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Sept/Oct 2018 Volume 4 Issue 5

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EMERALD POINTE THE LINK

To the Pointe…from the Editors

The Link is your residential newsletter. We are not always aware of all available activities of interest to Emerald Pointe residents and your families, so we appreciate your sharing events and announcements with us:

Debbie Nycum [email protected]

Jane Sappington [email protected]

********************************************************************If you provided your email address for the Directory, you now receive THE LINK via email! If you do not have an email address, chose not to join the Directory, or cannot receive THE LINK by email, you may pick up a paper copy of the newsletter and directory at the model home during regular business hours.

If you have a new neighbor, PLEASE let him/her know about the newsletter and directory so we can add resident information as our neighborhood expands. Please send any additions/corrections to the editors as soon as you are aware of a change so we can update our information to serve you in a timely and accurate way.

Thank you,

Your Editors

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Sept 3…Labor Day

Oct 8…Columbus Day

Oct 31…Halloween

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If you are new to the Emerald Pointe community, please let the editors know so we can give you a Link welcome! If you would like to be part of our residential directory, please complete the form on page 10 and return it to Debbie Nycum at your earliest opportunity.

A warm welcome to…Greg and Ruthann Snook

If you are leaving Emerald Pointe, please notify the editors so you can be unsubscribed. You will be missed!

If your neighbor recently has moved, please let us know. We have no way of

knowing who moves in or out, so we depend on you to help us keep our directory and newsletter email list current.

Comings and Goings…

19638 Cool Hollow Rd. Hagerstown, MD

Proprietors Gerhard and Suzanne Glocker now share the reality of their dream with you!From nearly 15,000 vines planted, nurtured and harvested by hand, the winemaker, Gerhard Glocker, has crafted small lot, high quality, award-winning wines with the unique flavors of the limestone chalk soil.

Emerald Pointe Event

Cool Ridge Winery Tour and Tasting Sunday, September 16 3:00 p.m. Fee: $10

Meet at the mail lot on Sapphire Dr. at 2:30 p.m.

RSVP by Sept. 10 to Dianne Fridinger 301-331-3342


***************************************************************************************** *All editions of The Link will be endorsed and distributed by the HOA. Any news, questions, or information that is NOT specific to HOA can be announced, addressed, or mentioned in The Link. If you have HOA questions or specific concerns, contact Paul Crampton Contractors.

We appreciate all positive feedback we receive. If there are events that you have enjoyed in the past or plan to attend in the future, please share them with us. Our population is growing rapidly, and everyone may have interests to share with the community. THE LINK is your vehicle to SHARE! Please send your events of interest to Debbie Nycum or Jane Sappington. Be sure to allow sufficient lead time since we publish every other month. *******************************************************************************************************

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The Emerald Club/Solo Group (men AND women are welcome)

Are you single and living in Emerald Pointe? If so, you are automatically a member of the Emerald Club. Each month we select a restaurant to enjoy and get to know one another better.

In July we journeyed to the Orchards Restaurant, where our group enjoyed a private dining room. August found us at Sardi’s Pollo A LeBrasa, the new Peruvian restaurant in Hagerstown.

Here is our schedule for the remainder of the year. We hope you will join us for lunch on the following dates:

Sept. 12 Chili’s, Valley Mall, located behind the Ramada Inn Oct. 17 Buddylou’s Eats Drinks and Antiques, 11 E. Main St. Hancock Nov. 13 BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse, 17318 Valley Mall Drive

Dec. 12 Olive Garden, Valley Mall

Time: 11:30 a.m. meet at mailbox parking lot if you wish to car pool

If you plan to attend, please contact: Judy Wood 240-469-4669 or [email protected] OR Alice Hevner, 240-469-4185, or cell 301-501-1085

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WHAT ARE YOU READING?…this new section of The Link began with ourprevious issue. Please feel free to share your favorite reads with the editors for future

issues. Hopefully, this section will become a springboard for book clubs to form in the neighborhood.

Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal

London, 1940. Winston Churchill has just been sworn in, war rages across the Channel, and the threat of a Blitz looms larger by the day. But none of this deters Maggie Hope. She graduated at the top of her college class and possesses all the skills of the finest minds in British intelligence, but her gender qualifies her only to be the newest typist at No. 10 Downing Street. Her unflagging spirit and remarkable mathematical ability rivals those of even the highest men in government, and Maggie finds that working for the prime minister affords her opportunities she never could have imagined. Ensnared in a web of spies, murder, and intrigue, Maggie works quickly to balance her duty to King and country with her chances for survival.

In this series debut, the author blends meticulous research on the era, psychological insight into Winston Churchill, and the creation of a riveting main character, Maggie Hope, into a spectacularly crafted novel.

Grandma Gatewood’s Walk by Ben Montgomery

Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next anybody heard from this farm-reared, sixty-seven-year-old great-grandmother, she had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. By September 1955 she stood atop Maine’s Mount Katahdin, sang “America, the Beautiful,” and proclaimed, “I said I’ll do it, and I’ve done it.”

Driven by a painful marriage, Grandma Gatewood not only hiked the trail alone, she was the first person—man or woman—to walk it three times. At age seventy-one, she hiked the 2,000-mile Oregon Trail. Gatewood became a hiking celebrity, and appeared on TV with Groucho Marx and Art Linkletter. The public attention she brought to the trail was unprecedented. Her vocal criticism of the lousy, difficult stretches led to

bolstered maintenance, and very likely saved the trail from extinction.

Author Ben Montgomery interviewed surviving family members and hikers Gatewood met along the trail, unearthed historic newspaper and magazine articles, and was given full access to Gatewood’s own diaries, trail journals, and correspondence. Grandma Gatewood’s Walk shines a fresh light on one of America’s most celebrated hikers.

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Good Eats!…another new section of The Link. Please feel free to share your favorite recipes with the editors.

Easy Peach Cobbler (from Southern Living)

Ingredients: 1/2 c. unsalted butter 1 c. all-purpose flour 2 c. sugar, divided 1 T. baking powder Pinch of salt 1 c. milk 4 c. fresh peach slices 1 T. lemon juice Ground cinnamon or nutmeg

Directions: Melt butter in a 13 x 9 baking dish

Combine flour, 1 c. sugar, baking powder, and salt; add milk, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Pour batter over butter (do not stir).

Bring remaining 1 c. sugar, peaches, and lemon juice to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly; pour over batter (do not stir). Sprinkle with cinnamon or nutmeg.

Bake at 375 degrees for 40 - 45 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm or cool. Top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or real whipped cream and enjoy!

****************************************************************************************** Ranch Pretzel Bites (from Jane Sappington)

Ingredients: 16 oz. large pretzels, broken 3/4 c. canola oil 1 1/2 t. garlic powder 1 1/2 t. dried dill weed One pkg. dry Ranch Salad Dressing

Directions: Break pretzels or use Wege’s broken ones. Mix together remaining ingredients, toss pretzels to coat. Bake on ungreased baking sheet at 200 degrees for one hour—stir every 15 minutes.

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Submitted by EP resident Greg Eversole

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Calling All Golfers!!!

St. Maria Goretti Golf Invitational

All Proceeds benefit St. Maria Goretti High School’s Athletic Programs

When: Thursday, October 4

Where: The Club at Cress Creek 100 Cress Creek Dr. Shepherdstown, WV

Schedule: 8:00 a.m. registration & coffee 9:00 a.m. shotgun start (rain or shine) 1:30 p.m. lunch, silent auction & awards

***Contact Jennifer Carbaugh for entry form 301-739-4266 [email protected]

Sponsorship options: Foursome & Tee Sponsor $800 Foursome $700 Tee Sponsor $125

Registration deadline: Entry form and fee due no later than Sept. 24, 2018. *No refunds after that date.

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The Billboard…

Hagerstown Community Concert Association (Maryland Theatre) See full schedule of performances at hagerstowncommunityconcerts.org

Oct. 10 Maureen McGovern—film, theater and recording star Oct. 28 Ilya Yakushev—award-winning Russian pianist

The Senior Center offers a free membership and a wide variety of classes, programs and activities for independent, active, and vibrant seniors aged 55 and over. Most programs and classes are free of charge. Look for their fall calendar at www.wccoaging.org

HCC Alumni Association Concerts Series

Sept. 1 6:15 p.m. U.S. Navy Commodores Sept. 8 6:15 p.m. U.S. Air Force Airmen of Note

2019 HCC Alumni & Friends Cruise to benefit HCC Alumni Scholarship Fund

Feb. 15 - 25 Hosted by HCC’s Lisa Stewart. Escape the winter cold on Princess Cruise Line’s Crown Princess. This all-inclusive travel adventure will take the group to Ft. Lauderdale, Bahamas, St. Thomas, Dominica, Grenada, Bonaire, and Curacao. Prices begin at $2, 247.00 per person. Travel arrangements made through Travel Leaders. Call Brenda Stull for more information or to book cruise at 301-739-4600.

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We look forward to resuming our Trick - or - Treat pumpkin decorating party once the community center has been completed and we can host inside or outside, weather depending. In the meantime… decorate your porches with festive fall creations and take a stroll through the neighborhood to enjoy your neighbors’ talents!!

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The beauty of nature…

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…around Emerald Pointe


THE LINK & Directory

Hello to new Emerald Pointe residents. The Link is a newsletter to keep us informed and connected. We also publish a residential directory that is distributed only to EP residents.

Our community is growing. We want to further the process of getting to know each other by providing means of contact. There are common talents, interests, and hobbies within this community that we are not aware of, and we could benefit by sharing them with each other.

This effort is being encouraged and supported by the HOA and will follow the discretion and oversight of the HOA so that no privacy rights will be violated. The Link and directory will be even more valuable communication tools once the Community Center is constructed and operational.

If you would like to be a recipient of The Link and directory, please provide the following information:

NameAddressEmail address (if applicable)Phone Hobbies or interests (optional)

**You are under no obligation to provide this information. If we do not receive this information from you, you will not be on our distribution list. However, if at any time you decide that you would like to be included, please send us the requested contact information. The Link is distributed in a bi-monthly email blast by the HOA.

Sincerely,

Debbie Nycum 19403 Moonstone DriveJane Sappington 19409 Moonstone Drive(co-editors)

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THE LINK & Directory

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Please complete the following information if you would like to be included on this distribution list:

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Any Interests or Hobbies that you would like to share:

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