Spring 2016 (Newsletter)

Family ~ Friends ~ Neighbors
SPRING 2016
SGRCA MISSION
STATEMENT
To maintain and enhance
the quality of life and
property values of the
Sedona Golf Resort
Community by assuring
common areas are well
maintained, rules and
regulations are
appropriate and enforced
and sound fiscal policies
are pursued.
SGRCA BOARD MEMBERS
President, Frances Hawley
Vice Pres., Gayle Burns
Secretary, Barbara Otter
Treasurer, Pat Cassidy
Director, Frank D’Angelo
Director, Irwin Richmond
Director, Dean Patterson
Volume 3, Issue 3
GOT HUMMERS??? By Bill Agnew
Meet the Hawkins, Beth Kingsley, a hummingbird specialist and Ross, founder and executive
director of the International Hummingbird Society and Gallery, both located here in the
Village of Oak Creek. Beth is an international professional ‘nature as fine art’ photographer
who moved to Sedona with her husband in 2006. They moved to Sedona because of the
climate, the ‘O my God’ Beauty, the spiritual energy …and the hummingbirds. Back in their
home in Maryland, the savvy Ruby-throated Hummingbird went to Mexico each winter, and
the Hawkins experienced ‘hummingbird deprivation syndrome.’ Here in Sedona, the Anna’s
hummingbird stays all winter and is hardy enough to nest successfully. As a result, Beth has
published a magical book called Anna’s in the Snow, documenting their survival when they
nested next door to them. The male sings prolifically, and Beth made a professional
recording of her singing back and forth with the male Anna’s, as he responded to her
vocalizations.
Her vast collection of images includes excellent floral studies,
many from Monet’s garden; breathtaking landscapes, including
the Namib Desert in Southwest Africa, some interesting
southwest doorways and more. Hummingbirds have been the
reason for travel to destinations like Trinidad, Tobago and
Costa Rica, but she has found some fascinating hummingbird
nests right here at home in the Village, including one Anna’s
nest on the Sedona Golf Resort Course. One very southwestern
nest was created here in the Village on a Kokopelli wind
chime. Another black-chinned hummingbird nested in the O of
a welcome sign. Beth photographed the OM of the welcome
sign with the Hummer Mom sitting there patiently on the nest and now this ‘meditating
hummingbird’ has become a signature piece. Also, one hummer, wondrously, nested five
years in a row in the Plaza courtyard, visible through the gallery window. One customer
dubbed her ‘the Sedona Hummingbird Nest Diva.’
Beth maintains feeders on her windows so real live hummers are there year round and also
welcomes the hummingbirds with unprocessed cotton as nesting material.” Her motto is:
Bringing beauty into focus…creating sacred spaces within and without. She delights in
sharing the wonders of the divine imagination and likes to quote Mother Teresa’s saying, “Do
small things with great love.” In this case, the small things that need our care are
hummingbirds.
In this issue:
Got Hummers???
1
Committee News
2
Community News
3
Message from the
SGRCA Board President
3
Tech Tips
3
Be A Good Neighbor
4
Community Association
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Sedona Golf Resort Community Association: Family ~ Friends ~ Neighbors
ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE NEWS
The revised SGRCA Design Guidelines (DG) are done, have
been approved by the Board and are on the Website for your
use. The Ad Hoc Committee (AHC), including Ellen Simon,
Irwin Richmond, chaired by Frances Hawley and chartered in
January 2015, has completed this massive undertaking. The
original DGs were established as a guide for building a
Custom Home but over the years have evolved as a guide for
adding or enhancing any home site. There was redundancy
as well as out of date information (solar, Night Sky
designation, etc.). The AHC spent over a year and
Irwin Richmond, Frances Hawley and Ellen Simon
countless hours reading, rereading, investigating and
organizing information in a logical, sequential and helpful
format. The AC hopes you find these DGs helpful when considering adding or changing
something outside your home including roof, paint colors, landscape, windows and the list
goes on.
COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE NEWS
The CC has added one more piece to our communication objective. The
“face” of our Association is represented by the beauty of the common
land, the redesigned website (home page and content), the Newsletter
and NOW, official stationary. The Committee designed the letterhead
using the masthead of the Newsletter so the image of our Association
would be consistent and identifiable. We hope you receive some good
news on this new Communication tool; but if it is unpleasant news, we
hope it is better received on the ‘official’ and professional looking
stationary. Let us know what you think.
LANDSCAPE COMMITTEE NEWS by Carol Sheets
The SGRCA Board of Directors approved three landscape
enhancement projects for 2016. The three ‘gateway’ areas are
located at Bent Tree, Crystal Sky and Crown Ridge at Saddle Horn.
Work was completed in April.
The complete renovation of two corners at the Crown Ridge and
Saddle Horn intersection is the final piece of a major Association
landscaping project begun over five years ago. All four corners
now have comparable stonewalls and plantings. The two newly
renovated corners, formerly maintained by the Sedona Golf
Course crew, will now be maintained to a consistent standard
under our landscape maintenance agreement.
In addition to these three projects, over sixty new plants were
planted and 35 tons of crushed red rock was spread throughout
the neighborhood in April. And lastly, the mail box pod on Crystal
Sky was updated as was the median across from it.
COMMUNITY NEWS: Volunteers of the Year Award
At the Annual Meeting the Volunteers of the Year were announced. Congratulations to the
Design Guidelines Ad Hoc SubCommittee members Ellen Simon, Irwin Richmond and Frances
Hawley who received the award for all of their hard work, time and success in providing a
sequential and thorough document for use by builders and Homeowners.
More COMMUNITY NEWS on Page 3.
COMMITTEES
ARCHITECTURAL
Frank D’Angelo, CHAIR
Pat Cassidy
Dean Patterson
Randy Hawley
David Barron
MEETINGS:
Monthly 1st Thursday
COMMUNICATIONS
Frances Hawley, Chair
Bill Agnew
Gina Cassidy
Dean Patterson
MEETINGS:
Monthly 2nd Tuesday
LANDSCAPE
Carol Sheets, CHAIR
Barbara Otter
Dean Patterson
Lillian Lombardo
Judy Thompson
MEETINGS:
Monthly 1st Friday
ARCHITECTURE TIP:
Anything–sculpture, pots
or other decorative
items–in the front yard
require an AC request
before placing or
installing.
COMMUNICATIONS TIP:
Be sure your contact
information (phone # &
email address) is current
in the HOAMCO office.
LANDSCAPE TIP:
Enjoy the sight of the
new entrance gateways
to our Community.
Sedona Golf Resort Community Association: Family ~ Friends ~ Neighbors
Message from SGRCA Board President
It has been a busy Spring! The Annual Meeting was held on April 20, 2016 at the Ranger Station with
about 30 Association Members present. At that meeting, we said a fond farewell to Lillian Lombardo,
who has served the Association for many years as a Committee member, Board Member and President of
the Association. We are so grateful to her and her long-standing commitment to this Community, and
we will miss her. We also welcomed new Board Member, Irwin Richmond, who worked diligently on the
Design Guidelines Ad Hoc SubCommittee. Members also had the opportunity to ask questions about their
Community and Association during the Open Forum.
At the Organizational Meeting, a slate of Officers was elected including: President – Frances Hawley;
Vice President – Gayle Burns; Secretary – Barbara Otter and Treasurer –
Patrick Cassidy. Please put the date, when published, on your calendar
next year and make plans to join us.
Frances Hawley
Those of you on driving on Crown Ridge above Saddlehorn noticed a speed monitor near the
mailboxes. Many of our residents had mentioned, what they felt, were excessive speeds on this
street. The Sheriff’s Department was contacted and placed a speed monitor from February 2 –
10, 2016 to determine rate of speed and traffic patterns. Interestingly, the average rate of
speed was 23.28 mph with a range of 20 – 33 mph, which the installer thinks he registered
when he was testing the setup. A total of 1591 vehicles (each pass was counted as a vehicle)
passed the monitor during that time. Kudos to our residents and their guests.
Irwin Richmond and Lillian Lombardo
TECH TIPS by Bill Agnew
The free upgrade from Microsoft, Windows 10 ends on July 29th, although there have been rumors of an extension. You do
not have to upgrade to Windows 10 but support for Windows 7 ends Jan. 14 2020 and support for Windows 8/8.1 ends
Jan.10 2023.
The upgrade can be a time consuming process of up to 5 hours and is done almost automatically. Once Windows 10 is
installed, you have 30 days to decide if you like it. If you don’t, you can roll Windows 10 back to your old operating system.
Want to “look before you leap” go to the following links to see free tutorials on the Win 10 Operating system
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/windows10/4
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=windows+10+tutorial
Information about the security/privacy issues making headlines about Windows 10, see these links:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/no-microsoft-is-not-spying-on-you-with-windows-10/
http://www.zdnet.com/article/dont-let-the-grinches-put-you-off-windows-10/
http://lifehacker.com/what-windows-10s-privacy-nightmare-settings-actually-1722267229
Want to get rid of the annoying “Get Windows 10 “pop-up reminder? Try this link:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/GWX-Stopper.shtml
For the Brave Souls wanting to upgrade see:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/hands-on-with-windows-10-upgrading-installing-and-activating-in-the-real-world/?
tag=nl.e539&s_cid=e539&ttag=e539&ftag=TRE17cfd61
COMMUNITY NEWS: SPRING MIXER
The First Annual Spring Fling Mixer was held to celebrate the end of
tax season, Spring’s arrival and to greet friends and make new ones
with the raffle ticket activity. What a great night to visit, putt, chat
and eat. Again, the SGR dining room crew did a wonderful job.
Congratulations to Frank D’ Angelo for winning the putting contest.
Hope to see more of you in the Fall at the Mixer.
Who You Gonna Call?
Emergency
911
BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR
APS (electricity)
928.282.7128
We all hear questions about “Can we walk our dogs on the golf course?” I have heard “Of
course you can,” “No you can’t” and “I‘m not sure if they want us to or not” so I checked with
Mr. Jeremy Hayman, General Manager of SGR, and here are his answers.
AZ Water Company
928.282.7092
Big Park Sewer
800.659.7149
HOAMCO (Assn Mgr)
928.282.4479
928.203.0050 fax
Yavapai County Sheriff
(VOCA)
928.771.3260
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“Generally, we like to allow Homeowners to walk their dogs during non-golfing hours and/
or ahead/after play (earlier am and later pm).”
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“We would prefer animal owners to keep pets out of the sand traps and off greens. –
unraked bunkers and marks in the greens are a detriment to the guest experience and cost
us labor.”
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“We also often see either poop that is not picked up, it is
picked up and left in a bag on the sidewalk or it is thrown
into one of our trash cans. In the summer heat, those
trashcans get awfully ‘ripe’, once again a detriment to the
guest experience. We would prefer the bags be carried
home and thrown away there.”
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“Dogs on leashes* is preferred for everyone’s safety, and
golf course maintenance” And
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“Please stay on the cart path in the early morning and not walk on the grass when there is
frost on the ground as there will be dead grass in the shape of a footprint several days
later.”
Post Office
928.282.3511
Century Link (Phone)
800.244.1111
Sedona Fire District
928.282.6800
Sedona Golf Resort
928.284.9355
Unisource Gas
928.282.3919
VOC Library
928.284.1603
We appreciate the Golf Course’s hospitality – Let’s be welcome and cooperative guests.
*According to Yavapai County Ordinance No. 2000 – 3, B. 2 “No dog shall be permitted at large (A, 1 …being
neither confined by a suitable enclosure nor physically restrained on a leash.) except as provided herein. Dogs
shall be confined within a suitable enclosure or otherwise physically restrained to prevent entry of dogs on public
or private property other than the owner’s or on a leash not to exceed six (6) feet in length and of sufficient
strength to control the dog.” This is also a safety precaution as there have been dangerous attacks on owners
and their dogs recently in the area.
Sedona Golf Resort Community Association
35 Bell Rock Plaza Suite A
Sedona, AZ 86351
Newsletter Credits
Frances Hawley, Editor in
Chief
Karen Edwards, Publisher
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