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| My name is Michael Hartin and I am your new KLCOA president. Now I know that filling the shoes of Dave Mills will not be an easy task. He has been a dedicated and committed president of this association for many years now. I will continue to rely on Dave and Betty too for their expertise, experience and common sense for the months and years to come. My background has been with Shell Chemicals International Marketing and we, my wife Ruthanne and I, retired at the end of 1999 to Kennisis Lake. Our friends Don and Brenda Box enticed us to the lake and we have made a number of very close and wonderful friends in the relatively short time we've been here. Wendy Vermeersch made me volunteer for this job so blame her if you don't like what you get. It is my intention to keep this organization as informal, relaxed and as much fun as possible. By the same token it is also my intention to protect the integrity of this lake association's mandate. The snow is melting rapidly due to the inclement mild temperatures we have been enjoying lately. It is raining as I am writing this note. The winter has been cold and the snow levels have been outstanding and according to all you snowmobile sledders the best we've had in many years. I'm hopeful the economic fallout has been equally as good. Speaking of the economy, I have attended a number of meetings over the winter trying to get the attention of the Dysart Council particularly about our increasing property assessment base and the subsequent tax rate. Council is clearly trying to lay the blame on the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) |
on not getting some 900 plus new properties through the assessment process in time to pay their fair share of our tax base. There is no doubt a big problem here but the council in my opinion has not taken action soon enough and at the appropriate levels with the necessary tenacity to get the concerns addressed in a timely manner. The bottom line will be a significant tax increase of at least 20 %. I hope I am wrong. Dave's newsletter last year was able to report we had no recorded break-ins. I am sorry I cannot report the same news this year. We have had a number of break-ins that have been reported and the new development on the West Shore appears to have been the biggest target. We support the efforts of the local police force and the volunteers of the community policing group who are attempting to deal with these issues. We will take this opportunity to thank Bill Elliot who has served KLCOA so well in the past and for his past duties as Chair of Community Policing and Chair of Fire Equipment. Earla Hume has relinquished her duties as chairperson for Membership where she has done an outstanding job for so many years. She will continue to provide leadership in our swimming program for one more year. Pete Sulman has served the KLCOA for many years in organizing our sailing regatta and he is taking a well-deserved rest. Again we must thank Dave Mills for putting this newsletter together on our behalf. I am sure he will continue to nourish and guide us as a member of our executive as Past President. |
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We look forward to your support in the future and hope we will see you
at the general meeting on Saturday morning May 15, 2003
The Caption Reads Roads Superintendent Miles Maughan took this photo of the Dysart plow which ended up going over the bank on Watt's Trail near Kennisis Lake on Tuesday. Highlands east and Minden Hills also lost plows to the treacherous conditions which were caused by hours of freezing rain on Tuesday morning. |
