6/30 Registration @ Hall 11am – 2pm

7/1 Strawberry Social 1-3pm Canada Day Fun

7/2 All programs begin

7/7 4th Annual Norway Bay Garage Sale 9am

7/14 Big Chili & Big Slice Horseshoe Tournament 4pm

7/21 Boating Regatta 11am

7/25 Historical Society Coffee

7/28 Long Distance Run Field Day Basketball Throw

7/29 Long Distance Swim Bike Scavenger Hunt

8/2 Open Mic

8/4 Swim Meet Regatta Dance 9pm

8/5 Triathlon Awards Ceremony Air Band competition

8/10 Farewell Bingo

8/12 Annual General Meeting

Calendar of Events

May 2018 NBMA Newsletter

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President’s Message

Hello NBMA Members! Your NBMA Directors have been hard at work planning another fun summer, and we look forward to seeing you all soon. The NBMA is a 100% volunteer-run organization. The NBMA and its programming and events are a huge part of what makes Norway Bay so special and helps us all create memories across the generations. Several of our directors’ terms will be ending at the end of this season. We are looking for new people who are interested in bringing their talent, time and enthusiasm to the team. Whether you are new to The Bay or a several-generations-in member, there is no better way to help make the summer memorable. Please chat with me or any of our Directors if you'd like to get involved. Program Registration is now open! The countdown to summer is on! Liam McGahern President - NBMA

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Membership News

NBMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Liam McGahern President

Debbie Brasil Secretary

Kim Drummond Membership

Jodi Ladner Communications

Mark Harris & Stephanie Brousseau Regatta

Deb Powell Bristol Liaison

Tom McFadden Tennis & Field Sports

Ann Arden Aquatics

Peter Niedre Canoe & Kayak

Ken Bernard Facilities

Brian Booth Treasurer

Become an NBMA member or renew your membership and register for programs online at www.nbma.ca. We would like to highly recommend the use of the online registration for both memberships and programming registration! The online registration experience allows you to easily register and pay for multiple weeks for each child per activity in one step. Please ensure to select the exact weeks for which you are registering. In-person membership and program registration dates: • Saturday June 30th from 11am to 2pm at Centennial Hall • Monday Nights, from July 2 through August 6th, from 7pm-8pm at Centennial Hall In addition to the above registration options, you can register through one of our great NBMA volunteers, Ruth West – 122 River Road and Trudy & Kim Drummond – 12 Graham Street. REMINDER: In order to participate in any NBMA Regatta events each family, not cottage, requires an NBMA membership. As always, thank you our NBMA supporters, we look forward to bringing you the best summer programs and activities possible… see you at the Bay! Kim Drummond, Membership Director

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Regatta 2018

After what felt like the absolute longest winter on record (since when is winter from October to May??, spring has finally sprung, and summer is just on the horizon! The Norway Bay Regatta event schedule kicks off with the Canoe/Kayak Regatta on July 21, where the East vs West battle will begin!! As always, volunteers are needed to ensure that all the events run smoothly! Please contact me at stephmbrousseau@gmail.com, or come by 132 River Road if you would like to be part of the team! Regatta Events Schedule: July 21 Canoe/Kayak Regatta @Public Beach July 28 Long Distance Run & Field Day/Basketball Freethrow @ Centennial Park July 29 Long Distance Swim @ Pier and Bike Scavenger Race @ Centennial Park August 4 Swim Meet @ Pier August 5 Triathlon @ Public Beach and Awards/Airbands @ Centennial Hall

Look forward to seeing everyone for some FUN AND FRIENDLY COMPETITION! We hope you all have a fantastic summer! Stephanie Brousseau & Mark Harris

Canoe Kayak

Summer is fast approaching, and plans are under way for another great canoe kayak season.

We are pleased to announce Bryanne Dawson as this year’s Canoe Kayak Program Supervisor, we know she will do a fantastic job leading a very dynamic group of instructors over the 6 weeks. Please watch for some new practice times for kids who wish to continue to work on their skills.

The Canoe-Kayak regatta will be Saturday July 21, and thanks to Ottawa River Canoe Club, we will have a second dragon boat for the event for head-to-head races. We will also be trying to target going to the Lucy Slade Regatta again on August 10, at the end of the year program for those who wish to try another regatta.

We look forward to seeing everyone out on the water this summer.

Peter Niedre, Canoe Kayak Director

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For updates & more events, visit the NBMA Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/norwaybay

Here are some great social events that we have planned for 2018! Sunday, July 1st – Strawberry Social – (1-3pm at 5 Lothian St – Dent Cottage) Strawberries, shortcake, ice cream, lemonade and other delicious treats will also be on the menu! In the event of inclement weather, the activity will be moved to Centennial Hall. Saturday, July 7th – Fourth Annual Norway Bay Garage Sale – Here’s your chance to turn that cottage clutter into cash! Set up a table, put your items out, and Sell! Sell! Sell! Better yet work with your neighbors and put your treasures together to attract more cottagers to your street. Remember to set up early and have some change on hand. Participants are asked to consider making a small donation from their proceeds to the NBMA. You can use the “Donate link” on the homepage of the NBMA website: www.nbma.ca Saturday, July 14th – Big Chili and Big Slice Cook-Off and Horseshoe Tournament – (4 pm at Centennial Hall) This year’s event will again feature chili, stews, gumbos and deserts! Registration forms will be available at Henderson’s and at Registration Day. All food entries will be due at Centennial Hall by 3 pm. Horseshoe players are encouraged to register early! Tickets will be available at the event. Thursday, August 2nd - Open Mic - (8 pm at Centennial Hall) Join us for the fourth annual Open Mic featuring the talent of Norway Bay. We are looking forward to seeing some of past years’ performers as well as some new talent. For more info or to sign-up, please email: social.nbma@gmail.com Saturday, August 4th – Regatta Dance - (9 pm at Centennial Hall) “The Start” will be returning this year to play one of their favourite events. Tickets will be available at the door. We are looking for volunteers to help out with set-up, help during the event and tear-down/clean-up. If interested, please email social.nbma@gmail.com Friday, August 10th – Family Bingo – Bingo! Bingo! Join us at Centennial Hall at 7pm for a fun evening of prizes and surprises. Please Email social.nbma@gmail.com if you are interested in donating prizes! Paul (Bunky) Fraser, NBMA Social Director Social.nbma@gmail.com

Social Programs

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Aquatics

Swimming & Aquatics

I’m pleased to be starting my third year as the Aquatics Director and can’t wait to be up at the Bay!

Swimming Lessons

It is my pleasure to report that Natalie Graham will be our Swimming Program Supervisor this summer. She brings many years of Norway Bay experience and is excited to work with our staff and all of our swimmers. Staff are keen to get going and enthusiastic to work with you and your swimmers! Program scheduling remains the same as last year and the details are posted on the NBMA website (you need to login to access the scheduling details). We will be continuing with private swimming lessons, shallow and deep water Aquafit classes, adult swim and the “Bay Babies” (beach) program for young children. If you are unsure what level you should register your swimmer in, please see Natalie Graham at the pier any morning between 9:00-11:00 am and she can assess your swimmer and recommend an appropriate level and next steps.

Aquafit program - tickets continuing

Registration for our Aquafit classes can be done on a weekly basis on the website and we will continue to offer tickets for “single class” attendance. This will allow more flexibility for people who want to attend one or two classes a week. These tickets will be sold at the registration days in booklets of 5 tickets (cash or cheque only – not sold online). As last year, these tickets may be used for any Aquafit class in 2018 as long as there is space in the class. Priority will be for participants who have paid for the weekly program. Tickets need to be given to the instructor at the start of the class.

Pier Beach

Any questions or concerns with regards to the Pier Beach should be directed to the Bristol Municipal Office.

Looking forward to a great summer at the Bay!

Ann Arden, NBMA Aquatics Director

ann.evans.arden@gmail.com

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The summer is almost here and the planning for the Parks Programs is well underway. This summer the Tennis program will be led by Roberto Harris-Mostert and Karim Harb. Adult Tennis will be from 8:00am to 9:00am Monday to Friday followed by children’s lessons the remainder of the morning.

Field Sports will be led by Natalie Harb and run evenings Monday through Thursday.

Toddler programming will run Monday and Wednesdays from 7:00 to 7:30pm and Arts & Crafts will run Wednesday afternoons from 3:30 to 4:30pm.

The Arts & Crafts and Toddlers programs are included in your basic membership so there is no need to register, but please do bring your young children out for the fun.

Jacob Brasil will be running both programs as well as the Friday Night Movie Night in Centennial Hall. Once again, hotdogs and snacks will be available for sale at 6:30pm just prior to the movie, which will start at 7:00pm

Tom McFadden

Director Field Sports / Tennis / Arts Tommcfadden44@yahoo.com

Musical Theatre Workshops 2018

Calling all aspiring actors, dancers and singers ages 6-13yrs! The NBMA Musical Theatre Workshop for 2018 is Newsies. Newsies is set in New York City in 1899 and is inspired by the true story of the 1899 Newsboys Strike. Although participants may sign up for one week only, we strongly encourage campers to attend all three weeks. This is a WORKSHOP approach to the production and not the entire musical.

Get Art 2018 The following weekly art workshops will be offered by local artists and held on Thursdays at Centennial Hall from 4:30-6:30 and are open to all ages from 6 to 96 for $25/session. Week 1, Michael Peterson will teach participants how to make Birch bark canoes. Week 2, Kate Aley will teach painters how to use masking fluid with watercolours. Week 3, Chantal Dahan will offer printmaking. Week 4, Tanya McCormick will offer how to make monoprints and stickers and Week 5 Katharine Fletcher will teach participants how to make custom placemat [and/or coasters] for the cottage. All artists are invited to participate in the Big Art Show on August 9.

Norway Bay Bristol Historical Society Calendar

***This summer the Norway Bay Bristol Historical Society is inviting young artists aged 6-16 to create original art for their calendar. Artists are encouraged to create seasonal images of Norway Bay in any media such as pencil, paint, collage etc.. Please use letter size paper (8.5 x 11). Submissions may be dropped off at 229 River Road to Sarah Murray in July and August or emailed to iamnotpiper@gmail.com.

Field Sports, Tennis, Arts & Crafts

Musical Theatre & Get Art 2018

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Welcome to the Treasurer’s Corner. The purpose of

which is to provide you with a brief overview of our

financial results and achievements for the fiscal year

ended December 31, 2017, as well as for related issues

impacting on the 2018 season.

To start off, we have some good news for you in terms

of our overall results for 2017. For the first time in the

past four years we are pleased to inform you that we

have ended the fiscal year with an excess of revenues

over expenses (profit/surplus) of $2,478! This can be

compared to last year, where we ended with an excess

of expenses over revenues (loss/deficit) of $8,296.

Total revenues for the year were $97,302 compared to

$82,224 for 2016, or an increase of 18.3%. This

increase was primarily attributable to changes in

program fees, but also because of increased sales of

NBMA logo merchandise. Our Member’s Equity (net

worth/accumulated surplus) is now sitting at $31,671.

We are often asked the question as to what amount of

Member’s Equity can we accumulate and still be

considered a federally incorporated Not-for-profit

Corporation. The Federal guideline for this suggests

that organizations such as ours are allowed to

accumulate an amount equal to the requirement to

continue operations for a period of up to one year

without receiving any revenues. Under this scenario we

would therefore be permitted to have a Member’s

Equity of some $100,000. However, organizations are

permitted to exceed this amount on the proviso that

funds are being retained for purposes such as future

capital expansion projects. An example for us in this

regard would be an extension to or replacement of

Centennial Hall.

On a more negative note, during the fall and winter

months we were unfortunately exposed to a number of

attempts by individuals to fraudulently expropriate

funds from our bank account. It seems that an

individual (or group of individuals) went into the hall

and stole some old blank cheques from our archives.

Fortunately, we were able to identify these thefts early

enough; worked with the National Bank and in the

end, we did not suffer any actual financial losses. There

was a total of fourteen fraudulent cheques processed

for an aggregate amount in excess of $25,000. The

matter was referred to the Sureté du Québec for

investigation and necessary action. We have since

closed the bank account in question and have opened a

new one with different encoded cheques.

For the current fiscal year, we do not expect to incur

any significant extraordinary expenses nor plan on any

significant expansion projects. However, the

Government of Québec has announced that the

minimum wage for the Province has been increased by

$0.75/hour to $12.00/hour effective May 1, 2018. This

will have an impact on our operating expenses for the

2018 fiscal year in the amount of some $2,500 and

accordingly, we have decided to increase the program

fees by a nominal amount to offset this additional cost.

If any of you would like a copy of the final Financial

Statements for the 2017 fiscal year, please feel free to

contact me at booth.brian@hotmail.com and I will

send them to you either electronically or by mail.

We wish everyone a happy, safe and financially

prosperous 2018 season.

Brian D. Booth

Treasurer’s Corner

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Norway Bay Bristol Historical Society We are always looking for new members who are interested in researching and preserving the history of Norway Bay and Bristol area, and being involved in our projects. The meetings are held at the Jack Graham Community Centre on Aylmer Rd. at 10 am every Wednesday, starting this year on June 27th. Anyone is welcome to attend a meeting to check us out, with no commitment.

Just a reminder that the proceeds from all of our events and projects are donated back to the community (Shawville Hospital, Bristol Volunteer Fire Dept, etc).

We post our events on the Norway Bay Facebook Page, and we have our own NBBHS Facebook page too!

Here's a list of the events that we have planned so far for this year:

Wed July 11th, 10 am: Guest Speaker Gloria Tubman (genealogist) with tips on tracing your family tree

• Everyone is welcome, no admission fee, coffee and tea provided.

Wed July 25th 10am to noon. Annual Coffee Party, Sale and Silent Auction

• This will be the third year of our Silent Auction, which has proved to be a very successful addition to our annual event.

• As most people are aware by now, the sale part of the day has been fine-tuned to Baking, books and jewelry.

• Closer to the date, we will be providing more information about the event and how you can contribute.

Wed Aug 8th 10 am Guest Speaker - Gordon Black (Log's End)

• As with the previous guest speaker event, everyone is welcome, no admission fee, and coffee and tea provided

New Project - Calendar for 2019-2020

• We don't have a calendar to sell this year, but we will be working on one for next year, and we are very excited about. More details to come.

• The calendar will run from July 2019 to June 2020, and unlike predecessors, this one will be colour.

• Pages will be artwork created by local children (16 and under),

Norway Bay books and directory

We still have some copies of our 2010 book "Norway Bay and Beyond" and our most recent Norway Bay directory. They are available at Henderson's Store, and will be available at our annual Coffee Party

Regards,

Jan Eastaugh

Communications & Social Media for NBBHS

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**Centennial Park cleanup** is scheduled for June 23/24. Volunteers needed with trailers, shovels, blowers, rakes, and labour starting at 9am Saturday. Please let Ken know ASAP if you can help (819-647-2391) or (819-208-6247). If volunteers come in numbers and commit 2 to 3 hours, it will be an easy quick task.

If we do not receive sufficient commitment by June 10, the NBMA will have to hire a cleanup contractor.

In case you happened to misplace, as I did, your Municipal Newsletter, the municipal website is very informative! There you can find:

• Schedule for Waste and Recycling Pickup ( http://bristolmunicipality.qc.ca/) • List of what is accepted for recycling (under admin, transfer station and recycling - scroll to bottom of page. Worth checking out because it may not be quite the same as home) • The municipal newsletter! (scroll through graphic screens at top of home page) • A community composting service will be offered at the Transfer Station starting in May. Further information will be posted on the website.

Fire Regulations are under review at the municipal council at the request of the Bristol Fire Department. Look forward to stricter enforcement this season.

Also, bring batteries, usually 9 volt, for smoke detectors and make sure the detectors are functional.

Keeping Bristol Beautiful and Safe

Hats off to Dorothy Cowley who has once again taken the lead in this ongoing campaign. Many bags worth of litter have already been collected from the roadsides and work continues. If you need gloves or bags to do your part, contact her at 819-647-5462

Check trees around your property for broken hanging branches resulting from the recent windstorm.

Keeping the River Healthy

Just a reminder that respecting the native species that belong in or near the river is basic. For example, the clams (mussels) are working to filter clean the river. It helps if you leave them where there are or throw them just a bit deeper if you need to protect feet.

Plastic is (almost) forever. Try to ensure that any plastics you use on or near the river don't end up staying in it.

Report a Turtle - Project Carapace

If you see a turtle on or near a road or trail, take a picture and report it on line at https://www.carapace.ca/en/. The goal of Carapace is to identify hotspots where turtles are most at risk and use that information to take risk reduction measures.

Bristol Farmers' Market

Open 1- 6pm every Friday at corner of Aylmer Rd and Highway 148, starting May 18. Buy local!

Bristol News & Local Government

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Norway Bay: Season-at-a-Glance 2018 SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT

June 30

Registration 11am – 2pm

Centennial Park

JULY 1 Canada Day

Strawberry Social

1-3pm Dent Cottage (5 Lothian St)

2 ALL PROGRAMS

BEGIN

Registration 7pm

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4 5 6

Swimming PJ Theme

Movie Night Snacks 6:30, Movie 7pm

7 Garage Sale 9am

8 9

Registration 7pm

10 11 12 13 Swimming Superhero

theme

Movie Night Snacks 6:30, Movie 7pm

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Big Chili & Big Slice 4pm

15 16

Registration 7pm

17 18 19 20

Swimming Hawaiian Theme

Musical Theatre Production

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Canoe Kayak Regatta 11am

22

23

Registration 7pm

24 25 NBB Historical Society Coffee

10am – noon @Bristol Hall

Tie Dye @ the Hall

3:30pm

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27

Swimming Animal Theme

Movie Night Snacks 6:30, Movie 7pm

28 Long dist. run 9am

Field Day 10am Basketball Throw

2pm

29 Long distance

swim 9am

Bike Scavenger Hunt 1pm

30

Registration 7pm

31 AUGUST 1

2

Open Mic 8p

3

Swimming Pirate Theme

Movie Night Snacks 6:30, Movie 7pm

4

Swim Meet 10am Regatta Dance 9pm

5 Triathlon 9am

6:30pm Awards

Air bands

6

Registration 7pm

7 8 9

Big Art Show

10 Swimming Colour War

Theme

ALL PROGRAMS END

Bingo 7pm

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12 AGM 10am