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This is the Official communication of the Aquia Harbour Home Owners Association, compiled and distributed by the Communications

Committee for the residents of Aquia Harbour. Please contact Communications Committee member Wendy Desmond at

[email protected] to make organizational submissions to this publication.

The Aquia Harbour Newsletter – March 2021 Edition Official Communications from the AHPOA

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Upcoming AHPOA Meetings

The AHPOA Board of Directors will hold its March regular meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 24th at the Country

Club and its work session at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17th, at the Business

Office.

The meeting and work session will be held in-person, unless COVID-19 restrictions prohibit it, and online. Please bring and

wear a mask if attending in-person. Social distancing will be observed. If you would

like to be invited to attend online, using the GoToMeeting app, please email

[email protected] with your email address, lot number and address.

Business Office Hours

At this time the AHPOA business office is closed to walk-in traffic,

however, we are available by phone at 540-659-3050, by email

at [email protected] or via Facebook at

http://facebook.com/aquiaharbour. Dues payments can be mailed in,

dropped in the lock box on the front of our building or paid via ClickPay.

Notice

Business Office Holiday Hours

The business office will be closed for all services on Friday, April 2nd. Payments and correspondence can be placed in the lockbox to the left of the front door of the business

office building.

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(Debe Caldwell)

Harbour Events Club

We look forward to seeing you all in person this year so planning for this year’s events has started. If you are interested in helping us, please contact us at [email protected]. Because of current COVID-19 restrictions, we will not be planning events for March. We hope we will be able to start having events in April, but it is all contingent on COVID-19 and Virginia’s mandates. APRIL event (all contingent on COVID-19) 3 April – Food Truck Rodeo at Harbour Inn, 11a to 2p. The HEC will gather a few food trucks in one location in order for residents to purchase different kinds of food for your family in one spot. This event is still waiting for approval at time of article submission (2/15/21) so watch our Facebook page for more info.

Aquia Harbour Events Club

NOTICE Changes to Policy on Outdoor Signs,

Flags, Banners and Displays

At its meeting on January 27, 2021, the AHPOA Board of Directors approved

changes to Section 10 of the Construction Maintenance Procedures. These changes, which went into effect immediately, address the use of outdoor signs, flags, banners and displays within the community. Residents are

advised to read the new regulations either online by following this

link https://aquiaharbour.org/resources/governing-documents/construction-maintenance-

procedures/#toggle-id-5 and then scrolling to ‘Section 10. Signs’ or by requesting a copy

via email to [email protected].

NOTICE

At its regular meeting on February 24, 2021, the Board

of Directors approved a revised Application for

Construction/Modification Approval form. The new form will go into effect on April 1,

2021. Beginning April 1, 2021, the deadline for submitting

applications to the Architectural Control Committee (ACC) will be the close of business on the day before each ACC meeting. The committee currently meets on Wednesdays at 5:00 p.m.


https://aquiaharbour.org/resources/governing-documents/construction-maintenance-procedures/#toggle-id-5







17 April – Spring Craft Fair at Harbour Inn, 10a to 3p. – If you would like to be a vendor, please contact Julia Regan at [email protected]. Keep watching here and on our Facebook page as more details become available. May event (all contingent on COVID-19) 22 May – Harbour World Day Celebration at the Harbour Inn, 10a to 3p. Folks from different backgrounds will display their cultures and maybe even have samplings of food, clothing and games related to their culture. If you would like to be a vendor, please contact Mary Haq at [email protected]. Keep watching here and on our Facebook page as more details become available. We are currently working with the AHPOA for approvals on the remaining events for the year, which we hope to list next month. If you are interested in volunteering for an event or you want to attend a meeting (virtually) please contact Debe Caldwell at [email protected] for the meeting link. We meet virtually right now on the first Monday of every month between 6:30p and 8:00p. Follow us on Facebook.com/HarbourEventsClub for current happenings. Do you have an idea for a family event or fundraiser? Email us and we will see if we can squeeze it in. Stay Safe! Stay Strong!

(Katherine Shaw)

Happy Spring Aquia Harbour! With COVID related restrictions on gatherings still in place, the Aquia Harbour Women's Club has unfortunately had to cancel this year’s community Easter egg hunt. We hope to able to hold the event next year. April 19, 2021, is the deadline to apply for the Women’s Club scholarship. All female high school seniors (BPHS, private school, home schooled) who live in Aquia Harbour and who will be going to college in the fall are eligible to apply. The form is available from Brooke Point High School, the Aquia Harbour website at https://aquiaharbour.org/womens-club-scholarship-deadline-4-19-21/, Aquia

Harbour Facebook page or by emailing [email protected] (please put SCHOLARSHIP in the subject line). To have a message posted on the signboard in March, please contact Candy at [email protected]. If you are unable to reach Candy, contact Katherine Shaw at the business office at 540-659-3050. If you would like more information about the Aquia Harbour Women’s Club please contact us at [email protected]. We are a civic minded organization that believes in helping our neighbors while having fun as well.


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(Jim Burns)

Memberships Information and applications are available for 2021 Memberships. There are a number of plans to select from with pricing that is the most competitive in the area. Please contact the pro shop (659-4478) to inquire about resident golf memberships or drop by to sign up today. In addition, resident golf passes will be available on April 1st. These golf passes are discount punch cards for 9 or 18 hole play either weekdays or weekends.

Information on this discount program is available in our pro shop. Golf Course and Golf Driving Range The course and our practice range are open with the same hours of operation. Your best source of information on happenings at the golf course is our website aquiagolf.com. Our hours of operation will continue to expand as our daylight increases and in March our hours will be 8:30am to 6:00pm from March 1 thru March 13 and 8:30am to 7:00pm March 14 thru March 31. Golf Pro Shop Our pro shop has a wide variety of product available for the golfer. We carry Adidas apparel, Srixon balls and gloves, TaylorMade balls and gloves and a large selection of logo hats, shirts, towels and fleece. We always have a sale table with various items available at tremendous savings. Golf Instruction/Custom Club Fitting PGA Professional Jim Burns is available to work with students of all ability levels. There are many programs to select from and all instruction is private. We custom fit players for equipment whether a driver, fairway, hybrid, irons, wedges or putter. Brands available are TaylorMade, Mizuno, Srixon and Cleveland Golf.

(Vic Eilenfield)

Community Garden – New Gardeners’ Meeting – 10 March: Even though the weather doesn’t feel like it, the season for the Green Aquia Community Garden 2021 is almost upon us! We are having our new gardeners virtual meeting March 10th at 7p. If you have ever wondered about the Community Garden or





are interested in renting a plot for the 2021 season, please send an email to Aimee Froling at [email protected]. You will be put on the distribution list for a Google Meet invite to attend the meeting virtually. Looking forward to “seeing” some new faces in the garden! Water Quality Testing (WQT) – 14 March: While our WQT Team reported once again that eColi numbers remain minimal in our creeks, dissolved oxygen are still reaching seasonal highs in the 9-10 mg/L ranges. So our fish are clearly hanging out at the oxygen bar these days! Our WQT team will meet at 9a at the Aquia Harbour Yacht Club for our

monthly WQT activities. Come join us to learn about the health of the streams in our community! POC: Debe: [email protected] Green Aquia Monthly Meeting – 10 March: Our next Virtual meeting is Wednesday, March 10th at 6:00pm. Please join us! If you would like more information about Green Aquia, contact us at [email protected] Community Cleanup – 24 April: Mark your calendars for this annual event where volunteers help Aquia Harbour maintain its beauty by picking up litter on our parks, trails and other common areas as part of Earth Day which is April 22nd this year. For more information on how you can help, contact Vic at [email protected].

Aquia Harbour’s Bluebird Trail: Members of Green Aquia and the Aquia Harbour 4-H Club are teaming with The Virginia Bluebird Society (VBS) to establish and monitor a “Bluebird trail” in Aquia Harbour. Bluebirds are “cavity nesters,” usually nesting in a cavity of a dead tree. Cutting down dead trees has resulted in loss of habitat for these and other cavity nesting birds. Bluebird nesting boxes will be placed on Aquia Harbour common property where there is prime Bluebird habitat. The nesting boxes will be monitored throughout the summer for Bluebird or other songbird nesting. If you would like more information on this group effort to bring back bluebird habitat, contact us at [email protected]. Happy birding! For more information on Bluebirds, checkout: https://www.virginiabluebirds.org/

(Joanna Ayers)

(email: [email protected]) www.aquiaharbourpreschool.org • 540-659-5771

March has arrived and our curious preschoolers are getting excited to see the end of winter and welcome spring!








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February was a short, busy month with Groundhog’s Day, Valentine’s Day, and President’s Day celebrations. All month long, preschoolers enjoyed engaging activities and crafts to celebrate. February also brought a very successful Fall Registration. Thank you to all of the families who came to Fall Registration to enroll their 3 and 4 year-old preschoolers. We have some amazing families joining our school! We are excited to announce that we will have both in-person and virtual classes in the fall. If you would like to become part

of our AHPS family, please email us at [email protected] or visit our website: www.aquiaharbourpreschool.org for more information! We are also looking for people to serve on our board of directors for the 2021-2022 school year. In the Classroom This month our classes will be learning about spring and discussing and charting the weather patterns that go along with the season. The children will participate in reading graphs and interpreting some of the information contained on the graph. In class, we will study some animals that come from eggs to coincide with our discussions about Spring. Our Preschoolers will start identifying the beginning, middle, and end of a story. We will work on retelling a story and recognizing the difference between real and make believe. Further, our classes will develop understanding of words that rhyme with activities like listening to nursery rhymes, singing songs and reading poems. Concept development for this month will include “beginning” and “end”, “before” and “after”, and “over” and “under”. The color for this month will be purple and the shapes are the rhombus and the oval. The children will learn about the numbers 13, 14, and 15. We will be introducing the sounds for the letters “Q”, “R”, and “K” utilizing key words and pictures, real objects, stories, and hands-on activities. Reading Celebration! Oh, the places you can go reading a book! Find at least 15 minutes for reading every day. Discover the fun you can have deciding if you like green eggs and ham or just bread and jam! During March, in celebration of Dr. Seuss’ birthday and Reading Awareness Month, please watch for information in your child’s backpack regarding favorite books and how AHPS will be celebrating reading!. There will be opportunities to share about our favorite books all month long! Happy reading! :) March

1 Board of Director Ballots Go Home

1-5 SERVE Food Drive

TBD Square 1 Art Begins

15-19 NO SCHOOL-Spring Break

22 Memory Book Forms go home

25 GM Meeting at 7PM

27 Preschool Clean Up

31 4s’ Fairytale Ball



http://www.aquiaharbourpreschool.org/




(Amy Bancroft)

Hampton Oaks Elementary School Strong Minds, Strong Hearts, Strong Effort

Hampton Oaks Elementary ReView





(Lisa Rulapaugh, PTSO Secretary)

Happy March, Blackhawks! Here's your news from the Nest! Families of SENIORS! If you or your Senior became a member of the PTSO before the January deadline, your Senior is eligible to apply for one of our Senior Scholarships being awarded this spring! The application is on the PTSO webpage and should be submitted via email to either [email protected] or to the counseling department at school. Applications are due by April 2nd. Last year, we awarded

$2000.00 in scholarships! We can't wait to congratulate YOUR Senior next! The Blackhawks need YOU! The Seniors, the Juniors, the Sophomores, and the Freshmen! Your membership participation and dues help support not only scholarships, but also class gifts, incentives and rewards awarded to students by various teachers and departments, classroom materials, staff morale, media licenses for schoolwide use, bus driver appreciation, senior recognition tokens for all seniors, and more! Your $11.00 goes a long way! The membership application and dues payment options can be found on our website. We continue to welcome new members and hope you will join us! This year has been challenging for everyone, let's keep showing up for our students and staff! BP, As One! Do you have an idea for an awesome Spirit Night? Or know a business that would be interested in hosting the Blackhawks for a Spirit Night? Drive-thru, dine-in, carry out, curbside pickup, or all of the above! We all need a hand with dinner sometimes, and what better way than with a Spirit Night to raise funds for Brooke Point at the same time? Please send your suggestions to us at [email protected], thank you! Are you interested in serving in one of our Board positions to help make a difference in our Blackhawks' school experience? Elections are coming up soon, and we are happy to share more with you about various positions. You may contact us at the address above with questions and to add your name to the ballot.

Some Important Reminders: *The BPHS PTSO is enrolled in AmazonSmile, and every eligible Amazon purchase made through AmazonSmile also earns funds for our students, at no additional cost to you. *Our student members are still looking for a Student Member Liaison to lead them. Could it be you? Email us for more information.

Brooke Point High School PTSO







*We're always happy to partner with businesses who are interested in advertising with the PTSO. More information can be found on our website in the "Sponsors" section. Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 2nd, at 6:30 pm via Zoom. An agenda will be emailed to the address you gave upon completing your membership application. A Zoom link will be posted on our website and shared via Remind. Students are encouraged to attend as well. In between meetings, you can connect with us on Facebook as "Brooke Point High School PTSO" and as "BPHS PTSO" on NextDoor. Wishing you a happy, healthy, and safe spring break, and may you have more luck than leprechaun tricks this month! Happy St. Patrick's Day!

(Chris Schoon, Vice President AHVRS)

Calling 911? Do you know if it is an emergency? Chest pain with radiation to an arm, back or jaw? Call 911. The pain just doesn’t go away. Call 911. When it comes to a heart attack, time is heart muscle. That is why calling early is so important. The crew of the responding ambulance can perform an EKG on the spot and transmit it to the hospital getting immediate results. The Patient has the right to turn us away and refuse treatment if they are mentally competent and not impaired by drugs or alcohol. So call and let the EMS check you out.

That headache that is the worst you have ever had? The sudden blurred vision/loss of vision? Weakness or paralysis on one side of the body? Call 911. Take note of the time symptoms began. There is a new mnemonic for remembering stroke symptoms. B.E. F.A.S.T.

Balance – dizziness, loss of coordination

Eyes- trouble seeing out of one or both eyes

Face- drooping on one side, uneven smile

Arms- weakness/unable to raise arms

Speech- slurred speech. Unable to find words, cannot repeat a simple phrase

Time – to call 911 right away. Time is brain tissue

Injuries with uncontrolled bleeding, dislocations/broken bones. Call 911. Don’t be afraid of going to your health maintenance appointments. Diabetes and heart disease can be managed with your doctor. Putting off these check- up can result in a call to 911.





We also want to congratulate Hailey Brown and Jonathan Krob, newly released as an EMT-B, Attendant in Charge (AIC) and Gwen Vaughan and Amanda Woods released as new drivers. Great Job! see you on the calls! The Volunteers at the Aquia Harbour Volunteer Rescue Squad are here to serve you and the rest of the Stafford Count community. Meet us at www.ahvrs.org.

Summary of the Unofficial Minutes of the AHPOA Board of Directors

January Meeting – January 27, 2021

Legislative Reports. There were none.

Open Thirty. There was one speaker.

Directors Comments. The directors spoke about various topics.

Committee Reports. There were none.

Treasurer’s Report. A verbal report was given.

General Manager’s Report. New police officer Richard Thomas was introduced. Topics included in the report were the showcase house of the month, a new lift for the golf shed, County work taking place by the bridge and a COVID-19 update from the State.

Old Business.

• Construction Maintenance Procedures. The board approved ACC recommended changes to the procedures regarding signs etc. and when construction of a new home is complete.

New Business.

• Trash Contract. The board awarded a contract for the AHPOA’s trash, recycling and yard waste services to County Waste.

• Pools Contract. The board awarded a contract for the management of the pools to Winkler Pools Management.

• Marina Bathrooms Contract. The board awarded a contract for the renovation of the marina bathrooms to David Micsky Construction.

• Stables RFPs. The board agreed to move forward with putting out Requests for Proposals for both full and partial lease options for the stables.

• Request for Advice from Legal Counsel. Advice from legal counsel was to be sought regarding AHPOA membership questions.

• FY22 Budget. The board approved the FY22 budget, with no increase in dues.

The board went in to executive session to consider write offs, member requests and appointments to the ad hoc stables committee and other committees. Following the executive session, the board approved appointments to the ad hoc stables committee and other 2021 committees, approved the write offs, denied one member request and approved two member requests.


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Aquia Harbour Board of Directors

Jack Cavalier, President – [email protected]

Keith Eden, 1st Vice President – [email protected]

Jim Camic, 2nd Vice President – (757) 214-8495 • [email protected]

Chip Collins, Treasurer – (540) 720-2182 • [email protected]

Shawn Desmond – [email protected]

Alexis Harvey – [email protected]

Katie Kitzmiller– [email protected]

Amenities

Country Club – 288-0091

Golf Course – 659-4478

Marina – 659-4232

Parks & Harbour Inn – 659-3050

Police – 659-4600

Pools &– 659-4003

Pre-School – 659-5771

Stables – 659-3050 [email protected]

Clubs/Organizations

AQUIA CREEK CORVETTE CLUB Accclub.org

AQUIA EVENING LIONS CLUB – https://e-clubhouse.org/sites/aquiaeve

AQUIA HARBOUR 4-H – https://www.facebook.com/aquiaharbour4H • [email protected] AQUIA HARBOUR E VE NT S CL UB – [email protected]

AQUIA HARBOUR HOST LIONS – https://e-clubhouse.org/sites/aquiahh/ AQUIA HARBOUR US MARINE CORPS ASSOC (AHUSMCA) AQUIA HARBOUR VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD – 540-658-5339 • AHVRS.org • [email protected]

AQUIA HARBOUR YACHT CLUB – AHYC.org • [email protected]

CUB SCOUT PACK 242 – beascout.scouting.org

DOLPHINS SWIM TEAM – teamunify.com/Home.jsp?team=recrpahdva • [email protected]

GREEN AQUIA – [email protected] • www.facebook.com/groups/GreenAquia/

MID-POTOMAC SAIL & POWER SQUADRON – midpotomac.org

SEA SCOUT SHIP 212, The Runners – ship212va.scoutlander.com

WOMEN'S CLUB – [email protected]

Committees

Architectural Control

Beautification

Bylaws

Communications

Community Events

Fish and Game

Golf

Legal Compliance

Marina Resources

Nominating

Public Safety

Parks and Recreation

Contact the business office at 540-659-3050 or [email protected]

if you would like information about a committee or to contact a committee.


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