August 2018
Overseed Ahead?
Mike Roddy, Golf Course Superintendent
is hard to believe that the first Ryegrass seed of 2018 is scheduled to hit the in just over 10 weeks’ time. It has been an active summer on the course with Ithetground SaddleBrooke Bunker Project moving along on schedule. The Golf Maintenance team will be actively working to prepare the courses and the Bermuda grass for the overseeding process. Here are some of the items we will be working on, as the summer comes to a close: • Complete Bermuda grass recovery from transition: installation of sod in a few areas, if necessary.
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• Complete core aerification program: These activities provide the healthy growing environment for both the cool and warm season grasses on the courses. • Complete SaddleBrooke Bunker Project: Work is progressing with sand removal and liner installation. This work will be completed when SaddleBrooke re-opens from overseeding. • Vertical mowing of overseed areas: This activity prepares the seed bed without damaging the Bermuda grass and allows for a healthy stand of Bermuda grass heading into the overseeding process. We have appreciated everyone’s patience with our many activities this summer and the entire Golf Maintenance team looks forward to seeing you on the course. THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF www.saddlebrooke.org
HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION
64500 E SaddleBrooke Blvd
SaddleBrooke One We're Good 2 Go
Dave Bishow, Food & Beverage Director/Executive Chef
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ood 2 Go Mondays have turned out to be quite successful. We have far exceeded sales and participation and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. We will continue to evaluate and troubleshoot every service to make this program as smooth as possible. But, why are we doing this? Business vs. Amenity The goal behind the Good 2 Go program is to bridge the gap between business and amenity. Our goal, as a restaurant, is to get our guests to come in as often as possible. Realizing that we are a private club, it would be unrealistic to expect that our guests want to come in 3 times a week to have a sit-down meal. That can become problematic as eating out multiple times a week, between paying for a drink, restaurant mark ups for food and tip, can be very expensive. Our goal is to be able to offer a second type of food service to address the needs of our community. In the coming weeks, we will begin to offer other options. Items such as meatloaf, ribs and smoked brisket have been discussed. We are also going to be looking at multiple days to be able to offer the service. Staff Challenges Another goal behind the Good 2 Go program is to get ourselves into a core staff of full-time cooks and servers. By reducing labor on one night, it gives us an opportunity to concentrate our labor force on the regular dining nights. It may also give us an opportunity to hire more full-time servers, offering them benefits. This will reduce our turnover rate and will also improve consistency in food and service because the servers will have much more of a vested interest in the job and desire for success. In the kitchen, it would mean that each station has a dedicated cook so each night, the food would be made by the same person on broil, sautĂŠ, pantry and pizza. As the demand and feedback dictate, we will continue to grow this business model to fit the community. We already have online ordering set up, as well as a call-in line. Online ordering for guaranteed pick up ends on Sunday at 12:00 noon and phone in orders for guaranteed pick up ends on Friday at 2:00pm. Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to seeing you at the club.
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SaddleBrooke is a Target for all Types of Scams
Ron Tuxbury, Patrol Manager e are not unique, but because of our profile we probably have more scam attempts than the average community of our size. Never accept a phone call, letter or email at face value unless you are sure you know the person on the phone or who sent the letter or email. If the phone call, letter or email involves money, access to your computer or other property, be sure to confirm that the letter or phone call is from a legitimate source before taking any action.
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List of most Common Scams: Relative or friend in trouble with police -- You receive a call from a friend or relative saying they have been arrested and are going to be sent to jail unless you immediately send them some amount of money — This is one of the oldest and most common telephone scams. Relative/friend traveling lost money and documents and needs money to get home -- They are traveling and have lost or had stolen all their money and documents and need money to get home. This email scam is usually the result of someone’s email being hacked and the email is sent to that person's contact list. Someone saying they are from Microsoft or another software company calls and says they need to access your computer to fix a problem with it -- Legitimate software companies, including Microsoft do not make unsolicited calls asking for access to your computer. Call from someone who identifies themselves as a police officer -- They say they are coming to arrest you for not paying a traffic ticket or not appearing for a court date, if you don’t pay immediately. Police officers do not call about unpaid tickets, fines or failure to appear at a court date. Unsolicited check in the mail for a substantial sum -- You receive a check for a substantial sum, all you have to do is pay between $1,000 and $5,000 in processing fees and taxes before cashing the check. The check may look legitimate, but it is not and if you send money and try to cash it, it will bounce. IRS Scam -- A phone scam that first appeared nationally five years ago and has ripped off victims for more than $10 million is showing no signs of slowing down. In October 2013, the IRS issued a warning concerning a “pervasive telephone scam” that had popped up in nearly every state in the country — victimizing recent immigrants and senior citizens in particular — that played out in the following way: Victims are told they owe money to the IRS and it must be paid promptly through a pre-loaded debit card or wire transfer. If the victim refuses to cooperate, they are then threatened with arrest, deportation or suspension of a business or driver’s license. In many cases, the caller becomes hostile and insulting. They have become so sophisticated technically that they are be able to “spoof” their caller ID so that it looks like the call is actually coming from an IRS number. The IRS will not call you to tell you that you owe them money they will send you a letter. It would be impossible to list all the scams that have been tried in SaddleBrooke; these are just a few of the many scams that are attempted every day here in SaddleBrooke. Never send money or give access to your bank account or credit cards to someone you don’t know or have not contacted yourself. Always remember if something sounds too good to be true it probably isn’t and never send or give anyone money or access to any personal information without checking on them first.
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Safety Tip Our Neighborhood Watch program is a critical part of keeping SaddleBrooke One secure. You are more likely to recognize a person or vehicle that is not usually in your neighborhood than anyone else. If you see a suspicious person or vehicle call Patrol at 825-3048 #1 or 861-7064 and ask us to check on the person or vehicle. If you think you see a crime in progress call 911, then call Patrol.
NOV Statistics for June 2017/2018 Violations
2018 2017
Fines Imposed
2018 2017
Speeding
2
10
Multiple or Flagrant Violations
$100
0
1
Stop Signs
1
4
2nd Violation in 12 Months
$50
0
1
Handicap Parking
3
6
Golf Course Dog Loose or Walking
$50
0
0
RV Parking
2
4
Other Parking
4
8
12
32
Totals
SADDLEBROOKE ONE AUGUST SCHEDULE REGULAR PICK-UP • Service not affected RECYCLE PICK-UP • Service not affected 4 • The Communicator
ALC Hotline 917-3767 ALC Email: alcadmin@saddlebrooke.org ALC Secretary: Linda Irwin All ALC forms, as well as exterior home color selections, may be accessed on the ALC webpage or in the Administration Office. August Meetings are 1st & 3rd Meetings Thursdays of the month August 2nd 9:00am Bobcat Suite (Lower level of the SB One Clubhouse) August 16th
SADDLEBROOKE WOMEN’S GOLF ASSOCIATION - 18 HALF YEARLY MEMBERSHIP SALE JOIN NOW FOR $60.00 INCLUDES AWGA HANDICAP FEE (Does not include Greens Fees) WELCOMING LADIES WITH HANDICAPS UP TO 36.6 WHAT WE OFFER • TUESDAY MORNING LEAGUE PLAY WITH A VARIETY OF GAMES • CAMARADERIE, FRIENDSHIP AND FUN • SPECIAL TOURNAMENTS • LUNCHEONS HOW TO JOIN • MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORMS ARE ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE COMPUTER ROOM BY THE SADDLEBROOKE ONE GOLF SHOP • VISIT OUR WEBSITE
www.sbwga.com NEW AND POTENTIAL MEMBERS COME JOIN US FOR AN
ICE CREAM SOCIAL SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 FOR LOCATION AND DETAILS CONTACT MEMBERSHIP CHAIR membershipchair@sbwga.com The Communicator • 5
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THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON EXERCISE….. Randy Fullerton, Recreation Coordinator
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or today, let's set aside the physical affects that we already know about exercise and look at the benefits on the brain. Can exercise change the chemistry in the brain? There are some very interesting studies out currently on the affects of exercise and how it works on the brain. There are diseases that work on the brain such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and Dementia to name some big ones. Although it is not a cure, exercise does help to protect the brain longer. Exercise can also help to generate new brain cells. Simple fact: the brain needs oxygen and glucose to function and they make their way to the brain through blood. This is where the increased blood flow to the brain comes in. It helps with cognition, alertness and energy levels essentially making the brain operate more effectively. Three important neurotransmitters are dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine. Dopamine is the reward mechanism in the brain; the feel good part. Serotonin is responsible for mood; too little leads to depression. Finally, norepinephrine is a form of adrenaline that helps to keep you alert. All of these are increased with exercise. We can see the benefits of improved mood, cognition and memory; and generally feeling better. It has been said that increased circulation is helpful in protecting the brain and slowing the process of brain disease. The experts say that 30 minutes of exercise per day will help with energy, memory and depression. These are added benefits to the physical side including weight loss, heart health, and just improving overall health. Although, there are many forms of exercise, the goal is to increase your heart rate for 30 minutes. So, let’s get started and see if it really works. Let’s start with one week. You pick the exercises and give it a try for thirty minutes a day. Here is the catch - because progress may be slow in the beginning, I would suggest that you make a journal. Keep it brief, note how you feel before you start, while you’re exercising and after. We’re looking for more energy, better mood, less fatigue, etc. Almost everything counts as exercise. Walking, biking, swimming, running, TRX, TABATA, ZUMBA and strength training. They all count, as long as you increase your heart rate, which will increase blood flow to the brain. By doing this, we create chemicals that make the brain function more efficiently. The key is to make exercise your friend. Trying something new or different is not a bad thing. I know that sometimes we just like what we like and that is ok unless it is not exercising. If you’re looking for changes start slow, check with your doctor and make it fun. Find a friend, make a challenge or just set a goal. Remember, if you don’t like starting over, don’t QUIT. So, let’s start moving and having some fun. If you want help getting started come visit HOA#1 Fitness Center otherwise known as HAPPY CAMP and we will be glad to give you a hand. Learn More? I recommend the book Spark by John Ratey. There are some great Ted Talks by Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki. Most are 10-15 minutes and are packed with interesting tidbits. Angela Ridgel is also on Ted Talks speaking more on Alzheimer’s.
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Jackie Mink
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top in the SaddleBrooke One Library and check out one of these new books to read during those long, hot, monsoon summer days. We have choices that will appeal to a variety of interests!
Spymaster, Brad Thor Across Europe, a secret organization begins attacking diplomats. In the US, a foreign ally demands the identity of a highly-placed covert asset. In the balance hang the ingredients for all-out war. Counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath is more cunning, more dangerous and deadlier than ever before as he takes on a role he has spent his career avoiding. If you have never read a Brad Thor novel, this is the place to start! A Gathering of Secrets, Linda Castillo When a historic barn burns to the ground in the middle of the night, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called to investigate what at first appears to be an accident. But when the body of eighteen-year-old Daniel Gingerich is found inside—burned alive—Kate suspects murder. But, who would want this well-liked hardworking young Amish man dead? Kate investigates only to find herself stonewalled by the community to which she once belonged. Kate doubles down only to discover secrets and crimes that shatter everything she thought she knew about her Amish roots—and herself. The Garden Party, Grace Dane Mazur Two totally different families come together the night before the wedding that should unite them. One family consists of Wall Street lawyers steeped in trusts and copyrights, golf and tennis. The other is made up of wildly impractical intellectuals, including a biologist who studies why scorpions glow in the dark. The novel begins with morning coffee and ends late that very night, after a complicated series of fiascoes and miracles. Over the course of the day, it becomes clear that neither family is more eccentric than the other. This one sounds like a fun summer read! I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses, Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella This bestselling mother/daughter pair is back with more witty and hilarious essays about their lives. Whether they are attempting to hike the Grand Canyon, setting up phone calls with their dogs, or learning what “adulting” means, they are guaranteed to make you appreciate the funniest moments in life. One reviewer says this book is “like a glass of rosé, between two covers.” Paradox (An FBI Thriller Book 22). Catherine Coulter With unparalleled suspense and her trademark explosive twists, Catherine Coulter delves into the terrifying mind of an escaped mental patient obsessed with revenge in this next installment of her riveting FBI series. When the suspect fails to kidnap five-year-old Sean Savich, agents Sherlock and Savich know they’re in his crosshairs and must find him before he continues with his “kill” list.
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Cottage By The Sea, Debbie Macomber Annie Marlow has been through the worst. Rocked by tragedy, she heads to the one place that makes her happy: Oceanside in the Pacific Northwest, the destination of many family vacations when Annie was a teenager. With the help of various inhabitants of the town, Annie begins to restore her broken spirit. She finds that the surest way to fix what is damaged within is to help others rise above their pain and find a way to heal. A Measure of Darkness, Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman For Deputy Coroner Clay Edison a phone call in the wee hours of the morning is the start of a long night with many more to come. An argument spills into the street. There are gunshots. Chaos. The victims keep piling up, but one victim’s death doesn’t match the others. Brutalized and abandoned, stripped of ID and left to die: She is Jane Doe, and it falls on Clay to give her a name and a voice. Haunted by the cruelty of her death, he embarks upon a journey into the bizarre, entering a hidden world where innocence and perversity meet and mingle. The Other Woman, Daniel Silva Daniel Silva fans can look forward to another intriguing plot in his latest work. In an isolated village in the mountains of Andalusia, a mysterious Frenchwoman begins work on a dangerous memoir. It is the story of a man she once loved in the Beirut of old, and a child taken from her in treason’s name. The woman is the keeper of the Kremlin’s most closely guarded secret. Long ago, the KGB inserted a mole into the heart of the West—a mole who stands on the doorstep of ultimate power. Only one man can unravel the conspiracy: Gabriel Allon. He has battled the dark forces of the new Russia before, and now he and the Russians will engage in a final epic showdown, with the fate of the postwar global order hanging in the balance. The Good Fight, Danielle Steel Set against the backdrop of the 1960’s, Meredith McKenzie’s story begins in Germany as her father prosecutes Nazi war criminals at the Nuremberg trials. When her family returns to the United States, Meredith becomes a lawyer, despite her traditional, conservative father’s objections. From the morning of JFK’s inauguration through the tumultuous years that follow, Meredith joins the vanguard of a new generation of women, breaking boundaries socially, politically and professionally. This is the story of a woman changing her world as she herself is changed by it. Rescued, David Rosenfelt Fans of David Rosenfelt will be delighted by his new Andy Carpenter novel. When a truck carrying over seventy dogs from the South to the rescue-friendly Northeast turns up with a murdered driver, Andy can’t help but get involved. Andy is eager to help the dogs, but it’s the man accused of murder who he has a problem defending. The accused just happens to be his wife Laurie’s ex-fiancé. For Andy, even with dozens of successful cases behind him, this case that his wife insists he take may prove to be his most difficult. Clock Dance, Ann Tyler Willa Drake can count on one hand the defined moments of her life—from 1967 coping with her mother’s sudden disappearance, to l997 as a young widow trying to piece her life back together, and in 2017, yearning to be a grandmother. Then one day, Willa receives a startling phone call from a stranger. Without fully understanding why, she flies across the country to Baltimore to look after a young woman whom she has never met and the woman’s nine-year-old daughter and their dog, Airplane. This impulsive decision will lead Willa into uncharted territory. Surrounded by eccentric neighbors who treat each other like family, she finds solace and fulfillment in unexpected places. This novel is Anne Tyler at the height of her powers.
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SaddleBrooke One Summer Projects Rian Ross, Director of Operations
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n 2010, clean-up of a July storm required a full 5-man crew 3-5 days, which included removal of sand in the roadways, trees and other vegetation that needed attention. In 2018, clean-up requires less than 2 men -1 day to clear debris, and attend to vegetation issues. Primarily, this is due to the erosion control that has been put in over the last 8 years. This year, the erosion control included removing silt from several wash areas to make certain that storm water could easily flow out of SaddleBrooke. A total of 550 tons of silt/sand was removed from the basins, at a cost of $16,875. The Fitness Center men’s sauna interior has been rebuilt using in-house resources. A new heater was installed at a cost of $1,748, and the wood interior replaced at a cost of $3,680.
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