This month Saint Johns County will be passing into law, regulations for using a golf cart on local roads. But at this time reading over the new law Treasure Beach has been cut out from the deal like most anything our county does. The golf cart idea is another way to reduce traffic on the streets according to our commissioners. Well if you think about it, golf carts travel pretty slow and would hold up most traffic on any road in our area. The new law has several problems for us here in Treasure Beach, so lets go over them. First and for anyone operating a motorized vehicle within the state of Florida you need a driver's licence. This alone means no children can drive just about anything on the street, but we've been living with that law for a long time now, and this will still apply to golf carts too. Its somewhat a feeling that most wives would argue over the definition of children, but yes even drunken men on the golf course should have a drivers licence if they cross a road. The new law removes Treasure Beach for now from having golf carts running around the development because of the speed limits written into the law. So my next point is the new law is for developments that are posted with below 25 mph. Our roads are presently posted at 25mph so this means we are out of golf cart reach for now under the new law. This makes me wonder if Treasure Beach lowered its speed limits to 20 mph zones, would the county lower the golf cart rule to 15mph ? Now the real question comes into mind, should we lower our speed limits within Treasure Beach development ?
On another point, if you've ever encountered a speeding golf cart at night, it can be a sudden meeting with your car or truck. In a way the golf cart deal would allow us all to move about the development quickly without the car, and we could say reach the local store or plaza at our entrance. It appears the new law is for communities that have a golf course, this use for a golf cart would be about the best application. Most are private roads within the secured area and are technically exempt from our local road laws anyway, so the new law doesn't really provide anything. I call on our thoughts here, but did anyone notice some new developments have small garage doors built into the new homes under construction on the island ? Did someone already have this new law in mind when building ? Perhaps the beach will become the new race track for golf carts. You can after all buy four wheel drive golf carts these days. Like each time I think about our canals and the mud down in those trenches for boats, perhaps we should lower our speed limit and grow grass in the 5+mile canals. A NEW GOLF COURSE!
I hope your laughing at this point, cause those little golf carts do not float. Treasure Beach was built for boating, but no law seems to help us out, so maybe we don't play enough golf here! Well, I'm not running out to buy a golf cart for now. Certainly our only golf cart couple Mandy and Morris found out about our laws within Saint Johns county over golf cart use on the streets or sidewalks for that matter. The start of this new law can be traced back to a development in Saint Augustine, Florida called Nocatee communities. Somehow this caused public hearings to approve a proposal for an ordinance to provide using golf carts within a development. Who has that kind of power ? Well, the Nocatee community was owned by the Davis family that is Winn Dixie. Apparently the bottom line this month for Treasure Beach is we need a nice family to move here that has some large Wal Mart size background to get what we need from the county. In the future of Treasure Beach perhaps we should get the speed limits lowered, and then build a nice small road where the brand new beach walkway is for us all to " drive" our new golf carts to the beach side! Just imagine in front of the Palm's Grill all those carts parked out front of the restaurant. Tourist would be asking where the devil is the golf course in Treasure Beach? We could get a new cart painted blue and white with a flashing light to patrol our streets at night! Down on the beach we could have racing on Saturday nights with golf carts! Cool uh?
My thinking is we need our boats, not golf carts right now, but lets give it some thoughts, perhaps we'll have to install parking lots for golf carts to access our beach entrance. On the good side of all this is our development will not see golf carts going down our roads for now with this new regulation coming into effect. So, don't buy one just yet if you live in Treasure Beach, but drive safe and here's to our new year ! Lets hope its a good one.
LA Panchuk ( Author: The Devil's Magnet ) Reporter for Xzone Radio
Treasure Beach resident
This article is released for full publication as seen fit for Coastal Newspaper or any media use.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Jeannie Blaylock’s “M-Line” Project
Tammy Hopper, owner of “WAVES” wishes to thank those that supported efforts to raise money for Jeannie Blaylock’s “M-Line” project for free mammograms. Jeannie is pictured with Tammy and a few members.
The ladies raised over $700.
The ladies raised over $700.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Jacquelyn Petersen
Jacquelyn Petersen, 50, of St. Augustine, died March 12, 2008, at Shands Hospital in Gainesville. Ms Petersen was a native of Albany, Ga., and had resided in St. Augustine for the past six years. Ms. Petersen was a graduate of Albany High School and of the Albany State College, graduating as a nurse. She worked for 25 years in nursing while living in Albany. She also worked at the Ocean Blue and The Point Restaurant on Vilano Beach.
Services: A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 5, 2008 from 12 noon until 4 p.m. at 212 Puebla Road, St. Augustine.
Survivors: Her fiance, Big Mike, Treasure Beach; daughter, Janice Petersen, Columbus, Ga.; sister, Janet Permar; Atlanta, Ga.; brothers, Charles Strickland, North Carolina, Ray Strickland, Atlanta; nieces, nephews other relatives and friend.
http://staugustine.com/stories/031908/obits_txt01_019.shtml
Services: A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 5, 2008 from 12 noon until 4 p.m. at 212 Puebla Road, St. Augustine.
Survivors: Her fiance, Big Mike, Treasure Beach; daughter, Janice Petersen, Columbus, Ga.; sister, Janet Permar; Atlanta, Ga.; brothers, Charles Strickland, North Carolina, Ray Strickland, Atlanta; nieces, nephews other relatives and friend.
http://staugustine.com/stories/031908/obits_txt01_019.shtml
Saturday, December 1, 2007
December 2007 Newsletter
Merry Christmas everybody!! And Happy Hanukah, too.
I hope you all will have an enjoyable holiday season finishes up with a welcoming into the New Year 2008. We all have much to be thankful. If you are reading this now you are fortunate to be alive. My wife Taunnie is healing very well and we thank you for all your prayers and good wishes for a speedy recovery.
To me the winter season always seems to bring sadness with the passing of someone you knew - like the old fella Bill (we really never got to know his last name) who died on Thanksgiving Day. Bill lived at Costanero and Pizarro. Taunnie and I always stopped to chat with Bill when he was outside. Then there was Barbara O'Connell who passed away in November, as well. We were friends with Jim and Barbara. Actually we met them while singing in our church choir. Barbara had a beautiful soprano voice. The soft angelic sounds she offered gave me goose bumps. Taunnie and I will miss Bill and Barbara.
I hope you noticed our front entrance decorations for 2007 - the Christmas decorations were installed on a Sunday morning by Treasure Beach volunteers Steve and Phyllis Abbott. I would like to thank you both for volunteering to do this job for our community.
Also, have you noticed how our very own Jill Ziebell has designed our planters in front? Looking good Miss Jill!! It looks like you are getting ready to lay down some flagstone to contrast the front wall colors. We are grateful for your time and talent.
The following board members will be installed at our January 4, 2008, meeting at Beachers Lodge. Please make plans to attend this meeting to show your support for their efforts in 2008.
Treasure -- Barbara Warman
Corresponding Secretary -- Rose Larsen
Recording Secretary -- Richard Grubb
Vice President -- Doug Berndt
Vice President -- Paula Murphy
Vice President -- Jim Berrier
Vice President -- Erica Whitley
President -- Charlie Novak
Once again, I would like to thank folks named above for accepting the tasks and duties as officers for TBPOA. I am confident that this body of individuals will work to the best interest of Treasure Beach. I personally look forward to working with these fine people.
Our plate will be full this year with special tasks but we are up to it. The first thing on the list of things to do is our membership letter that will be mailed to every property owner in Treasure Beach - February 2008
We have a planning committee working as I write, to begin repairs to our beach walk. We also have a Treasure Beach Clean up day set for January 2008. We have made plans to accept building materials that you have been wanting to get rid of but did not have the pick up truck to take to the landfill.
Our Canal Committee will be on the job coordinating effort with our county commission and with the help of Mr. Ben Rich our district commissioner. Don't forget to keep him in mind when he runs for a second term.
I will try to steer our tasks toward completion, as long as God grants me the health and sanity to do it.
Neighborhood Watch
Doug Berndt (461-6943) always needs volunteers for the Neighborhood Watch. He is just asking for just one (1) week of your personal time. Look for his column in this edition. Also his time and efforts in the Web Site is substantial. He is hoping that a community member would step forward to take the job of assigning Neighborhood Watch weeks. Please give him a call if you might want to take over this task.
Our Web Site:
Have you taken a Gander at the site??? Please do yourself a favor. Look it over. Doug Berndt has done a great job. We are so proud of you Doug. Good Job!! The web site is WWW.TREASURE-BEACH.NET
Community Clean Up:
Our chairman ,George Pascucci, working with Jim Berrier has set a date in January 2008 for the Neighborhood Clean-up that would include construction lumber/materials but not batteries or volatile liquids or propane tanks and no regular trash or lawn trash that is normally picked up at your driveway each week. Look for signs posted thought your community for the date and place.
Last but not least --
Our Christmas Party held at Amici's was very nice and really a lot of fun. No, we failed to get 100 folks to attend; we had about 85 in attendance. Three of our commissioners and their spouse and children, as well as, Col. Art May and his wife of our Sheriff's Department accepted our invitation. I do know that they enjoyed themselves.
The food was very good as usual and so were the desserts. George the D.J. was there to help us dance the night away. Then Evelyn Delaney gathered up volunteers to lead us in song. We also had a great time playing the kazoos to well-known songs of the holidays. Not to forget the duo song presentation by Tom Manuel and Ben Rich singing " Grandma got run over by a beer truck". And let's not forget the wonderful folks from Lighthouse Realty- They are a real "party crowd". It was fun seeing them have fun. You know - Peter Diamond and Karen Lindsey have supported Treasure Beach functions for as long as I can recall. The door prizes of wine ( so lovely packaged ) and the gift certificates for Amici's were absolutely wonderful. Thank you very much.
Oh -- did I forget anyone???? No I did not ...I wanted to give special acknowledgement to:
Evelyn Delaney, Betty Fell and Dot Delaney - may I say thank you for your time and expertise ( in party planning) and your total efforts to make this party a very nice experience.
To those who could not make this affair for one reason or another - I wish you could have attended. You missed out on an enjoyable evening with good food and fun. You missed a chance to sit with and meet your neighbors. You missed a chance to chat with your commissioners and Col. Art May of our Sheriffs Department. Finally, you missed an opportunity to support your very own community and for this I was disappointed.
May you all have a very nice Christmas Season. May your new year be one of good health and happiness .God Bless you all.
Charlie Novak,
President, TBPOA
I hope you all will have an enjoyable holiday season finishes up with a welcoming into the New Year 2008. We all have much to be thankful. If you are reading this now you are fortunate to be alive. My wife Taunnie is healing very well and we thank you for all your prayers and good wishes for a speedy recovery.
To me the winter season always seems to bring sadness with the passing of someone you knew - like the old fella Bill (we really never got to know his last name) who died on Thanksgiving Day. Bill lived at Costanero and Pizarro. Taunnie and I always stopped to chat with Bill when he was outside. Then there was Barbara O'Connell who passed away in November, as well. We were friends with Jim and Barbara. Actually we met them while singing in our church choir. Barbara had a beautiful soprano voice. The soft angelic sounds she offered gave me goose bumps. Taunnie and I will miss Bill and Barbara.
I hope you noticed our front entrance decorations for 2007 - the Christmas decorations were installed on a Sunday morning by Treasure Beach volunteers Steve and Phyllis Abbott. I would like to thank you both for volunteering to do this job for our community.
Also, have you noticed how our very own Jill Ziebell has designed our planters in front? Looking good Miss Jill!! It looks like you are getting ready to lay down some flagstone to contrast the front wall colors. We are grateful for your time and talent.
The following board members will be installed at our January 4, 2008, meeting at Beachers Lodge. Please make plans to attend this meeting to show your support for their efforts in 2008.
Treasure -- Barbara Warman
Corresponding Secretary -- Rose Larsen
Recording Secretary -- Richard Grubb
Vice President -- Doug Berndt
Vice President -- Paula Murphy
Vice President -- Jim Berrier
Vice President -- Erica Whitley
President -- Charlie Novak
Once again, I would like to thank folks named above for accepting the tasks and duties as officers for TBPOA. I am confident that this body of individuals will work to the best interest of Treasure Beach. I personally look forward to working with these fine people.
Our plate will be full this year with special tasks but we are up to it. The first thing on the list of things to do is our membership letter that will be mailed to every property owner in Treasure Beach - February 2008
We have a planning committee working as I write, to begin repairs to our beach walk. We also have a Treasure Beach Clean up day set for January 2008. We have made plans to accept building materials that you have been wanting to get rid of but did not have the pick up truck to take to the landfill.
Our Canal Committee will be on the job coordinating effort with our county commission and with the help of Mr. Ben Rich our district commissioner. Don't forget to keep him in mind when he runs for a second term.
I will try to steer our tasks toward completion, as long as God grants me the health and sanity to do it.
Neighborhood Watch
Doug Berndt (461-6943) always needs volunteers for the Neighborhood Watch. He is just asking for just one (1) week of your personal time. Look for his column in this edition. Also his time and efforts in the Web Site is substantial. He is hoping that a community member would step forward to take the job of assigning Neighborhood Watch weeks. Please give him a call if you might want to take over this task.
Our Web Site:
Have you taken a Gander at the site??? Please do yourself a favor. Look it over. Doug Berndt has done a great job. We are so proud of you Doug. Good Job!! The web site is WWW.TREASURE-BEACH.NET
Community Clean Up:
Our chairman ,George Pascucci, working with Jim Berrier has set a date in January 2008 for the Neighborhood Clean-up that would include construction lumber/materials but not batteries or volatile liquids or propane tanks and no regular trash or lawn trash that is normally picked up at your driveway each week. Look for signs posted thought your community for the date and place.
Last but not least --
Our Christmas Party held at Amici's was very nice and really a lot of fun. No, we failed to get 100 folks to attend; we had about 85 in attendance. Three of our commissioners and their spouse and children, as well as, Col. Art May and his wife of our Sheriff's Department accepted our invitation. I do know that they enjoyed themselves.
The food was very good as usual and so were the desserts. George the D.J. was there to help us dance the night away. Then Evelyn Delaney gathered up volunteers to lead us in song. We also had a great time playing the kazoos to well-known songs of the holidays. Not to forget the duo song presentation by Tom Manuel and Ben Rich singing " Grandma got run over by a beer truck". And let's not forget the wonderful folks from Lighthouse Realty- They are a real "party crowd". It was fun seeing them have fun. You know - Peter Diamond and Karen Lindsey have supported Treasure Beach functions for as long as I can recall. The door prizes of wine ( so lovely packaged ) and the gift certificates for Amici's were absolutely wonderful. Thank you very much.
Oh -- did I forget anyone???? No I did not ...I wanted to give special acknowledgement to:
Evelyn Delaney, Betty Fell and Dot Delaney - may I say thank you for your time and expertise ( in party planning) and your total efforts to make this party a very nice experience.
To those who could not make this affair for one reason or another - I wish you could have attended. You missed out on an enjoyable evening with good food and fun. You missed a chance to sit with and meet your neighbors. You missed a chance to chat with your commissioners and Col. Art May of our Sheriffs Department. Finally, you missed an opportunity to support your very own community and for this I was disappointed.
May you all have a very nice Christmas Season. May your new year be one of good health and happiness .God Bless you all.
Charlie Novak,
President, TBPOA
Thursday, November 1, 2007
November 2007 Newsletter
Gosh the time just jumped up and bit me. I am writing at the very last moments approaching our newsletter deadline.
I must regret any losses sustained to our residents property because of all the rain we have received. I know that a few of your bulkheads have failed. If our canal committee has helped you in some fashion, I am pleased.
Our November meeting will be a potluck meeting that begins at 6:00 P.M. It is scheduled for Friday November 9th (the 2nd Friday of the month).
The theme will be "Thanksgiving". TBPOA will purchase the turkey and drinks. You might want to bring roast beef, ham or shrimp along with salads and various veggies.
Also, desserts of all kinds will never be turned away.
The nominating committee will present the nominees for the Board of Directors for 2008 and accept nominations from the floor. After which a vote will take place to select the officers.
A drawing for 2 tickets for the Treasure Beach Christmas Party will be held. Tickets were sold at the last community meeting and will be sold at the November meeting. Spend $5 bucks and take a chance on winning $ 75.00 worth of tickets.
I just spoke to Rose Larsen and she said that our lunch bunch will be held at the Palms Grille at 5:00 P.M. on Wednesday November 14th we will give you an up-date regarding the menu later.
Neighborhood Watch
Doug Berndt (461-6943) always needs volunteers for the Neighborhood Watch. He is just asking for just one (1) week of your personal time. Look for his column in this edition.
Regarding the Canals:
Right now it is a "work in progress" as we wait for the county commissioners to award a Marine Engineering Company to determine the health and well being of the canals. Doug Martin (our canal chairman will keep us advised. I am very up beat about our progress thanks to the leadership of Doug Martin.
Membership:
Our 2007 Board of Directors has unanimously agreed to pursue a membership campaign for 2008. Chairperson Erika Whitley is working diligently to gather the official county mailing addresses of Treasure Beach Property Owners.
Purpose: TBPOA will to send a letter asking that you join as a member of the association. The letter will explain what the association does for you as property owners and why we need you on the membership roles as members in good standing.
Regarding the Ocean boardwalk:
We have discussed a work party to repair/replace the walkway to the beach. We will be asking for volunteers to help us out soon. George Pascucci is our chairman who volunteered to organize a team meeting to discuss plans for this project. We may meet at the Palms Grille on a Friday (to be selected) after 6:00 P.M.We will be asking for your time and talent in the near future. Please say yes when you are asked to help.
Slate of Officers for 2008:
Treasurer -- Barbara Warman
Recording Secretary -- Richard Grubb
Corresponding Secretary -- Rose Larsen
4th Vice President -- Doug Berndt
3rd Vice President -- Paula Murphy
2nd Vice President -- James Berrier
1st Vice President -- Erika Whitley
President -- Charlie Novak
If you would like to run for any of the above duties please submit your name to Taunnie Novak (Nominating Chairperson) anytime before the beginning of our meeting on Friday November 9,2007. Taunnie's phone number is 471-1579 and her email is cnovak6@bellsouth.net
Our Web Site:
Our very own Douglas Berndt has agreed to begin the process of up-dating our Web Site.
If successful, we may have our site up and running before Christmas??? We will then have a monthly up-date of Treasure Beach News accessible anywhere in the world, free classified ads to members in good standing and we will be selling advertising space to folks who want to advertise their business on our site (there will be a discount to members in good standing). The advertising banners sold will be a way to offset the cost of maintaining our site. Once this site is up and running we will be adding another web-master to assist Doug Berndt.
Treasure Beach Christmas Party:
We have signed a contract with Amicis' Restaurant for our Annual Christmas Party. The event will take place on Saturday December 1,2007 at 6:00 P.M.
We received so many great complements from those who attended last year that we decided to do it again. Evelyn Delaney, Betty Fell and Dot Delaney are kicking in again this year to decorate and coordinate this event. Contact Evelyn Delaney about tickets. Make your reservation soon. It's not that far away.
For Sale Announcements:
My offer still stands - I will take an email from those who wish to sell or give away items they do not want until our Web Site is up and running. I will take your requests and broadcast to our Treasure Beach residents. For those who are on my email broadcast system this service is free. I just want to give a value added item for Treasure Beach. My e - mail address is CNOVAK6@BELLSOUTH.NET
Community Clean Up:
We have a chairman (George Pascucci) who is looking into a Neighborhood Clean-up that would include construction lumber/materials but not batteries or volatile liquids or propane tanks. We hope to get this set-up after January of 2008.
Our Newsletter /Publication:
We are so appreciate the time and talent of Doug and Sheila Martin (our newsletter editors) for making our newsletter so successful. I believe that we have a distribution of nearly 7,500 households in southern St Johns County. I can recall that only 2 = years ago we had only 5 or 6 pages. Today the newsletter distributed contains nearly 40 pages.
Respectfully Submitted,
Charlie Novak
President TBPOA
I must regret any losses sustained to our residents property because of all the rain we have received. I know that a few of your bulkheads have failed. If our canal committee has helped you in some fashion, I am pleased.
Our November meeting will be a potluck meeting that begins at 6:00 P.M. It is scheduled for Friday November 9th (the 2nd Friday of the month).
The theme will be "Thanksgiving". TBPOA will purchase the turkey and drinks. You might want to bring roast beef, ham or shrimp along with salads and various veggies.
Also, desserts of all kinds will never be turned away.
The nominating committee will present the nominees for the Board of Directors for 2008 and accept nominations from the floor. After which a vote will take place to select the officers.
A drawing for 2 tickets for the Treasure Beach Christmas Party will be held. Tickets were sold at the last community meeting and will be sold at the November meeting. Spend $5 bucks and take a chance on winning $ 75.00 worth of tickets.
I just spoke to Rose Larsen and she said that our lunch bunch will be held at the Palms Grille at 5:00 P.M. on Wednesday November 14th we will give you an up-date regarding the menu later.
Neighborhood Watch
Doug Berndt (461-6943) always needs volunteers for the Neighborhood Watch. He is just asking for just one (1) week of your personal time. Look for his column in this edition.
Regarding the Canals:
Right now it is a "work in progress" as we wait for the county commissioners to award a Marine Engineering Company to determine the health and well being of the canals. Doug Martin (our canal chairman will keep us advised. I am very up beat about our progress thanks to the leadership of Doug Martin.
Membership:
Our 2007 Board of Directors has unanimously agreed to pursue a membership campaign for 2008. Chairperson Erika Whitley is working diligently to gather the official county mailing addresses of Treasure Beach Property Owners.
Purpose: TBPOA will to send a letter asking that you join as a member of the association. The letter will explain what the association does for you as property owners and why we need you on the membership roles as members in good standing.
Regarding the Ocean boardwalk:
We have discussed a work party to repair/replace the walkway to the beach. We will be asking for volunteers to help us out soon. George Pascucci is our chairman who volunteered to organize a team meeting to discuss plans for this project. We may meet at the Palms Grille on a Friday (to be selected) after 6:00 P.M.We will be asking for your time and talent in the near future. Please say yes when you are asked to help.
Slate of Officers for 2008:
Treasurer -- Barbara Warman
Recording Secretary -- Richard Grubb
Corresponding Secretary -- Rose Larsen
4th Vice President -- Doug Berndt
3rd Vice President -- Paula Murphy
2nd Vice President -- James Berrier
1st Vice President -- Erika Whitley
President -- Charlie Novak
If you would like to run for any of the above duties please submit your name to Taunnie Novak (Nominating Chairperson) anytime before the beginning of our meeting on Friday November 9,2007. Taunnie's phone number is 471-1579 and her email is cnovak6@bellsouth.net
Our Web Site:
Our very own Douglas Berndt has agreed to begin the process of up-dating our Web Site.
If successful, we may have our site up and running before Christmas??? We will then have a monthly up-date of Treasure Beach News accessible anywhere in the world, free classified ads to members in good standing and we will be selling advertising space to folks who want to advertise their business on our site (there will be a discount to members in good standing). The advertising banners sold will be a way to offset the cost of maintaining our site. Once this site is up and running we will be adding another web-master to assist Doug Berndt.
Treasure Beach Christmas Party:
We have signed a contract with Amicis' Restaurant for our Annual Christmas Party. The event will take place on Saturday December 1,2007 at 6:00 P.M.
We received so many great complements from those who attended last year that we decided to do it again. Evelyn Delaney, Betty Fell and Dot Delaney are kicking in again this year to decorate and coordinate this event. Contact Evelyn Delaney about tickets. Make your reservation soon. It's not that far away.
For Sale Announcements:
My offer still stands - I will take an email from those who wish to sell or give away items they do not want until our Web Site is up and running. I will take your requests and broadcast to our Treasure Beach residents. For those who are on my email broadcast system this service is free. I just want to give a value added item for Treasure Beach. My e - mail address is CNOVAK6@BELLSOUTH.NET
Community Clean Up:
We have a chairman (George Pascucci) who is looking into a Neighborhood Clean-up that would include construction lumber/materials but not batteries or volatile liquids or propane tanks. We hope to get this set-up after January of 2008.
Our Newsletter /Publication:
We are so appreciate the time and talent of Doug and Sheila Martin (our newsletter editors) for making our newsletter so successful. I believe that we have a distribution of nearly 7,500 households in southern St Johns County. I can recall that only 2 = years ago we had only 5 or 6 pages. Today the newsletter distributed contains nearly 40 pages.
Respectfully Submitted,
Charlie Novak
President TBPOA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Special Notice Regarding Your Home
Take advantage of this program- it was created by our elected legislators!! I did not meet the elgiblity for totally free grant but I am going to check out the Florida "match" of up to $ 5,000.
My Safe Florida Home program
Did you know?
Strengthening your home against hurricanes can help.....
1. Reduce the amount and extent of hurricane damage to your home. A Category 1 Hurricane with winds of 75 mph can inflict as much as $ 25,000. in damage to a home without opening protection.
2. Improve your overall recovery time from a Hurricane. On average, homeowners without hurricane protection on their windows and doors took nearly one year to fully recover from a catastrophic hurricane.
3. Save money on your hurricane insurance premium. Protecting your windows and doors, including garage doors, may help you save more that 10 percent on your hurricane insurance.
The My Florida Home program was created by Florida Legislature in 2006 to help Floridians strengthen their homes against hurricanes. You may be eligible for a free wind inspection, which will tell you how you can best protect your home. Additionally, if you receive an inspection and meet certain requirements, you may be eligible to apply for a matching grant of up to $ 5,000.Also, you may be eligible for a full grant (cost free) if you make the annual earnings limitations.
To learn more or to apply for a free wind inspection, log onto WWW.MYSAFEFLORIDAHOME.COM or call the My Safe Florida Home program toll-free at 1-866-513-6734.
For FREE INSPECTION use the following CODE:A-01
The above information was put out by:
Alex Sink
Chief Financial Officer
State of Florida/Administered by the Florida Department of Financial Services
http://staugustine.com/stories/082907/fccj_fcj15.shtml
My Safe Florida Home program
Did you know?
Strengthening your home against hurricanes can help.....
1. Reduce the amount and extent of hurricane damage to your home. A Category 1 Hurricane with winds of 75 mph can inflict as much as $ 25,000. in damage to a home without opening protection.
2. Improve your overall recovery time from a Hurricane. On average, homeowners without hurricane protection on their windows and doors took nearly one year to fully recover from a catastrophic hurricane.
3. Save money on your hurricane insurance premium. Protecting your windows and doors, including garage doors, may help you save more that 10 percent on your hurricane insurance.
The My Florida Home program was created by Florida Legislature in 2006 to help Floridians strengthen their homes against hurricanes. You may be eligible for a free wind inspection, which will tell you how you can best protect your home. Additionally, if you receive an inspection and meet certain requirements, you may be eligible to apply for a matching grant of up to $ 5,000.Also, you may be eligible for a full grant (cost free) if you make the annual earnings limitations.
To learn more or to apply for a free wind inspection, log onto WWW.MYSAFEFLORIDAHOME.COM or call the My Safe Florida Home program toll-free at 1-866-513-6734.
For FREE INSPECTION use the following CODE:A-01
The above information was put out by:
Alex Sink
Chief Financial Officer
State of Florida/Administered by the Florida Department of Financial Services
http://staugustine.com/stories/082907/fccj_fcj15.shtml
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
August 2007 Newsletter
Hope you are enjoying your summer. Once again the community meetings are on hold until September 2007 at the Beachers Lodge.
We will sponsor an "Ice Cream Social" that evening. Bring a friend, bring a neighbor -- we have a special deal. Bring a friend/neighbor residing in Treasure Beach that has not been for a while or has never attended a meeting and your name plus the person you brought will be eligible for drawing of a cash prize. So, there may be some cash in it for you. Our Community Meeting begins at the regular time, 7:30 P.M. Friday September 7th.
We will have 2 guest speakers at this meeting. Our Sheriffs Office will be on hand to talk about our community safety and scam artists. Our second speakers will discuss their plans for the 6 home development at Desoto Road. Our meeting agenda will go like this:
Opening remarks
Guest Speaker- Sheriffs Office( 1/2 hour)
Guest Speakers -- Desoto Road Planned Development ( 1/2 hour)
Ice Cream Social -- 1/2 hour
Short Business Meeting
Lottery Ticket and cash prize awarded.
We will be out no later than 9:45 P.M.
A Vacation from Business:
Your Board of Directors took off for July for a well-deserved break. We will start-up our Board Meetings on August 20th.
Doug Berndt (461-6943) always needs volunteers for the Neighborhood Watch. He is just asking for just one (1) week of your personal time.
Regarding the Canals:
In July Doug Martin (our canal chairman) accompanied by Ron Larsen and myself attended a meeting at the County Purchasing Office regarding the selection of a Marine Professional Company who would inspect Treasure Beach canals and assess the bulkheads (regarding physical condition). As information - there were 5 companies who submitted their credentials and bids. We voiced our concerns regarding the selection process letting it known that we did not want one specific individual contractor to be any part of this process.
I believe that our remarks were taken seriously by the committee .We now await the County Commissioners award. We think the selection will benefit our community.
Regarding the Ocean boardwalk:
This subject will resume at our August Board Meeting.
The Annual Bowling Outing:
Well, there was apparently no interest. The outing was a bust. No Shows(except for me). Oh well maybe another time.
Our Annual Treasure Beach Party:
We did not have too many neighbors attending; maybe it was the heat wave we have been experiencing. Those who attended forgot to bring their camera for that Kodak Moment. We learn by our mistakes. Next year we'll try to improve out announcement of this venue.
Our Front Entrance:
I would like to take this time to thank all the residents who have donated their "Dirt" to get things going for our entrance beautification chairperson Jill to start planting. I see that we are still short the dirt that is needed for the planters.
So, run out to the garden center and donate your bag of dirt if you haven't done so. We are depending upon you.
Treasure Beach Christmas Party:
We have signed a contract with Amicis' Restaurant for our Annual Christmas Party. The event will take place on Saturday December 1,2007 at 6:00 P.M.
We received so many great complements from those who attended that we decided to do it again. We will remind you about tickets in the next month or so.
For Sale Announcements:
I will take an email from those who wish to sell or give away items they do not want. Until our Web Site is up and running. I will take your requests and broad cast to our Treasure Beach residents. For those who are on my email broadcast system this service is free. I just want to give a value added item for Treasure Beach. My e mail address is CNOVAK6@BELLSOUTH.NET .
Respectfully Submitted,
Charlie Novak
President TBPOA
We will sponsor an "Ice Cream Social" that evening. Bring a friend, bring a neighbor -- we have a special deal. Bring a friend/neighbor residing in Treasure Beach that has not been for a while or has never attended a meeting and your name plus the person you brought will be eligible for drawing of a cash prize. So, there may be some cash in it for you. Our Community Meeting begins at the regular time, 7:30 P.M. Friday September 7th.
We will have 2 guest speakers at this meeting. Our Sheriffs Office will be on hand to talk about our community safety and scam artists. Our second speakers will discuss their plans for the 6 home development at Desoto Road. Our meeting agenda will go like this:
Opening remarks
Guest Speaker- Sheriffs Office( 1/2 hour)
Guest Speakers -- Desoto Road Planned Development ( 1/2 hour)
Ice Cream Social -- 1/2 hour
Short Business Meeting
Lottery Ticket and cash prize awarded.
We will be out no later than 9:45 P.M.
A Vacation from Business:
Your Board of Directors took off for July for a well-deserved break. We will start-up our Board Meetings on August 20th.
Doug Berndt (461-6943) always needs volunteers for the Neighborhood Watch. He is just asking for just one (1) week of your personal time.
Regarding the Canals:
In July Doug Martin (our canal chairman) accompanied by Ron Larsen and myself attended a meeting at the County Purchasing Office regarding the selection of a Marine Professional Company who would inspect Treasure Beach canals and assess the bulkheads (regarding physical condition). As information - there were 5 companies who submitted their credentials and bids. We voiced our concerns regarding the selection process letting it known that we did not want one specific individual contractor to be any part of this process.
I believe that our remarks were taken seriously by the committee .We now await the County Commissioners award. We think the selection will benefit our community.
Regarding the Ocean boardwalk:
This subject will resume at our August Board Meeting.
The Annual Bowling Outing:
Well, there was apparently no interest. The outing was a bust. No Shows(except for me). Oh well maybe another time.
Our Annual Treasure Beach Party:
We did not have too many neighbors attending; maybe it was the heat wave we have been experiencing. Those who attended forgot to bring their camera for that Kodak Moment. We learn by our mistakes. Next year we'll try to improve out announcement of this venue.
Our Front Entrance:
I would like to take this time to thank all the residents who have donated their "Dirt" to get things going for our entrance beautification chairperson Jill to start planting. I see that we are still short the dirt that is needed for the planters.
So, run out to the garden center and donate your bag of dirt if you haven't done so. We are depending upon you.
Treasure Beach Christmas Party:
We have signed a contract with Amicis' Restaurant for our Annual Christmas Party. The event will take place on Saturday December 1,2007 at 6:00 P.M.
We received so many great complements from those who attended that we decided to do it again. We will remind you about tickets in the next month or so.
For Sale Announcements:
I will take an email from those who wish to sell or give away items they do not want. Until our Web Site is up and running. I will take your requests and broad cast to our Treasure Beach residents. For those who are on my email broadcast system this service is free. I just want to give a value added item for Treasure Beach. My e mail address is CNOVAK6@BELLSOUTH.NET .
Respectfully Submitted,
Charlie Novak
President TBPOA
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