Goodbye Winter!

I had to do it...

...last night I switched the A/C to "COOL"!

Just a reminder...to keep that ever-growing electric bill down, make sure you change your A/C filters (or just that they are clean).

Also, consider cleaning out the drain pipe leading from your A/C air handler. Here's what my A/C company told me to do:

1. Locate the drain pipe, usually PVC.
2. Using a garden hose, force water UP the drain pipe for a few seconds
3. Remove the garden hose and watch the "nasty" stuff flow out
4. Repeat until no more "nasty" is seen.

Finally, consider having Progress Energycomplete and energy audit and "duct check" in preparation for the long summer months. Call Progress Energy at 1.888.302.8348 or log on to www.progress-energy.com/save for more info.

Enjoy!

2/12 Update

Howdy...

1. Unfortunately, Mother Nature was a bit uncooperative on Saturday, February 3rd, for our WLV Grove Cleanup day. Lightning, thunder, and rain postponed the event, which has been re-scheduled for February 24th from 8 - 11.
2. If you have driven by the tennis courts on a regular basis, you may have noticed a blue Buick that has been parked there on a continuous basis for at least 2 weeks. The car has not been reported stolen (per the PCSO) and is registered to someone not living in the Village. As of today, it's being towed by Day's Towing.
3. If you are walking in the park area, you will notice a couple of things: first, the area is being continuously mowed so that it appears as more of a meadow-type area as opposed to waist high weeds and plants. Second, the Board is in the process of identifying dead, dying, and potentially dangerous trees for removal, as specified by our 2007 budget.

Please keep in mind that we WILL NOT be removing all the dead trees. WLV is proud to be home to several families of pileated woodpeckers - you may have seen them occasionally around the village. For more info on them, go to:

http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/pileatedwoodpecker.htm#2

Simply put, the woodpeckers need the dead trees for nesting and feeding purposes. Plus, if we remove the dead and dying trees, there is a larger chance of the woodpeckers choosing a resident's home for a nesting area.

Take care!

Annual Grove Clean-Up Rained Out!

Unfortunately, the Annual Grove Clean-up Day was rained out. It will be re-scheduled for the near future.

If you walk around the park area, you will see ribbon tied around trees. In accordance with our Capital improvement plan, the Board of Directors is preparing to remove dead, dying, and dangerous trees. At last count, we had appr. 88 trees to remove. We will review the trees again and solicit bids from contractors. The Board did budget $30,000 of our 2007 budget towards removal AND replacement of trees in the park area.

Warmest regards,
Rich