BINGO-A-RAMA!!!!

Super Bingo is set for Tuesday, May 17th at the clubhouse... 7:00pm .... The Social Club will put $100 into the winning jackpot(S). Cards will be for sale at 5 for a dollar... per game. There will be 7 games called. All the money from card sales will be put into the jackpots too! If 30 people come and each of them play 5 cards per game that would be $210 Plus the Social Club Guaranteed $100 or $310... Of course that means everyone would play 5 cards.. and it would cost $7 a person for the night avery reasonable fun night out

Now you can do the math and figure the sizes of the Jackpots. Would you rather have smaller ones for 6 games and then a big one for the coverall at the end? Let's here what you want...

About the website calendar...

ron thomas

Since Jacky (better known to you as "She Who Must Be Obeyed") Became Activity Chair at LVH I have been putting all the activities on the website calendar. We have listed all the known activities until next December. Since all the Social Club activities go through her before being posted we have taken to keeping them electronically filed on the calendar page. Seems only a few things were missing. The private functions and the fisherman's Club and new Computer club listings. We have taken the liberty to update these now and suggest that all activities that folks want on the calendar be sent to us by phone or email or a note in the mailbox. The electronic calendar will be updated within hours of such a notice.

Through the innovative copying feature of the FireFox web browser we can crank out an upto date calendar for the News Letter any time before it goes to press. We can also put an updated calendar at the clubhouse whenever changes come up with in a day or so.

This calendar projects itself into the future and will faithfully set up recurring dates for meetings with the click of the mouse.

In addition if you would like to subscribe to receive instant updates to calendar changes in your email you need only notify us by email at
teckron@hotmail.com
and we will put you on the automated email notification list.

The calendar also has a "Click Here" feature that brings up total information about an event.

Take the time to check out the calendar for May... See if you can figure out how...

Fishing Club to get Demonstration...

a telephone conversation....From Jack Scherer

Jack called to also Say that the Fishing Club will be getting a demonstration on how to fly fish by new resident John Spangler. The demonstration will be at the LVH pond at 9AM on Thursday, May 19th.

This will be probably be fun to watch even if you are not a nimrod.

News from Jack Scherer...

from a conversation with Jack Scherer...


Jack says that the Senior Center downtown is willing to help us procure the computers we need and possibly the network equipment as well for our computer system at the clubhouse.


Jack has talked to the PUD who have been able to help the senior center with equipment and he thinks he has worked out a way for us to benefit from these folks too.


As well as that Jack has also agreed to talk to Charter Communications on our behalf to see if he can't negotiate us a deal on a high speed internet connection. This is a great relief to me personally as I don't like doing that... Shoot when we go to buy anything I always turn Jacky loose on the Salesmen. She is awesome and a bit embarrassing when she starts negotiating. Me... I'm a wuss. So thanks to Jack Scherer for taking on that job... From me and from you the community I am sure.

Lamp posts need your address...

ron thomas .... An Editorial Opinion..



So we see the Assistant Fire Cheif coming to the park last year and praising us for putting address numbers on our post lights. The Engineer that drove the truck said at two in the am when you are trying to find nearly invisible addresses on the sides of houses it was the greatest thing since peanut butter.


Why do so many houses still not have the numbers? Personally we worry that a life may be lost just because of a stupid address number not being visible. Even in the daytime they are highly visible. Yet here we are with a lot of homes with no visible numbers. Some have told me that they can see their numbers on their houses just fine. But we are not talking about whether YOU can see them or not but whether the paramedic can see them. Doesn't it make sense that if everyone puts their numbers on their globes and the paramedics know this is standardized they won't have to dawdle around searching for the number that you can see just fine on your house?

By putting an address number on your lamp post light you are doing two good things.

1. First, you are protecting yourself and your family with the cheapest insurance available.
2. Secondly, you are making it easier to find your neighbor's home too.

Now we suspect that some folks might harbor ill will toward the Social Club for some past grievances or because of the current leadership or for whatever reason do not want to support this effort to make our community safer. Please take a bye on those feelings just for this one thing. Then you can return to whatever stance you want but just for this one thing, putting address numbers on your globes, won't you consider doing it yourself OR letting the volunteers do it for you?

To this end I volunteer to put those numbers on your globes for a $5 donation to the Social Club. (no post painting). If you cannot afford the $5.00 donation I will do it for FREE. Just give Donna Davi (Social Club Treasurer) a call and tell her you can't afford it but would like it done and it will be done. A signup sheet will be on the Bulletin Board.

If you do it yourself you can buy it at Walmart. They come in squares. Just trim the square away with scissors and an exacto knife and align them on the globe and glue them down. If you make a mistake scrape them off and cut another set of numbers.

Finally, if you are a block captain you already have a desire to make your neighborhood safer. If you haven't done so before please talk to that neighbor that hasn't numbered his/her light yet and tell them what the Fire Cheif said.

Rate-em

ron thomas


We are going to try something new on the website... We now have a page called, "You Rate EM". A link can be found on the left hand side of this page displaying a thumbs-up icon.


Here is the explanation of how it works....

This will be a spot to rate our community business and contractors. We think the best way to start will be this....We won't be posting negative ratings . Nor will anything emailed in be posted here. If some of you care to rate the service or product you have bought in our local area we will post it saying that there are X good ratings for the subject.If the rating is bad then we will subtract it from the number of good ratings. Should a subject acquire enough bad ratings to the point where the rating slips to zero or a minus number then they will be removed from our list.The list will soon reflect the communities' opinion of what is good to buy, use or eat. If this works you will have a good idea who can serve you best.You can email the editor with your positive or negative comments at:
teckron@hotmail.com

Sometimes you just wonder what the Heck...

ron thomas


Last night the Davi's had us over for a dinner of superbly cooked Italian cuisine. Donna Davi is an extraordinary chef and consuming one of her meals is fast becoming one of our most happy events.

Before the meal was served Ben Davi and I were talking about the Social Club as we often do. He told me of one resident that came up to him at the close of the meeting and told him that the meeting was the most "Disinterested" he had ever been to.

This statement was made despite the fact that treasurer's report showed the Social Club on sound financial ground with a $7100 balance. Despite a new innovation passed by popular vote that the Social Club will serve Hot Dogs and Chili at its next meeting (other menu choices will follow on at the meeting after this one). Despite another experimental innovation passed by popular vote that Bingo be funded out of the treasury for $100 plus what ever that night's proceeds are. Despite a firming of our upcoming Father's Day dinner at Izzy's where we have a special room reserved for LVH folks, a reduced senior discount and one future free meal for every Dad. Then there was the fixing of the electrical outage problem in the kitchen. A request to study what it would take to make the sound system work really well. An opening (by vote) of ticket sales to mother's day catered dinner to folks outside the park (family and friends). A request to speak to the community restaurants for gifts for our Mothers on their day.. A promise to study the problem with the electric ovens in the clubhouse kitchen. A request and acceptance to fill the Newsletter Editor's slot while he vacations in Alaska. A request to form a committee to find new folks for the Neighborhood Watch Co-ordinator and Vice Chairman of the Social Club.

Yeah, damn right... A very "Disinterested" meeting indeed.

Sometimes a well placed caustic remark can torpedo the best of intentions... Got a gripe...Then get a grip! THINK before you say something thoughtless.

Clark Howard.. radio personality and consumer advocate has an interesting article on using a debit card

from the Clark Howard Web Site....

Never use a debit card to pay at the pump

Have you ever used a debit card at a gas station to “pay at the pump?” Say you fill up $20 or $30 worth. Then, two days later you get a notice from your bank that you’ve bounced some checks. How can that be, you’re probably thinking. But, what you may not know is that when you use a debit card, gas stations have the right to overcharge you a certain amount to ensure they get their money. Sometimes it’s only a $5 or $10 hold. But it’s up to each gas station to decide how much to hold in your account, and some put a $75 or $100 hold on the account. And, they also decide how long to hold that money. Some hold the money for up to three days, so that can really hurt you. If you want to use a debit card at a gas station, do not pay at the pump. Pay inside the station and you’ll be charged for only what was purchased. Or, the better alternative is to use a credit card. If you have a rewards card, you get the cash back or gas reward to boot.

Visit this story and others on Clark's website:

Clark Howard Here

Okie Breakfast Electrical outages...

Ron Thomas

Those ladies that were doing the cooking at Edna's Okie Breakfast. Had a frustrating experience with circuit breakers tripping out from the heavy electrical load. The load was generated from electric skillets, deep fryers and microwaves all trying to run simultaneously.

Investigation has found a simple fix for any future cooking expeditions of this magnitude. When the clubhouse was built the electrical code mandated that garbage disposals be given their own separate 20 amp circuit. This is the case in our kitchen at the clubhouse. Each of our disposals have their own 20 amp circuit breaker for an additional 40 amps available for a large cook out. All that is needed is for us to provide 2ea 10 foot, multi strip, outlet cords (one for each disposal outlet). That will more than provide for the extra electricity should we ever need it again.

BINGO-A-RAMA !!!!!!! ====>

RON THOMAS..


Coming soon to the clubhouse.... Super Bingo! Keep tuned for the details as they are worked out. This much is known for certain...

• The Social Club is guaranteeing the jackpot money of $100 for this event. AND!!! Whatever the price for the cards that night will also be rolled into the Bingo pot. That's right... Prize money will be $100 plus all card buy in money. It's possible the pot could be as high as $200 to $400 !!!
  
• Bingo will not be called on a night that competes with the pool table to be heard.
• A mystery caller will call the lucky numbers.
• This is a first for the community... Join in the fun.

Look to the bulletin board to keep up on the latest... More information as soon as it is worked out.

Jim Dodds also has found a super buy....

Jim Dodds by email....

Jim also has found a buy on a home theater system with an amplifier, 6 speakers and a CD player for the clubhouse for $69... It would be a good music system for a very good price.


Everyone... I'm thinking of putting up the money for it hoping the Social Club will reimburse me ... What do you think? Here is a picture of the system to go with Jim's discription in the comments...

Jim Dodd's advice for Firefox users

Jim Dodds by email


Firefox announced today an update to the Mozilla web browser. To update your version to 1.0.3, in the top tool bar of the browser click:


Tools and goto

Options and open

Advanced (the "Advanced" Icon is on the left side tool bar) then scroll to

Software Update and click the

Check Now Button

That's it and continue to use Firefox

Nutz! Social Club Agenda didn't allow me enough time....

ron thomas

We didn't have enough time to put forward our basket full of requests.. We think we're going to have to do this largely on our own.

I don't want to be the one talking to Charter or Qwest about a hi-speed internet connection... I'm a real Klutz when it comes to doing that..Found that out when doing the red lights... But... No one wants to help... So we'll try. If successful we want to activate Jim Dodds to start looking for a wireless router and cards for the computers and a long range antenna to cover all the club house. I know you already showed the best buy going Jim but give me a chance to try and get the line in first. We can't do anything without that.

Meanwhile, I am going to hook my laptop up to the clubhouse TV and try to get ready for the next clubhouse meeting.

Also, the Social Club wants to have music put into the clubhouse with a speaker system that doesn't upset everyone. The place is an acoustic problem so we could use advice from audio-files out there and any of you older residents that would care to tell about your experiences with the speakers in place and the ones in the ceiling would be appreciated.

We will be restoring the current microphone system if we can while about looking into the other stuff. If this seems like fun to you then you might want to join in.

SPRING DINNER

REALLY BAD PHOTOGRAPHY BY ron thomas


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