Highland Vista is having their annual garage sale on June 20 and 21. Tweetie H. from Highland Vista let our board know that she will be advertising the garage sale on Craigslist. This would be a perfect time to take advantage of the garage sale traffic in our neighbourhood and put out your own items for sale.

Updated 6/8/2008

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Hello all, please find attached the agenda for the May 21 board meeting.  Please note that this meeting is at Mike G’s house, if you wish to attend - which all homeowners are welcome to do!  As always, the agenda has been edited solely to remove last names.

May 2008 Meeting Agenda

Hello all, please find attached the minutes of the April 2008 board meeting.  As always, the minutes have been edited solely to remove last names.

April 2008 Meeting Minutes 

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The trail drainage volunteer project referred to here will occur on Saturday June 14.  Around 10 homeowners have already volunteered to help and more would be very welcome.  If you can help please email Mike G at montareboard@live.com.   Thanks!

Hello all, the next HOA Board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday May 21 at 7 pm at Mike G’s house, 20703 76th.  Please note that this is a different location than usual.

A mother mallard duck and four chicks were spotted roaming the cul-de-sac on 76th this afternoon.  Please be careful driving in this area and perhaps keep pets away as well.  The baby ducks look to be no more than a week or two old.  I’ll try to get pictures if they come around again.

A pair of mallards have also been visiting backyards on 76th.  They have come to our backyard and nibbled on spilled corn from the bird feeders.  They appear to be a mated pair.  It’s possible that the female is the same one that was spotted with the chicks - I wasn’t able to see the mom duck closely enough to tell.

A couple of houses down our end of 76th have had trouble with field mice.  A clerk at Home Depot mentioned that he’s been selling a lot of mouse traps so the weather may be causing the mice to visit homes looking for shelter.  If you have mice, the first thing to do is remove all food sources and close up entry points.   Then, trap the mice.  Live traps are available at McLendon’s Hardware in Woodinville.  They are easy to use and our forest is a great place to release the mice.  Check them often though - mice don’t survive very long in them.   If you are not up for dealing with a live trap, Home Depot has electronic kill traps that quickly zap the mouse.

April 20700 76th

Hello all, please find attached the agenda for the HOA board meeting on Wednesday April 30th at 7 pm.  As always, it has been edited solely to remove last names.

April 2008 Meeting Agenda

Mike G. (our vice-pres) is heading up the committee to seek out nominees to fill the board position which becomes vacant at the end of the year. If you can volunteer to be on the nominating committee, please contact Mike at montareboard@live.com. We anticipate no more that a few hours per month (intermittently) will be required.

As you may have noticed, Waste Management did not pickup yard waste from our neighborhood last Friday. Bob U. has spoken with them and they indicated they will set up a pickup tomorrow (Tuesday) or Wednesday.