A VIEW OF THE GREENS
A Premier Active Adult Community
MARCH 2015 * NEWSLETTER
PLEASE JOIN US FOR COCKTAILS
AND HORS D’OEUVRES
ON THE “S.S. GREENS”
Friday March 20, 2015
5:30 to 7.30 p.m.
RIDGE OAK CLUBHOUSE
$15 per person
BYOB
FOR RESERVATIONS CALL CAROL HORAN
CHECKS PAYABLE TO THE GREENS
.
Monday, March 2nd.
Come Join Us
Chilis Grill & Bar
12:30 a.m.
White Oak Clubhouse.
Please try to arrive by 12:25, so we can
begin play promptly at 12:30 .
5443 Gosford Road
Call Carol Horan or Mary Ann McGarrah Please let us know by February
25th, at the latest.
Looking forward to seeing everyone there.
Tuesday, March 24th
at
FEBRUARY WINNERS
11:30a.m.
R.S.V.P.
to
Jane Andreatta
Or
Michie Kimura
North - South
First Place: Connie & Carol
Second Place: Bernice & Beverly
East - West
We encourage and welcome all single
ladies, gentlemen and all new residents
in The Greens to join our Gadabouts
Luncheon get together. This is a good
way to meet your neighbors.
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First Place: Mary Ann & Mary Lynn
Second Place: Vicki & Janis
UPDATE
WHAT ARE YOU DOING……
Brighton Parks/ Greens Yosemite
Trip/April 28-29, 2015
COME JOIN US….
EVERY ONE IS WELCOME
The bus for this trip is filled, 22
residents from The Greens and 25
residents from Brighton Parks. A “Wait
List” has been started in case of cancellations prior to the date. It will be on a
“first come” basis, so if you are interested in being on the list, please call
Gerri McCoy .
REMINDER: Residents can place
ads in our newsletter for personal items
for sale or wanted. There is a $5.00 fee
for the ads.
Place ad & $$ in the box in the
Ridge Oak library by the 21st of the
month for inclusion in the next month’s
newsletter.
Business advertisements are excluded along with offers for services of
any kind.
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Yes, The Greens, has different kind of
fun games throughout the week, see
our monthly club calendar on back of
our Newsletter and come join us, we
have lots of laughter & catch up with
what is going on in our community,
while we are playing..
What do you call a
diseased Irish criminal?
A leper con……..
My memory is gone Mildred, so I changed
my password to “incorrect” That way when
I log in with the wrong password, the computer will tell me….”your password is
incorrect.”
A Note From Your Board
Tony Castro, President, The Greens HOA
Dear Homeowners:
Does anyone know where winter went? With all the warm weather that we have had, I fear
that we could become the next wintering place for "the snowbirds" of Florida! It's enough that
the coots winter here from our northern-border states.
Speaking of our borders, I am pleased to report that the security cameras installed at our gates
will be operational in the last week of February and will be monitored real-time by TransWest, our security contractor. We apologize that the installation process has taken longer than
we anticipated. The costs of the system will be offset with reductions in our insurance premiums.
Regarding Trans-West, we appreciate that they have provided increased patrol coverage, at no
cost to us, as an introductory & familiarization gesture. Please understand that you will soon
see them less, but that their service will be in accordance with the provisions of the security
contract issued by Seven Oaks HOA.
We became aware recently that a resident was feeding feral cats and we have taken action to
halt the practice. Even though meant as a humane gesture, it had the effect of attracting
skunks and other wildlife, which created a threatening environment for other residents. We
now have a problem with the activities and intrusion of these cats in our community that will
need to be dealt with.
Allow me to restate an admonition that has been offered many times. Do not feed the wildlife
in our community. Specifically, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has a "Keep
Me Wild" campaign that says, "Never feed a kit fox or other wildlife; keep pet food indoors."
Violating this policy contributes to wildlife losing their ability to forage for their own food
and introduces improper food into their diet. Long term, where will they get their food when
you are no longer able to continue feeding them?
California Code of Regulation, 14 CCR § 251.1 Harassment of Animals, states in part, that no
person shall harass, herd or drive any game or nongame bird or mammal or furbearing mammal; and that harass is defined as an intentional act which disrupts an animal's normal behavior patterns, which includes, but is not limited to, breeding, feeding or sheltering.
It is unfortunate that we need to continue to address the issue of feeding wildlife and stray animals. We hope that personal consideration for the health and welfare of your neighbors, compliance with state-level statutes, and true consideration for the welfare of wildlife will bring
those of you, to whom this applies, into compliance and self-control.
Thank you for joining us in maintaining our community such that we will continue to be the
premier active adult community to which others will aspire to belong .
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The next Men’s Club meeting will be held on March 11th in the White Oak Clubhouse. The evening will start at 4:30 pm with a social get-together and refreshments. The meeting will be called to order promptly at 5 pm. The speakers will
be fellow members, Larry Reider and Herb Spencer.
Larry will tell us why the gigantic building on 20th and K Street, formally know
as University Square, was renamed the Larry E. Reider Education Center.
Herb has been an amateur photographer for almost seventy years and has had
photos exhibited at the West Kern Oil Museum. At the meeting he will share
with us some of his experiences and expertise.
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SOGGY BUSINESS:
The new SOGGY’s weekly golf schedule remains Tuesday and Friday mornings. The T-Times from
March thru October, will be 8:00 am. The T-Times for November thru February will be at 9:00 am.
The next tournament is scheduled for March 11TH. The cost will be $25 to play. Lunch will be at the
Seven Oaks CC with each golfer paying their own costs. As always, non playing SOGGYs are encouraged to join the group for lunch.
Summary of responses to the SOGGY survey:
Most members want to continue monthly meetings on our present schedule.
The majority said speakers are not important to the meetings.
When we have speakers, they need not be limited to golf.
There was an overwhelming “yes” for making day trips to play golf .
The vote was split on out of town (eight hour drives) over night gold trips.
The vote was split on whether to play tournaments on courses other than SOCC.
The vote was also split on “Would you attend off site award lunches if not playing in the tournament?”
The days and times for the weekly golf matches are listed above.
GUEST SPEAKER:
There was no guest speaker.
NEXT MEETING:
The next SOGGY meeting will be March 2nd.. Our guest speaker will be from the Bakersfield Investment Club.
The SOGGY is The Greens men’s golf association - Est. 1999
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Mark your calendars for our Next
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MEETING
Tuesday, March 10th at 4pm
White Oak Clubhouse
All residents are invited to attend.
COME JOIN US
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All articles need to be sent by e-mail to Zenaida Mansoor at ([email protected]).
NEWSLETTER ADVERTISING
Residents: sale or wanted of personal items, place ad and $5.00 each ad in box in library at Ridge Oak
Clubhouse by the 18th of the month.
BUSINESS ADVERTISING
(Newsletter & our Website)
Residents and Non-Residents: (Business Card, 1/4. 1/2, or full page available),
For more information, contact [email protected]
CLUBHOUSE RESERVATIONS
The Ridge Oak and The White Oak
Residents who would like to reserve the use of one of the clubhouses, please contact Debra Wolf by
email: [email protected]
Please send your questions, comments or concerns to
Kelly Management for distribution to the Board members.
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MONTHLY EVENTS AT THE CLUBHOUSE
BRIDGE:
Wed., 9:30-11:30am, Ridge Oak CH, Judy
Ashworth. 2nd and 4th Fri., 1:00-4:00 pm,
Ridge Oak CH, Wayne Lubke.
MEN’S CLUB:
Meets every other month (odd), 2nd Wed., 7pm
W/O CH, Al De Risio.
Duplicate; 1st Mon., 12:30-4:00 pm, White Oak
CH, Carol Horan, Mary Ann McGarrah.
SOGGY’S:
1st Mon., 9:00-10 am mtg, White Oak CH.
Intermediate; 1st and 3rd Thurs., 6:30-9:00 pm,
Tues.& Fri. 8:30am men’s golf @ SOCC. Bill AtRidge Oak CH, Katherine Cesare.
kinson or Buddy Devoti.
BINGO:
TEXAS HOLD’EM POKER:
2nd and 4th Tues., 2-4pm, Ridge Oak CH,
Every Thursday., 1:00-4:00 pm, White Oak CH,
Donna Ledet or Betty Moore.
Rodney Knight or Judy Ashworth.
BUNCO:
TAI CHI CLASS:
2ND Mon., 7:00-9:00 pm, Ridge Oak CH, Mary
Hendrix, or Nancy Martinez. 4th Mon., 1:00Tues, Thurs, & Sat. 8:30-9:30am, W/O
3:00 pm, Ridge Oak CH, Ruth Venerable or
Paul Van Metre.
Pat Tejeda
YOGA:
CANASTA:
Tues., 6:00-9:00 pm, Ridge Oak CH, Janet Rad- Mon., 7:30-8:30 am, White Oak CH, Jim Matcliff. Wed., 1:00-4:00 pm, White Oak CH, Wayne tern
Lubke.
ZUMBA DANCE:
CRAFTS UNLIMITED:
1st and 3rd Mon., 10:00 am-2:00pm, Ridge Oak
CH, Judi Mosier.
Class; Wed., and Fri., 8:30-9:30 am W/O
Paul Van Metre.
DIVOTS:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS:
Tuesday & Thursday morning golf, Riverlakes
Ranch Golf Course, open to men golfers, Tony
CLUBHOUSE COMMITTEE: 3rd Mon., (even
Castro.
months only), 10 am, Ridge Oak Library, Steve
GENEOLOGY CLASS:
Filson.
Every Wed. 1:00-2:00pm Ridge Oak CH,
SOCIAL COMMITTEE: 2nd Mon., 3 pm, Ridge
Regina Spitzman
Oak CH, Carol Kline.
INDOOR EXERCISE:
MGMT/FIN. COMMITTEE: 2nd Mon., 4 pm,
Tues., Thurs., Saturday 10:00-11:00am,White
Oak CH, Fran Fuhrmark, or Norine Tunstall. Ridge Oak CH, Lin Frasier.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: 2nd Tuesday, 4:00
pm, every other month (odd months) White
Oak CH.
LINE DANCE:
Intermediate Class, Fri., 10:00 to 11:30 W/O
Doris Schroeber or Jenny Lai
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MARCH 2015
Private Party
10a.m.- 10p.m.
W/O
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