Saturday, August 19, 7 pm. “Live Music Night” at Limerick Lodge

If you are lucky enough to be at the lake this Saturday night you can catch the first ”Live Music Night” down at Limerick Lodge on Saturday, August 19 starting at 7 p.m. This is a collaboration between George Offshack, genial lodge owner, and your Cottagers’ Association. This is the last formal event presented by your Limerick Waterways Ratepayers’ Association (LWRA) for 2017.

If the weather co-operates music will be presented on the front lawn overlooking the lake. If the heavens open up yet again everyone will retreat into the lodge. Either way you are invited to bring something to quench your thirst and a seat to relax in.

Kim Carson moves so fast that details of exactly who she has corralled for the evening are sketchy at best but anyone who plays music is invited to step up to the stage after the “local band” Kim has lined up finishes their first set. Rumors are that “Just Lucky” might also sit in for an acoustic set. So, if you have a trombone, flute, clarinet or even an banjo, please bring it along and join in the fun. No accordions please.

Kim also has mentioned there will be some treats provided to snack on and a stand-up comic may even run a new routine by the crowd to see how it flies. The new Limerick Waterways maps will also be there for sale. And if you are lucky you might win the raffle and have a new treasure to take back to your cottage under the cover of darkness.

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Saturday, August 12, Celebrate 150

Join us To Celebrate Canada’s 150th Year & Limerick Township’s 130th Anniversary

Saturday, August 12th, 2017 From 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Activities to Start at 1 PM at Limerick Community Centre,

7645 Highway 620

Costume Selfie Booth

Kids’ Crafts Table,

“Write a Limerick”

 

GAMES & ACTIVITES

CONTESTS

Best Old Style Pioneer Hat/Bonnet

Ugliest Apron

Most Unique Homemade Instrument

 

Check Contests! at

WWW.TOWNSHIP.LIMERICK.ON.CA

For More Information Call the Municipal Office

At 613-474-2863 or
Email – clerk@township.limerick.on.ca

You are invited to a barbecue!

This is a heads-up for everyone who is used to the annual LWRA Picnic which has been held on the Saturday afternoon of the August long weekend for many years. Your cottagers’ association has been doing some innovative events for 2017, such as the pancake breakfast at Limerick Lodge just before the Annual General Meeting and the upcoming Open Mic Music Night at the Lodge on Saturday, August 19. The Annual Picnic format has also been changed. So here are the details …

This year Kyle and Ed will be firing up our barbeque at 12:30 p.m. on the front lawn of Limerick Lake Lodge. For just $6 per person you can enjoy a high quality burger or hot dog with a drink, snacks and other various treats. It is hoped that this new timing will encourage all of the competitors in the canoe and kayak races over on Fraser’s Beach on Saturday, August 5 at 10 a.m to head on over to the lodge shortly after the winners have been awarded their ribbons. After a morning of paddling, appetites should be good, so our annual cottagers’ gathering to enjoy a meal together has been moved up to this noon-hour venue.

The focus will be on the kids in the crowd with lots of games, including a tug-o-war, ring toss, sponge toss etc. and all of the other picnic games kids have come to enjoy over the years. Lawn Darts were suggested but apparently Canadian Tire no longer carries such items.

If you have not captured one of the updated 2017 maps of the lake with everyone’s cottage identified on it they will be available at the picnic. If you would like to support your cottagers’ association memberships will also be sold at the event at $50 per cottage. This money goes toward such things as insurance for all the events being held and membership in the Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Association (FOCA) which gives us many educational opportunities for the protection of the lake environment we all love plus a voice on provincial political policies which often affect waterfront property owners.

So … on Saturday, August 5, 12:30 p.m. you are invited to show up at Limerick Lodge to enjoy a barbeque with friends and neighbours on our lake system, which includes Lake St. Ola, Mephisto, Dark, Dixon and Limerick. See you there!

New map for Limerick & St. Ola

Your Limerick waterways cottagers association has just updated the location map for Limerick and St. Ola lakes and for your $50 cottage membership to join the LWRA you will get a 2017 map absolutely FREE to hang on your cottage wall!

On the other hand, you can buy just the map from LWRA President Jan McKillican by writing her a cheque for $50. You are invited to tie to her dock on the north shore of Limerick, behind the Big Island at 911 number 353, and discuss the details of this great offer in person.

This new map has all of the cottages on Limerick and St. Ola listed and numbered with the owner’s name in the columns to the right of the map. It has been many years since a new map has been created so a lot of names have changed when compared with the old faded version which might currently be hanging on your wall.

The LWRA pancake breakfast down at the lodge on Sunday, July 2 was a good time for all in attendance. Kyle and Ed did a fine job on the marina kitchen griddle, which Lodge owner George Offshack kindly allowed us to use, and nobody went away hungry. President Jan was a courteous and attentive waitress and our Treasurer Mary Argue efficiently kept track of the numbers as always. Hot coffee, tasty bacon and real maple syrup … the perfect way to start a sunny Sunday on the lake.

With everyone’s appetite satisfied your LWRA held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in the main room of the lodge at 10:30. Fire Chief Jason Post was the guest speaker for this gathering of cottagers. A video was presented, based on an actual fire in which a 5-year-old boy lost his life, demonstrating exactly how fast fire can spread. Smoke alarms are critical to alerting residents in time for them to exit a burning building safely.

 

If your cottage should catch fire Limerick’s volunteer firefighters would arrive on the scene as quickly as possible. The fire department has an agreement with George Offshack to use the marina rental boats to transport portable pumps to the location. Chances are slim the cottage on fire could be saved but the forest and neighbouring cottages could be protected. It is recommended that everyone have a fire extinguisher in good operating condition available near the kitchen as this is the most likely spot for a fire to start. Our Fire Chief brought smoke alarms with a 10-year battery life to the meeting for sale at the very reasonable price of $25. A number of these smoke alarms have been left at the marina store for sale to those who could not attend the meeting but would like to do everything they can to keep their families safe at the cottage.

For more information on fire safety at the lake you can go to the Limerick Fire Department’s website at: http://www.township.limerick.on.ca/fire-dept.php

 

Summer Schedule 2017

Hello Cottagers,

Your LWRA volunteers have been working hard to organize a series of summer of events as well as monitoring environmental and other local issues on your behalf.

We have a few new events this season  as well as some changes to old favourites.  Details can be found at https://limerickwra.wordpress.com/  Please sign up there to receive all the LWRA news.

Membership

We need your membership support so that the LWRA can continue to be a viable organization. Membership dues of $50 per cottage can be paid by cash or cheque payable to Limerick Waterways Ratepayers Association at any LWRA events or by paypal at :

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TJE4DRYT2GBVL

or through the LWRA website.   https://limerickwra.wordpress.com/ .

If you still use Canada Post you can mail your dues cheque to the Treasurer: Mary Argue, 71 Victoria Park Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M4E 3S2

“NEW” Pancake Breakfast on July 2nd.  

Pancakes will be served from 8:30 to 10 am at Limerick Lodge.  Breakfast for 2 included with your 2017 membership.  Additional meals available for $6/adult and $4/child.  The AGM will follow at 10:30 am.  Jason Post, the township Fire Chief, will be with us to talk cottage fire safety and sell smoke/CO2 detectors at a discount!

“NEW” Kayak races along with the regular canoe events Saturday August 5th at 10 am on Frasers Beach

“NEW!”   Annual picnic will follow the canoe races at 12:30pm on August 5^th.  The picnic has moved from the usual late-afternoon event to a lunch-time event starting at 12:30 pm on August 5th  at Limerick Lodge. There will be kids’ games, hamburgers and hot dogs for sale, and time for cottagers of all ages to visit.  Please bring chairs and drinks.

Sailing Race :   The 2017 Sailboat Race will be held on Sunday, August 6th at 2 pm, starting right in the middle of the lake with two laps around the islands and the two marker buoys.

“NEW!”  Live Music Night on August 19th There will be an evening event with music and BYOB and snacks at Limerick Lodge

 

New MNRF ruling on docks etc.

UPDATE June 1, 2017 – Ministry of Natural Resources & Forests (MNRF) have posted new regulations (Public Lands Act, Ontario Regulation 161/17)  related to the following classes of buildings, structures or things, and have included them as a “free use” of public lands that do not require a permit or occupancy requirement.  Some clarification on regulated structures was also provided, for example, a “dock” includes any associated shade structures affixed to the dock such as a gazebo or pergola.

• docks, boat lifts, boat ramps, and marine railways
• swim rafts
• single-storey boathouses
• break walls and related backfill
• recreational boat caches which includes canoes, kayaks and motor boats
• ramps and jumps and slalom courses
• bridges, culverts and causeways
• recreational camping units (21 days)
• ice fishing huts

Please note that some of these are subject to municipal zoning or building bylaw, and/or federal regulation. Provincial work permits may still apply for the construction or installation of the above.

(For instance:  permits are required to place a structure that physically touch more than 15 square metres of shore lands (lake bottom). As such, floating and cantilever docks, boathouses with cribs less than 15 square meters and swim rafts do not require work permits)

Please see the EBR Decision 013-0211 for further details and links to related information and other changes.

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Note: FOCA’s suggestion that the MNRF retain authority to regulate docks or single storey boathouses above a certain size threshold were NOT included in this regulation. MNRF indicates this is the sole and exclusive purview of local standards, established through municipal bylaws.

Electronics recycling days

Flying Lanterns banned

Races, food and fun

You are invited to breakfast