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AUGUST 2018 * NEWSLETTER*
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MEET THE CANDIDATES
RUNNING FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
There are two positions for the Board of Directors open in
September, 2018. The following residents are running for these
two positions. Here are the biographies they submitted for your
consideration.
TONY CASTRO BIOGRAPHY
I am Tony Castro ( formal name Arthur A. (Tony) Castro) and I am asking for your support
in my candidacy for another term on the Board of Directors.
My residency in The Greens began in 2003 and I served for five years on the Swimming
Pool Committee, both as a worker and as Chairman, I understand how committees operate
and how committee ideas transform into the budge process to which the Board responds, I
have served three terms on the Board, three years as vice-president and three years as
President. I currently am the Board liaison for the Grounds and Swimming Pool Commit-
tees. I feel well equipped to represent the needs of our community.
I have gained a wealth of experience and knowledge of our Association’s financial invest-
ments and budget development and feel that I can adequately represent the best interest of
our homeowners. While I support keeping The Greens in excellent condition, my tendency
is to spend your money conservatively and to keep our HOA dues at the lowest rate possi-
ble. My previous experience as a Facility Manager in aerospace launch operation
equipped me in assessing organizational needs in operating and reserve budget allocations
as well as effective problem solving. I have learned significantly in my personal interac-
tions with Greens residents by listening to comments, observations and suggestions.
I feel that the experience and the corporate understanding that I have gained, in my years
as a Director, will be an asset in future applications as your representative. My continu-
ance will lend corporate knowledge to in-work programs. I continue to have a fresh moti-
vation to serve the needs of our community and to improve provided services, our security,
the aesthetics of our community and our financial stability.
I have lived in Bakersfield since 2003 and married Bonnie Casola in December 2015. We
have a wonderful group of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. We happily
live at 10000 Cinderella Ave.
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ROBERT (Bob) JOY
10004 Paradise Rose Street
BRIEF RESUME:
My wife Nancy & I are 6 years residents of The Greens. Since our retirements in 2017,
we have taken an active part in the management of The Greens. Nancy is chairperson of
the Clubhouse Committee and most recently on the Ridge Oak remodel committee. Dur-
ing last year, I have been Chief Financial Officer for The Greens.
I graduated from Washburn University and in 1978 I passed the CPA exam. Over the
last 40 years I have held various accounting and management positions including inter-
nal auditor for Tosco, controller at The Bakersfield Californian, the Ventura County
Star, Paramount Farms and National Farm workers Service Center. In the last 6 years
preceding my retirement, I was an accountant at CSUB in their auxiliary organizations.
During my career, I have been responsible for full accounting services, procedure and
program development, staff management, contract negotiations and banking relation-
ships. In retirement I enjoy travel, poker and all college sports.
Nancy & I have eight grandchildren that we like to spend time with.
JAYDEE MARTIN 2705 Legend Rose St
BRIEF RESUME:
I retired on May 4th, 2018. I was previously Vice-President of Sales
North & South America for APL (American President Line), the 4th larg-
est Ocean Container Carrier in the world. Prior to that, I was Vice
President Sales for Tiger Cool Express and prior to that I was Vice
President Sales for Encompass Global Logistics. My career spanned 46
years in the global transportation industry.
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ANDY PEDERSON
RESUME Education: :
BS, Finance
University of Arizona
Work Experience:
I worked as a banker for 46 years including:
Wells Fargo - Regional Vice President, Kern County Regional Commer-
cial Banking Office, I was responsible for the commercial and agribusi-
ness loans in Kern County.
Rabobank - Senior Vice President and Area Manager for all agribusiness
in the Southern San Joaquin Valley.
Personal:
I have served on the boards of many non profits over the years including
being Chairman of the Board for the Friends of Mercy Foundation, Kern
Ag Foundation, and the Lexington Classics HOA in Seven Oaks.
Married to Linda for 45 years with two children, Kim is an attorney in
San Jose and Scott works for Raytheon in Tucson.
We moved to the Greens in 2015, retired in 2016 and enjoy the social life
and high quality of the residents.
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GRAND RE-OPENING OF THE RIDGE OAK CLUBHOUSE
June 24, 2018
The Remodel Committee
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Our Next Duplicate Bridge
August 6th
Ridge Oak Clubhouse
12:30 pm
Arrive by 12:25, so we can begin
play promptly at 12:30.
Confirm your reservation by
Monday, July 30th to Carol Horan
at 663-3509 or email at
[email protected] or to Mary
Ann McGarrah at 412-7644 or
JULY WINNERS
North - South
First Place: Marlyn & Diane
Second Place: Gerri & JoAnn
East - West
First Place: Marie & Dale
Second Place: Suzee & Laurie
We encourage and welcome all single
ladies, and all new single residents in
The Greens to join our Gadabouts
Luncheon get together. This is a good
way to meet your neighbors.
Tuesday, August 14th
at
11:30 am
RSVP: by August 10th.
to
Sondra Sweeney 664-1826
or
Rita Roberts 805-3650
Come Join Us
At the Market Place
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The book selected for the August 18th meeting in the R/O Library at 1
pm is “The Boys in the Boat” by Daniel James Brown.
September’s book is “Killers of the Flower Moon” by David Grann.
October’s book is “Before We Were Yours” by Lisa Wingate.
November’s book is “Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee.
December’s book is “Brooklyn” by Colm Toibin.
Please join us for a lively discussion,
new members are always welcome!!
Board of Directors Meeting
Tuesday, September 11th, at 4 p.m.
White Oak Clubhouse
All residents are invited to attend
All Articles for the Newsletter
are due by the 21th of every month.
e-mail to: [email protected]
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DAN & LENA ATKINS: They are 30 years residents of Bakersfield.
Lena is originally from Amsterdam and Dan is a retired banker. They
have a daughter and 3 grandchildren who all live in Alabama. They have
downsized from a larger home in Stockdale Estates to their new home on
Secret Rose St. Both enjoy golf and have been members of Stockdale
Country Club for many years.
ROGER & LINDA GRIESS- Linda was born & raised in Bakersfield and
Roger is part of a pioneer farming and ranching family from Sacramento.
They moved to Bakersfield in 1993 for Roger’s career in the agricultural
industry. They have been married for 27 years and have no children.
They moved into The Greens in 2017 after purchasing the home of
Linda’s mother on Dutch Iris Dr. Both are currently working, Roger as a
Consultant in the ag business and Linda as a Communications Strategist/
Executive Speechwriter. They enjoy tennis, river kayaking, snow skiing,
travel, entertaining and meeting new friends in The Greens.
EVELYN YOUNG & JACK UNVERFERTH: They will split their time
between The Greens and Yuma, AZ where Jack has a home. They are get-
ting settled into their home on Artistry Rose Ct. Evelyn has a son who
lives in Bakersfield. Their interests include cards, dancing & swimming
and visiting with friends.
Interested in any of the activities in our calen-
dar? We welcome everyone, come meet some of our
fun and welcoming residents. The calendar offers
different type of exercise classes, Yoga, TaiChi,
Zumba, Water Aerobics, indoor exercise, line dancing,
and then there are some of our Card games- Canasta,
Bridge, Texas Hold’em, or Bunco, as well as book
club and a genealogy class.
SECOND CUP MEN’S
COFFEE MEETS
Join us for Donuts Saturday at
7am @ R/O
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COME JOIN THE GREENS
MEN’S CLUB FOR THEIR
PANCAKE BREAKFAST
September 8th, 2018
8 - 10 a.m.
at
WHITE OAK CLUB HOUSE
Please RSVP by: September 5th.
Or
661-665-0003
Pancakes, Fresh Fruit, Sausage, Orange Juice,
Irish Cream Coffee, Coffee and Mimosas
will be serve.
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The Men’s Club wishes to extend an invitation to all male residents of
GREENS to check out the club to see if you have an interest in joining.
We meet every day for coffee between 6:30 - 8:00 AM Monday thru Fri-
day and 7:00 – 8:30 AM on Saturday.
We are planning the following events:
The Men’s Club will meet for Breakfast on Saturday (August 18th) at
Black Bear Restaurant on California Avenue. Car pools will leave
White Oak Clubhouse at 7:00 AM.
Men’s Club is planning a Pancake Breakfast at the White Oak Club-
house between 8:00 – 10:00AM in September 18th. All residents
and their friends and family members are welcome.
Men’s Club did help distribute the New GREENS Telephone Direc-
tory last month.
We are planning new trips for all residents in the GREENS, please
join us on any Saturday to give us your suggestions or call Rex
Morton at 661-633-7940.
To keep informed about the coming Men’s Club activities,
complete the form located on the desk in the library.
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A Note From Your Board
Larry E, Reider, President-Greens Board of Directors
Dear Greens Homeowner,
August is here, and with it comes our heat. The heat oftentimes means we spend more time indoors,
and get our outdoor activities completed in the early morning when it is (hopefully) cooler.
If it’s any consolation, according to a local weather column, our average temperature starts dropping
(slightly) between July 26 and July 29 in a “normal” year. However as we all know, weather fore-
casters are not 100% accurate, and our weather is not always “normal”!
August will bring us our Annual Candidates Night on August 21 at our White Oak Clubhouse at
4:00 PM. We have four candidates running for two seats and this will be your opportunity to hear
from all four candidates. Please try to attend.
The ballots for this election will be mailed out, on or about August 20. Please vote for your pre-
ferred candidates, and please remember cumulative voting is not allowed. Having your vote counted
is important to meet our quorum requirement. If we don’t meet our quorum requirement we must
hold another election at an added cost. The ballots will be counted at out Annual Meeting to be held
on September 11 at White Oak. Please attend.
Please note the ballots for our Greens board will be green in color this year. I mention this since you
should have by now received white ballots for the Seven Oaks Board. Since The Greens are a part
of Seven Oaks, we vote for the Seven Oaks Board as well as our own Greens Board. Please remem-
ber the green ballots are for our Greens board and the white ballots are the Seven Oaks Board.
At the July Board meeting, some of the actions your board took included:
Approved the 2019 Reserve Study for The Greens.
Approved re-keying our clubhouses, so the clubhouse key you currently use will work on all
clubhouse locks, including the pool gates.
Approved lighting for the pergola by the pool at White Oak. This allows us to hold more, and
safer social activities when the weather permits.
Approved the installation of tree guards around the newly planted trees on the south end of the
Greens. We have found that gardeners “weed whackers” have damaged the new border
trees, and the tree guards are necessary to protect our investment in the new trees.
Took action to stop the monthly street sweeping. It was determined that the street sweeping did
not help our standing water issues, which was why the street sweeping was reinstated. While
many of us, myself included, liked having the Magnolia leaves picked for at least one day by
the street sweepers, it did not help the standing water issue and was not a good use of our
funds. Please know are committed to continue to find ways to mitigate our standing water
issues we face in our community-sooner rather than later.
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HCO#154700009
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Larry Reider, President, Tony Castro, Mike McCoy, Ann Young.
Bob Joy, Chief Financial Officer
THE GREENS AT SEVEN OAKS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION
Contact information for Board members along with Kelly Management can be found in the Greens
Telephone Directory and in the Member Area of the community website
(www.thegreensatsevenoaks.org) Contact Webmaster at ([email protected]).
PERSONAL NOTE
All articles need to be sent by e-mail to Zenaida Mansoor at ([email protected]).
NEWSLETTER ADVERTISING
Residents: sale or wanted of personal items, place ad and $5.00 each ad in box in library at White Oak
Clubhouse by the 18th of the month.
BUSINESS ADVERTISING
(Newsletter & our Website)
Residents and Non-Residents: (Business Card, 1/4. 1/2, or full page available),
For more information, contact [email protected]
CLUBHOUSE RESERVATIONS
Please send your questions, comments or concerns to
Kelly Management for distribution to the Board members.
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MONTHLY EVENTS AT THE CLUBHOUSE
BOOK CLUB
3rd.Thursday of every month 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Ridge Oak, Ellen Sozutek, 412-4474
BRIDGE
Wednesday, 9:30-11:30 am, Ridge Oak, Carol Horan 663-3509.
2nd & 4th Friday, 1:00-4:00 pm
Ridge Oak, Wayne Lubke, 664-7714
Duplicate 1st Monday, every month 12:30-4:00 pm
Ridge Oak, Carol Horan,663-2509 or
Mary Ann McGarrah, 412-7644
Intermediate 1st and 3rd Thursday, 6:30-9:00 pm
Ridge Oak, Mary Ann McGarrah, 412-7644
BUNCO
2ND Monday, 7:00-9:00 pm, Ridge Oak
Mary Hendrix, 665-8083 or Nancy Martinez, 663-0529
4th Monday, 1:00 to 3:00 pm, Ridge Oak
Ruth Venerable 644-7267 or Mary Knight 665-0036
2nd Thursday, 5:30 pm Potluck 6:30 pm Bunco
Ridge Oak, Ann Young 331-7800
CANASTA
Wednesday, 1:00-4:00 pm
Ridge Oak, Wayne Lubke, 664-7714
DIVOTS:
Tuesday & Thursday morning golf, Riverlakes Ranch Golf
Course, open to men golfers, Tony Castro, 665-8425
GENEALOGY CLASS
Every Wednesday 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Ridge Oak, Regina Spiszman, 654-8876
INDOOR EXERCISE
Tuesday, Thursday, 10:00-11:00 am
White Oak, Fran Fuhrmark, 663-0785
LINE DANCE
Intermediate Class,
Friday, 10:00 - 11:30 am
White Oak, Bonnie Castro, 665-8425
TEXAS HOLD’EM POKER
Every Thursday, 1:00-4:00 pm
White Oak, Rodney Knight 665-0036
TAI CHI
Advanced Tai Chi Class Friday, 11:30 - 1pm. White Oak, Jenny Lai 663-0182
Tuesday, Thursday, & Saturday 8:30-9:30 am
White Oak, Wayne Lubke, 664-7714
WATER AEROBICS
Tuesday, Thursday, & Saturday 9:30 - 10:30am White Oak Pool.
Monica Archer, 319-5066 or Randi Zielke (810)919-3536,
Coordinators
YOGA
Monday, 8:30 - 9:45 am
White Oak, Paul Van Metre, 654-0860
ZUMBA DANCE CLASS
Wednesday, & Friday, 8:30-9:45 am
White Oak, Paul Van Metre, 654-0860
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
CLUBHOUSE COMMITTEE
3rd Monday every month 2 pm
Ridge Oak, Nancy Joy, 664-9883
SOCIAL COMMITTEE
2nd Monday, 3 pm
Ridge Oak, Mary Anne King, 665-2951
GROUNDS COMMITTEE
2nd Tuesday every month, 10:00 am
White Oak, Steve Escobar, 665-0003
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
1st. Thursday monthly, 9 am
PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE OF OTHER
RESIDENTS AND VACATE THE
CLUBHOUSE WHEN YOUR ACTIVITY IS
OVER.
SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT WANT TO USE
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AUGUST 2018
