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VOL. 30 NO. 1 FAX 561-624-9088 • E-MAIL canpga@yahoo.com JANUARY 2020

PGA POA Jottings

By Dawn Levinstein such a well-organized and coordinated operation. Thank don’t want to give everything away but at the end of the
Only three things to you to all who made the event a success. We look forward meeting in addition to the Honda Classic ticket drawing,
discuss this month: to doing it again next year. the Board will be having a separate drawing for prizes.
You must attend the meeting and be present for the
First – The Joy Drive Second – The Annual Meeting drawing in order to win.
(Toy Drive) You should have received the meeting notice and
Last month I challenged balloting information for the PGA POA Annual Meeting Last But Not Least – A Special Message To All Owners
everyone to beat the being held on Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 6 p.m. in the Masters One of the things that make PGA National such a
POA staff in filling up Ballroom at the PGA National Resort. great place is the people who live here; an example is
box in the POA lobby for It is important that every property owner take the time evident in my opening paragraph of this article. The POA
the City of Palm Beach to vote. It only takes a moment to send in your ballot but office has a staff of only four and while we are often the
Gardens’ annual toy drive. sadly, only a little over 25 percent of the owners typically big meanies who send you reminders when something
Congratulations to Eagleton Estates HOA who had the cast their ballot. There are nine members of the PGA POA needs attention at your home or in your community, the
clever idea of asking owners attending their holiday Board of Governors and this year, owners will be electing property owners always step up and address the items
party to bring a new unwrapped toy. You Guys Rock! five Board members who will serve a two year term. If right away. When we put out the call for assistance, you
The generosity of not only Eagleton Estates but of all you have any questions about the voting procedure, just step up and help out and we appreciate your cooperation
the PGA National residents certainly made the holidays call the POA office, (561) 627-2800, and we will be happy and understanding. As we all start a New Year, we wanted
special for some well deserving young people in the area. to assist. to take the opportunity to say thanks for making our jobs
Lori Moody and I also had the opportunity to help out The secret is that this will be the 40th Annual meeting easier and for all you do to keep PGA National looking
with the wrapping and I have to tell you the Palm Beach of the PGA Property Owners Association. PGA National good (even after 40 years) and for making this a great
Gardens staff who coordinate this massive undertaking has come a long way in the past 40 years and the Board place to live.
do a fantastic job. It is a lot of work but I’ve never seen of Governors has decided to recognize this milestone. I Wishing all of you a Very Happy and Healthy New Year!
Commissioner’s Update

Let Your Resolutions of seven Solid Waste Authority (SWA) Home Chemical and more than $100,000 was shared with municipalities from

Include Recycling Recycling Centers. For North County, the closest facilities Tequesta to Boca Raton. Last year, county residents placed
are:
more than 90,000 tons of recyclables in their blue and yellow
North County Transfer Station, 14185 N. Military bins. That’s more than 180 million pounds of recyclable
By Commissioner Trail (SWA Road) Jupiter waste that would have otherwise been trashed.
Hal Valeche Open Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday from The SWA has adapted to fluctuations in the recyclables
I hope your holidays 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. market. By employing a dual stream or two-bin system and
have been great. Once the West Palm Beach Home Chemical and Recycling separating recyclables, we can process more materials that
decorations are taken down, Center, 6161 N. Jog Road, West Palm Beach are preferred domestically and abroad. Additionally, mixed
the gift-wrap and boxes are Monday to Saturday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. plastics and mixed bales of paper not acceptable on the
ready to be tossed, and your Components of items collected at the transfer stations market can be burned at our waste-to-energy facilities where
new appliances and data are reused when possible. By recycling electronics, you can it is converted into electricity and sold to Florida Power &
devices replace the old that help protect the health of your community and environment, Light Co.
will be discarded, please and reduce the pollution created and energy needed to make Your efforts to recycle are greatly appreciated and so
remember to recycle. new products. important to sustaining a healthy and thriving environment.
While our household The transfer stations and recycling centers also accept all If you’d like more information, go to the SWA.org website,
recycling efforts usually focus on glass bottles, aluminum types of household hazardous waste. or contact me at (561) 355-2201, or by email at hvaleche@
cans, newspaper and cardboard, you should also know that As another option, many big box stores and larger pbcgov.org. My staff and I are happy to assist you.
old or outdated electronic devices could be recycled, rather retail chains accept certain
than collecting dust in your garage or attic. Accepted items materials like rechargeable
include: batteries, used oil, cell Happy New Year!
• Audio/visual equipment such as VCRs and stereos phones and electronics. Use
• Cell phones and rechargeable batteries the Where to Recycle feature
• Computer CPUs and laptops, monitors, keyboards, on the Earth 911 website to
mouse devices, printers and scanners find additional sites near
• Televisions you.
• Phones and fax machines SWA shares recycling
• Holiday lights revenues with the cities it
Palm Beach County residents can bring these items to any serves. In fiscal year 2019,