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Birch Bay Village Community Club (BBVCC) 2015

INSIDE: Golf News 2

Pizza Etc. 3

Bridge Club 3

Music Group 3

Social Club News 4

Morning Coffee 6

Adult Poker Night 6

Yacht Club News 6

Classifieds 7

Citation Report 7

Calendar 8

APRIL VILLAGE-WIDE YARD SALE: The annual Village-wide Yard Sale will be on Saturday, April 18th from 9am to 2pm. Contact the office to get your name and address on a list that will be distributed the day be-fore and the day of the sale. Please note that the yard sales are for members and their guests; the deadline to get your name on the list will be April 16th by 4pm, and maps of the yard sales will be availa-ble April 17th at noon. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Three (3) statements of candidacy were submitted to serve on the board of directors. Since there are only three (3) vacancies in June, the can-didates will only need approval from the election committee. The three applicants were: Dawn Baker, Jim Lockie, and Cliff Mal-lory. A “Meet and Greet” is scheduled for May 17th from 2pm to 4pm.

MOORAGE SPACE AVAILABLITY CLARIFICA-TION: The advertisement in the 48° North Magazine for moorage will specify that ownership in Birch Bay Village is required. Moorage is only available to members. “Guest” moorage is temporary (3 days max) on the guest dock with prereservation by a member (max 50’ boat). Guest launch is also an option with preregistration by a member with the guest’s boat, trailer, and vehicle registration and watercraft insurance as well as a $10 fee for each launch/retrieval. CLUBHOUSE: Remember to clean up after your function: put away tables, chairs, coffee & supplies, and all other items taken out; spot clean floor & sweep, wipe off counters.

BARCODES: If you have changed license plates since you received your barcode please call or email the office with the new plate number so we can update our records. If your barcode is cracked, peeling, or faded and therefore not working come to the office with a current copy of your registration and we will apply a new one. CANADIAN DRAWN CHECKS NO LONGER AC-CEPTED: The BBVCC office can no longer ac-cept checks drawn from Canadian banks. Cash, money orders, and checks drawn from US banks are accepted; most credit/debit cards are accepted as well with a 4% fee. UPGRADE YOUR MAILBOX: You can still pur-chase a new mailbox through the office: $100 includes installation. Come to the office to submit your information, and a volunteer will call you and set up an installation time. HAVE A DAY A MONTH TO SPARE? Submit a letter of interest to serve on a committee: the ACC, Marina Committee and Roads & Drainage Committee, have openings.

FROM THE OFFICE See what goodies you

find at the Vil-lage-wide

Yard Sale on Sat. April 18!

APRIL NOTES:

Music Group: (Music Group will NOT

meet in April!)

Easter Egg Hunt:

(Sat April 4, 1pm; ages 1

-10; supply own basket)

Village-Wide

Yard Sale: (Sat April 18, 9am-2pm;

get address on map)

Vessel Safety Day: (Sat April 11, 9am; meet

at Marina)

Plant Exchange: (Sat April 25, 10am-

12pm; page 4)

Fundraiser:

(Barb May, BBV security supervisor, could use

your support visit http://de.gofund.me/n4xa8c.)

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GOLF NEWS

Yahoo…It’s time for (more) golf at BBV! – For those of you who are back in the Village now (or never left), you already know that the golfing season has arrived. Many have been playing the course on a regular basis through-out the winter and more are joining in as the course rounds into great shape with all the great weather we’ve had. Come on out and join the fun! BBV Golf Club ramps up for new season – Entering its second year, the BBV Golf Club is planning new events and activities, along with many familiar ones. Don’t miss out. New and renewal member applications are now be-ing accepted from all BBV golfers, non-golfers, spouses, children, other family members and more. The cost is still only $5 US per person!!! But, don’t wait too long to turn in your application. The 2015 BBV Golf Club booklet, which lists all Golf Club members and current contact information, the 2015 schedule of Club activities and more, is in the works. Please submit new/renewal appli-cation(s) ASAP, along with $5 per person fees (US cur-rency or checks made out to “Birch Bay Village Golf Club” (BBVGC)), to Jim Macmillan (Club President), 8156 Sehome Rd., Blaine, WA 98230. For more information please contact Jim Macmillan at 360-371-2933 or mac-millan@uni.edu. First golf tournament of the year – The annual BBV/Golf Lab tournament, the first of many golf tournaments we have planned at BBV this year takes place on April 4 with a shotgun start at 10am. The format is 2-person teams; cost is $20 – BBV members/$40 – guest players (includes green fees, prize fund, food and soft drinks (all inclu-sive)); payouts for individual gross/net, two person team gross/net, SKINS, and KP'S. Team up with your partner, a friend or buddy, or Joe will find one for you. Limited to first 60 players to sign up – email Joe at joepro007@hotmail.com or call 752-3337. Don’t delay…it’s time to pay! – Take advantage of the many convenient ways that you and/or a sponsored guest can pay for golfing at BBV—annual passes (including the Sponsored Golf Pass), 10-round play cards, per-round green fees, and an after-hours “Honest Box” fee ($10 all-day)—they all provide a great and fair value. See you on the tee at BBV!!!

PIZZA ETC.

BRIDGE LUNCHEON: Thursday, April 2nd at 11:30am in the Clubhouse. Novices and Newcomers to the Village are welcome. For reservations call: Liz Gaines @ 922-0921. Please bring a sandwich. Wine, Coffee, and Des-sert will be served. Please confirm that you are coming.

DUPLICATE BRIDGE: Wednesday afternoons at 12:30pm at the Clubhouse. NEVER PLAYED? TRY IT!! It’s a fun 3 hours. Looking forward to seeing you there. Call Shirley at 371-5288.

PRACTICE BRIDGE: Practice Bridge will be every Wednes-day morning from 10:30am to 12:15pm. Call Gwen for more information at 371-3965.

BRIDGE CLUB

We had a great turn out of people for our March Pizza Etc. dinner and the food was outstanding as usual. We would like to thank Tom, Terry, Pat, and Marcia for doing a great job of hosting. We also want to thank all the vol-unteers that always help out. Next month’s Pizza Etc. will on Monday, April 20th when we will again be getting together to share another night of food, conversation and cards. Everyone is invited to come and join in the fun. Our hosts for April are Judy and Terry Sullivan and Bill and Barbara Forbes. Please bring a Pizza, salad or dessert to share and coffee and tea will be provided. We look forward to an enjoyable evening of joining together for a meal, playing games or just talking afterwards. See you at 5:30pm for the social get together with dinner starting at 6pm. If you would like to be put on the email list for Pizza Etc. please feel free to send me your email address and I will add you to the list. My email is barband-munch@comcast.net If you have any questions feel free to give me a call. Bar-bara Mallory 425-248-3653.

Thanks to all the wonderful people who attended our St. Pat's Day performances, to Mike Kent for sponsoring our Irish Ses-sions, and to the Social Club for inviting us to entertain at their St. Pat's Day Dinner. The music group will be taking a break during the month of April. Our next music night will be at 7pm Monday, May 11.

MUSIC GROUP

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Regular Meeting: The Social Club meets at 1pm on the 2nd Monday of every month at the Clubhouse. You are invited to attend our next meeting on April 13th at 1pm.

If you have any questions regarding the Social Club, please contact one of the Co-Chairs, Carol Macmillan at 371-2933 or Donna Boyce at 778-3772. Saint Patrick’s Dinner: A great Irish dinner and lively music was enjoyed by many in celebration of St. Patty’s Day. Thank you to the Village Music group for providing such rollicking Irish folk tunes and sing-a-long. A Big Thank You to all the Social Club Leprechauns for organizing and putting on this fun annual event. Social Club Breakfast: The next Saturday Breakfast will be served on April 4th from 8am to 10am. Please join your friends and neighbors for a tasty breakfast or bring new residents of the Village. Biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, ham, pancakes, fruit, sweet rolls, juice, hot choco-late, coffee and tea will be served. The cost is $5 for adults and $2.50 for kids 12 and under. As always, please bring a few items for the Food Bank for those in need. Stick around to watch and help with the Easter Egg Hunt! BBV Easter Egg Hunt: The annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held on Saturday, April 4th, starting promptly at 1pm at the Clubhouse. Children between the ages of 1 and 10 are invited to join a fun hunt for colorful eggs filled with goodies. Please provide your children with their own baskets. Cupcakes and juice will be available after the hunt. If parents can stay and help clean up the Club-house after this event, it would be greatly appreciated. Items for the Food Bank will be gratefully accepted. Movie Night at the Clubhouse: The next movie night for adults will be on April 21st at 7pm. Watch the reader board for the name of the April movie. Bring your favor-

ite drinks as no beverages are served. Popcorn will be provided. As always, your ticket to the movie is items for the Blaine Food Bank. Free Plant Exchange: Spring seems to have come early this year! The annual FREE plant exchange will be held on April 25th from 10am to 12pm at the Clubhouse. As we are digging in our gardens this Spring, save those ex-tra bulbs and plants you are dividing and bring them to the plant exchange. Indoor and outdoor plants/trees/flowers are welcome. Reference books and gardening experts will be available to answer your questions on pest control or plants that grow well in this area. Bunco: Calling all Bunco players! This fun game night is scheduled for April 24th at 7:30pm at the Clubhouse. Please bring an appetizer or dessert to share. Coffee and tea will be served or bring your own favorite beverage. Call Jennie at 933-4120 by April 21st to secure your reser-vation. The cost is $5 per person and the money will be given out as prizes. Items for the Blaine Food Bank are always welcome. Upcoming Events in May: Spring Salad Luncheon: This an-nual luncheon will be held on a different day in May than in the past. Check out the May Bulletin for the date and other information. Come share your favorite salads and enjoy the company of your friends and neighbors, or bring someone new to the Village to meet more resi-dents of BBV. Welcome Committee: If you are a new owner in the Vil-lage and haven’t been contacted by the Welcome Basket lady, please call Judy Lackey at 371-3387. We have a warm welcome and gift basket full of goodies and local information we would like to deliver to you. Judy is ask-ing for donations of small items for the welcome baskets,

SOCIAL CLUB NEWS

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such as decorative note pads, fancy pens, decorative cock-tail/regular napkins, vases, tea towels, candles and holders, liquid soaps or lotions, and medium to large sized baskets. Please contact Judy if you have items to donate. Helping Hands: We have a wonderful group of volunteers who are available to provide temporary assistance to resi-dents in the Village who are sick, recovering from surgery or otherwise need a helping hand. Some of the short-term as-sistance we can provide includes rides to doctor appoint-ments/medical treatments, meals, small gardening or weed-ing projects/lawn mowing, etc. We also have a good supply of medical equipment such as bed rails, crutches, electric scooter, wheel chairs, shower chairs, walkers, and toilet ris-ers, etc. which is available on a temporary basis. There is a folding wheel chair ramp available for short-term loan to Vil-lage residents. If you or someone you know needs a "helping hand," please call Sheryl at 371-3505. Please remember to call Sheryl when borrowing or returning all equipment. And thank you for returning it in a sanitized condition. Stafholt Good Samaritan Center: The Social Club has provided gifts for the residents of Stafholt in Blaine for many years. The Club members are also involved in staffing the “Bingo Bucks” shopping tables for the residents each month. This is where the residents can use their “Bingo Bucks,” earned while playing bingo, to shop for family and themselves for small items. Donations are needed to fill up the shop’s tables for the Stafholt Residents. Especially needed are items for men, such as hats, sports or polo shirts (size Large), soaps/lotions, and other small items for men. Jewelry is popular with the ladies, especially necklaces that can be slipped over the head. Games and toys are great and allow the residents to purchase gifts for their grand and great grand children. If you would like to help provide shopping items for these resi-dents, please contact Terry at 206-399-2672 or Carol at 371-2933. Food Bank Donations: Food Bank donations are always need-ed year round. Please check your cupboards and pantries for those extra food items that can be donated to the communi-ty food bank to help families in our Blaine/Birch Bay commu-nity. Non-perishable food items can be dropped off at the Clubhouse anytime it is open for any event. Please do not bring food that has an expiration date prior to April 2015. The Clothing Store has a bin next to their entry door for clothing donations so you can drop donations off at anytime. Donations in good condition are always appreciated.

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YACHT CLUB NEWS

MORNING COFFEE Come on in to the Clubhouse Tuesday and Thursday morning from 8am to 10am. Join your neighbors for a piping hot cup of coffee. It’s the way to great conversation and friendship for both guys and gals. Call Jim Lockie 371-8256.

ADULT POKER NIGHT Enjoy an evening of Texas Hold'em, or some fun card games - our group does both. Beginners are always welcome. We meet at the Clubhouse from 6pm to 9pm, on the 2nd and 4th Sunday. Contact Cliff Mallory 425-248-5992.

Don’t let this happen to you… Ahoy Members: Please save the following Dates for April: Wednesday April 8th - Education Night: Starts promptly at 7pm at the Clubhouse. “Managing Ves-sel Information”. Comments and discussion from person-al experience and a local boat broker. Open to all Birch Bay Village Residents. Please RSVP David Sawicki at da-sawicki@outlook.com Saturday April 11th -Vessel Safety Day: We will start at 9am with members of the Coast Guard on hand to inspect your vessel. You must sign up at http://www./mysignup.com. The boater’s swap will begin at 10am - meet in the marina parking lot. If you are interest-ed in selling your treasured items or buying someone’s treasured item make it a point to mark your calendar. Also at 10am fire extinguisher certification are available sponsored by Washington Fire Safety. Warm drinks and donuts provided by the YC. Friday April 24th to Sunday 26th _ Sucia Clean up. For more detail go to the following link: http://www.bbvyc.org/ . Be sure to reserve your spot for those events. Having attended the Sucia Cleanup several years in a row, it was always fun, entertaining and you get the personal satisfaction of being part of maintaining this world famous, scenic marine park. At the General Meeting and Dinner, Chris Doutre will be presenting our Web Site to you, I can tell you how ex-citing it is to go to our BBVC YC Web Site and get real in-

formation. We hope to keep it updated and Chris has generously offered his time and talents to work with Jeff Morris-Reade to maintain the site. All Yacht Club News and events will be posted providing useful information to all members. We will have the new membership cards at the Spring General Meeting and Dinner. I hope that you will be as proud as I am, of the new cards. A big thanks to the hardworking Bridge members Agnes and Jodie that did make this happen. When I first joined the Yacht Club here when I moved from Huntington Beach, I was shocked and disappointed that the Bridge members were expected to do all the planning and work. But, thanks to Commodore Dennis Duncan and Commodore Dawn Baker this has really changed and in my estimation, has completely revitalized our Yacht Club. I hope to continue their guidance and foresight. I am happy to see that they have agreed, along with Past Commodore Ed Stipkala to be the Nominating Committee for the 2016 Bridge. Future Event The popular Waterside Wednesday will make its appear-ance again on May 13th. More details at http://www.bbvyc.org Finally - I must apologize – I promised you “Double Trou-ble”, in my last Bulletins ramblings, for the Spring General Meeting and Dinner – but after I hit “send” it was pointed out to me that I should have confirmed this with our Chairman of the Social Events. She had concluded cor-rectly, because of the expected crowd, and the business to be discussed, it was just not feasible. I promise they will return in the future. Fair Winds and Cheap Fuel Peter Winterfeld Commodore, BBV YC 2015

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View the March Board Minutes Online!

www.bbvcc.com

May Bulletin deadline: April 21st (4pm) contactus@bbvcc.com

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FOR SALE: 19’ 1995 Sunbird 202, 2010 150hp Mercury Optimax. 1995 E-Z loader trailer with elec winch & new spare tire. 1993 9.9 Yamaha kicker, purchased new in 1995. Lowrance HDS-7 fishfinder/GPS. Original owner, located in BBV. Call Ted for details and extras 360-393-3612. $20,000 OBO.

FOR SALE: Ladies’ motorcycle gear-black leather: jacket, pants, gloves, boots, electric chaps & vest, & helmet, ap-prox. size 10 clothing; size 7.5 boots, like new condition, will sell separately—make offer. NordicTrack cross coun-try skier exercise equipment (new ones $300+) this one is FREE to a good home—it works fine. Men’s Univega 18 gear mountain bike, works great-just an older model, $75 deal. Fiskars push lawn mower, great for small or level lawn (not great for large, uneven terrain), we dis-covered we can’t use it (new ones cost $200+) will take $75 for this one, hardly used. Call 360-510-9301

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