2/13/2026 Final Update
This will be my last email to you as our President. Effective today, Barb Carpenter will serve as President for Villa Run. This was not an easy decision to make however, some recent health tests made my final decision very easy and I’ll explain.
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About 18 months ago, I was diagnosed with hypertension and I just blew it off as a fact of getting older. Then in December, I was briefly hospitalized and the doctors found that one of the contributing factors was stress. That then made my decision very easy.
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However, I wanted to stay until our condo insurance policy was renewed and also until we received payment from the marketing program with Spectrum that we signed up for months ago was finalized. However, with 2 people who volunteered to be our Treasurer resigning within 6 months, that was the final straw. I hold no grudge against these two gentlemen; it was just the timing.
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Over the last 4 years, I’ve worked with some great people and I have every confidence in our current Board. We just need some volunteers to step up to fill the vacant slots.
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To our residents, it has been a sincere pleasure to represent you. I’ve enjoyed getting the complementary emails telling me how good we’re doing. Trust me, it wasn’t always that way. I’m sure that you will support Barb as our new President just like you have me.
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To finish, I’m feeling great and have started a low carb, high protein diet which is showing some amazing results. I plan to assist our Board in the future, when asked. I just don’t want to be responsible for anything any longer.
Respectully,
Marty Laws
Former President, Villa Run Condos
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Do this if your trash doesn't get picked up.
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12-3-25. Our administrator with Rumpke did text me back yesterday afternoon but since I didn't have the addresses of those who called or emailed me, he said that he would put in "missed pickup" ticket. In the future, if your trash isn't picked up, please send your email with address to villaruncondos@gmail.com and I'll handle it from there.
Someone made a good point about Rumpke being out here so early yesterday morning. We're used to them picking up our trash around 1:00pm but yesterday, it was gone by 9:00am. I'm sure that may have caught some people off guard. Also, I watched the early morning news where Rumpke stated that there were going to be delays because of the weather which is understandable.
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Winter Procedures Update
12-1-25. Like last year, we will be sending out a telephone broadcast call alerting everyone when we will be snow plowing our streets and driveways. I'm in the process of updating our call system and I doubt that it will be finished by tomorrow's forecasted 1-3" of snow. Keep in mind that we have people listed on our website that will shovel your sidewalk and driveway anytime you need it.
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Sept 19th, 2025. This could be VERY lucrative!
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I want to thank everyone who attended our recent annual meeting. It’s great to see your support as we all work together to keep making Villa Run look better. As I mentioned at this meeting, we have entered into a marketing agreement with Choice Properties. This agreement could possibly become very lucrative for our Association.
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Large companies like Spectrum, AT&T, Comcast, etc. are willing to pay large amounts of money to acquire new customers. Choice Properties is a marketing “middleman” who surveys these companies. They review to see which company has the most customers in Villa Run and then go to that company and negotiate a payment stream to Villa Run which will go on for 10 years.
By simply giving Choice Properties a list of Villa Run residents (addresses only), they are willing to pay us (we were told) between $10,000 - $15,000 per year for 10 years. I know that this seems too good to be true but we did not spend any money to enter into this agreement.
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Please help us by updating your roof information
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7-10-25.
If you have replaced your roof since moving to Villa Run or know the approximate date that your roof was replaced, please send this information to your area manager. We want to collect this information because it's one of the most important items that is asked when searching for a new insurance company. Here's a list of our area managers:
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Kathleen Trimmer Manager 21141 Derby rd 614-778-7894 ktrimmer27@gmail.com
Peggy Dinges Manager 33044 Brixton Dr East 812-325-5253 peggydinges52@gmail.com
Jill Bishop Manager 53113 Brixton Dr E 937 654-1151 jbishop852@gmail.com
Carol Moehn Manager 63102 Brixton Dr. W 937 390-8958 cjmoehn@gmail.com
1-26-2025. Imagine walking out of your house and when you return, there’s nothing left!
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With the fires and hurricanes going on, I thought that some people may find this suggestion helpful. I know that here in Ohio, we don’t worry much about fires and certainly not hurricanes BUT we do have tornados.
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Years ago, when I sold home and auto insurance, I used to set Friday afternoons aside to go to my customer’s home and take a video of the contents in their home and garage. Luckily, we no longer must use a camera the size of a small suitcase, but rather almost everyone has a cellphone with a camera and most have the capability to take videos.
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My suggestion is this. Using your camera’s video or still pictures, I suggest taking a picture of everything in your house and either transferring it to a computer file or better yet, transferring it to a thumb drive. Be sure to have a date on it and store it somewhere safe. By doing this, you’ll always have evidence of what was destroyed (God forbid) if your home is destroyed.
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