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MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS PRIVLEDGES
By Kevin Elliott When you think about it, there aren’t many “sure things” out there for $25, but if
you live in Hiddenbrooke, you have access to a bona fide sure thing for the small price of $25. Here’s what you get for about the price of a sandwich, a candy bar and a café latte: a guarantee that a tireless bunch of your neighbors are working around the clock (sometimes literally!) to ensure that your quality of life in this beautiful community remains secure. In the last year alone, the Hiddenbrooke Community Association continued to fight the bureaucracy to move the park and school projects forward. Although the permitting process has dragged at the federal level, we are still looking at an opening for the school and the park in the fall of 2008. We have continued to provide careful fiscal review of the Hidden-brooke Maintenance District so that the City of Vallejo has to be accountable for the tax money collected to maintain the landscaped common areas. The HCA pressured the City and the flood control district to make improvements on the storm drain near the corner of Bennington Drive and Hiddenbrooke Parkway so that the street won’t flood during the rainy season. We’ve continued to hold social events for both adults and children, hosted the popular 2nd Annual Hiddenbrooke National Night Out, scheduled CPR and emergency first-aid training for the community, and our board joined an effort to create a community program to provide emergency response and first aid training (in the event of an earthquake or other natural disaster impacting our community). More than half a dozen Hiddenbrooke volunteers are already participating in the multi-week training program and others will follow. We have cre-ated a “safety committee” to coordinate trained emergency service personnel, doctors and
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NEIGHBORS
Inside this issue:
December/January 08
Published By HIDDENBROOKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
www.HiddenbrookeOnline.org
HCA President’s Msg 2
HPOA President’s Msg 3
Holiday Safety 4
HBGC Managers Msg 5
Fore! Tourney Summary 6 CPR Sunday 6
Festival of Lights 7 Recent Home Sales 7 Clubs in Hiddenbrooke 8
Classified Ads 10 Important Phone Numbers 11
Important Dates 12
Resident Tournament Dates 9
By Jewel Hailey
Hiddenbrooke may lose its polling place if residents do not step up to work the polls on election days. If this were to happen, Hiddenbrooke voters would have to go elsewhere to vote. The Solano County Registrar of Voters is currently looking for poll workers for the upcoming elections in Febru-ary, June and November of 2008. Poll workers are paid volunteers who assist voters on Election Day and help to ensure the voting process runs smoothly. It’s a great oppor-tunity to participate in the democratic process and earn some extra money at the same time!
Anyone who meets the following criteria is eligible to serve as a Poll Worker:
1. Be a registered voter in California, 2. Be available to serve at the polls on
Election Day (starting at 6 a.m. until all duties are completed),
3. Be available to attend mandatory train-ing which costs $15.
Poll Worker Positions, Duties & Compensation:
• The Inspector — Responsible for the overall operation of the polling place which includes opening and closing the polls, operating the voting equipment, handling spe-cial circumstances with voters, ensuring all ballots are accounted for and supervising the three clerks assigned
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HIDDENBROOKE IN JEOPARDY OF LOSING POLLING PLACE
Police & Fire Well Hiddenbrooke is certainly an active place. Since my last letter we have had a few police calls which have been rather upsetting to everyone. To address Crime Prevention, Emergency and Medical Response Services and Fire Protection in Hiddenbrooke, the HCA together with Kemper Sports sponsored a public safety meeting on November 19th at the golf club. Lt. Reggie Garcia of the Vallejo Police Department and Russ Sherman, Interim Fire Chief, of the Vallejo Fire Department were present so that everyone could learn what is being done to protect us in the event of an emergency. It also gave us the opportunity to learn the details of some recent police disturbances.
Lt. Reggie Garcia, of the Vallejo Police Department, addressed the incident that happened on Oct. 27 on Bennington Dr. Apparently it was a birthday party for a 21 year old that got out of control. Although the party started inside the home, it eventually moved out onto the street where a fight broke out and gun shots were fired. Luckily no one was injured, but one of those shots damaged a neighbor’s car. The incident is still under investigation. Be aware of your neighbors and report any suspicious activity to the police. Do not call Red Phantom at the Welcome Center as they have no police powers and are not able to handle any emergencies or crime.
We have had 400 police calls in Hiddenbrooke so far in 2007. That number is not as bad as it sounds because 320 of those calls were false alarms. Most calls were either DUI or domestic violence related. We also learned that the best time to report an emergency is before 2 a.m. when police staffing is higher.
Russ Sherman of the Fire Department informed us that the average emergency response time to Hiddenbrooke is 8-10 minutes. That is not acceptable. The Vallejo Fire Department would like to offer our residents the same level of service that other parts of Vallejo receive, however, this has not been possible without a fire station. There is still no resolution to this problem. Rest assured that your HCA Board of Directors is continuing to fight this battle. Your support at these meet-ings is crucial. We also learned that the call volume to the Fire Dept. in 2007 is virtually the same as it was in 2006, about 75 calls year-to-date. That averages about 6 calls per month. All calls were medical related. Luckily, no fires were re-ported.
Golf Tournament Our Annual HB Charity Golf Tournament on Oct. 21, was very successful. We had a lot of support from players, tee sponsors and people who attended the buffet. We are looking forward to making it bigger and better next year by getting Kemper Sports and others involved. Thanks to John Heckaman, Jim Hayes and the rest of the committee who worked so hard on this great event.
Festival of Lights The holidays are quickly approaching and so is the holiday lighting contest. Lynda Gregor has gra-ciously agreed to chair that event and she would like some help. If you would like to get involved please contact Lynda at 552-1155 or me at 554-0226.
Election Results In case you were out of town or hibernating and you missed the local election, you should know that the Vallejo may-oral election was nothing short of amazing. The difference in count between the top two candidates was just four votes, and as I write this letter, we are about to undergo a re-count. We may not know who the mayor is until the middle of December.
Membership Renewal Our association has a lot of inactive members and we would like you to become active again. A volunteer association is only as good as those who participate. If you haven't renewed your membership, this is a good time to do it. Simply fill out the membership application enclosed in this newsletter and drop it off at the Welcome Center with your $25 fee. Let's all start the New Year off on the right foot by joining together to make Hiddenbrooke the best it can be.
Our Board of Directors is working hard on new projects such as emergency preparedness and the development of a youth group. I continue to be amazed by the energy and inventiveness of our board. If you want to get involved, please contact me at 554-0226 or email at [email protected]. Happy Holidays to you all.
HIDDENBROOKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE By Jim Libien, HCA President, [email protected]
N E I G H B O R S Page 2
2007-2008 HCA Board of Directors
President Jim Libien 554-0226 Vice President Richard Tirrell 649-8224 Secretary Jo Kamanu 554-0205 Treasurer Jim Hayes 554-1983 Director Kevin Elliott 557-9340 Director Jason Hamilton 647-3766 Director Angelito Magbitang 647-3622
Hiddenbrooke — Where families thrive, and friendships & memories are made!
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HIDDENBROOKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE By Joyce Estes, HPOA President, [email protected]
Important: Another home in Hiddenbrooke was recently painted without HARC approval. Unfortunately, the color was not compatible with the surrounding homes, and the homeowner had to paint the home a second time in a two-week period, back to it’s original color. As you can imagine, this is a costly mistake to make. This is the third home in Hiddenbrooke that has had to be repainted because they did not get HARC approval. So be sure to get HARC approval if you are think-ing of changing the color of your home. If you are re-painting the same color, you do not need approval from HARC. Also please do not use the painted red bark or white rock in Hiddenbrooke. It is not approved by HARC and if we receive a complaint, you will be required to remove it.
Hiddenbrooke is a master planned community with CC&Rs and that is good thing because it helps maintain property val-ues. So please do get your improvements approved by HARC and avoid having to incur additional costs to bring them into compliance. You can download an application for improvements from our web site and mail the application and your documents to HARC c/o Valley Management Services. Someone from HARC will respond to your request.
Weed Abatement: The City of Vallejo continues to be the first re-sponder when weeds get out of control. HPOA has been working with Leina Morris, City of Vallejo, ([email protected]) to insure that all vacant custom lots were mowed this past year. The deadline for mowing vacant lots is May 1st. The City has the legal right after certain procedures are followed to have lots mowed and send the owner bill. So owners, please remember that you have a legal re-sponsibility to not only HPOA (your neighbors), but also the City of Vallejo to maintain your lots so they are not a fire hazard. If you have never landscaped your backyard, you can still be cited for weeds and litter, so make sure to get back there and clean up sev-eral times a year. Better yet, submit plans for HARC approval and get that yard landscaped!
Outstanding Dues: We still have some homeowners who have not paid their annual $53 assessment to HPOA. We are now sending past due statements only every other month. If you have paid your bill and are still getting a statement, please send a copy of your can-celled check (front and back) to Valley Management Services and they will research the problem.
Nominating Committee: Priscilla Silvey (643-0995) who heads up the HPOA Nominating Committee is looking for a few volunteers to serve on the Board starting July 1, 2008. Please contact her for more details. Directors serve two year terms.
Lawns: If your lawn is yellowing, it may be that you forgot to fertilize it. A little fertilizer now may just help bring back the nice, rich green color.
Foreclosures: Hiddenbrooke has NOT been immune to the problems in the real estate market. We have had our share of foreclosures and expect that there will be more. The most difficult time is the pre-foreclosure period when it is very diffi-cult to find someone to take responsibility for yard maintenance. You can help us by staying in contact with neighbors who are having financial problems and perhaps even asking if you can help maintain the front yard or helping us get permission so HPOA can help. Keeping the lawn cut and fertilized will go a long way in maintaining the beauty of Hiddenbrooke.
2007—2008 HPOA Board of Directors
www.HiddenbrookeOnline.org [email protected]
President Joyce Estes 647-7053 Vice President Fred Self 647-1110 Secretary Margarita Fernandez 738-4994 Treasurer Laura Kazaglis 330 524-9853 Dir-HARC David Elias 553-8911 Dir-Violations Angelo Lamola 553-9915 Dir-Communication Ian Forsyth 534-1650 Financial Management Valley Management Services 707-644-0922
CC&R Manager: Dave Caldwell, [email protected]
CC&R Complaints [email protected]
HPOA, Inc. c/o Valley Management Services
101 American Canyon Road, #508 — PMB #272 American Canyon, CA 94503
To drop off HARC plans, call 644-0922.
CC&R Complaints should be sent to [email protected] with a street address, description and picture of the problem and your name, address and phone number. Complaints can also be mailed to CC&R Complaints, c/o Valley Management Services, 101 American Canyon Rd, #508 - PMB #272, American Canyon, CA 94503. Complaints about a home in the Village, Villas, Reflections or Summit should FIRST be submitted to their respective HOA. Complaints received via email will be acknowledged via email. Unidentified complaints and complaints without a picture will not be considered.
Well, it’s that time once again. I would love to wish you all a very ‘Merry Christmas’, but due to our recent political climate pertaining to lack of any religious affiliation, allow me to just say ‘Happy End of Year Holidays!’
Now, getting down to business, the holidays are a vast experiment in tradition, and in keeping with the spirit, I thought it might be important to point out some possible danger issues. As it so happens, the winter months are often a Firefighter’s busiest time for accidents. Whether it be the slick road surfaces or the chimney fires, one thing is always certain: ‘Awareness Equals Abatement.’ So here’s my list:
1. Extension Cords — It is no fluke that most house fires are electrical, and your average wall outlet is equipped with a mere two sockets for a reason. If you must use an extension cord for your tree, outside lights, etc…. be sure to use only a properly rated ‘power strip’ equipped with its own breaker.
2. Christmas Trees — After one week a ‘real’ tree loses more than half its moisture, so you probably get where I’m going with this. Fake ones may be less festive but are endlessly more fire retardant.
3. Outdoor Holiday Lights — Get rid of your old 1970s heat lamps and buy some newer low-wattage strings. They are very cheap and much softer on your PG&E bill. Get with the program Gramps!
4. Smoke Detectors — If you haven’t already done so, change the battery in your smoke detectors. Even if hard-wired the back-up battery should be replaced twice yearly.
5. Fireplaces — Wax logs are easy and long-lasting, but they leave a thick coating of combustible residue in your chim-ney which could ignite, sending flames out of the top of your house like an Olympic torch. Cleaning-logs work, but I still
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Sunday, December 16, 2007, from 11:30am – 3:00pm. at the Hiddenbrooke Clubhouse
Afternoon Includes: Kids’ Activities
Brunch Buffet 11:30am – 1:30pm Special Appearance by Santa Claus 1:00pm – 3:00pm
$37 per adult $32 per Hiddenbrooke Member
(Golf, RoyalTee, Social/Swim/Fitness/Tennis) $9 per child (4-10 years old)
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Reservations required. RSVP by noon on Monday, Dec. 10 Call 558-0330 x202.
We wish all the residents a happy and safe holiday season! Be sure to join us for the Winter Wonderland Holiday Party on Sunday, Dec 16th from 11:30am to 3:00pm. The holiday brunch will include buttermilk pancakes, kids waffles, bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, made to order omelet station, eggs benedict, prime rib carving station, honey ham, roasted turkey, kids hamburger patties, kids grilled hot dogs, french fries, fruit punch, lemonade, iced tea and coffee. Santa will make his appearance at 1:00 pm so get your cameras ready. For details and sign up information, see the ad above.
The ever popular Crab Feed is back on Saturday, Jan 19th from 5:30 – 8:30 pm. The Crab Feed includes mixed green salad, cold Dungeness crab, corn on the cob, sourdough bread, clam chowder, coffee and tea. The cost for this event is $47 per adult, $42 per Hiddenbrooke Member (Golf, Roy-alTee or Social/Swim/Tennis) and $10 per child (4-10 years) including tax and gratuity. Kids 3 and younger dine with our compliments. Call 558-0330 ext. 202 to sign up by noon Jan 12.
The 2nd Annual Senior Polar Bear Classic is scheduled for Friday, Jan 25th at 8am. For details and sign up information, see the ad above.
The next Wine Maker’s Dinner will be held on Wednesday, January 30th at 7pm, and will feature a three course dinner paired with Australian wines from Peter Leimen Vineyards. Dinner includes arugula salad paired with Eden Valley Barossa Riesling 2004, slow braised lamb shank paired with Clancy’s Red Blend Barbosa Valley 2004 and white wine poached pear paired with Noble Semillon Barbosa Valley 2005. The cost for dinner with wine is $89 per person and $84 per Hiddenbrooke Member (Golf, RoyalTee or So-cial/Swim/Tennis). Please let us know if you need child care during this event. Bottles of wine will be available for pur-chase after dinner. Call 558-0330 ext. 202 to sign up by noon Jan 23.
As a reminder to the Social Members, the jacuzzi will remain open year round.
Looking for gift ideas for your family, friends and staff mem-bers? Purchase holiday gift packs such as rounds of golf, lessons, golf balls, etc at the Hiddenbrooke Pro Shop or online at www.HiddenbrookeGolf.com.
We hope everyone has a Happy New Year! See you all at the Club!
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HB GOLF CLUB GENERAL MANAGER’S MESSAGE By Ollie Becker, General Manager
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Registration deadline: January 21, 2008.
Payment due at time of registration.
Contact Alisa Sanger to sign up at 558-0330 ext. 206 or [email protected].
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Sunday, October 21st was a day of fun for the 25 golfers playing in the 7th Annual Hiddenbrooke Community Association’s Charity Golf Tournament. The weather was ideal for posting some hot scores. The winning team score in the scramble format was a 64, posted by the team of Jim Hayes, Tim Corbett, and Jim Libien. The Hiddenbrooke community teamed with two charity organizations to raise funds for their causes; Arnie’s Army Fights Prostrate Cancer and Xiana’s Angels, a local charity for needy children in Vallejo schools, that Hiddenbrooke residents have supported for several years. Many area businesses and individuals donated funds as tee sponsors, and generous Hiddenbrooke residents donated items for the raffle drawing, that were awarded at the dinner following the golf tournament. A special thanks goes to the Hiddenbrooke Community Association, Triad Communities, LP, and Kemper Sports for their generous support of the tournament. Kerry Levac won the pre-tournament putting contest. The prize, a custom-designed putter, was donated by Tim Corbett. Other prizes were awarded to Alex Gaoiran who won closest to the pin contest (hole #13) at the Arnie’s Army Fights Pros-trate Cancer par 3 and Kathi Hamel who hit the longest drive (hole #5). Keep your calendars open for October 2008 for the next Annual tournament! We would like to hear from you on how we can increase the turnout and improve the tournament. Contact John Heckaman (642-4066) or Jack Foltz (552-6243), co-chairs for the 2008 tournament with your ideas.
Sign up now! The HCA will be hosting its first “CPR Sunday” on February 3rd 2008, from 10:00am until 3:00pm. Class will be held at the Hiddenbrooke Clubhouse, and cost $65. Here’s what you get:
• Adult, child, infant CPR / First Aid certification. • Use of automatic external defibrillator. • All books provided.
For this class we will try out a couple models of automatic external defibrillators, which we will hopefully purchase and store at the Welcome Center in case of emergency. The protocol for usage still to be determined.
Deadline to sign up is January 1, 2008 and the class size is limited to 30 people. E-mail Jason Hamilton at [email protected] or call 647-3766 to sign up. There has been a lot of interested expressed in this class, so don’t delay. Payment will be accepted at time of class.
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RECENT HOME SALES Recent Home Sales information is from BAREIS multiple listing service, and is provided by Jo Kamanu, Remax Gold. DOM COE Address Price SF (days on mkt) (close of escrow)_____ 8147 Carlisle Way $470,000 2350 242 8/31/07 4083 Summer Gate $675,000 2652 309 9/28/07 6215 Newhaven $585,000 1996 71 10/19/07 8190 Carlisle Way $386,900 1665 28 11/16/07
HIDDENBROOKE’S FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS By Lynda Gregor The Hiddenbrooke Community Association is sponsoring a Festival of Lights to brighten the holiday season. Everyone is encouraged to participate in the holiday decorating event. Appreciation signs will be awarded in three categories: Tradi-tional, Children, and Elegant. All homes in Hiddenbrooke will be reviewed on Wed. December 19, 2007 starting at 6:00pm. Please have your lights on that evening if you want your home to be considered. The award winners will be posted on Hiddenbrooke News on Thursday, December 20.
We are also encouraging all Hiddenbrooke residents to par-ticipate in the Luminaria Lighting again this year. To partici-
pate, simply place luminarias approximately 5-feet apart along your sidewalk or driveway, and light the candles during the weekend before Christmas.
Although we will not be providing luminarias this year, they are very simple to make. To make your own luminarias, use lunch sized paper bags or any color, and fill with 2-3 cups of sand, gravel, kitty litter, etc. for weight. Add a tea light and light it. The tea light will usually last about 2-3 hours. You can also cut designs out of the paper bag, such as stars, or snowflakes or Christmas trees, or glue cut out designs onto the outside of the paper bag, which will show up as silhou-ettes.
If you have any questions about the Festival of Lights or the Luminaria Lighting please call one of the committee mem-bers: Lynda Gregor 552-1155, Melinda Mares 557-6536 or Marcia Jarvis 467-3061.
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Almost 40 artists entered the contest and their works of art were displayed in the window at J&O's Market. “Judging was tough”, says Sasha Jain of J&O’s, ”but we were very happy with the turnout. Hopefully, next year will be even bigger.” Winners were chosen from 3 age categories, 2-4 years, 5-8 years, and 9-12 years. J&O’s Market provided the prizes that included a $25 gift card to Chuck E. Cheese, Ghiradelli chocolate package with a Halloween themed Teddy Bear, and 4 movie tickets. Thanks to all who en-tered, and a special congratulations to our winners!
Halloween Coloring Contest Winners: Fericia Terciano, 9, The Village, Taylor Clark, 4, Westchester,
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Flocked trees are accepted. To schedule a pick up, please call 534-1570 or email [email protected]. A $5 donation is requested.
The Knitting Circle meets on the second Tuesday each month from 7-9pm. For more information, contact Melinda Mares at [email protected] or 557-6536, or Ramona Sampayan at 645-1371.
The Tuesday Golf Club meets weekly to play a morning round here at Hiddenbrooke. Contact John Estes at JohnE142@ pacbell.net or 647-7052 if you want to join us. Keep an eye out on HB-News for current tee times, then call the Pro Shop to sign up.
Stay-at-home Mom? Hiddenbrooke has it’s own informal Mom’s Club! Join us for Coffee Mornings, Whiney After-noons, Girl’s Nights Out and Bookclub evenings, plus other field trips, spontaneous events and outings. Contact Jamie Clark at [email protected] for information.
The Hiddenbrooke Garden Club meets on the first Sunday of each month at members homes. For more information contact Mimi Glavin, Garden Club Secretary, at mimiglavin@ comcast.net.
Do you have a club or group that meets on a regular basis? Are you looking for new members? Whether it is a Bookclub, Knitting Circle, Political Club, Gourmet Food Club, Gardening Club, or just a Friday Night Dinner Club, I'd like to hear about it! List your club name, contact and phone number in Neighbors. E-mail your club information to me at [email protected]
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nurses who live in Hiddenbrooke – experts suggest that we should expect to be on our own for three or four days after a serious regional disaster and we want to be able to access the talents of trained expert volunteers should that occur. In the last few months the HCA board has held meetings in four different Hiddenbrooke neighborhoods, and listened to more localized neighborhood concerns while letting people know what’s going on in our community. We’re evaluating needed upgrades to the security cameras in the Welcome Center and we’ve worked with Red Phantom to increase the number and frequency of neighborhood pa-trols. Last month, we invited the police department to come out to Hiddenbrooke to talk to the community about crime prevention and safety on our streets and in our homes.
Plus, Neighbors, this bi-monthly newsletter, is written, edited, produced and distributed by a cadre of dedicated volunteers, and helps distribute important information to the residents of our valley. All this for $25 per family. Not a bad investment in your com-munity. Whether you do it for your neighbors, for your community or for yourself, you just can’t beat the effectiveness of a $25 membership in the HCA. We’re making a huge difference in the quality of life in Hiddenbrooke and doing our part to help make Vallejo a better community. But we need your help. If you’re not a member of the HCA now, please join us! If you’re already a member, please renew your membership by filling out the membership application enclosed in this issue. You just can’t make a better investment in the future and quality of this community that we all call home.
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By John Estes, Jim Hayes & Tim Corbett Resident Golf Committee The Hiddenbrooke Resident Golf Committee has reserved the following Tournament dates for 2008.
• March 9, 11:00 AM, • April 20, 11:00 AM, • May 18, Noon, • June 22, Noon, • July 20, Noon, • August 17 Noon, • Sept. TBD, • Oct. 19, 11:30 AM
The date for the Annual HCA Golf Tournament will be deter-mined at a later time. We will only have 24 tee times, which means that we can only accept 24 golfers. So, sign up early to reserve your spot.
The Grill will stay open for all who wish to eat after the Tour-nament. They will also have additional servers on the days of the Tournament to serve drinks and food.
The September date is open and we will have to see where we would like to play as Hiddenbrooke does not have any available tee times.
Thanks to all the Residents who played in all the tourna-ments this year and may we have a better year in 2008.
HIDDENBROOKE RESIDENT GOLF TOURNAMENT DATES SCHEDULED FOR 2008
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recommend having chimneys cleaned once a year. Also, never go to sleep with your fireplace lit, and a CO detec-tor is never a bad idea.
6. Common Sense — Don’t drink and drive. Duhh!
7. Join the HCA, you cheapskate! As Carl Malden once said: “Membership has its privileges,” and makes for a great stocking stuffer.
8. And lastly, telephone Doubleday Publishing in New York and tell them that Jason Hamilton is the most brilliant writer of all time….and very handsome.
2008 will be a very exciting year to be a ‘Brooky’ and your HCA has a lot of cool stuff on the horizon. Along with the dedication of our new Charter School site we will be hosting several classes on emergency response, and will continue fostering our relationship with Neighborhood Watch. Our first CPR Sunday will be held on February 3rd at the Clubhouse (from 10am to 3pm) and will certify you in CPR as well as First Aid. I’ve also been approached about starting an HB Men’s Club, where we can get together, go out and shop for wonderful gifts for our amazing spouses (shhh, drink beer) and compare notes on the wonders of fatherhood (and drink more beer).
Looking forward to seeing you all next year, so please, have a great and safe holiday season.
HOLIDAY SAFETY (Continued from page 4)
to the precinct team. $125
• Street Index Clerk – checks off voters on a list. $85 (during primary elections only)
• Roster Clerk – verifies the voter is registered and ensures the voter signs the roster. $75
• Ballot Clerk – issues ballots to voters. $75
If you are interested in volunteering to help keep a polling place in Hiddenbrooke, please contact Jewel Hailey at 707-784-3360.
POLLING PLACE (Continued from page 1)
IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS
Property Owner Associations and Groups Hiddenbrooke Master CC&R’s Valley Management Services 707-644-0922 Fairway Villas HOA - Bridgeport 925-824-2888 Reflections I & II HOA - Helsing Group 925-355-2100 Village HOA - Summit Properties 707-448-8906 x12 Summit HOA - Boardwalk Investment 925-937-4378
Hiddenbrooke Golf Club Pro Shop, Tee Times 558-1140 Hiddenbrooke Grille 558-0330 x217 Annual Swim/Gym/Tennis Passes 558-0330 x208 Maintenance 557-8160 Catering 558-1153
Hiddenbrooke Plaza Angelo’s 644-5500 J&O Trading Co Market & Deli 552-2012 Café Eunica 647-0888 Hiddenbrooke Dry Cleaners 642-4600
Other Local Resources Triad Communities 557-1184 HARC/Landscape Plan Questions David Elias (Architectural) 553-8911 Jamie Clark (Landscape) 644-7764 Welcome Center 558-9697 Azevedo Farms (cows out) 552-9967
HB Resident Notary Services Annette Young-Taw 925-260-9568 Detra Morgan 333-3161
City of Vallejo Web Site www.ci.vallejo.ca.us/govsite/ Abandoned Vehicles 648-4682
Code Enforcement/Litter/Weeds General Information 648-4469 Nimat Shakoor-Grantham 648-4522 Illegal Dumping 648-4469 Weed Abatement (Fire Dept) 648-4565 Police & Fire from Cell Phone in Vallejo 648-5293 Fire – Non-Emergency 648-4526 Police – Non-Emergency 648-4321 Neighborhood Watch 648-5262 Report Speeders, Officer Schroeder 649-3569
Hiddenbrooke Maintenance District (HMD) (broken sprinklers, landscape issues in common areas) Jeanine Perasso-Kaczmarczyk 553-7219 Emergencies after 6PM/Weekends 648-4315
Humane Society/Animal Control Lost or Injured Animals 645-7906 Dead Animals on Street 552-3110 (Answering machine) 552-0221
Household Resources SBC – Phone Out of Order 611 Order Phone Books 1-800-848-8000 PGE – Power Outages 1-800-743-5000
Public Works Street Light Repair 649-5413 Pot Hole Repair 648-4556
Vallejo Garbage –Garbage Service 552-3110 Recycling Center 552-3174 Curbside Recycling 644-2413
Water Emergencies 648-4313
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