Live Weather

We now have a live weather station at The Lakes At Antioch. The upper left graphic on the blog will take you to Weather Underground where you can check on the local conditions.

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KNCNEWBE11 The above link is also a link to the same updated information.

The weather station is a Davis Instruments Vantage Vue. It’s a wireless weather station and was a Father’s Day present.

It was installed Saturday just in time for the impressive thunderstorm on Sunday evening.

The approaching storm.

An inch and a half of rain.

The storm passes and the sun chases the clouds away.

A double rainbow that lasted for over 20 minutes.

A sunset with a fiery display.

A cool and peaceful end to the day.

Not Quite Sunset

We went out on the lake early evening Tuesday and tried fishing from the kayak.  We caught four fish in less than an hour and that included the time we learned to adjust to the set up and art of fishing from a tandem kayak.  We caught a great picture and thought we would share it with you.

New Residents

We have a trio of new additions to the neighborhood.

The three young purple martins await the return of their parents. They parents were very nearby by the way.

Purple Martins  are the largest member of the swallow family in North America.

Click here for the purple martin song: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Progne-subis-001.ogg

Lake Cruise

We finally picked up the kayak and did the christening in the big lake.  It’s certainly easy launching beside the gazebo. For the first time we saw the neighborhood from the water.  It’s quite impressive.

We’ve seen the beaver a couple of times but never saw his home up close, until today.

We paddled the lake perimeter but at 94 degrees it was a bit hot.  Some of the neighbors had a better idea as we saw them jumping in to the lake, kids and dogs alike, in an attempt to cool off.

What a great neighborhood!  The next trip out we’ll have the fishing gear.

Blog Additions

 

If anyone wants information posted or has any ideas how to better use this site please send an email.  We’ll be glad to have some editorial and publishing assistance so don’t hesitate to ask!

 

HOA Articles of Incorporation

Email question:

“Could you post the Directors or Board Members for the Home Owners Association, their term of office, their contact information.”

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Are we to assume that Len and Lisa Reason are President and Treasurer?

 

Here is a link to our Home Owners Association Articles of  Incorporation: (but no info on Board setup)

 

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/document-preview.aspx?doc_id=40582138

 

Declaration of Covenants

 

Wondering why the blue truck is still parked on the side of the road on Antioch Lakes Road.  The Declaration of Covenants clearly covers vehicle parking.   The Covenants can be viewed at this site: http://deeds.cravencounty.com/LandRecords/protected/SrchQuickName.aspx   Search for Index Type as Consolidated Real Property,  Book  2612 and starting with Page 547.   You should see the Covenants and Amendments listed.   In case you have issues, click here to download them: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/document-preview.aspx?doc_id=39973900 http://www.docstoc.com/docs/document-preview.aspx?doc_id=39973968 http://www.docstoc.com/docs/document-preview.aspx?doc_id=39974319

There is the issue of construction debris at the corner of Antioch lakes Road/Ramonas Lake Court and on Ramonas Lake Court near the cul-de-sac.  The debris on Antioch Lakes Road has been there since October of 2009. The debris at the end of Ramonas Lake Court has been there since a couple of weeks after the first 2010 POA meeting.  It seems that the promise of  a certain contractor to remove the debris  simply equated to relocate the debris since some of the material was previously located at Fernie and Antioch Lakes Road. I think you will find the Covenants cover this issue as well. The Covenants are there as a method of protecting our neighborhood and individual investments.  If everyone does his part we all benefit from better property values and quality of life.  An overlooked item is like a cancer that can quickly spread to adjacent areas and eventually kill the host.

A great cookout Saturday night, hotdogs and marshmallows.  The weather was perfect!

Quite a thunderstorm we had Sunday afternoon.  A good bit of near by lightning and a good amount of much needed rain.