BCA Online Newsletter - Brandermill Community
Brandermill Community Association Weekly E-newsletter
May 2, 2014
Weekly News for Residents on the Go Board of Directors Meeting .BZtQN
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Are you a member of the Brandermill Community Association? Do you have something positive to tell, or respectfully negative to say? The Board sets aside time during the meeting for Member Voice. Each speaker is asked to sign up to speak and is allotted three minutes to make a comment. Board members or staff are not able to answer your question or speak to your concern during the meeting; however, they will respond at a later meeting or through other means. Monday of each month and last for usually no longer than two hours. Member Voice is scheduled approximately 15 minutes into the meeting.
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Tom Quish joins Property Management Staff It’s taken several months, but finally the empty desk in Property Management is occupied. Tom Quish brings his background as a mortgage specialist to the department where his duties include inspecting properties to complete disclosure packets, neighborhood inspections and mailbox compliance follow ups. He will be working 28 hours a week – Tuesday through Friday. Quish began his career as a journey Tom Quish press operator in his home state of Connecticut. He moved to Virginia in 1983 and started work as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Virginia Impression Products. He says his co-workers were quite impressed that he lived in Brandermill. In 2007 Quish began his career in the mortgage industry working for MetLife and Wells Fargo. After leaving Wells Fargo, “I started painting every room in the house,” says Tom. “It was driving me nuts not to work. I knew I wasn’t done.” He had an occasion to speak with Lloyd Johnson, another part-time member of the Property Management department and when he heard there was a part-time opening, he applied for the position. He and his wife Sylvia Kraemer, who goes by “Sly”, live in The Oaks. His son Sean lives in Richmond, and daughter Jessica lives in Midlothian with her husband and two children, 3-year-old Braxton and 8-month-old Daphne. Tom likes having the grandchildren living close by and looks forward to the weekends when they come to stay on Friday nights and when their parents come for Saturday morning breakfast gatherings. Quish joins Senior Specialist Jennifer Berryman, Specialist Lloyd Johnson, Director Al Raimo, and Bobbi Glenn who provides support to the department.
Stop by Saturday, May 3 for the Market Square Merchants Sidewalk Sale. Brandermill Green Market AND a Sidewalk Sale – what a great way to spend your Saturday!
Rain, rain, and more rain Spring in central Virginia is usually short-lived, as the seasons go from winter to summer with hardly a break between the two. Brandermill residents have lately experienced enough in the precipitation category that water is beginning to form large puddles nothing appreciates the standing water more than mosquitoes. If mosquitoes have been an issue in your yard, www.VeggieGardener.com has some hints on getting rid of mosquitoes without harming the environment and friendlier insects. Tips for Getting Rid of Mosquitoes Here are some alternative ways for getting rid of mosquitoes and keep them from pestering you while working in the vegetable garden, or relaxing on the deck with a cool glass of iced tea.
OPENS SATURDAY!
Overturn wheelbarrows, pot saucers, buckets, old tires, or unused
larvae-free. If this is not an option for you, you could use Mosquito Control Rings instead. Mosquito Control Rings will kill larvae up the water in these items at least every other day. This will eliminate the chances of mosquitoes from breeding in them. will agitate the water. Mosquitoes will not breed in moving water. in a garden sprayer that attaches to a water hose, and spray around the outside perimeter of decks or patios, the border of the garden, around bushes and other mosquito hiding places. This is environmentally safe, human and pet safe, and much cheaper. other chemicals. Catnip is said to be ten times as powerful as DEET. catnip in a handkerchief and wear it around your neck while working in the garden. The mosquitoes will stay clear of the smell and you. sheets on your arms and legs. Make certain you are not allergic to the perfumes and other ingredients of the sheets before using. deterrent. Rub a small amount on your wrists and neck. Mosquitoes do not like the vanilla smell. sitting areas. The mosquitoes will stay away from the smoke and the scent of the citronella. other parts of your yard. Marigolds, Citronella Grass, Rosemary, and Catnip are all useful in keeping mosquitoes at bay. ing. Mosquitoes do not like moving air, and this will keep them from landing on you. netting. biting mosquitoes and reclaim your backyard without using nasty chemicals and harmful products. If you have some tips on alternative ways of battling mosquitoes in your yard, please feel free to share them!
BRANDERMILL
Holiday Recipes Submit your favorite holiday recipes for the October issue of The Village Mill special insert.
Please include recipe category, recipe name, your name and neighborhood. If your have any special story that goes with your recipe, let us know and we will try to include as space allows. Deadline to submit recipes: Monday, September 1, 2014.
Please submit to [email protected] or send to the BCA office.
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May 2, 2014
Weekly News for Residents on the Go Board of Directors Meeting .BZtQN
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5IF#SBOEFSNJMM$IVSDIt'FMMPXTIJQ3PPN Prior to the regularly scheduled May 5 meeting of the Board of Directors, the Board will have the annual re-organizational meeting to President Charlie Davis, 2nd Vice President Bob Malek, Treasurer Frances Hillman. O’Hanley is leaving the Board, Hillman has been reelected to a three-year-term and Greg Pearson was elected for a Following adjournment, the regularly scheduled meeting of the Board will open with the new Board being seated. The agenda for the meeting may be viewed online. Minutes of past meetings are posted online once they have been approved. Audios of past meetings are posted within a few days of the meeting. Please visit the Brandermill website for this information.
.FNCFS7PJDF
Are you a member of the Brandermill Community Association? Do you have something positive to tell, or respectfully negative to say? The Board sets aside time during the meeting for Member Voice. Each speaker is asked to sign up to speak and is allotted three minutes to make a comment. Board members or staff are not able to answer your question or speak to your concern during the meeting; however, they will respond at a later meeting or through other means. Monday of each month and last for usually no longer than two hours. Member Voice is scheduled approximately 15 minutes into the meeting.
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Tom Quish joins Property Management Staff It’s taken several months, but finally the empty desk in Property Management is occupied. Tom Quish brings his background as a mortgage specialist to the department where his duties include inspecting properties to complete disclosure packets, neighborhood inspections and mailbox compliance follow ups. He will be working 28 hours a week – Tuesday through Friday. Quish began his career as a journey Tom Quish press operator in his home state of Connecticut. He moved to Virginia in 1983 and started work as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Virginia Impression Products. He says his co-workers were quite impressed that he lived in Brandermill. In 2007 Quish began his career in the mortgage industry working for MetLife and Wells Fargo. After leaving Wells Fargo, “I started painting every room in the house,” says Tom. “It was driving me nuts not to work. I knew I wasn’t done.” He had an occasion to speak with Lloyd Johnson, another part-time member of the Property Management department and when he heard there was a part-time opening, he applied for the position. He and his wife Sylvia Kraemer, who goes by “Sly”, live in The Oaks. His son Sean lives in Richmond, and daughter Jessica lives in Midlothian with her husband and two children, 3-year-old Braxton and 8-month-old Daphne. Tom likes having the grandchildren living close by and looks forward to the weekends when they come to stay on Friday nights and when their parents come for Saturday morning breakfast gatherings. Quish joins Senior Specialist Jennifer Berryman, Specialist Lloyd Johnson, Director Al Raimo, and Bobbi Glenn who provides support to the department.
Stop by Saturday, May 3 for the Market Square Merchants Sidewalk Sale. Brandermill Green Market AND a Sidewalk Sale – what a great way to spend your Saturday!
Rain, rain, and more rain Spring in central Virginia is usually short-lived, as the seasons go from winter to summer with hardly a break between the two. Brandermill residents have lately experienced enough in the precipitation category that water is beginning to form large puddles nothing appreciates the standing water more than mosquitoes. If mosquitoes have been an issue in your yard, www.VeggieGardener.com has some hints on getting rid of mosquitoes without harming the environment and friendlier insects. Tips for Getting Rid of Mosquitoes Here are some alternative ways for getting rid of mosquitoes and keep them from pestering you while working in the vegetable garden, or relaxing on the deck with a cool glass of iced tea.
OPENS SATURDAY!
Overturn wheelbarrows, pot saucers, buckets, old tires, or unused
larvae-free. If this is not an option for you, you could use Mosquito Control Rings instead. Mosquito Control Rings will kill larvae up the water in these items at least every other day. This will eliminate the chances of mosquitoes from breeding in them. will agitate the water. Mosquitoes will not breed in moving water. in a garden sprayer that attaches to a water hose, and spray around the outside perimeter of decks or patios, the border of the garden, around bushes and other mosquito hiding places. This is environmentally safe, human and pet safe, and much cheaper. other chemicals. Catnip is said to be ten times as powerful as DEET. catnip in a handkerchief and wear it around your neck while working in the garden. The mosquitoes will stay clear of the smell and you. sheets on your arms and legs. Make certain you are not allergic to the perfumes and other ingredients of the sheets before using. deterrent. Rub a small amount on your wrists and neck. Mosquitoes do not like the vanilla smell. sitting areas. The mosquitoes will stay away from the smoke and the scent of the citronella. other parts of your yard. Marigolds, Citronella Grass, Rosemary, and Catnip are all useful in keeping mosquitoes at bay. ing. Mosquitoes do not like moving air, and this will keep them from landing on you. netting. biting mosquitoes and reclaim your backyard without using nasty chemicals and harmful products. If you have some tips on alternative ways of battling mosquitoes in your yard, please feel free to share them!
BRANDERMILL
Holiday Recipes Submit your favorite holiday recipes for the October issue of The Village Mill special insert.
Please include recipe category, recipe name, your name and neighborhood. If your have any special story that goes with your recipe, let us know and we will try to include as space allows. Deadline to submit recipes: Monday, September 1, 2014.
Please submit to [email protected] or send to the BCA office.
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Monday
Tuesday
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Friday
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