175th Civic Weekend Anniversary
There are some special things planned for this weekend, but we need help!  We are looking for people to help out at all the fun events (Civic BBQ & Dance, Running Races, Water Races), people to help with the coordinating and selling of the memorabilia items, and people to help put together some historic displays.

Social Events
Do you have a favourite social event at the Point? Do you love doing some of the behind the scenes organizing? Or do you just like to help out where a BBQer is needed?  Our Social Director is looking for volunteers to help out at the SPA events. What role you take and for which event/s is up to you.

Social Media / Webpage 
Are you a fan of Social Media? Always on facebook or love designing websites?  Well then you are the right person to help the Communication Director.  She is looking for someone to help out with all of SPA’s social media and website related tasks.

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A memorial will be held at St. James Church, Fenelon Falls on Thursday, May 23rd at 7pm.

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To renew your membership, please go to our membership page.  From there, you can print the 2013 membership form or renew online.

If you are not on our mailing list and would like to be, please send an email to spa@sturgeonpoint.com.  Membership is not necessary to be on our email distribution list.

Hope everyone has a great long weekend!

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Here is her obituary:

On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay we said goodbye to our “Mom” and “Best Friend”. Audrey (nee Bradshaw) Rutherford Upton of Sturgeon Point was in her 92nd year. Beloved wife of the late Gratton Rutherford (1984) and the late Arthur Upton (2012). Loving mother of Bernice Rutherford and Stephen Hemsted, Elaine and her husband Brian Ward, Karen and her husband Paul Weightman all of Fenelon Falls. Step mother of Chris and Barry Green and Barbara Upton all of Bobcaygeon. Dear gramma of Sara, Erin, Rossie, Tyler, Tobi, Dustin, Mackenzie, Alison, Erin, Kevin, Laura, Jennifer. and great-gramma of fourteen. Pre-deceased by siblings Gordon, Kenneth and baby Bernice Bradshaw. The family will receive friends at Immanuel Baptist Church, 20 Bond Street East, Fenelon Falls, on Friday, May 3rd, from 1:00 p.m. until time of service at 3:00 p.m. If desired memorial donations to Immanual Baptist Church would be appreciated by the family. To leave on-line condolences, make a memorial donations or to light a memorial candle please visit: www.jardinefuneralhome.com

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Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 1pm – Join in the fun!

There will be an Egg Hunt, Egg Dying, Easter Craft, and Refreshments

Egg hunt starts at 1:30  (Bring your own basket/bag for the Egg Hunt)

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George Ollerhead passed away on Thursday, February 28th.  Below is his obituary from the Globe and Mail. 

Our thoughts and prayers goes out to the family.

OLLERHEAD, George E.

George Elliott Ollerhead of London, passed away peacefully at Victoria Hospital, with his family by his side, on Thursday, February 28, 2013, in his 79th year. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Susanne (McEwen); sons William (Koo) of Toronto, and Rory (Cathy) of Newmarket; grandchildren Elliott, Cameron, Nicholas, and Jackson; and brother Robin (Maureen) of Guelph. He will be greatly missed also by his extended family, and many friends. George grew up in London and earned a degree at University of Western Ontario before obtaining an MA at the University of Toronto. His lifelong passion for teaching took him from London to Texas, Petrolia, Ghana, Lakefield, and North Bay. After devoting 24 years to his craft at Canadore College and Nipissing University, he retired in 1993. He will be remembered for his jovial and gregarious enjoyment of life, insatiable curiosity, and devotion to his family. Cremation will be followed by private family interment arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a charity of your choice.

http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20130302.93314890/BDAStory/BDA/deaths

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The New Year is upon us and I hope that it finds all of our friends and family happy and healthy and looking forward to all the possibilities it brings.  This is a quick notice to keep you all informed of recent events around the Point.

New signs and posts:  Some of you may have noticed that there are new street name signs and posts up around the village.  Some of our signs were aging and needed to be replaced.  In order to preserve the continuity of our signage, SPA made arrangements with the City that they would provide the new posts, and we were allowed to have signs made in the style of our choice (at our expense), rather than having the City install the official municipal style signs.  There are still a couple of signs that have yet to be installed but we are very happy that we were able to preserve the look and feel of our hand-painted signage throughout the village.  Many thanks to Eric Jordan and the past board, John Lyon, Jim Milford and Jason Vehrs for their work on this project.

Social Events: The last social event of the 2012 season was the annual Halloween celebration held on Saturday, October 27^th.  In the morning there were crafts, pumpkin carving, face-painting and refreshments at the park and despite the cool, rainy weather we had a good turnout of about 25 kids and their families.  In the evening the kids donned their costumes and made their way around the village trick-or-treating.  A good time was had by all thanks to Judy Haverkort, all the volunteers who made the party possible and the households who doled out candy.

Our next social event will be the annual Easter Party at the park to be held on Easter weekend: Saturday, March 30^th.  Keep your eye on the SPA website and facebook page for details!  If anyone is interested in helping out with this event please contact me or Judy.

Sturgeon Point History Project:  Liane Kennedy has spent the past couple of years researching the history of Sturgeon Point and the families who have spent time here over many generations.  Her displays and blog entries have been a wonderful source of information and entertainment and are the start of a thorough archive of our history.  We are saddened to learn that Liane has decided to step down from her duties as coordinator of the project; her efforts are greatly appreciated.   At this time the History Project is looking for new volunteers to take over where Liane has left off.  If you are interested please contact the Project at stptphotoproject@hotmail.com or visit the blog at http://stpthistoryproject.blogspot.ca/.

Goings on around our area:  Since the inception of the SPA facebook page we have been posting items of interest throughout the City of Kawartha Lakes.  Items include links to newsletters from local environmental groups, details about local events and businesses and much more.  Please “like” us to stay informed of what’s going on in our area: https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Sturgeon-Point-Association-SPA/294932620522663.  Thanks to Patricia Aspinwall for her work on maintaining this fabulous resource.

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It is that time of year to sharpen your blades, tape your sticks and pray for soft landings, the days and times for our annual shinny and skating have been booked!

Here are the dates, times, & places:

Friday, Dec 28: 4-6 PM – Fenelon Falls Arena (the new one!), 27 Veterans Way
Saturday, Dec 29:  2-4 PM – Fenelon Falls Arena, 27 Veterans Way
Sunday, Dec 30: 11AM-1 PM – Bobcaygeon Arena, 51 Mansfield Dr.

For those of you who haven’t participated before, we use 2/3′s of the rink for shinny and 1/3 for recreational skaters, little ones and UN observers. We play 5 minute periods split between younger skaters (roughly 12 and under) and the rest of the motley crew. This keep the little ones out of harms way and the old guys get a break every five minutes to catch their breath.

Please share them with anyone you think that might be interested in joining in the fun and games.

This a great deal, just $20 for families $10 for singles / day.

Having seen the pace of play in years gone by, we recommend the use helmets for one and all. Trust me you won’t be the only one out there sporting protection.

See you on the ice.

Special thanks goes out to Larry Thomas who has been instrumental in the organization of this fun event each year.

More information can be found on our facebook page or calendar.

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There will be representation from SPA at tonight’s meeting, but we are encouraging all to attend.  We apologize about the short notice, but we just have been informed about these meetings.

Help us identify the City of Kawartha Lakes’ Cultural Assets

November 28, 2012 – The City of Kawartha Lakes with funding support from the Government of Ontario is undertaking a Cultural Master Plan and Mapping Inventory project. The purpose of the project is to leverage the rich cultural resources of the community to support planning and economic development, and to increase awareness of these resources for both residents and tourists.

Here is a blurb about these meetings from the City’s website:

The City of Kawartha Lakes with funding support from the Government of Ontario is undertaking a Cultural Master Plan and Mapping Inventory project. The purpose of the project is to leverage the rich cultural resources of the community to support planning and economic development, and to increase awareness of these resources for both residents and tourists.

The project is being undertaken in two phases. The first is a Cultural Mapping process aimed at identifying the rich and diverse cultural assets that exist across the City. A significant amount of research has been completed but we need YOUR input and knowledge to ensure we capture as complete an inventory as possible. Please participate by attending one of following three Cultural Mapping Forums.

Dec 4^th 2012: 3:00PM – 5:00PM @ Victoria Park Armoury  - LINDSAY

Dec 5^th 2012: 4:00PM – 6:00PM @ Fenelon Falls Community Centre – FENELON FALLS

Dec 10^th 2012: 4:00PM – 6:00PM @ Bobcaygeon Service Centre – BOBCAYGEON

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The last of our social events at the park for 2012 was a great (if not wet) success!  Thanks to Judy Havercort for organizing, and to everyone who contributed to and participated in the Halloween Party and Trick or Treating on October 27^th.  The park has now been prepared for the winter: the port-a-potty has been removed, the grounds have been tended to and the toys have been wrangled.  We encourage people to continue to use the park throughout the fall/winter/spring since it is just as enjoyable now as in the summer. 

There appears to be an anonymous network of generous people who donate toys to the Park and Public beach.  This is greatly appreciated by the kids and parents as it adds to the fun of spending time at both locations.  We do request that when dropping toys off you ensure that they are in like new condition with no broken parts.   Please also ensure that the toys donated to the park be limited to sand box toys.  This summer there were other types dropped off that ended up spread out over the property, which created a mess and resulted in more time clearing the way for lawn maintenance.  While at the park or beach, if you see any toys that have gotten damaged please put them in the garbage box on site. 

Something we all need to be diligent about is how to deal with garbage at the Park, Public Beach and Upper Wharf .  All garbage, especially food related or diapers, should be placed in one of the garbage cans inside the box by the road (at the Wharf, the box is on the east side of the rain shelter near the bottom of the new steps).  Please note: there are other garbage cans at the Park for use during social events.  Please do not put anything in these other receptacles as they are not “put out” on garbage day and will draw racoons and other unwanted critters who spread the contents around the grounds.

Thank you for helping SPA keep our public areas tidy!

Regards,
Lisa

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