Here are a couple of pictures of the pool destruction for the beginning of a long needed new pool. The old one was leaking and had other costly problems.September 09, 2007
NEW POOL CONSTRUCTION
Here are a couple of pictures of the pool destruction for the beginning of a long needed new pool. The old one was leaking and had other costly problems.
FALL IS APPROACHING
Well since our star reporter, Nancy Raymond, left for Florida, hopefully for just a short while, I realized that the leaves are beginning to fall. The trees are only slightly changing their colors but what was dramatic as I looked out on the golf course was the absence of golfers. Usually. on a Sunday afternoon the course is full with couples playing but the course was nearly empty. I could not hear the gas golf carts churning along and it was just very quite.
It seems as if it was only yesterday that spring was breaking, leaves were unfurling and flower gardens were being planted and how wonderful it was to see old friends showing up. It was exciting.
Now they are beginning to pack and close up houses and going home. Yes, I will forget a lot of your names by next spring and I wonder if I'll remember the ones we will be returning home to in our other life.
Breathe it all in while you can!
It seems as if it was only yesterday that spring was breaking, leaves were unfurling and flower gardens were being planted and how wonderful it was to see old friends showing up. It was exciting.
Now they are beginning to pack and close up houses and going home. Yes, I will forget a lot of your names by next spring and I wonder if I'll remember the ones we will be returning home to in our other life.
Breathe it all in while you can!
WHERE IS OUR STAR REPORTER?
Nancy and her husband Jim Raymond left for FL today. After Jim's medical tests they hope to return to the mountain soon. The blog needs her.
September 06, 2007
NOW HERE IS A GREAT IDEA!
I was taking a walk on Clubhouse Rd today, and I saw this wonderful solution created by Richard Rice. Sondra, his wife, told me that they were having Raccoons getting into their trash cans. First, they tried little cinder blocks to hold the lids down, then full sized ones, then started talking about putting a cover over the cans. Richard decided he could build one. Sondra said that even the Trash Men like it!
I told Sondra, that Richard could get into business, with this idea.
Nancy
September 05, 2007
BMC Winning Golfers
They are Phillis Englander, winner of the first flight Ladies Div.
Alan Sorrick, winner of the first flight, Men's Div
Bette Grogan, winner of the 2nd flight, Ladies Div.
BMC Golf Championship Winners
Ladies
Flight 1-Phyllis Englander
Flight 2-Bette Grogan
Men
Flight 1-Alan Sorrick
Flight 2-Ken Kent
Flight 3-Ed Levine
Flight 4-Steve Weiss
Flight 1-Phyllis Englander
Flight 2-Bette Grogan
Men
Flight 1-Alan Sorrick
Flight 2-Ken Kent
Flight 3-Ed Levine
Flight 4-Steve Weiss
Hints for How to Contact the Town Council
First, go to the Town of Beech Mtn Website: http://www.townofbeechmountain.com/
Then click on Town Services, then Municipal Staff, then Michael Boaz, the Town Mgr.
You can send an E-Mail to him, and request that it be sent to the Town Council Members, (no one usually replies to it) or, I am told, you can call the Town Office at 387-4236 and ask for the Town Council Members phone numbers.
Please speak up, if you have concerns or suggestions about our town. Just because you can't vote, does not mean that you cannot make a difference. It's our tax money that is paying for things.
Nancy
Then click on Town Services, then Municipal Staff, then Michael Boaz, the Town Mgr.
You can send an E-Mail to him, and request that it be sent to the Town Council Members, (no one usually replies to it) or, I am told, you can call the Town Office at 387-4236 and ask for the Town Council Members phone numbers.
Please speak up, if you have concerns or suggestions about our town. Just because you can't vote, does not mean that you cannot make a difference. It's our tax money that is paying for things.
Nancy
MEET THE CANDIDATES NIGHT
There was a good turn out for the "Meet the Candidates Night" for the Beech Mtn Town Council. There are four candidates running for three positions. Vice-Mayor Gil Adams and Pete Chamberlin's tours will end in 2009.
Many topics were discussed, such as the "Street Scape Plan", developed several years ago, how to maintain and attract business, do we need a Detective on the Police Force, maintaining Town Hall, Room Tax, For Sale signs, taxes, Strategic Plan for the Town, improving the dump, yearly cost of the Buckeye Lake Rec Center. condition of our roads and maintaining ditches and rights of way. water and sewer debt, annexation, Environmental Issues, and removal of trees on lots for Pre-Fab homes.
Here are the Candidates, from left to right: Alan Holcombe, Paul Piquet, Randy Corn, and Rick Owen.
Nancy
HERE ARE THE WINNERS!
The BMC hosted the Beech Mountain Club Golf Championship, over the Labor Day Weekend. It was Match Play, and here are the winners of each flight.
Ladies Division
Flight 1 Phillis Englander
Flight 2 Bette Grogan
Men's Division
Flight 1 Alan Sorrick
Flight 2 Ken Kent
Flight 3 Ed Levine
Flight 4 Steve Weiss
Congratulations to all of the winners!
Nancy
Ladies Division
Flight 1 Phillis Englander
Flight 2 Bette Grogan
Men's Division
Flight 1 Alan Sorrick
Flight 2 Ken Kent
Flight 3 Ed Levine
Flight 4 Steve Weiss
Congratulations to all of the winners!
Nancy
September 02, 2007
Beech Mtn Kite Festival
It sure looked like fun for a bunch of families. Everyone was there, but the wind, at least, between 12:30 and 1:00 on Sunday. It looked like everyone was enjoying their time, on the mountain, anyway.
Nancy
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR HARRY GAGNE
There were many BMC friends present as the Rev. Joseph Washburn led the Memorial Service for Harrison Louis "Harry" Gagne (July 16, 1921-August 7, 2007) Eulogies were offered by Brian Barnes, Rory Ellington, and Don Harrison.
Rev. Washburn told everyone to share the many special stories that they remember about Harry, because he was a special person. It was good to see Fay, and meet the rest of his family. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Banner Elk Presbyterian Church, for Harry Gagne Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 158, Banner Elk NC 28604.
Nancy
Rev. Washburn told everyone to share the many special stories that they remember about Harry, because he was a special person. It was good to see Fay, and meet the rest of his family. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Banner Elk Presbyterian Church, for Harry Gagne Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 158, Banner Elk NC 28604.
Nancy
September 01, 2007
BMC Officers 2007-08
President: Sully Curan
Vice President: Jack Lubin
Treasurer: Dick Dunn
Secretary: Gayle Cooper
Member at Large: Richard Rhyme
Vice President: Jack Lubin
Treasurer: Dick Dunn
Secretary: Gayle Cooper
Member at Large: Richard Rhyme
Niners Final Luncheon 8/30
Niners celebrated their final luncheon of 2007 with the election of new officers and their yearly donation to the Avery County Food Bank.. Marilyn Adkins is the new president for 2008.
VP is Carol Richardt, Secty. Judy Gallagher and Treas. Jessie Kent
MEET THE CANDIDATES NIGHT"
TUESDAY EVENING AT 7 PM AT THE BUCKEYE RECREATION CENTER
ALL VOTERS AND NON VOTERS NEED TO GO AND ASK QUESTIONS OF THE NOMINEES FOR TOWN COUNCIL TO HEAR WHAT OUR REPS SAY ABOUT THEIR VISION AND PLANS FOR BEECH.
SPONSORED BY THE BEECH MOUNTAIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
PEGGY COSCIA
Closing of the Beech Mountain Parkway
The Beech Mountain Parway will be closed September 10th thru the 19th. The undermining of the Parkway near Destiny Inn area is going to be fixed and traffice will be detoured down lake Road and thru part of Charter Hills during the 9 days or so.
BMC election of Directors
FLASH......
At the annual meeting of The Beech Mountain Club the following were elected as Directors for 3 Years:
1. Connie Bowen
2. Sully Curran
3. Dick Dunn
Congratulations to the winners! There were 6 well qualified candidates but only 3 could win.
At the annual meeting of The Beech Mountain Club the following were elected as Directors for 3 Years:
1. Connie Bowen
2. Sully Curran
3. Dick Dunn
Congratulations to the winners! There were 6 well qualified candidates but only 3 could win.
August 31, 2007
HOW TO COMPLAIN ABOUT REAL ESTATE SIGNS
A member of the Avery/Watauga Assoc of Realtors sent this information:
Declaration of Restrictions recorded against every residential lot developed by Carolina Caribbean Corporation require the following:
Paragraph 10: No commercial signs, including "for rent", "for sale", and other similar signs, shall be erected or maintained on any lot except with the written permission of the Company or except as may be, requires by legal proceedings, it being understood that the Company will not grant permission for said sign unless their erection is reasonably necessary to avert serious hardship to the property owner. Property identification and like signs exceeding a combined total of more than three (3) square feet may not be erected without the written permission of the Company.
Below paragraph 19, the restrictions go on to say:
In the event of a violation or breach of any of these restrictions by any property owner, or agent, or agent of such owner, the owners of lots in the neighborhood or subdivision, or any of them jointly or severally, shall have the right to proceed at law or in equity to compel a compliance to the terms hereof or to prevent the violation or breach in any event. In addition to the foregoing, the Company shall have the right, whenever there shall have been built on any lot in the subdivision any structure which is in violation if these restrictions, to enter upon the property where such violation exists, and summarily abate or remove the same at the expense of the owner, if after thirty (30) days within the abatement or removal shall not be deemed a trespass. The failure to enforce any right, reservation, restriction, or condition contained in this Declaration of Restrictions, however long continued shall not be deemed a waiver of the rights to do so hereafter; as to the dame breach or as to a breach occurring prior or subsequent thereto and shall not bar or affect its enforcement. The invalidation by any court of any restrictions in this Declaration of Restrictions contained shall in no way affect any of the other restrictions, but they shall remain in full force and effect.
Obviously any property owner can file a suit against any sign violation. But as a "REALTOR" I am compelled by our code of ethics to recommend an easier way to deal with the problem. Most agents in our community are members of the Avery/Watauga Association of Realtors and subscribe to their Code of Ethics. A member of the public can file a grievance against a Realtor for violating our restrictive covenants.
The associations address is: Avery/Watauga Association of Realtors
P.O. Box 607
Boone, NC 28607 (828) 262-5437
fax (828) 262-1530
awaronline.org Laurie Phillips, executive director
Nancy
Declaration of Restrictions recorded against every residential lot developed by Carolina Caribbean Corporation require the following:
Paragraph 10: No commercial signs, including "for rent", "for sale", and other similar signs, shall be erected or maintained on any lot except with the written permission of the Company or except as may be, requires by legal proceedings, it being understood that the Company will not grant permission for said sign unless their erection is reasonably necessary to avert serious hardship to the property owner. Property identification and like signs exceeding a combined total of more than three (3) square feet may not be erected without the written permission of the Company.
Below paragraph 19, the restrictions go on to say:
In the event of a violation or breach of any of these restrictions by any property owner, or agent, or agent of such owner, the owners of lots in the neighborhood or subdivision, or any of them jointly or severally, shall have the right to proceed at law or in equity to compel a compliance to the terms hereof or to prevent the violation or breach in any event. In addition to the foregoing, the Company shall have the right, whenever there shall have been built on any lot in the subdivision any structure which is in violation if these restrictions, to enter upon the property where such violation exists, and summarily abate or remove the same at the expense of the owner, if after thirty (30) days within the abatement or removal shall not be deemed a trespass. The failure to enforce any right, reservation, restriction, or condition contained in this Declaration of Restrictions, however long continued shall not be deemed a waiver of the rights to do so hereafter; as to the dame breach or as to a breach occurring prior or subsequent thereto and shall not bar or affect its enforcement. The invalidation by any court of any restrictions in this Declaration of Restrictions contained shall in no way affect any of the other restrictions, but they shall remain in full force and effect.
Obviously any property owner can file a suit against any sign violation. But as a "REALTOR" I am compelled by our code of ethics to recommend an easier way to deal with the problem. Most agents in our community are members of the Avery/Watauga Association of Realtors and subscribe to their Code of Ethics. A member of the public can file a grievance against a Realtor for violating our restrictive covenants.
The associations address is: Avery/Watauga Association of Realtors
P.O. Box 607
Boone, NC 28607 (828) 262-5437
fax (828) 262-1530
awaronline.org Laurie Phillips, executive director
Nancy
August 29, 2007
Barbara More is sharing her secret!
The secret is beating the Deer at their own game.....eating your plants and flowers. It's very simple. No soap, smelly fluids, etc. Just beautiful garden ornaments that she has purchased at craft shows and friends have given her.
Her story is that she has never had anything eaten in her garden, with exception of one year, when they arrived later than normal, and her ornaments were not there. The Deer did eat her garden, like everyone else on St. Andrews...but as soon as she put them back, no more trouble!
She thinks it's the silver tones and movements of the ornaments. She adds that these do not protect gardens from hail! Thanks, Barbara. I for one, am going to try this next year. The Deer have already eaten all my flowers, this year.
Nancy
GOLF PRACTICE FACILITY IS NOW OPEN!
Here are some pictures, that were taken late Wednesday afternoon. Golfers are beginning to gather, and enjoy it. It is open to all BMC members and their guests. At this time, you must pick up your balls at the PRO shop, and they are free!
The range will be open from 7 til 5:45. You can use your private cart, or a Golf Course Cart to drive down from the Pro Shop. Paul, from the Pro Shop, wants you to know that it is two way traffic down to the tees, so keep that in mind. Call the Pro Shop for details 387-2372. Lessons can also be purchased.
Rory Ellington, Golf Course Supt, is in the upper middle picture. He is the one who has created this outstanding practice facility.
Nancy
August 28, 2007
BMLGA HAD PLAY, LUNCHEON, AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Our game was ABCD 1-2-3-Cha Cha Cha. Teams were evenly matched, and the game was net, using either one, two, or three best balls on certain holes. It was lots of fun.
We had a delicious lunch at the club, and afterwards, the following officers were elected for next year. Joan Wichman, President, Becky Welch, Vice-President, Jane Sorrick, Secretary, Vivian Lager, Treasurer, and Sondra Rice, Member at Large.
The pictures are of John Carrin, reviewing a players score, Joan Wichman, leading the meeting, and some of our members. We will be meeting til Oct 9th. Our Fall Guest Day is scheduled for Sept 11, and we are playing Interclub at Elk River and Linville Country Club. Beech Mountain Club members with yearly beginning Handicap Index of 37.1 are welcome to join.
Nancy