C.I.C.A.
NEWSLETTER
July 18, 2000
President’s Message
Dear Fellow
Property Owners,
As
we begin the final month of my three-year term as a Director, I can’t help
looking back with some pride at what has been accomplished during this
three-year period in the history of your civic association. Each successive board has risen to the
challenge of planning and carrying out projects and programs that were
enhancements to life here in Chesapeake Isle.
Maintenance and renovations have been high on each board’s agenda, as
have exciting new and ambitious undertakings on behalf of our membership…as
well as those who continue to choose not to
be members. They, too, are benefactors
of all the plans, projects and improvements paid for by the membership.
I
was very proud to have been the President of your association for the last two
years of my term and want each of you to know how much I truly enjoyed it. Every property owner and resident should
seriously consider serving his or her neighbors at some time during their
habitation here…particularly the “younger” folks. It’s an experience you will not soon forget….and you will get to know a lot more about “the Isle” than you would
have ever imagined. Please think about
serving your community, as have the nominees named elsewhere in this
newsletter, who will run for the board at the Annual Meeting on August 27th.
We
have seen a dozen new homes built in the Isle in the past year with twenty new
families arriving…that should be proof to all that Chesapeake Isle still sends
out it’s siren’s call to those looking for a unique and different place to live
and raise a family. Although I look forward to a period of being “off the
board” for a while… with more time for Dot and family, gardening and boating…I
will continue as Membership Chairman and will help out in any way I can with
these quarterly newsletters. I don’t
believe anybody should ever fully
retire from service to this magnificent community. I thank you all for your
past kindness, support and encouragement, and your efforts on behalf of our
community.
Best Regards,
Les Fritz
Lost And Found
Department
Two watches were turned in to the President in the
past two or three weeks after both of them were found in the harbor area on
separate occasions. If you lost or have
misplaced a watch…and think it may have been at our harbor… please contact Les
Fritz with a brief description of your item (410-287-9010)
Annual Meeting
and Election of Directors
The
by-laws of the civic association mandate that the annual meeting shall be held
on the 4th Sunday of August each year. This year’s Annual Meeting will be called to order at our beach
pavilion at 3:00 P.M. on August 27th. A covered dish social will follow the meeting as usual. Please see the Social Committee section of
this newsletter for more details regarding the covered dish event. Also note a related article on the
Nominating Committee’s proposed candidates for the Board of Directors, which we
will vote on during the meeting.
Harbor News
Many of our regular
boaters got a late start this season for a variety of reasons, not the least of
which was some bad early season weather.
But, believe it or not, your mooring and tackle will have been out there
for half of the season by the time you are reading this article. A little preventive maintenance and
inspection of lines, splices, shackles, wires, etc. on your mooring rig could
allow you to breathe a little easier for the second half of the boating
season. It’s the kind of thing a
prudent skipper does!!
We have observed too many instances this season of
people launching boats that wouldn’t start or were missing equipment or where
just inept seamanship tied up the ramp and pier for other boaters waiting to
launch or recover. Please be prepared to get away smartly when you come to the pier
whether returning from an outing or launching to go out for a cruise. A skipper who shows no courtesy at a busy
pier or ramp either doesn’t know much about boating or is just plain ignorant
of the rules of boating courtesy. Have
some concern for your neighbor, please….and offer him your assistance if he
seems to have his hands full.
One sure way of showing courtesy is to observe the
5MPH speed restriction throughout the entire harbor area. This limit applies to every type of
watercraft, including jet skis. We would appreciate everyone observing this NO WAKE speed limit.
Thanks to All Our Neighbors
From
Peter & Jonah Goodwin
Nominating Committee
Report
The Nominating Committee has reported the
following slate of candidates to run for election to the Board of Directors at
the August 27th Annual Meeting.
The four highest vote-getters will be elected to a three-year term on
the board.
Dave Byler Andrea
Gilde Verne
Orndorff
Tom Cobley Harry
Hite John
Reber
Your dues for 2000 must be paid by the time of the
meeting if you intend to cast a ballot for any of these candidates. Elsewhere in this newsletter is an
up-to-date list of all property-owners who we have on record as “paid” at the
time this newsletter went to the printer.
If you disagree with our listing…… or, if you would like to pay your
dues and be eligible to vote… please contact the Membership Chairman as soon as
possible.
A Tremendous
Fourth of July Success
Once again a huge, hard-working committee, spearheaded by Tom
and Ginny Cobley, did a bang-up job on Chesapeake Isle’s Independence Day
celebration. We had the largest
attendance ever…..over 200 people. The
beach was buzzing with sun worshipers and swimmers all day long. From the decorated bicycle parade to the
final volleyball match, with horseshoes, tug-of-war, pie eating contests and
silent auctions in between, there was something for everyone along with music
from a DJ and plenty of good food (which sold out right at the end) We look forward to next year’s event and
hope all of our crafter friends did well and will be back again.
Membership Report
As
of the July 10th board meeting, we had 228 paid member families in
the association. That number puts us
about 6 weeks ahead of last year, when we reported a total of 225 members for
the year at the Annual Meeting, the fourth week of August. I think we may still have another five to
ten members by this year’s Annual
Meeting.
September’s Fleet
Week Cruise Set To Cast Off
The annual Chesapeake Isle cruise to famous and exotic
Chesapeake Bay ports of call is almost upon us once again. This very popular, week-long event will take
place this year from September 16th to September 24th and
all sailors and power boaters are invited to join us for camaraderie and
adventure for all or part of that week.
If you would like to know more about this much-anticipated annual
voyage, please mark your calendar for August 24th when a pre-cruise planning meeting will be
held at the home of Bill and Karen Dryden at 7:30 P.M.
Jacob’s Nose
Erosion Control Project
Our thanks to all who co-operated…. especially the
fisherman… by staying off the Jacob’s Nose cliff face as we requested in our
last newsletter. A hand –picked crew of
“mountain farmers” successfully placed vegetation netting on the worst of the
erosion spots on the cliff. So far the
vegetation mats seem to be working and new growth has been observed. Please continue to stay off this fragile
piece of real estate so that we can get bigger and better plants and shrubs
established there.
Basketball Court
Dilemma
The basketball court has been in use now for just
about a year and all indications are that it is being used for a variety of activities
by our children and young adults on almost a daily basis. We have not received any complaints about
the things that most concerned people when we were voting on the
project…attracting unsavory outsiders, loud noise or music blasting, vandalism or
bad language. For that we are most
happy and continue to keep our fingers crossed.
Unfortunately, one of the things we promised to
do…paint or coat the court with a green finish to minimize its impact on the
area… has not looked feasible based on our investigations to date. The cost has proven to be higher than we
expected and the folks we have contacted for “expert” advice ( Park and Education officials ) have not
been very enthusiastic about our chances for success with a coated surface if
we are going to allow multiple uses such as roller-blading, hockey, etc. as
well as basketball. At our July meeting
of the Board, we had a ‘lively’ discussion about going back on our promise to
the community followed by a motion not to paint or coat the court. This motion passed by a margin of 6 to 3 and
that is where the project stands right now.
Undoubtedly, we will hear more on this at the Annual Meeting.
Bathing Beach
Erosion Control Project
It’s hard to believe we have been investigating
this project designed to stop the loss of sand on our bathing beach and prevent
the proliferation of river rocks for slightly over a year now, but that is
how long it’s been. A large and
energetic committee has been doing everything possible to keep this project
“moving along” but the progress has been slow and methodical despite their best
intentions.
The design plan engineered for us by Mr. Dick
Luttrell has recently been approved by the Maryland Department of the
Environment and a wetlands permit has been issued to us. By the time you are reading this, letters
will have been sent out to several recommended companies who do this kind of
shoreline work, requesting their competitive bids on such a project.
Hopefully, at the Annual
Meeting, we will be in a position to give the membership the bidding
information and some thoughts on possible ways of financing the cost of the
project. Until such time as the costs
involved might “dash all of our hopes and plans”, the Board continues to
be in favor of this proposal and continues to feel that if we don’t do something positive to address the
problem, it will only continue to get
worse!!
Community Advertisements
As
a favor to our paid members, we will advertise their services and items for
sale in our newsletters free of charge.
Y For Sale: 14 Ft. Hobie Cat with Jib
1987 Mercury Grand Marquis
Contact.................................... Mike Szep at (410)
287-5618
P For Sale: 1979 Bristol 27.7 Sail Boat……… 15 HP Diesel inboard
This boat is in good
sailing condition……… Needs cabinetry work............... $9,500.00
Contact............... Joan and Jack Ferrick 410-287-8595
Y For Sale: 1996 Hyundai Accent……Mint condition, only 30,000
miles.
New tires, 5 speed,
sunroof, am/fm cassette and spoiler......................... Only
$4995
Contact............................................................ Karen
Lewis 410-287-3398
c Home Interiors – Do you want decorations
for your home or love candles? Do you
want to shop without leaving your home?
Home Interiors has a way to help you with that and to get these things
for free or at 55% off the regular price.
Clearance sale August 17th, 2000. 7-9 p.m. 10-40% off items. Door
prizes will be drawn. Come and bring a
friend. RSVP by August 13, 2000.
Contact.................................................. Melissa
Polonsky 410-287-0956
c Pretty Posies—Keep your cherished memories. Specializing in
antique silk flowers. Casual to
elegant…Victorian nosegays, bridal bouquets, boutonnieres, and corsages
Contact............................................................ Gwen
Smith 410-287-9002
Baby-Sitters and Lawn-Mowers
In response to our search for baby-sitters or
lawn-mowers, we have the following names to offer at this time. We will announce more, as we receive them,
in future newsletters.
Lawn Mowers: Roger
LaLonde Age 15 410-287-4845
Joshua
Groves Age 13 410-287-7599
Baby Sitters: Katy
LaLonde Age 14 410-287-4845
In
addition, there are two families, so far, willing to form a babysitting
“pool”. If you want to add a person to
the above list or need more information, please call Jackie Lyons at
410-287-0869
CPR Training
We
are planning a CPR training class for the fall. Contact Jackie Lyons at 410-287-0869 if you are interested or for
more information.
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SOCIAL
COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES & NEWS
2000 ANNUAL MEETING
DATE: SUNDAY,
August 27, 2000
PLACE: Pavilion
TIME: Meeting -
3:00pm
Covered Dish Social at
5:00pm
As summer winds
down, it's time for our annual meeting and elections. The meeting is at 3:00pm and will be followed by a covered dish
social at 5:00pm. Main dish (meat),
soda and beer will be provided by the social committee.
Please bring a
covered dish, enough to feed 8-10 people.
See you there!
FALL CLEAN-UP
DATE: Saturday, September 30, 2000
TIME: 9:00am for work assignments, 1:00pm for
Covered dish social
PLACE: Pavilion
CONTACT: Sue Seeley 287-0025
Summer has come to
an end and it's time to clean-up after all the sun & fun of the season.
Bring
your tools, marked with your name, and help pitch in.
Chesapeake Isle is
a self-help community and we need everyone to pitch in and do their fair
share. We will appreciate any time you
can give, no matter how small.
A covered dish
social will follow at 1:00pm. Hot dogs,
soda & beer will be provided by the CICA social committee. Bring your favorite dish or dessert, enough
to feed 8-10 people.
NEXT SOCIAL COMMITTEE MEETING: August 21, 2000 at the pavilion,
7:30pm.
All CICA members welcome.
2000 HARBOR SOCIALS FOR ADULTS
August 18, 2000
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
September 1, 2000
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Bring your
favorite wine and an hors d' oeuvre, and join us for a lovely evening down at
the harbor. Beer, soda & paper
goods provided by the social committee.
Don't miss one of our best events. (No dogs, please.)
JUST A REMINDER
The social
committee is looking for a Halloween Party chairperson, and also a Host and/or
Hostess for our Annual Wine & Cheese Social on December 3,
2000. Please call Sue Seeley at
287-0025 if you have any questions or would like to volunteer.