Musselman's Lake Residents Association (MLRA) official website.
M.L.R.A. is dedicated to making sure that the Community of Musselman’s Lake continues to be a vibrant community where all can enjoy the lake and all the recreation associated with an enjoyable lake environment.
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There’s Something for Everyone at the Stouffville Winter Carnival.
Don’t Miss It!
Whitchurch-Stouffville 9th Annual Winter Carnival
Sat. Feb. 11, 1 - 4pm
presented by
Councillor Phil Bannon
in association with the
Musselman’s Lake Residents Association
JAN
2012
24
Councillor Phil Bannon
Updates Residents On Community Park
On Tuesday Jan 17th, 2012 Town Council agreed to proceed with town staff’s recommendations on both the closing date extension to June 18th, 2012 and the allocation of $250,000 in the 2012 budget for the park.
Town Staff are advising Council and members of the Public that the Municipality and the James Coultice Estate require additional time to submit documents and supporting material to the Canadian Revenue Agency as the Estate pursues a valuation for a charitable receipt for the dedication of the proposed neighbourhood park and environmentally sensitive lands to the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville.
The amended Conditional Offer & Purchase Agreement established a Feb. 24th, 2012 date by which the James Coultice Estate was to advise the Town as to whether their discussions with the CRA had been successful.
Town Staff and representatives of the Estate have been working through the late summer and the Fall of 2011 to finalize the land acquisition. Discussions between Staff and representatives of the James Coultice Estate over the last two week period have occurred and as such it is recognized that additional time is required to finalize the transaction. Staff and the Solicitor for the Estate have agreed upon a new clearance date on the Conditions for the Offer & Purchase Agreement of June 18th, 2012. This additional time will allow for the finalization of the Reference Plan to create the appropriate property description, and, to complete discussions with the CRA.
On Tuesday Jan 17th, 2012 Town Council agreed to proceed with town staff’s recommendations on both the closing date extension to June 18th, 2012 and the allocation of $250,000 in the 2012 budget for the park.
This is to express our appreciation…Kate and Bruce, Stouffville Free Press.
We hope you will continue to keep us informed, so that we can do our job to the best of our ability.
This is to express our appreciation of Charlene Jones's lovely article about the Stouffville Free Press.
Our paper benefits enormously from the information and photographs supplied by members of the MLRA. As a community monthly with limited resources, we rely on residents to keep us posted about what's happening in their part of Whitchurch-Stouffville, and without that input we would not be able to cover the news, events and people that make this a wonderful place to live.
We hope you will continue to keep us informed, so that we can do our job to the best of our ability.
With many thanks,
Kate Gilderdale and Bruce Stapley
Stouffville Free Press
JAN
2012
20
There’s Something for Everyone at the
Stouffville Winter Carnival.
Don’t Miss It!
Whitchurch-Stouffville 9th Annual Winter Carnival
Sat. Feb. 11, 1 - 4pm
presented by Councillor Phil Bannon
in association with the MLRA
Councillor Phil Bannon, Mike Feld (Most Excellent Productions), Doo Doo The Clown, and
Kyle Jenkin (Cedar Beach) were on the Lake making preparations for last year’s Winter Carnival.
Cedar Beach Park at Musselman's Lake
Saturday, February 11th, 2011,
Pony Rides - Ice Skating - Face Painting - Hay Rides - ATV Rides - Hot Dogs - Hot Chocolate - Beaver Tails and much,
much, more!
Last Year's Winter Carnival
JAN
2012
16
Media Reflects.
… Kate Gilderdale and her dedicated team at the Stouffville Free Press provide ample example that good news, positive reporting, humor and caring do reflect the face of this community.
By Charlene Jones
Kate Gilderdale, editor of the Stouffville Free Press, tours Musselman’s Lake
Media reflects. We learn about who we are, as a community and as a people from the reflections we find in our media. Perception is truth so as we perceive ourselves through the eyes of our media, we grow to be.
Although we have been told “people don’t want good news,” the good news is Kate Gilderdale and her dedicated team at the Stouffville Free Press provide ample example that good news, positive reporting, humor and caring do reflect the face of this community. And being upbeat in no way excludes vital information or needed notification.
The Stouffville Free Press is aptly named. Free from claptrap, downers, dirt mongering, mudslinging and gossip, the Stouffville Free Press also remains free of sloppy reporting and degrading information paraded as “in-depth” coverage.
Instead Ms Gilderdale and her team spread the word: neighbour to neighbour, business to business, customers to business, Council to the citizens who elected them, citizens to those Councillors, arts events to patrons.
From simple activities common to all communities such as garage sales, and seasonal enhancements like the Winter Carnival, to articles focusing on our large country as in “The Far North” by Dianne Charlton, the Stouffville Free Press delivers. Featuring light-hearted articles through to thorough, unbiased political reporting, the Free Press offers respite from the daily deluge of bad news, sad news, hysterical reporting and hyper reporters’ apocalyptic visions spooned up by most media. Instead, the Free Press provides a reflection of our community as concerned people, interested, intelligent and able to make discriminating decisions. A circulation base of 13,000 readers testifies to that.
In October, 2011 The Stouffville Free Press received from our Chamber of Commerce the Community Impact Award. Our Chamber could not have chosen better. Through a positive, caring attitude in their paper, the team at Stouffville Free Press offers a wholesome reflection of who we are. Through seeing ourselves this way, we become more of the same.
And that is impact, indeed…a community that is a joy to live in.
Congratulations and thank you Kate Gilderdale and the Stouffville Free Press.
Please note the MLRA has added a link to the Stouffville Free Press website in our “Links” section.
JAN
2012
12
Happy New Year!
MLRA wishes everyone the best in 2012!
Think Water Safety!
…let me just express thanks to my neighbors, whoever you are, for an unexpected gift on New Year’s Eve…
By Charlene Jones
Life on our lake brings surprises big and small. Sometimes wandering around the tiny bit of land we call ours, a luminous green and purple, blue streaked bit of bird slips past, lighting up the inner world with the notion “hummingbird.”
Or a quick stroll to the dock interferes with the grazing ritual of the Great Blue Heron who graces our area. Its sudden winged flight reminds always of the how much life exists in unexpected ways, unexpected places but so close at hand.
Such it was on New Year’s Eve. My husband and I, ready for an early eclipse in deference to the young and hearty who continue to party, made our flannelled way toward bed when the sudden pop of sound grabbed our ears. We turned, followed and found outside our window a brilliant display of fireworks!
The liquid lights shot into the dark across the way directly in front of our windows. He and I sat together, holding hands, delighting in this sudden impulse of joy, signaling the end of last year and greeting, in fine form the one about to be born.
Fireworks, the most ephemeral and shimmering, the most instantly here and gone of all our ways to celebrate symbolize more than anything the haunting fleeting nature of life: here today and gone tomorrow.
For now, rather than ramble into philosophy let me just express thanks to my neighbors, whoever you are, for an unexpected gift on New Year’s Eve, a flashing reminder of why I love to live here.
JAN
2012
03
Lake Watch Initiative
As part of the Lake Watch Initiative, the MLRA website is going to be used to help educate residents and visitors about water safety.
As part of the MLRA Lake Watch initiative, the MLRA added a “Water Safety Tips” section on the home page last year. Also as part of that same initiative we are going to be posting articles and information on water safety on the MLRA website to help educate residents and visitors to the Lake about water safety. The posting on Ice Safety below is the first such posting. Please make sure that you read it thoroughly and pass the information along. Make sure that any visitors that you may have to the Lake are aware of ICE SAFETY. You may save a life.
Thank You,
MLRA
JAN
2012
03
Ice Safety
Know The DANGERS Of Ice
This important lifesaving information is from the Canadian Red Cross and is posted on this website under Water Safety Tips on the home page for easy access.
Ice Safety Know the dangers of ice
Ice Factors
Many factors affect ice thickness including: type of water, location, the time of year and other environmental factors such as:
Water depth and size of body of water.
Currents, tides and other moving water.
Chemicals including salt.
Fluctuations in water levels.
Logs, rocks and docks absorbing heat from the sun.
Changing air temperature.
Shock waves from vehicles traveling on the ice.
Ice Colour
The colour of ice may be an indication of its strength.
Clear blue ice is strongest.
White opaque or snow ice is half as strong as blue ice. Opaque
ice is formed by wet snow freezing on the ice.
Grey ice is unsafe. The grayness indicates the presence of
water.
Did you know ice thickness should be:
15 cm for walking or skating alone
20 cm for skating parties or games
25 cm for snowmobiles.
Check with local authorities before heading out. Avoid going out on ice
at night.
When You Are Alone On Ice
If you get into trouble on ice and you're by yourself:
Call for help.
Resist the immediate urge to climb back out where you fell in.
The ice is weak in this area.
Use the air trapped in your clothing to get into a floating position
on your stomach.
Reach forward onto the broken ice without pushing down. Kick
your legs to push your torso on the ice.
When you are back on the ice, crawl on your stomach or roll
away from the open area with your arms and legs spread out as
far as possible to evenly distribute your body weight. Do not
stand up! Look for shore and make sure you are going in the
right direction.
When You Are With Others On Ice
Rescuing another person from ice can be dangerous. The safest
way to perform a rescue is from shore.
Call for help. Consider whether you can quickly get help from
trained professionals (police, fire fighters or ambulance) or
bystanders.
Check if you can reach the person using a long pole or branch
from shore – if so, lie down and extend the pole to the person.
If you go onto ice, wear a PFD and carry a long pole or branch to
test the ice in front of you. Bring something to reach or throw to
the person (e.g. pole, weighted rope, line or tree branch).
When near the break, lie down to distribute your weight and
slowly crawl toward the hole.
Remaining low, extend or throw your emergency rescue device
(pole, rope, line or branch) to the person.
Have the person kick while you pull them out.
Move the person to a safe position on shore or where you are sure the ice is thick. Signal for help.
