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VILLA VIEWS

 

March 2017

 

VOLUNTEER NEEDED

In early February, we lost a new member of our Board when Linda Marchuk suddenly passed away. We extend sincere condolences to Ken and his family for this tragedy.

This leaves us one member short on the Board. We are looking for someone to join the Board and look after the “Special Projects” file. Please don’t hesitate to call Deet Adam (403-281-2096) regarding what is involved with this file.

 

EARLY MORNING BREAKFAST

On February 7th ten Villas residents braved the cold and darkness to get together for an early morning breakfast at Eggs Oasis in Royal Oak Park.  It became an hour of lively conversation along with a full breakfast with unlimited coffee. We’ll be going there again at 8:00 am on March 7th – the first Tuesday of the month. Feel free to join us and bring along a neighbour.

 

OUR FIRST POTLUCK LUNCH

On Valentine’s Day we were invited to share the space at the Ranch Centre with the Rocky Ridge Rockers for our first potluck lunch.  The Rockers normally meet at 1:00 pm but were able to start a little earlier so we could enjoy a meal with them before their afternoon got underway.  An impressive total of 13 people attended and were treated to some excellent food and plenty of it!  We sat in the large hall upstairs where we had a commanding view of the surrounding RRRHA landscape.  We feel encouraged to plan this again for a future Tuesday ahead of another regular Rockers meeting.  In doing it this way we can use the Ranch Centre space at no cost.

 

ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT

The contract has been awarded to United Roofing Inc. They have indicated a starting date of Mid-March, weather permitting, with 2 crews. This could take about 3 months to complete all units.

For the protection of our property, the following requirements have been stipulated:

  1. The contractor will protect the property of the owner. This would include, but not be limited to, windows, doors, exterior building finishes, soft metals, trims, deck surfaces, railings, stairs, fences, etc.
  2. Tarps will be used around all bins, trucks or other methods of material disposal.
  3. Tarps will cover all decks and railings.

Each owner must allow the contractor to plug an electrical cable into an outside outlet to run his equipment.

 

CELEBRATING CANADA 150 IN THE VILLAS

At the end of January a group of residents attended two meetings to discuss ways to utilize the common land around our super-mailboxes in a manner that could celebrate Canada’s sesquicentennial as well as benefitting our community.  Since many residents walk to their mailbox every weekday it was our belief that developing this site would benefit us by creating an oasis where residents might meet and visit with each other.  We have agreed on the following suggestions:

•   The site will be located between the mailboxes and the bottom of the bushland.

•   Our proposed site will have a flagpole to display Canada’s flag.

•   The site will sit on manufactured interlocking stones which resident volunteers can help assemble.

•   The site will have several benches and concrete planter pots.

•   A small storage building may be built at the foot of the hill on the western edge of the site.

At our next meeting in March we hope to have a scale drawing to illustrate our proposal from which we can prepare an estimate of the cost of materials and draw up a budget.

 

                                  The site of our proposed Canada 150 project, as seen from the road.