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SINCE 1955 Fall, 2016 TLCASD P. O. BOX 315 NOELVILLE, ON , P0M 2NO www.tlcasd.ca CURRENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS POSITION NAME HOME CAMP EMAIL President Debbie Lanktree 416-482-0028 416-660-5343 [email protected] (cell) Vice-President James MacMillan 705-222-7496 705-857-1047 [email protected] Past President Bob Nikolic 705-857-2829 [email protected] Designer Secretary Linda Lachance 705-857-3113 @northernpinedesigns.com Treasurer Dave Moxham 705-898-1326 [email protected] Dir. Bulletin Linda Lachance 705-857-3113 as above Dir. Environment/ Bob Nikolic 705-897-2829 [email protected] Forestry Dir. Fishery Brian Smith 705-692-4443 705-857-0943 [email protected] Dir. Membership Richard Lanktree 416-482-0028 416-559-6945 [email protected] Dir. Safety Darryl Taylor 705-662-3834 [email protected] Dir. without Port. Ed Cuddy 705-677-6228 [email protected] Dir. without Port. Guy Springgay 905-844-6474 705-857-3550 [email protected] Dir. without Port. Wlodek Kasprzycki 705-898 2994 [email protected] Dir. without Port. Ljuba Nikolic 705-857-2829 [email protected] AUDITING COMMITTEE Carol Munro 705-898-1016 Juliette Losier 705-805-0914 Jack Suski 705-857-5456 Lisa Zettler 705-857-0238 2 A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT I'm writing this after spending Thanksgiving weekend at Trout Lake. The weather was autumn perfection: sunny and cool, and the fall colours were spectacular. The sad part was that we were packing things up and getting the camp ready for winter. Unfortunately we won't be up to the lake many more times before next year and it's hard to say good bye to 2016 after the incredible summer we had. I always call camp my "happy place". As a sign that hangs in my kitchen says, "if you're lucky enough to have a place at the lake, you're lucky enough". Looking back on what your association accomplished in 2016 I feel confident in saying that the association is well positioned as it moves into another year. In the past year we have recruited five new board members and have filled all Board positions. Work is ongoing in safety, fishery, forestry and environment. Both the picnic and fish fry were well attended events and I'm happy to say that the weather co-operated which is always my biggest concern even though that's the one thing we can't do anything about. My thanks to the many volunteers who help make the events a success and who work on our various initiatives from maintaining fire pumps to working at the fish pond and all other association activities. The association is only as strong as its members make it. In 2016 the Board took the initiative to strengthen its links with the French River Citizens Association and met with them in August. With a municipal election slated for 2018 we believe it would be helpful for our membership to receive in- formation about local municipal affairs. Please see the report later in the bulletin for more information. Lastly, I'm happy to welcome James MacMillan to the Board as Vice President. This was the last Board position to fill and I applaud James for stepping forward to volunteer. I look forward to his and all Board members' insight and perspec- tive as we continue our work in 2017. Until next spring I wish you a very enjoyable fall and winter. See you next year! Debbie Lanktree 416-660-5343 Visit our website at www.tlcasd.ca for updates. 3 We’d like to extend a welcome to our new Vice-President, James MacMillan. Hello to the membership and executives of TLCA. Thank you to the people that recently nominated me to the position of Vice President. My name is James MacMillan, I have been on the lake for the last 15 years. My wife Doris and I purchased Jack and Muriel Carl’s camp in 2001. I have spent most of my life on a lake or two. I was on Lake Wahnapitae till I was 16 at my parent’s camp. Then spent ten years camping on Duck Lake, in Port Loring with my growing family. So I know and appreciate what a great natural resource forests, water, fish and wildlife are. This was one of the reasons I decided to get more involved with our association. I have gotten to know many people from the lake over the years and have heard how great the membership has been, going way back to when CB Radio’s where the only way they communicated and the Annual TLCA Picnics were actually held on Picnic Island. Therefore, my goal is to help generate, promote and progressively maintain friendly relationships among the cottage owners, increase the interest of all cottage owners for the betterment of the Lake Environment, promote safe and responsible operation of all watercraft and related activities, to encourage the environmentally sustainable use of the lake, its roadways, public landings and surrounding forests to prevent destruction or harm to the water purity, wildlife, fish or the forest. Of course my position on the board is that of Vice President which holds some unique responsibilities, which include assisting our President (Deb Lanktree) in carrying out the wishes of the Association when requested to do so by the President. I will also act in the position of the President when she is unable to act, in consultation with the Executive Committee. In closing I would like to wish all our membership a healthy and prosperous fall, winter, and spring. I hope the permanent residents as well as the campers using our Frozen Trout Lake enjoy and embrace our great fourth snowy season. Cheers, James MacMillan 4 Introducing the FRENCH RIVER CITIZEN’S ASSOCIATION Submitted by Debbie Lanktree On August 23rd, Linda Lachance and I met with representatives of the French River Citizens’ Association to discuss issues of mutual interest and potential areas of collaboration. The mission of the French River Citizens’ Association (FRCA) is as follows: · To promote democracy in the municipal affairs of the Municipality of French River; · To interest citizens in municipal affairs; · To promote the Municipality; · To follow Municipal affairs; · To participate and comment on them; · To require members of the Municipal Council, its committees and its staff to fulfill their mandate with responsibility, respect of it citizens, the law, adoption and observance of fair by-laws, rules and procedures of the Municipality in order to serve the citizens of this Municipality with competence and fairness · To see that elected officials and staff prepare and follow reasonable budgets and use taxation and grant funds judiciously in order to ensure stability, progress and reasonable taxes · To encourage Council to consult the population on major issues and to focus on community needs The majority of property owners on Trout Lake pay their property taxes to the Municipality of French River (MFR). As a result, decisions made by MFR Council have an impact on most of us. In my role as President of the Trout Lake Campers’ Association I have been contacted by our members on issues related to rising property taxes, waste disposal and road maintenance as well as how council decides to spend its operating and capital budgets. Our association has limited resources and limited expertise in this area. However, by collaborating with the FRCA we will be able to bring you information on what is happening on the municipal affairs front. It is not the intention of Trout Lake Campers’ Association to become heavily involved in municipal politics however we do find ourselves dealing with a variety of issues that involve the municipality on a regular basis. In addition, a municipal election is slated for 2018. By providing our members with communications from FRCA it is our hope that the property owners on Trout Lake will know who to speak to when they have concerns and will be better informed when they cast their vote. We will be featuring communications from FRCA in our bulletin on a regular basis. You can also access their articles on our website www.tlcasd.ca. If you wish to read more about FRCA or contact them directly please visit their website at www.frca-acrf.sitew.ca or their facebook page. Membership is $20. You can email them for a membership form at [email protected] 5 ENVIRONMENT & FORESTRY REPORT— Bob Nikolic, Director Greetings to all Trout Lake Campers. While this report is being written the summer is still with us! It’s October 7 and the temperature is hovering around 20C but it won’t last long the forecast for next day is only 12C which is, by the way normal for this time of the year. Nevertheless, other than a lack of rain the summer has been very pleasant. In September we carried out for the first time a very important and comprehensive water quality survey of the lake. The Association rented a multi-parameter testing instrument and 60m (~ 200 FT ) cable to be able to reach the deep- est spots in the lake. Along entire lake a total of 32 sites were surveyed, 19 (odd numbered 1-35 ) sites 1 km (~ 3,300 ft) apart along the line in the middle of the lake and 13 (odd numbered SHB 1-23) sites in the shallow bays. Depend- ing on depth the measurement swere taken down at surface; 0.5 m (~ 1.6 ft ); 1.0 m (~ 3.3 ft) and 2.0 m (~ 6.6 ft) in- tervals. In order to make sure that the instrument did not get damaged, the last measurement, with a couple of excep- tions, was about 1 m above the bottom.