Water Fun

The weather is still hot and the water is perfect at the Marriott in National Village. Even when it cools down you will still be able to swim here because not only do we have the outdoor pool all the grandchildren love, but there is an indoor pool as well. Everyone who lives here has been taking full advantage of the water all summer long and many plan to do so right into the fall.

Lee County WCR Tour of Homes

The Lee County Women's Council of Realtors Tour of Homes is this weekend, June 5-6, and next weekend June 12-13, 2010. The kickoff party and awards ceremony was Friday night at the Lee County Association office and a good time was had by all who attended. Once again, National Village took the Blue Ribbon in four categories, Best Interior Design, Exterior Design, Kitchen Design, and Bath Design for both of our models. We are very proud to be recognized for the caliber of homes we have to offer at National Village. In addition to the tour this week and next,we are offering an ipad in two drawings. One to the public who tour National Village and one to an agent who comes out during the tour. If you were not able to make it this weekend, be sure to come out next weekend and register!

Welcome new homeowners

National Village would like to welcome our new homeowners: Catherine and Christophe Strauven, Jon and Catherine Thompson and Mike and Martie Preg. They are arriving just in time to enjoy walking on our numerous trails and fishing in one of our lakes that have stocked with brim and bass. Of course, golf on the RTJ Trail is available year around.

New Residents

We recently had a two new couples move in to Stone Lake here in National Village. A beautiful pair of Canada Geese were seen on the lake in Stone Lake and a pair of Mourning Doves have built a nest on top of a stone column at the sales office. The doves are a little camera shy so we aren't able to show them to you.

In order to attract people to National Village, the Retirement Systems of Alabama built the most beautiful homes in the area for them to occupy. We are placing bird houses around National Village for the birds to occupy. Since our feathered friends get their housing at a substantially lower cost than their human neighbors, they are not quite as elaborate.

Hearts and Cocktails

We had our first resident get together at National Village last week. We had a really good turn out and everyone really enjoyed meeting one another, if they had not had the opportunity previously. In fact, everyone enjoyed themselves so much it has been suggested by many that we should do something more frequently. Following is an portion of a thank you we received.

"Dear Gail and Jim,

Since I did not know your new address, I will write this way, which etiquette says is a no-no. We just had to express what a wonderful time we had at the party; you both did such a marvelous job of planning the best party. I do hope this neighborhood continues to do something like this, but I am sure we are more than willing to do our part so that it doesn't all fall on your shoulders.We really had just planned on staying an hour as we had a long trip back--but we were just having too much fun. I loved everyone there; it was such a nice treat to get to know them a little better. It sure beat talking over the "fences" or bushes."

It's nice to know everyone had as good a time as we did. We have a really strong nucleus of homeowners who enjoy life as much as they do their neighbors and friends. There's no better time than the present to become part of such a unique community made up not only of incredible houses but friends as well.

On the Wings of Eagles

Recently a couple of residents of National Village have told us of Bald Eagle sitings. These sitings made a great impression on these residents. One told us that he was walking down Lone Eagle Lane late one afternoon, he looked up and saw the most beautiful site, a Bald Eagle soaring overhead. Everything was too perfect and he took this as a sign to buy a home in National Village.

The other siting was a new resident who was moving a few items into her new home and she saw an eagle fly right over her house and land on the other side of the lake. She said it was a tremendous and magnificant site, and she too took this to be a good sign about her recent purchase.

The Bald Eagle is a bird of prey found in North America. It is the national bird and symbol of the United States of America. Its range includes most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico. It is found near large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply and old-growth trees for nesting.
The Bald Eagles diet consists mainly of fish, but it is an opportunistic feeder. It hunts fish by swooping down and snatching the fish out of the water with its talons. It is sexually mature at four years or five years of age. In the wild, Bald Eagles can live up to thirty years, and often survive longer in captivity. The Bald Eagle builds the largest nest of any North American bird, up to 13 ft deep, 8 ft wide, and one ton in weight.
The species was on the brink of extinction in the continental United States (while flourishing in much of Alaska and Canada) late in the 20th century, but now has a stable population and has been officially removed from the U.S. federal government's list of endangered species. The Bald Eagle was officially reclassified from "Endangered" to "Threatened" on July 12, 1995 by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. On July 6, 1999, a proposal was initiated "To Remove the Bald Eagle in the Lower 48 States From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife." It was de-listed on June 28, 2007.