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The Honking Goose Your Community – Your News since 1997

Inside This Summer Edition

LCCRA Updates

• Loyalist Estates News

• Residents’ Appreciations/Comments

• Loyalist Community News

• Community Service Bulletins

• Tee to Green

• Travel and Tips

• Editorial and Other Stuff

• Editorial Corrections

Issue: 139 Summer Edition

July, 2018 Editors: Rick Myers / Dawn Ford Circulation: Ann Myers

LCCRA Loyalist Country Club Estates Residents Association

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-

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Loyalist Estates News

Testing at the Napanee Generating Station (NGS)

Beginning this week for approximately the next 4-6 weeks, TransCanada’s Napanee Generating

Station (NGS) will be cleaning its fuel gas lines in preparation for plant start up later this year.

Completing this work - known as “air blows” - requires the use of compressed air forced through

the fuel gas lines to remove any debris that might be present from construction. These lines are

totally contained on the NGS site. Air blows are expected to take place daily but will be restricted to

day time hours starting at approximately 8:00 a.m. and ending no later than 7:00 p.m. Blows can

last from between 10 and 60 seconds each, with several air blows expected each day.

During the air blow process, site neighbours may notice louder than usual sound levels near

the NGS site.

Site neighbours within a 2-km radius of the site are being informed of this activity via letter.

TransCanada apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions or

concerns, please contact Peter Webster at 613.352.7304.

Kaitlin Phase 8 - APPROVED

At the Loyalist Township Council meeting held on June 25th, Loyalist Estates Phase 8

Rezoning and Draft Plan of Subdivision were approved. To see the Loyalist Estates Phase

8 Notice of decision please check the lccra website or contact Trudy Gravel, Approvals

Planner at tgravel@loyalist.ca if you have any questions regarding this matter.

Final date of appeal is July 23rd.

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Missing Poole Noodles

A couple of years ago some of the aquafit group did a fund raiser to raise money for a pool

box and noodles for the residents to use. We also had a generous grant from the LCCRA.

Last week, it was noticed that a couple of the more expensive noodles were missing from

the box. The cost to replace these would be $20+ each. These ones were purchased as

they are more durable and longer lasting than the cheaper ones you find at the dollar stores.

If 2 purple noodles with a white stripe through the middle and LCCRA written on the end

have mistakenly ended up in your home, it would be very much appreciated if they could be

returned to the pool box. These are meant for the enjoyment of all the Loyalist residents.

NOTE: these noodles may have been returned by the printing of the Honking Goose,

if that is the case we greatly appreciate your assistance.

Executive Members Required

The Loyalist Country Club Residents Association (LCCRA) works on your behalf to

improve the social activity and facilities for the community. Your ten dollar membership gives

us the funds we need to help sponsor events, publish the local telephone directory, run the

website and cover the cost of transport to local events.

We could not do any of this without the help of volunteers from the community. We are

looking for help on the committee. The dynamic and friendly team which forms the executive

has the following two volunteer opportunities available. Come and join our team working for

the community.

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Recording Secretary.

Responsible for the following.

• Record and publish minutes of the monthly meetings of the LCCRA executive

• Distributing proposed agendas,

• Arranging for the meeting room at the clubhouse

• Be available as a backup signing authority for the issuing of cheques by the

treasurer.

This person should have reasonable data capture skills, be computer literate and available

for meetings once per month. A resident who is here most of the year would be a huge

asset.

Marketing and Outreach Director.

The LCCRA has a very active community and a very active website reaching almost 800

persons, this resource is of interest to many businesses in the surrounding area. You would

act as a contact point for these businesses and obtain sponsorship support for our

organization. In the beginning, you will work with the president and the board to develop a

marketing strategy and upon approval, implement that plan.

If you have any interest in either of the two volunteer positions or would like more

information please contact

The President LCCRA Paul D. Swinwood

476 Country Club Drive, Bath, Ontario,K0H 1G0

Email at Paulds@bell.net or by phone at: Cell 613 720-3468 res 613 352-5658

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Myrna’s Coffee and Exercise

With the reopening of the basement in the clubhouse

Healthy Hearts will resume with "Myrna’s Coffee and

Exercise" Not golfing every day and feel the need to exercise

a little? Spend some time with Myrna for coffee and exercise.

All are welcome, just turn up in the clubhouse. Starting

Monday 4th June 2018. Every Monday, Wednesday and

Friday from 10.00AM to 11.45AM

It is the individual participants’ responsibility to

ascertain, from their own personal physician, that

exercise is appropriate for them.

This activity is restricted to members of the Golf and Country Club [CCC].

Visitors are welcomed, provided space is available, and they are invited and accompanied by a

member of CCC

For more information call. Myrna Culver (613) 352 5773

The LCC Backyard Party Event

The Honking Goose has been informed that this backyard party may have a special guest form the

Kaitlin Group who will be enjoying the LCCRA hospitality. If you are attending be sure to express our

great love for our community and our commitment to making it more ”Than a Place To Live”.

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The Lunch Bunch

Date 30 July Monday

Where: The Huff Estates Art and Winery

Address 2274 County Road #1

Bloomfield. K0K 1G0

Please advise Althea 613-352-7761

Or email jones.davidalthea@gmail.com

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NEW RESIDENTS TO THE COMMUNITY

We would like to welcome the following residents to our community.

New Residents to LCCRA *

Name Address Phone Moved From

Tim and Christine McGill

59 Country Club Drive 613-391-8732 Peterborough

Kevin and Helen Karasiuk

12 Abbey Dawn Drive 613-214-9136 Lincoln N.E.

Brian and Kim Holberton

117 Country Club Drive 613-352-0048 Paudash Lake, near Bancroft, Ont.

Residents’ Appreciation/Comments

SUNSHINE CLUB

Sunshine Club Appreciation note

Thank you to all the participants in the Country Club Golf Tournament. Your generous support raised

$769 for The Sunshine Club which will enable it to continue to bring a little cheer into the lives of our

neighbours who may need a bit of a lift due to serious illness or loss. Thanks again. Liz Anderson for

the Sunshine Club.

Liz

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Roz and Dennis Kunze

It is with a sad heart that we leave this community, we want to thank so many of you for your

incredible kindness to us. The many meals and baking that found a way to our doorstep and our

stomachs .......... delicious!!! The many offers of help, and the flowers that arrived,.....they were so

appreciated! We truly wish we could stay, however there is not unfortunately the medical care l need

at this time.......we will never find another community like this one!! We enjoyed so many

friendships We wish you all the very best life has to offer 🙏

A Big Thank You Roz and Dennis Kunze

Loyalist / Bath Community News

What a day – Canada Day 2018

Although you Editor of the Honking

Goose was 4000 kms away many

LCCRA residents sent me some

pictures of the great Canada Day

parade and events. The Honking

Goose wishes to sent out a heart felt

THANK YOU to Diane Nolting, Canada

Day events and parade Chairperson

and her great committee for their

commitment to the planning developing

and execution of another unbelievable

Canada Day for Bath and all the

visitors we were able to share this

event with.

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There are many more wonderful pictures

that can been seen by checking the

Canada Day website or the Bath

Community Facebook page.

Loyalist / Bath Community Service Bulletins

Bath Museum 434 Main Street

Bath, Ontario K0H 1G0

Open until Labour Day Weekend

Wednesday – Sunday 10 am – 4 pm (613) 352-7716

Come and enjoy a marvelous museum of local artifacts with military, old tools, school house displays and much more.

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From Tee to Green

Country Club Dr. / Hawley Court Golf Tournament

The 13th annual Country Club Drive and Hawley

Court golf tournament was held on June 27. It was a

rainy day but many brave souls finished the 9 hole

golf tournament. The winning team for the day was

Lloyd and Tina Fleming and Don and Carol

McInnis. Congratulations

Many thanks go to all who helped us on the day, Bill

McCormack, Rod and Normande Whitney and Bill

Hume for the putting contest, Ken Allan for the

registration table, Paul and Adele Swinwood for the

50/50 tickets. Special thanks to all the people who so

generously donated items for the prize table.

Together we raised $762 for the Sunshine

Club. The winners of this year’s

tournament were Don and Caly McInnis

and Lloyd and Tina Fleming and the

Sunshine Club.

Tournament co-ordinators for next year

are Jeff and Christine Cheney. Contact

them if you wish to help. Thank you

Everyone, Konrad and Sandy Smelser

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LCC Special News

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Travel and Tips

(Travel and Tips is a regular series on the adventures of LCCRA members. If you have a

travel experience you wish to share, please send the Honking Goose a summary of 600 words

or less and a few pictures and we will make sure it gets into our next edition.)

France’s Finest

This was our first visit to France and third Viking cruise. To us, cruising provides tremendous

value in minimizing packing and unpacking suitcases while getting to travel and explore many

different locations. And, we found a connection to Loyalist Township while in France!

We began our trip with a 3-day

stay in Nice exploring this

Mediterranean seaside city and

coastline. We enjoyed one of the best

foodie tours with a local guide tasting

many Nicoise specialties and local

wines. A highlight was a short drive

along the coast through Monte Carlo

which was still decked out for their

annual Formula 1 Grand Prix race held 2 weeks earlier (including the famous hairpin turn) as well as

walking the grounds of the Royal Palace and the famous Casino in Monaco. It was more of a

spectacle to look at the Lamborghinis, Bentleys and Jags parked out front of the casino, each in their

own ‘chained’ parking spot to ensure visitors like us didn’t get too close.

We then joined our 8-day cruise of the Rhone in southern France sailing from Avignon to

Lyon. Many of our excursions took us to quaint villages along the river as well as vineyards, as well

as the Pope’s Palace in Avignon where the Popes lived from 1309 – 1409. Lyon is a beautiful city in

the heart of France and within 1 to 2 hours, by train, of many other major cities, both in France and

abroad.

We traveled 2 hours by train from Lyon to Paris to join up with our second cruise along the

Seine. In our view, the scenery along the Seine is much more picturesque than the Rhone, and

much more populated. There were 2 highlights of this cruise which initially attracted us to booking

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this trip . . . visiting French impressionist painter Claude Monet’s property in Giverny – touring his

house, viewing some of his paintings, touring his gardens and water lily pond, and, paying our

respects in Normandy where we walked Juno Beach and visited the Juno Beach Centre which is

dedicated to remembering our Canadian veterans who stormed that beach on D-Day in 1944.

This is where we

encountered the connection to

Loyalist Township. Outside the

Centre are 12 – 15 pylon type

memorial columns each bearing

200 – 300 small blue plaques from

various companies and

organizations commemorating the

sacrifice made by Canadian

soldiers that day. Tina came

across 2 plaques that had personal meaning to us, BMO (where I retired after 38 years) and Loyalist

Township. We were honoured to see both, particularly the one from Loyalist Township. It made us

feel proud of the community we now call home.

We haven’t mentioned much about Paris in this review however it’s everything we had

previously read about it . . . the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe erected by Napoleon, the

shopping, the nightlife & lights, and the food . . . all of which was exceeded only by the feverish

passion everyone displayed for Team France in the current World Cup of Soccer. We could write

another review simply on Paris!

We ended our visit to France spending 3 days in the Loire Valley touring castles, chateaus

and enjoying white wine which they are known for. And what better way to end our trip than to stay in

the restored ‘hunting chateau’ of King Louis XIII and one final night in Paris.

Lloyd and Tina Fleming

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Editorial and other Stuff

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Editorial Corrections:

No corrections reported for this edition…..

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