TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING...

Talk about going from feast to famine…or rather, from famine to feast.  The onslaught of rain this week, heavy at times, has done a whammy on doing some gravel road erosion but also in knocking leaves off of the trees. It was bound to happen as dry as we were before. With this heavy rain falling the coating of leaves on our roads is pretty impressive, and not in a good way. The temperatures are supposed to plummet to night below freezing and although the dryer frigid air may evaporate a lot of the liquid, I well imagine some areas will be icy-slippery early in the morning. Please use caution and take care if you are heading down early in the day, like many of us are here up on the mountain.

 If there is any pertinent information to update with, I'll put it on early in the morning. Tis the season…!

PAVING UPDATE!!!

Word just came in and that paving is to be starting this coming Tuesday after Monday, Labor Day. If there are any changes or additional information, I'll post them in a timely manner here. As always, there will be signs posted down at the entrance to Apple Creek Acres, as well.

Bob

HOA UPDATE: SAVE FOR CONTACTS

Passing on information on our new HOA board; please bookmark for future reference.

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New officers and their contact information:

President
Jeff Hintzman jeffhintzman@att.net

Vice President for Roads
Keith Patton 456-8895

Vice President for Administration
Lauren Roth lrothwell7@gmail.com

Treasurer
Carrie Patton carriescollier@yahoo.com

Secretary
Melinda Owens melindaowens40@gmail.com

*The HOA has received numerous complaints about speeding on our roads. We request that everyone abide by the 15 MPH limit.

*Bear Hunting and the poaching of Ginseng are illegal in Apple Creek Acres. Anyone who observes these activities or strange vehicles parked on our roads is asked to call the Haywood County Sheriffs Department 452-6666.

* Winter is coming and we would like to remind all residents that salt may not be used on gravel roads.

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Per paving, weather is one of our nemeses. When we have confirmation of dates, we will get that information out ASAP.

Welcome to our new residents!  We hope you love it here as much as we do. :) I will post later on my Winter outlook ahead, but for now please bookmark this site so you can reference information  as it becomes available.


Bob

ANNUAL MEETING: PROXIES

By now everyone should have received the notification of our annual HOA meeting and attached proxy. It is critical that, if you aren't attending the meeting, you mail in your proxy, giving someone of your choosing the power to officially vote for you. If a quorum is not reached by the start of the meeting, then no action can be taken voting wise.

Lest I forget, welcome to our newest residents! It is not the easiest to meet everyone unless you luck into them on the road. The annual meeting is a great place to start!  Mark your calendars on SATURDAY AUGUST 10, starting at 10am, @ the Waynesville Library (lower level).

Again, if you can't make it (like me), please send your proxy in using the stamped envelope provided (like I did). Thanks in advance for your participation.  :-)


Bob

WICKED STORM LINE DOES DAMAGE

Short post from my phone...a nasty bow-line echo moved through between 2 and 3am, with typical howling winds. As I started down Staymon, a tree was across the road with wires all around. The top of a power pole and transformer are down near that, as well. I imagine there is more damage on the mountain, but it's early yet. Make sure you never get near downed wires. As I write, estimated return of power is 8am, but that won't be the case with the end of Staymon.

Bob

NOMINATING COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENT

Sunrise view from the end of Staymon last weekend....

     It's 'bout that time....for our upcoming Annual Meeting of the Apple Creek Acres HOA  later this summer.  For now, the Nominating Committee is looking for candidates to serve on the 2019-2020 ACAHOA Board of Directors.  There is always a need for people to serve on the Board, which helps our little world go 'round safely.  

     Anyone interested should please call Keith Patton at 828-456-8895. Or, if you would like to nominate someone else,  pass their information along, as well.  Thanks in advance for your help.


Bob

SKIFF OF SNOW POSSIBLE

As a reminder, if you haven't read the prior post on this weekend's road work on Apple Creek Road please do so.  Signage has also been placed at the entrance and where work will close the road.

A big ol' coastal low will form off the Outer Banks today and work it's way up the coast to New England.  As it does so, it will instigate a northwesterly flow of air cold enough to create snow showers, mainly above 3500'.  All models show the 0-1" category, with the Euro and GFS honing in on a half inch overnight tonight into early Friday morning.

Whatever falls and sticks should be inconsequential as any accumulations should be limited to non-road surfaces.  Too, it warms up, so this won't be a lasting issue...just a little reminder that although spring is officially here, weather patterns will be slow to give up the ghost.


Bob