Lake Erie Country Club

The Annual General Meeting for Lake Erie Country Club Ltd. was held on Saturday June 19, 2010. Elections were held at that time. Roger Hussey & Dennis Hicks withdrew their names from the ballot. Tina Leardon was nominated from the floor. New board Members are: Tina Leardon; Richard Foale & Les Wares. Please take time to congratulate them. LECC is fortunate to have such talent on the Board.

LECC BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION CANDIDATES

There are 3 vacancies for positions on the LECC Board of Directors and the following people have submitted their names for the election to take place at the General Membership Meeting on Sat. June 19, 2010:

Roger Hussey #163

Barbara King #239

Dennis Hicks #291

Richard Foale #327

Les Wares #359

NOTE: The General Membership Meeting for 2010 takes place this Sat. June 19 at the clubhouse.
Registration: 9:30 am Meeting: 10:00 am

Members in good standing who would like to put their names forward to run for a position on the Board should contact the Nomination Committee, Mr. Tom Adams #339 or any Board Member by June 05, 2010. This year there will be 3 positions open 2 - 3 year terms and 1- 2 year term. AGM packages are expected to be distributed to Lakeside Drive homes on the weekend of May 22, 2010. The annual general meeting of Lake Erie Country Club Ltd. will be held on June 19, 2010 at 10:00AM at the Lake Erie Country Club Clubhouse, 180 Lake Erie Country Club Drive, Amherstburg Ontario. Only Members in good standing will be able to attend and participate.

Hello All: A beautiful spring thus far. The geese are making their grovel racket, and the ducks have returned which means summer is close at hand. Tuesday Night Men's Horseshoe League will start June 1st. I will need everyone's commitment at least 2 weeks prior. The 4th Annual Governors' Cup Mixed Team Horseshoe Tourney will, as always, be on Race Day at 1:30pm. This Tourney is for the rights to the L.E.C.C. Trophy and bragging rights for the year. The other tournaments will be held on Sunday June 20th and August 15th. As well, the Men's Association will be holding a special breakfast the 3rd Sunday July on the 18th and on August 15. Menu to be announced at a later date. This year the Men will also be sponsoring the Chili Cook Off. Great prizes are already in hand and a trophy for our mantel has been purchased. So get those fantastic secret recipes ready. The Cook Off will be on August 29th at high noon. All are welcome to sample for a $3.00 donation. Watch the EVENTS section for more details of this & upcoming events.

We would like to have at least 3 scheduled work days again this year - "to be announced". Last year these days were instrumental in accomplishing all we did. Thanks again to all that helped.

To all our friends traveling this way for the summer we wish you a safe journey. To all those that are here... well, lets admit it, we are the lucky ones aren't we.

Regards,

Ken Branson

Hello Members,

I hope all LECC members are enjoying this winter. It is nice to see all the hockey and ice skating happening on the marsh this year. It has been a good year for ice. As soon as the weather permits a new 14ft X 4ft wood/charcoal burning barbeque will be built and installed at the Clubhouse and the final touches done to complete our pavilion. We will be looking for plenty of volunteers when the time comes. I would like to thank all the volunteers we had in 2009. We completed several projects ourselves: resurfacing the tennis courts, a lot of trees were planted, all the work on the pavilion and so on, that we could not have done otherwise.

Throughout the winter I have heard of some of the problems we have had with our road. We must remember the causeway is open to direct wind which causes icy conditions on more of a regular basis. Slower speeds and caution are essential during the winter months (20 KPH).

The Board is discussing several issues with the proper authorities to rectify some of our problems:

1. We are having preliminary discussions with the town of Amherstburg about taking control of our road. By the annual meeting we should have something more concrete to share.

2. We are looking into warning signs for our road, as well as arrow signs in the tight curves and caution signs at each side of the causeway. Ontario Highway Safety Authority has promised us some of the arrows and will keep us in mind for other appropriate recycled signs (meaning old signs they have removed and replaced from road construction)

As an old timer here at LECC, I personally feel that the road has held up better this year than any other year I can remember. The new rock and rebuilding the crown has definitely helped. I know there are potholes, but they aren’t as bad as the foot or foot and half ruts that we use to get. The washboard at the highway hasn’t been that bad either, but this is not the last blast of winter we will see.

Lastly, there have been several sightings of wolves in our area. We always had coyotes and foxes, but wolves will look for lesser prey. So with the ice, the predator animals have direct route to our back yards and will attack dogs, and especially cats, so please, watch your pets.

See everyone soon,

Ken

President L.E.C.C.