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INSIDE: New “Townhome News” pagePond Update • What’s that Smell? • Jazz is Alive • Being MortalSt. Patty’s Day Pub • Easter Egg Hunt • Welcome New Neighbor
Each Mon. & Thurs. 1:30pmMAH JONGG
Wed. March 1 • 7:00pm BOOK CLUB
[email protected] (Bill Brown)
Thurs. March 2 • 6:30pm SPECIAL PRESENTATION
Film & discussion “Being Mortal”Lisa Anthony 919-402-1814
Fri. March 3 (& 17!) • 5:30pm TRAVELING PUB
Tues. March 7 • 7:00pm FCA/ALLIANCE BOARD MEETING
FILMS AT THE CLUBHOUSE:Thurs. March 9 • 7:30pm
Antonia’s LineSat. March 25 • 7:30pm
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Wed. March 8 • 7:15pm WOMEN’S BOOK [email protected]
Tues. March 14 • Noon-2:00pmSPORTING LIFE CLUB FOR WOMEN & MEN
Pool/Games @ Carolina Ale [email protected]
Tues. March 14 & 28 • 1:00pm STUDIO TIME FOR ARTISTSPainting, Mixed Media, Collage
Fri. MARCH 17 • 5:30pm ST PATTY’S TRAVELING PUB
AT THE CLUBHOUSE [email protected]
Mon. March 20 • 7:00pm FHA BOARD [email protected]
Tues. March 21 • 7:00pm 3RD TUES. POKER NIGHT
Thurs. March 23 • 9:30-11:00am WOMEN’S COFFEE KLATCH
Tues. March 28 • 6:00pmBOWLING AT MARDI GRAS
New Combined Newsletter Debuts!
Two things:First, The Bridge, as it is now known, will be distributed to all Alliance members, and all Falconbridge home owners and renters. Note the new header at the top of this page. (Thanks, Mia.) It illustrates and reflects the overarching goal of the Alliance to bring the neighborhood together. See Howard Goldberg’s piece (page 2) on the process that brought us the new newsletter moniker.The Alliance Board
believes strongly that despite the various rules and organizations that control different parts of this community, there really is only one Falconbridge. To that end, we want to encourage as many residents as possible to take an active interest in everything that’s go-ing on here, from the pond to the pool to the condition of the streets. You’ll be seeing more about that and other issues during the upcoming member-ship drive.Second, thanks to everyone who par-
ticipated in the Falconbridge Academy Award Film Festival. A co-production of the Alliance and the FHA Recre-ational Facilities Committee, it began in January with La La Land and contin-ued every Saturday night in February
with screenings of Oscar-nominated films at the clubhouse. All of them were well attended and the audiences were appreciative. On a practical level, after each movie, people happily pitched in to stack chairs and straighten up.
Finally, one more special thanks to Bolton Anthony and Robert Baxter for their work on the audio-visual system that makes Movies @ the Club-house possible.
—Mike MayoChairman pro tem,
Falconbridge Alliance
FALCONBRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
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WHAT’S HAPPENING
MARCH 2017
Alliance Board Message
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Newsletter Editor:
Rae Thompson • [email protected]
Guest editor/March:
Mike Mayo • [email protected]
Newsletter Designer:
Mia Prior • [email protected]
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The Bridge - Falconbridge Neighborhood News is distributed monthly to all Falconbridge residents
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Neighbors PickNew Name for Newsletter
“The Bridge”This March issue begins our new single monthly
newsletter for Falconbridge
Alliance and FHA/townhome
news.
Thanks to all Falconbridge neighbors who submitted suggestions for naming our new, consolidated newsletter. Ideas included the Falconbridge Crier, Swoop, Tattler, Review and many others. After several rounds of voting in a tight race, your Newsletter Committee consisting of Mike Mayo, Conni Rivers, Bolton Anthony, Rae Thompson, Mia Prior and Howard Goldberg decided to combine two entries, the Falconbridge Neighborhood News, submitted by Lisa Anthony, and The FalconBRIDGE, suggested by Rae Thompson. The new logo, designed by Mia Prior, graces the top of this, the first issue of our consolidated newsletter. For their efforts, Lisa and Rae will receive mugs emblazoned with the new logo. Thanks again to all who contributed their ideas.
–Howard Goldberg
Falconbridge NEWSLETTER
FALCONBRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
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FALCONBRIDGE ALLIANCE
Spring Photo Contest Submission Deadline:
Monday April 17, 2017
Title: Spring Has Sprung in FalconbridgeTheme: Colors, shapes, and images of spring that capture nature’s beauty in Falconbridge
Eligibility: Must be a resident of Falconbridge
Fees: No entry fee
Prize: Winning photo will be professionally framed and displayed in the clubhouse for at least three months, then returned to the winner.
Rules: Only two (2) photos per household. Photos must be digital, high resolution (roughly 300 DPI/PPI), suitable for 8 X 10 or 11 X 14 printNo names on front of image (for anonymous judging). NOTE: Falconbridge will be able to use the photo in community publications and social media only with the consent of the photographer.
Jurors: To be determined
How to enter: Send your submissions to Rae Thompson as email attachment(s) at [email protected] or on an external drive to 6708 Glen Forest Drive. Call 919-768-7122 with any questions.
WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN MAY NEWSLETTER
–Rae Thompson
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The watershed of Falconbridge Pond comprises 38 acres and the pond itself is smaller than long thought—five acres, not 6.5—according to the first annual report of the Falconbridge Pond Advisory Committee. The larger figure came from an informal GPS survey of the pond about 10 years ago.The report was sub-
mitted in February to the governing boards of Falconbridge Home-owners Association and Falconbridge Community Association.The six-member pond
advisory committee was created in 2016 by FHA president Ron John-ston, following the disastrous fish kill attributed to a “perfect storm” of heavy rains pouring excessive fertil-izer into the pond. The fertilizer fed a massive cyanobacteria bloom which consumed dissolved oxygen in the water and suffocated the fish. The pond committee judges the
pond’s water quality as only “fair,” based on a scale from poor to ex-cellent. The committee consists of chairman Bob Wilson (FHA) and voting members Amelia Matthews (FHA), Mike Mayo (FHA), Kathy King (FHA), Ed Holland (FCA) and Van Noah (FCA). On a map produced by Durham’s
Geographic Information Services department, the watershed appears as a rough oval that encompasses 56 town homes and 38 single-family homes. Runoff from these dwellings, as well as a small part of the Falcon-
bridge commercial center, flows into the pond.Delineation of the watershed and
pond size are important factors in crafting a long-term management plan for the pond.The advisory committee’s report
also calls on FHA and Falconbridge Community Association (the volun-tary organization of single-family homes) to “balance our idealized vision of the pond with realistic and reasonable expectations of what the two organizations can achieve.”The report cautions that the pond,
which began life some 80 years ago as a farm pond, will never be a pristine, golf-course-style body. Over the decades, the pond has become a receptacle for urban and residential runoff that ultimately feeds into Jor-
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dan Lake via Little Creek. The report also notes that the pond likely can support a healthy population of pan-
size bream, bottom-feed-ing catfish, and vegetarian sterile carp, but compara-tively few apex sport fish such as largemouth bass.As for dam safety, the
report contains nothing new. The state in 2016 again rated the dam as an “intermediate hazard” structure, in part because of the mature pine and hardwood trees growing on it. But the integrity of the dam remains strong and there is no leakage
from it.However, the report does call for
remediation of a runoff zone across the top and down the dry face of the dam. Overtopping during heavy rains in the last two years carved a shallow, foot-wide channel down the dry face, following the path of the 12-inch discharge line installed several years ago.The report recommends sandbag-
ging around the discharge valve as a temporary measure until the overtop-ping situation can be remediated.Finally, the report emphasizes the
value of the pond to the greater Falconbridge community. To that end, the pond advisory committee is considering nature walks and talks as well as a brochure describing the wildlife and geological history of the watershed.
—Bob WilsonPond Committee
Committee Working to Create a Common Vision for the Future of Falconbridge Pond
The report emphasizes the value of the pond to the greater
Falconbridge community.
The pond committee judges the pond’s water quality as only
“fair,” based on a scale from poor to excellent.
[Photo by Mike Mayo]
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Cheers! ● ● News & Events● ● @ The Clubhouse
Sat. April 8 at 11:00amFalconbridge Clubhouse
Children 10 & younger
Please RSVP to let us know how many children will
attend.
Contact Harriet Crisp at [email protected] or (919) 490-2080
Sponsored by the Falconbridge Alliance
The Easter bunny is coming to
falconbridge!
Come one, Come all! (adults, that is)
St Patrick’S Day celebration Pub at the clubhouSe
drop by between 5:30-7:30 pm, marCh 17 BYoB. We Will supplY the rest.
The FHA’S Recreational Facilities Committee and the Falconbridge Alliance join together to proudly sponsor theis event. Wear GREEN if you dare! COME AND JOIN YOUR NEIGHBORS
FOR A LIVELY TIME OF TALES AND CHEER.
The funds we provide by joining the Alliance allow for the creation and continuation of programs and activities that enhance the lives of all Falconbridge residents.This is accomplished through a
shared commitment to community and the preservation of neighborly values. Our Alliance dues also help with
the more mundane costs of sponsor-
ing regular community events and several neighborhood groups. (See Falconbridge.org for a complete list.) They help with communication of all the various events, this monthly newsletter, community directories and the like. In some cases, our dues go to neighbors helping neighbors in need. Whether paying for gas to take a resident to a doctor’s appointment or providing funds to help with un-expected emergencies, your resourc-
es provide immediate value to the community.If these efforts are valuable to you,
your neighbors, and Falconbridge at large, please consider becoming an Alliance member again this year or joining for the first time. Your contri-bution is needed, valued, and appre-ciated! —Kelly Quisenberry,
Alliance membership chair
Why Join the Falconbridge Alliance?
The Falconbridge Alliance application is on the next 2 pages. >>>
A Special Presentation of “Being Mortal” March 2 • 6:30-8:00pm @ the Clubhouse
Renowned surgeon Atul Gawande teams with FRONTLINE to chal-lenge us all to reexamine how we think about death and dying. This film also explores palliative care and the ways in which having a conversation around a single question can empower patients to live their lives fully, all the way to the very end. That question: “What are your priorities if your time is limited?”
Join us at the clubhouse on March 2, from 6:30-8:00pm for this special showing of the film “Being Mortal” co-sponsored by Falconbridge Alliance and Fal-conbridge Friends. Betsy Barton, M.P.H., Educator at Transitions LifeCare will lead a discus-sion afterwards. The event is open to all Falconbridge residents.
—Lisa Anthony
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2017 Membership Drive
Single-family homes: One Person: $60 Two or more: $75
Townhomes: One Person: $30 Two or more: $45
Visit falconbridgealliance.org to join online with a credit card
Joining the Falconbridge Alliance Opens and Creates Opportunities!The mission of the Alliance is to create opportunity through community; opportunities to learn, to grow, to help one another. Alliance membership helps strengthen the bonds between us by supporting projects that involve and benefit all of Falconbridge – single family and townhome owners alike. Membership also offers the opportunity to make and cultivate friendships through social and service activities. The opportunity to give and receive assistance, whether for a vital “aging in place” lifestyle or for encouraging the growth of young families, is key to maintaining and growing the richness of Falconbridge. The Alliance helps make that possible.
More Benefits to Joining
In addition to giving back to and supporting our community, additional Alliance benefits include:
• Reduced rates on Alliance events or forums
• Reduced rates for clubhouse rentals
• Free repair of mailbox locks • A copy of the neighborhood
directory• Opportunities to start an
Alliance sponsored group of your own
For additional information on these benefits and more, please visit Falconbridge.org
NOTE: Membership dues consist of two parts: Alliance-specific contributions, which are identical for both Townhomes and Single Family Homes, in the amount of $30 for singles and $45 for couples; and a flat fee of $30 per single family home for the FCA.
Already a member? Time to renew! Not a member yet? Join now!
Alliance Sponsored events/groups include: Traveling Pub • Book Clubs • Gourmet Group Wine Tasting Group • Game Night • Women’s Coffee Klatch • Poker Night • Sporting Life Club for Men & Women • Mah Jongg • Bowling 4th of July Parade & Potluck • Halloween Event for kids • Easter Egg Hunt • Neighborhood Watch and more
Why Join the Falconbridge Alliance?The funds you provide by joining the Alliance allow us to continue and grow programs and activities that enhance the lives of all Falconbridge residents. When you join, you become a contributor to the Alliance mission.
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If you prefer to mail in a check, use this form and send along with your payment
Become a Member of the Falconbridge Alliance in Three Easy Steps!
1. Provide your Contact Information
Street Address
Home Phone/Landline
Do you ❏ Own ❏ Rent
If you rent, please give the Owner’s Name and Email. We would like to invite them to become members of the Alliance too!
Adult Resident 1 Please do not publish my ❏ Name ❏ Email ❏ Phone
Name
Mobile/Cell Phone
Adult Resident 2 Please do not publish my ❏ Name ❏ Email ❏ Phone
Name
Mobile/Cell Phone
2. Check a box to select your membership category and membership level:
For Residents of Single Family Homes ❏ One Person Household $60.00 ❏ Two or More Person Household $75.00
For Residents of Townhomes ❏ One Person Household $30.00 ❏ Two or More Person Household $45.00
3. Print this form & send your check, made out to “Falconbridge Alliance”, to
Thank you for your support!
Falconbridge Alliance21 Charrington Place, Chapel Hill NC 27517
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FALCONBRIDGE HOMEOWNERS ASSN.
Message from the FHA PRESIDENT
Time has come, says retiring Board member Conni Rivers, for “Community Conversations”
Challenges that — together — we can meet
This inaugural issue of The Bridge is the latest positive step in the efforts of FHA and The Alliance to collaborate. We part-nered two years ago on the renovation of the clubhouse bathrooms, then the following year on a full-scale makeover of the clubhouse itself. The two orga-nizations shared equally in this $80,000 investment in this prime community resource. ALL town home residents will be receiving the monthly newsletter, one page of which will carry FHA news. We also plan to expand our use of eBlasts for time-sensitive notices. Happy reading!
At our February Board meeting, Marese Casey agreed to take over as Board Vice President, replacing Conni Rivers who asked, for personal reasons, to be relieved of her Board responsibilities. I want to take this opportunity to thank her for 3 years of truly extraordinary service and for the wise parting advice she leaves us with (see her article).
Replacing retiring Board members will be the primary business of our April 17 Annual Meeting. In addition to Conni, Bolton Anthony is also retiring. Dar-ren Byerly, who currently chairs Facili-ties has agreed to run for another 3-year term. I currently know of only one resi-dent who has said she plans to run.
If you are interested in serving — or think you might be — I’d like to talk to you about it. Drop me an email to share your interest and click on the image be-low here to see additional information.
— Ron Johnston ([email protected])
town homeHAPPENINGS
FHA Board meets Monday,
March 20 at 7 pm at the Clubhouse
March 2017
Serving on the Board of Directors forces you to view things through a different lens. That’s been my experience these last three years as Board VP; I was charged with Fa-cilities my first year, then
served as liaison to the pool the last two. I’m convinced we, as residents of the town homes, must make some changes.
Our homes are aging. So too the “ameni-ties” that likely played a major role in why you chose to live here — the grounds, pool, and pond. Aging forces us to reevaluate our priorities. I know this personally: my husband’s aging and my desire to spend more time with him are the reason I’m not running again for the Board. Pulling back from the enjoyment of serving the com-munity will be a difficult change for me.
Our aging infrastructure means similar hard decisions and difficult changes are ahead for we town homes owners. It’s clear to me that our monthly dues can’t contin-
ue to keep up with all our “aging” needs. I don’t believe the burden of these difficult decisions should be shouldered solely by the FHA Board. Before I leave office I will propose that the Board launch a series of community conversations.
With what purpose? To engage all our residents in an informed evaluation of the current and long-range needs of our homes, grounds, pool, and pond. Togeth-er, we would help the Board set priorities for how our limited funds should best be spent. More importantly, new creative so-lutions might emerge. Perhaps, overhead could be cut by selectively tackling tasks or special projects with volunteer work teams. Perhaps “new” eyes would discover cost-cutting approaches in areas that con-tinue to heavily impact the budget. As a group, we might determine that some things we have grown accustomed to will simply need to be eliminated.
If you are onboard with tackling this shared challenge, give some thought to how to approach it. We can do it!
Conni Rivers
Monday April 17, 2017
A Dutch matron estab-lishes and, for four genera-tions, oversees a close-knit, matriarchal community where feminism and lib-eralism thrive. This Dutch language film, directed by Marleen Gorris, won Best Foreign Film in 1996.
Thursday, March 9 at 7:30 pm
Antonia's LineSaturday, March 25 at 7:30 pm
1984
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@ the Clubhouse
This version of the Orwell classic (a current Amazon best-seller), which stars John Hurt and Richard Burton, was released in 1984. Roger Ebert praised it for penetrating “deeply into the novel’s heart of darkness.”
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● ● Neighbor Services/Aging in Place
Notes from Falconbridge Friends
Looking AheadSPECIAL PRESENTATION OPEN TO ALL FALCONBRIDGE: “Being Mortal” on March 2, 6:30-8:00pm at clubhouse, with post-film discussion by Betsy Barton, M.P.H., educator at Transitions LifeCare. Renowned surgeon Atul Gawande teams with FRONTLINE to challenge us all to reexamine how we think about death and dying. This film also explores the burgeon-ing art and science of palliative care and the ways in which having a conversation around the question “What are your priorities if your time is limited?” can empower patients to live their lives fully, all the way to the very end.
IN MAY: Are you willing to be one of three coordina-tors for the Friends program? Lisa will be ending her one-year commitment at that time, so we’ll need a new volunteer. If so, please contact us at Falconbridge [email protected] or 919-391-8210.
On Sunday, February 19, at our Friends meeting we had an excellent program on “Developing an Advance Health Care Plan that Documents Your Priorities.” Our presenter Betsy Barton, M.P.H., Educator at Transitions LifeCare, introduced us to the GoWish cards which are designed to help one find words to talk about what is important if you were to be living a life that may be shortened by serious illness. One participant said it was the best program we’d ever had! Some of us are going to be ordering a deck of the GoWish cards to use with our loved ones or our health care power of attorney so that they know what we want!
—Lisa Anthony, co-cordinator, Falconbridge Friends
Looking Back
Falconbridge Friends: The “Full Scoop”
Falconbridge Friends is a program, staffed by neighbor-hood volunteers, that provides assistance to residents who experience conditions, either temporary or lon-ger-term, that may interfere with their ability to sustain fully independent living in their homes. The types of circumstances qualifying for volunteer assistance might include recovery from surgery or childbirth, illness, limited physical dexterity or mobility, and other dis-abilities or limitations requiring practical or emotional support. Such volunteer services are intended to appro-priately supplement any assistance available from family members, friends and members of relevant professional staffs (such as doctors, nurses, therapists and home-care specialists). A resident (or their family member or representative)
may initiate a request for assistance by contacting a representative of the program in the manner provided below. All such inquiries, and the provision of any fol-low-up services, will be treated as confidential. A vol-unteer will meet with the resident to evaluate his or her needs and ascertain whether those needs are compatible with the purposes of the volunteer program. If assis-tance is undertaken, a detailed program and schedule will be established and a committee of volunteers will be assembled to carry out the program. The nature and extent of services may vary, depending
in part on whether the resident’s identified needs are short-term or long-term. When assistance is needed to help address a time-limit-
ed problem, the services might include preparation and delivery of meals, shopping or running errands, trans-porting the resident to appointments, simple household tasks, and social visits and recreational outings. For longer-term needs, typically involving efforts to
help older residents remain in their homes for as long as feasible, assistance would be adjusted appropriately to include some, but not necessarily all of the types of help described above. Volunteers will not undertake any activities that are the
proper responsibility of professional services. To seek assistance, volunteer, or to obtain more infor-
mation about the Falconbridge Friends, please contact [email protected] or call 919-391-8210.
—Lisa Anthony
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Chips from a Cracked PotEver wonder how that plant got into
your garden? Take a look around for the “invasives” or “thugs” as the Brits call the plants that will just show up and take over. The reminder for this time of year is PLEASE, Do Not Plant Invasives in our community. If you don’t know, check any one of a number of websites to learn; google “invasive plants nc” and follow the links.Just in case you’re wondering why the yellow tape has
blocked off a bit of pond shoreline, here’s the deal: The
purple martin house was vacated over a year ago when the mowers came too close to the house. The colony fled the next day. Attempts are being made, even as we speak, to lure a colony back. Sooner or later (maybe by the time this makes into print) we’ll have a mulched area (suggested by a landscaper) to set off a “no-walk, no mow” zone. Stay tuned!
—Mary McClure
• Don’t Plant “Invasives”
WELCOMEto Falconbridge
WELCOME COMMITTEE Do you have a new neighbor(s)? Please let one of the welcome committee members know. Would you like to join us in greeting new “Falconbridgers” and sharing information about our community? Single-family homes; Contact Michelle Wolff at 919-401-6609 or [email protected]: Contact Marcia Mayo at 919-908-6984 or [email protected]
● ● New Neighbors
Christine and Mark GinsbergStreet Address: 9 Waltham Place
Cell phone: 919-548-8937
Email: [email protected]
Moved from: New York
Careers: Retired attorney (Christine); psychologist (Mark)
Interests/Hobbies: Gardening, books, sports
● ● Home and Garden
Falconbridge welcomes new neighbors with open arms...and lots of information. Members of our townhome and single-family home Welcome Committees visit new arrivals to (1) tell them about the neighborhood and Alliance events, activities, and resources, and (2) get contact information for the Neighborhood Watch and Resident Directory. These visits are also a way for us to learn a little about new folks—from families and pets to hobbies and interests—making it easier for us to connect around shared interests and build new friendships.
See what the power of TWO can mean for you!
Falconbridge Homes have been selling very quickly this past month, sometimes with multiple offers!! If you are thinking about selling this Spring give us a call. We get great results! There are many buyers out there who want to move into our neighborhood for obvious reasons. Let us help you get your house sold!Check out our testimonials on robbiedavisrealtor.com
The Robbie Davis Team
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● ● Neighborhood Watch
You’re most likely to smell it when you go outside early in the morning. It’s a bracing combination of sewage and burned coffee. (Some describe it as burned toast.)It seems to affect certain sections of
the neighborhood more than others. Wind strength and direction also appear to play a part in the odor’s intensity. Several people have com-mented about it recently on the listserv.The source of the offending aroma
is, almost certainly, our neighbor across Farrington Road, the South Durham Water Reclamation Facility & Laboratory Services. With the help of neighbors Richard Ford and John Noble, we were able to meet with Ward 3 Council Member Don Moffitt to address the question. He put us in touch with Vicki Westbrook at the Department of Water Management. With her help, we are arranging a community tour of the facility for all Falconbridge residents who’d like to know more about the subject.Plant superintendent Charles Cock-
er has agreed to lead a group around
Have you ever noticed an unpleasant odor in Falconbridge?
the facility. We need to decide when we’d like to do it. Generally, tours are conducted during regular business hours—Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm—but he will try to accommodate us at another time if necessary.So, if you’ve noticed the perfumed
effluvium, or if you’re simply curi-ous to learn what goes on in a water
reclamation facility, contact me at [email protected] and we’ll work out the details.
–Mike MayoNeighborhood Watch
The source of the offending aroma is, almost certainly, our neighbor across Farrington Road, the South Durham Water Reclamation Facility & Laboratory Services.
Sponsored by Research Triangle Theosophical Study CenterA $10 donation is suggested.
For more information, visit our facebook page, or contact Rae Thompson at [email protected] or 919-768-7122
The Golden Section & The Roots of Theosophy
with Scott Olsen
Learn about the Golden Section/Ratio—found in flower petals, pinecones, and galaxies—and its role in formation of Theosophical Society.
Sunday, April 2, 2016 • 1:30-3:30 pmDogwood Room • Bond Park Community Ctr.
150 Metro Park, Cary
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● ● Did You Know?
For those of you who have seen La La Land, the fear that jazz is dying is greatly exaggerated in our commu-nity. As reported previously, we are privileged in our Chapel Hill/ Carr-boro/Durham area to have rich and regular (and mostly free) access to some fine jazz practically every night of the week. Below are just a few of the many local venues. On Mondays, check out Imbibe on
Henderson St. in Chapel Hill to hear Robert Griffith and Danny Grewen play American standards on piano and trombone respectively from 7:00-9:00. Free.In Durham, The Shed offers a fine
selection of music all week including a jam on Monday nights with Ernest Turner on piano and a variety of mu-sicians. 8:00-11:00. $3.00 www.shedjazz.comOn Wednesday nights from 7:00-
9:00, don’t miss the Yeaux Cats at Second Wind, next to Armadillo Grill in Carrboro. Really good. Free.For a real treat, check out the Sharp
Nine Gallery in Durham that features top jazz performances several nights a week. Price varies. www.durhamjazzworkshop.org
From 2:00-4:00 on Saturdays in Car-rboro, The Station offers some great jazz from a variety of musicians. www.stationcarrboro.com. Free.
The Beyu Caffe continues to of-fer jazz and food on Main Street in downtown Durham. Price varies. www.beyucaffe.comAnd don’t forget the fine jazz pro-
grams at UNC, NC Central and Duke. Price varies.For weekly updates on the local jazz
scene, check the blogsite, www.locavorejazz.weebly.comGet out and enjoy!! Let’s plan an
outing. —Bob Jackson
is Alive & Well!Jazz
LOCAL JAZZ GUIDE:
DURHAMBeyu Caffe (Jazz Club)Durham Jazz Workshop/Sharp 9 Gallery (jazz venue)Alley 26 (Tues/Fri nights)The Shed Community Arts Center (jazz + much more!)Jazz At the Mary Lou (9:30 Wednesdays)Duke Performances 2016-17The Art of Cool Project Art of Cool Festival (4/28-30/17)NCCU Jazz Program EventsDuke Jazz Program PerformancesCuban Revolution (Friday night jazz) West End Wine Bar (Sat night; Sun after-noon)
CHAPEL HILL/CARRBOROUNC Performing Arts 2016-17UNC Jazz Program EventsHoneysuckle Tea House (outdoor music venue)Looking Glass Café (Tues night) West End Wine Bar (Sunday night) Imbibe (Monday night) The Station (Saturday afternoons)Franklin Hotel (3rd Fridays) 2nd Wind (Wed nites)
RADIO/CALENDARSThe Art of Cool ProjectWNCU 90.7WSHA 88.9www.raleigh.jazznearyou.comWCOM 103.5 (Carrboro only--check www.wcomfm.org-->”Programs”-->”Our Sched-ule”-->find 4 jazz programs!)WHUP 104.7/Ben Palmer’s Thursday 1-4p jazz show w/ live performances/interviews (also via www.whup.org)
Source:www.locavorejazz.weebly.com
Local
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● ● Message From Our BoardThe Alliance Board wants you to know what we discuss and decide, so here’s a summary of our February meeting. And we welcome your attendance at our monthly meetings, held on the first Tuesday of every month.
–Alliance Board
Summary of Board of Directors Meeting of Falconbridge Alliance
February 7, 2017—The community newsletter is being consolidated by the Alliance and the FHA for distribution to all residents by way of the community website. Emails will be sent with a link to the newsletter each month and efforts will be made to make sure all residents know how to access it. ■ Preliminary discussions with the Durham Police were reported about making the Clubhouse a kind of “satellite” location for the police that they could have access, coffee, and shelter. The police representatives have shown interest. Also, the Durham sewer plant on Farrington Road is going to set up tours and educational sessions for nearby residents to inform them about their operations and discuss odor issues. An announcement is expected in the newsletter.■ Online registration and payment for Alliance mem-bership is in full operation. Various aspects of the membership drive were discussed, and the drive will commence right away.■ The Falconbridge Traveling Pub will have its event on March 17 at 5:30 pm at the Clubhouse, jointly sponsored by the Alliance and the Recreational Facilities Committee of FHA. As usual, the event will be BYOB and is open to all residents. ■ There was brief discussion about walkers on the gas pipeline right of way that crosses some of our lots and what controls of access are in place. It was noted that some better information about neighborhood access points should be developed and provided, as some own-ers were feeling a bit uncomfortable with people using their yard for access.■ A detailed Falconbridge Pond Advisory Committee report was presented by Ed Holland and Mike Mayo. The committee was created late Spring 2016 by the FHA after a bad algae bloom decimated the fish population in the pond. Some lots in both the townhouse and sin-gle-family sections that drain into the pond were identi-fied. The goal is to limit roof and yard drainage directly into the pond in order to limit the amount of fertilizers and pollutants that enter the pond. It was decided the Board should review the report and that the mat-ter should be on the March agenda for discussion and action. There was also discussion that actions related to protecting and enhancing the pond and neighborhood
educational events about that might be a good subject for a grant application to the Durham Neighborhood Match-ing Grants program. ■ The Falconbridge Friends reported on last year’s activ-ities. Five teams last year served about five residents with meals, visits, errands and transportation. It is anticipated for 2017 that there will be 3 coordinators each serving as the point person for activities for a quarter of the year.■ Reports were give about the activities of the FHA and FCA Boards. It was also noted that Mary McClure is go-ing to organize some surveying of residents and a meet-ing about use of rain barrels.■ Falconbridge Alliance is a member of the Inter-Neigh-borhood Council (INC), and Richard Ford was appointed the Alliance representative to INC.The next meeting will be March 7 at 7pm at the Club-
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● ● Calendar & Contacts
Falconbridge Calendar : March 2017
SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 CLUBHOUSECLOSED FORRENOVATIONS*
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
MAH JONGG 1:30pm
MAH JONGG 1:30pm
MAH JONGG 1:30pm
ARTISTS STUDIO1:00pm
COFFEE KLATCH9:30-11:00am
POKER NIGHT7:00pm
FALCONBRIDGE-SPONSORED SOCIAL GROUPS BOOK CLUB* Ronit Weingarden: [email protected] / Bill Brown: 919-493-8296
GAME NIGHT GROUP* Barb Carroll: [email protected]
GOURMET GROUP* Liz Hallgren: [email protected]
MAH JONGG* Paula Clarke: [email protected]
MARDI GRAS BOWLING Lawrence Proctor: [email protected]
SPORTING LIFE CLUB Guy Hickey: [email protected]
STUDIO TIME FOR ARTISTS* Ann Noble: [email protected]
THIRD TUESDAY POKER* John Noble: [email protected]
TRAVELING PUB Barb Carroll: [email protected]
WINE TASTING GROUP* Ron Hutchinson: [email protected]
WOMEN’S COFFEE KLATCH* Judy Holland: [email protected]
WOMEN’S BOOK CLUB* Michelle Wolff: [email protected]
* Must be a member of the Alliance to participate
TRAVELING PUB5:30-7:30pm
BOWLING6:00pm
ST. PATTY’S DAY TRAVELING PUB5:30-7:30pm
MAH JONGG 1:30pm
BOOK CLUB7:00pm
MAH JONGG 1:30pm
FILM @ CLUBHOUSEAntonia’s Line 7:30pm
MAH JONGG 1:30pm
MAH JONGG 1:30pm
WOMEN’S BOOK CLUB7:15pm
FCA/ALLIANCE BOARD MEETING 7:00pm
SPORTING LIFE CLUBNoon-2:00pm
MAH JONGG 1:30pm
ARTISTS STUDIO1:00pm
FHA Board Meeting7:00pm
FILM @ CLUBHOUSE1984 7:30pm
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONFILM @ CLUBHOUSEBeing Mortal 6:30pm
@ Clubhouse
MAH JONGG 1:30pm
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WEB ACCESS
WHY JOIN THE ALLIANCE?
With your Alliance Membership, you can:• Stay up to date on neighborhood news with our newsletter and
website• Share information with your neighbors via our listserv• Look up a neighbor in our Falconbridge directory• Meet your neighbors at our numerous social events • Pursue interests with a variety of sponsored social groups• Receive discounts on some Alliance-sponsored classes and
events• Participate in special members-only events• Feel more secure with our Neighborhood Watch • Be reassured that trained neighborhood volunteers can help
your family with transportation, meals, and other services if you have a short-term health or other crisis
• Ensure the continued growth of programs and activites to enhance the lives of all Falconbridge residents
www.falconbridgealliance.org
(Falconbridge Alliance) – [Constantly being improved, an increasingly vital source of information
– progressive and historical. Do visit often.]
FalconbridgeHOA.org (Townhomes)
groups.yahoo.com/group/falconbridge (Listserv)
www.Falconbridgehoa.org/pool.htm (Pool and Clubhouse)
2017 Falconbridge FHA Board of Directors (Townhomes)OFFICERS
Ron Johnston, Preseident • [email protected] • 919-619-1177
Marese Casey, VP, Roads/Drainage • [email protected] • 919-817-3218 Kathy King, Treasurer • [email protected] • 919-768-6769
Naveed Moeed, Secretary • [email protected] • 919-203-8709 AT LARGE MEMBERS
Bolton Anthony, Communications/Welcome • [email protected] • 919-402-1814
Darren Byerly, Facilities • [email protected] • 919-345-0787
Conni Rivers, Pool and Clubhouse • [email protected] • 919-294-6703 Jean Sellers, Landscape • [email protected] • 919-923-9552 Pete Waggoner, Architectural Review • [email protected] • 919-408-0144
2017 Falconbridge Alliance Board of Directors Mike Mayo, February Chair, Communications, Neighborhood Watch • [email protected] • 973-722-4772
* Kelly Quisenberry, • [email protected] • 919-219-3051
* Roger Bernholz, Secretary • [email protected] • 919-937-9802
Howard Goldberg, Treasurer • [email protected] • 518-878-8296
* Ed Holland, FCA Architecture/Landscape Review • [email protected] • 919-489-9809
Harriet Crisp, Social Events • [email protected] • 919-490-2080
Robert Kintz, Information Technology, Member Directory, Website • [email protected] • 919-932-7849 Marese Casey • [email protected] • 919-817-3218
Kathryn Myers • [email protected] • 757-323-2619
NOTE: *Also a member of the FCA board.