The roof painting has progressed to the final Units. Here we see one of the painters atop Unit #16 and making use of a clever piece of head garb for sun protection, a palm leaf gathered at the top with duct tape.  The roofs look great so far and lends quite a new sparkling look to the Village.

 

As of the end of May, 2009, Choice has pulled out of the Cable TV business. Not that we would notice much difference here in Sweet Lime Village, our service has been so abysmal. The only choices for cable at this moment are Innovative or Dish Network. I reinstalled Innovative cable back in Unit #15 and was reminded why we switched in the first place. All of the lower numbered channels have interference lines running horizantally across the picture but the higher number channels are watchable, but not great.  If you are now off island, please contact our Manager, Charlie Fischer, to have your name put on a list for Innovative to reinstate your Innovative cable service. Another surprise from Innovative is that they refuse to allow us to  reinstate our membership in the bulk rate billing that they continue to supply with Saman. Saman never withdrew from the original bulk contract with Sugar Island Associates, the original developers before Danested. Mrs. Forbes at Innovative would not budge on this item. Apparently, Innovative thinks they have us over a barrel and can charge us all FULL FEES for their crummy service.  On the horizon however is Direct TV out of Puerto Rico who is setting up service with St Thomas and promises to be on St Croix by the end of June, 2009. They seem to have a pretty decent line-up including the Golf Channel which Innovative does not carry.  Their reception dish is small, approximately the size of the Choice dish. Call them at 778-8864 for details. Also, several of your neighbors have opted for Dish Network which requires a considerably larger dish (~ 6 feet diameter) for reception although I'm told that the picture is terrific (in good weather!). Whatever you choose, you are "on your own" for now (individual billing) until we can figure out a better long term plan for the community.

 

At this year's SLVHOA Annual meeting, 2 Board vacancies were filled. Orville Sheldon was reelected to a 3 year term and Bob Leroux was elected to fill the position of Margaret Holmes, whose term had expired.  After the Annual Meeting, the new Board held a brief meeting to elect its' new officers for the upcoming year. Paul Andrews was elected as the new President of Sweet Lime Village. Congratulations Paul! Bob Leroux was elected to now fill the position of Treasurer, previously held by Paul. Skip Aldous remains as Secretary for the Board. You can review the minutes of the Annual Meeting at the Meeting Minutes menu of this website.