Fall 2011

PRESIDENT’S NOTES:

The Fall Membership Meeting was very lively this year what with the 50/50 raffle being reinstituted. $314 dollars was raised, $157 of which went to Joe Arnone, the winner. Congratulations Joe! Joe retired from his position as Chairman of the Dam Association and Joe Hoodlet was elected as the new chairman. The Dam Association is in good hands.

In the last newsletter, as well as at the Fall Meeting, I put out a very needed call for your participation and volunteerism in our Association and I’m happy to say that your response was wonderful! Jeff Haas was elected as our new Assistant Treasurer and Tom Dube was elected as a new Director. He’ll be preparing to become our new Road Agent when Jim Powierza retires next year. Thank you both for stepping forward!

After the Fall Meeting, we found just the right person to become our new Vice-President. We had a “Meet and Greet” for the board to talk with him and get to know him and he was overwhelmingly appointed as our new Vice-President. His name is Dick Davis and I hope you’ll all take the opportunity at the 2012 Spring
Meeting to come up and meet him and his lovely wife, Wendy. It’s great having you on
board Dick!

I’d also like to say that your response to Jim Powierza’s call to clear brush along the roads this fall not only saved us all a lot of money, but it got a huge amount of work done in a short time. Thanks to all of you for realizing how important you are to the success of Belleau Lake both now and in the future!

The Fall Membership Meeting is also the time when the membership votes on the following year’s budget. The vote was to keep the dues the same as last year, however there will be a major change as of January 2013. Please note on your bills that any unpaid balance from 2012 will accrue 18% interest per annum if it is not paid by 12/31/2012 which is one year from the due date. This will apply every year starting with 2012. If you have any questions about this, please get in touch with Paul Poirier.

Also new on your bills, will be a line that says “Fireworks Fund”. This is a line where you can put any amount you’d like as a donation. As you know, Steve Boudreau and his family are no longer putting on a barbeque followed by a fireworks display on July 4th and we all miss it. Paul Scali has volunteered to head up a commit- tee to make sure we enjoy our July 4th festivities again. Paul has done his homework and has estimated that in order to do this, it will cost us approximately $5,000. If everyone donates about $20, we could have a really wonderful display. If it takes a couple of years to raise this money, then we’ll do it once every two years. Paul needs volunteers to help him with this effort starting now so please contact him at 781-608-7400 or paulscali1@aol.com.

All board members’ names and contact information can be found at blpoa.com.

 

I wish you all a happy, healthy and
prosperous New Year

Valerie Blomstedt
President
BLPOA

 

 
    GOLFERS TAKE NOTE!!
            THE 5TH ANNUAL BELLEAU LAKE PROPERTY             
      OWNERS ASSOCIATION GOLF TOURNAMENT                  WILL BE JUNE 30, 2012

The tournament will have a scramble format and a shotgun start at 8:30 AM. Once again, there will be a picnic at the Province Lake Golf Club. Set the date aside for a lot of fun. Since Frank Rago has just announced that he won’t be able to take charge this time, we haven’t decided yet who the person will be, but in the meantime, you can get in touch with Dorrie Vrettos with any of your questions. She can be reached at dorrievr@aol.com or 522-6393.

 

 
THE ROAD AGENT SPEAKS
Jim Powierza

Thanks to your response to help clear brush away from the sides of the roads, a lot was accomplished this fall. It all goes to show how quickly the job gets done when a good number of people pitch in.

To the few of you who get upset every year when brush cutting occurs, the edge of the road Is NOT your property and must be kept clear in order for the snowplow to do it’s work and keep the roads wide enough for fire trucks and other emergency vehicles to get through. We’re starting  a new winter season and we have a lot of new homeowners, so  I’ll go over the rules once again so that you become familiar with them.

1/ Do NOT park on the roads, the plows can’t do their job and may damage your vehicles.
2/ Watch that children don’t play in snowbanks as the drivers may not see them.
3/ Do NOT push snow into the road from your driveway- it turns to ice and the snowplows can’t push it back, making the road very narrow. If you hire someone to do your driveway, make them aware of this problem as well.
4/ Contact the road watchers with problems on any area missed, slippery area(s) etc. and they will contact the person who’s in charge of getting in touch with the contractor. The contractor will ONLY respond to this one person and will not answer any individual calls. That’s the way the system is set up.
4/ Do NOT complain about what wasn't done when May comes around! Get on the phone when something is happening, not later.

Here is the list of “Road-Watchers” for the coming winter. Call them if you see any problems with the roads. They will get in touch with the proper person and the problem will be corrected.

Village Valley Dr- Barbara Tyler 539-8139
Vange Way- James Lancaster       522-6016
Belleau Blvd- Joe Arnone              522-6501
Belleau Blvd- Jane Daniel             522-8413
Beverly Hills- Jim Powierza          522-9297
Email jimpowie@aol.com
Beverly Hills- Robert Barnes        522-6083
Gold Coast- Robert Johnson          522-6264
Gold Coast- Herb Vrettos              522-6393
Don Whittum- James Anderson   522-5206
S Dorr & N Dorr- Jill Robinson      522-6460
Tom Dube      603-944-0329

Have a good winter

 

         MILFOIL POST-TREATMENT
         SURVEY
      Joe Arnone

This September, Lycott Environmental, Inc. conducted the post-treatment milfoil survey to get an idea as to how much milfoil to treat in the following year and to see how successful the current year’s treatment has been. The weather this year was picture perfect for finding milfoil. The sun was out and there was no wind. Last year, this was not the case most of the year and as a result, the milfoil was hard to see. No one paid much attention to the southern end of the lake because milfoil wasn’t spotted there. Last year was very windy and you couldn’t see much
of anything. At any rate, there is a huge amount of milfoil in this area which will require treatment in the spring.

The areas where our divers have harvested milfoil are holding their own, probably because they see more of the milfoil while they’re underwater and are able to get to it. There’s just too much for them to get to it all. This year, they removed one hundred, fifty pound bags of milfoil from Belleau Lake. That’s a lot of milfoil! Be sure to volunteer as a tender next year. They’ll be needing your help!

Remember that if you see milfoil, at ANY time of the year, mark it for the divers with pieces of orange noodles tied with a length of twine to a brick. 

 

  
EMAIL NEWS AND UPDATES
          Doug McAllister

If you’re not getting emails from the association regarding informational items such as road conditions, or advisory items on lake conditions and would also like to hear when get-togethers, fund raisers and other things of interest are happening, chances are you’re not on our list. Please get in touch with Doug McAllister at either 522-6315 or doug@mcallisternh.com.

We are in the process of cleaning up our email list and matching it against our master membership list. I will be sending out a test email shortly, so please let me know if you receive it so we can update our data. Send me a message at the above email address and I will get the updates done.

 

 

 
CONTRIBUTE TO OUR WEBSITE
      www.blpoa.com
          Doug McAllister

The BLPOA Website has come a long way in the last two or three years. At this point, there’s something of interest there for everyone.

We have a place for pictures and a place for classifieds where you can advertise something for sale or for rent, services and miscellaneous and helpful links. The newsletters are posted there and announcements for meetings.

Don’t forget the discussions board where members can post questions and other topics of interest.

Some of the pictures you’ve emailed are outstanding. Keep them coming and anything else you think should be posted. Suggestions are always welcome.

 

 

THE GREATER WAKEFIELD RESOURCE CENTER

At 254 Main St. in Union would like to invite you to come visit for any of the following events:

SENIOR BINGO- Monday, Wednesday & Thursdays each week… Doors open at  9 AM. Coffee, tea and morning treats available before and during Bingo.

MEALS- Mondays, Wednesday & Thursdays each week. Meals are hot and nutritious; to help off- set the cost of our meals we ask for a donation of $2.75 from seniors 60 and older, everyone is welcome, for those under 60, a donation of $5.00 is requested. To view our menu, please visit www.greaterwakefieldresourcecenter.net. You may also call 473-8324, or drop by the center to pick up a copy of the current month’s menu. Hope to see you soon.

 

A BLOOD PRESSURE CLINIC is held the 2nd Thursday of each month at 9 AM.

You Greater Wakefield Resource Center is available for your next event. Call 603-473-8324 for information on how to rent the hall for your next party. For a complete listing of our events or to download an application to rent the hall please visit our website. Office hours for the center are Monday- Friday from 9 AM- 1 PM.

Thank You!- Cathy Neal G.W.R.C. Administrator

 

 

JULY 4TH BELLEAU LAKE FIREWORKS DISPLAY
Paul Scali

As I’m writing this letter, the leaves are turning and the lake is slowly drawing down, but it’s strange because it’s 80 degrees outside in October. Can you believe it? But the reason I’m thinking about 80 degree weather is not in October but in July, specifically the 4th of July.

As a Belleau laker, I was always impressed with the fireworks displays put on by private homes lining the lake. It seems fireworks have always brought out the kid in me. This year, spending the weekend on the lake was very disappointing with the lack of fireworks and people Also, there were not that many boats enjoying the warm
balmy night. So, I got to thinking, why has Belleau Lake, with our second to none association not have a professional fireworks display?

Pine River Pond and Lovell Lakes have. I’ve done some preliminary poking around and discovered it’s really not that expensive, the fire department is free, the permit is free, and with donations and fund raisers, we could have our own professional fireworks display on or about the 4th of July on our beautiful lake.

I realize that July 4th is a long ways away, but with donations large and small, and businesses in our area lending a hand, we can do it. If any member would like to join the July 4th committee, or have an idea to get this thing off the ground, please email me at paulscali1@aol.com.
And please, if you can’t lend a hand right now, help us start our fund raising with a separate check donation made out to BLPOA with the word “Fireworks” on the memo line. Or, you can simply add your donation to your dues check, sending back the form at the bottom indicating the amount you’d like to donate.

Looking forward to hearing from you. THANKS!

 

BELLEAU LAKE T-SHIRTS & SWEATSHIRTS

It’s the time of year to think about sweatshirts. And Kim is planning on ordering some nice orange ones with hoods for hunting season. John and I have already ordered ours but Kim needs to hear from you before she places her order. Call her at 522-3385

 

THE BLPOA DIRECTORY

 

Just a reminder that sometime this coming year, probably by the Fall Membership Meeting, new BLPOA Directories will be coming out. Since we make every effort to keep the Directory information up to date, it’s important this year for you to let us know of any changes in your con-tact information. This will help us be as accurate as we can be.