Annual Meeting Notification!

The annual meeting notification letter has been sent to the printer.  You may have already received your copy.  Please take a few moments to read and understand the entire mailing.  If you have questions or concerns have been raised, please plan on attending the annual meeting. It will be held on Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 2 PM at the Sebring Christian Church. 

Directory Distribution will be taking place on that day as well.  Please check the community calendar on the website for future dates and times.

2019 Annual GHOA Assessments

Are on their way!  Per the approved budget, the assessment remains the same, at $375. 

The most secure and safest way to get those assessments to the GHOA treasurer is through your online bill pay system with your bank.  A check mailed through the US Postal Service is the next safest means of getting those checks into the proper hands. At this time, you may place your check inside an envelope in a mailbox located in the activity center through the month of January. Please watch your shout-out information emails for a future location option after January 30. The mailbox located inside the building is questionable and should be used at your own risk.  Please use good judgement and use your online bill pay or US Postal Service to get the assessment check into the treasurer in a timely fashion.

Checks that are written incorrectly, postdated, misspelled or with corrections/scratch outs are not accepted at our financial institution. Avoid the miscommunication and/or late fees; write checks correctly with the lot number clearly noted on your check. This effort is highly appreciated.

Join the GHOA Board of Directors or committee chairman! – become an active member of the GHOA community! Take this opportunity to let your voice be heard.  There is always room for those who which to participate. 

Interested members should submit a short, written profile to the Board Secretary, Deb Steuer at ghoa.secretary@gmail.com. This profile should offer some general details about the member’s background, and should include a statement of the member’s desire to serve in this capacity. 

The welcoming committees have community information that may be helpful to your specific needs whether new to Golf Hammock or Cormorant Point or brand new to Florida!

Golf Hammock residents welcoming committee chairman: 

Joyce Rowe 863-214-6517 jannrowe65@gmail.com

Cormorant Point residents welcoming committee chairman: 

Lillian Kachelries 863-658-1568 xgrayrock1@aol.com

You may have had a street captain stop at your new residents. Their purpose is to enhanced communication between homeowner and GHOA board. The completion of the “Welcome to Our Community” form is vital to our data base and treasurer. A question they might ask is if you are a seasonal or year round resident or where do you receive your mail? If a street captain has not introduced themselves to you please contact either person below to assist you. 

Street Captain Contact: 

Cindy Bowser 260-348-9179 clb1919@yahoo.com

If you are interested in becoming a street captain or co-chairman please contact Cindy Bowser!

Words from the Secretary

With this year coming to a close, Ruthie, our webmaster and I have created a great means of communication between the GHOA board and the GHOA community. Hours are vested into the newsletter making it what it has become today. As a strong motivator myself within the GHOA neighborhood, promoting communication, the website and all its information at ones finger tips has been my goal.  Registering email addresses and getting not only the newsletter but shout-outs right to your email has grown at a strong steady pace.  I am happy to say that our numbers increase monthly. My hope for 2019 is that as a community, we keep that momentum going. Take a stand and support Golf Hammock and all that it represents. There are many opportunities to get involved. Whether you choose to be a committee chair or perhaps an active member of a committee, you can make a difference. There are lots of areas of opportunity in 2019.  

Please keep in mind that our website www.ghoaonline.com  is your point of reference.  If you need to see any sort of documentation, an updated community calendar or past meeting minutes to name a few, please check out our website. Don’t forget to register your email address so that newsletters and shout-outs go directly to your email account. Remember to check out the website, https://nextdoor.com Keep in mind that this is a third party social media website and is not sponsored, funded or operated by the GHOA. It is also important that common sense is used when posting to any social media site. If there is a question or concern that is a GHOA matter please use our website and email us directly those concerns.  

DebSteuer

Activity Center News

Don’t forget about our library located inside the activity center. Please look through the books that are available. Read at your lecture and return in a timely fashion.

Regularly Scheduled Happenings at the Activity Center:

Mah Jongg Tuesday and Fridays 9:30 am – 12:30 pm 

Tuesday Game Night 7:00 pm – 2nd, 3rd, 4th Tuesday

Book Club 7:00 pm – 3rd Wednesday of the month

Euchre group will begin again on a regular bases the 3rd Monday of the month.  Please contact Judy Trier, 260-242-0612 for more information or just stop by the activity center and use the sign-up sheet that will be available. 

Crafting Days at Golf Hammock Activity Center

Each Thursday will be 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. All are welcome to join for the crafting and the chatter.  If you haven’t attended please contact Kathy at (863) 202-6905 (call or text) or email at kathyk2@centurylink.net. Please let her know what your craft will be. Tables are set up and you’ll be able to choose your table when you arrive. If you need electricity for your craft please let her know specifics. Bring a snack to share.  Lunch can be ordered at the restaurant! Again any questions please reach out to Kathy!

Mark your Calendar for January 3rd and 17th!

From Golf Hammock Country Club

If you were anywhere near the Golf Hammock circle the afternoon of December 3rd you may have heard quite a commotion with honking car horns. The Golf Hammock ladies interclub team was celebrating their coronation as Heartland Interclub champions. The Golf Hammock team travelled to Sun N Lake earlier in the day with the season championship at stake. Golf Hammock and sister course Harder Hall were playing for the season crown. The ladies brought home the championship in high style – winning both the tournament and the crown. It was the club’s third tournament win of the season. Heartland Interclub is a series of nine tournaments held between April and December. Teams compete at golf courses throughout Highlands County.

A highlight-filled day included team member Marilyn Redenbarger scoring a hole in one on the 15th hole of the Turtle course. Beth Weiler had three birdies on her way to winning the A flight, Marilyn Redenbarger took top honors in the C flight and Barbara Walczak won the D flight. Sue Pratt finished in a tie for third in the B flight. The trophy is proudly on display in the Golf Hammock proshop.

Team members included: Susan Accorsi, Caroline Duncan, Tami Dunlap, Lorraine Friend, Theresa Hahn, Nancy Jans, Lorraine Northrup, Shirley Passafume, Sue Pratt, Marilyn Redenbarger, Sharon Reinhold, Mary Roundtree, Kathy Saleeba, Helene Tremblay, Judy Trier, Carol Troup, Barbara Walczak, Beth Weiler, Betsy Wells, Gladys Zitelli. 

Interested in joining the Golf Hammock Ladies Golf Association? 

Call or text Shirley Passafume, Membership Chair, at 480-440-8174.

The architectural chairman is Roger Steuer ghoatreasurer@gmail.com

If you are making any changes to the appearance of your home take a moment, send an email, making the association aware of your project. Currently, many are installing generators, this is a required approval and many if not all contactors in this area are aware that documentation approval is needed for this equipment to be installed. Keep in mind just like unsightly trash cans are not to be seen from the street, appropriate screening should be concealing tanks etc.   Sheds or other structures as well as fences and many other projects require building permits according to the Highland County building and zoning departments. This procedure verifies that your project is within the guideline of the stated rules and regulations. This only protects you as a homeowner.  Please contact the building and zoning department verifying what your project requires and the guidelines that are to be followed. 

The Data Base/Directory chairman is Marge Schindewolf. If you have made any changes with your contact information, it is your responsibility as a property owner to get that type of information to the GHOA.  If you have a seasonal address that in no longer valid, please update your information. Your phone number has changed or you no longer have a land line, update your information.  If you have a new mailing/billing address, again please update your information. If your email address has changed and you registered previously with another, you must re-register the new email address on the website, www.ghoaonline.com  to continue getting shout-outs and newsletters.

Any updates (except email address changes) can be emailed directly to Marge:

margeschindewolf@comcast.net

Violations/Complaints

There had been so many issues with the Violation and Complaint Form.  The new form is available on our website. Many complaints were still being received on scrap pieces of paper, napkins, back of business cards then placed in board member’s mailbox, door jams to name a few. 

GHOA Complaint Form is able to be filled out online! Go to the website, view it and type! Print it and either email us a copy or mail it to the address below. 

With this new process in place, all necessary information will be collected to move forward with the Violations/Complaints form.  The board will not process incomplete forms. Electronic submission is highly suggested, however completed forms will be accepted if printed and mailed with postage to our mailing address. 

The board will no longer be accepting the following: anonymous, incomplete or forms placed in the activity center mail boxes.

Email, www.ghoaonline.com or snail mail, 2200 Golf Hammock Drive, Sebring, FL, 33872

Any further questions, send an email to the address located on our website ghoaonline.com

If there is something that you feel you would like to see in the newsletter as a regular item, an announcement, or general information, please let me know! I look forward to hearing from you!

Deb Steuer

secretary.ghoa@gmail.com

For the list of Board Members and any additional information can be found on the

GHOA website> https://www.ghoaonline.com