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Buildings & Grounds
The second phase of the kitchen floor replacement is progressing in a timely fashion and should be complete by the time you read this. Member Marc Lorraine of Lorraine Construction and his crew built a new sub-floor and the tile purchased last year has been put in place so that we now have a new, uniform floor throughout the entire kitchen. Electrical conduit which previously had provided service from the overhead has now been hidden.
Lorraine Construction will also be installing a ventilation fan in the kitchen to provide much-needed cooling in the area of the dish washer and walk-in freezer. In addition, work is proceeding in the Clubhouse toward refinishing the wood floor that was showing a good deal of wear. Members are reminded to exercise care when assisting in putting the metal chairs away after an event in order that we preserve the new finish as long as possible.
Elsewhere around the Club, caps are being installed on top of the pilings to help preserve them and to improve their overall appearance. Re-seeding disrupted grass (snowplow damage) is ongoing as are the usual landscaping chores undertaken every year at this time. Wayfarer Marine will begin to install Ambassador's new engine on May 20th. In the meantime, Chauncy B will be seeing active duty as the assist vessel during "floats are in" day, and as the back-up launch. All in all it appears at this time that the Club will be fully functional with an appearance to be proud of as we start the 2009 season.
Happy Sailing!
Rob Eddy
Rear Commodore
Social Events
Welcome new members and all of our CYC membership to a new summer of events at the club. With our new caterer in place, Mike Fisher and his staff are preparing to serve us all. Mike has been working on new menus for the lunch and dinner events. A list of events follows in this newsletter section.
We have a special community event planned on Sunday, June 28th . We will be honoring and paying tribute to Barbara Dyer. Following is the content from invitations being sent to Barbie's friends and family and to community members. Please mark your calendar and come down and meet Barbie. She will have memorabilia, photo albums and she will sign and sell some of her published books on the history of Camden.
Please join us in a public celebration paying tribute to Barbara F. Dyer, Camden's Unofficial Official town Historian. Let's celebrate Barbie's significant contributions to our town and our town library Walsh History Center.
Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009
Place: Camden Yacht Club
Time: 11:00 to 2:00 pm.
11:00 to 12:00 Welcome address and Speakers.
12:00-2:00 pm. Pot Luck lunch and dessert
Coffee, iced tea and lemonade will be provided by the CYC
RSVP: The Camden Yacht Club's business office 236-7033 ext # 4
If you are an individual or business that would like to take advantage in supporting this event, please contact me 236-6579. We are planning that The Herald Gazette will run an article about Barbie's interest in history. This will be published twice on Thursday, June 18th and 25th. This is a great advertising opportunity for your business or to thank Barbie and wish her well. Block advertising spaces surrounding the article will be available for $100.00/per space. Revenue generated from this will offset expenses, advertising costs with any residuals going to the Camden Public Library's Walsh History Center.
Sunset Seminars:
We have our schedule set for five speakers this summer. Three will be in July and two will be in August. We are doing this differently due to the fact that there are many members who miss out on hearing part of the series due to their vacation schedules.
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We have returning Esperanza Stancioff who will discuss her years' sabbatical focused on the effects on the Gulf of Maine from global warming.
July 15th
We will have CYC member Matt Simmons. Matt is the author of the book Twilight on the Desert . His presentation will be on Energy, Global oil reserves and his new ventures in Rockland, Maine with the emerging Energy Institute.
July 22nd
Break