Kingspoint Crier: March 2024
Letter from the KP Presidents
Dear Kingspoint Club Members,
We hope everyone is enjoying this transition into Spring! It’s been wonderful to observe so much more activity in the neighborhood including seeing neighbors during runs or dog walks, kids enjoying the playground and fields at the clubhouse, and increased kayaking/canoeing activity in College Creek. With the pool opening less than 2 months away, our hard-working facilities team has been making improvements to the clubhouse and grounds in anticipation of opening the pool and hosting a fun Memorial Day Weekend. We are also excited about another fantastic Kingspoint Dolphins Swim Team season under new leadership this year (and more details will be coming soon from the Swim Team Co-Presidents). With increased daylight hours, we hope everyone is getting outside and we look forward to seeing everyone at our upcoming social events!
Speaking of Social Events: Kathy Williams has been working hard to update the social calendar on the Kingspoint Club website.
Some upcoming events include:
Coffee Break Mondays (April 1, April 8, and April 15th from 10AM to 12 PM).
Shed the Winter Blues at the Spring Fling (evening of April 27th).
Annual 5K Fun Run and Memorial Day Cookout (May 27th)
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.
The KP Club will be hosting a “Pool Club Membership Drive” event on May 19th from 2 to 4 PM at the Kingspoint Club. Please encourage families you may know who may be interested in joining our pool this summer to attend this event which will include refreshments and desserts. Get more information in the events section of the website.
Facilities Message: Our facilities team would like to get the word out about the Kingspoint Club Spring Cleanup Event at the Kingspoint Clubhouse on April 14th from 2 to 4 PM. Please set aside this time if possible to help us prepare the clubhouse and grounds for the upcoming 2024 pool season.
Championing KP Facilities Projects: We are still seeking your generous donations to purchase the materials required to build two lifeguard chairs at a cost of about $900 per chair (a need identified in last month’s Crier). If you are interested and willing to support this project, 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 this specific project request.
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 first payment of $175 is due now. Catherine Mountjoy, KP Treasurer, sent electronic invoices to members via email; 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.
Clubhouse News: As a reminder, these are the rates for renting the Clubhouse in 2024.
Clubhouse rental fees will remain the same for 2024:
KP Resident Club Member: 1 $50 half day rental /year
KP Resident Club Member: $150 half day (4 hrs.)
KP Resident Club Member: $200 whole day (8 hrs.)
Non KP Resident (but KP Club Member): $ 350 half day/ $550 whole day
Non-Club Member: $400 half day/ $600 whole day
Recurring short term rentals for KP Club members: $25/hour w/ 6 mo. contract
Summer Lifeguards: Are you interested in becoming a lifeguard? We want YOU! Please read the following information regarding lifeguarding at the Kingspoint Pool in 2024. Continental has posted training classes in the new Aquaplex in Hampton this year. Information can be found at Top Lifeguard Training in Southern Virginia | Continental Pools. All interested in lifeguarding apply at Continental Season Lifeguard Form. As in the past, Continental is giving discounted lifeguard training for their own employees, and it is our understanding that if the training is completed by April it will be free. The pay rate starts at $14 per hour and increases depending on the experience, availability, etc.
Summer Pool Attendants: We plan to hire pool attendants to manage the pool during the swim-at-your-own-risk hours. They will work during these non-guarded times when the pool will be open without a lifeguard and children will need to be supervised by a responsible adult/guardian.
We are looking for attendants aged 15 and older. We are open to adults providing assistance, either for pay or as a volunteer. Pay will be similar to entry level wages.
Pool attendants will have the following responsibilities: They will monitor the entry at the pool, monitor/adjust the pool’s pH levels, skim the pool for debris, clean and arrange the tables, and tidy the deck and restrooms.
To apply, please send a brief resume to KPPresidents@gmail.com. Please send applications by April 15, 2024 so the KP board can have time to schedule interviews for these positions. Please reach out if you or someone you know has questions about becoming a pool attendant.
Thank You,
Scott Lerberg & Kathyrn Haines
Co-Presidents, Kingspoint Club
Swim Team News
Registration is open! The season runs from the beginning of June until the end of July, with 3 home meets and 3 away meets. All interested KP Club members' children/grandchildren, as are all non-resident members, are eligible to participate. Fees are $110 per child; fees cover coaching, VPSU costs, a t-shirt, and a swim cap. Register your child today!
Our season will begin with our Informational Ice Cream Social on Sunday, May 5th at 3:00 p.m. at the KP Clubhouse. Practice will start on May 28 when the Kingspoint Pool opens. From May 28 until June 15, practices will be after school, and we will shift to morning and evening practice times once school is out! Meet dates are posted on the swim team website.
Applications for junior coaches are open — please see the Kingspoint Swimtopia coaches page for instructions and submit your application!
We are hosting a parent meeting during both the ice cream social and the first practice session. Please make every effort to attend one of these meetings for important information regarding our volunteer structure and open positions. For a preview, check out the team leadership page. Please consider stepping into one of these roles!
Kingspoint Calendar
Mondays throughout April: Coffee Break Mondays, 10 AM to noon at the clubhouse
April 14: Spring Cleanup
April 27: Spring Fling
May 5: Swim Team Ice Cream Social
May 19: Pool Club Membership Drive
May 27: 4th Annual 5K Fun Run and Memorial Day Cookout
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 March News
We had a dedicated and enthusiastic team of KPNA volunteers delivering the 2024 Kingspoint Directory earlier this month and it appears that the distribution went flawlessly. Many, many thanks to everyone who helped, including children, spouses, and pets! Please shred any old directories you may be discarding, to protect the personal information of our neighbors. If you have been meaning to let us know about any changes to your listing, please do so by March 31 so we can send out a list of those updates to everyone on our email list. Send you updates to our new Secretary, Kathy Williams, at secretarykpna@gmail.com.
We sincerely thank Kenita Hill for her diligent work to keep up with the many changes to the directory over these past several years. She has been incredibly generous with her time and attention to keep the directory as accurate as possible. She has now passed the work of KPNA Secretary on to Kathy, and will remain on the Board as a Member at Large.
We combined our annual membership drive for the neighborhood association with the new directory again this year. Everyone should have found neighborhood information in the first few pages of the new directory, along with a summary of what the KPNA has accomplished over the past year and a request for your continued support. There should be a return envelope, addressed to Treasurer Karen Schneider, in your directory. We appreciate the tremendous support neighbors have given our Kingspoint Neighborhood Association membership drive this month. Treasurer Karen Schneider continues to accept membership contributions at her home.
We distributed the redbud trees that neighbors requested with their 2023 memberships earlier this month. We trust that they are all planted by now and beginning to settle in. Please keep them well watered this year, especially during dry spells, and do what you can to protect them from deer browsing. You will be rewarded with early spring flowers for many years to come.
This year, we are offering heirloom jonquil bulbs to neighbors who support the KPNA. This 1601 Narcissus hybrid is very unusual because it has a double flower, and like all jonquils, it is fragrant. Find details in your directory, and please make sure to mark on your membership return form that you want us to reserve bulbs for you. We will pick them up in Gloucester this coming November and distribute them before Thanksgiving. All Narcissus are poisonous, so deer and rabbits will leave them alone while the bees enjoy their early nectar.
We celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day at the end of each April. We can each commit our own positive actions to participate in Earth Day, celebrated on Monday, April 22, and Arbor Day on Friday, April 26. Planting trees has been an Arbor Day tradition since April 10, 1872. Many Kingspoint neighbors are following this special tradition by planting trees, shrubs and flowers this spring. All plants cleanse our environment by removing carbon and air borne pollutants from the air. Evergreen ferns and perennials also help filter greenhouse gases and pollutants from the air year-round and help manage storm water run-off.
April is Spring Clean-up Month in our area. The 46th annual JCC Countywide Spring Clean-up is planned for Saturday, April 27. Register to assist the Clean County Commission in their efforts at the link above. Let's work together to hold our own spring cleanup here in Kingspoint this April. Many neighbors are already hard at work, cleaning up what winter left behind in our yards. Our neighbors appreciate every small effort we each make to keep our community looking neat and well maintained.
You may request a county truck to pick up large debris such as discarded furniture, appliances, old stumps and tree trunks, yard waste, and other bulky refuse for a $75.00 fee. Contact Matthew Prince at 565-0971 to make an appointment, and find more information here. You may drop most of these things off yourself at the Jolly Pond Road facility. Many items, such as old grills, propane tanks, scrap metal and lawnmowers, can be dropped off for free.
As we prepare for spring indoors and out, we will have an opportunity to discard and recycle many household chemicals and electronics at VPPSA’s next Household Chemical collection day on April 13 at Warhill High School from 8:00 AM until noon. Please check their website for a list of what they will and won’t accept. Staples, on Monticello Road, accepts discarded electronics and computers for recycling daily.
Registration is open now for the Master Gardener Landscape Love program. You can sign up here to request a team of Master Gardeners to visit you at home to answer your questions and offer advice. This program is free of charge, but there are a limited number of appointments available each spring. Please register early if you want to make an appointment. Here is a link to the Master Gardener website, where you will find a variety of useful information, including a new article that examines our recent concern with eradicating certain plants, “A History of Our War With Plants.”
Each member of the Board of Supervisors will host a public meeting in their respective district to discuss the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Proposed Budget and get feedback from citizens in April. Please mark your calendar for our meeting with Dr. John McGlennon on April 11, at 4 PM, at the James City County Government Center, 101 Mounts Bay Road, Building F.
Kathy Williams recently set up the new Kingspoint Facebook group. Interested neighbors can join the new Kingspoint group page at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/kingspointneighborhood. If you have any questions, please direct them to Kathy.
Did you know that James City County offers a huge range of recreational opportunities, facilities, and classes, including in their indoor pool and weight rooms at the Recreation Center on Longhill Road? Learn more about opportunities and fees here. You may purchase passes for family members for just a few months, or for the entire year. Here is a link to JCC Spring/Summer 2024 Activities and information about upcoming programs in local parks.
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 2024 listings. Contact kpwebmistress@gmail.com to be added to or removed from our email news list. Please visit our KPNA website for news and useful community links.
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
Kingspoint Women’s Club News
The KP Womens Club final meeting of the year will be a cocktail party on Sunday April 28 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. Members and their guests are invited. Members are asked to bring an appetizer to share. Dessert and beverages will be provided. We have a special treat, Kingspoint’s own Mary Kate Galke and her bandmate Joe from Joes Day Off will entertain us!
Subscribing to the Crier
Starting this month, we are using the new website’s email list management feature to notify subscribers when a new Crier edition is published. Current Crier subscribers have been manually added to the email list. If you know someone who wants to get emails when the Crier is published online, please ask them to visit this page and sign up using the form below. You can now also unsubscribe by clicking the unsubscribe button in any Crier notification email.
If you have trouble using the form and unsubscribe link, please contact kpcrier@gmail.com and we can make your changes manually.
Your Photos Here?
If you’re tired of seeing photos of the editor’s front yard, you can contribute photos to the Crier by sending them to kpcrier@gmail.com. We cannot guarantee that every photograph will be featured, and we reserve the right to crop and rescale the photos.
Publishing in the Crier
If you have an event to share with the Kingspoint community or some news to report that you would like to see posted in the Kingspoint Crier, please send your contributions to kpcrier@gmail.com before the 20th of the month. The editors reserve the right to refuse and edit any submissions; the editors will not run any articles that overly or covertly target specific demographics or neighbors.
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
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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.
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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.
