Summer Fun on the Lake
The grass is green, flowers are blooming, and in just a few weeks the 2009
summer season will begin on Big Alum. Your committees and Board of Directors
have been busy planning activities for everyone to enjoy this summer.
On July 4th we will hold our first Parade of Lights. You are all invited
to decorate your boats with lights and join in an evening cruise around the
lake.
Our second annual Sailing Regatta will take place in the morning of July
11th, with a wind/rain date of July 18th. If you own a sailboat, come join
the fun and compete against your neighbors in a race to the island and back.
For details, contact Matt Kibbe at 413-575-5760. There will be registration
forms at the July BALA meeting too.
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Our annual Family Picnic will be held on July 18th at the Italian Club
on Clark Road. This year we will have a “picnic” theme, with
children’s games, great food, and entertainment for all. Our
“bash” chairmen, Tracy and Nancy Murphy will provide us all with
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Please visit our BALA Website: bigalum.org often for updated information
about these and other lakeside events.
2008-2009 Officers and Directors
| Janet Garon |
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President |
| Andi Cropley |
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Vice President |
| Barbara LaRochelle |
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Secretary/Clerk |
| Roger White |
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Treasurer |
| Patricia Howard |
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Corresponding Secretary |
| Joel Casaubon |
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Tim Gresenz |
| Tammy Chase |
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Matt Kibbe |
| Martha Fearing |
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Paul Lamarine |
| Kenneth Gajewski |
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Rob Scoble |
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Important Dates to Remember
July 4 (Evening)- Boat Parade
July 11 - 9:30 a.m. - BALA meeting - St. Anne's Parish Center
July 11 - 10:00 a.m. - Sailing Race
July 18 - 2:00 p.m. - BALA Family Picnic
Aug. 15 - 10:00 a.m. - BALA meeting - St. Anne's Parish Center
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Membership and Dues
If you click the "Membership" link-button to the left, you will find the
Membership Committee's letter regarding dues and the benefits of belonging
to our association. Attached is an address form to be mailed with dues payments.
Please be sure to print and fill it out so that we can update our mailing
list and keep everyone informed about lake doings throughout the year. If
your mailing address, e-mail address, or phone number has changed since last
year, please contact Barbara LaRochelle at 508-347-3040 or e-mail changes
to tonysgrammi@aol.com.
BALA Online
If you have an e-mail address, but have not shared it with us yet, please
consider adding it to our e-mail list. Throughout the year, our
corresponding secretary, Pat Howard ,sends out e-mail messages and announcements
to the members whose addresses we have. Pat's e-mail address is:
howpat19@hotmail.com.
For those of you who are reading our newsletter online already, please take
a moment to visit other areas of this site. By clicking the buttons
to the left, you may read the minutes of past meetings, see our classified
ads and notices, learn a bit of Big Alum history, and print dues, picnic,
and other forms. The site is easy to navigate and is updated frequently.
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