March 2009

We have started a For Sale Section on the website and have included these items in the newsletter. Please email Pam Polk at pamelapolk@bellsouth.net or call Pam at 404.543.1099. You can email a description/photo of the item.

***See Page 15 for more information***

Our annual Easter Egg Hunt will be on

Saturday April 4th. Look in the newsletter for more information.

See Page 9.

Upcoming School Dates

Spring Break Dates this year will be Monday April 6th – Friday April 10th. Enjoy your time off! Registration for all students entering a Cobb County kindergarten or first grade class for the first time in 2009-2010 will be conducted at each school on

April 1, 2009. Visit the CCSD Home Page for more information.

Have your child practice the online CRCT tests! Visit https://www.georgiaoas.org/servlet/a2l Make sure you disable your popup blocker or hold your CTRL key down while clicking the Login button.

Join Us for Bunko!

Bunko is a dice game that takes no previous experience or skill to play. It’s a great way to meet your neighbors and enjoy a night out with the girls! Ladies who would be interested in playing should call Debbie Page at 770-975-3468 or email at sweetpea053065@aol.com Come try it out a few times to see if Bunko is your game!!

Is your child in a private school or do you home school your child? IF you have any articles of interest regarding this please email to pamelapolk@bellsouth.net and they will be included in the April NL.

Swim Team Signups will be held on March 22nd in the large clubhouse. Please see page 9 for more

information.

Table of Contents

HOA Meeting Summary _________________________ 2 Lerner Permit Information/Advertiser ______________ 3 CCSD News/Advertiser _________________________ 4 Pickett’s Mill News/Advertiser____________________ 5 Durham News/Advertiser________________________ 6 Allatoona News /Advertiser ______________________ 7 Advertisers __________________________________ 8 CP Community News ____________________________ 9 Tennis Corner-CP are Winners! _________________ 10-11 Scrip Changes/JDRF Fundraiser __________________ 12 Adults Who Host Lose the Most __________________ 13 Tennis Players Needed/Advertiser ________________ 14 Items for Sale/Advertiser______________________ 15

February Annual HOA Meeting Summary

Property Management All-In-One Community Management 678.363.6479 customerservice@allinonemgmt.com

Board of Directors Avonda Hendricks-Member at Large Tony Corroto-Vice-President tcorroto@comcast.net Brad Ellingson-Treasurer bjellingson@comcast.net Joe Beckford-President joe.beckford@gmail.com Tracey Mlincsek- Secretary traceym60@aol.com

Architectural Control(ACC) Kathy Chandler 770.917.0791 Bill Rousseaux 770.793.1363 Horace Wiggs 770.974.2359 hwiggs@bellsouth.net

Clubhouse Rental www.camdenpointe.com Keys-Ginger Wallsinger 770.529.7823 jeffwall_97@yahoo.com H

Lake Mark Crider mcritter@mindspring.com

Landscape Michael Nikin Michael.Nikin@BlueLinxCo.com

Tennis John Clancy 770.529.8016 camdenpttennis@aol.com

UNewsletter/Website Pam Polk 404.543.1099/ pamelapolk@bellsouth.net

Who Attended Our February meeting was held Wednesday, February 18th. Two homeowners attended along with Joe Beckford, Tony Corroto, Brad Ellingson, Avonda Hendricks and Tracey Mlincsek of the Camden Pointe HOA Board and Ruann Bunker of All-In-One Management. New Officers Announced The 2009 Board’s officers were announced and are as follows: Joe Beckford, President; Tony Corroto, Vice President; Brad Ellingson, Treasurer; Tracey Mlincsek, Secretary; Avonda Hendicks, Member-At-Large. For a complete list of each member’s other responsibilities and contact information, check out the Camden Pointe Website at www.camdenpointe.com With only two homeowners present, this month’s meeting was very short and focused on the upcoming improvements to the clubhouses and accomplishments so far this year. Clubhouse Updates The large clubhouse has a new refrigerator and new couches so far. We are donating the old couches to charity. We are currently in the process of obtaining bids for the refurbishment of the putt-putt course and the painting/gutters/carpentry needed on the two clubhouses. The current plan calls for all the improvement work to be completed before the pool opens for the summer season. Next Meeting Our next HOA meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 18th at 7:30 p.m. in the large clubhouse. Please bring your ideas, concerns, questions, and offers of help for the coming year. We hope to see you there!

To all of our hard working Board Members and Committee Chairs!

We all will face this issue at some point! There are some basic requirements. Please see

http://www.dds.ga.gov/teens/DLdata.aspx?con=1740477406&ty=dl

• You must be at least 15 years of age.

• A parent or legal guardian (who must present certified guardianship court papers or adoption papers with embossed court seal) must sign for the applicant.

The parent or legal guardian must present a Georgia Driver License or ID card. If the parent/guardian does not possess a Georgia License or ID card, the teen must present

a standard Proof of Residency document.

Here we are; March is already upon us. All the rain that has been falling this winter will surely help our yards and neighborhood look great this Spring just as the falling interest rates are surely helping our checkbooks. Have you taken advantage yet? 30-year fixed rate loans are currently available in the 5% range and 15-year fixed are a good bit below that. I’ve already helped many of your neighbors. Call me today to see if I can save you money too. I specialize in:

Residential Loans for primary residences, second homes and investment properties in Georgia and Florida

All types of Commercial Properties in most all states Thank you for continued support and I welcome the opportunity to serve you and your friends.

Joe Beckford, Owner a Camden Pointe Resident

3380 Trickum Road, Building 800, Suite 102 Woodstock, GA 30188-3688

Office (678) 741-2691 Cell (678) 516-4092 joe@bngfinancial.com www.bngfinancial.com

Georgia Residential Mortgage Licensee #22032 Florida Mortgage Broker Business #0708420

Cobb County School District News

State of the School District - Feb. 11, 2009 Superintendent Fred Sanderson delivered the 2009 State of the School System Report at the February 11th CCSD Board of Education Meeting.

http://www.cobbk12.org/news/2009/20090211_StateoftheSystem.htm

The 2009-2010 School Calendar is posted! http://www.cobbk12.org/calendars/2009-10/2009-10SchoolYearCalendar.pdf

Meet your new Board Member for your school feeder pattern

Lynnda Crowder-Eagle ▪ Post 1 ▪ Vice Chairman of the Board lcrowder-eagle.boardmember@cobbk12.org Lynnda Crowder-Eagle began her first term on the board representing northwest Cobb citizens of Post 1. Mrs. Eagle is a native of Cobb County where she attended Cobb Schools. Mrs. Eagle earned her Masters degree from Georgia State University and her Education Specialist degree in administration and supervision from West Georgia State University. Mrs. Eagle is a career educator and has been a K-12 teacher, supervisor for Gifted Education,

Principal, and Director for Leadership Management. She has been involved in numerous education and community organizations. Mrs. Eagle has served on the Boards for Northwest Georgia YWCA, Boys and Girls Club of Cobb County, Cobb Education Consortium, and is an alumni of Leadership Cobb. Mrs. Eagle was a 2002 Woman of Achievement Honoree from the YWCA. She volunteers in her church, Marietta First United Methodist, where she serves as vice chair of the Altar Guild. She and her husband, Steve, have one grown son, who graduated from Sprayberry High School. He is a professor at Piedmont College. They enjoy two grandsons, Henry and Eli.

Pickett’s Mill News

Congratulations Shelia Chesser!! Ms. Chesser was awarded "Principal of the Year" by the PTA Tom Mathis Council!

Fifth grade articulation dates http://pickettsmill.typepad.com/stevens_carty/

1. March 10th, 2009, 5th grade Assembly at Pickett’s Mill at 1:00-2:00pm (Georganne, Dee, Music Teachers). 2. March 24th, 2009, Parent Lunch and Learn at Durham Middle School-“Preparing for Middle School”- Parents

from all three schools will attend (PTSA involvement as well), 11:00-12:00pm. 3. March 25th, 2009, 6th graders (2 students for each class) from Durham will have lunch at Pickett’s Mill- 11:50am.

(Students will have the opportunity to eat with the 6th graders in their classroom and ask questions in reference to middle school).

4. April 1st, 2009, Pickett’s Mill students (2 from each class) will attend Durham for the day to shadow 6th graders. 5. May 4th, 2009, Pickett’s Mill 5th grade students will go to tour Durham Middle School(9:30am), All music

teachers present. 6. May 14th, 2009, All music registration forms turned in from 5th grader 7. May 19th, 2009, Parent Open House at Durham Middle School at 6:00pm

**Reminder about Healthwise Human Growth & Development on May 5th & 6th, 2009** (waiting on contract from provider)

Durham News

Congratulations! Mrs. Colvin selected Cobb County School District Middle School Art Specialist of the Year.

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Allatoona Prom News Since we do not have a senior class this year, sophomores and juniors will be able to purchase tickets for the prom. A freshman or a student from another school may attend as long as he or she is invited by a sophomore or junior.

Prom Ticket Sales and Prices Tickets will be sold during lunch in the cafeteria on the following days:

January 26-30 Single $55.00 Couple $100.00 February 23-27 Single $60.00 Couple $110.00 March 23-27 Single $65.00 Couple $120.00 April 20-24 Single $70.00 Couple $130.00

Camden Community News

Swim Team Sign Ups! March 22nd

Are you ready for summer? Camden Pointe Piranhas are ready to swim! Please join us on March 22 from 1 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. at the large clubhouse for summer swim team sign ups. Neighborhood residents only please come from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Registration is open to those who live outside our neighborhood from 2:00 p.m. until 3:00 pm. Certain age groups fill quicker than others, so come early! Fees are $95.00 for out of neighborhood residents and $85.00 for Camden Pointe residents. There will be a discount of $10.00 per family for additional children. Ages 15 and up are only $50.00 as we need to fill those age groups! We have chosen a new two year print swim team suit and will have it on display. Please bring the kids for their fitting and pre-order them that day so you can receive yours before the first meet. If you have any questions, please contact Peggy Davidson at 770-975-4509.

Camden Pointe Playgroup Come one, come all to the greatest playgroup of all! Our neighborhood playgroup is always looking to welcome new friends to play with. Please feel free to join us one Monday afternoon at 3:15. We meet in cul-de-sacs, backyards, Kidz Korner, McDonalds, etc. We currently have kids ranging from newborn thru elementary school and the moms have just as much fun (if not more) as the kids. The moms also have a ladies night out (or in) once a month which is great fun. Please call Marci Lea for more information and meeting location schedule at 678-574-7704.

Annual Easter Egg Hunt April 4th

THERE WILL BE NO FLASHLIGHT HUNT AGAIN THIS YEAR!! We will only have the April 4th egg hunt for the little ones. There will be a large bin on my porch 5221 Camden Lake Parkway to put your eggs in. You need to put your child’s NAME and AGE on your eggs. If you child does not donate eggs for the hunt they cannot participate. Please contact Kathryn Fitts at kdfitts@bellsouth.net if you have any questions.

Camden Pointe Tennis Rules! All three of our Senior Mixed ALTA teams are in City Finals this weekend at DeKalb Tennis Center! And Darryl Millard’s A5 Mixed team won their division and the first round of the playoffs before falling in the second round. It was a great season for all our teams, Congratulations!

Pat and Amy Pohl’s A5 Senior mixed team won their division and hosted Mountain Park in the semi-finals at our Camden Pointe courts. They took them out winning three straight lines. Leading off were Amy Pohl and Jenny Dunlap in women’s doubles winning 7-6, 6-2. Then Larry Smith and Lance Stafford won the Men’s doubles in a very tight and contested match 4-6, 7-5, 7-5. Then the match was closed out with Pat Pohl and Sandy Allen taking line 1 mixed doubles 6-2, 6-0. They now play Piedmont Bend in City finals whom they beat 3-1 in the regular season but expect a tougher time in the Finals.

Our ‘two” ALTA A9 Senior teams captained by Doug Page and Tom Spurlock

will be playing each other in the City Finals!

Doug Page’s team was the A9 division winner and beat Hannary West 3-1 in the semi finals also on our home courts. They started off winning the women’s doubles with Gail Douillard and Cheryl Reno 6-2, 6-4. In the men’s semi final match Mark Douillard and Ken Dunn came up against very strong competition and lost a tight three set match 7-5, 4-6, 0-6. Then the team dominated line one mixed with Janice Larkin and Dave Vogel winning 6-1, 6-1 leaving the match in the hands of line 2 doubles team of Teresa and Darren Hayes. And after a slow start they dominated the second and third sets winning 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 to clinch the berth in City Finals.

Tom Spurlock’s A9 mixed team came in second place and had to go on the road to Suwannee to play Richmond TC in their playoff semi-final match. After losing the women’s and men’s doubles in very tight matches played by Brenda White / Babbie Bridges and Scott Chapman / Tim White the team got it going in the mixed doubles matches. It was a race to the finish. If both Camden Pointe mixed doubles won then the match would be tied 2-2. A 10 point tiebreaker would then be played by the last match on the courts to determine the winner. Line one doubles team of Vicki Turner and Tom Spurlock and line two Debbie Larson and Steve Johnson both came thru in the clutch and won their tight matches. And then it came down to Vicki and Tom playing the 10 point match tiebreaker with the winner going to City Finals. After falling behind 1-4 they rallied to win 11-9 and now play Doug Page's team this Saturday at DeKalb Tennis Center.

Good luck to all our teams in City Finals! Bring home the big Plates and Championships!

Our spring season is right around the corner. We will have 8 teams playing this spring. Two Thursday Women’s teams captained by Jeanne Olsen C6 and Doreen Galubinski C3. Three Saturday Men’s teams captained by myself AA4, Darryl Millard B2 and Lamar Jones B4. As well as three Sunday Women’s teams captained by Carol Thomas A4, Song-Ye Hughey B8 and Paula Parenteau C6. Paula Parenteau’s C6 team is looking for more players. If anyone is interested in joining the team please contact Paula via email dzinertist23@gmail.com Good luck to all our teams, keep the Camden Pointe Tennis tradition alive! Have fun, show respect and just win... John P. Clancy, Tennis Coordinator , 770-529-8016, camdenpttennis@aol.com, www.camdenpointe.com/tennis.htm

ALTA Calendar-March 09

Date Day Event 1-Mar Sunday Spring captain's meeting - Wheelchair league 2-Mar Monday Tournament registration opens - Men's & Women's Doubles 7-Mar Saturday Mixed Doubles - Winter finals AA3, A, B, & C (rain date 3/8) 9-Mar Monday Executive Committee meeting

Net News deadline 10-Mar Tuesday Sr. Women's Day League - Spring play begins 11-Mar Wednesday Sr. Men's Day League - Spring play begins 12-Mar Thursday Thursday Women - Spring play begins 13-Mar Friday Summer '09 roster information letters mailed 14-Mar Saturday Juniors - Spring play begins

Men - Spring play begins 15-Mar Sunday Sunday Women - Spring play begins 16-Mar Monday ALTA Board of Directors' meeting 17-Mar Tuesday Wheelchair League - Spring play begins 27-Mar Friday Roster registration begins - All summer leagues

Darren and Teresa Hayes clinch a berth to City Finals with their semi-final win!

Jenny Dunlap and Amy Pohl make short work in their semi-finals match!

Changes to the Camden Pointe Scrip Program As most of you know by reading our monthly newsletter, Camden Pointe is an active participant in a scrip card program. This program allows us to purchase scrip or gift cards to virtually any retail establishment. The benefit is that Camden Pointe buys purchasing the cards at a discount, thereby generating additional revenue to our subdivision. We are looking to change the way in which the revenues are retained. We believe this change will benefit both our subdivision and those homeowners who use the program. Beginning in March, we will be sharing 50% of the discount back to the homeowner in 2009. This sharing of the discount will go directly towards your annual dues, in this case the 2010 dues. Here is how the program will work: If you purchase $1,000 of scrip (gift) cards in 2009 that have a 12% discount, you will receive $1,000 of gifts cards for the various stores and will also earn a credit of $60 towards your 2010 dues (50% or half of the total discount of $120 which is $1,000 @ 12% discount). Your dues in 2010 would be $380 instead of $440. The benefit is that you will buy gift cards for those establishments that you are already shopping at, Camden Pointe will receive $60 in additional revenue, and you will receive a credit of $60 towards your dues. A small charge (normally $7.50) for shipping costs from the scrip company will be deducted across all users or orders for that week. In the current economic situation, we feel this is a win-win opportunity to generate additional revenue for Camden Pointe, but also to save money for ourselves. This is an all volunteer program, so you can choose not to participate. For those that do participate, we will track all purchases so that your purchases will go to reduce your dues. There will be no pooling of discount dollars; we will track and give credit back to the families that use this program. For those that are interested, the scrip company that we are using is at www.glscrip.com. You can see all of the retail establishments that participate in this program and their discount rates. We also can purchase Kroger gift cards as well through a separate program. Their discount rate is 5% and will work just like the gift cards through glscrip. I will try to be at the small clubhouse every Tuesday evening from 7 – 8 for orders, and you can always contact me at my home as well with orders. Brad Ellingson

Let’s Sparkle and Shine from the Inside and Out!

Please join us for a Silpada Designs Jewelry Fundraiser Benefiting theJuvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Thursday, March 12th

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm 2500 Debidue Court, Acworth, GA

Hosted by: Pamela Cross and Deana Harris

*Profits and the Hostess Free Jewelry Benefits will go directly to the

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation*.

Silpada Designs offers Hand Crafted Fine Sterling Silver Jewelry with a Lifetime Guarantee.

Preview the catalog online at www.mysilpada.com/cheryl.pattee.

Regrets only: 404-819-2211

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❍ According to Georgia law (O.C.G.A., Section3-3-23 & 3-5-5):

➢ Parents cannot give alcohol to theirteen’s friends who are under age 21,under any circumstances, even in theirown home, even with their parents’permission.

➢ Adults cannot knowingly allow aminor, other than their own child, toremain in their home or on theirproperty while consuming orpossessing alcohol.

➢ Beer kegs must be registered andmarked for tracking purposes.Retailers must document kegpurchasers’ name, address, ageverification and location where kegwill be consumed.

❍ Georgia’s “social host liability” law wascreated by case law in 1985, allowing thecourts to settle lawsuits against adults whoserve alcohol negligently.

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❍ Criminal action can include various fines,penalties and/or imprisonment.

➢ Up to $1,000 and/or 12 monthsconfinement for a first offense, understate law.

➢ Additional penalties vary, under locallaws.

❍ Civil action can include substantialfinancial liability if injuries and/or deathresult from an underage drinking accident.

➢ It is not uncommon for salaries andpersonal property to be garnished asa result of such lawsuits.

➢ There have been significant increasesin the number of such civil cases inGeorgia courts over the past decade.

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TENNIS ANYONE? Summer Mixed Doubles

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN ALTATEAM, BUT ALL CP TEAMS FULL? WE WANT TO START A NEW ALTA TEAM (LOW A/HIGH B) THIS SUMMER 2009. ROSTER INPUT BEGINS FRIDAY, 3/27/09. SUMMER SEASON BEGINS SAT 6/6/09 AND RUNS THROUGH SAT 7/18/09 WITH PLAYOFFS EXTENDING UNTIL 8/8/09.

IF INTERESTED, EMAIL US AT JOHNANNEFUSSELL@BELLSOUTH.NET BY 3/27/09, PROVIDING YOUR ALTA #, LAST MEN OR WOMEN’S ALTA LEVEL, AND LAST ALTA MIXED DOUBLES LEVEL.

Check out the Camden Pointe Tennis Page for the most Current Alta Schedule.

If you have tennis photos you want on the web site please email them to

pamelapolk@bellsouth.net and they will be posted!

Items for Sale Page Please visit web site to view photos in larger detail

1. Dining Room Table/5 chairs/hutch/serving table. Solid Cherry finish. $1200 or best offer. 2. Couch. $200 or best offer. 3. Dinette with four chairs. $200 or best offer.

Please call Lori at 770-975-1517.

Dining Room Table/5 chairs/hutch/serving table. Solid Cherry finish. $1200 or best offer.

Couch. $200 or best offer.

Dinette with four chairs. $200 or best offer.

2000 Lincoln Towncar Executive Series 134,000 miles/White

$4,700 or Best Offer. This is below retail value. Very clean and in good condition/ Please call Brad @ (678) 654 - 8369

Great Camden Pointe Volunteers

All-In-One Community Management 5200 Dallas Highway/ Suite 200/ #266 Powder Springs GA 30127

Our Camden Pointe Neighbors Route 49

(2000-2061 McLain Road NW) Acworth, GA 30101