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EL PAJARO PRESS Canoa Seca Estates II Newsletter

CSE II Website: www.cseii.com

PRESIDENT’S CORNER CSE II Meeting

Schedule Our Party in the Park was a great success and the weather was perfect. Thank you to our Social Committee for their planning and hard work. The food was wonderful! Our roads committee will be making an announcement as to when the crack fill and seal will take place. If you are leaving for the summer please be sure you make arrangements for your property to be watched and your yard maintained. We look forward to your safe return! Thank you, Carl Schuster

Next Meeting:

Wednesday August 8, 2016

2:00-4:00PM

Canoa Hills – Mesquite Rm

Meetings are open to all

CSE II Members

CSE II By-Laws – Article 7 – Section 1:

“Regular meetings of the Board will be held at least quarterly”

2016 Meetings

Canoa Hills – Mesquite Rm 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

October 10th

December 12th

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CSE II SOCIAL COMMITTEE

On April 4th we held our annual Party in the Park. We had almost 90 CSE II residents attending. It was a great time and we look forward to another one next year. The Social Committee has gone on “vacation” and our next event will be the Wine & Cheese Party in early December. We would like to welcome Phyllis Sucher and Carlene Munro to the Social Committee. Starting January 2017 we will have Carlene and Betty Dieter as our new Co-chairs. Please welcome these women to the best committee in CSE II.

Valentine Potluck - Monday February 6, 2017 - Desert Hills 4-9pm

Picnic in the Park – Monday, April 10, 2017 - Canoa Hills 3:30-8:30pm

Wine & Cheese Party – Monday, December 11, 2017 – Desert Hills 4-9pm

2017 SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

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ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE

PREPARING FOR SUMMER

The Architectural Committee would like to say “vaya con dios” to the CSEII homeowners who will be heading to other places for the summer. Please review the following documents, which you can access at cseii.com. Click on “Forms” to download.

1. Homeowner Absence Info form (please complete this form and give to your block captain.)

2. Tips for When You Leave for the Summer form (please read this sheet carefully and arrange with your landscaper to keep your yard tidy for the time you are away.

Check out your garage door light. Is the light bulb still working? If not, please replace before you leave. Leave an extra bulb with a neighbor just in case it burns out while you are away.

Remember, those trees must be kept trimmed below the parapet at all times! A picture of a CSEII parapet is included below.

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Three proposals for road/street work were received in response to our CSE II Request for quotation specifications. The proposals were reviewed by committee members and discussed on April 18th. A list of questions regarding interpretation and clarification were sent to a contractor for comment. The response will be reviewed by the committee on April 27th. Actual work will be scheduled for late May or in June if we accept one of the proposals presented. Selection and contract will be contingent on CSE II/Contractor agreement and Contractor’s schedule availability. Should we find these bids unacceptable; the CSE II Homeowners will be advised of future action. CJ DeLange

ROAD MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE

CSE II COFFEE

The weekly scheduled “Coffee & Conversation” (also known as “Therapy”)

will be on vacation and resume in November.

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SPRING COLOR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Many thanks to our generous neighbors, Jim and Jeanne Campbell on Garzota, who each year share with us the beauty of their blooming cactus plants. This year they were especially breathtaking! Jeanne counted 150 blooms when they were still buds.

Here is a picture of the 3 century plants in the common area between Isaccson’s and Campbell’s. Jim, when he was on the landscape committee 20 years ago, planted these century plants in the common area. Next year they will be gone – as they will die after they bloom.

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NEW NEIGHBORS

The newsletter is published five times a year: September, November, January, March and May.

If you have anything interesting you would like to share in the newsletter please email Ginny Lippert at glippert2@cox.net to submit your idea.

The next newsletter will be published September 2016.

Be sure to check the website for updated information and events. http://www.cseii.com

NEWSLETTER

Marty & Don Braman at 3841 Tejedor:

They recently moved from Alamo, Texas. They both grew up on Iowa farms and attended Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa where they met. Their career years were spent in the Kansas City area; Don was a real estate appraiser and Marty worked for the Blue Springs School District. They have two children and two grandchildren. The Braman’s enjoyed traveling in their motor home in the early retirement years and found Green Valley while exploring Arizona. They expect to continue their motor home adventures. Chaim & Audrey Limor at 3851 Urraca; They moved into their home in early March, just in time to join the 2016 New Resident Party on March 18th. They are from Naperville, Illinois and are friends of Nancy & Emanuel who live on Tordo.

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I found this snake under my master bed when I pulled out a table leaf that I stored there. It was lying coiled on the leaf but quickly became agitated when moved. One does not want to hear a rattler rattling and hissing in one’s bedroom like I just experienced. I am guessing it was there for a couple days, as I had not opened the screen door in that room for at least a couple days. Lucky for me, the dog had recently had Snake Avoidance training and she immediately did what she was supposed to do. I am just glad it hadn’t decided to come out on its own earlier as I might have stepped on it getting out of bed! This might be a good reminder to keep your screen doors, gates, and garage doors closed. You may also want to make sure all the weep holes in the brick walls are covered with mesh. Be careful out there! Submitted by Sandy Hill

BEWARE: SNAKES ARE HERE

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DIRECTORY CHANGES

Here are some changes to the new CSE II Directory. Please mark these changes in your copy: Page 1, inside cover – Association Board Meetings is for the 2016 schedule not 2017. (2017 schedule of meetings listed below)

Page 4, Common Area Maintenance Chairperson is Gordon Proctor Common Grounds Maintenance Chairperson is Grodon Proctor Page 10, Don & Mary Braman email is dmbraman@yahoo.com Page 19, Ray & Pat Isaacson

home phone 520-777-5882 Ray’s cell 231-313-8625 Pat’s cell 231-360-1814

2017 MEETING SCHEDULE

BOARD MEETINGS All meetings will be held at Canoa Hills, Mesquite Room 2:00pm – 3:30 pm Feb. 6, 2017 April 3, 2017 August 7, 2017 October 2, 2017 December 4, 2017 ANNUAL MEETING – March 3, 2017 – Desert Hills Auditorium 8:00-11:00 am

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CSE II STREET NAMES

Estelar(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

((((Trogon(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((Garzota((((Tordo(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((Reyecuelo((Urraca(((((

(((((((Tejedor((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((Picamaderos(

For our new neighbors who are wondering what our street names mean; each is a name of a bird in Spanish. Hence the name of our newsletter ‘El Pajaro’ means the birds. Here are the birds your street was named after: Estelar – Blue Bird Trogon – Trogon Tordo - Thrush Urraca - Magpie Tejedor – Weaver Garzota – Night Heron Reyecuelo – Little Wren Picamaderos - Woodpecker

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MORE NEIGHBORHOOD COLOR

BOARD OF DIRECTORS President: Carl Schuster Vice President: Jan Farrington Secretary: Steve Ball Treasurer: Wendell Byram Member: Mike North

COMMITTEES ARCHITECTURAL

Board Liaison: Jan Farrington Co-Chair: Jan Farrington

Co-Chair: Tim Stewart Dixie Fundingsland Sandy Hill Melva Irvin Ed Lippert Mike North Peggy Tate COMMON AREA MAINTENANCE

Board Liaison: Mike North Chair: Gordon Proctor Melva Irvin Carlene Munro Gordon Proctor Emanuel Shaham John Sucher

COMMON GROUNDS IMPROVEMENTS Board Liaison: Mike North Chair: Gordon Proctor Roger Kolvoord Melva Irvin Special Maintenance Projects John Brink Ed Westhoven COMMUNICATIONS

Board Liaison: Mike North Newsletter Editor: Ginny Lippert

Database,Directory & Nametags: Lucy Redding Tom Swenson GOVERNING DOCUMENTS

Board Liaison: Steve Ball Chair: Dick Newman

Bob Lieg Mike Noreen GREEN VALLEY COUNCIL Representative: Jeannie North

BLOCK CAPTAINS Board Liaison: Mike North Chair: Peter Martin Trogon Graham Quinn

Estelar Peter Martin Tordo Dave Roberts Urraca Mike Ketchen Tejedor Bob Lieg Garzota Duane Youngquist - Winter Garzota Bill Copeland - Summer Reyecuelo Wera Clough Picamaderos Dick Reuling NOMINATING

Board Liaison: Jan Farrington Chair: Chuck Lamb Lucy Redding

ROAD MAINTENANCE

Board Liaison: Steve Ball Chair: CJ DeLange Betty Dieter Roger Kolvoord John Sucher

SOCIAL

Board Liaison: Mike North Co-Chair: Karen Lamb Co-Chair: Lynn Filiatrault

Laurel Brink Melinda Byram Julie Carter Shirley DeLange Betty Dieter Dixie Fundingsland Sandy Hill Susan Hulbert Pat Isaacson Dianne Jurgens Ranae Ketchen Carlene Munro Barb Nelson Lucy Redding Jane Rotman Phyllis Sucher Lunch Committee: Chair: Barb Nelson Secretary: Sandy Hill Dianne Jurgens, Lynn Shinnick WELCOME

Board Liaison: Jan Farrington Chair: Carol Copeland

Jane O’Hare Deidre Early

WEBSITE

Board Liaison: Wendell Byram Chair: Sandy Noreen