Oakmont’s Semimonthly Newspaper
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State of OVA; Community Awards
With a goal of “re-establishing civility” throughout the Oakmont community, the OVA board has “managed to sustain courteous, sincere engagement with our membership,” outgoing Board President Tom Kendrick told the 56th annual meeting of the Oakmont Village Association April 4 at Berger Center. In his State of the Association message, Kendrick said all the board members had worked very hard to achieve the goal, “particularly on listening to people and respecting what they have to say.” He noted that the board has stopped imposing time limits to cut off people during the open forum portion of meetings or other discussions so members can share what’s on their minds.
BERGER FUTURE
Kendrick noted the ongoing projects to improve Berger Center and enhance the building’s value “well into the future.” He also noted significant improvements at the West Rec. Center, adding that it will reopen soon after repairs to damage from a defective fire sprinkler head. The golf courses, he said, are operating well and CourseCo, OVA’s lease partner, continues to enhance the services and activities it offers. In the interest of transparency, he said, whenever possible the board has conducted all board business during the monthly open meetings and “whenever we have approved spending OVA money, the board has done so before the membership.” In addition, the board provides members a packet containing details of business it will consider. And all board meetings are now live-streamed so more members can participate in them. “All these changes,” he said, “have enhanced visibility and community awareness.” The annual meeting also featured recognition of the contributions of volunteers to every aspect of life in Oakmont.
SERVICE AWARDS
Alan McLintock received the Susan C. Millar Volunteer-of-the-Year award. Bob Chapman, president of the Oakmont Community Foundation, said McLintock had gone “above and beyond” in his contributions to Oakmont. He said McLintock would be asked to name the recipient of a $1,000 foundation grant in honor of Millar, a long-time Oakmont volunteer who headed the foundation. Millar died in 2018. In addition to his contributions to many other OVA committees and activities, Kendrick said, McLintock was chairman of the Golf Course Advisory Committee, acting as liaison with the lease partners at CourseCo, which operates the Oakmont golf courses.
He helped set up the Oakmont Village Property Corp. and serves as one of five directors managing the assets and overall OVPC finances. Steve Spanier, former president of the OVA board which engineered the purchase of the Oakmont golf courses, received the Community Service Volunteer-of-the-Year Award in recognition of his tireless efforts in the golf course purchases and in keeping his campaign promise to restore civility to the board. Spanier, who stepped down from the board last year for family reasons, said it has been his “greatest privilege” to serve the community. Director Heidi Klyn noted the retirement of Brad Moore, who served 27 years in OVA’s Maintenance Department. Klyn said Moore “was always there for us” solving problems and “will be greatly missed.” Moore thanked OVA for the opportunity, adding “It’s been a pleasure working here.”
Covid Booster Shots Here
April 9, 2022 • Volume 60, Number 7
OVA Board Election Results
(Four top vote-getters receive 2-year terms)
Jeff Neuman—1,255 Jess Marzak—1,107 Marianne Neufeld—1,087 Iris Harrell—1,057 Ken Smith—802 Wayne VanBockern—758
Harrell, Neufeld, Neuman Elected to OVA Board
nAl Haggerty
Iris Harrell, Marianne Neufeld and Jeff Neuman were newly elected and Jeff Marzak was re-elected to the Oakmont Village Board of Directors, according to results released April 4.
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Second booster vaccinations for Covid-19 will be given in Oakmont on two days this month at clinics set up by the county health department and OVA. Meanwhile, a requirement that masks be worn inside OVA facilities remains in effect through Friday, April 15 as a measure to limit spread of the disease. The Centers for Disease Control on March 29 approved second booster doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for people over 50 who had their initial booster dose at least four months earlier, and for immunocompromised persons. The Oakmont vaccination clinics will be on consecutive Fridays, April 22 and 29, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. both days. The clinics are operated by Safeway pharmacists working with the health department. Staffing will include retired and still working nurses from Oakmont, said OVA Director Heidi Klynn, who arranged for the clinics. The clinics are walk-in with no appointment required, however people should bring with them a completed form. To complete the form, go online to: http://www.mhealthsystem.com/Oakmont In addition to previous vaccination clinics, there have been three Covid test clinics here. At the first, which followed a Booster Club event in the Berger Center, 84 people were tested with 23 testing positive for Covid. The second and third clinics tested 78 and 68 people, with no positive results, Klynn said.
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Iris Harrell
Jeff Marzak
Jeff Neuman
Marianne Neufeld
The election outcome was announced at a livestreamed organizational meeting. The new board then elected Marzak, president; Mark Randol, vice president; Harrell, secretary, and Elke Strunka to continue as treasurer. The treasurer does not have to be a board member. Heidi Klyn, Jeff Young and Randol remain on the board. Neufeld served previously on the board for three years. Neuman received the most votes, 1,255, followed by Marzak. 1,107; Neufeld, 1,087, and Harrell, 1,057. The total vote count was 1,674, representing 52% of Oakmont residents.
Next Junk the Junipers April 20–26 nNews Staff Report
A second week of Junk the Junipers is set for April 20–26, giving Oakmont members an opportunity to clear properties of See junipers on page 3