FEBRUARY 22, Sun. Mar. 12 1:00 pm Getting to Know You Mon. Mar.13 10:00 am Insurance Mtg. 10:30 am Bridge Club 1:30 pm Condo Code Mtg.

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1 22727 Maple Ave. Torrance, CA (310) Phone (310) Fax FEBRUARY 22, 2017 NEW HORIZONS NEWSLETTER FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, RESIDENTS AND OWNERS Website Newsletter Chairman and Managing Editor: Gerry Johnson, (310) Remember THE NEW HOA FEES ARE $ Daily 10:00 am Water Aerobics Wed. Feb. 22 8:00 am Men s Golf 7:00 pm CIC-50/50 Thur. Feb. 23 8:30 am Ladies Golf Fri. Feb 24, Town Hall Sit N Knit Sat. Feb 25 Sun. Feb 26 Mon. Feb.27 7:30 pm Candidates Night TH Tues. Feb 28 9:00 am Ceramics 9:30 am Bldgs. & Pools Mtg. Scrabble Wed. Mar. 1 8:00 am Men s Golf 6:30 pm Golf Meeting No Newsletter Thurs. Mar 2 8:30 am Ladies Golf Fri. Mar. 3 Club Sit N Knit Sat. Mar. 4 Sun. Mar. 5 Mon. Mar. 6 11:00 am Grounds Maint. Tues. Mar. 7 9:00 am Ceramics 10:00 am Exec. & Rules 10:30 am Personnel Scrabble Wed. Mar. 8 8:00 am Men s Golf 10:30 am Res. & Orientation 2:00 pm BOARD WORKSHOP Thurs. Mar. 9 8:30 am Ladies Golf 10:00 am Picnic Fun Club 2:00 pm Bingo Fri. Mar.10 Club Sit N Knit Sat. Mar Sun. Mar. 12 Getting to Know You Mon. Mar.13 10:00 am Insurance Mtg. 1:30 pm Condo Code Mtg. Tues. Mar. 14 9:00 am Ceramics Scrabble 6:00 pm Bunco Wed. Mar. 15 8:00 am Men s Golf 2:00 pm WORKSHOP Thurs. Mar. 16 8:30 am Ladies Golf DMT Meeting MARK YOUR CALENDARS 2017 Board Election Is Coming Ballots have been mailed out from THE BALLOT BOX, the company assisting us with the Election again this year. Follow instructions for mailing your Ballot back to The Ballot Box. You may also take your Ballot directly to the Clubhouse during office hours only (8:30 am- 12:00 pm; -4:00 pm). DO NOT DROP IT IN THE NIGHTSLOT! Meet the Candidates Night. Monday, February 27-7:30 pm Town Hall - Cards will be available at the office for you to jot down a question to ask the candidates. One question per person, please. Please get your question in by Friday, Feb. 24. Tuesday, March 7 - Lisa from The Ballot Box will set up in the at 5:30 pm to count the ballots. Please do not disturb her. She will report the results at 8:00 pm, and assist in the selection of the new Chair positions. 7:30 pm Annual Homeowners Meeting 8:00 pm Election Results Announced - New Chair positions determined Thursday, March 9: Board Transition Meeting 10:00 am Submitted by Linda Falzone, Board Secretary

2 MEN S GOLF 2/8 LOW GROSS LOW NET A FLIGHT Rich Stoffer 47 Larry Neville 50 B FLIGHT Bob Branning 60 Jim Kenny 50 Ralph DiLibero 50 Hole in One: None 2/15 LOW GROSS LOW NET A FLIGHT Rich Stoffer 51 Tom Kasterko 46 B FLIGHT Fred Koblizek 54 Carroll Massey 47 Hole in One: None WOMEN S GOLF 2/9 LOW GROSS LOW NET A FLIGHT S. Fukuchi 50 K. Mori 59 B FLIGHT B. Helm 69 D. Lott 56 Hole in One: None Free Play: Kay Mori 2/16 LOW GROSS LOW NET A FLIGHT S. Fukuchi 53 B. Helm 49 B FLIGHT N. Maurer 65 L. Tsai 48 Hole in One: None IN MEMORIAM Richard Brasile, February 15, 2017 He will be missed by all his friends and neighbors. 2 BOARD APPRECIATION DINNER Saturday, March 18, 2017 DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Hawthorne Blvd., Torrance Please join us in a celebration to show our appreciation of the Board of Directors! The evening will begin with cocktails at 5:30 pm in the Horizons Penthouse, followed by dinner. Ticket price of $35 per person will include dinner, dessert and 1 drink ticket. Cash Bar. DJ will play dance tunes. Maximum attendance is 80, so reserve your place now by calling Linda Falzone ( ). Make check out to New Horizons HOA Board Dinner and drop off at the office, attention of Linda Falzone. Checks must be received by March 12 noon. No cancellations or refunds after this time. Menu: Caesar Salad, Grilled Chicken Breast and/or Penne Pasta with Vegetables tossed in Fresh Tomato & Basil Marinara, Warm Garlic Bread, Chef s Choice of Dessert, Freshly Brewed Coffee (Regular & Decaffeinated) and Assorted Teas or Iced Tea. Submitted by Linda Falzone, Recreation Council Chairman Please come to "SPRING INTO SONG" children's concert on April 1st from 10:30-11:30 am in the Town Hall. You will hear the delightful voices of the South Bay Children's Choir combined with the El Camino Youth Choir. It will be so much fun!! Please tell your neighbors and your family. Refreshments will be served with coffee and apple juice. Your Saturday morning will be so much fun and this is no April Fool's joke. See you there! Sponsored by the Picnic Fun Club. Respectfully submitted, Barbara Kerr Chairman, Picnic Fun Club

3 VIEWPOINT In the January 25, 2017 New Horizons Newsletter, there was a misleading article published. The Board of Directors have not been locked out of the Board room. All Board Members have a key to the Board Room. This is so they can use the computer, copy machine and check the inboxes regularly for important New Horizons information. Also noted in this article, indicated that the Board is not being transparent. Board meetings are defined by the Davis-Stirling Act as a gathering of a majority of directors at the same time and place to "hear, discuss, or deliberate upon any item of business that is within the authority of the board." The meeting agendas are put together based on all Board of Directors input at the E&R Meeting which takes place the first Tuesday of every month. If a resident attends committee meetings, Workshop, and/or Board meetings on a regular basis there would be more communication between residents and Board Directors. We all have an equal stake and interest in our association. With great friends, a golf course, 2 swimming pools, gym, etc, we love living here. Negative and false articles that pertain to New Horizons hurt us all. Come to meetings and voice your issues. Requests do get done, like extra signs, concerns about the trash, etc. All of us work hard. We volunteer with the best interest of New Horizons. Thank you, Kathy Lindbergh, Vice Chairman New Horizons Hello Kathy, Thank you for correcting my statement regarding a key to the Board Room. I know that you are aware that I meant a key to the office. It is sad to call on a member of the Executive Committee to unlock the office when something is needed. In our case, it was a key to a closet. I gladly agree that residents should attend meetings and participate on committees. Thank you, Cita Young February FISCAL WORRIES CONTINUED In November, the Board wrote to you, the Associations reserves, which are used to repair, replace, restore and maintain the property are estimated to be only 39% funded. It s obvious that there is a serious shortfall that needs to be rectified. This is not chump change here. It easily amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars. This happened because no independent reserve study was conducted since 2003, even though our rules require one every three years. And because for thirteen years we got too comfortable. Then the pipes, the sewers, the roofs, the fences, the walls, etc., all showed their age. Reserves could no longer be ignored. (Our auditors had no responsibility to fix this: that is beyond the scope of the engagement for which they were hired.) So, bottom line, once the analysis was submitted by the Reserve Study firm, the Budget Committee was required to comply and to add around $400,000 to the budget this year and for each of many years to come. This is ON TOP of the regular expenses we are used to. Where is this money going to come from? $348 will come from each of you -- that is the additional amount you are being assessed this year compared to The rest is from underfunding the insurance account -- by around $140,000, if my calculations are correct. Brace yourselves. We are going to be playing catch up. And it won t be cheap. Judy Foster, Former Insurance Chair DISASTER MANAGEMENT TEAM MEETING Thursday, March 16, 2017 All DMT members will meet in the Clubhouse at 1:00 PM. We will meet on the third Thursdays of alternating months March 16th, May 18th, July 20th, September 21st, and in October to practice an Earthquake Drill. AT OUR MARCH 16 TH MEETING WE WILL HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER FROM THE AMERICAN RED CROSS THAT WILL TRAIN US ON HANDS-ON CPR. ALL MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND THIS SPECIAL MEETING.

4 Golf course closed Mondays until 3 pm MARCH 2017 Water Aerobics 10:00 am Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat. HOA FEES DUE $ :00 am Men s Golf 8:30 am Ladies Golf 6:30 pm Golf Committee NO NEWSLETTER 3 9:00 am Recyclable pick up Sit n Knit 5 Getting to Know You :00 am Grounds Maintenance 7 ELECTION DAY 9:00 am Ceramics Workshop 10:00 am Exec. & Rules 10:30 am Personnel Scrabble, Card Rm. 7:30 pm Annual Homeowners Meeting 8:00 pm Election Results 8 8:00 am Men s Golf 10:30 am Residents & Orientation 2:00 pm BOARD WORKSHOP 9 8:30 am Ladies Golf 10:00 am Picnic Fun Club 2:00 pm Bingo! Town Hall 10 Sit 'n Knit 11 9:00 am Golf Tourney Shotgun Start 12 Getting to Know You :30 am Ins. Mtg. 1:30 pm Condo Code 14 9:00 am Ceramics Workshop 11;00 am Architecture Scrabble, Card Room 6:00 pm Bunco, 15 8:00 am Men s Golf 2:00 pm BOARD MEETING 16 8:30 am Ladies Golf DMT, CPR Training 17 St. Patrick s Day!! Sit 'n Knit 18 BOARD APPRECIATION DINNER 5:30 pm Double Tree Hotel 19 Getting to Know You :00 am Newsletter Conservation Club 21 9:00 am Ceramics Workshop Scrabble, Card Room 22 8:00 am Men s Golf 7:00 pm C.I.C. 50/ :30 am Ladies Golf 24 Sit 'n Knit Getting to Know You :00 am Ceramics Workshop 9:30 am Bldgs. & Pools Scrabble, Card Room 29 8:00 am Men s Golf 30 8:30 am Ladies Golf 31 7:00 am Employee Safety Mtg. Sit n Knit, 4

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