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"Henderson...LasVegas...Nevada...Happenings"
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Monday, May 30, 2016
Do You Have One in the House...and...When Was the Last Time You Checked it ?
You probably have one, but what do you really know
about....
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EXTINGUISHERS
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Sunday, May 29, 2016
240+ Years...God Bless them All !
Memorial
Day
Remember Them All
on This
Day
Over 240 Years of
America's Best
Through it all....they
were there...for us !
Revolutionary
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Barbary
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War of
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Mexican
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Saturday, May 28, 2016
A Reader Looking for Those Who Lost a Pet
Anthem Opinions recently received an email that
"tugged" at our heartstrings.
We couldn't refuse this reader's request to ask if
any individuals in any of the Anthem communities
would be interested in creating something informal...but
special...for those who have sadly lost a pet.
Resident Seeks to
Create "unofficial"
Pet Bereavement
Group
My name is Renee Rosenberg & I recently lost my heart, my 4 legged love "Tuxedo", to a pack of coyotes here in Anthem.
I would like to start a support group for other pet owners
that have lost their beloved animal to rainbow bridge.
Coping with the loss of a pet can be a very lonely journey
& very difficult. You go through all the grief stages just as you would with
losing a human person. The grieving process takes time.
My purpose is to provide a safe haven were we can learn to
grieve together which many people who don't own a pet just cannot
understand.
If you are interested in getting
together please contact me at
or call (702)
333-2479.
This is not going to be a club just a private gathering of SCA
residents to learn to grieve with the support & understanding of others who
are going through a similar situation.
Friday, May 27, 2016
Republican Party Now Has Presidential Nominee
It's
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016
A Reader Says Thanks to the New Sun City Anthem G.M. & Asst. Facilities Mgr. for Prompt Attention to Problem
As many of you are now aware, self-management is now
"the law of the land" and after a positive experience, one of our valued
readers asked us to convey their thoughts.
Is this a "new beginning"?
It certainly is a refreshing change from the FSR days
!
Reader Gives
Kudos
to
Sun City Anthem General Manager
& Assistant Facilities Manager
for
Prompt Action to
Problem
by
Robert
N.
In the past I’ve been accused by some of concentrating
on only the negative antics inside Sun City Anthem.
Thus it is a refreshing interlude that I can actually
report on what might be a positive turn-around inside our
community.
On Friday, May 13, 2016 I
sent an email to Sandy Seddon,
our new SCA General Manager, outlining a problem we have with our rear fence.
My house is located on the Western
edge of SCA and enjoys a view of the Spring Mountains and the Strip; as such the
rear yard is significantly elevated above the street below, and, at the time of
the home’s construction in circa 2001, a metal fence was installed on top of the
rear retaining wall.
Over time the wall has settled
somewhat, and the settlement has snapped apart the sections of
fence.
On Tuesday May 17 an SCA employee
visited my home and took pictures to document the settlement
problem.
On May 20 Ms. Seddon sent me an email stating that she has instructed
her Staff to resolve the problem; sure enough that same
day Otto Pillatzke, Assistant Facilities Maintenance Director, contacted me and
said an SCA employee would be visiting my home.
The employee was at my home later
the same day and re-bolted the fence together. He agreed that he only did
a “temporary” repair as the retaining wall could suffer further settlement.
We agreed that the only permanent solution would be to
rebuild that section of the retaining wall - a very expensive
proposition.
Could this be a new chapter in SCA response to
Residents’ concerns?
One can only hope !
Will the new Board of Directors try to micro-manage
Ms. Seddon’s responsibilities and muck-up the entire operation
?
I certainly hope that won't be the
case.
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experience?
Let us know.
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.....I could have also bolted the fence together. BUT the underlying cause of the fence failure is the settlement of the retaining wall and I wanted to document the wall's failure IN CASE that documentation becomes necessary in the future.
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From Carl Weinstein...SCA Board Director....to...Anthem Opinions
There are two types of locations for walls here at SCA.
If you have a wall between you and your neighbor that you and he installed, maintenance of that wall is YOUR responsibility.
If you have a wall between your property and an open area and it is a retaining wall, that wall is the responsibility of SCA.
It sounds like Robert N's wall falls into the category of SCA responsibility. -
Carl, thanks for the clarification to our readers.
Norma and Robert...hope you'll take the opportunity to thank Carl as well.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2016
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been HACKED.
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Anthem Opinions
Administration
Monday, May 23, 2016
Sun City Anthem Board Agenda to Discuss Anti-Bully Policy...Sample Resolution for Agenda Discussion
Sun
City Anthem
Board
Book Anti-Bullying Proposed Resolution
We
previously announced that The Sun City Anthem Board of Directors
would address a "bullying" policy for the residents of Sun
City Anthem.
We
were able to find a SAMPLE PROPOSED Board Resolution regarding that
matter which will
be discussed at the May 24th Board Book Meeting to be held in
the Delaware Room of Anthem Center at 9:30 am.
Note...THIS
IS NOT FINAL...THIS
IS MERELY A PROPOSAL which MAY or MAY NOT BE ACTED UPON at
the Board Meeting on Thursday, May 26th at 1:30pm in Freedom Hall.
We
at Anthem Opinions STRONGLY ADVOCATE our association directors
passing this ANTI-BULLY policy.
...and...
We
need your help.
If
you are in favor of its passage, PLEASE
send emails to EACH AND EVERY BOARD MEMBER AT YOUR EARLIEST
OPPORTUNITY.
We
have established a special "Information Page" entitled "Sun
City Anthem Board of Directors Information"
as follows:
By
clicking on this link, you can obtain each specific Board member's
email address in order to send them your opinion on passage of this
Association Policy.
Here
is the proposed Resolution that has been stated on the official Board
Book Agenda:
SUN
CITY ANTHEM COMMUNITY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
RESOLUTION
RE: BULLYING
AS A VIOLATION OF NUISANCE COVENANT
WHEREAS,
______________ Homeowners Association (the “Association”) is a
Nevada nonprofit corporation governed by the laws of the State of
Nevada, including Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) Chapter 116,
which governs common-interest communities;
WHEREAS,
NRS 116.3102(1) (a) provides that an association may “adopt and
amend rules and regulations”;
WHEREAS,
Article __, Section ___ of the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions
and Restrictions and Reservation of Easements for __________ (the
“Declaration”) empowers the Board, acting on behalf of the
Association, to adopt, amend, repeal and/or enforce reasonable
and
uniformly applied Rules and Regulations.
WHEREAS,
NRS 116.049(3) defines an association’s governing documents to
include its Rules;
WHEREAS,
NRS 116.3102(1) (m) provides that an association “may impose
reasonable fines for violations of the governing documents” of the
Association;
WHEREAS,
NRS 116.31031(1) provides that the Board may impose fines and
sanctions against a “unit’s owner or tenant or an invitee of a
unit’s owner or tenant” for violations of the Association’s
governing documents;
WHEREAS,
Section 1 of Assembly Bill 395 known as the “Anti-Bullying Bill,
amends NRS 116 by adding NRS 116.31184, which states the following:
A
community manager, an agent or employee of the community manager,a
member of the executive board, an officer, employee or agent of an
association, a unit’s owner or guest or tenant of a unit’s owner
shall not willfully and without legal authority threaten, harass or
otherwise engage in an course of conduct against any other person who
is the community manager of his or her common-interest community or
an agent or employee of that community manager, a member of the
executive board of his or her association, an officer, employee or
agent of his or her association, another unit’s owner in his or her
common-interest community or a guest or tenant of a unit’s owner in
his or her common interest community which:
a)
Causes harm or serious emotional distress, or the
reasonable apprehension thereof, to that person; or
b)
Creates a hostile environment for that person.
2
WHEREAS, Article __, Section __ of the Declaration, governs nuisances
within ________________ and reads, in pertinent part, as follows:
INSERT
NUISANCE PROVISION FROM DECLARATION
WHEREAS,
the Board desires to adopt a Rule clarifying the Association’s
interpretation of Article __, Section __ (nuisance) of the
Declaration and incorporating within its definition the Anti-Bullying
provision set forth in NRS 116.31184.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors hereby adopts
the following Rule:
An
officer or director of the Association, Owner, tenant, or guest of
an Owner or tenant shall not willfully and without legal authority
threaten, harass or otherwise engage in a course of conduct
against any other person who is the community manager or an agent or
employee of that community manager, an officer, director, employee
or agent of the Association, another Owner, tenant or a guest of
an Owner or tenant which:
(a) causes harm or serious emotional
distress, or the reasonable apprehension thereof, to that person;
or
(b) creates a hostile environment for that person.
Such
conduct shall be deemed to be “noxious or offensive activity”
that creates an “unreasonable annoyance or nuisance,” and as
such is a violation of Article __, Section __ of the Declaration.
3. After
notice and a hearing, as required by the Association’s
governing
documents and NRS 116, anyone violating the
above-referenced Rule may be sanctioned as follows:
(a) imposition
of fines, consistent with the Association’s Fine Policy and
Procedure;
(b) suspension
of voting privileges;
and
(c) suspension
of the right to use the Association’s Common
Elements.
DATED
this _______ day of _________, 201_
___________________________
HOMEOWNERS
ASSOCIATION
By:
____________________________
President
By:
____________________________
Treasurer
By:
____________________________
Secretary
By:
____________________________
Director
By:
____________________________
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Stop Cyber-Bullying
Cyber-bullying is
the act of harming or harassing via information technology networks
in a repeated and deliberate manner.
According
to U.S. Legal Definitions, "cyber-bullying could be limited to
posting rumors or gossips about a person in the internet bringing
about hatred in other’s minds; or it may go to the extent of
personally identifying victims and publishing materials severely
defaming and humiliating them.
Won't you take a moment to tell our Board how important this is to the well-being of our community?
Thank
you.
Anthem
Opinions Administration
Dick ArendtMay 24, 2016 at 2:36 PM
- I am sad to report that the Board of Directors met this morning, and appears to have rejected Sun City Anthem's adopting any "anti-bully" policy.
General manager, Sandy Seddon, began the discussion and stated that the association attorney RECOMMENDED that such a policy be adopted by our association; however, that recommendation seems to have been rejected by 5 of the 6 board members present, with only director Carl Weinstein, supporting the measure.
Though absent due to impending surgery, director Jim Mayfield would have also supported the anti-bully measure.
What now?
Probably more unchecked "cyber-bullying" by specific blogs; however, we pledge NOT to follow suit no matter HOW MUCH ABUSE we, or other residents, will probably sustain as a result of a board refusing to acknowledge a serious association problem, much less address solving it.
While others seem to relish in "gutter" rhetoric, we will never join in any such activity.
Why?
Because looking in the mirror and liking what we see, will always be more important than lowering ourselves to such a level.
We tried...as did a new GM and and association attorney.
Yes, it was very nice that the New manager had this residence fence bolted back together, but since when do we call HOA to fix such problems?
There are many of us that this has happened to over the years, we get our own bolt and fix it, or call a contractor to do such.
I see this action as a possible issue going forward.
If all the owners here in Sun City that have an iron fence and the bolts come loose and the fence separates contacts Management, are they going to fix them all?
I would contact Sandy Seddon and ask her for assistance.
It certainly wouldn't hurt to ask this of her as first resort if you are having a similar problem.