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Elk Forest News

Hold the Date! The Elk Forest Civic Association Annual Meeting and Picnic will be August 15th at 1 pm. Come to Mike & Judy Leshner's at 47 N. Lockwood. We will be serving hamburgers and hot dogs and cold drinks, and you can bring a dish to share.

The Kilby Cream Moo-Mobile will be there, and we will enjoy a return engagement of "Chain Reaction", a local band.

May 12, 2010

Due to the wet weather this spring, the mosquitoes have been particularly bad. In response to the recent survey distributed by some of our neighbors, the Elk Forest Board met Tuesday and agreed to increase the frequency of mosquito spraying to twice per week, for at least the next six weeks. In late June, we will decide whether to continue the stepped-up attack on mosquitoes.

The Civic Association originally contracted for twenty weeks at $200 per spraying, for a total of $4,000.00. Our total dues income is about $3,200 per year. In other words, we have been spending more than we receive in income. Last year, we had to dip into our “rainy day” account to make up the difference. We expect to do the same this year.

Accordingly, the Board will be recommending another dues increase at the Annual Meeting in August. That increase, if approved by the membership, would not be effective until the 2012 dues invoices are distributed in June 2011.

The mosquito spraying does not kill larvae …. it only kills live mosquitoes. The contractor must follow strict rules, and certain conditions must be met before each application. Therefore, some applications will be delayed if the weather or other conditions are not met.

In addition to spraying, each resident can help by taking steps to reduce mosquito breeding conditions:

Eliminate or treat standing water. Mosquitoes love to breed in clogged rain gutters, puddles, or any kind of container that holds still water. If standing water is unavoidable, please purchase mosquito “dunks” at the hardware store, Tractor Supply, Home Depot, Sweeneys, etc. These little cakes kill the mosquito larvae, and need to be replaced after about a month.

Thanks for your help. Here are some references for further education on the subject:

http://www.control-mosquitoes.com/

http://advancedpestmanagement.blogspot.com/

Oct 31, 2009

We are in the process of moving the elk forest website to a new server. Jerry Truitt, Richard Montgomery and Mike Leshner will be the new webmasters once we have finished porting it over. The URL will remain the same but there may be a short disruption in service when we finish the move. 

I added a new painter to the "Nice People" link. His name is Dave Lynch and he lives in Chesapeake City. We had a photographic dark room (flat black) in our home that was replaced by a computer and digital photography. He repainted it an off-white for us and did a great job at a reasonable price. 

Oct 19, 2009

We finally did it! We have made the decision to move to CO so we have our house for sale. We have not selected a realtor at this time but will in the next several weeks. We'll miss Elk Forest and all our friends here but won't miss the MD taxes! We're not in a hurry to sell and realize it's not the best time to do it but we aren't under time  pressure to move so we decided to list it and see what happens. 
As many of you know, we have 2 married daughters, 6 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren living in CO. We also have one daughter living in Chesapeake City  so we have been torn between the Bay and the Mountains for several years. 
I've added a new category to the Elk Forest website "House for Sale". If you have a house for sale and would like it mentioned here, contact me and we'll discuss the options for doing it. 

September 26, 2009

Here's a note from Taylor Jackson. He's a local PC repair guy (www.taylormadecomputers.net).

"Hi to everyone in my email list.

Two clients have called about emails from the IRS-the IRS does not use email unless you have spoken to a particular agent-and then rarely- And don't give someone your email address that calls and says they are from the IRS. If you click you will download an ID grabber virus.

Please be careful."

Sept 23, 2009

Every year, there are many open house displays of Model Train layouts ranging from HO scale to garden railroads. Some are in Oct and some in November. There are two O-gauge layouts in Elk Forest that will be open to the public this year. One is John Poole's (1644 Elk Forest Road) and the other is Dick Guttendorf's (1735 Elk Forest Road).  Both will be open twice: Nov 7 and again Nov 11. The times for both are 3pm - 5pm on both days so if you're interested in model train's, stop by and enjoy each of these layouts. Kids (all ages) are welcome!

I have heard of several cases where people have lost their Verizon landline phone service and have had to wait 2 to 3 weeks for Verizon to respond. I had this same problem several times in the past and even though I was working from home and depended on the phone for communications, Verizon wouldn't budge from their position that they would get here by their schedule and that was non-negotiable. It struck me that they really give a darn about their customers.
If you missed this article in  Saturday's edition of the Wilmington News Journal, then read this as it explains why landline customers no longer matter to Verizon!