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REMINDER: October Happy Hour THIS FRIDAY 5 PM!

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If you have tents/canopies please bring them! There is a possibility of rain, but we are optimistic and have an AWESOME event planned!

To help defray expenses, we are charging $5 PER PERSON for the wine event and you will be provided a wristband.

Come Hoot with the Owls at 4 PM, then get social and ready for Wine Pairing for the Holidays with Denise Gough!

Denise Gough is a recovering lawyer who, after more than 20 years practicing in the entertainment industry, retired to follow her passion for wine. For over 5 years, Denise pursued that passion as the primary educator and wine team member at Total Wine & More in Turkey Creek. She recently retired again but still pursues her love of wine, beer, and spirits through her “Drinking with Denise” page on Facebook and through private tastings, consultations, and events. She has traveled to California more than a dozen times (including working harvest at Amici Cellars) and has traveled to Italy and Bordeaux on wine tasting adventures. 

Your generous financial support has made this year’s Happy Hours, and this event possible. This is the biggest event for Happy Hour to date and we need replenish the bank account. Donations are vital and greatly appreciated. Please help keep Happy Hour going for 2024 and beyond!

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Meet the Owls from Owl Ridge Raptor Center

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Ready for an Enigmatic Experience? Come MEET THE OWLS from OWL RIDGE RAPTOR CENTER on October 20th! Live and in-person at Lakemoor Legacy Park & Garden 4-6 PM. Meet five different owls and get your Owl Pellets here!

After seeing the owls, please stay for the October Happy Hour. Last one of 2023! Join us for expert advice on Holiday Food and Wine Pairings with Special Guest Wine Educator, Denise Gough, esq. Denise conducts wine education classes and is recently retired from Total Wine in Turkey Creek. Just in time to help make your holiday gatherings memorable! 

Attached is an Owl information sheet to get us thinking about questions for the rehabbers. They are passionate about Owls and ready to talk to you!

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REMINDER: Happy Hour is THIS FRIDAY 5 PM at Legacy Park

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Hey Friends!

This month we are celebrating “Neighbors Helping Neighbors”. Our recent August storms brought extensive damage to the neighborhood. Many folks volunteered their time, vehicles, equipment and efforts to assist others.

Happy Hour would like to say a huge “THANK YOU” and recognize the awesome folks who help make Lakemoor Hills the special place it is.

This month will be a POT LUCK. Happy Hour will provide appetizers and the Cocktail of the Month. Please bring a dish to share.

Head of our Emergency Response Team (ERT), Bob Proctor, will speak about the value of a “Connected Community”, the ERT, and the important contribution of everyone (ERT member or not), who helped cleanup and assist neighbors after the August storm.

See you at Happy Hour!

SEPTEMBER HAPPY HOUR – NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS

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September 15, 2023 will be the date of our next Happy Hour at Lakemoor Legacy Park & Garden. We want to celebrate those people who stepped out and helped their neighbors recover from the windstorm that blew through here in August. Our Emergency Response Team took action and many others throughout the neighborhood did the same, clearing driveways, creating passages through downed trees in the streets and moving debris. Come share your stories. Come let us recognize all of you that helped so much.

Please bring a dish to share with others and if you have an overabundance of produce from your garden, bring it and share with a neighbor or two. Bring a lawn chair. Bring your kiddos. Bring a beverage.

See you at 5 PM, September 15 at Lakemoor Legacy Park and Garden.

Important Message from the LHHA President

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Knox County Engineering and Public Works has informed us that for storm brush to be picked up in LH the following needs to happen:

Anyone wanting this done MUST call the Knox County Engineering and Public Works Dept at #865-215-5800 by August, 30 to include their pickup on the list.

Any brush needs to be within 6 feet side of the road and any brush or logs can’t be over 6 feet in length.

They will only pick up brush/logs. If any trash or construction debris is included, it will not be picked up.

Brush/logs should not be near a fire hydrant or utility poles or lines.

There is not a timeline when this will be collected; but, hopefully by the end of September or a month after 8/30.

It doesn’t sound like Knox County or their contractor is going to ‘street to street’ picking up brush/logs from the storm damage. If you are not on their list, your brush/logs will probably not be collected.

Note: LHHA can’t guarantee that brush/logs will be picked up by the county, but this is what we have been told.

New Contract with Waste Connections

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Greetings Lakemoor Hills Residents

Recently a number of neighbors noticed a dramatic increase in their Waste Connections fees. We reached out to Waste Connections and realized that our contract from 2016 had expired. We renegotiated the contract with WCI and have secured the discount again for our LHHA members.

The discounted rates for our members are $52.50 per quarter for trash or $88.50 per quarter for trash & recycle pickup. The non-discounted rate for trash & recycle is close to $130 per quarter. So the LHHA members are still seeing a substantial savings.

As we go through this transition, please check your next billing. If it is not the rates that are listed above, you are to contact Customer Service at WCI (865-522-8161 and select option 2). You can speak to a customer service agent who can adjust your bill.

IF you are not yet a member of the homeowners association, you can receive the discount as soon as you join. Just go to lakemoor.org and select “HOA Member Dues and Renewals”.

Support for Emergency Response Team

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LHHA Emergency Response Team is soliciting donations to assist and help defray costs for the individuals that assist with storm damage in LH. For many years, Ron “Gator” Garlin and Jason Blasdell have graciously volunteered their time in removing down trees and assisting getting power restored in LH. Although these two are volunteering their time, the LH Board thought it was appropriate to solicit donations to help assist in partially defraying the cost in their volunteer work.

The LHHA is an umbrella organization with the goal to make Lakemoor Hills a great place to live. Gator Garlin and Jason Blasdell have certainly been wonderful neighbors in helping LH neighbors and the LH neighborhood.

If you’d like to donate to this worthwhile cause, you can mail a check, use Venmo, or contribute on the LHHA website. Contributions will help with providing gift cards to these two neighbors to show our appreciation for all they do to help make LH a great place to live. Please see below:

Please note that your contribution is for the LHHA ERT.

Check:
Lakemoor Hills HOA
c/o Kathy Proctor
2429 Lakemoor Drive
Knoxville TN 37920

Venmo: @LakemoorHills-HOA

Website: Lakemoor.org