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Our Communications team has developed the ability for you to pay your LHHA dues online now through our website.  It is similar to the renewal process that you go through when you renew your auto license plate.

Go to www.lakemoor.org and log in with your user name and password.  Then select the tab across the top of the screen that says LHHA (to the left of RESOURCES).  That is a pull down menu.  Select HOA MEMBER DUES & RENEWAL at the bottom of the list.  There is information about the process, the address if you would just like to mail in your $25 check, or the ability to charge the renewal fee to a credit card.  (a small processing fee of $1.06 will be added).  Once your submit the information, you will immediately receive a receipt by email.

We hope this makes renewing your dues convenient and easy.

Did you know that Lakemoor Hills has an art group which meets every Monday from 4:00 – 6:00 PM at the Lake Hills Presbyterian Church.   Our founder, Kenneth Pace, recently died but we all want to continue the group in his honor.   And you are invited!  It is a casual group open to anyone who would like to create art or work on crafts during the time.   Everyone works in their particular technique including watercolor, drawing, acrylics, pottery and stained glass.   Folks have also worked on bead jewelry, needlepoint and crocheting.  Whatever is your interest is welcome.   So pick up those projects that have been on hold and come on down to the church tomorrow afternoon.   You will find a welcoming group and a creative force.

Many people in our neighborhood have complained of difficulty seeing the highway at night in order to safely turn out of our neighborhood onto Alcoa Highway from Montlake, due to the fact that there has been no street light at that intersection since construction began. Over a number of months we have made multiple contacts with both TDOT and Knoxville City traffic engineering, with each of these entities referring us back to the other. It appears that unless TDOT hears from enough individuals who have either had or witnessed accidents/near-misses at that intersection to make clear to them their responsibility for correcting this safety hazard (which they created), the problem–and the accidents– will continue until late 2019, when consruction is due to be completed.

Therefore, I strongly urge you to contact TDOT officials to apprise them of your concerns. Below is contact information for Tracie Widner, TDOT Operations District Supervisor, and Keisha Gregory, TDOT Administration Services Assistant.

Tracie Widner
865-594-2337
tracie.widner@tn,gov

Keisha Gregory
865-594-3849
[email protected]

There’s no guarantee that this approach will be effective, but there is a chance that TDOT will respond when, due to the number of complaints received, they have a more complete picture of our concerns.

Rosemary Burr

Many people in our neighborhood have complained of difficulty seeing the highway at night in order to safely turn out of our neighborhood onto Alcoa Highway from Montlake, due to the fact that there has been no street light at that intersection since construction began. Over a number of months we have made multiple contacts with both TDOT and Knoxville City traffic engineering, with each of these entities referring us back to the other. It appears that unless TDOT hears from enough individuals who have either had or witnessed accidents/near-misses at that intersection to make clear to them their responsibility for correcting this safety hazard (which they created), the problem–and the accidents– will continue until late 2019, when consruction is due to be completed.

Therefore, I strongly urge you to contact TDOT officials to apprise them of your concerns. Below is contact information for Tracie Widner, TDOT Operations District Supervisor, and Keisha Gregory, TDOT Administration Services Assistant.

Tracie Widner
865-594-2337
tracie.widner@tn,gov

Keisha Gregory
865-594-3849
[email protected]

There’s no guarantee that this approach will be effective, but there is a chance that TDOT will respond when, due to the number of complaints received, they have a more complete picture of our concerns.

Rosemary Burr

You recently received a bill for $25 to renew your homeowner’s dues.  About half of you have renewed to date.  We will be submitting the updated list to Waste Connections in the next couple of weeks, at which time the rate that you pay for garbage pickup may be impacted.

LHHA members receive approximately a 50% discount on this service.  Well over the cost of the membership dues.  So find that envelope and send your check in today to Tom Ingram, Treasurer at 2020 W. Velmetta Cr.  Thank you for supporting our organization.

On Sunday, September 24, from 10 AM to 3 PM at 3929 Maloney Road children from Mount Olive Elementary and South Doyle Middle School will have coupon books for sale. $ 9 of every $10 paid goes directly to benefit the schools.  But even better, Linnette Montalbo-Tumpson is enhancing your return with a free bottle of water and snack/ hotdog for every purchase.  Her children are committed to selling 100 coupon books.  Let’s help the kids  make their goal.

If you are purchasing libations for your game day weekend, consider Ashe’s Wine and Spirits.  They are donating wines for our neighborhood Sip and Snoop.  Sip and Snoop gives you the chance to sip a variety of wines while snooping six very different homes here in your neighborhood.  Make your reservations for the  October 12 event by e-mailing Linda Haynes at [email protected]

The fundraiser is October 12, from 5:00 to 8:00.  Six incredibly unique homes will be open along with a different wine to sample at each.

Here is a peek inside the Hill House:

This 1955 house designed by Atlanta architect Herman Millkey is one of Knoxville’s finest examples of mid-century modern architecture.  While it was love at first sight for the owners, the house has proven to be a tough mistress.

The Hills moved to town in 1994, built a traditional 4000 sq. ft. home in West Knoxville, and never really felt the house was home.  Mark has MCM style in his DNA as both of his brothers own MCM homes.  The families can visit among the three homes and always feel at home.  In 2003, the couple turned their backs on their West Knoxville home, leaving behind everything except the piano and their artwork.

Mark and Cathy are fortunate in that they agree on most design questions, making the renovation project easier.  They have been deeply devoted to preserving the integrity of the design that was on microfilm at the Millkey firm.  No central heating and air?  No problem, run the needed ductwork on the roof where it is largely invisible.  Compromised windows, septic problems, and a leaky pool were met with equal tenacity.

The space and simplicity of this glass and concrete pavilion drives the couple’s love affair.  The colors in the handmade Tufenkian rugs, the largest of which is in the living room, are the basis for the color scheme in the entire house.  The colors complement the leaves, bark, and sky readily visible through the walls of windows.

About every two years, the Hills have undertaken another project.  Over the last six years, projects have included construction of a separate office/studio and workout area, a completed remodel of the lower level, and a kitchen renovation.  The master bathroom still looms.  Knoxville architects Ron Hutchins and Chris Joice, and interior designer Connie Hutchins have directed all the work on the house.

Cathy and Mark love the house and never take it for granted.  The mistress has been well worth her unrelenting demands.

A limited number of tickets are available for $40 each for LHHA members. E-mail Linda Haynes at [email protected] to reserve your tickets.

Buy your tickets now for LHHA’s first Sip and Snoop home tour and wine tasting event.  The fundraiser is October 12, from 5:00 to 8:00.  Six incredibly different homes will be open along with a different wine to sample at each.

Here is a peek into one:

THE COPELAND HOUSE

Designed by Baumann and Baumann, Knoxville’s first architectural dynasty, the newest owners are devoted to celebrating the integrity of this masterpiece.  After selling their Maryville home in 2015, the owners looked a bit further north, saw a picture, and it was love at first sight.  Some of the second and third sights were challenges during the year and a half renovation.

It was heartbreaking but necessary to demolish interiors.  It was well worth it when sight lines opened all across the back of the house from the kitchen to the sunroom.  Design details and layers of colors and materials delight the eye.  Tanya and her sister Donna worked together to reflect the owners’ taste, all the way down to the custom switch plates.

Buz enjoyed most of the challenges.  Getting it right in the design of the garage addition meant seeking the best way to fabricate and install the cast concrete garage entry that replicates the one on the original house.  Less enjoyable was installing the chimney pots.  Buz isn’t fond of heights, so his solution was to begin the work at night to avoid seeing the height.

Take your time and look for the house’s original secrets, like the functioning servant bell system and the trash chute to the basement where there was an incinerator.   To savor the house’s warmth is to understand why it has felt like home from day one.

A limited number of tickets are available for $40 each for LHHA members.  Buy yours at the September 19, LHHA meeting or e-mail Linda Haynes at [email protected] to reserve your tickets.