Message from the President

Vicki Reinhardt posted this update on the Facebook page............. Hello all! As summer comes to a close there is color starting to show in the trees already where WAS summer??? Our roads underwent a mid summer road grading by mick/Brian bunker with an actual road grader! They widened the places they could to make room for snow plowing this winter and they worked on road crowns. There was an informal meeting at my house in July for people that had concerns after our annual meeting and the vinca road project was discussed. There will be a work bee on The weekend of October 11 to cut/remove trees marked along vinca by some of the WAEPOA members. This will save us money that can then be put into the roads themselves instead if paying to cut trees too. Mick bunker was hired to do the job. Bids were requested from 2 other companies and after seeing our job were not interested in submitting one. I have letters from them staying that! After the trees are removed mr. Bunker will be removing stumps that need it, widening the roads and putting gravel where needed. Our goal is to work within our budget this year. Signs will be going up as work begins and roads may be temporarily closed while dropping/moving trees. Please bear with us during this process... By waiting until October we should miss the heavier summer traffic. Please let your neighbors know Have a safe holiday weekend!!! Thanks, Vicki

Clean Up Day

The Road Commission set Saturday October 11th 2014 as this year's official WAEPOA Clean Up Day. Any available members are encouraged to meet at 9:00 AM at Rocky Reed's (Rocky's Place on Vinca and Plum) with chain saws and tools (along with gloves and strong backs!)to take down overhanging branches along all the roads and any other maintenance that needs to happen before winter. Please pass this on to any neighbors that may not see this post and if you can't make it you can, of course, do any work yourself on your own road at any time. Most everything in the Association is done by your neighbors volunteering their time and equipment and that is what makes this such a special place! Hope to see you there!

Road Commission Meeting

The WAEPOA Road Commissioners are going to hold an open meeting on Saturday July 19, 2014 at 10AM at President Vicki Reinhardt's home on Trillium. Members are encouraged to attend for input and discussion of the present and future projects concerning our roads. Please notify any interested neighbors. It's your money and you can have a say on how it is spent!

We are on Facebook!!

At this year's Annual Meeting it was decided that to better communicate with our members we would put your Association on Facebook. Just search for the group WAEPOA and then ask to join. We are limiting this to members only so you will have to be approved. The idea is for everyone to have an opportunity to comment or post about concerns or just to share information. This blogsite will stay active but the comments section had to be shut down due to too much spam. If you have anything you would like to say without a Facebook login please contact the Webmaster, Barb Manrow, and she will be happy to post for you either here or on Facebook. Her contact information is on the right along with your Board Members. Please let other neighbors know about this new option so that everyone can be a part of the WAEPOA community online.

Last Winter Blast?

The snow started out slow around here but we went a ways toward making it up this last weekend. Hopefully this will be the end of it but I thought you might enjoy a look at how pretty it can be around here!!

Happy summer!

With another Annual Meeting under our belts, the Summer season has officially begun here at WAEPOA. Let the fun begin!
There has been some changes to your Board. Vicki Reinhardt has assumed the office of President. Vicki is a longtime resident with property on Trillium. Bob Hobbs is now the Vice President. He is the husband of our Secretary/Treasurer, Susan, and they have a place on Fawn. Dick Brown will continue to be our Road Commissioner from his command post on Plum.
The only real business of the meeting was deciding on a plow contract. Mr. Spreeman offered us a 3 year contract at slightly above last year's rate. Members were somewhat concerned at making a longer term commitment but authorized the Board to do some further negotiations. Sufficient funds are a problem and we are always squeaking by on having enough to pay the full bill. Dues payments have been slower than usual partially due to the delay in the Spring letter. It is hoped that money will continue to flow in and if you, or one of your neighbors, have not yet paid you are strongly encouraged to do so. The Association address is at the bottom of this webpage. Any questions should be directed to the Board Members that are listed on the righthand side.
Road Commissioner Brown encouraged any members that need assistance with their section of the road to contact him and he would be willing to gather others to help. The roads need to be maintained by everyone...don't assume an issue will be resolved by someone else. Since funds are always limited, individual property owners taking care of the roads in their area is how this all works.
We also encourage any member that has a comment about, or submission to, this webpage to contact the Webmaster, Barb Manrow, and she will be happy post any pictures or articles that you would like to share.
WAEPOA is a great place to live and to play and we are fortunate to own a little piece of this heaven. Enjoy all that the area has to offer!

Jump Start

It appears that some of our neighbors have gotten their "nests" all ready for the new season here in the North Woods...how about you?