Saturday, August 6th, from 7 to 11 a.m.

Heritage Greens pool parking lot

We need your help to keep harmful electronic waste out of our landfills.  Electronics contain toxic pollutants such as lead, mercury and cadmium among others. Electronics that are dumped in the trash often end up in landfills, where these substances can leach into the groundwater and soil. Research estimates that electronic waste accounts for 80 percent of American's toxic garbage and is growing exponentially. Join us in making a positive impact by dropping off your unwanted electronics and help keep our community beautiful.  

A full list of acceptable electronic items is below. There will be a recycling fee for CRT Monitors and TV's. Checks can be made out to Luminous Recycling. All other acceptable items are free to recycle. Hard drives are destroyed to ensure that Client data is fully protected.

Acceptable Electronics 

CPUs, Camcorders, Monitors ($10 per unit), Compact Disc Players, Keyboards, DVD Players, Mice, Electronic Games, Hard Drives, TV's ($20 per unit), Laptops, Radios, Mainframe Computers, Remote Controls, Modems, Tape Players, PDAs, Stereos, Servers, Two-Way Radios, Network Switches, VCRs, Toner Cartridges (Laser/Ink), Handsets, Copiers, Cell Phones, Duplicators, Fax Machines, Electric Typewriters, Pagers, Printers, Answering Machines, Printed Circuit Board, Telephone Systems, Scanners, Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS), Word Processors. Items not listed shall be approved on a case by case basis.

About the recycler: Luminous Recycling will handle the disposition of all classes of materials identified and may remarket and recycle such systems, subsystems, components and materials. Luminous Recycling's goal is to landfill less than 1% of all received material.  

Special Thanks to Tim Morton of Luminous Recycling for helping us set this up and Holly Malcolm for sponsoring this event.

Holly Malcolm, Broker Associate

Hume & Company

303-808-8682

hollymalcolm@comcast.net       

Free Day   

Thursday August 18  

Put items you want to get rid of at the end of your driveway with a "FREE" sign. If it doesn't disappear on the 18th, it may during the garage sale. 

 Neighborhood Garage Sale  

Friday Aug. 19, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. and  

Saturday Aug. 20, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.  

Community garage sales attract more buyers. Let someone else use the items you no longer want. All participants will receive a free garage sale sign delivered to their home.   

To participate, please write down your name, address and email and drop it along with your optional donation payable to HG HOA on or before August 14th to the home of Paula Johnson at 7177 S Cherry Court. Benefits Heritage Greens Swim and Tennis.   

If you would like Lupus Foundation to pick up any remaining unsold items on Sunday you must email hendrixtz@aol.com by August 12 noon with your address. Please put "garage sale" in the subject line.

Sponsored by Anne Dresser Kocur, Fuller Sotheby's International Realty. Call her with questions at 303.229.6464. 

Towel Recycling Event  

The last weekend the pool is open, we will be taking all of the unclaimed towels and any that you would like to drop off. Please put in a bag, marked "Towel Recycling." We gave over 50 towels to the Denver Rescue Mission from our July 4th collection.  Let's beat that! The DRM uses over a hundred towels a month with its residents.

Swimming Pool Update 

I can't believe I am writing this already-the last newsletter of the summer! We are coming into the last 5 weeks of using our great new facility. And from what I hear and see, everyone is enjoying it!

For those who are not daily users of the pool, yes the diving board is in and the wait seems to have been worth it. There is a steady line of all ages willing to test their will, balance and bravery all day long. Who knows, we may even have future national champions in the making! Given the popularity of the board, I want to re-iterate:

1. There is no swimming in the deep end while the board is open.
2. Please go straight off the board and swim to the side, then exit the pool at the ladders
3. There is no double bouncing on the board-offenders will be asked to leave.
4. The life guards are the law at the pool and are to be obeyed. They are only trying to make sure everyone has a safe and fun time while at the pool.

Regarding the outstanding issues around the pool area, we are still working on them-but the list has become very short. I am painfully aware of the swamp over near the deep end and we have filed a claim with the GC to get more effective drainage for that area. Again, I ask for your patience. We are exploring additional/alternative shade structures for the pool. Please be aware that the wind can kick up quickly and create potentially dangerous situations with the umbrellas. If you feel the wind starting to come in, please put them down as quickly as possible and secure the strings around them.

With school just around the corner, I am doing my best to keep the pool open for as many hours during the day as possible. Please keep up to date on the HG website for the hours of operation. Until then, unfortunately, we will be switching to school hours starting August 15th. The pool will open during week days starting at 3:00 pm and go until 8:00 pm. We will have regular hours, 11-8, on both Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting.

Lastly, please pass on my gratitude to all of the bike riders for properly storing their rides out of the way of the main entrance. It is great they, and you, are following the rules. Kudos to all of you!

Jeff Smith

Aquatics

Out of the Darkness 

My name Laurie Freeman and I have been a Heritage Greens resident for 21 years. In the last 15 months I have lost my 19 year old son Chris and my husband Tim to suicide. Suicide and mental illness touches everyone in some way or form. Suicide is a major national health problem that takes an enormous toll on family, friend co-workers and the entire community.

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is the only non-profit organization exclusively devoted to funding the research, education, and treatment programs needed to prevent suicide. 

This fall, more than 200 "Out of the Darkness" community walks will take place across the country. By supporting these walks, you will be joining forces with thousands of people nationwide to:

• Raise money to fund AFSP's vital programs to prevent suicide and save lives,
• Increase national awareness about depression and suicide
• Help create an AFSP presence throughout the country

I am walking to raise awareness of mental illness and suicide. I am a member of Team Freebirds - In Memory of Chris and Tim Freeman. My personal fundraising goal is $5000. I am asking everyone I can to support this worthwhile cause. Please consider making a donation in my name at www.OutOfTheDarkness.org or  by sending a donation by mail. I am chairing the committee for the Out of the Darkness Walk for Food and Drink. I am in need of donations in kind of water, power drinks, snacks etc.

The support that I have received from family, friends, support groups and strangers in the last year is the reason why I want to give back and to dedicate my time to helping others with this issue. If I can help just one person, it will be a worthwhile journey.

The South Metro Out of the Darkness Walk is on Saturday, September 10, 2011 at Highlands Ranch High School. Our goal is to have 1000 participants and raise $100,000.

Please consider donating to this worthy cause. If you have any questions, please contact me, Laurie Freeman at 720-841-4137 or @ tljcfreeman@live.com.

Thank you.

The 6th Annual Gator Golf Classic was another huge success. Thank you to all players, donors, supporters and volunteers. We could not have done it with out you.

Winners

• Men's Division: (Old 2 New Team) Todd Mercier, Matt Daugherty, Kelly Hollingshead & Brody Hall
• Women's Division: Holly Malcolm, Nancy Seavall, Debbie Lepetsos & Linda McDowell
• Closest to the Pin Contest: Mark Gritz (Sport Court Team)
• Longest Drive Contest: Brody Hall (Old 2 New Team)

Thank You to South Suburban Golf Course - Tony Allen

Thank you to Terry Touchton - Vista - for providing snack bags

Hole Sponsors

• Terry Touchton - Vista
• Todd Mercier - Old 2 New
• Mark Gritz - Sport Court
• Dr. Tom Reed - City Center Dental Group
• Shawn McDermott - Law Office of Shawn McDermott, LLC
• Nick and Debbie Lepetsos - First American State Bank
• Dan McGowan - Jones Lang LaSalle Americas
• Mike Kelly - Caldera Asset Management

Raffle Prizes

• Holly Malcolm - Metro Brokers - Galaxy Tablet, Flip Video, $100 Sunset Grill gift certificate
• Carol and Troy Eiber - Abundant Blessings & Care Assited Living - $100 gift certificate to Golf Galaxy
• Heather Kelly - CAbi Gift Certificate
• Dana McDermott and Lisa Morrisroe - Jean Junkies - Jean Junkies Merchandise

• Brandon Aslin - Gator Golf Classic Logo
• Amy Kurtz - Registration & Promotion
• Debbie Lepetsos - Registration & Promotion

Thank you again, and we look forward to seeing you back next year for the 7th Annual Gator Golf Classic.

Holly Malcolm and Family

Coach Kayla with 6 & Under Boys

Another exciting Gator swim season has come to a close.  It was an amazing summer.  Our kids worked so hard and improved so much.  The grown-ups also worked very hard and had a blast coming together as a community and cheering on our Gators.

As always, our Gators did very well at Prelims and Finals.  There were many stellar individual and relay performances across all the age groups and we are all very proud that Heritage Greens took 3rd place overall in our division.  Our young boys, the future of our team, did especially well this season. The 6 & Under Boys and the 7-8 Boys both brought home the championship trophies!   

Coach Jasmine with 7-8 Boys

Our coaches did a great job this summer.  They gave their heart and soul and A LOT of time and we all really appreciate their efforts.  They are all returning to school or heading off to college for the first time.  We all thank Brittany, Chad, Cate, Jasmine and Kayla so much for their efforts at the pool and for the example they set for our HG kids.  Even though they worked very hard, our coaches also had lots of fun - check out the photo of the Barbie & Ken costumes for Finals.

And finally, a very special "Thank You" goes out to Debbie Lepetsos who has worked tirelessly on behalf of the HG swim team for the past two years.  She has given so much to the team and her leadership has been so valuable.  She will be missed, but we know she will continue to be there to cheer on our Gators.  Sue Carothers has graciously stepped up to fill Debbie's shoes and she will do a great job.

More Gator News to come in 2012!  We hope to see all of our Gators back in the pool next year.

Amy Walker Kurtz  

Please feel free to contact us with any questions.

Jennifer Gruidel jenandjeffgruidel@comcast.net  

Heidi Larson-David hldavid4@hotmail.com  

• Marty O'Brien handles the facility - anything to do with court maintenance.   
• Marty Smith is our league coordinator - any questions regarding leagues, court scheduling and reservations.

Drop It, Lock It, Stop It 

The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office program entitled Drop It, Lock It, Stop It has our deputies always on the look out for open, unattended, garages. If a deputy spots an open garage door the Sheriff's Office mails out a letter to the homeowner about the safety concern (approximately 1,200 each year).  

When the program began in early 2004, 30 percent of all residential burglaries in Centennial and Arapahoe County occur through open garage doors; for the first six months of 2011 that figure is down to 11 percent. "During the summer months we typically see a rise in this type of burglary" said Sheriff Robinson, "it takes less than a minute for someone to re- move items of value from an open garage and get away."

An open garage door is an invitation to criminals. To help reduce your potential for victimization follow these easy steps: DROP IT - Dropping your garage door is the first line of defense against un- wanted entry into your home; LOCK IT - Locking the door that leads from your garage into your home reduces unwanted entry. Doors should be equipped with one-inch deadbolt locks and the strike plates need to be reinforced with screws that go into the door frame; and STOP IT - Don't make crime easy; it only takes a minute to secure your home.

For more information on Crime Prevention please contact the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office Community Resource Unit at 720-874-3750 or 720-874-4040.

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