Lee-A-Gram - Lee Graham Pool

Lee Graham Pool
March 2015…
Lee-A-Gram
P.O. Box 584 Falls Church, VA 22040 (703) 237-2468
Facility Opens May 23, 2015
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
Message from our
Board
2
Swim Team News 3
Dive Team News
3
Tennis News
3
Water Polo News
4
Employment
Opportunities
4
Community Room
Use
4
Spring Cleanup
2015
4
Summer is around the
corner! Please check our
website www.lgpool.org for
the latest information. When
you visit the website, be sure
to register your email
address to receive the most
up-to-date news!
The website includes
membership information, the
application for summer
employment, tennis
information, swim and dive
team calendars, want to sell
information, dues
information, the rental
contract for the community
room use and much more.
The website is updated
continuously with current
information.
If you wish to sell your
membership, please go to
the Membership link on the
website and click on
”Instructions for Buying or
Selling A Membership.”
Please note that only the
“certificate holder” listed on
the membership certificate is
authorized to sell the
membership. Please contact
the corporate administrators
if you have any questions.
To keep your membership
current, please complete
both sides of the entrance
card you receive by mail and
return the card along with
your dues payment. If you
use an online check writing
service, you still need to
return your card.
Please join us for the Spring
Cleanup on April 25th from
9:00 am to 1:00 pm to have
your maintenance fee of $50
waived for 2016.
Picture day will be held on April
th
25 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm. Lee
Graham requires that all family
members have a photo in the
system.
Please see page 4 for more
details!
2015 Dues Information
Guest Passes are
available at the
front desk $6 each or 5/$25
Anyone not
registered as part
of a membership
must have a guest
pass.
Dues information is
included in the mailing.
Envelopes containing
dues checks must be
postmarked by May 1 to
avoid a late payment fee.
Payments postmarked May
2 - May 22 should include a
$40 late fee.
Payments postmarked May
23 or later, please add the
late fee of $80.
Memberships with dues
unpaid as of May 23 will be
delinquent for the 2015
season. Delinquent
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memberships may not be
used, sold or transferred until
the dues are brought current.
To terminate your
membership, please
complete the form located on
the website under
Membership and mail it to
the Post Office Box or email
the corporate manager.
If you have any questions
about your membership,
please contact the corporate
manager at mgr@lgpool.org.
Can’t remember your
membership number?
It’s on the address label of
the mailing.
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A Message from Our Board: Summer LG Style
Lee Graham Summer of 2015 –
Here Comes the Sun!
Officers
President
Tim Aubry
Vice President
David Redding
Treasurer
Dave Cleary
Secretary
Kim Langer
Past President
Sue Earman
Board of
Directors
2013-2015
Mike Cook
Donna Gibson
Bill Potts
Sandy Reinfurt
Steve Schmitt
2014-2016
Dan Butler
Patrick Fry
John Ice
Bill Kilgallin
Steve McLaughlin
The Board is busy getting ready to
start another great summer at Lee
Graham. The pools are still covered
and frozen, but the teams are
meeting and coordinating
calendars. It won’t be long before
swimming, diving, tennis, and water
polo are all in full swing. All of this
activity goes along with lap
swimming, cooking out and
enjoying the endless days of
summer at Lee Graham.
Aided by the boundless energy of
Mike Cook, the Board has been
busy this winter trying to make
things perfect for this season. Mike
just received the last shipment of
our lawn furniture from the supplier.
With this last shipment, all of our
strapped lawn furniture has been
completely replaced or refurbished
over the past three years. Mike is
ordering new tables, umbrellas, and
stands so the facility will look as
impressive as ever. One additional
wintertime improvement is the
installation of some really nice
natural gas grills. Thanks to Mike’s
hard work we will no longer be
hampered by propane tanks, at
least for our main grilling area just
off the patio! The grills are a nice
improvement. Please enjoy and
take care of the new grills!
This year we are going to put more
of an emphasis on food being kept
and eaten on the patio. With that in
mind, the tables on the patio will be
reserved for people who are there
to eat. All too often folks leave their
belongings on a table and go off to
enjoy the pools or tennis courts. If
you are not actively eating, we ask
that you remove your belongings
from the patio tables so that others
can use them to eat. Please be
courteous and share the patio
tables this summer.
The Board meets throughout the
year. At our annual meeting in
September, we had several
volunteers offer ideas to improve
our communications. They are
setting up a “Member’s Only”
Facebook page and Twitter feed.
Please look for more details as we
get closer to Opening Day so you
can keep up with the latest at Lee
Graham. We will of course
maintain the website and continue
our mailed newsletters for those
who are not plugged into the
Internet.
Our swim, dive, tennis, and water
polo teams are all gearing up for
an exciting season. Our Dolphins
will be in competitive divisions
where the kids can learn and grow
together in the spirit that is Lee
Graham. More information is
included below from our team
representatives, Alice Mar for
swimming and Peggy DiScipio for
diving. We will also have our first
official competitive LG tennis team
this year. Christian Canepa will
head up all of our tennis activities.
Look for details on the tennis team
and all of the tennis events for kids
and adults on our website and at
the registration day. There will be
plenty of opportunities for young
and old alike to get involved in
tennis this season. We are also
excited that water polo will be
returning to Lee Graham. Board
member and water polo
enthusiast, Patrick Fry, will run
water polo for the kids again this
year. It will be a packed season for
everyone to enjoy.
We are also planning some social
events for the entire membership
this summer. What is now the
Annual Pig Roast will be back,
hopefully in July or August. We are
looking to add more events to the
Summer Calendar including movie
nights, splash dances, and
anything that we can get folks to
help organize. If you have ideas, or
just want to help out, please reach
out and we’ll get things on the
Calendar.
Our facilities at Lee Graham
continue to be some of the finest in
the area. Our membership fees are
competitive and are on the low
side compared to many clubs in
Northern Virginia. We have kept
the dues stable while still making
some improvements to our
facilities. As our fabulous
clubhouse reaches 15 years old, it
is starting to show some wear. We
know we have some minor and
major issues that will need to be
addressed. We are working with
our great facilities team of Bill
Kilgallin, Bill Potts, and Curt Nette,
to address the needs in stride.
Please consider coming out to our
annual Clean Up Day on April 25th
to help spruce up the facility. Also,
remember that this is your club
and it takes all of us to pick up and
clean up all summer long to keep it
looking its very best.
As we get ready for summer,
please stop by after the clean up to
have your picture taken or updated
for our entry system. With the help
of our corporate administrators,
Ann Cook and Melissa Marr, the
opening of the 2015 season will go
well. Please reach out to them if
you have any questions regarding
your membership or reserving the
clubhouse or pine tree area.
Looking forward to a great season
with help from everyone in the LG
community. Thanks for being a
part of it!
The Lee Graham Board of
Directors
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Swim Team News
Welcome Back Dolphins!
Summer 2015 is almost here and it’s
time to start thinking about swim
team! We have a great season of
swimming ahead of us. We are
thrilled to have Coach Mike Cook
returning as our head coach and
Kristi Niklason, Sydney Langer and
Christie DeFlumeri returning as
assistant coaches. The Dolphins will
be competing in Division 4 of the
NVSL this summer. Our first A meet
will be on June 20th and the season
wraps up with All Stars on August 1st.
The LG swim team is open to all pool
members age 18 and under and is
an excellent opportunity to
strengthen swimming skills, learn
good sportsmanship, be part of a
team, make new friends and have a
ton of fun. We have a Mini-Dolphin
developmental group for our
youngest members who are also
part of the team.
Registration day for the swim, dive,
tennis and water polo teams will be
May 16th from 4-6pm. The
registration form will be available
soon and will be posted on our team
page of the pool website. Stay
tuned for practice times and more
information about meets and social
events.
Contact Alice Mar at achjs@juno.com with questions about the
swim team or to have your name added to the swim team email
list.
Thanks and see you soon!
Swim Team Contacts:
Alice Mar (Team Rep) acjhs@juno.com
Melissa Marr (Asst. Team Rep) sixmarrfamily@yahoo.com
Ciaran Lusick (B Meet Rep) calusick@verizon.net
Dive Team News
There will also be special social activities planned for dive team members of all ages during
the summer including (but not limited to) our team family BBQ, B-meet ice cream social,
outdoor movie night, and our end-of-season Awards Night party. Lee Graham has one of the
largest dive teams in NVSL and we don’t expect things to change in that respect in 2015. As
always, we will need all the help we can get from our parent volunteers, so please contact
any of the dive reps below if you can lend a hand this summer.
It’s time to start getting excited about summer
and the 2015 Dive Season at Lee Graham.
The Diving Dolphins will be competing in
Division 1 again this year with A-meets against:
Mansion House, Sideburn Run, Truro, Dunn
Loring and Overlee. We are also planning three
fun B-meets so that all of our divers can get in
on the action. Practices kick off just after
Memorial Day and the first A-meet will be on
June 23. Our season runs all through July and
ends with All Stars in early August.
Remember to check the Lee Graham Dive Team web page for updates before the season
starts. Practice times, dates for the meets, dive activities, planning meetings, and contact
information will be posted. The link to the dive team registration form will be available on the
dive team web page as well. Be sure to register early to help us plan for the season, and to
receive your early registration discount. If you are not a member of the dive team list serve,
please contact Peggy or Scott at the email addresses below and we will be happy to add you.
The registration kick-off event for the dive, swim, tennis and water polo teams will be
on Saturday, May 16 from 4 - 6 p.m.
The Lee Graham Dive Team Reps
Peggy DiScipio peggy.discipio@gmail.com
Scott Friedman friedBman.scott@gmail.com
Tennis News
Did you know that Lee Graham now has a Youth Tennis Team? That’s right. After
several years of solid growth, this year LG plans on joining the Tyson’s Cup League as an
official team. These are all pretty local teams and we plan on playing home and away
matches during the season. We have been able to build the tennis program and form a team
due to growing member participation and thanks to our relationship with C.O.R.E. Sports and
Coach Chris Canepa. This year marks the fifth year together with C.O.R.E. and Coach Chris.
In addition to organized team league play this year, our program also now has a Team
Representative, pool member David Redding. David will serve as the main point of contact for
information and coordination for team members.
More Activities Coming! Do you want more clinics or lessons for your kids? Be sure to
check out the flyers on the Tennis bulletin board at the Club. Also, the tennis shack has a
basket of balls, rollers and a ball machine. Feel free to ask us how to access the shack.
We can always use volunteers to organize tennis activities! Be creative and let us know if
you have an idea! As a growing team, we are always looking for more youth players of all
ages and parent volunteers to join us on the courts.
Please stop by to talk with us at the Lee
Graham team registration day on Saturday, May
16 from 4-6pm. If you can’t join us that day,
contact David Redding at
reddingdavidjr@gmail.com with any questions.
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Water Polo News
Coach Patrick Fry is excited to be back for the second summer of Lee Graham Water Polo. The team is open to players age 9 to 19. Practices
will begin the first week after Memorial Day. We look forward to a rematch in the Players vs. Parents game. And Coach Patrick is hoping to set up
games against other teams this summer. Sign-up Day is May 16th from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. If you can’t attend, please see Coach Patrick before
any practice. Please contact Patrick at pfry@rocketmail.com with any questions. Come out and enjoy the FUN!
Employment Opportunities
If you’re interested in working at the Front Desk, Snack Bar or as a lifeguard, please fill out the application found on the website and email it to
mcpoolsinc@aol.com or mail it to LG Employment, P.O. Box 584, Falls Church, VA 22040.
You must be a member of the pool and 14 years old to work at the front desk or snack bar and 15 years old to be a lifeguard. If you are under the
age of 16, you must have a work permit. Spots are VERY LIMITED, so please send in your application
as early as possible.
Community Room Use
The Lin Lemon Community Room is available for a small rental fee. Please check the website for
more information, and contact the corporate administrator to reserve the room. Please note that
swim team and dive team activities take priority and that the room is not for children’s parties.
Information regarding pool
hours, lessons and
special activities will be
included in the May
newsletter.
Spring Cleanup – April 25, 2015
This year's spring cleanup will again be managed by Bill Kilgallin and Bill Potts. It will be held on April 25th, 2015 from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm. You
must sign up to be one of the 40 families who attend to obtain a waiver of maintenance fees for 2016. Waiver of maintenance fees will be
given only for those who sign up and are on the final roster sent to the corporate manager.
Listed below are the committees you can volunteer to help. Please email Bill Potts at wpotts@cox.net and identify 2 committees on which you want to
serve, indicate if you can serve as a team leader, and please provide your membership number with your reply.
Lobby Area/Guard Room: 4 volunteers. Please bring mops/brooms/sponges, etc.
Locker Rooms: 4 volunteers. Please bring mops/brooms/dustpan/sponges, etc.
Ceiling Fans/Air Vents/Light Covers: 2 volunteers.
Mulch Team: 8 volunteers. Please bring pitch forks/shovels/metal rakes (and strong backs!)
Pool Deck Area: 8 volunteers. Wash tables, chairs, and lounge chairs (a big job); please bring buckets, scrub brushes (on a pole to save your backs!)
Front Parking Lot: 5 volunteers. Raking/weeding/cleaning/mulching. Please bring weed-whacker, leaf blower, rakes, pitch forks, wheelbarrows,
brooms, etc.
Tennis Court Parking Lot: 5 volunteers. Raking/weeding/cleaning/mulching. Please bring weed-whacker, leaf blower, rakes, pitch forks, wheelbarrows,
brooms, etc.
Tennis Court: 2 volunteers. Please bring a push broom, weed-whacker and leaf blower.
Pond Road Area: 6 volunteers. Raking/weeding/cleaning/mulching. Please bring weed-whacker, leaf blower, rakes, pitch forks, wheelbarrows,
brooms, etc.
Your elbow grease and enthusiasm are appreciated!
Picture Day – April 25, 2015
We are having a “Picture Day” from 1 pm - 4 pm on Saturday, April 25th for those members who do not have a photo in the system or would like to
update their photo. Please note that it is required that all family members have a photo in the system, or they will be required to present a photo ID
when entering the facilities. Lee Graham is for the sole use of its members and their guests. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
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