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Volume 29, Issue 9

November 2013

Executive Board Meeting-first Tuesday of the month. HOA meetings-third Tuesday of

July, October, January and April. Clubhouse Telephone-788-9496.

Geri M. Chiulli, Editor—12 Cranberry Run—782-6466-geri.chiulli@cox.net

November is upon us, the theme of Thanksgiving is what the month of November

means to us. A time to reflect and to give thanks for all our blessings. Blessings

fr our family, friends and neighbors, our great country and our wonderful soldiers,

their families and, of course, our incredible veterans. We would not be who we

are today without you, bravely fighting for our freedom. We thank you on Veter-

ans Day and all year long for making such a difference in everyone’s life. Let us

all pray for PEACE.

Housekeeping in The Village:

House power washing continues with Dwight and Denis Kenyon, $95/house

and now heat tape checks for $25.00. Please call the office to be added to his

list. Office phone—792.7107.

Gutter cleaning by Jay Knowles of Advanced Seamless Gutters. Homes in

the Village for $50/house … those with Gutter Guards can call for an esti-

mate, the office will also have his list.

Snow Plowing will again be done by Joe Fuller for Village streets. Those

interested for plowing private driveways and a walkway, 4-inch storm price is

$25.00; each addition 2-inches of snow adds another $10.00. So if we have a

6-inch snow storm, the price would be $35.00 for a driveway and walkway.

Each vendor will be paid separately, with a check payable to them.

Fall Fertilizing was completed in October by Fuller Lawns.

Carol Barstow of Cranberry Run is organizing all our house keys and mail keys

for us at the office. This is a courtesy for those residents who would like us to

keep an extra house key and/or mail key in the event of an emergency or lock-out.

This is not mandatory, just an option if you have a tendency to misplace keys.

Please bring a copy of your key to the office.

Food donations continue to the Jonnycake Center with the donation box at the

office. Thank you to George Combs who just delivered 125 pounds of food from

the Village. THANK YOU to all our generous residents.

Officials blame bathroom wipes for sewer clogs, towelettes labeled as flushable

reportedly fail to break down. PLEASE DO NOT FLUSH THEM, THEY WILL

DESTROY THE SEPTIC SYSTEM.

Free notary service continues at the office, just give Lisa a call.

Please leave your lamp post on for safe traveling in the evening.

The Village Newsletter is now online along with our monthly calendar. Go to

www.villageatwordenspond.com, click on community. Thank you to our wonder-

ful Editor, Geri Chiulli, we couldn’t do it with you, many thanks!

CELEBRATE, BE THANKFUL AND ENJOY NOVEMBER.

Peace, Lisa and Anita

Message from Lisa and Anita

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Message from Victoria Clare, President of Village Homeowners Association News

At our last meeting, I was voted in as Interim President. I became a resident in July

2013 and look forward to working with the Executive Committee and Trustees in carry-

ing out the objectives of the Association: “To promote sociability” and to “encourage

improvement within the confines of the rules and regulations of The Village at Wordens

Pond.” Let’s meet one another and have some fun over the coming winter!

Our Christmas party will take place on December 8th with delicious appetizers and re-

freshments presented by our one and only Barbara Keaney. There will be sign-up sheets

at the mailboxes. Details to follow …

John Christy, President of the Union Fire Department, com-

mented at our last meeting how difficult it is for rescue crews and

EMT to locate those with emergencies due to the lack of lighting

and visible house numbers at VWP. One of our residents recalled

having the rescue truck stop at her house recently because they

could not find the location of the person who called in … delay-

ing an emergency process. He urged us all to keep our lamps lit at

night and better identify our homes. Reflective, stick-on numbers

on a wooden stake (see illustration) or on your lamp post are in-

expensive. The use of a dawn-to-dusk sensor in our lamps, along

with a fluorescent bulb, will cost very little and will eliminate the

need to remember to turn on and off our lamps. The life you save many be your

own!

Sign-up sheets will be posted at our mail centers for discount sensors and bulbs

which will be ordered from Jerry’s Hardware. If you have not yet set up your

lamp post with automatic sensors, now is the time to do it. If you need help,

call Bruce Fromm (783-8749) and he will assist you to install the sensors or to

put up your street signage.

The Homeowners Association wishes you and your family a

Happy Thanksgiving

Victoria Clare, 401-284-3489—h; 401-849-3040—w; 401-996-

0735—cell

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Sunshine Club — Sandra Edwards Please call the above Villagers if you know that a neighbor is sick, hospitalized or

experiences a death in his or her family.

Gratitude is not only

the greatest of virtues,

but the parent of all

the others.

Cicero

Sympathy Card to John Mackie and family in memory of Betty McKeown. A $25.00

donation in memory of Betty to Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA.

Sympathy card to Bob Tucker and family in memory of Joyce Tucker. A $25.00 dona-

tion in her memory to Hospice of Rhode Island in Wakefield.

Get Well Card and Fruit Basket to Michael Morancy.

Village Coffee Hour

@ Clubhouse

There are NO HOSTS

signed up for

November and

December

Sunshine Club — Sandra Edwards—783-8749 and Joan Matteson—783-2931

Please call the above Villagers if you know that a neighbor is sick, hospitalized or experiences a death in his or her family.

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The Women’s Club

Patricia Brow reporting.—Ladies Club members … by the time you

read this, we will have returned from our trip to Maine and I am sure

you all will hear about the good times and the good food and the great

opportunity to enjoy ourselves doing the many things that we loved in

Maine.

There will be no November meeting of the Ladies Club and we all wish

you a Happy Thanksgiving holiday.

There will be sign-up sheets for the Christmas Holiday Dinner for La-

dies Club members to be held on December 12, 2013 at the Spain Res-

taurant in Narragansett. PLEASE be there at 5:00 pm SHARP and have

your $25.00 paid with cash or check made out to the Womens Club at

the Village of Wordens Pond before December 10th. No checks or

money will be accepted on the evening of the dinner. The meal choices

will be sirloin steak, veal or salmon.

The Holiday Dinner on December 12th will be the last get-together for

this year. There will be no meetings in January or February.

The first meeting of the New Year 2014 will be held on March 13th at

7:00 pm. We will have another BROWN BAG AUCTION! Everyone

bring a brown bag, big or small, with items just for fun … or something

more serious … or whatever you would like and some dimes and quar-

ters. Last year’s event was so much fun and the money raised was do-

nated to the Charlestown Animal Pond.

May you all have a great Holiday season … see you in March 2014.

Welcome Committee: Irene Bruyere, Lee-Ann & Richard Paasch and Sandra Edwards

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A Bean Bag Halloween

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NOVEMBER 2013 CRIER CROSSWORD

OCTOBER CRIER CROSSWORD

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Matt Ferrucci: Important Information

Anyone with a United Healthcare Medicare Complete Plan should call

their doctors offices to see if they will be on the Complete Plan in 2014.

If they are not, please call me at 783-0474 for advice.

Due to recent news about United Healthcare doctors being dropped from

the United Healthcare Medicare Advantage Plan, please know that I can

write you a Blue Cross Plan effective 1/1/2014.

Your Supplement or MediGap Plans are not affected.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ANNUAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD ENDS

DECEMBER 7, 2013.