Newsletter

BELGRADE SUMMER NEWS

June 2000

BOARD OF PARKS AND RECREATION

The Board of Parks and Recreation would like to welcome our new members. The board would also like to welcome Betty Jo Howard as our new Recreation Chair!! Congratulations and good luck in your new position BJ. Board of Parks and Recreation have one opening left on the Board. If anyone is interested in becoming a member there are applications available at the Town Office. The Board meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7 P.M. at the Town Office. If you would like to join us for a meeting to find out what we do in the community please do, everyone is welcome. With the new facility being built this a very exciting time to be involved in the Board and the activities surrounding the new facility as well as continuing and building on our existing programs.

Senior Citizen Trip- June 22, 2000 to Boothbay Harbor. The bus will leave North Belgrade Community Center at 8:30 A.M. and return will be about 5 P.M. Donuts and coffee will be served at 7:30. To register or for more information call the Town Office at 495-2258. Is there a place that the Seniors would be interested in for a fall trip???? If so, please call or send your suggestion to the Belgrade Town Office through the mail or the Town E-Mail at Belgrade@mint.net.

Belgrade Summer Recreation Program still has openings in the first and third sessions. The program will be held at the Belgrade Central School. June 26th-July 7th and July 24th-August 4th. The program runs from 8:30 A.M. to 4 P.M. daily.

The campers will be bussed down to the Long Pond Beachfront for swim lessons daily. The programs consists of arts, crafts, sports and nature activities. Limited scholarships are available. For more information on any of the above, please contact the Town Office.

RECYCLE AND HELP THE COMMERCIAL HAULERS

PLEASE DO NOT USE DARK BAGS OF ANY KIND THIS IS MANDATORY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

USED OIL NEEDS TO BE IN CLEAR CONTAINERS WITH YOUR NAME AND PHONE NUMBER ON IT

RECYCLING MATERIALS— PLEASE SEPARATE BY TYPE AND ABSOLUTLEY NO COVERS
IE: #1 PLASTICS, #2 PLASTICS, #2 MILD JUGS, BROWN GLASS
IE: GREEN GLASS, CLEAR GLASS, TIN CANS, ALUMINUM, MIXED PAPER AND CARDBOARD

THANK-YOU FROM YOUR LOCAL TRASH HAULERS IN BELGRADE

NEWS FROM YOUR TOWN MANAGER “KATIE”

Hope this newsletter finds you ready for the summers season.* If you have traveled on Route 27 toward Rome, you have noticed that construction is about to begin. Farrin Brothers are the successful contractors for this project. They should be working until the end of September, weather permitting. The 75 year old elm tree (located in the D.O.T. right-of-way) has been taken down, and the lumber is now at Tukey’s saw mill. Many thanks to Tukey’s for storing and drying this wood for us. We are hoping to use this wood for projects throughout our Town. It has been suggested that suitability of this wood lends itself to interior, rather than exterior use. At this time, the Library Committee is exploring ways to utilize this wood for a table and shelves in the library in the new Center for All Seasons. If you have any ideas for a project which would somehow benefit a facility in this town, please contact me. This wood will be used on a first come, first serve basis.* Construction is moving along with the new recreation center. This project is a couple of weeks behind schedule due to the weather. We, in conjunction with Michael Little, representing the Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance, have been turning our thoughts to landscaping on the left side of the property. The Town of Belgrade has applied for a grant that would help us with this endeavor. If anyone has some landscaping talents, please contact Bill Getty or myself. Also, one of our visions is to search for a landscape architect to help us with this project. If this is your profession, and you do not advertise, please let us know that you exist! * We have received 18 applications for the Recreation Director position. Interviews will begin on June 22nd.* Has anyone seen the safety cones which re placed in the crosswalks in the Village every year? They are nowhere to be found.* The Planning Board is in need of two individuals to serve as alternates on this committee. We are entering the busiest time of the year for this board due to the abundance of application for building permits and the drafting of a Site Review Ordinance. If you would like to provide input in these processes, please give Bert Languet or me a call.* The Appeals Board is still in need of a member and also an individual to take notes from taped conservations during a hearing.

We have two new members of our Select board. Congratulations to Kate Gawler and Roger Nadeau.! Enjoy the fair weather. Be well!

BELGRADE PUBLIC LIBRARY MEETINGS & BOOK SALE

Now that the Library Ordinance has been passed, the Belgrade Public Library is a legal part of our town. Trustee nominations will be presented to the Board of Selectpersons for appointment this month. The present Library Committee will probably finish its work as it meets with the new Board of Trustees this summer for orientation purposes. Policy and governance decisions will be made by the Board of Trustees as soon as that Board is legally constituted. Current meetings are focused on the technology of library operations. Joan Hassam and Steve Symonds bring much-needed computer and teli-communications expertise to this stage of the planning. We thank them for their willingness to help. Throughout the summer, as physical walls are completed, the Committee and Trustees will complete the procedural framework within which the library will operate. Policies will be finished in draft form for consideration by the Board of Trustees. A part-time Library Director will be hired for the last quarter of the year. Library Committee members see an ongoing need for volunteers. A Friends-of-the-Library group can help with such things as the physical set-up and furnishing, book preparation, and community programming (like story hour or study groups). We invite you to attend our meetings, and PLEASE WATCH FOR OUR BOOK SALE .

FROM THE OFFICE OF KENNEBEC COUNTY SHERRIFF

The Kennebec County Triad is re-establishing its activities in Kennebec County. A Triad is a three-way commitment among the Chiefs of Police, the Sheriff and older retired leaders in the county. They work together to reduce the criminal victimization of the elderly and enhance the delivery of law enforcement services to older persons.

This program is already well established in several Maine counties, with Kennebec County being the first. Kennebec’s senior citizens can have the opportunity to benefit from TRIAD services as well. Kennebec’s TRIAD is fortunate to have a high participation rate from the law enforcement sector, with strong leadership from the Sheriff’s Office as well as regular representation from the majority of local police agencies.

We are just getting re-established and have a lot to do. We hope that you can assist us by selecting a volunteer from your community to serve on the TRIAD Council. Please notify me with the name and address of your representative either by phone 623-3614 x 210, email ebflannery@cji.net, or written correspondence to the Sheriff’s Office at the address below.

Respectfully submitted from

Major Everett B. Flannery, Jr.
Chief Deputy
125 State Street
Augusta, Maine 04330

BELGRADE LAKES REGION NEWS

The Annual Meeting of the Belgrade Lakes Region, Inc. was held Thursday, June 1st at the Union Church in Belgrade Lakes. Officers for 2000-01 are: Jan Barton, Woodrest Cottages, President, Sylvia Amon, Belle-Vue Cottage, Vice President, Alfred Wheeler, Wheeler’s Housekeeping Camps, Treasurer, Ellen Walter, Info Center Volunteer, Assistant Treasurer, Martha Skeel, Belgrade Lakes House, Secretary.

Reports on programs and projects as well as a future planning process were presented at the business meeting. Several long time members of BLRI were honored with presentations of plaques for their dedicated service over the years. Those honored were: Jan Barton, Alfred Wheeler, Bessie Dyer of the Patriot/Luna Vista Cottages, and George & Vesta Putnam of Alden Camps.

The Information Center on Route 27 in Belgrade is now open Monday through Saturday and staffed by an able group of volunteers. We still have a few time slots to cover so if you would enjoy meeting and greeting our visitors and saying WELCOME TO OUR REGION, please cal Sylvia Amon at 495-3509 or the Information Center at 495-2744.

SELECTPERSONS CORNER

Selectpersons meetings every first and third Tuesday of the month 7 P.M. Town Office. For those of you who would like to have something on an Agenda please have the information to the office not later than Thursday afternoon so that the Secretary may have the information ready for the Selectpersons in a timely manner. Thank you

Planning Board meetings every first and third Thursday of the month 7 P.M. Town Office.

Code Enforcement Officer, Gary Fuller is here on Thursday evenings from 5 P.M. to 7 P.M. for all of your building permit questions. Phone 495-2258 Home 495-3868