Wellington Lake News and Events

2008 Pool Hours

noreply@blogger.com (Wellington Lake) — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:39:00 +0000

Pool Opening

May 17th (Saturday) 1pm-10pm
May 18th (Sunday) 1pm-7pm
May 19th -23rd 4pm-7pm

Regular Season (May 24th-August 10th)

Mondays-Thursdays 12pm-9pm
Fridays 12pm-10pm
Saturdays 1pm-10pm
Sundays 1pm-9pm

Late Season (August 11th – Sept. 1st (Labor Day)

Monday-Friday 4pm-7pm
Saturdays 1pm-8pm
Sundays 1pm-7pm
Labor Day (Mon 9/1) 1pm-8pm

Last Two Weeks of Season (Sept.6-7, 13-14)

Saturdays 1pm-8pm
Sundays 1pm-7pm

Pool will close for the season on Sunday, September 14th at 7pm!

Newly Elected 2008-2009 Board of Directors

noreply@blogger.com (Wellington Lake) — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:23:00 +0000

Burke Robinson & Diane Hicks have now been elected as new members of the 2008-2009 Board of Directors. Please congratulate them if you see them.

New assignments for the board members are as follows:

President: Diane Hicks
Vice President: Justin Parsonnet
Secretary: Burke Robinson
Treasurer: Eugene O Reilly
Design Review Board Manager: Ray Kowalewski
Community Management Contact: Cristi Walls

Welcome Burke Robinson & Diane Hicks.

Wellington Lake Spring Festival

noreply@blogger.com (Wellington Lake) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:38:00 +0000

When: Sunday, March 16 from 3:00 – 5:00pm

Where: Young Arthur Terrace cul-de-sac

Kids of all ages had a blast at the festival. There was a parade starting at the clubhouse at 3:00 that lead the way to the cul-de-sac to meet the Easter Bunny! An egg hunt, activities and crafts for the kids and some yummy treats and burgers were all part of the fun.

BJ Doherty & Lisa Hallam organized this event, and did a wonderful job. Thank you Lisa & BJ!

Adult Halloween Party

noreply@blogger.com (Wellington Lake) — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:12:00 +0000

The Neighborhood Adult Halloween party on Sat., October 27 at the clubhouse turned out with a great showing of costumes! Food, beer, and wine were provided by the social committee.

There was a prize for the best costume, and the fun never stopped.

Surveillence Protection

noreply@blogger.com (Wellington Lake) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:12:00 +0000

As a reminder, we voted to purchase surveillence equipment as a crime deterrent. The equipment was purchased to make criminals think twice. If you have any thoughts, questions or concerns about surveillence, or would like to report a suspicious activity, please contact a board member.
Please be aware of your surroundings. If you notice anything unusual, don't put yourself in any danger, gather detailed information about the situation, contact the police immediately and notify a board member of the incident. The board will share the news with the community.

Report Sidewalk Maintenance Needs ASAP

noreply@blogger.com (Wellington Lake) — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:46:00 +0000

If you notice any holes or significant cracks in the sidewalk in front of your home, please notify Cristy Walls (cwalls@cma-atlanta.com) by November 2nd to have it assessed for repair.

Adopt A HIghway

noreply@blogger.com (Wellington Lake) — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:44:00 +0000

Are you tired of litter and illegal signs? Do you wish you could do something about the littering and illegal signage problem around your neighborhood, community or business? Now you CAN do something…you can Adopt-a-Road. The Gwinnett County Department of Transportation and Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful sponsor the Adopt-a-Road program, a litter prevention initiative in which citizens reduce the amount of unsightly trash and signage strewn alongside Gwinnett County roadways. Not only are these eyesores unsightly, they also show a decline in neighborhood concern for the area. Unkempt communities are more conducive to crime, decreased economic growth and decline in quality of life.

Wellington Lake and Riverview are partnering on four dates throughout the year to keep our community beautiful. Soon you will reveive an email with specific directions on how you can get involved.

Project Reimbursement Procedure

noreply@blogger.com (Wellington Lake) — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:18:00 +0000

Are you requesting reimbursement for an approved expense related to a Wellington Lake event or project? If so, please note that you must submit your receipts to Christy Walls within 30 days of the Wellington Lake event or project in order to be paid.

Declaration of Covenants Review- Window Grids, Parking Rules

noreply@blogger.com (Wellington Lake) — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:23:00 +0000

Wellington Lake takes great pride in keeping the neighborhood homes in tip top shape. Keeping our homes looking great increases the value of the neighborhood! The Design Review Board helps us keep the outside of our homes looking good, by reminding us often to check the covenants to see what must be kept up, and what rules we must follow.
Right now, the DRB wants to remind everyone that it is mandatory to have grids in every window on the front of your house, (unless you have been exempted of this already at one time or another, do to the structure of your home.) Please take a look at your home, then check with the DRB if you have any questions as to whether your window grids need repair/replacing. Parson’s Andrews Lumber, 3625 Peachtree Rd Duluth, GA 30096 (770) 476-5286Fixhome.com is the company to call for window grids. You need Double Hung Grilles Wood Only 7/8" Stock http://www.fixhome.com/page/page/3667728.htm.
Double Hung and Glider window Grille Inserts are custom built to the dimensions you provide and are available in 7/8" wide White Ponderosa Pine stock.

Also, note on page 17 of the covenants, its states that automobiles should not be parked in the street or in the cul de sac, and should be moved every 24 hours if you park in your driveway. Please remember to follow this rule, or you might get a notice from CMA that could result in daily fines.

Lost your copy of the covenants? Go to the "Neighborhood Forms" link to the right of this page, and then click on "Declaration of Covenants."

Need a Contractor?

noreply@blogger.com (Wellington Lake) — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 02:00:00 +0000

Need a contractor for a house expansion, new roof, fresh coat of paint, etc., but don't know who to call? Wellington Lake would like to help you out by creating a "Contractor Wall of Fame & Shame."
Help us create our "Contractor Wall of Fame & Shame," by sharing your experiences with contractors in our area. If you had an overwhelmingly positive or negative experience with a contractor, please leave a comment to help out your neighbors when selecting a contractor for their next project, (see below for how to leave a comment.)

How do I leave a comment?
1. Click on "comments" at the bottom of this article/page.
2. Either log in if you have a Google account. Or, if you don't, click on "Sign Up Here" to create a new Google account. You can sign up with any valid email account.
3. Once you enter your username and password, you can post a comment."

When a large number of comments/referrals are posted, we will compile them to a Wall of Fame page to share contractor success stories, and a Wall of Shame page to share poor contractor experiences, and add them as a link to the website for your ease in use and printing.

Keep Wellington Beautiful

noreply@blogger.com (Wellington Lake) — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:54:00 +0000

At the homeowners meeting, it was discussed that we must all make sure our painting contractors are not cleaning their brushes and trays in the storm drainage system. When you allow them to do so, you are polluting Wellington Lake. Take note next time you have your house painted as to where the painters are cleaning their brushes. Let's keep Wellington Lake, and America beautiful!

Time to Refinish Your Mailbox?

noreply@blogger.com (Wellington Lake) — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:10:00 +0000

MAILBOX MAINTENANCE in Wellington Lake has now become much easier! Is your's in need of refinishing?

Directions for refinishing your mailbox - Pay-the-Man method

Call Kyle Hendrix at (770) 449-6813.
The service includes rust removal, new paint (box, number plate, flag and post), minor door, flag and plate repair (if needed). He will protect surrounding shrubs and flowers.
The cost is $25.00. White number replacement is an additional cost. (Numbers must be special ordered from the mailbox manufacturer.)

Directions for refinishing your mailbox - Do-It-Yourself method

Remove numbers from ornament.
Use sandpaper/steel wool/wire brush to remove all rust from the box and post and rough up the surfaces for paint. Remove sanding dust before painting using a wet rag.
Spray "Rust-Oleum Rusty Metal Primer" on any areas that were heavily rusted for maximum rust protection in the future.
Spray paint with black semi-gloss spray paint.
Replace rusted nuts/bolts with stainless steel nuts and bolts.
Replace numbers to ornament piece using new white number stickers with a black background.
All paint materials should be available at Home Depot and/or Lowes. Numbers must be special ordered from the mailbox manufacturer. Call Crenshaw Quality Products is 770-345-4229 to order new numbers. You must mention that it is the Wellington Lake Neighborhood mailboxes you are trying to replace, and will need to order a set of 2, one for each side of the mailbox. Numbers are $2.00 ea.

Wellington Lake Recipe Forum- Your Recipes Required!

noreply@blogger.com (Wellington Lake) — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:07:00 +0000

Tried a recipe at Dinner Club, or Bunco you loved? Ask the host to post it on the Wellington Lake Recipe Forum! Wellington Lake residents can now post their favorite recipes and share them with other neighbors. Post your favorite recipes as a comment, (click on the link below,) for other Wellington Lakers to read and enjoy, along with a brief description of why you like the recipe. One recipe for the famous Bone's Restaurant Salad is already posted. Post your's next!

New Website and Mailing List

noreply@blogger.com (Wellington Lake) — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:17:00 +0000

Wellington Lake recently announced the official launch of their new website. The new site allows for much easier updating of content and allows us to seamlessly tie together our email list and our website. It is our goal to have a site with fresh content which encourages participation from the entire neighborhood and keeps everyone up to date on neighborhood activities. We would like to encourage involvement among neighbors to help keep the content of the website fresh.

How To Get On the Google Group Email List
Everyone who has been on the neighborhood email list in the past was automatically added to the new google group email list. If you have other family email addresses you want added, or your email address has changed recently, send a message to admin@wellingtonlake.com and include your name, mailing address, and the email address to be added. Additionally, there is a permanent link to the right which will allow new users to be added to the list.

Google Group Details...
As you probably already know, Google is very diligent when it comes to protecting user's information and that is why we have chosen them to host our email group. You will not receive any spam as a result of being signed up for this group nor is any of your personal information including your email address visible to anyone other than the Wellington Lake Webmaster - currently Susan Philpott.

The primary advantage of the new group is that it is self-managed. If at any time you wish to be removed from the email group, you simply follow the instructions contained at the bottom of any of the emails you receive from the group. This footer also contains information on how to change or add an additional email address to be included in the group. We ask that you provide your name and mailing address so that the webmaster can verify that you are a resident of Wellington Lake before adding you.

If you have something of interest to the neighborhood, just put the Wellington Lake google group email address, (hyperlink- mailto:wellingtonlake@googlegroups.com,) in your TO: address bar of your email, and it will go out to the entire google group email list. If you are unsure as to whether your message is appropriate to send to the neighbors, send it by email to mailto:admin@wellingtonlake.com and the webmaster will review your post for you, and will post it to the website if you need help. If you have any photographs to accompany your story, please send those as an attachment to the email and those can be posted along with your story.

We certainly welcome any feedback to admin@wellingtonlake.com. We ask only that everyone exercise restraint when either sending a message to the mailing list email address or replying to a message such as this one from the mailing list. Keep in mind that your message will go out to the entire neighborhood and if the volume of emails gets too high, we will have to turn off the ability of group members to reply to the group. In general, you should direct any questions or inquiries to admin@wellingtonlake.com.

Wellington Lake Tennis Calendar

noreply@blogger.com (Wellington Lake) — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 21:31:00 +0000

Wellington Lake now has a tennis calendar on the website, (see link to calendar on the right side of home page,) for you to make your tennis court reservations ahead of time. Please use this tennis calendar in place of the tennis sign up sheets that in the past have been posted on the tennis bulletin board.

You must have the user name and password to log on to the calendar. Contact your tennis team captain or Kristin Schiller, (Wellington Tennis coordinator,) kristinschiller@aol.com for the user name and password to the calendar.

Phone List

noreply@blogger.com (Wellington Lake) — Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:05:00 +0000

2008 Wellington Lake Phone List

Neighborhood Forms

noreply@blogger.com (Wellington Lake) — Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:54:00 +0000

Design Review Board Approval Form:

Approval Modification Form- WELLINGTON%20LAKE%20APP%20FOR%20MODIFICATION%202006.doc

Pool Information:

Pool Consent Form

Pool Regulations

Pool Hours

Clubhouse Rental:

Clubhouse Rental Form

Architectural Guidelines:
Architectural%20Guidelines.pdf

Bylaws:
http://wellingtonlake.com/Covenants.pdf

Declaration of Covenants:
http://wellingtonlake.com/Declarations.pdf

Recorded Amendment to Amended Declarations:
http://wellingtonlake.com/WellingtonLakeRecordedAmendmenttoAmendedDeclaration.pdf

Clubs

noreply@blogger.com (Wellington Lake) — Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:42:00 +0000

Wellington Lake Clubs

Bunco Club: Ladies Bunco meets quarterly. Contact Tara Ryan, tryan@primacymortgage.com for more information.
Dinner Club: The Wellington Lake Dinner Club meets quarterly. The next dinner club meeting will be sometime in October at Kim Alexander's house. Interested new and old members need to attend. Kim will be contacting club members soon with a date for the meeting. If you are new to the club, please contact her at kimalex@bellsouth.net for more info.


Book Club: The next book club meeting will be Tuesday, Oct. 24th, at 7:30 p.m., at Kristin Schiller's house, 4935 Riverlake Drive. The book of the month is Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy. For more info on how this club works, contact Sophie MacLean, Book Club Committee Chair, at mailto:atlmaclean@aol.com.

Men's Club: Info coming soon.

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noreply@blogger.com (Wellington Lake) — Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:40:00 +0000

Tennis

Wellington Lake has 4 lighted tennis courts. We support a number of tennis teams both under ALTA (Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association), and USTA (United States Tennis Association). Young or older, new or experienced, the facilities are here to be used and we would enjoy having you get involved on one of our teams.

The courts are locked for security reasons. All residents are entitled to receive one (1) key per family. Replacement keys are $25.

Tennis Guidelines and Rules

The 2005 Tennis Guidelines and Rules are attached at the links below. If you have any questions on the tennis rules, please email Kristin Schiller, Tennis Committee Chair, at mailto:kschiller@aol.com.

Tennis Guidelines-2005

Tennis Rules 2005

Pool

Pool Committee Chair: Kristin Schiller mailto:kristinschiller@aol.com

Hours: The pool is open everyday unattended by 9:00 a.m. There are NO guards at this time. No WL resident will be permitted to close the pool or be responsible for locking up at the end of the night. you must have signed a Rules & Regulations form to utilize the pool.

Pool Opening Hours:

Late Season (August 14th-Sept 4th (Labor Day)
Monday-Friday 4pm-7pm
Saturdays 1pm-8pm
Sundays 1pm-7pm

Labor Day (9/4) 1pm-8pm

Last Two Weeks of Season (Sept.9-10, 16-17)

Saturdays 1pm-8pm
Sundays 1pm-7pm

Pool will close for the season on Sunday, September 17th at 7pm!

· No children under 10 are allowed alone at the pool; 10 and older must pass a swimming test before allowed without adults.

Party Procedures

Pool parties require two weeks advance notice, a signed pool party form and $200 deposit.

Pool parties during normal hours

· If less than 25 people, no additional lifeguard is needed. If more than 25 people, a lifeguard is needed at $18 an hour.

Pool parties outside normal hours

A lifeguard is needed at $18 an hour

Pool Forms

Pool Consent Form 2006

Pool Rules Form 2006

Clubhouse Rental

The Clubhouse facility is available for rental for a small fee plus a refundable damage deposit. Please call or email Dave Strickland mailto:strick83@bellsouth.net to schedule and obtain forms.

Committees

noreply@blogger.com (Wellington Lake) — Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:32:00 +0000

Design Review Board:

Ray Kowalewski : DRB manager: mailto:raymond.kowalewski@wachoviasec.com

IMPORTANT NOTE: Wellington Lake is a community that is referred to as "architecturally controlled." These controls have been put in place in order to safeguard all resident's investments in their property against individual desires that are not conforming to the general appearance and "flavor" of the neighborhood. A safe rule of thumb is to assume that "ANY" change to your property that is visible from the street or is a change to the exterior of your home or grounds REQUIRES approval via the DRB. Please remember to submit a DRB Modification Form prior to beginning any work on the exterior of your home or grounds. For more up to the minute DRB information, please see the current newsletter.NewsletterWinter2006.pdf, or go to the Wellington Lake Forms page, and click on the DRB form (Approval Modification Form.)

Per the WL covenants, it is mandatory to have grids in every window on the front of your house. Failure to do so will result in a fine from the WL HOA."

Social : Renee White, Chair mailto:twhite1965@aol.com
Welcome New Neighbors: Leon Lee, Chair mailto:llee@gsitechnology.com
Pool/Tennis : Kristin Schiller kristinschiller@aol.com

Community Management Contact: Cristy Walls, mailto:cwalls@cma-atlanta.com
Contact Cristy Walls with Community Management with property questions as deemed fit.

Board of Directors

noreply@blogger.com (Wellington Lake) — Sat, 26 Jun 1999 23:15:00 +0000

Wellington Lake's 2007-08 current board of directors are listed below:

President: Diane Hicks
Vice President: Justin Parsonnet
Secretary: Burke Robinson
Treasurer: Eugene O Reilly
Design Review Board Manager: Ray Kowalewski

Community Management Contact: Cristi Walls