Isle of Pines Property Owner's Association

The local deer inhabitants have been busy and now there are quite a few twin fawns and adult deer grazing from street to street. As we share our rural environment with the woodland crea- tures please drive slowly and with your bright lights on. One fawn was killed recently in the neigh- borhood and it would be sad to lose anymore.

Every IOP Board meeting is open to the general membership; we meet at the south beach the first Tuesday of every month. This September we will meet on the second Tuesday. We are going to have some new events so watch for future announcements.

The IOP Board is planning on some needed repairs done within the park. We have a committee that has addressed repairs that need to be done: Updating the electrical boxes and receptacles, replacing the roof on the pavilion and the retainer wall by the dock, build- ing or placing a water pump house over the well.

Thank you to all the below volunteers these things could not have been accomplished without you!

I want to thank who ever put a new basketball net up.

Replaced boards on the dock, by Nat Worcester and his friend

Updated website take a look @ https://isleofpines.org designed and managed by Josh Starcher

Welcome baskets for new residents by Domenique Lombardo

Replaced the swing set seats researched and purchased by Jennifer Hislop and in- stalled by Josh Harriger

Replaced Christmas lights on the inside of the pavilion with rope lights. Purchased large fans that were helpful at the 4th of July party by Terry Aikens

Top boards on the dock and upkeep, by Albert Cichra

Also for triathlon volunteering, Shawn Kraznik, Sheila Cichra and her mom, the Worcester family, Hugh and Nancy Blair, Kelly Dunn, Jennifer & John Hislop, Al Eastburn, Dana Aikin, Mike Bull and Terry Aikens.

See you in the IOP,

Terry Aikens
President

The IOPPOA is very fortunate to have active board members, without them and their time the IOPPOA would be the same as every other association that I hear about that don’t do anything for their members. Here are your involved IOPPOA board members:
Al Eastburn : Vice President, what would we do without Al, you can usually find as the grill master at events, corner marshal, and has served many years on the board.
Janet Herrera: Secretary, my effortless co-coordinator on the many events we provide.
Hugh Blair: Treasurer, which has various challenging situations and coordinator of the Triathlon.
Nikki Worcester and her other half John have swapped places for terms on the board, the whole family is very active providing our DJ and many delicious meals to our events.
Shawn Krzanik and his wife Ana will have brought us a family fun 4th of July again this year, along with working on our database for Trade Listing to Keep it in the Hood.
Domenique Lombardo is energetic in promoting our community.
Mike “Fisherman Mike” is a great worker bee; he puts in 110% effort in our events.
Jennifer Hislop joined the board this year and is working with me on the IOP history. Also her family has been corner marshals for the triathlon. Great participation!
Rene Fossey-Dary joined the board this year and actively participates in events, has great enthusiasm. Suzanne Arnold is so diverse and her values, compassion, humor and energy can always be counted on. Josh Harriger and has made improvements to the park with his handiness and his suggestions.
Josh Starcher has joined the board this year and has kept us up to date on our website and is working on improving it.
Dave Patenaude and his wife Tammy have been effortless in participating at many of our events.
Mindy Nodorft joined the board this year and shows her spirit of neighborliness.
Carloyn Bird has joined the board this year and has great suggestions and input for our community.
See you in the IOP!

Terry Aikens

President 

The 2012 IOPPOA Rajun Cajun was very successful this year. We had great attendance and many of the people that come have never missed one. I love to hear how enjoyable our neighborhood is and that they look forward to our event every year. I want to thank all the workers and the Crawfish Co of Central Fla for their commit- ment and expertise without them this event would not be a success. I especially would like to thank the volun- teers that help me out at the gate, they save me from the stampede of those so anxious to get to their favorite spot in the park.

The board has a committee that will look into doing repairs to the IOP Association amenities depending on quotes and necessity we may not do all of them at once but we feel that our fund raisers funds will be put to good use. The committee’s focus is getting the electric up to code and replace with commercial grade products. Providing a permanent cover for the well equipment. The pavilion roof is not leaking, but as far as anyone re- members it is the original roof. The retaining wall along the boat ramp replaced with new wood.

Come out to the Father’s Day Fishing tournament it is for all members. If you are interested in getting up early and fish either from the dock or from your boat. Or you can sleep in and come to the weigh in to cheer as the fish are weighed for each participant. We then have Dana’s famous fish tacos and other great food.

Since we don’t get RSVP for a head count we never know how many members will come to each event, so we ask everyone to bring a side dish. This way we have a variety of food and snacks for all that come.

Look for more interesting IOP history in the newsletters to come and keep emailing me regarding what events and information you are interested in seeing in your newsletter.

See you in the IOP,

Terry Aikens

President