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OVA Employee Appreciation Donation
Oakmont E-Blast 11-16-2018: From the smiling welcomes in our front office to the meticulous care of our facilities and grounds, OVA’s employees come to work every day with one mission – making Oakmont the best place to live and play! Each year as the holiday season approaches, many Oakmonters ask, “What can we do to…
Read MoreHoliday Sale Going On Now
Small white dog. The official dog of Oakmont. Incredibly cure. Attracts attention everywhere you go. Don’t leave home without it. An Oakmont resident artist, Steven Radice shares a timely inspiration.
Read MoreA Retirement Wealth Gap Adds a New Indignity to Old Age
Pictured, Iris Harrell and Gary O’Shaughnessy of Oakmont Village October 4, 2018 | The Wall Street Journal Jennifer Levitz | Photographs by Rachel Bujalski for The Wall Street Journal SANTA ROSA, Calif.—On a Saturday morning in retirement paradise, Ken Heyman stepped out to his front porch and found a brown paper bag. Inside was the chopped-off head of…
Read MoreMy Memory Of The Great Santa Rosa Fire
The evening of October 8, 2017, was no different than any other evening. I had already drifted into the twilight level of sleep when the sound of three large clay pots crashing onto the front porch jolted me back into full consciousness. I was unable to imagine what had happened until I opened the front…
Read MoreGuest Editorial: OVA Dues and Loans
Although the approval of the East Recreation Center (ERC) loan is old news, it’s been on my mind. Taking loans for maintenance and improvement work on our facilities appears to be a new fiscal direction by our current OVA Board of Directors (BOD). I recognize, as many others have, that our reserves are insufficient and…
Read MoreFire: Let’s not Press Our Luck
Fortunately, most Oakmont residents, despite evacuations and stress, did not lose our homes in last year’s fires, but we can no longer assume that these kinds of devastating fires are once-every-half-century events. We have already had red flag warnings this year, earlier than what used to be called “the fire season.” Fires in California are…
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