{"id":8313,"date":"2018-12-26T22:30:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T22:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silveridge.com\/?p=8313"},"modified":"2019-09-29T19:22:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T19:22:23","slug":"december-newsletter-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/?p=8313","title":{"rendered":"December Newsletter 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"logo editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7980\" src=\"http:\/\/silveridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Silveridge_Header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"929\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Silveridge_Header.jpg 929w, https:\/\/silveridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Silveridge_Header-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/silveridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Silveridge_Header-768x244.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 929px) 100vw, 929px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<h1 align=\"center\">THE MAIL IS IN: A Visit with Kim Gulvas<\/h1>\n<h4 align=\"center\">By Dale Dauten<\/h4>\n<p align=\"right\">\u201cI get mail; therefore, I am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">Scott Adams<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cDO I HAVE MAIL TODAY?\u201d\u00a0Ask that question of Silveridge\u2019s mailroom maven, Kim Gulvas, and she\u2019ll squint a bit as she holds up an index finger and says, \u201cGive me a minute,\u201d and then, voila, more often than not she\u2019ll be able to tell you. (Try that question at a regular USPS office and we\u2019re guessing they might hold up a different finger.)<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It helps that Kim has been at the Silveridge mailroom for a decade (passing the ten-year mark this past September), but she also has a knack for remembering mail. \u201cI can\u2019t tell you what I had for breakfast,\u201d she says, \u201cbut I can tell you if you have mail.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8314 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/silveridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3157-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"250\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Some background:\u00a0Kim is from Michigan, born in Detroit but raised in the town of Standish, population around 1500.\u00a0(Fun fact we found looking up Standish: They are worried about exploding toilets. The city website says that the sewer system is being worked on and adds, \u201cWe are advising all residents to keep their toilet seats down, while not in use.\u201d Imagine the possibilities while\u00a0in use.\u00a0Makes the internet construction at Silveridge seem downright serene.)<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">After high school, Kim moved to metro Detroit to work for Ford, then worked in a drugstore, and for a photo developing company. Meanwhile, her father found his way to Mesa and back in 1987 she came to visit him. \u201cI fell in love with the mountains,\u201d she tells us, \u201cand said right then that someday I would retire here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Then, 20 years later, but long before retiring, she accelerated that plan. Her father passed in 2007, and with a powerful sense of \u201cLife\u2019s too short,\u201d decided to go ahead and relocate to Mesa. She moved into her father\u2019s place at a mobile home park near Silveridge. Not long after, she heard from a neighbor that Silveridge needed someone for the mail. And thus she began her tenure at the mailroom.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Kim says of her work, \u201cI love my job. I love the people.\u201d Then she laughed and added, \u201cSometimes I want to scream, but I love my job.\u201d The urge to scream comes from having to work with the giant bureaucracy of the Postal Service and all the automated systems that put mail into it. While she\u2019s learned to work around their rules and procedures, you can see the frustration in her face as she talks about all the ways the mail gets lost or sent to the wrong park, leaving her to deal with disappointed recipients.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8315\" src=\"http:\/\/silveridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3167-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"351\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 14pt;\">One of the ways she deals with the stress of the job is to paint\u2026 painting rooms, that is. In the off-season, when residents are away, she uses her off-hours to paint interiors. She reports that she\u2019s probably worked on a hundred of the homes in Silveridge. \u201cI love it. It\u2019s how I relax. I already have people getting estimates and signing up.\u201d She added, \u201cI took aptitude tests in school and one of the things they suggested was being a surgeon. I think painting uses the same skills.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">And when she isn\u2019t sorting mail or holding a paintbrush, she\u2019ll probably be off to the mountains. She fell in love with those mountains decades ago, but only this year did she start getting out into them. She found a mountain-loving soulmate at Silveridge, and they go four-wheeling most weekends, sometimes spending the night under the stars. That\u2019s something you can\u2019t mail in.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Getting snail mail is one of favorite indulgences,<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">and I think receiving mail is actually a common joy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Mary Lambert<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-divider\">\n<table class=\"editor-divider\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"headline editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"column-resize-bar\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\">\n<table class=\"editor-image  editor-image-vspace-on\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"publish-container\"><img class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/e5fbe7f0-736c-4d43-945f-bcd209b738b6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"headline editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\">\n<table class=\"editor-image  editor-image-vspace-on\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"publish-container\"><img class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/a5524818-2caf-4fe8-87d7-3f750140b69c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text headline-text\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<h4>Every Cloud they say has a Silver Lining.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div>\n<table class=\"editor-image OneColumnMobile\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"image-cell \" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"publish-container\"><img class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/b160909e-4ae5-42c3-a757-dcc587c7ea08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"321\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"mobile-hidden\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"15\" height=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\/letters\/images\/sys\/S.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mobile-hidden\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" height=\"5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\/letters\/images\/sys\/S.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"5\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"mobile-hidden\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"5\" height=\"5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\/letters\/images\/sys\/S.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">They say If you look hard enough and think positive thoughts you&#8217;re bound to uncover happiness in the midst of discouragement. We have all have experienced hard times in our lives and it is up to us individually to find that Silver Lining. This is the 3rd in the series of messages I have written about our catastrophe with our storm damage to our Silver Center. We started with the attitude of \u201cOur Glass Half \u2013Full\u201d( Not half \u2013empty) Last month I wrote about our Journey together and how exciting it is to be on an adventure. And now we are looking for that Silver Lining and the good that can come from it.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Here are a few Silver Linings that I found:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I am grateful that our Activities had a temporary home at the Resort! I have not only gleaned new ideas but made new friends as well! Remember to share a thank you to Rhonda and all the Construction and maintenance workers, Tim (The internet gentleman) and Sue, Kay and Sheila in the \u201cTuna Can\u201d and Kim who never misses a mail day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Isn\u2019t it exciting to think about seeing our newly remodeled Silver Center! There is a new wood floor and carpeting in the Ballroom and Social Hall. The old wallpaper is off and a new paint job throughout. I am happy that none of the outside buildings were damaged so all those clubs could continue their classes and activities. How satisfying it is to drive through the park and see residents playing sports or lining up at our multi\u2013 used theater. And do we ever love splashing around in the pool! Thank you also for your patience for those whose functions were in the ballroom: Computer, Billiards, Library, Card Room, and our Decorators. Are we ever going to be busy re-organizing when we return!!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">There is \u201cno place like home\u201d and we can all appreciate being together soon as a Silveridge Family.Do I ever have a line-up of entertainment still to come! We are all going to be super busy getting re-organized once we are back. I am thrilled to see you at The Resort for our dances. Do not miss the two more dances and our Christmas Dinner Show on Dec 6th\u2013 plus New Years Eve. The word will be out ASAP on WHERE these events will be held. (Still holding out for NYE at Silveridge!) Thank you for your understanding, your patience, your driving to The Re-sort (and volunteering to be the DD!)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">At our Thanksgiving Coffee and Donuts and many of you shared things your were grateful for. One shared how their car was not working when they returned to Az. Their neighbors brought them breakfast. Someone else said that they had a impromptu barbecue with some new residents in the park. A handyman on the \u201c200 block\u201d fixed all his neighbors shingles that had blown off in the storms. Many of you take the elderly to their doctor appointments and grocery stores. And of course to all of you \u201cAngel Friends\u201d that have uplifted me through notes and kind words\u2013 Thank you! Many of you know that we also had category 3 damage to our personal home as well. What a Silver Lining we found with all the new repairs\u2013 and we had planned on remodeling our Az. room any-way! I challenge you to be looking for your Silver Lining. Know that there is a blessing just waiting for you!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Your Activity Director,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sue<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-button\">\n<table class=\"editor-button\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-button-container \">\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-content-editor\" style=\"width: 868px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"MainTextFullWidthTD\" style=\"width: 860px;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#403F42\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"MainTextFullWidthTD\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"MainTextFullWidth\"><a href=\"http:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/71e142d0-ae24-4dde-b186-e78a6588ebcc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Download Sue&#8217;s Letter &amp; Activities Update<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-divider\">\n<table class=\"editor-divider\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"\" align=\"center\" 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cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<h3>THE SILVERIDGE SUN, PRINTED EDITION<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If you\u2019d like to see the printed version of\u00a0The Silveridge Sun, with its special events listings and all of Sue\u2019s updates, click below\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-button\">\n<table class=\"editor-button\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-button-container editor-button-container \">\n<table 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progress report from Chris Castro of GDS and are pleased to pass along the good news that the last big hurdle to completing the project has been passed. It turns out that all the natural disasters around the country caused a backlog in materials and repair parts. As Chris put it, \u201ca standard 90-day order has turned into a 180-day order.\u201d He adds, \u201cIt has caused us to juggle around quite a bit upgrading and stabilizing as we can. We had a plan of action that outlined a strong completion date, continuing setbacks caused us to deviate from that plan. We just received a huge shipment of parts in for the outside plant. We had an expected arrival in early September and we finally received the shipment last Tuesday. It is currently being inventoried and we are making plans to best get these parts installed without causing major disruptions for the residents.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Included in the shipment is Auto Gain Control. Chris explained its significance: \u201cThis system automatically adjusts the signal in the park based off the current temperatures. This is a huge upgrade as we can see 40+ temperature swings in the desert from night to day. This cuts back maintenance costs as well as frees us up from having technicians multiple times a year go through and rebalance the system due to seasonal temperature changes as our summer residents definitely saw.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Chris also wanted to pass along a message from the installers at both parks:\u201cPlease don\u2019t purchase parts at RadioShack, Lowes, Home Depot or Best Buy. Do not re-use the cabling and splitters that you have coiled up in boxes and saved for years. We are still seeing a lot of RG-59 wire installed or connectors that are being bought and improperly installed. These not only impede your services but can cause noise to back feed into the system that affects all your neighbors as well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Chris added this explanation: \u201cWhen we talk about noise, it\u2019s pretty simple &#8212; everything in the cable is a radio wave. Everyone can tune into a radio station in their home or car. Well, when bad cabling is installed or bad connectors are installed they allow those radio waves to bleed into the cable system and overpower the conversations that are happening to deliver your internet and tv service.\u00a0Also gold looks awesome and mentally holds value but in the cable world, gold has the value of paying to have someone come and rip it all out.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We also got this further detail on the work at Silveridge:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe headend expansion has been built and the air conditioning installed. An electrician will be by next week to install the circuits needed to migrate the old equipment as well as install the new signal processing equipment. We will then schedule an overnight time to have the equipment migrated. Conduit was installed in areas over the summer, new cabling was repaired or replaced, additional amplifiers were installed. Additional power supplies were also installed to accommodate the additional components.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWith the arrival of the parts on Tuesday we will be able to begin resetting the pedestals that are currently dug up. The holdup on doing this was those parts. There are still some additional amplifiers that have to be installed, however we were on hold until we received the parts from overseas.\u00a0Overall the system is tremendously stable compared to before.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">REBUILDING OF THE CLUBHOUSE<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We had hoped by now to be reporting on the re-opening of the ballroom and eventually the entire clubhouse. Sadly, we still don\u2019t have a date. Why not? Bureaucracy. Between permits and insurance personnel, no one has been able to commit to hard dates. 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