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VOL. 32 NO. 9 FAX 561-624-9088 • E-MAIL canpga@yahoo.com SEPTEMBER 2022

PGA/POA Jottings

By Dawn Levinstein, ASSESSMENT REMINDERS replaced. It will take some time for the plants to grow in so the
PGA POA The annual assessment to PGA POA was due on July 1st. Per PGA is clear but they are coming along nicely! The landscape
BARE FACTS the Declaration of Covenants, interest (1.5 percent per month) lighting at the Northlake entry has been updated and the main
You should have received begins accruing at the end of July and is posted on the last day of entry landscape lighting will be complete soon.
a text or email (or both) from each month until the account is current. Because the governing Regarding your PGA POA/Lang staff, please welcome
the PGA POA office to let you documents indicate unpaid accounts shall bear interest (rather DeAnna Thomas. She has assumed responsibilities for the
know a black bear was seen in than may bear interest) the Board cannot waive these penalties. front desk and processing all leases and sales. Lauren Utting
the Glengary community during The reminder notices have been mailed so if you received a notice who held this position for the past ten years is working part
the night of August 18th. The or if you have any questions regarding whether you paid the time as an admin assistant along with JoAnn Polimeni who
Florida Fish & Wildlife (“FWC”) annual assessment, please call the POA staff at (561) 627-2800. will celebrate her 5th year at PGA POA on January 1st. Most of
offices were alerted and their STORMY WEATHER you know Lori Moody (the ARC/Compliance Administrator)
representative said bears can travel up to 20 miles in a day (I Remember that this time of year we don’t use the “H” who has been part of the team for 16 years. You’ve got a great
guess when you’re a big ‘ole bear, not much gets in your way word but I will instead refer to “storms”. September is usually team at the POA office and we’re here to help.
and you can travel unobstructed?). There have been no further the busiest month for those big storms to blow in so please A FINAL WORD ON FUN
sightings in PGA National but residents should use care outside. be sure you have made arrangements for someone to install/ We have all heard of the factory delays, shipping delays,
The term “hungry as a bear” isn’t just an expression – they are close your storm shutters. Plywood and bare metal panels may and every other delay “because of COVID”. I have reported
looking for food so be sure to place trash cans inside a garage if only be closed at the issuance of a Warning (not a Watch). the anticipated dates for the new playground equipment to
possible. Dumpster lids should be closed. If you have fruit trees Patio furniture and accessory items should be stored if you be installed per information provided by Miracle Recreation
in your yard (which the POA discourages) use even more caution. are an absentee owner or plan to travel between July 1st and Equipment and their local installer. As of the writing of this
If you see a bear, call the FWC Dispatch at (561) 357-4200. November 30th. If you plan to install a generator, impact glass article, the work on the playgrounds has STILL not started.
CONTACTING YOU windows or storm protection of any type, please remember A number of anticipated completion dates were shared in
The POA sends texts and/or emails to residents when there that POA ARC approval is needed. The Architectural Review good faith but, unfortunately, this is out of the POA’s control.
is an important matter you should be aware of. If you didn’t get Committee meets once per month so don’t wait to submit your The latest information received was that all equipment was
a communication regarding the bear sighting, we probably don’t application! Information regarding this procedure as well as expected to ship at the end of August so we are hopeful that
have your contact info. We respectfully suggest that you supply all POA rules can be found at www.pga-poa.com. the installation will be in September. I can only assure you that
the POA staff with your email address and cell phone number(s). AT THE POA OFFICE we are regularly following up and as soon as the equipment
To ensure we have your contact info, please go to www.pga-poa. The Communications Committee will be providing regular is installed, we will make the announcement. You’ll probably
com and print/complete the “Owner Information Form for Gate updates in this Newsletter beginning next month. In the see me playing on the slides because by the time it finally gets
Access” or email your name, PGA address, email address and interim, I am happy to report that the garden renovations at done; I will fully revert back to childhood. Your patience and
cell phone number to LaurenU@LangManagement.com and be Masters Park are underway and the plants that make the letters understanding are sincerely appreciated.
sure to note “for POA files”. ‘PGA’ under the flag poles (at the PGA main entry) have been Have a happy September!
Commissioner’s Update

Preserving The Past to civilizations 6,000 years bug damage. Parks and Recreation moved it several feet out of
To Enrich The Present old. Think of that: People a FEMA flood zone to ensure that if it sustained damage from
a storm, federal assistance would be available to rebuild it.
were living in Jupiter more
than 2,000 years before A team led by the Palm Beach County Archaeologist Chris
By Commissioner construction of the great Davenport and including anthropology interns from Florida
Maria Marino pyramids of Egypt. Atlantic University and resident volunteers is excavating
Did you know that the Recently, I visited a materials from a footer approximately 3 feet deep at the former
vast majority of historic sites dig at the Pineapple House site of the house. Material is carefully unearthed and filtered
and districts identified in the on land adjacent to the historic DuBois Pioneer Homestead. through water screens, revealing fragments of prehistoric
County Register of Historic Built in the 1880s, by Jupiter pioneer Harry DuBois who pottery, fish bones and shells.
Places is located in Northern farmed pineapples on a plot of land near present day U.S. 1,
Palm Beach County, with the house was either floated down the Loxahatchee River or Commissioner’s Update on page 2
several sites within and around dragged by oxen to what is
DuBois Park in Jupiter? This is now DuBois Park. He and his
part of the Jupiter Inlet Historic bride lived in the house while
and Archaeological Site, listed the main Pioneer Home was
in the National and County Registers of Historic Places. constructed.
DuBois is one of the most studied Native American sites The Pineapple House,
in Florida. Discoveries of artifacts, including prehistoric, now under renovation, had
fire-tempered pottery, and stone spearheads and knives trace deteriorated from salt rot and