VOLUME 35 • NUMBER 2 PUBLISHED BY THE WHITESHELL COTTAGERS ASSOCIATION INC. • WWW.WHITESHELLCOTTAGERS.COM JUNE 2015 President’s Report By Daniel Klass, WCA President ednesday, April 22 ily lake tradition, just as I did Wmarked the exit of the after my mother and father Winnipeg Jets from the 2015 died. Almost every family in NHL playoffs. The fans could the Whiteshell has their ver- have worn black, but in a show sion of this rite of passage. Ol- of spirit, and in hope of be�er ive Zimmerman’s and Anne days to come, they dressed Co�’s History and Folklore of Now The Water’s Too Low! in white. There was another the Whiteshell Park South and With last year’s high water levels a boat could barely make “white-out” event that same North, published in 1991, is a it under the bridge at Nutimik. Now there’s the risk of a vessel scraping bottom to make the passage. Photo is from Kerri night, but in this case, the wonderful collection of sto- Pleskach at Nutimik Lake. See all the Lake Reports pages 18-30. “white” was the predominant ries and photographs of fam- hair color of the a�endees ily co�aging in the Whiteshell West Ontario. What would disinterested statistician: the at the 63rd Annual General that brings a simple message Mr. Mackintosh’s response be average total income of all Meeting of the Whiteshell home. The family co�age is to a 750 per cent increase to Manitoba-based Whiteshell Co�agers Association. far more than just a physical his co�age-related tax to help co�agers is the same as that the Ontario government over- of the Manitoba population The NDP is sticking to its plan to tax many come its massive deficit? as a whole. (This study, from By all indications the NDP Laurentian University in Sud- elderly, fixed income co�agers out of existence. is sticking to its plan to tax bury, will be described in many elderly, fixed income greater detail in a future issue co�agers out of existence. of the Echo.) A�endance at the meeting space; to many of us it is a ref- The former Minister has And being seniors, we vote. was good, well over 500 peo- uge, a family gathering place, a�empted to depict Co�ag- Since most of us live in or ple, despite the competing an idea and a place that binds ers as if they are all part of around the city of Winnipeg, a�raction, but from the per- generations of friends and the privileged few in the we will be voting in the up- spective of the podium, one family together with memo- provinces...”the likes of the coming election in some of could not help but notice the ries of the past and promises Nygaards” is exactly what he the most hotly contested rid- demographic of our member- for the future. claimed, in what turns out to ings in the Province. The NDP ship. The image was that of a Which makes the current ef- be an outrageous slander. The can rest assured we won’t be distinctly older group, largely forts of the NDP government NDP will learn to their regret voting for the party that runs retired and, therefore, largely to force many co�agers out of who Manitoba co�agers in roughshod over our vision fixed income. the Park all the more astound- reality are; ordinary Manito- of family co�aging. And just As a member of that cat- ing. The former Minister him- ban’s, older and retired, and like for the Winnipeg Jets, egory myself, I am aware of self, Gord Mackintosh, was of fixed, modest incomes. this “white-out” crowd won’t a generational change, with, eloquent in the Legislature Here are some facts we have soon be going away. in my case, four children about his own feelings toward gathered with the help of a eligible to carry on our fam- his family co�age in North Now is IN THIS ISSUE ... the time ENVIRONMENT CONTEST 4 to join DRIVERS! GIVE EMERGENCY VEHICLES ROOM 5 RESPONSIBLE BOAT OWNERSHIP 6 the WCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 8 See Page 4 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 12 2015 PHOTO CONTEST 15 for LAKE REPORTS 18-30 details WHAT’S COOKING? BBQ BURGERS AND SEAFOOD 22-23 Publication Agreement No. 40009463 2 WHITESHELL ECHO JUNE 2015 21 JUNE 2015 WHITESHELL ECHO 3 FALCON-WEST HAWK HIGHWAY CLEANUP JUNE 27 Road Clean-up Saturday, June 27, Trans-Canada Highway between Falcon and West Hawk. Volunteers from Caddy, Star, Barren, Falcon and West Hawk are requested to meet at the Conservation Office at Falcon Lake at 9 a.m. so as we can assemble the necessary items re- quired. Lunch to follow. Please call and register with Richard Babyak at either 204-475-4996 or 204-349-8406. BETULA HIGHWAY CLEANUP JUNE 6, SEE PAGE 21 TRANSFER STATION HOURS North Whiteshell Transfer Stations Jessica Transfer Station May 1 - Sept. 30 Thursday - Monday 10 am to 6 pm Oct. 1 - Oct. 31 Friday - Sunday 10 am - 4:30 pm Nov. 1 - Mar 31 Sat. 10 am to 4:30 pm April 1 - April 30 Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Nutimik Transfer Station May 1 - Sept. 30 Thursday-Monday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 1 - Oct. 31 Friday - Sunday 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 1 - Mar. 31 Sunday 10 a.m - 4:30 p.m. April 1 - April 30 Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Whitemouth –Reynolds-North Whiteshell Waste Management Facility May 1 to September 30 Mon, Tues 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Wednesday 11:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. Thurs, Fri, Sat 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. October 1 to April 30 Tues, Thursday 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Wednesday 11:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. Fri, Sat 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. For more information contact 204-348-2125. Ser�ing the Whiteshell and sur�ounding areas 4 WHITESHELL ECHO JUNE 2015 Turn in 35 2015 Poachers — Report Forest Fires — Call 1-800 782- 0076 www.whiteshellcottagers.com The Whiteshell Echo is published by the Whiteshell Cottagers Association Incorporated The WCA Environment Committee President Contest Daniel Klass President Elect For June Ronald S. Smith Question: Vice President Garry Kennedy aggressive driving only Treasurer Tom Cutts saves 2.5 minutes per hour in busy conditions, but can increase your gas consumption Past President Tom Walker by as much as ____% 2015 Membership Fee $2535 (Hint: The answer appears somewhere in this Send address changes to 1975 Corydon Ave. issue of the Whiteshell Echo.) Suite 2D Winnipeg, MB R3P 0R1 Phone/Fax Prize for the winner is A 1 (204) 487-0556 Email [email protected] 0 Canadian Tire gift card (see form above) $5 Echo Committee Bruce Wagg Co-chair E-MAIL YOUR ANSWER TO Sharon Philp Co-chair Glenda Peacock [email protected] Teresa Lopata Margaret Kent Ida Reichardt OR MAIL IT TO: Karen Kaplen Dawne Kepron WHITESHELL COTTAGERS ASSOCIATION Joann Shields Tom Walker 2D-1975 CORYDON AVE. Articles in the Echo are not official statements of the WCA WINNIPEG, MB unless indicated. The Echo is published five times a year and mailed in the first R3P 0R1 week of April, June, August, October and December. One name will be drawn from those Next Issue entries with correct answers. You must June 2015 be a current WCA member to win. Contest closes June 30, 2015 at 10 P.M. Deadline: May 1, 2015 Editor All entries must include your full name, address and telephone number James Buchok as well as your Phone: (204) 831-7274 lake, block and lot number. 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Publication Agreement 40009463 JUNE 2015 WHITESHELL ECHO 5 Manitobans Failing To Slow Down And Move Over For Emergency Vehicles: CAA s many Manitobans flock observed did not move over at Ato their co�ages on Mani- CAA Manitoba and the RCMP have observed all. toba roads this summer, CAA hundreds of drivers not obeying the new Highway ● Four out of five drivers ob- Manitoba and the RCMP are served did move over to the next reminding motorists to slow Traffic Act regulation which is punishable by a lane, but of those, only one per down and move over for emer- $300 fine and two demerits. cent slowed down to 60 km/h. gency vehicles after observing ● One motorcycle passing the many drivers who did not. law.” and the citizens they are assist- scene did not move over while On May 13, CAA Manitoba The legislation requires driv- ing.” travelling at 123 km/h. and the RCMP watched 316 ve- ers to slow down to 40 km/h Highlights from the assess- ● A semi failing to slow down hicles drive by a staged scene when the posted speed limit is ment include: and move over was doing 107 where a tow truck was pulled less than 79 km/h, and down to ● Nearly 11 per cent of drivers km/h over at the side of the Trans- 60 km/h when the posted Canada Highway near St. Fran- speed limit is 80 km/h or cois Xavier with its beacons, set higher while moving to a to assist a stalled vehicle. traffic lane farthest from the Almost 99 per cent of these emergency vehicle whenev- drivers failed to slow down and er and wherever possible.