Tag: october 2022

During the Catawba Riversweep, our creek will be cleaned by the Catawba Riverkeepers and volunteers. They are asking for our help.

Saturday, October 1 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Volunteers will meet at Stanford Park on the other side of Highland Recreation Center. To volunteer, email JWhite@HickoryNC.gov.
Please note that some trash will temporarily be left in our area, but it will be picked up in the afternoon.

Martha Willis in Unit 1792 has been our neighbor since 1997. As an active member of the community, she served several terms as HOA secretary.
Georgia is her home state, where she grew up and where she received her Bachelor of Science Degree as a health information manager from the Allied Health School at the Medical College of Georgia. The training she received was focused on health information for hospitals, a satisfying career that she loved and enjoyed until her retirement in 2012.

Martha’s career choice isn’t surprising as her father was a doctor and her mother was a nurse. Following her graduation, she was a Navy wife of a medical doctor for two years. During that time, they lived and worked in Kodiak, Alaska. Martha worked in a civilian hospital, The Catholic Hospital, a twenty-bed hospital on Kodiak Island, which she found to be a very unique experience.
They also spent some time in Rochester, Minnesota before moving to Morganton, North Carolina where her husband began his medical practice, and they raised their
son and daughter. She worked in the Grace Hospital, which has since become UNC Health Blue Ridge Hospital.

Looking for something new, Martha sold her home in Morganton, quit her job there, and moved to Hickory in 1997. She found it as an instructor in her field of health
information at Catawba Valley Community College, where she taught for fifteen years. One of her students was our fellow resident, Ian Meadow.

Throughout her life she has loved horses. From her her childhood until recent years, she was an avid rider. Her other interests include reading, visiting friends and
traveling. She and four close friends from Morganton have all left that community, but they make a point of keeping in touch and traveling to visit with each other
Her other traveling has included cruises, Bermuda, Canada and Mexico. Bermuda is a favorite place and she hopes to make a return trip there.

Martha’s daughter has followed her father and grandfather into the medical field as a doctor. She is a urologist here in Hickory and lives with her husband and her own son
and daughter in Lenoir. Martha’s son lives in the country of Chile, working as an independent contractor online. We had a great visit getting better acquainted and discussing the coincidences of meeting people who had connections to other people in other parts of our lives…the six degrees of separation theory.

Martha happily emphasized how much she loves living in Huntington Woods and enjoys people here. We are glad you are our neighbor!

SWIMMING POOL
End of September is the closing of the pool for the season.
Jakob Dreisbach, Pool Chair

FINANCIALS
The Financials for the month of August show we were well within budget for the month as we continue to build our reserves. These reserves will be needed as we continue to complete the repairs and replacements to our buildings and maintain the grounds over the next few months. The balances are as follows: Operating Account $38,646. Reserve Account $69,582.
Joan Long, Treasurer

LANDSCAPING
The landscapers have started plugging and seeding lawns. With the cooler weather at night, hopefully we will see signs of new growth before the leaves start to fall. If you have an area that gets a lot of sun, a little watering would help.
Remember we are not contracted with the landscapers to trim shrubbery in the back of the units. This is the homeowner’s responsibility. If you need help with this, you can call Erik Peake, 828-612-2385, or text Davis Bryant, 828-244-3524, and they may be able to help for a fee.
Kaye Owenby, Landscaping Chair

ARCHITECTURE
There will be multiple repairs for water damage caused by flashing issues that have led to rotting wood as well as a unit that had termite damage. In early October, we will be finishing the deck on Unit 1770, which has been delayed because the railing
materials were on back order with the supplier.
If you encounter any contractors, as well as lawn care people, please continue to show your kindness toward them.
I am always available should you have any questions for me.
Tavia Ormsby, Architecture Chair

Hello Neighbors,

As fall comes upon us and we move to-ward the end of this year, it is time to think about the fact that some of our HOA Board member’s terms of office will end. It will be time for other community members to fill the vacant positions.
As you know, the success of the Huntington Woods community is dependent upon volunteers to lead and manage the work of the association. To emphasis the importance of our volunteer service, I am covering just a few of the important points of a volunteer service board below.

Safeguard Property Values
When you serve on the HOA Board, you can be more involved in maintaining property value investment as well as your community’s standard of living.

Problem Solving
Problem solving skills are greatly needed to make the HOA Board successful in serving the community.

Opportunity to Learn
Service on the HOA Board is an opportunity to learn the why and how of making rules and accomplishing the work. Knowledge is important to understanding when changes will help the community in a positive way.

Help Fellow Residents
By being a part of the HOA Board, you can help make decisions that have a direct and helpful impact on our community and your neighbors.

If you have any questions about service on our Board, please feel free to ask me or any of our current board members. Please consider serving on the Huntington Woods HOA Board.
Sabina Hardy, President