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made it a fun year for the Board. We hope we helped to make it a fun year for you.
I would like to outline our plans for 2011. The Board believes the overarching goal of the LPA is to “enhance life on
the lake.” In support of this goal, our 2011 plans fall into four main categories:
1. Protect and preserve the health and beauty of Lake Pinehurst,
2. Provide social activities that the entire membership will enjoy,
3. Provide information that is useful to the membership,
4. Increase membership and participation.
This responsibility includes our aquatic weed management program, which we have discussed in past memos to all
members and have posted additional information on our website. We have a severe problem with hydrilla and other
noxious weeds in the lake. In a 50%/50% partnership with the Pinehurst Resort, we increased our effort in 2009 and
2010 to control these weeds by adding non-reproducing, grass-eating carp to the lake and by expanding our weed
management program to the entire perimeter of the lake. We have received excellent support for this important program
from all of the condo complexes around the lake and from 95% of the individual property owners. The results are
positive and visible to all, with a healthy and mostly weed-free lake all year. We have not had the large floating
masses of hydrilla in December and January as in previous years. Our program is working thanks to the support of
everyone living on the lake. In 2011 we will continue our aggressive approach to aquatic weed management and will
work very hard to get 100% participation from the individual property owners. We will continue to find the most cost
effective contractors in an effort to keep the cost of this program at a reasonable level. We will be adding far fewer
fish this year and this will reduce the annual $70 (per addressable property) cost to all participants. Let me stress
once again, we need participation from every property (home or lot, for sale or not for sale) that has frontage on the
lake.
In addition to the weed management program, we also introduced ourselves to Moore County and got involved with the
Lake Pinehurst Sewer Refurbishment project. Moore County initiated work to replace the five lift stations servicing the
lake and then to reline all the sewer pipes around the lake. The lift station replacement is now completed and we
should expect no more sewage leaks into the lake. Our objective with the County has been to make sure the County
communicates what they are doing, and when are they doing it, with all people living around the lake. We did have
joint meetings with the County and with concerned residents living adjacent to the lift stations. We have also escalated
multiple issues to the County Commissioners for their resolution and they have worked hard on our behalf. We will
continue to stay involved with the County until the relining of the sewer pipes is completed. We will act on your behalf
to ensure this project is successfully completed with minimal disruption to your property. We welcome your direct
involvement with the County.
Additional protect and preserve lake activities we are involved in include:
1. Trying to trap and remove the beavers that are damaging so many properties; we trapped and removed one in 2010,
but we still have at least one more to trap and remove. These beavers have done $1000s of damage to many properties
around the lake and it is urgent that we trap and remove the beaver(s) still invading Lake Pinehurst.
2. Assessing (with input from the State) what can be done to minimize or eliminate the health hazard imposed by the
non-migrating Canada geese that inhabit the lake; we did have experts from the State come and assess the lake in May,
but the cost to remove the geese was too expensive at that time. However, the non-migrating geese continued to shrink
in number throughout the summer to the point where they were a nuisance but not a health hazard. We will continue
to monitor this situation.
3. Communicating to the yard maintenance people that they should not be raking and blowing yard debris into the
lake. It seems to happen over and over again. We, the owners living on the lake, are the biggest threat to the
lake. We should not allow any fertilizers, pine straw, leaves, grass clippings, etc. from our yards to reach the
lake.
We expect to have more of these activities as 2011 progresses. We welcome member input on any protect/preserve lake
activities.
In 2010 we conducted three traditional social activities – the general business meeting in March, the picnic in June, and
the dinner dance in December. The attendance at all three events was up from previous years and we hope to have
more members participate this year. The dates will be posted on the Lake Pinehurst Association website shortly and
communicated by email to all members. We welcome member input on how to make these events even better. If there
are additional social activities that you would like to see, please let us know in the next few weeks so we can discuss
them as a Board and determine if we can provide new social events in 2011. We would like to present our complete
slate of social activities to the members at our general business meeting on March 27.
We also held our second organized on-the-lake event in 2010. The first organized event is the sailing races every Sunday
from May through September, which have been in place for more than 30 years. The second event, new in 2010, was
the 4th of July boat parade. We had more than 30 boats (pontoons, party boats, kayaks, canoes, inner tubes, etc.) in
the parade and many residents watched the parade from their yards around the lake. The boat parade became a family
affair for many LPA members with multiple generations decorating the boat and participating in the parade. It was a lot
of fun and we plan to do it again this year. We hope to add some more lake-oriented social activities in 2011. As
always, if you have some thoughts about increasing the fun we have on the lake, please share your thoughts with us.
We will discuss this and get your views at our annual business meeting on March 27.
Other potential social activities include a tennis tournament, a 9 hole golf outing and barbeque (rained out in 2010), a
fishing derby, and a few more ideas. We do not want the LPA to become intrusive into the relaxed life style of many
members, but we would like to offer a few more activities that members on or off the lake can enjoy. We welcome
your thoughts.
The primary communication to our members in 2011 will be the Lake Pinehurst Association website
(lakepinehurstassn.com) and periodic emails. Our website has improved immensely throughout 2010 and will continue to
improve in 2011. We hope to have information useful to all members and easy navigation to this information. The
information will include all on-lake and off-lake social events, current activities and news, updates on Village or County
projects that impact the lake, for sale/wanted/boats, photos of life on the lake, updates on the weed management
program, recent emails, and other reference information. We hope that all members will make the website a “favorite”
and bookmark it and will use it frequently for their benefit. As with all that we do, we welcome member thoughts as
to how we can improve our website and provide more value.
We plan to send a periodic email that will provide a current focus on “what’s happening on the lake.” It will be short,
to the point and easy to read and understand.
We want to increase membership in 2011 as we did in 2010. We try and meet with new property owners when they move
in and invite them to join. In addition, we send out new-member enrollment kits throughout the year to potential new
members. If you have neighbors who are not members, you might encourage them to become members. You can also
contact us and we will follow up with them. As we add members and more members participate in the social functions,
it seems that these functions become more fun.
We would like to become more member-driven. This means that we welcome input on new activities that you think would
be fun, your thoughts on how we can improve our existing activities, your concerns about activities and properties
around the lake, and any other information you believe is important.
The Lake Pinehurst Association does not run by itself. It needs a strong Board and active, involved members. We are
always looking for new Board members who share a passion for the lake and the Lake Pinehurst community. If you
have interest in the Board, please let me know. I would like to discuss your interest and determine what Board
responsibilities you would enjoy most.
Again, thank you for a wonderful 2010 and we hope that 2011 will be a happy, healthy year for you and your family.
Tom Reedy
President, Lake Pinehurst Association
wreedy1@nc.rr.com
I would like to outline our plans for 2011. The Board believes the overarching goal of the LPA is to “enhance life on
the lake.” In support of this goal, our 2011 plans fall into four main categories:
1. Protect and preserve the health and beauty of Lake Pinehurst,
2. Provide social activities that the entire membership will enjoy,
3. Provide information that is useful to the membership,
4. Increase membership and participation.
This responsibility includes our aquatic weed management program, which we have discussed in past memos to all
members and have posted additional information on our website. We have a severe problem with hydrilla and other
noxious weeds in the lake. In a 50%/50% partnership with the Pinehurst Resort, we increased our effort in 2009 and
2010 to control these weeds by adding non-reproducing, grass-eating carp to the lake and by expanding our weed
management program to the entire perimeter of the lake. We have received excellent support for this important program
from all of the condo complexes around the lake and from 95% of the individual property owners. The results are
positive and visible to all, with a healthy and mostly weed-free lake all year. We have not had the large floating
masses of hydrilla in December and January as in previous years. Our program is working thanks to the support of
everyone living on the lake. In 2011 we will continue our aggressive approach to aquatic weed management and will
work very hard to get 100% participation from the individual property owners. We will continue to find the most cost
effective contractors in an effort to keep the cost of this program at a reasonable level. We will be adding far fewer
fish this year and this will reduce the annual $70 (per addressable property) cost to all participants. Let me stress
once again, we need participation from every property (home or lot, for sale or not for sale) that has frontage on the
lake.
In addition to the weed management program, we also introduced ourselves to Moore County and got involved with the
Lake Pinehurst Sewer Refurbishment project. Moore County initiated work to replace the five lift stations servicing the
lake and then to reline all the sewer pipes around the lake. The lift station replacement is now completed and we
should expect no more sewage leaks into the lake. Our objective with the County has been to make sure the County
communicates what they are doing, and when are they doing it, with all people living around the lake. We did have
joint meetings with the County and with concerned residents living adjacent to the lift stations. We have also escalated
multiple issues to the County Commissioners for their resolution and they have worked hard on our behalf. We will
continue to stay involved with the County until the relining of the sewer pipes is completed. We will act on your behalf
to ensure this project is successfully completed with minimal disruption to your property. We welcome your direct
involvement with the County.
Additional protect and preserve lake activities we are involved in include:
1. Trying to trap and remove the beavers that are damaging so many properties; we trapped and removed one in 2010,
but we still have at least one more to trap and remove. These beavers have done $1000s of damage to many properties
around the lake and it is urgent that we trap and remove the beaver(s) still invading Lake Pinehurst.
2. Assessing (with input from the State) what can be done to minimize or eliminate the health hazard imposed by the
non-migrating Canada geese that inhabit the lake; we did have experts from the State come and assess the lake in May,
but the cost to remove the geese was too expensive at that time. However, the non-migrating geese continued to shrink
in number throughout the summer to the point where they were a nuisance but not a health hazard. We will continue
to monitor this situation.
3. Communicating to the yard maintenance people that they should not be raking and blowing yard debris into the
lake. It seems to happen over and over again. We, the owners living on the lake, are the biggest threat to the
lake. We should not allow any fertilizers, pine straw, leaves, grass clippings, etc. from our yards to reach the
lake.
We expect to have more of these activities as 2011 progresses. We welcome member input on any protect/preserve lake
activities.
In 2010 we conducted three traditional social activities – the general business meeting in March, the picnic in June, and
the dinner dance in December. The attendance at all three events was up from previous years and we hope to have
more members participate this year. The dates will be posted on the Lake Pinehurst Association website shortly and
communicated by email to all members. We welcome member input on how to make these events even better. If there
are additional social activities that you would like to see, please let us know in the next few weeks so we can discuss
them as a Board and determine if we can provide new social events in 2011. We would like to present our complete
slate of social activities to the members at our general business meeting on March 27.
We also held our second organized on-the-lake event in 2010. The first organized event is the sailing races every Sunday
from May through September, which have been in place for more than 30 years. The second event, new in 2010, was
the 4th of July boat parade. We had more than 30 boats (pontoons, party boats, kayaks, canoes, inner tubes, etc.) in
the parade and many residents watched the parade from their yards around the lake. The boat parade became a family
affair for many LPA members with multiple generations decorating the boat and participating in the parade. It was a lot
of fun and we plan to do it again this year. We hope to add some more lake-oriented social activities in 2011. As
always, if you have some thoughts about increasing the fun we have on the lake, please share your thoughts with us.
We will discuss this and get your views at our annual business meeting on March 27.
Other potential social activities include a tennis tournament, a 9 hole golf outing and barbeque (rained out in 2010), a
fishing derby, and a few more ideas. We do not want the LPA to become intrusive into the relaxed life style of many
members, but we would like to offer a few more activities that members on or off the lake can enjoy. We welcome
your thoughts.
The primary communication to our members in 2011 will be the Lake Pinehurst Association website
(lakepinehurstassn.com) and periodic emails. Our website has improved immensely throughout 2010 and will continue to
improve in 2011. We hope to have information useful to all members and easy navigation to this information. The
information will include all on-lake and off-lake social events, current activities and news, updates on Village or County
projects that impact the lake, for sale/wanted/boats, photos of life on the lake, updates on the weed management
program, recent emails, and other reference information. We hope that all members will make the website a “favorite”
and bookmark it and will use it frequently for their benefit. As with all that we do, we welcome member thoughts as
to how we can improve our website and provide more value.
We plan to send a periodic email that will provide a current focus on “what’s happening on the lake.” It will be short,
to the point and easy to read and understand.
We want to increase membership in 2011 as we did in 2010. We try and meet with new property owners when they move
in and invite them to join. In addition, we send out new-member enrollment kits throughout the year to potential new
members. If you have neighbors who are not members, you might encourage them to become members. You can also
contact us and we will follow up with them. As we add members and more members participate in the social functions,
it seems that these functions become more fun.
We would like to become more member-driven. This means that we welcome input on new activities that you think would
be fun, your thoughts on how we can improve our existing activities, your concerns about activities and properties
around the lake, and any other information you believe is important.
The Lake Pinehurst Association does not run by itself. It needs a strong Board and active, involved members. We are
always looking for new Board members who share a passion for the lake and the Lake Pinehurst community. If you
have interest in the Board, please let me know. I would like to discuss your interest and determine what Board
responsibilities you would enjoy most.
Again, thank you for a wonderful 2010 and we hope that 2011 will be a happy, healthy year for you and your family.
Tom Reedy
President, Lake Pinehurst Association
wreedy1@nc.rr.com