All Members welcome – It’s time to show off your fishing skills….On September 13 and 14, 2019. The entry fee is $10.00 a person.
You can start fishing as early as you would like to on Friday but the official weigh in starts at on Friday at 8:00 pm and on Saturday at 11:00 am at the gas dock. All fish must be weighed by noon on Saturday.
All fish caught will be donated for the Fish Fry starting at 5:00 pm on Saturday (only Salmon or Trout accepted for the fish fry).
There will be a trophy for the largest fish and 1/2 the pot. There will be another prize for most pounds per pole.
Please bring either a salad or dessert to the fish fry.
Please confirm or pay Rudy Hachey by September 12, 2019.
Any questions please call Rudy Hachey cell 519-374-1377 or Ann at 519-371-1554.
A private celebration of life is planned for July for Bob Day, whose work during a contentious period on the Bruce Peninsula in the 1980s led to establishing the area’s two national parks.
The Owen Sound man, who was the first superintendent of Bruce Peninsula National Park and Fathom Five National Marine Park, died June 5 at age 77.
His children, Jeremy and Tobin Day, said their father’s key role in creating the parks, now part of the Niagara Escarpment UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, was his proudest professional accomplishment.
“He put a lot of work into his dream of building that national park and he made it his personal mission in life for many years to get it done no matter the obstacles. I think all of us are lucky that he succeeded,” Jeremy Day said Thursday.
Tobin said her father’s memories of his time with the park were among the final things he forgot while enduring dementia.
“We made sure his room was filled with pictures of the Bruce and some of the paintings he’d been given when he retired in honour of his work,” she said.
“He was very passionate about his work with Parks Canada and I think it gave him a lot of meaning to have created something – he often talked about how the park was for the people. He very much wanted the locals to have something that was right for them.”
Born Feb. 7, 1942, in North Bay, Mr. Day grew up in Sarnia and later attended Lakehead College in North Bay. There, he met his future wife Joan Gibb, who he was married to for 52 years.
Mr. Day earned a degree in science and forestry from the University of New Brunswick before embarking on a career aimed at protecting the country’s natural places.
He worked as a forester for the province and with the Ontario parks program before joining Parks Canada in 1973.
Mr. Day became superintendent in September 1981 of Georgian Bay Islands National Park, which then included Flower Pot Island.
Three months later, the federal government announced public consultations to determine the feasibility of combining provincial and federal lands to establish a new national park on the upper Bruce Peninsula.
Mr. Day was chosen to co-ordinate the public consultation program.
In his 2012 self-published book “Shores of Heaven: The Birth of Bruce Peninsula National Parks,” Mr. Day wrote that establishing the new national park was a politically complicated process that would require approval of two municipalities and signing of a federal-provincial agreement.
It was Mr. Day’s job to secure the necessary local public approval. A documentary on the park described him as the government’s secret weapon in getting the communities to support the plan.
“He was the go-to guy for the national park. He was the liaison with the municipalities and the ratepayers’ groups and the First Nations’ groups. He was sort of the hub in the whole thing,” said Don Scott, a Bruce County planner at the time.
Mr. Day was “unbelievably dedicated” to his work, Scott recalled.
“With regard to the national park, it probably would have come, but it just came a lot faster and with greater results because Bob was involved in putting the pieces together,” he said.
The parks were established on July 20, 1987, following an exhaustive six-year process that included in-depth consultation.
During that time, the proposal ignited strong feelings on both sides. There were protests – including some bush fires set by opponents of the plan – heated public meetings and, as Mr. Day recalls in his book, a possible attempt to take his life at the height of the controversy.
A pro-park reeve was defeated and an anti-park group was created. A 1985 referendum by former Lindsay Township residents to not have their municipality included in the proposed park nearly derailed the proposal.
But, in the end, after an adjustment to the proposed park boundary as a result of the referendum, a federal-provincial agreement to establish the 380,0000-hectare national parks was signed. It included a list of 37 conditions, like those designed to protect private property rights.
Tobin Day, now a science/outdoor education teacher on the peninsula, said her father “was able to turn a lot of public opinion to make it feel OK to have a national park there.”
Mr. Day retired from Parks Canada in the early 1990s and became a real estate agent.
Scott, who wrote the forward to Shores of Heaven, said Mr. Day had a great sense of humour, was easy to get along with and loved the outdoors.
Jeremy Day, who remembers many outdoor adventures with his father and summers spent at Tobermory and Beausoleil Island, said Mr. Day believed “very much in the mission of the national parks service to make available to all Canadians the enjoyment of the outdoors.
“He wanted people to enjoy it,” he said.
And enjoy it they do. The parks, which include the popular Grotto and Cyprus Lake Campground, now welcome some 400,000 visitors annually, making them the busiest national parks in the province.
We are sad to share the news of Hazel McLean’s passing.
Obituary of Hazel McLean
Peacefully surrounded by the love of her family, at the Owen Sound Regional Hospital on Saturday, evening, June, 8th, 2019. Hazel Eileen McLean (nee Wilkin), of Owen Sound, at the age of 82 years. First mate for life of Stanley “Sonny” McLean for 63 years. Loving mother of Paul McLean (Myrna) and Bob McLean, all of Owen Sound and Lori Walker (Randy), of Chesley. Proud grandmother of Alysha McDonald (Devon), Danielle Walker (Steve Schnarr) and Carly Stewart (Mike Pointon) and great-grandmother of Everly and Kinley. Dear sister of Ron (Inez) Wilkin and Bette (George) Maidment. Predeceased by her parents, Orvin and Mabel Wilkin; her son, Leslie McLean; her siblings, Marie Quarrie (Charlie) and Glenna Black (Gord).
A Celebration of Life Visitation for Hazel McLean will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #6, 1450 – 2nd Avenue West, Owen Sound, on Saturday, July 6th, 2019 from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. If so desired, the family would appreciate donations to the Canadian Cancer Society, the Residential Hospice of Grey Bruce or the Owen Sound Regional Hospital Foundation as an expression of sympathy and may be made through the BRIAN E. WOOD FUNERAL HOME, 250 – 14th Street West, Owen Sound, Ontario N4K 3X8 (519-376-7492). Messages of condolence may be sent to the family on-line at www.woodfuneralhome.ca
Hazel was a talented local artist; she spread sunshine through her smile.
On behalf of the GYC Board of Directors, I would like to extend sincerest condolences to Stan and the family and friends of Hazel at this sad time.
The GYC will
officially open 2019 activities on Saturday, June 15, 2019
New GYC FM
Transmitter:Please tune your FM radios to 88.5
MHz. to hear the Divine Service broadcast.
Skippers’ Meeting: 1300 Hours
Divine Service:
1330 HoursMaster of Ceremonies:Vice Commodore: Travis Low
1. O Canada Peter Rissi: Trombone
2. Scripture, Prayer and Blessing of the
Fleet Dave Hulsebosh
3. Commodore’s Address &
Acknowledgements Commodore: Ann Hachey
4.Moment of Silence for Past Members Commodore: Ann Hachey
5. Introduction of Government Officials Vice Commodore: Travis Low
6. Introduction of the Board Past Commodore:
Paul King
7. Benediction Dave Hulsebosh
8. God Save The Queen Peter Rissi: Trombone
9. The Cannon “Gunner”:
Pete Adamson
Fleet Review: The
Divine Service will be followed by a Sailpast and Review of the Fleet with Commodore
Ann Hachey taking the Salute aboard “Simon Sez”.
2019 Schedule of
Events
June 15th Sailpast Celebrations (Skippers’ Meeting at 1300 hours. Divine Service at
1330 hours.)
June 16th Sailboat race
July 29th GYC Rendezvous- Gore Bay
Sept. 7 Corn
Roast (Commodore Away)
Sept. 3 Board
Meeting at 1900 hrs.
Sept. 20 & 21 GYC Fishing
Derby
Sept. 28 Commodore at Home
Oct. 25 & 26 Haul Out & lunch
Oct 26 Fuel Pumps, Pump Out & Mast Crane
decommissioned
Oct. 26 Boats with holding tanks must be out
of the water
Jocelyn Graham’s family are most grateful for the friendship and compassion you have shared with us at this most sorrowful time in our lives. With you, we deeply mourn her loss, especially her warmth, kindness, laughter and radiant smile. You have touched our hearts with your messages of comfort. Thank you.
29 April 2019 A question was raised at the AGM. What comprised the Capital Asset listed as Land for $4848? After reviewing documentation from the 50’s and 60’s as well as The Brief History of the GYC as written by Jack Doherty, I concluded the following: The $ 4848 for Land is comprised of, but not necessarily limited to, $2500 for the purchase of the majority of the current GYC property in 1953, additional small adjoining lots (1960’s) and the small lot at White Cloud Island (1962). Although this $4848 certainly under represents any current market value of our properties, one could bear in mind our title with the Canada Revenue Agency. The GYC is a non-profit corporation and thus assets are not appreciated or depreciated for accounting purposes. Essentially the prices at the time of purchase are represented by the amounts posted on the Capital Assets list. It perhaps is worth stating that the club’s assets are fully represented on the insurance policy for property. The most recent MPAC document lists the Club grounds at 2475 3rd Ave West Assessed in 2020 for $ 1,174,000 and White Cloud Island for $ 53,000. I hope this provides the answer. Please feel free to send questions or comments,
