2013 Fall-Winter Normans News

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Normans News FALL/WINTER 2013 Edition PAGE 1

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Whats Up in the Downes?

It seems that on every street someone is

painting, remodeling, or adding a bit of

color to their homes and yards this year.

Many thanks to our yard of the month

crew, Helen Jones & Sherry McCann for

making the awards. Congratulations to

following households!

April:

BackyardHarris, 3183 Brookshire Way;

BackyardCook, 2792 Norwood Way;Roberts, 3154 Brookshire Way;

Blanca, 2618 Kensington;

Krause, 2674 Heath Lane

May:

Baggett, 2725 Kenwood Court;

Beall, 2725 Kenwood Court

(winnerscontinued on page 2)

The 2013 Annual Norman DownesHome Owners Meeting will be held

Tuesday, December 3rd

6:308:30 PM at the

Bunten Park Community Building

Meetyour representatives

Hearyour annual report Voiceyour concerns

Supportyour community

The PresidentsCorner

Let me catch you up on some of the

positive things happening in Norman

Downes!

Entrance & Street Signs

Sam Carr has replaced the street signs with

long-lasting types and posts where necessary.

Our Entrance signs are still in pretty good con-dition, so had them professionally painted to

brighten up our entry.

Pool

Security CamIn place to help with potential

safety issues. Not monitored, but recorded if

review is required. Most neighbor and mu-

nicipal pools have them. One example of adangerous situation is where youngsters were

jumping or diving off of the lifeguard stand ,

after dragging it to the edge. We are taking

steps to avoid this in the future.

Tennis & Lake

A new resident commented that Norman

Downes is beautiful and very peaceful. His

outing that day was to learn how to handle

and navigate with a kayak. He asked if there

is a public access; I said yes, but it needs work.

He expressed interest in helping with the ef-

fort and being part of a committee to organ-

ize the project making the lake access

more accessible.

FOR AND BY OUR RESIDENTS OF NORMAN DOWNES


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(Presidents Corner continued) Some of the is-

sues that we are addressing in 2014 are

more security and erosion control.

Additional Security Camsare to be in-

stalled in the tennis and lake access areas.

Fencing will have posted notices. Duluth

Police will continue to patrol.

Erosion ControlThe driveway and

parking lot need re-structuring to help keep

them in place. A budget item for next year

will be runoff channels and energy breakers.

The City of Duluth Engineers may help with

planning and financial assistance may be

sought from the city.

Boat Rack and Lake ChannelThanks to

Rob Welch for spearheading the boat rack

project. We are happy to say that it is being

used to keep boats off the ground, and keep

them secure. We are proposing Norman

Downes stickers to show they belong to NDresidents.

Norman Downes NatureTake a Closer

Look!

As the new resident observed, we have a

World of Wonder right here in ND with the

wildlife and plant life; duck and geese, along

with various interesting bird species.Among them are the blue and green herons

and the osprey recently spotted.

Ask how you can be more involved with the

development of this resource!

By Barry Smith, HOA President

(Yard of the Month winners continued)

Dashner, 2792 Kenwood Drive;

Austin, 3083 Brookshire Way;

Rhea, 2736 Saxon DriveJune:

Backyard-Hindes, 2879 Baronet Court;

Becker, 3124 Brookshire Way;

Livingston, 3307 Leeds Way;

unavailable, 2709 Kenwood Drive;

July: Saye, 3023 Brookshire Way;

Ashbury, 2582 Kenwood Drive;

Adams, 2642 Heath Lane;

Mondl, 3257 Victoria Way ;

August:

BackyardCromer,3263 Brookshire Way

Vasquez, 2714 Kenwood Court;

Zayas, 2689 Kensington Drive;

Smittcamp, 3284 Leeds Way;

Mauldin, 2732 Kenwood DriveSeptember:

Backyard-Muir, 2758 Winston Way;

Zema, 3293 Leeds Way;

Mumme, 3064 Brookshire Way;

Brown, 2703 Heath Lane;

Martin, 3164 Brookshire Way


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Please take a moment to label yourboat clearly with your name. That way, we know

who to call you if there is any problem with your boat.

Norman Downes

welcomed new residents

with a picnic on October

4th.

Many thanks to Diane

Womble and Lisa Smith for

preparing the welcome

baskets for the families.

They were standing in for

newlywed and former

HOA treasurer Yvonne

Hunter-Cabell. Congratu-

lations Yvonne on your

new marriage!

Norman Downes is

much sought after as a

residence for young

families and couples.

Homes are now selling

quickly and often mul-tiple offers are

brought to the table.

As of this publication,

there is only one home

for sale. And home

values are rising again

as the economy im-

proves.

Thank you Susan Welch for taking care of the flowers at the pool once again this past season.

Susan also very kindly put the flowers out for other homeowners to take and enjoy once the pool season

was over. We appreciate you Susan!

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How To Siphon A Lake

How do you siphon water out of a lake? Why would you want to

do such a thing? The recent deluge of May 19th provided an

opportunity to understand the power of the Lake Norman siphon

system. Lake Norman uses a siphon system to remove excesswater as the water level rises. The system on Lake Norman has

multiple activators depending upon the water level. As the water

level rises more siphons activate. The following diagram

illustrates the siphon system and is very similar to the system in

use at Lake Norman.

The siphon causes water to be pulled from deep in the lake and

continues to remove water until the level is back to normal. The

flood from May 19th caused all of the siphons to engage and the

photos on the next page show the amount of water beingdischarged that day.

It was reported that we received 6 inches of rain in about 7 hours on May

19th. The water raised at least 4 feet in a short amount of time as evi-

denced by the photos at the top of the next page.


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For more photos of the

flood waters, see

www.normansdownes.

com.

Article and photos

courtesy of

Rick Austin

One neighbor asked us

to print this reminder!

Please park

in your driveway.

Please do not park

on the street or in

your yard.

Help keep us all safe & our

community beautiful too!

17-year old Varsity Cheerleader, Brittney

Youngblood, is available for CHILDCARE

after school and on weekends. Your

children will be well cared for and havefun! Norman Downes references available

on request. Call/text 678-643-2849.


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Question: I live in

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pay a fee yearly to

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nes amenities. Ourcommunities are

physically linked and I

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Comments? Send them to:[email protected]

EditorCheryl Smith

(Norman Forest continued) Please volun-

teer! The only differences are that since

your home is not legally within the Norman

Downes boundaries, you can not hold of-

fice, vote on HOA matters, or share own-

ership in the amenities. The entire Nor-

man Forest community would have to peti-tion Norman Downes to merge the two

communities to change this.


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From your editorYou may have noticed that the number of Normans Newsletters have dwindled this past year.

Now that we have message boards at our entrances and the Norman Downes website is up and

running effectively, communication with the entire community is more cost and time effective using

these methods.

As the year ends, it is an appropriate time for me to pass the hat to the younger gen-

eration for continuing some of the activities and traditions in Norman Downes. If someonewould like to help with the composition and editing of Normans News, please contact me or one of

your board members for more details. Most of the community now receives this letter electronically,

but there is still the need or paper copies for those who are not connected to the worldwide web or

for who we have no email address. I really appreciate those who have contributed to the newsletter

in the past and hope it will continue to be published at least a few times a year.

Volunteers are also needed to continue the events below! None of the activities are diffi-

cult to set up if several folks volunteer to help with each one. A lot of the needed items are in

storage for most events and those volunteering are not held to doing things as they were done in the

past. You can be as creative as you wish. These activities are funded by our HOA assessments,

so there is no out of pocket expense either. All it takes is a little of your time.

Easter Egg Hunt for Children

Community Garage Sales

July 4th picnic at the pool & childrens parade

Childrens Halloween Table & Games

Decorating Entrances for the Holiday

Norman Downes Christmas Party

Again, many thanks to those who have helped in the past!

heryl SmithNormans News

New to our community? Welcome to Norman Downes!

I will send you an updated directory!

Please email your info to: [email protected]

Name(s): ________________________________________________________

Phone : _________________________________________________________

Address: ________________________________________________________

*Email: (will not to be published) _______________________________________________________

*How many children under 13 years in the home: ______________________

Starred information is used for Normans News distribution, the COPS program and event planningonly.

Did you receive a welcome basket? Yes ___ No ___


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