Kingspoint Crier: June 2024
Letter from the KP Presidents
Dear Kingspoint Club Members,
The pool has been a welcome respite to the heat wave that has hit this area. On Friday nights, we have noticed neighbors taking advantage of the later swim practice (practice is from 7-8p.m.) to enjoy dinner and drinks at the pool. Once swim team practice starts, a lane for lap swimming and the deep end are available for folks who are not ready to exit the cool pool. Kids and adults report that the new basketball hoop donated by Rebecca Vinroot and family is a hit. Know a neighbor who would benefit from the community that comes with Club Membership? Have them email Membershipkingspoint@gmail.com to learn more and join.
Upcoming Pool Schedule and News:
June 15 - August 29:
Mon - Fri: 11:00 - 8 p.m.**
(Aug. 26-29) 3:00 - 8 p.m.
Sat, Sun, & Holidays: 11:00 - 8:00 p.m.
**Pool will close at 4:30 PM for home swim meets on 7/1 and 7/15.
August 30th to September 2nd:
Fri - Mon: 11:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Water Aerobics Begins July 1: The Club has a new water aerobics instructor this year. Starting on July 1 and running through August 19, Joan Feldman, a fellow Kingspoint resident, will teach water aerobics on Mondays and Fridays from 10:00-11:00 a.m., before the pool opens to swimmers.
Annual 4th of July Picnic:
Date: July 4th
Time: 1:00 - 4:00
The social committee is planning a fantastic day filled with delicious food, fun and great company. This is a members only event. Food Provided: Fried Chicken, sandwiches, refreshing Drinks including beer and wine. To help us provide a feast, please bring something to share using this guide: Last name begins with A-M: Bring a dessert. Last name begins with N-Z: Bring a side dish.
We ask for a minimum $15 donation per family to cover the cost of the food and beverages.
Volunteer Sign-Up: To ensure our event runs smoothly, we kindly ask for volunteers to help with setup, trash collection, and cleanup. Please sign up here.
Lifeguard and Pool Attendant Hours: Just a reminder that The Club will be utilizing a combination of lifeguarded hours and swim-at-your-own-risk hours. The swim-at-your-own-risk hours will be monitored by pool attendants who will be managed by the Pool Attendant Manager, Lexi Stanhope.
Pool Attendants will manage the pool during the swim-at-your-own-risk hours: They will work during non-guarded times when the pool is open without a lifeguard on duty, when children (under 14) will need to be supervised by a responsible adult/guardian over the age of 18.
When lifeguards are on duty, non-swimming children & children under 12 years old must be accompanied by an adult (18+) swimmer at all times.
Concessions: We have snacks at the pool this season! Punch cards to use for concessions may be purchased through the KP website, pool attendants (checks only), and selected KP Board Members. You may also buy snacks with exact cash (change is not available).
Social Events: Please see updates (Thanks Kathy!) to the social calendar on the Kingspoint Club website.
Membership Dues: Thank you to members who have already paid their dues. Just a reminder that dues have been increased to $700. Please pay in a timely manner. If you pay dues quarterly, the 3rd quarter begins July 1 and $175 is due July 1. Semi-annual dues ($350) are also due July 1. You can use this link to pay third quarter dues. Or, be on the lookout for an email from Catherine Mountjoy, KP Treasurer with your electronic invoices; these invoices contain a link to allow you to pay the invoice electronically. You can also send your dues via a check made out to the Kingspoint Club, Inc., P.O. Box 365, Williamsburg, VA 23187.
Championing KP Facilities Projects: We are seeking your generous donations to support our daily concessions stand and a new sounds system (speakers) for the pool. If you are interested and willing to support this effort, please send a check to the Kingspoint Club (Kingspoint Club Inc., P.O. Box 365, Williamsburg, VA 23187). A huge thank you to those who have already given in support of projects this year.
Membership Committee Update: We are also still actively seeking members to assist Melissa Reeves, Membership Chair, on the Kingspoint Club Membership Committee. Please remember the new email for any questions or information related to Kingspoint Membership is Membershipkingspoint@gmail.com.
Clubhouse News: If you have a graduation, birthday, anniversary, baby shower, book club, work party, or other special event, please make a plan to book your rental today! Please contact Tara Peters at KPClubRentals@gmail.com.
Clubhouse rental rates in 2023:
KP Resident Club Member: $50 rental / 1x per calendar year
KP Resident Club Member: $150 half day (4 hrs.) /$200 full day (8 hrs.)
Non-KP Resident Club Member: $350 half day (4 hrs.)/ $550 whole day (8 hrs.)
Non-Club Members: $400 half day (4 hrs)/ $600 whole day (8 hrs.)
Recurring rentals for KP Club members: $25 per hour / 6 mo. contract
Kingspoint Club Website: Be sure to check it out. You can now find everything Club related, including current and past Criers, on the website. Let’s take a fun trip down memory lane. Please share any photos that you have of activities, members, and the natural beauty of the pool, the clubhouse, the green, and the dock with (KPCrier@gmail.com). We would love to highlight the wealth of incredible Club memories we have created through the years.
Thank You,
Scott Lerberg & Kathyrn Haines
Co-Presidents, Kingspoint Club
Kingspoint Calendar
July 4: Independence Day Cookout
Sept 2: Labor Day Pool Party and Drool in the Pool
Sept 28: Docktails Dock Fundraiser
Late Sept/Early Oct: Campout/Movie on the Green
October 31: Halloween Party
December 8: Ornament/Movie Marathon
Check out the events section of the Kingspoint website for more details.
Kingspoint Club Board
President — Scott Lerberg and Kathyrn Haines
kppresidents@gmail.com
Treasurer — Catherine Mountjoy
KPWilliamsburg@gmail.com
Secretary — Matt Blinn
KPSecretary757@gmail.com
Membership — Melissa Reeves
Membershipkingspoint@gmail.com
Facilities — Dave Stanhope
KingspointFacilities@gmail.com
Clubhouse Coordinator — Tara Peters
KPClubRentals@gmail.com
Additional Club Contacts
Social Committee Chair — Kathy Williams
KPSocialComm@gmail.com
Landscape Director — Nancy McDonald
peachstreet258@gmail.com
KP Crier Editors — Margaret Pizer and Dave Parrish
kpcrier@gmail.com
The Kingspoint Club, Inc. oversees our community’s recreational property on Northpoint Drive. This waterfront site includes a beautiful clubhouse, neighborhood pool, picnic area, dock, and a children’s play area. The KP Club operates the pool and clubhouse and organizes neighborhood social events for members. Membership in the Club is optional for residents, and includes use of the pool, boat ramp and dock. Members may also rent the clubhouse and pool for social events. Membership is required to attend some Club sponsored social events. Non- residents may also pay annual dues to use the pool and the clubhouse. For more information or to join, contact KPMembership@gmail.com.
Kingspoint Neighborhood Association June News
Summertime at last! We hope that everyone has some fun planned to enjoy time with loved ones. We are blessed with so many opportunities to have a great time in the Williamsburg area, and the Fourth of July is always a special celebration in the community.
New neighbors will notice that we can hear fireworks from both Colonial Williamsburg and from Busch Gardens here in Kingspoint. Busch Gardens hosts “Summer of Wonder” from June 14 through August 11 with concerts each Saturday evening. Fireworks are planned on Friday and Saturdays, weather permitting. Special fireworks for the Fourth of July holiday will explode each night from July 3-5 at 9:30 PM.
Colonial Williamsburg has a series of special programs this summer. There will be a full schedule of special events at Colonial Williamsburg on July 4, 2024, including a program of patriotic readings and music at 8:00 PM, on the Governor’s Palace Green, with fireworks at 9:30 PM. You can apply for a free, one day pass for July 4 at the link above.
As a reminder, the use, possession, display, sale or storage of fireworks is illegal in James City County. This includes fireworks that were legally purchased elsewhere. Anyone wishing to set off personal fireworks must first obtain a permit from the Fire Marshal. (*See FYI below for more information). The sounds of fireworks or weapons may be troubling to many neighbors and their pets. Let’s work together to maintain our peaceful, neighborly community so that it feels safe and welcoming for all.
Remember to visit the ‘Little Library’ in the Smith’s front yard at 103 Southpoint Drive to check out the available books for summer reading. The rule is simple: If you borrow a book, then donate a book, or return the book you borrowed. The library is there for everyone’s use and enjoyment. What a fun way to encourage our kids to read this summer!
Families may be interested in the wide variety of summer camps open to county youth this summer that are sponsored by the county’s Parks and Recreation office.
Many of us enjoy living in community with the many animal and plant species indigenous to our area. Neighbors routinely see frogs. turtles, lizards, and snakes as well as many sorts of birds, rabbits, squirrels, deer and sometimes even coyotes, foxes, raccoons, opossums, and other creatures. It is a thrill to watch nesting eagles and to notice the birds and butterflies who visit us each season.
Let’s help protect the wildlife that shares our community with us. The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources offers some terrific guides you may find useful. Please watch out for these animals and help to protect them as they find their way to areas of safety in the ravines and around the lakes. Most of these wild areas are Resource Protection Area easements and vegetation there may not be disturbed, by law. Please be aware that many of the animals, including all snakes, are protected, as well. Learn more here.
To reduce the possibility of problems with wildlife, don’t leave small pets outside unattended at night. Also, remind children to use caution when playing outside in areas where they may encounter snakes or biting insects. The first settlers in our area wrote that at Jamestown, “the air is alive with a buzz.” The same can be said today. Learn more here about the various insects that thrive in our area each summer, and how to protect yourself while enjoying time outside at area attractions. Ticks and chiggers lie in wait in tall grasses, weeds, and in wooded areas, and may bite without your awareness that they are even there.
Remember that any food, food containers or wrappers, and standing water left outside will attract various animals. Mosquitoes lay their eggs in as little as an inch of standing water. If you leave water out to support wildlife during our hot dry summer, please remember to dump and refresh it frequently.
As you may know, conversations have been ongoing for some months now about the possibility of the City of Williamsburg and our county separating the schools into two separate divisions. The JCC Board of Supervisors commissioned a study last September to determine what would be involved in operating the schools separately from the City, if the decision to separate is taken when the current contract is up. That report was presented to the Board of Supervisors at their meeting last Tuesday, June 25. The Board of Supervisors meeting is replayed periodically on the Cox Cable government access channels (46 and 86) and we have a YouTube link below.
Renee Dallman, Public Information Officer for the county forwarded these links: "The report is available for review in the agenda packet for the June 25, 2024 meeting. Video from the meeting is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kFT0bG6dk0." There are actually two documents to download from the Agenda Packet, which you will find in the sidebar at the link above. The documents relating to the feasibility study are about 3/4 of the way down the list in the sidebar.
The next VPPSA Household Chemical Collection will be August 10 at Warhill High School from 8:00 AM-Noon.
VDoT has been working in Kingspoint to repair some areas of erosion and potholes, and to improve drainage in some areas. There are a few more projects scheduled near the neighborhood entrance that they will get to in the coming days. Please give the workers plenty of room and a wave of appreciation when you see them.
Please contact Kenita at secretarykpna@gmail.com with any changes to your listing in the neighborhood directory.
Many thanks to all our dedicated front entrance volunteers for their work. Ann Hobson is leaving our KPNA team as she and her husband Chuck prepare to move across the Creek to The Landing soon. Ann has been a loyal and dependable member of our Board, always taking care of the entrance and ready to help whenever needed. We will miss her so very much. David Miller is taking over the responsibilities of coordinating our efforts to keep the neighborhood entrance well-maintained. Chris Bonday is continuing his ongoing efforts to keep the grass neatly trimmed and trash removed. His partner in this service, Tom Mahone, passed away iin early May. If you are willing to join our crew of volunteers to help with maintenance chores at the entrance, please get in touch with David Miller.
We appreciate everyone who has already given Treasurer Karen Schneider your 2024 membership dues for the neighborhood association. I am touched by the goodness and kindness of our neighbors here in Kingspoint, and your voluntary support for keeping our neighborhood vibrant, beautiful, and connected. A few dozen unclaimed daffodil bulbs remain for those who want them, and who have not yet turned in their membership form for this year. You will find complete details and a membership form in the first few pages of your 2024 Kingspoint Directory.
If you are new to the community, or have a new family living near you, please let us know so we can visit with a copy of the Kingspoint Directory and include them in the 2025 listings. Contact us at kpwebmistress@gmail.com to add your email to our distribution list, to change your email, or to have your email address removed so you no longer receive community updates.
Please visit our KPNA website for news and useful community links.
FYI: Fireworks
The summer celebrations are important to all of us, and many of us have visitors this time of year. We are looking forward to the public Fourth of July special events and fireworks displays in our area.
*As a reminder, the use, possession, display, sale or storage of fireworks is illegal in James City County. This includes fireworks that were legally purchased elsewhere. Anyone wishing to set off personal fireworks must first obtain a permit from the Fire Marshal.
Individuals who have purchased, or are in possession of fireworks, are encouraged to turn them in at any county fire station or call the Fire Marshal’s office at 757-220-0626 for assistance. Anyone voluntarily surrendering fireworks will not be criminally charged. We are all aware of the serious injuries and property damage caused by accidents with fireworks. Fireworks are also a leading cause of fires, particularly during dry, hot weather.
Elizabeth McCoy kpwebmistress@gmail.com
for the Kingspoint Neighborhood Association Board
Kingspoint Neighborhood Association
KPNA Board President — Elizabeth McCoy — e.mccoy105@gmail.com
Secretary — Kenita Hill — arubahill@gmail.com
Treasurer — Karen Schneider
Members at Large — Ann Hobson, Harvey Manning, Melody Nichols, David Miller, Mary Haines, Joseph Bailey
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Facebook Page
Kathy Williams recently set up a new Kingspoint Facebook group. Interested neighbors can join the new Kingspoint group page. If you have any questions, please direct them to Kathy at: willfam7plus@gmail.com.
Little Dolphins
Looking to connect with other parents in the neighborhood? Consider joining the “Little Dolphins” Facebook page. It’s a network of parents in the neighborhood with kids ranging from babies to teenagers. (Just search for "Little Dolphins Kingspoint" on Facebook). It’s a nice way to meet parents in the neighborhood with similarly aged kids. If you aren’t on Facebook, or if you are having problems joining the group, email Tracy Sohoni, tracep@yahoo.com
Neighborhood Ads
Pet Sitting: Available Daily and Holidays, 4 years experience. Yuko Sato phone: 757-634-5447
Pet Sitting: Haley Elton offers dog walking and pet sitting services. Available daily. Contact her managing agent, Norman Elton, at 757-293-8346.
Baby Sitting and Pet Sitting: Carolyn Clinton is available for baby sitting and pet sitting. 757-903-7777. Twins John and Catherine Clinton are also available for baby sitting and pet sitting. John also mows lawns. Call their mother Susan Clinton @ 757-903-7205.
Baby Sitting and Pet sitting/walking: Hello all! My name is Lexi. I am a pet sitter and babysitter who has attended a CPR class and a training course for babysitting. I have lots of experience with animals of all types and breeds. Some other services I offer are watering plants, collecting mail, or taking care of your house while you are out of town. For reasonable rates and more details call or text 757-298-8798.
Daily pet visits, walks, overnight in your home: Experience with dogs, cats, birds, giving medica- tions. Retired teacher. In business since 2016. Lisa Garber. 757-848-8331 or beastiebestiesofwilliamsburg@gmail.com.
Advertising Policy
The advertising policy for the Kingspoint Crier is as follows: business related ads are $25/ edition or $260/yr. Approximate ad size is displayed in this issue of the Crier. We can provide an invoice if necessary. Small ads of one or two sentences from residents and non-resident club members are free as a community service; non-profit and children’s ads are also free.
