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periodically. I think many homeowners do not realize that the cash we currently have are reserves that are being accumulated over time for the future replace- ment of common property such as the community cen- ter, swimming pool, and playground, as well as fu- ture additions or improve- ments. Many homeowners believe we are sitting on that cash for no particular purpose, but there is a plan for it. Dues have been kept rela- tively low, and actually de- creased from 2001 to 2002. The main rea- son for this is that we still rely on home- owners to vol- unteer to per- form many of the management functions of the HOA. It is my opin- ion that when the day comes that we don't have volun- teers and we need to switch to a professional manage- ment company, the dues will need to double, at least. Budgets have been set very conservatively and then are adhered to. As far as accomplish- ments by the Board during the period I have served... Our Board tends to do Newsletter for the Community of Chantilly Highlands Homes Association things quite professionally, with restrictions on con- tracts to family members; reworking the requirements for bids, proposals and con- tracts, and getting all of the contracts standard- ized to where they run from October to September. It is important to look at this as a continuous process where each volunteer to this point has contributed to our community. Community Day contin- ues to be a great event for the community. We have been willing to look at potential im- provements for the community such as the trail, a slide for the pool, a gazebo for the pool, playground equipment, etc., and make good decisions regarding the value to the community versus the cost, and add those that make sense. The process with the trail worked espe- cially well. It was proposed, evaluated, and put to the community for a decision. A volunteer-managed HOA may have its problems, but I think ours has been very well run. We need to continue get- ting volunteers in order to continue this. Jim Who’s running in 2003??? Annual Homeowners Meeting January 9, 2003 8:00 PM Inside this issue: BD Members/Comm. Lists 2 Dec Board Meeting Minutes 3 Committee Meeting Times 3 5K Run? 4 Adopt-A-Spot Follow-Up 4 The Dinner Bell 5 Neighborhood Watch/Opinion 6 Fairfax County Request 7 CHHA Budget Report 8 Proxy Form for Jan HOA 9 Holiday Party Follow-Up 10-11 Swim Team Article 12 Advertisements 13-15 January 2003 THE CHANTILLY HIGHLANDER Jim Wright has served on the Board of Directors for Chantilly Highlands for the past six years, five of them as Treasurer. Following are some of his comments about his time on the Board ... I talk to people with ex- perience with HOA's and they all say that to have only a couple of delinquent homeowners out of 900 homes is amazing. We have improved the collection of dues. But to keep it that low takes a lot of work and is one of the time-consuming parts of the job. We have increased the investment of our cash and reserves, and the interest income has increased sub- stantially over the past five years. Audited financial state- ments help give homeown- ers some assurance that the affairs of the HOA are be- ing run well. Our audits and tax returns are completed on a timely basis, with few if any changes by the audi- tors. Staying on top of pro- viding the information to the auditors is the key. We have put additional effort into having a long- range planning committee that evaluates the require- ment for reserves for re- placements and improve- ments and updates the plan Passing the baton … an interview with Jim Wright ... “We still rely on homeowners to volunteer to perform many of the management functions of the HOA.”

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periodically. I think many homeowners do not realize that the cash we currently have are reserves that are being accumulated over time for the future replace-ment of common property such as the community cen-ter, swimming pool, and playground, as well as fu-ture additions or improve-ments. Many homeowners believe we are sitting on that cash for no particular purpose, but there is a plan for it. Dues have been kept rela-tively low, and actually de-creased from 2001 to 2002. The main rea-son for this is that we still rely on home-owners to vol-unteer to per-form many of the management functions of the HOA. It is my opin-ion that when the day comes that we don't have volun-teers and we need to switch to a professional manage-ment company, the dues will need to double, at least. Budgets have been set very conservatively and then are adhered to. As far as accomplish-ments by the Board during the period I have served... Our Board tends to do

Newsletter for the Community of Chantilly Highlands Homes Association

things quite professionally, with restrictions on con-tracts to family members; reworking the requirements for bids, proposals and con-tracts, and getting all of the contracts standard-ized to where they run from October to September. It is important to look at this as a continuous process where each volunteer to this point has contributed to our community. Community Day contin-ues to be a great event for

the community. We have been willing to look at potential im-provements for the community such as the trail, a slide for the pool, a gazebo for the pool, playground equipment, etc.,

and make good decisions regarding the value to the community versus the cost, and add those that make sense. The process with the trail worked espe-cially well. It was proposed, evaluated, and put to the community for a decision. A volunteer-managed HOA may have its problems, but I think ours has been very well run. We need to continue get-ting volunteers in order to continue this. Jim

Who’s running in 2003???

Annual

Homeowners Meeting

January 9, 2003

8:00 PM

Inside this issue: BD Members/Comm. Lists 2

Dec Board Meeting Minutes 3

Committee Meeting Times 3

5K Run? 4

Adopt-A-Spot Follow-Up 4

The Dinner Bell 5

Neighborhood Watch/Opinion 6

Fairfax County Request 7

CHHA Budget Report 8

Proxy Form for Jan HOA 9

Holiday Party Follow-Up 10-11

Swim Team Article 12

Advertisements 13-15

January 2003

THE CHANTILLY HIGHLANDER

Jim Wright has served on the Board of Directors for Chantilly Highlands for the past six years, five of them as Treasurer. Following are some of his comments about his time on the Board ... I talk to people with ex-perience with HOA's and they all say that to have only a couple of delinquent homeowners out of 900 homes is amazing. We have improved the collection of dues. But to keep it that low takes a lot of work and is one of the time-consuming parts of the job. We have increased the investment of our cash and reserves, and the interest income has increased sub-stantially over the past five years. Audited financial state-ments help give homeown-ers some assurance that the affairs of the HOA are be-ing run well. Our audits and tax returns are completed on a timely basis, with few if any changes by the audi-tors. Staying on top of pro-viding the information to the auditors is the key. We have put additional effort into having a long- range planning committee that evaluates the require-ment for reserves for re-placements and improve-ments and updates the plan

Passing the baton … an interview with Jim Wright ...

“We still rely on

homeowners to

volunteer to

perform many of

the management

functions of the

HOA.”

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President, Barbra Mooney 703-471-6323 (Liaison, ACC) Vice President, Liz Grasty 703-904-8151 (Liaison, Land Management) Secretary, Jim Ceh 703-709-8560 (Liaison, Webmaster) Treasurer, Jim Wright 703-437-7067 (Liaison, Database / Civic Affairs) Bill Wolff 703-481-9156 (Liaison, Community Facilities) Vicki Danoy 703-437-7375 Will Gregory 703-787-3560 (Liaison, Neighborhood Watch) Wendy Osborn 703-834-7978 (Liaison, Community Activities) Dan Feer 571-203-9558 (Chair, Land Management)

Garden Club Virginia Hodge 703-318-9231

Neighborhood Watch —Open—

Resale Packages Doug/Denise Fearson 703-742-8340

Swim Team Chair Steve Bachman 703-709-7470

Swim Team — Winter Swim— Ellen Lidwin 703-736-0808

Tennis Courts Steve Edwards 703-742-3353

Webmaster Jeffrey Parnes 703-904-0131

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Committees

The Board of Directors Newsletter Information

ACC (Architectural Control Committee) Doug Fearson 703-742-8340 Peg Heeter 703-709-8487 Pat Terry 703-437-7116

Civic Affairs Jeffrey Parnes 703-904-0131

Community Center Rental (Answering Machine Line) 703-435-0736

Community Activities Chair Wendy Osborn 703-834-7978 Community Facilities —Open—

Database Administrator Bradley Matthews 703-628-9929

The Chantilly Highlander is a monthly publi-cation of the Board of Directors which addresses various neighborhood issues and serves the resi-dential community of Chantilly Highlands.

The newsletter deadline is the TENTH of each month for submitting articles, signed letters to the Editor, camera-ready advertising (w/payment) and photos of your event. Articles are processed at the discretion of the CHHA Board. Publication of ad-vertisements is not considered to be an endorse-ment. Send to CHHA, c/o The Chantilly High-lander, P.O. Box 710238, Oak Hill, VA 20171; or call Pat Terry at 703-437-7116; or mailto:[email protected].

Resident Non-Resident

KidWorks $ 2.50 $ 10.00 (through age 18 yrs)

Classified Ad $10.00 $ 15.00

Business Card $ 25.00 $ 30.00

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The Chantilly Highlander

Submitted by James Ceh

Board members in attendance: Barbara Mooney, Will Gregory, Jim Ceh, Jim Wright, Dan Feer, Liz Grasty, Vicki Danoy. Meeting called to order at 7:35 PM. ACC: The ACC had three approv-als, two rejections and five Notices of Discovery. The ACC would like to thank all of the homeowners for their cooperation when notified of infractions. Civic Affairs: No report. Treasurer: Two homeowners still owe dues. Discussed possibly changing the way operating funds and capital funds are accounted for. The budget for 2003 has been final-ized.

Neighborhood Watch: The com-mittee liaison presented an idea used in another community where an e-mail system allows homeown-ers to report issues that they ob-serve in the neighborhood. Others can review the list to see if anything has happened near their house as well. A letter will be sent to those in the community who have expressed interest in Neighborhood Watch. Land Management: The commit-tee is trying to get neighborhood groups such as Scouts, National Honor Society, and other volunteer organizations to help with landscap-ing projects in the spring. Projects include clearing trails and en-croachments and cleaning stream areas. Community Facilities: No report.

Newsletter: The new advertising guidelines and rates are now in ef-fect. Articles due 10th of the month. Long Range Planning: The BOD was asked to review the capital plan to see what updates are required. This will allow the BOD to plan for capital projects in the coming years.

New Business: A question was brought up about having a 5K event in the neighbor-hood for walkers and runners. An article will be published in the newsletter to see if there is interest. Meeting adjourned 8:47 PM.

Full meeting minutes available upon request to Board Secretary.

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CHHA Meeting Times

Chantilly Highlands Homes Association December Board Meeting Minutes in Brief

ber if you have any questions. The Chantilly Highlander newsletter team welcomes your ideas and suggestions for con-tent, articles, and photos. Con-tact Pat Terry at 703-437-7116. The Community Activities Committee meets as events are scheduled. Contact Wendy Osborn at 703-834-7978. The Community Facilities

Committee meets the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM at the community cen-ter for issues pertaining to our pool, tennis courts, playground, community center and grounds. The Land Management Com-mittee handles issues that in-volve the common areas, snow removal, etc. The January meet-ing is the 15th at 7:30 PM. Con-tact Dan Feer at 571-203-9558.

The Board of Directors meets the first Thursday of each month (with the exception of the annual homeowners’ meeting in Janu-ary) at 7:30 PM at the commu-nity center. All residents are welcome. Contact the Board President prior to the meeting to be placed on the agenda. The Architectural Control Committee (ACC) meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM at the community center. Contact any ACC mem-

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December Adopt-A-Spot Cleanup “Finds”

An attaché case and soccer ball...were two items "discovered" dur-ing the Chantilly Highlands Gar-den Club Adopt-A-Spot cleanup on November 2nd! Thank you to the Chantilly High-land's residents who volunteered on the lovely Fall Saturday: Cindy and Shelly DiPalma; George, Kate and Jenny Hargenrader; the Howlett Family; Angela Jacobs; Bill Robbins and Karen Stark. The cleanup along Stoneheather Drive and Cobra yielded seven bags of trash.

A Chantilly Highlands 5K ?

In our continuing effort to make Chantilly Highlands about the best neighborhood to live in, it has been suggested that we could organize an informal 5K run. The only problem is that the longest non-repeating loop in the neighborhood found so far is about 2.2 miles.

The route: Start at the community center… follow Kinross Circle toward the South entrance, Turn right onto Glendundee Dr, Turn left onto Kirkwell Place, Turn right onto Kinross Circle, Turn right onto Scotsmore Way, Turn right onto Kinross Circle, Turn right onto Glen Taylor Ln, Turn left onto Kinross Circle … finish at the community center. Using Ladybank Lane would al-most certainly provide 3.1 miles but there would be a good bit of overlap. The question for the runners in the neighborhood is: How much interest is there in doing a run in the neighborhood,

and how much backtracking is acceptable. Your feedback would be very helpful. Please let Dan Feer know if you think this would be fun, have suggestions, or think that running is only useful when being chased.

Who knows what "treasures" the winter will bring to our next cleanup event which will be scheduled for the Spring? Thank you to all Chantilly Highlands’ residents who individually pick up litter and who contribute to our lovely neighborhood of which we can be proud! Cathe Hargenrader, Garden Club Member

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The Chantilly Highlander

Thank you, Chantilly Highlands! As homes are placed on the market for sale and quickly sold, we remain one of the most desirable neighbor-hoods in Northern Virginia. The ACC appreciates your coopera-tion when we have issues that we must bring to your attention. We thank you! The Board thanks you! If you have issues or concerns that we might help you with, please con-tact any ACC member, or come to the ACC meetings, which are held at the community center the first Tuesday of each month.

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The Dinner Bell by Barb Robbins

dipping sauce), spring rolls and dumplings, soups, and salads. Several of the Thai places I’ve been to offer a fantastic papaya salad – shredded papaya root with

fresh green beans, shrimp, pea-nuts, tomatoes, and carrots in a light (and, yes, spicy!) lime dress-ing. For the main course, I would defi-nitely go for Pad Thai, which is made with rice noodles, vegeta-bles, egg, bean sprouts, shrimp (if desired), and much more. Once, I

actually attempted to make this at home, but it’s extremely labor-intensive due to the abundance of ingredients. In addition to Pad Thai, try some whole crispy fish in black bean and garlic sauce, or perhaps some chicken with Thai basil and chili. There are plenty of seafood, chicken, or vegetarian options on Thai menus. The only Thai dessert I’ve ever had is homemade coconut ice cream. ‘Nuff said. Get thee to a Thai res-taurant at once! Where to go for all this great food? Tara Thai (Vienna), Tara Thai (Falls Church), and Tara Thai (Ballston). Oh, and there’s Tara Thai (Bethesda.) You choose.

It’s Thai time! As you may have guessed by now, I thoroughly enjoy spicy food. Thai food is no exception to this. Many of the Thai meals use a combination of basil and chilies for spice, while others use curry. You can always request the degree of spiciness you would like ranging from mild to red hot; but unless you are accustomed to these spices, be forewarned that it can become a tongue-numbing experience. If you want something to cool your mouth, have a fresh mango dai-quiri – I prefer mine to be nonalco-holic. It’s like drinking pure, sweet, mangos that are icy cold. Appetizers are varied and include such tempting starters as stay (skewered meat with a peanut

Monthly Dinner Review—Go Thai!

few months, several ‘Notice of Discovery’ letters have been proc-essed to residents and homeowners for a variety of violations of our association’s covenants, guidelines and standards. In nearly all in-stances, our neighbors have re-sponded favorably and corrected the infraction. Weather is a factor for others. The ACC process in-volves communicating with each other. We feel awareness is the first step in bringing the state of our neighborhood into full compliance with the governing rules that are in place.

As you know by reading the Archi-tectural Control Committee articles over the past several months, the committee has been working hard to address issues in our community that affect us all. We look at things as a potential homebuyer and real-tor might, as they turn the corner and drive into Chantilly Highlands. We also live here, and are invested in this community. How my home and yours appear, matters to every one of us. We were appointed by the Board of Directors to help enforce our rules, and we work closely with the Board in this process. Over the past

Architectural Control Committee A Thank you from the ACC

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A Neighborhood Watch in Chantilly Highlands?

It’s just my opinion, but I think by getting serious about neighborhood watch for our community, we just might be-come stronger people, better par-ents, and even more caring neighbors. We are going to know what our kids and our friends’ kids are doing ... who they’re hanging out with and what they’re up to when they ‘hang’. We are going to know who loi-ters at the playground and around the pool, tennis courts and community center and around our homes at all hours. We are going to be aware of per-sons lingering on our sidewalks and our streets, watching for op-portunities to investigate some-one’s open garage. We are going to have a keener sense of when a neighbor needs extra help with life struggles, or who to call for a cup of sugar on the fly. We might even be able to help some-one out next time it snows, be-cause they know we have all-wheel drive. We might be able to become some child’s emergency contact for school. We might make some new friends. Lots of them. We might feel safer. Surer. More aware of our surroundings, and that certainly will make us better citizens. We might be able to help the police prosecute the criminal who vandalizes, steals, or otherwise harms us or our property. Why don’t we get seri-ous about this, Chantilly High-lands? We can do this together. We have been the victims of theft and trespass twice in the past month and it’s frustrating. Pat Terry, A Neighbor Of Yours

Will Gregory, Board Member, has been working on building a neighborhood watch program in our community for several months. To date, only two indi-viduals have shown an interest in the development of such a pro-gram for Chantilly Highlands. If you are interested in helping in this area, please contact Will Gregory at 703-787-3560.

The Board of Directors asks for everyone’s cooperation after a snowfall ... if you have a car that is normally parked on Kinross Circle and the street has not yet been plowed, please try to keep it off this main road until VDOT (Virginia Department of Trans-portation) has been through with their snowplows. Thank you! VDOT to the rescue... VDOT clears all main access roads as quickly as possible, starting with the snow emer-gency routes and then working into neighborhoods. VDOT clears 7,883 miles of road in Fairfax County alone. For answers to many questions and other information, check out the VDOT Website at http://www.virginiadot.org/infoservice/faq-snowremovalnova.asp. The VDOT Website has ques-tions like.. Every year the street next to mine gets plowed, and my street is passed by until much later. Why? (check out the answer on their site.) Another question is.. Who is responsible for clearing my sidewalk? VDOT says, “You are!”

Please Move Your Car

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Fairfax and Loudoun County letter re: Arson

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budget

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PROXY For the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Chantilly Highlands Homes Association, Inc.

The undersigned hereby appoints _____________________________ as proxy to act and vote at the annual meeting of the Chantilly Highlands Homes Association, Inc, to be held at 8:00 PM on January 9, 2003, at the CHHA Community Center, Oak Hill, VA, and at any adjournments thereof, upon any business which may properly come before said meeting, all in accordance with and as more fully described in the notice of said meeting, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged. My three choices for Board of Directors are: _______________________, ______________________, ______________________

Homeowner/Co-Homeowner

Date ____________ Signature __________________________________ Print Name ___________________________________ Lot # _______ Address ____________________________________________________ Instructions: 1) CHHA bylaws require that a quorum be present at the annual meetings for actions taken to be valid. 2) Please com-plete this form to ensure that a quorum is achieved. 3) A proxy can be rescinded if you attend the meeting. 4) When you complete the proxy, you will be conveying your voting power to the appointed individual. 5) The only votes expected to be cast will be for Board of Directors positions. 6) If you wish, you can abstain from the vote, but have your presence counted to ensure the quorum is achieved. 7) Proxies must be signed by homeowners or renters granted a proxy from the homeowner. 8) Areas with BOLD type must be filled out for the proxy to be valid. 9) If the Lot Number is not known, it can be filled in at the Annual Meeting. 10) Only one proxy per household.

Three new board members are elected to the Board of Directors for Chantilly Highlands each January at the Annual Homeowners Meeting. These are volunteer positions and the terms are three years. Thank you to Bill Wolff (served 3 years), Jim Wright (served 6 years, 5 as Treasurer), and Dan Feer (served 1 year) for their dedicated service to our community. The proxy form below can be used if you are unable to attend the meeting, and would like to vote for a par-ticular candidate. As of this writing, one candidate has come forward. Dan Feer has served the past year to fill a one-year va-cancy on the board, and is running again. We need additional volunteers to consider serving on the board. If you have an interest and would like to help our association continue to be run as a volunteer community - which is what keeps our membership dues extremely low - please contact any board member.

Attention all homeowners and residents…

Your presence is requested at the

Chantilly Highlands Homes Association Annual Homeowner’s Meeting

January 9, 2003 at

8:00 PM at the Chantilly Highlands Community Center.

Volunteers Needed for CHHA Board of Directors

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Did you hear sleigh bells ringing on Saturday, December 14th? Many families were out experiencing a horse-drawn hayride through our neighborhood. This was part of the Winter Wonderland festivities, sponsored by Chantilly Highlands Homes Association and put on by Girl Scouts from Cadet Troop 2516 and Senior Troop 541. Children of all ages enjoyed crafts which included making whirly gigs and macaroni wreaths; decorating and sampling cookies; making crazy hats and having their picture taken at the “South Pole”. The back-drop for the South Pole was designed and created by Martha and her dad, David Howlett. Technical support for picture-taking was supplied by our very own resident computer whiz, Cora Carmody. We would like to thank all of the volunteers for their time and hard work in creating this Winter Wonderland for our community. Volunteers include: Miki Benz; Cora & Katie Carmody; Natalie English; Deanna Fernandez; Emily and Melinda Grochowski; Kristen Harley; Martha, Michelle and David Howlett; Jean & Molly Johnson; Allyson Jones; Stephanie Newhall, Charlotte O’Malley; Ali Travis; Katy & Nancy & Pam & Bill White; and Kate Zimmerman. Special thanks to Wendy Kisiday for her volunteer bakers who do-nated all the cookies, frosting and sprinkles we used for decorating! We hope to see you at next year’s Winter Wonderland Open House!

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It Was A Winter Wonderland...

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Jim: I=ve recently moved here, and heard that Chantilly Highlands has a summer swim team. Tell me about it. Answerman: Jim, the swim team is open to boys and girls from 5-18 years of age. It runs from the end of May through July. We have swim meets with neighboring communities on Wednesday nights, in which all of our swimmers are eligible to swim. We have meets on Saturday morn-ings in which the fastest three swimmers in each age and gender group swim. Jim: Can=t my kid learn to swim well without being on the swim team? Answerman: Swimming lessons are a good place to start, but in my opinion they are not geared toward produc-ing a child that is truly water safe. They just don=t have enough skill repetition to make the child=s muscles and nervous system Aremember@ the strokes for life. Just like riding a bike, throwing a ball or swinging a golf club, swimming requires repetition to become ingrained in the child=s skill set. The average 9-10 year old swim team prac-tice will have your child swimming almost a mile. That is equivalent to four times around a high school track. They are not doing that all at once, non-stop, but that is what the yardage will add up to. I would not have believed that this was possible when I put my kids on the team. I was clueless about swimming back then. My wife and I were up at the pool many times when the kids came in to practice. We had no idea that young children could not only swim far and fast, but many of them could swim 3 or 4 different strokes. We were amazed. We thought that maybe this was some special elite group of recruited kids.

It was just the regular Chantilly Highland=s Dolphins swim team, that anybody in the neighborhood can join. Jim: How does my kid join?

Answerman: Your kid must be at least 5 years old and be able

to swim one length of the pool on his belly and one on his back. Signup for swim team is in April. Look for the notice in this publication. Jim: Is the swim team

any good?

Answerman: If, by good, you mean does our team win more than we lose? The answer

is yes. Our league consists of 4 divisions. We are in the second to the top division, where we

usually finish in second place. In fact your question gives me an opportunity to congratulate some of our swimmers. A number of our summer team members swim during the school year in the Potomac Valley Swim League, one of the most competitive in the country. Maree Sarasup 17, Chris Giovinazzo 14, PJ Naber 14, Tana King 12 and Lauren Bachman 11, all qualified for the Joe Jacoby Invi-tational. This swim meet is sponsored by former Redskin All-Pro Joe Jacoby and you have got to be fast to qualify for these races. Kids from as far away as Kentucky and Arizona attended last year. The Chantilly Highland=s Dolphins summer swim team was where these 5 kids got a good start on the skills they have now. I remember when all of them were flopping around like birds that fell in the water. Not anymore. They are all among the best swim-mers in the Washington Metro area. In fact, as of 12-1-02, Tana King was ranked the #1 twelve-year-old girl in the Potomac Valley, in the 500-yard freestyle event. If I did my internet search correctly, her time of 5:30.95 also makes her the fastest 12-year-old girl in that event, within the state of Virginia. That is a huge accomplishment. These kids got their start on your neighborhood team and your kid can be swimming with them this coming May. Join us. We also specialize in fun.

Water Wisdom by the Answerman (Steve Bachman)

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RE/MAX Margie Harney

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Worth Noting ...

The number of homes SOLD in Chantilly Highlands …

in the month of October, 2002 … 7; and in November, 2002 ... 2.

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Chantilly Highlands Garden Club January Program

The next Garden Club meeting will be

held on January 28, 2003. Our planned speaker will address how to successfully grow vegetables from seed. This is the

perfect time to plan your vegetable garden and prepare to start seedlings indoors!

Meet at the community center at 7:00 PM. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact

Virginia Hodge at 703-318-9231,

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Monroe’s Plumbing

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You name it...we do it!

You can depend on our high quality work-manship and reasonable

rates.

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CARPENTRY — Replace Rotten Wood, Royal Wood (lifetime warranty); Trim; Molding Repair; Chair Railing; Crown Molding; Decks & Porches; Retaining Walls; Fences; Basement Finishing; Install Windows, Doors, Skylights & Siding

COUNTERTOPS — Kitchen, Bar, Granite Countertops; Fireplaces, Bathroom Vanity Custom Designs and More

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS — Installation, Repair, Clean; Seamless Aluminum; 5” & 6” Guttering & Downspouts

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Babysitter, 13 yrs old, Franklin Middle Schooler, Red Cross Certified, very responsible and loves the little ones. Can also look after pets in your home. Call Bethany 703-481-8157.

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We’re on the WEB:

http://www.chha.org

ACC Alteration Request Form: http://www.chha.org/extaltr Resale Package Request: http://www.chha.org/resaler Database Update Form: http://www.chha.org/dbform Annual HOA Meeting Proxy: http://www.chha.org/theproxy

Chantilly Highlands Homes Association P. O. Box 710238 Oak Hill, VA 20171

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