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President's Message

Association Executive 2010-2011

Several of your executive will be retiring this fall including myself (President), Maria Beaulne (Treasurer), Jacques Beaulne (Director at large), Quentin Bristow (Director at large), and Don Melick (Municipal Affairs). Joyce Wright (Parks & Gardens), Tom Saikaly (Web Site and Neighbourhood Watch) and Leislie Alvarenga (Membership) have agreed to stay on for another year.

I am pleased to announce that Ken Pole has agreed to take on the role of Secretary, effective immediately, and Kenneth Sala has agreed to take on the role of Treasurer in November. This will leave the positions of President, Director-Municipal Affairs, 2 Directors at large and a representative from Oak Park vacant.

Your Association has played an important role in the development and maintenance of our community over the years. Though we have been fortunate in the last few years in having no serious issues to deal with this may not always be the case.

There are the ongoing issues relating to the future of the Immaculate Heart of Mary School lands, parking on Lynda Lane and the impact of the Ash borer on our community. On the horizon there is a much larger issue that being the disposal of the National Defence Medical Lands, which, without question, will have a major impact on our community.

Your Association is an ideal vehicle to represent our community in the discussions that will take place on these and other issues in the future.

I urge you all to seriously consider volunteering to serve your community by putting your names forward as candidates for the positions that will be vacant, President, Municipal Affairs, Oak Park representative, and Directors at large

Looking forward to seeing you at our spring meeting on Monday the 10th of May.

Tony Le Moine


Oakpark

The Oak Park Retirement Community, 2 Valour Drive, has featured concerts and, just recently, an Art Exhibit. Anyone interested in finding out more about the facility is invited to tour the residence and enjoy a complimentary lunch.

Contact 613-260-7144 for more information.
 


Community Clean-up

We need your help to keep our community ‘clean and green’. This means monitoring and picking up garbage at Lynda Lane, Faircrest Heights Park, Robert Andrew Russell Park, the playgrounds and other areas where unsightly trash has been dumped. Many of you go for walks in these areas. Please consider picking up and dumping trash in the City bins in or near these locations.


Faircrest Heights: The Dark Side

What do modern clothing designers, buyers and retailers seem to have in common with Henry Ford, who died in 1947? The colour black, it seems.

In his autobiography, My Life and Work, the American automotive pioneer said of his iconic Model T that “any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black.” If pedestrians in Faircrest Heights and much of the rest of the city are any indicator, it’s the preferred colour for modern clothiers!

That may be stretching it a bit, but a walk through most department stores’ clothing sections, both men’s and women’s, is a walk on the dark side: lots of dark blues, greens and the like as well as the ubiquitous black.

More worrisome is the walk on the dark side that involves parts of our community, most notably those few streets where residents voted years ago to eschew streetlights. Pedestrians dressed entirely in black or some other dull colour tend to be all but invisible at night, even more so when they inexplicably walk with their backs to the traffic.

It’s no stretch to suggest that they are accidents waiting to happen, even if a car is being driven slowly. So, next time you are out for an evening ambulation, opt for something light-coloured and, even better, something with reflective tape. If that’s not an option, head over to the nearest pet supply store and buy one of those flashing LED units made for dog collars.

For pedestrians and motorists alike, that can turn a potentially stressful situation into a walk on the bright side!

Ken Pole


Smyth Road - No pain, no gain

The pain is that Smyth is going to be resurfaced starting April 26th with all that means in terms of traffic and inconvenience. The gain is that we can bid farewell to all those potholes and bumps - for a while. The projected completion date is July 30th


Neighbourhood Watch

Non-emergency police calls: 613-236-1222

Emergency requiring police: 613-230-6211

Life-threatening emergency or crime in progress 9-1-1


Faircrest Heights is a good place to live - let’s keep it that way

New Play Structure at Billings

The City has replaced the ageing play structure in the Park on Billings Avenue with a more
modern one. The pressure treated wood has gone and the structure is surrounded with wood chips
instead of sand. John Murphy Park is scheduled to be upgraded next year.

 


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Last update - 23 June, 2010

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