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Volume 24 – Issue 3 Friday, June 3, 2016 Bay View, Michigan 49770

The 12th Annual Little Traverse CROP Hunger Walk 2016 will take place Saturday, June 25 beginning at Evelyn Hall. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., and the walk begins at 9 a.m. The CROP Walk benefits The Manna Food Project Church World Service.

Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra Concert June 12

Worship and Religious Life

Pre-concert talk at 6:15 p.m. with GLCO Director

The Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra and Orchestra Chorus presents highlights from Bizet’s “Carmen,” on Sunday, June 12 at 7:00 p.m. at John M. Hall Auditorium. A pre-concert talk with Director Libor Ondras begins at 6:15 p.m.

Tickets are $25 for general admission, and $50 for reserved. For tickets, contact the Chamber of Commerce office, by calling (231) 487-0010, or online at www.glcorchestra.org.

Featured performances will include Risa Renae Harman, Elise Des Champ, Jeffrey Picon and Brian Banion, all from the Bay View Music Faculty.

The first worship service of the 2016 assembly season will take place on Sunday, June 12, with Rev. Daniel T. Moser, Director of Worship and Religious Activities officiating in John M. Hall Auditorium.

His sermon, “The Story of Jonah,” will include an overview of the season’s lec-tures and updates on what our summer preachers have been doing since they accepted the invitation to be with us in Bay View.

The Pre-Assembly Worship Service begins at 10:45 a.m. in Hall Auditorium.

The first week of the Assembly season will be Sunday, June 19 with the workship service provided by Rev. Dr. Stephen Murray. See the Summer Program for more information.

Daniel T. Moser

Bay View Listening Survey ResultsOur thanks to you for participating

in the Bay View survey carried out this past winter. The response rate was phenomenal….69% participation rate.

The Board of Trustees received the report of the survey last Friday, May 27, at the monthly board meeting and is presently reviewing the results. In the interest of transparency, we would like to share the report with all members of the community. You may access the

report in its entirety in the Members only section of the Bay View web site, under 2016 Reports, www.bayviewassociation.org. The supporting data from Survey Monkey is also provided on the website.

For those members who would like to read a hardcopy of the report, copies can be checked out from the Bay View Library. The Library opens June 13.

Thank you, Maureen Pugsley


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Bay View Open Golf Benefit Wednesday, July 6

Marketing Student Intern in Administration OfficeThe Bay View Administration office is

welcoming an intern this summer, Kelly Ronquist. Ronquist and her family have been a part of the Petoskey community for the past 20 years.

Her father, Ron, is an orthopaedic surgeon and was a partner at Bay Street Orthopaedics for many years. Her mother, Maureen, is a nurse and used to work at McLaren Northern Michigan. Currently, they live in northern Minnesota part time, but still enjoy their time back home on Crooked Lake.

Throughout high school she served on the Youth Advisory Committee for the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation and was involved in the dance program at Crooked Tree Arts Center.

In the fall she will be a senior at Michigan State University studying advertising and public relations. During the school year, Ronquist is an intern with the East Lansing Community Relations Coalition where she works to build positive relationships between long-term residents of East Lansing and students at MSU.

This summer she is excited to work in the Bay View Community and help with marketing and public relations for the association. “I am happy to be able to spend my summer in a place that I love and call home,” Ronquist said. “I am looking forward to meeting the members of the Bay View community, as well as working to make this another amazing up north summer.”

Kelly Ronquist, summer intern

Hello BVOers!On behalf of the Host Committee, I

want to express a warm and happy wel-come to all of our great BVO friends and wish you a Happy New Year! We hope you had a fantastic winter and that you are getting fired up for Bay View and, of course, BVO VII!

After minutes upon minutes (and countless mille-seconds) of tireless, pain-staking and, at times, all-consuming planning over the off-season, the Host Committee is pleased to present this year’s event which, we are confident, will be the best ever in the BVO’s long and illustrious history of Northern Michigan golf excellence!!!

Here’s a quick rundown of this year’s big event (which, as you will observe, contains virtually no changes to the

format offered over the preceding six extravaganzas keeping in sync with Joe’s long-range strategic plan and vision of “Why get off a winner?”):

Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2016Time: 7:30 a.m. registration/8:00

a.m. driving range/8:20 a.m. rules pre-sentation and opening prayer/8:30 a.m. shotgun start.

Delicious, nutritional and gluten-free buffet lunch (with all four food groups represented) and awards ceremony to follow (complete with the presenta-tion of the Champion’s Trophy, the Founder’s Trophy and, of course, the Grand-Daddy of Them All, the Coveted Melon Jacket!!!)

Location: Little Traverse Bay Golf Club.

Cost: $150 (includes golf, prizes and

Boys & Girls Club donation); plus $15 lunch.

Format: Shambles with individual and team prizes (same as every year).

Prizes: BVO gear and other Little Traverse Bay golf stuff.

More details to follow, but please “Save the Date” and let us know if you can play! As always, we hope to raise lots and lots of money for the Boys & Girls Club and Youth Theater, share in some fun and fellowship with our Bay View Friends, have more than a few laughs and just have a great time!

Thanks everybody. Have a great spring, take care and, remember, “It’s All About the Kids!!!”

The Host Committee: Mike, Doug, Brooks and Joe

Bear Creek Township Residents’ “Anytime Cleanup Vouchers”Bear Creek Township residents, which includes Bay View Association cottage owners, are eligible to pick up two (2) “Anytime Cleanup Vouchers” good for one cubic yard of bulky waste to be taken to the Emmet County Transfer Station on Pleasantview Road (north of the Harbor Springs Airport). Vouchers may be picked up at the Bear Creek Township Hall located at 373 N. Division Road. The Township Hall is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Curbside collection of recyclables from Bay View residences will again be on Thursdays this year, running from June 2 through September 8. For reliable service, you must have your totes out by 8:00 a.m. If you’re hesitant to set them out the night before, you might want to consider getting the lids now available for the larger green bins (the ones with four handles molded into the rim). They’re available for $3 each from the Emmet County Recycling office in the County Building.

Totes Overflowing? If you need more of the green “Emmet County Recycling” totes to hold all of your recy-clables, call 348-0640. They will deliver a bin or bins to your porch!

Holidays Do Not Affect Bay View Recycling

You may see ads in the News-Review stating that when a holiday falls during the week collection will be delayed one day for the rest of the week. THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO BAY VIEW! Recyclables will be collected on Thursdays, regardless of holidays.

A complete recycling reference sheet is available in the administration office.

Trash/garbage pickup is

Monday all summer long. Garbage bags need to be at the

curb by 7 a.m. Garbage bags can be purchased

at Oleson’s grocery store and D&W.

American Waste garbage bags are RED.

We would like to remind you of the following United States Postal Service policies:

1. All mail coming into the Bay View Post Office must be addressed to your Bay View P.O. Box. If the incoming mail does not include your Bay View P.O. Box number, it will be returned to the sender.

2. This summer, when signing up for your Bay View P.O. Box, be sure to include all family members that will be using the P.O. Box in the registra-tion process. If mail is sent to a Bay View P.O. Box addressed to a non-registered recipient, it will be returned to the sender.

2016 Bay View Post Office Reminders

Post Office Hours:June 1 -- Labor Day

Monday -- FridayWindow Service: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Saturday - No Window ServiceLabor Day -- November 7

Monday -- FridayWindow Service: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Gathering Post Hours: Hours are yet to be determined.

Bay View MemorialsThe following memorial ceremonies have been scheduled:

Betty Edman Friday, June 24, 2-4 p.m. Hall Auditorium Reception following from 4-6 p.m. Evelyn Hall

Patrick McGee Saturday, July 16, 1-2 p.m. Voorhies Hall Reception following at the Terrace Inn

Spring in Bay View provides many beautiful flowering trees, scrubs and flowers. (Photo by Tamara Stevens)



June 24 The Syrian Refugee Crisis David W. Zehnder, Board Member of Questscope; a non-profit social development organization for marginalized people. July 8 Too Much World, Not Enough Army: An Update on How the Budget Act of 2011Continues to Impact Those Who Defend Our Freedom Colonel Hugh “Sandy” McLeod, U.S. Army (Ret.)

July 15 A General Education Solution Addressing Special Learning Needs Gwen Dunlap, co-founder of Aim High School July 22 Gun Violence: Finally A Discussion Amy Pines, Board of Directors of “Connecticut Against Gun Violence” July 29 Native America Today: A Look at Indigenous Communities in the 21st Century Eric Hemenway, Director of Repatriation, Archives, and Records for the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians

August 5 Keeping the USS Constitution Afloat: It Takes More than Band-Aids John Pelikan, Naval Ship Restorer, U.S. Navy: “Naval History and Heritage Command” Detachment: Boston Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA, U.S. Coast Guard Captain August 12 Hildegard von Bingen: What an 11th Century Nun Can Teach Us About Women in Music History Charles Helge, Graduate Assistant and Doctoral Student Musical Arts, University of OklahomaPLEASE NOTE:The 2016 Summer Program booklet incorrectly lists a Scarrow Friday Forum on Friday, Aug. 19. There is no forum on that date. We apologize for the error and any confusion this may have caused.

The Scarrow Friday Forum 2016 Loud Hall at 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Free & Open to the Public

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Election Changes & InformationAnnual Meeting Election Information for Voting Members of the Bay View AssociaitonBy Mike Spencer, Bay View Association Executive Director

The voting membership approved amendments to the Bay View Association’s By-Laws at the August 3, 2013 Annual Meeting that affect the voting process in 2016.

The primary change is that voters will have the choice of voting electronically. Simply Voting has been hired as the independent third-party election provider. The Board of Trustees authorized the use of Simply Voting at the May 23, 2014 board meeting. The voter may choose to vote by electronic ballot beginning at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on July 14, 2016, and ending at 8 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, August 5, 2016.

You are responsible to conduct your vote prior to the official end date and time to be officially tallied. Simply Voting is a system that ensures no more than one vote per voting member and is secure, secret, reliable and easy to use and may be audited. The voter will enter an “elector ID” and a “password” at the web site.

If the voter chooses to vote by paper ballot, that option will be available from 8:30 a.m. until noon at the Annual Meeting on Saturday, August 6, 2016. Also, absentee ballot requests are available now until Wednesday, August 3, 2016, at 5 p.m. in the Bay View Business Office. Applications for absentee ballot may be submitted by mail as well, and must be postmarked by July 7, 2016. Voting members may go to the “Members Only” area of the Bay View web site where a PDF of the absentee ballot request form may be printed, filled out, and then emailed to [email protected], or faxed to 231-347-4330.

The absentee voter application must be signed by the voter, per By-Law 70. No one may sign in receipt of an absentee ballot for any other voter.

Election deadlines are as follows:Candidates for the office of Trustee Nominating Petitions signed

by at least twenty (20) leasehold members and the candidate infor-mation sheet, both on forms available in the Bay View Business Office – are due no later than 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, 2016.

Reminder: No leaseholding member may sign more than three (3) petitions; Associate members are not eligible to vote and may not sign petitions.

Filing deadline for By-Law Amendments and Petitions is 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, 2016.

To vote at the Annual Meeting, a new member must be approved as a leaseholder by the Board of Trustees at the Board meeting held on July 8, 2016, and the leasehold assignment must be signed by all parties.

Members may apply to the Business Office for an absentee paper ballot at any time from May 1 until 5 p.m. on the Wednesday (Aug. 3, 2016) preceding the Annual Meeting. Applications received by mail must be postmarked by July 7, 2016.

Reminder for Electronic Voting Members 2016Vote either online or by absentee ballot, not both

A member who plans to vote electronically in the 2016 election does not need to complete an absentee ballot request. An absentee ballot request is only completed by a voting member who will not attend the Annual Meeting on Saturday, August 6, 2016 and will vote by paper ballot either by post or in the Bay View Business Office.

Voting information will be sent to voting members of Bay View by Simply Voting for the Annual Meeting being held on Saturday, August 6, 2016.

The email address that is currently on file will be used for the voting information mailing for those voting members who use express mail.

The winter address that is currently on file will be used for the voting information mailing for those voting members who use post mail.

If you wish to use your Bay View post office box number for this mailing, please notify the Bay View Business Office by coming to the Business Office and completing an address update card, by calling the office at 231-347-6225, or by emailing [email protected] by Monday, June 27. Please include the date you will leave Bay View and go back to your winter address.

Only members whose name is on the Bay View Post Office box may direct mail to the Post Office box address.

Address Update Request for Voting Members of Bay View



Campus Club CleanupVolunteer Clean Up Day is June 10,

from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. or until you are tired of it. Please check in at Evelyn Hall for your assignment, or let us know what it is that you would like to do (we’re pretty easy). The Grounds Crew has been short of manpower this spring, so there is quite a bit to do to get the campus ready for the season. Bring your gloves and the flower planters need to bring a trowel. See you on the 10th. Contact Norm Wells at 487-0806.

Woman’s Council Plans Great Kick Off

The window shades are up and the Woman’s Council building is coming to life for the 2016 season. We already have reservations that fill the second floor rooms for most of the summer. Guests begin to arrive on Sunday, June 19, open-ing day.

The Woman’s Council/Morning Council Opening Luncheon is the first event this year. Held at the Bay View Inn on Thursday, June 23, beginning at 11:30 a.m., it is an opportunity to socialize and share lunch. Janice Smith will give the keynote talk, “A Special Welcome Greeting.” Tickets are $25 and can be purchased from Rose Cooper at the Tuesday night Campus Club pot luck suppers. Don’t attend the pot lucks? Catch her at the Post Office Monday through Friday, between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. You may also call her at 347-0803. Hope to see you there. Look for Woman’s Council members ushering at the Sunday, June 26 Vesper Concert.

Little Traverse Humane SocietyFor the Humane Society: if you have

clean towels and/or blankets, please deliv-er them to Kathy Schroeder at 1400 Bayside Avenue. You may place them by the cottage’s back door. Kathy will drop them off at the Humane Society. All donations are very much appreciated.

Bay View Briefs...

Submissions to the Town Crier: Please email your articles and photos to Tamara Stevens ([email protected]) at the Administrative Office by 5 p.m. Monday for inclusion in that Friday’s publication. The Town Crier is not responsible for errors in submitted articles, please double-check dates, prices, etc. prior to submission. Thank you very much.

Changes in the Bay View WoodsAfter a snowy winter, the spring

wildflowers have bloomed in abundance throughout the Bay View Woods. In cool spots, you may still catch a glimpse of a Trillium or two. The pink Lady Slippers line Old Indian Trail. Brilliant yellow marsh marigolds are in full bloom. Some migrating birds have rested in our woods before continuing their north-ward journeys. Other song birds have returned for the summer and are busy building nests. Right now, the woods are full of songs as birds use their voices to attract a mate and establish territory.

The bloom of a wildflower and the song of a bird are ephemeral joys. If your head is turned the wrong way, you can easily miss the tiny violet or the flight of song bird. Some changes in the woods are impossible to miss. Perhaps the most obvious change in the Bay View Woods is the number of trees that have fallen due to disease. This situation is not unique to our woods but is an ongoing condition throughout Northern Michigan.

Almost all of our ash trees have fallen as a result of emerald ash borer. Now beech trees are being felled by beech bark disease (BBD). If you haven’t been in a natural area such as our Bay View Woods in a while, you may be surprised by the number of trees on the ground. According to Michigan’s DNR: “American beech trees are first infested with beech scale. Scale feeding allows infection by the Neonectria fungus. The fungus kills the wood, blocking the flow of sap. Affected trees decline in health and eventually die. Some infected trees break off in heavy winds before dying – a condition called “beech snap”. The scales are covered with white wool, turning infested portions of the tree white.

What is at risk? There are 32 million American beech trees in Michigan. About

2.5 million beech have been killed by BBD to date. Much of this loss has been in the eastern Upper Peninsula. Newly infested beech forests are reported in the Lower Peninsula every year.

The threat: Tree mortality occurs three to six years after scales initially infest an area. The largest trees are most susceptible. Scale-infested trees with apparently healthy crowns are a hazard due to beech snap.”

Natural areas throughout Michigan

are coping with accelerated tree loss. The Bay View Woods is no exception. Please enjoy our wonderful woods and use caution. Stay on maintained trails. Be aware of weather conditions. Trails are monitored for downed trees; but a tree (or limb) can come down at any time - especially during high winds.

As the tree canopy opens up, more and more juvenile trees are growing sky-ward. Much of the new tree growth in the understory is maple and beech. The DNR estimates that about 3% of beech trees are immune to BBD. Time will tell how the composition of our forest will change as new growth continues.

Abundant Marsh Marigolds in bloom along boardwalk in the Bay View Woods.

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