Shaya Fogel, Chaya Fogel and their nine kids used to walk 45 minutes to their synagogue from their home in Tomoka Oaks.

“By Orthodox law, we don’t drive to synagogue,” Shaya Fogel said. “So we are happy to be under a half mile now. There has always been a decent amount of Jewish families here. Ormond Beach has a pretty significant amount of Jewish people. I think there is a great-er concentration of observant Jewish people in The Trails be-

cause of the synagogue.”The Fogels attend Chabad

Lubavitch of Greater Daytona, located off West Granada Bou-levard next to the The Trails entrance. The close proximity to their synagogue makes prac-ticing holidays and Sabbath for the traditional Orthodox Jewish community a bit simpler. June 4 and 5, the Fogels practiced Sha-vuot, a holiday based around the giving of the Torah.

“The holiday literally means ‘weeks,’” Shaya Fogel said. “Passover, which we had sev-

eral weeks ago, we start count-ing down. Passover is when the Jews were freed from slavery when we left Egypt. The ‘weeks’ is seven weeks we count down to the actual giving of the Torah. That is when we became Jewish people as a nation.”

For these types of holidays, they are not allowed to start electricity or use cars.

“We have to be within walk-

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m u n i t y newspaper, The Trails O b s e r v e r . On behalf of The Trails Homeown-ers Associa-tion Board, it is my priv-ilege to ad-dress you.

Since our first pub-lication in March I’ve

heard we caught some homeowners by surprise; they didn’t real-ize this is our community’s new newspaper. I’ve also heard folks asking about how we can afford this quality newspaper, written in Associated Press profes-sional style. Is the board spending all our money?

Well, to be very transpar-ent, here’s the deal. When your board adopted its 2014 budget, $10,000 was allocated for publication of a professional qual-ity newspaper, such as our community deserves. Many of you will remember our old publication, The Trailblazer, which was des-tined for the recycle bin. With special thanks to Fred Annon, a partnership deal with the Ormond Beach Observer was negotiated by your board at a cost of

SEE PRESIDENT / PAGE 2

The lengthy June meeting for The Trails Homeowners Asso-ciation Board went on well past 11 p.m., with members trying to narrow down what resident re-ally wanted.

Florence McNelly, chairwom-en of the Landscaping Com-mittee, proposed to install 13 dog waste stations in The Trails. Six of them would include trash cans.

Austin Outdoor created a

map of the locations where these stations would be in-stalled, based on the amount of dog waste they normally see. The majority of the stations would be along bike trails, with the others on Main Trail.

Treasurer Fred Annon ques-tioned what it would cost to maintain the stations, and board member Troy Railsback brought up the fact that The Trails are already paying for

a separate vendor to pick up trash around the neighborhood and these stations would be like paying them twice. Another concern was that people would toss the plastic baggies on the ground as litter, as well.

“I’d rather have the dog resi-due than someone throw a bag down,” Annon said. “At least the dog residue is fertilizer and the

movie nights approved By Emily Blackwood | Staff Writer

At the meeting June 12, the board asked what residents really want.

Ormond Beach Crime Pre-vention Officer Lloyd Cornelius talked to Trails Residents May 15 about local safety issues and how they can be helpful citizens.

Though Cornelius said the No. 1 compliant among resi-dents was traffic related, there were a few people who brought up issues with local transients near the State Road 40 entrance.

“A couple residents saw some transients on their property,” Cornelius said. “They said they saw some people cutting through but no signs of camp-ing. Quite often when there are homeless people around pan-handling, there is an increase in car break-ins. I told residents if they see something they need to call us and be proactive.”

Kay Shomate, president of Arrowhead 1 and organizer of the safety seminar, said it was necessary to have an Ormond Beach Police officer talk to resi-dents so they know how to bet-ter handle themselves in an un-safe situation.

“Cars are running through that do not live here,” Shomate said. “People are walking through that do not live here.

Trails Jews celebrate Shavuot

Police: ‘If you see something, call us’

WALK THIS WAY By Emily Blackwood | Staff Writer

PREVENTION By Emily Blackwood | Staff Writer

Photo by Wayne Reither

The bounce house was a big hit at the pool party. See Page 6 for more photos.

SEE HOA / PAGE 4

SEE JEWS / PAGE 4

HOA: Much ado about dog poo and sign colors

The Fogels moved to The Trails for a quick route to the synagogue.

WATERY IMAGES OF THE TRAILSFind out who made a splash at the Trails Pool. PAGE 6

ObserverTHE TRAILS

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$8,000, including postage (under budget), for four quarterly news-paper publications to be direct mailed to homeowners. Do the math. The balance of the pro-duction costs come from adver-tisements. So, if you happen to purchase goods or services from a company advertising in The Trails Observer, please let them know you saw their ad.

Independent auditI can now report to you, the

homeowners, that your board has finalized with our indepen-dent auditor the 2013 audit. There were no material findings in the audit.

Further, the auditor has ac-knowledged that by procuring the services of Aegis professional property management services, the longstanding audit issue re-lating to segregation of office responsibilities for accounts re-ceivable and accounts payable has been resolved.

I am especially pleased to re-port to you that we ended the fiscal year with a surplus of $88,468. These funds will be ap-plied to costs incurred in the 2014 budget year.

While not micro-managing Aegis, the property manage-ment company we’ve hired, your board is fully exercising its fiduciary responsibility. Aegis is not spending your maintenance assessment dues “willy-nilly.” Thanks to an online accounts payable/strongbox system, ev-ery invoice Aegis pays for the association has electronic board review and approval of either our treasurer or myself.

Cobb ColeSince I reported to you in

March, your board has engaged the services of the prestigious, local law firm, Cobb Cole, as our association’s “general counsel.” Our new legal counsel fully un-derstands that you, the home-owners collectively, are its cli-ents.

I must give kudos and thanks to Ken Artin, a homeowner who’s an attorney by trade, who pro-vided gratis review of the agree-ment executed with Cobb Cole. Assistance from general counsel will be especially important on the matters of election reform, covenant enforcement, and up-dating of legal documents such as our covenants that will be needed in 2015.

Deliquent accountsRegretfully, I must report to all

what some homeowners already know: Some of our neighbors and friends are seriously in de-linquent status with respect to payment of their quarterly main-tenance assessments.

Delinquent accounts impact all of us — we’re carrying their weight. To more aggressively address this situation, your board has engaged the services of SMART: Start My Association Recovery Today. This collection agency has a proven track re-cord, and it exclusively special-izes in collection of delinquent accounts from condominium and homeowners associations.

SMART won’t just be sending letters, but will be calling delin-quent homeowners, negotiating repayments, and moving to gar-nish rent on those units for which the owner is delinquent, etc.

The really good news is that the services of SMART don’t cost you or the association anything. Their collection costs are as-sessed to the homeowner whose

account is delinquent. After all, it’s “their bad.”

And now, the fun stuffThus far, I’ve spoken about the

budget, financial and “dollars and cents” of our association. While these topics are of the ut-most importance, I recognize that for many folks budget talk is really boring. So, now, let me tell you about some of the “fun” stuff.

Grand kudos go to the Ameni-ties Committee for planning and coordinating the first Commu-nity Pool Party on May 4. This event was attended by 400-plus Trails residents (See photos on pages 6-7.) It provided a show-case for the new high-end resort-style pool furnishings. The food vendors, bounce-house and slide, and tropical musical per-formance were all hits with resi-dents. We hope to replicate such a function in late summer, and the committee is now reviewing the survey data regarding resi-dents’ preferences for amenities

to be offered.The Landscape Committee is

hard at work overseeing the work of our vendor, Austin Outdoor. Their work isn’t done. While upgrading and replanting new landscape, their challenge is to also maintain, weed, prune, etc., our existing island and median shrubbery. The committee is in the process of developing a long-term strategic plan for address-ing landscape improvements.

Based upon input from our Technologies Committee, your board has changed voice and data service providers from AT&T to Bright House Networks Inc. The cost savings from changing providers enabled purchasing a 65-inch flat-screen, HD, smart TV for installation upstairs in the Club House. This amenity will allow for scheduling functions such as Super Bowl, Final Four or Kentucky Derby parties, etc. The Club House and surround-ing pool area will now have free Wi-Fi access, so please see the Technologies Committee feature

article on Page 3 for more details.Your board has also just ex-

ecuted an agreement with The Trails Racquet Club to provide residents of The Trails 20% dis-counts for new first year mem-berships. This discount can be combined with the Club’s es-tablished discount of 20% for payment of annual member-ship. Jan Buenner, owner of The Trails Racquet Club and a Trails homeowner himself, wants to be a good neighbor and business partner with the association. Please contact Jan at the Racquet Club or The Trails office regard-ing the details of this and other summer discounts.

How can we help?To you, our neighbors and

friends, I reaffirm that The Trails Homeowners Association’s board business will be charac-terized by openness and trans-parency; this community news-paper will help us accomplish this commitment.

Again, you now have an en-gaged, dedicated and work-ing board, and I sincerely hope that residents will embrace our mission and enthusiasm. The board’s actions will be governed by statutes and our documents defining the Association’s Cov-enants and Restrictions.

Some actions and decisions may not make every homeowner happy. As a board, we may make some mistakes. But if we stum-ble, we will stumble forward. We will not fall back into compla-cency. The board looks forward to suggestions and to hearing di-rectly from you at improvethet-rails@gmail.com.

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The Technology Committee has gotten good at juggling numbers.

In the last few months, the committee managed to change service provides for The Trails’ clubhouse phones, Internet and television and saved the community $200 a month. And they used the extra change in their pockets to give residents a little treat.

“The first thing we did is we bought a 65-inch television and mounting brack-et,” Technology Committee Chairman Chuck Harris said. “We put the LED tele-vision upstairs in the clubhouse.”

Along with the flat screen, the commit-tee also received free Internet installation and maintain free Wi-Fi courtesy of Bright House Networks for the clubhouse. Resi-dents will be provided with a username and password to be able to use the Inter-net at the pool.

Live feed cameras Next up on the committee’s list is in-

stalling cameras to the clubhouse for se-curity and live web feed purposes.

“We envision to have a live cam feed on our website and Facebook page,” Harris said. “Say you wanted to use the swim-ming pool and you wanted to see if there were any chairs available. You could check on the website.”

Social media: NextDoorHarris assured that the cams wouldn’t

be able to zoom in or invade anyone’s privacy. Also, in order to make The Trails a more connected community, Harris helped launch a profile on NextDoor.com, a social media site specifically for

neighborhoods. “It appears to be a Facebook -type

page,” Harris said. “I think NextDoor.com is a little like that but a little more spe-cific on neighborhoods because you have

to be a resident to be a member. Even if we end up not being totally active on it, I wanted to lock the name down before someone took it.”

Harris, whose day job is in technology and communications, hopes to get The Trails in touch with today’s technology as soon as possible.

“I believe we are way behind the times and just really kind of stuck,” Harris said. “Not that we had bad stuff, we were just stuck in old agreements. We were stuck because we had the same management company for 25 years and they were not forward thinking.”

Elections CommitteeThe Elections Committee is currently

meeting to discuss changing The Trails board’s annual election to vote by ballot instead of a proxy.

During the Pool Opening Party, the Amenities Committee surveyed residents on which classes and activi-ties they would like to see at The Trails. Email Chairwoman Diane Ledford at dianemagic-forest@aol.com for more infor-mation.

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ing distance,” Shaya Fogel said. “For most people that’s a rule, but not everybody is fully observant. Conservative and re-formed Judaism, they try to stay very progressive and not necessarily follow the book. Within our synagogue, they get the orthodox way but everyone has free choice.”

Shaya Fogel was inspired to follow or-thodox Judaism from watching his grand-father. He said it’s the best way to pass on the Jewish faith to his children who have been diligent in following their religion.

“We feel it is the truest way and it stays true,” Shaya Fogel said. “My sons read the Torah very often in the synagogue. They are better at it than I am.”

Though the orthodox practice calls for a lot of old fashioned methods, Shaya Fo-gel said it doesn’t mean their community is out of touch.

“We have technology, excitement and fun,” Shaya Fogel said. “We are supposed to practice by enjoying it. Just because it’s the way it’s always been done, doesn’t mean it has to be old fashioned. The most

misunderstood thing is that it’s difficult and that we can’t connect to the regular world.

“We have the same passions as people do, whether it’s cars, sports or theater. Our religion doesn’t seclude us from enjoying things in this world. It doesn’t make us remove ourselves.”

Though there are some misunderstood notions about the Orthodox Jewish com-munity, the Fogels said they haven’t ex-perienced any inconsiderate treatment from their neighbors in The Trails. In fact, it’s been exactly the opposite.

“Right now I have a back injury because I’m walking on crutches,” Shaya Fogel said. “It’s amazing how many people stop to give me a ride or help out.”

“Everyone is just so happy,” Chaya Fo-gel said. “A lot of happy people live here.”

“It’s a quality of people along with the natural beauty of The Trails,” Shaya Fo-gel said. “We’ve been fortunate to live in some nice places, but The Trails is just natural. It doesn’t look like it was exca-vated and some plants were brought it. It’s a neighborhood of people who make good choices.”

JEWS / FROM PAGE 1

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Chaya and Shaya Fogel live in the trails and have nine children together.

rain will wash it away.”The motion was to table the issue for

further discussion to see if the dog waste stations would be worth the $2,500 Mc-Nelly proposed to purchase them for.

Beautification projectShe also addressed the issues residents

had been having with Austin Outdoor’s beautification project. Some complaints had been made regarding the pace and system that Austin Outdoors had been using for the project.

Sign colorsMcNelly also brought up a new pal-

ette for the entrance signs that would paint the letters dark green with a cream outline and add the oak tree logo to the sign off Granada Boulevard. Some board members weren’t huge fans of the color scheme and suggested black or even metallic green.

“You want to go with your brand or your logo,” Property Manager Brandie Hayes said, “and The Trails is forest green.”

After some discussion on the least expensive way to redo the signs, the is-sue was tabled to be discussed with an amount of $1,500.

Three movie nights approvedDiane Ledford, of the Amenities Com-

mittee, proposed a motion for three movie nights during June, July and Au-gust. The motion passed, and the dates of the movie nights are June 27, July 25 and Aug. 15. Times and features will be posted at the clubhouse and pool. Email dianemagicforest@aol.com.

Other motions that passed: — Repair the clubhouse deck and bal-

cony and build a gate around the dump-ster for no more than $4,000

— Buy a new water cooler for $800— Pay Austin Outdoor $2,150 for tree

removal and trimming

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POLICE / FROM PAGE 1

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Ormond Beach Crime Prevention Officer Lloyd Cornelius talked to Trails residents about their safety concerns.

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wondering in the vicinity of Choctaw Trail, Shawnee Trail, Iroquois Trail, Rio Pinar Trail and Navajo Trail. Authorities have been contacted, but there isn’t anything they can do because the bear isn’t posing a threat. We would like to encour-age the homeowners not to put their trash out until the morning of pick up.

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“It was really a Hawaiian trop-ical theme,” Amenities Commit-tee Chairwoman Diane Ledford said. “We have never seen that many residents at the pool. It was just packed. There weren’t any chairs left.”

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