ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 2014 Beacher's Lodge 7:00 PM

 FINALLY!  I have had such computer issues I was ready to throw it out and buy an old typewriter!  Thanks to Karen Carter (the TBPOA web-master) I am now functioning again! Better late than never!

NEXT MEETING:

Tuesday, 11/12/2013 at 7:00 PM at Beacher's Lodge

This is a very important meeting.  We will be electing officers for the year 2014.

Running for office are the following people:

Angie Bell.........President
Irv Stockdale.........1st V. President
Sharon McIlhenney........2nd V. President
Recording Secretary.......Richard Grubb
Treasurer.........................Charlie Novak

This will be a relatively short meeting.  I will review and answer questions from the last meeting, since I haven't been able to post any information.

Please plan to attend this meeting.    It wont last that long!

Thanks!  

PAULA MURPHY

BEWARE OF ROOFERS WALKING DOOR TO DOOR

Yesterday a roofing company came to our door wanting to check our roof for hail damage.  They are canvassing TB.  I did not let them check our roof because being an ex-insurance agent, I am aware this might be a "scam".  They WILL make sure they find damage.

 

Before you let someone do any work on your roof....make sure you get a second opinion.

 

Paula Murphy

JOE FELL

Sorry....the date of the memorial for Joe is Sat. Sept. 7th. at St. Johns Funeral Home. 

 

11:00 in the morning.

 

Paula

JOE FELL

It is with a heavy heart that I must tell you that Joe Fell passed away Thursday morning, August 22nd, 2013 while in hospice care.

 

There will be a memorial service on Saturday morning at 11:00 at St. Johns Funeral Home on SR 207.  Refreshments will be served.

 

Joe and Betty have lived in Treasure Beach over 25 years and were always very active in the community.  Joe was one of the founding veterinarians of an established dog food company ( Gaines which began in 1928).

He introduced many patented items for dog food and was a leader in the veterinary field.

 

Joe and Betty were very active in our community. Joe was always willing to trade stories of Treasure Beach and his days back east when he was a  brew master. He will be missed by everyone who has any connection to him. 

 

I know that Ron and I will always fondly remember our dinners with Joe and Betty and will miss his sense of humor.

 

Paula and Ron Murphy

 

June Smith

As some of you may already know, we lost a long time resident, June Smith (also know as "June Bug") last week.  Our sympathies go out to June's friends and family for this loss.   

CANAL DREDGING

Well...it is official now.  The St. Johns  County Commissioners voted to grant TBPOA an MSBU to get the canals dredged.  The next step will be to put the project out to bid to see what company will do the dredging. 

 

The front page article in The Record was a real eye opener on Monday morning.  I was in the middle of my first cup of coffee....not quite awake until I saw the headlines.  Unfortunately, there were some errors in that article.  The canals have not been dredged for almost 20 years. My husband purchased our property 17 years ago and the canals had been dredged a few years before that.  He had to pay the assessment for 2 years after the purchase.

 

The second mis-statement was that the erosion was being caused by speeding boats. ( I wish it was that simple.)  The erosion is caused by "mother nature" with the natural rising and lowering of the water level in the canals. AND the fact that some property owners don't maintain their bulkheads.

 

The article the next day written by Damon Douglas was correct.    What is truly sad is that 137 property owners FAILED TO RESPOND TO LETTERS FROM THE TBPOA OR THE COUNTY!  TBPOA sent out letters 2 different times and the county sent out letters 2 different times.

 

Having navigable canals is a big selling point for TB.  Our community is the ONLY community in St. Johns County that can directly access the intercoastal by boat.  I sincerely hope and believe that anyone who sells their property in the next few years will make more than a $10,000 profit on that sale because the canals will have been dredged.

 

Paula Murphy

MEETING UPDATE

Wow! What a great pot luck we had! We also had approx 60 people in attendance. We were having so much fun visiting we really didn't want to have the meeting...but we had to!
The biggest subject of the evening, of course, was the status of the canals. The County has received enough "yes" votes to present our request to the Board of Commissioners. We are not sure if the meeting will be held in July or August....we're still waiting confirmation. Basically, Damon Douglas (w/St. Johns Cty.) will be asking the commissioners if they w/approve an MSBU (basically for us to borrow money from the county to have the project done.) If they say NO....it's over....if they say YES...the project still won't start for 6 months.

The next meeting will be on November 12, 2013. This meeting will also be a pot luck AND we will be nominating new officers for the 2014 year and VOTING on those officers by the end of the meeting.
All positions are available to be filled. I'm excited because I already know a few people that are willing to assume positions! Yeah! We need new, younger blood!

NEW IDEA: We always have such good food at the pot luck dinners I thought it would be a good idea to start a Treasure Beach Cookbook!!!! If you like the idea too.....send your recipe to
to paula@tbpoa. Please include your name and phone number. The plan is to get a cookbook printed. Then the committee can consider if we want to sell the books for a fund raiser!

Paula Murphy