A CALL TO ARMS!
If little things like knowing what your HOA is doing with your money, what developer projects are being launched, what new requests of you are being made by CBM or our landscape contractor, what homeowner challenges are being experienced by your neighbors, what fun activities are being planned for the community, what necessary restrictions—temporary or permanent—are being levied upon the residents of New Town, then perhaps you see the need for a healthy and active Communications Committee. Knowledge is power. Without a Communications Committee, we are all blinded to what is happening around us—and which we may, with any given topic, need to question or challenge. It is very much like exercising your right to vote. If you care about who is in authority and in what way your life is being managed, you get out and vote. Same deal, here. If you want to be informed and made knowledgeable about how your New Town residency is being managed, then you need to actively support an NTRA Communications Committee to be able to see what’s coming and what needs to be questioned or addressed.
Yes. It will take a small sacrifice of your time. But what is that compared to knowing and making known what is happening next with your money and neighborhood? Please consider joining us in making New Town a community of informed and happy residents who are knowledgeable about life in their neighborhood--and beyond--and who are empowered by that knowledge to question and even change things when necessary. Reach out today by clicking
this link and joining New Town’s Communications Committee: The Few, The Proud, The Necessary.
Valentine Riddle: What did the pickle say to his Valentine?
Interesting Valentine Happening: Alexander Graham Bell applied for a telephone patent on Valentine’s Day in 1876. On that day, Bell, via his lawyer, filed his telephone patent application with the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C., just hours before the attorney for Elisha Gray filed his version of a telephone. Presented with both applications, the Patent Office ultimately decided to issue the first patent for a telephone, United States Patent No. 174,465, to Bell. The legal wrangling between Bell and Gray lasted for years.
Valentine Fun Facts:
- The first Valentine's Day celebration occurred in Paris;
- 145 million greeting cards are exchanged every year for Valentine's Day;
- About 20 percent of pet owners give Valentine's Day gifts to their pets; and
- Candy hearts were originally medical lozenges.
POEM: "Today I Got a Valentine" by Kenn Nesbitt
Today I got a Valentine
from everyone but Kay. But that’s alright… I never liked her that much anyway.
She never trades her Oreos. She isn’t good at catch. She doesn’t like my favorite bands. Her socks don’t often match.
She doesn’t play computer games. She wears her hair in braids. She’s something of a teacher’s pet and always gets good grades
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She dots her i’s with little hearts. She’s always reading books. Whenever I’m around, she gives me such confusing looks.
But, oh my goodness, here comes Kay, and what is this I see? It seems she has an extra special Valentine for me.
It’s big and red has the words “Will you be mine today?” I always said there’s no one else I like as much as Kay.
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Valentine Fun: Candy Heart Valentine Bouquet—Fill a clear glass vase to the brim with Valentine candy hearts, place cloth or real red roses into the hearts, and tie a pink ribbon around the vase. TA DA! A Valentine bouquet!
Ladybug Cupcake Hack! Any iced store-bought cupcake will do! Simply half a fresh strawberry, place it on the cupcake, and with chocolate piping, create the illusion of wings and ladybug markings. Add a Rolo or other fudge-like candy to create the ladybug’s head.
Pet Care: Valentine conversation hearts can sometimes contain Xylitol (not that real sugar is better for your pet). Small amounts of Xylitol can be deadly for pets and lead to the over-release of insulin, kidney failure, or worse.
Riddle Answer: You mean a great dill to me