Ocean Point Column
January 17,2019
By Maryellen Bertrand
Belated Happy New Year to all! I do hope that your holidays
were full of happiness and joy.
I truly enjoyed hearing from so many of you during the
holiday season, thank you.
As many of you do, I am determined to stick to my many New
Year resolutions and so far I am successful. One resolution I did make to
myself was to write as many columns through the winter as possible and so to
that end I’m hoping that you will assist in making that true. Please send me
your news whatever it may be: special occasions, milestones, your children,
grandchildren, travel plans, family reunions, Ocean Point reunions etc. Personally
I enjoy hearing what Ocean Pointers are doing in the off-season as it somehow
keeps us all connected in our absence.
Georgia Chambers sent along news that she and Jack were
downsizing in Florida and hoped to move to a new condo in February. Daughter,
Kristan son in law Dan and granddaughter Ellie spent time in Australia recently
and Georgia and Jack were house-sitting in their absence.
In one of my last columns of 2018 I mentioned that the tree near
what is now two trees was completely uprooted in a storm that resulted in loss
of power to the Point. It turns out that the tree was on Peter and Patty Gardner’s
property and did some damage to their house. Patty reports that Linc Brown and
Eric Lorrain were instrumental in helping them out, she and Peter are very
grateful to them for their assistance and to all our year round residents for
their watchful eyes.
At our Annual Meeting back in August our AD Nick Arno
thanked all of us for a successful summer and looked forward to his return this
upcoming season. That has changed; I was informed that Nick and his wife Karen
have moved to North Carolina and so he will not be returning as our AD. We wish
them both lots of luck and happiness in their new endeavor.
An AD search committee has been formed headed by Ginna
Yerrall and assisted by myself, Alex Hall, Liz Dawson and Maureen Driscoll to
find a new AD. If you or someone you know has a candidate who is interested in
the position please reach out to one of us. The job description and application
process will be posted on the website very soon.
I recently heard from Marilyn Steane; she and Jim are
looking forward to their return to Ocean Point in July.
Ocean Point Patriots fans are very excited to be competing
in the AFC Championship once again and look forward to a possible win in Kansas
City and of course a return to the Super bowl in Atlanta, Go Pats!
Have a great week!
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