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September 2018 Editor: Nancy Post

Upcoming Calendar Sept. 4, 18: Scrabble Sept. 5: Ladies Bridge Club Sept. 5: Ladies Book Club Sept. 7: Men’s Breakfast Sept 7: Board Meeting Sept. 13, 27: Common Thread Sept. 20: Ladies Lunch Sept. 29: Helping Hands Tag & Bake Sale

Message from John Seremet, Landscaping Committee Chair… Bartlett Landscaping just finished trimming the trees at the Green and street side and will be back in the fall after the leaves have fallen to trim the ornamental and maple trees in front of each unit. Proscape has trimmed the bushes in the front PLAs with exception of the budding bushes but will be back to finish the job later this year. After all the bids for trimming the pines trees are received and evaluated, the pine trees will be trimmed later this fall.

Our Spinnaker Website

spinnakerniantic.org

Recently at the Clamshell Quilt Guild Show

Arlene Parkhurst won the "Viewer's Choice

Award" for this magnificent quilt.

Property Manager - Josh Parsons

Sound Real Estate Services, LLC.

860-333-6535,ext. 101

jparsons@sresct.com

Please Welcome Our New Neighbors

Todd Bakoledis & Cheryl Keithan – 4 Spinnaker

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Message from Andy Pajak, Maintenance Committee Chair…Mailbox update - Our supplier of mailbox posts and boxes does not have a sufficient number of white mailboxes of the model we ordered in their inventory to complete the replacement project in early September as originally planned. Installation of the new units now is scheduled for early November. Very targeted driveway and road crack sealing is being planned while temperatures are suitable for this work. We are awaiting bid from contractor.

2018 Spinnaker Board Meetings, Stop & Shop Super Market (2nd floor

conference room) at 248 Flanders Road in East Lyme, CT

September 7, 2018, 8 am November 9, 2018, 8 am February 1, 2019, 8 am

April 5, 2019, 8 am May 17, 2019, 8 am

Annual Meeting: June 18, 2019

Association Board of Directors (Committee Chairs)

John Opeka, President

Phil Spencer, Secretary

Bruce Chimento, Treasurer, VP & Finance Committee

Mike Shapiro, Alteration Review and Procedures Committee

Andy Pajak ,

Maintenance Committee & Asst. Secy

John Seremet, Landscaping Committee

Doug Durham, Snow Removal Committee

The Spinn Classifieds

Jean Silverio, 40 Spinnaker, wants to sell her black 2011 Buick Regal CX. Excellent

condition, 24,000 miles, one owner, dealer maintained. Asking $12,000. Contact Jean 860-691-0880 or daughter Amy 860-490-

7510.

Handyman Services and More! Jim Juliano,

19 Regatta Dr. (860-798-3265 or

JimJJuliano@gmail.com) is licensed and

insured and has been helping many

residents. Please call Jim if you need any of

these services:

Wrap or spray Arborvitaes to deter

deer

Replace rusty porch recessed light

fixtures

Trim shrubs away from your house.

Change high ceiling lightbulbs

Dump runs

Repair or replace torn or pitted

screens

So much more!

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SPINNAKER CLUBS

If you have any questions about any of the activities, please call or e-mail the contact person.

The Book Club… resumes on September 5th. We will be meeting at Joan Rimkus's home and discussing "The Death of Mrs. Westaway. Contact: Pat McCarthy.

Breakfast for Men… will meet Friday, Sept. 7, 8:00 am, Charlie's Place. Contact Paul Schwartz.

Bridge for Ladies... will meet Sept. 5. Contact: Claudia Kelly.

Events Committee… Save the Date: Spinnaker Holiday Party- Sunday December 2nd at Langley’s Restaurant in Waterford.

Helping Hands… Helping Hands had a very successful food drive in June. We collected 21 bags of groceries along with $985. Well done Spinnaker residents! Care & Share appreciates all your help especially since they have more clients and fewer donations. On September 29th, 9 to 2, Helping Hands will have a tag sale along with a bake sale. Flyers will be distributed with the details. Rain date will be Sept 30th. Our next food drive is scheduled for Oct 18-19. Look for the hearts at Pat Payne, Linda Pajak & Maureen Schiller's home. Save your slightly used coats, scarves, gloves & mittens you would like to donate for our "Warm & Woolly" drive on Nov 15-16. Details will follow. Our next meeting is Oct. 17th, 4:00 at Pat Payne's. Contact: Maureen Schiller Ladies Lunch… THURSDAY September 20 at 1 pm Cafe Flo at Florence Griswold Museum. Weather permitting we will dine outside overlooking the river. Contact Geri Masten or Connie Christie by Monday September 17th.

Men’s Golf… The Spinnaker Men’s Golf group is open to all men of Spinnaker who enjoy playing golf. Weather permitting, we play every week from mid-April to late October at several courses in Connecticut and Rhode Island. The group size typically ranges from 4 to 10 players. There is no obligation to play every week. The skill level of the golfers has a range that would include most any player. If interested in being put on our email list for weekly notices, please contact Dave Zoller at (860) 739-2256 or dzoller@aol.com.

Scrabble… (Co-ed) will meet, Tuesdays, Sept. 4 & 18 at 10:30am. New participants welcome. Contact: Andrea Roscoe or Kathy Schwartz. Sewing/Quilting (Common Thread)… Will meet Sept. 13- Kathy Haffey and Sept. 27- Karen Zoller. Contact: Ann Sieben

This and That… For those of you who find

walking on sand difficult and would love to

use our wonderful town beaches, I wanted

to let you know that I used one of the two

new beach wheelchairs donated by the

Niantic Rotary, Lions Club and United

Cerebral Palsy. The East Lyme Public Trust

provided the sand mats. Dave Putnam,

Director of Parks & Rec for East Lyme, who

is also a member of Rotary, oversees the

operation. The lifeguards did all the work

getting me over the sand and in and out of

the water.

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2018 GET-TOGETHERS