner is a violation of this article. If such placement of yard waste occurs, the party responsible for placement of the yard waste must remove the yard waste from the street or said party shall be deemed in violation of this article.
Christmas Tree Collection: Christmas trees will be collected following the sanitation collection schedule, providing for two pickups per zone the first two weeks in January. Trees may also be dropped off to the yard per the yard schedule. Beginning in 2013, any Christmas trees placed in with spring brush collection will not be collected.
PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES RESTORATION UPDATE
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KID’S CORNER
Does your child babysit or care for pets? Do they rake or mow lawns? A Kids Korner ad is a great way for them to promote their business! Kids can place a small advertisement in the Pine Needle describing the ser-vices they offer and their qualifications. Ads may be placed free of charge. Please send submissions via email to [email protected]. A parent must submit all ads. Please be sure to include the child’s name, age, and contact information. Advertisements should be kept to sixty words or less. The Pine Needle is happy to provide the names of LPCC teens willing to rake, shovel, pet sit/walk, and baby-sit. The names are provided solely as a service to Lake Pine residents. The LPCC has not made any determi-nation as to their qualifications or experience. Anyone using this list must decide on their own as to the suit-ability of these individuals.
Beth Richards will be 14 on 4/26/12
Red Cross Baby Sitting Certi-fied Loves children!
856-596-5979
Petsitting AvailableIan (16) and Luke (13) Bakanas
Dog walking, cat and house sitting References available! 856-396-0949
Do you need some help around the house or some-one to walk your dog? Call me!
My name is Mathew Fisher, I am 13 years old and I live here in Lake Pine. I rake leaves and take them to the curb, shovel snow, and walk dogs. To set up
an appointment, please call my mom, Gina Fisher, at 856-316-2552.
Jack August, Lake Pine resident and hardworking college student is paying his own way through college.
Services available: snow removal, leaf raking, gutter cleaning, bulk trash pick-up, power washing, basement & attic clean up and more. Call 609-605-9350 to get a free quote on any job you need done.
Tutoring services are also available – any subject & any grade. 4 years tutoring experience.
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