They have been very busy with their projects.
The ball field received a much needed overhaul. Many loads of sand were
used to upgrade the infield and dugouts have been upgraded.
Brush was cleared all around the outside of the ball field and after countless
loads of gravel a new walkway was created which extends to the children’s
park and back to the car lot. A few adjustments as a result of heavy rains will
be made following the winter months.
A basketball court is being built alongside of the ball field canteen and will
be completed soon.
A children’s non-verbal communication board and also two other children’s
houses for youngsters under 5yrs is scheduled to arrive this week, however it
will not be installed in the children’s playground until the spring.
Author Archives: Babin
Year in review 2023
RBCSS accomplishments in 2023
We saw the completion of the ball field canteen
A new metal roof was installed on the Tara Lynne Centre
Floors downstairs in the main room and in the Old Cap Site room were
leveled and new Vinyl Tiles were installed along with new heaters,
baseboards and a fresh coat of paint.
A new Electric furnace and electric water heater was installed. We no longer
use oil for heating and water.
A door for one of the back entrances of Tara Lynne Centre has been ordered.
The cost of this entire project was over $82,000. We received a Provincial
Grant of $29,000 and a Municipal Grant of $5,000. The balance was funded
by the monies from Chase the Ace and the Café Luncheon. We thank all
who supported our fundraiser.
The Visitation Parlor had some major repairs done to the rotting beams.
Thanks to Kenneth and Albert for their creative repairs.
Our “45 Annual Festival” was once again a success. Rose Merrick was
acknowledged for her twelve years as President of RBCSS and twenty-four
year of dedicated service to her community. Congratulations Rose
Richmond County Provincial Volunteer 2023
RB Seniors 50+ AGM Minutes 2023
RB Seniors 50+ Club
AGM Minutes
March 21, 2023
Members Present: 13
The meeting was called to order at: 1:00 pm.
The League prayer was read by Secretary Kim Boudreau
Approval of the agenda , not read
Approval of the minutes: Secretary Kim Boudreau read the minutes of March 29th, 2022, Kim moved that the Minutes be accepted, seconded by Wayne Bona, motion carried.
Old business:None
Correspondence: No correspondence
Treasurer’s Report: The Treasurer, Sharon Chilvers read her report.
Treasurer’s report for 2022, read by Sharon Chilvers. Starting balance: $3122.34, ending balance: $4259.22. Sharon moved her report, seconded by Cletus Wedge, motion carried.
President John Digout’s Annual Report:
River Bourgeois Senior’s Report for 2022 Our seniors club has had a wonderful year despite covid-19 closed our doors for the first couple of months. We saw our membership grow to 108 members, The strongest for several years. Our music sessions continue to be well attended with as many as twenty musicians each time. In September we saw the final insulation of our Solar System and immediately saw its benefits. In the winter months especially November to February we had very little sunshine which resulted in very little solar power. This should be avoided next year as we will be accumulating lots from the sun from March on to get us through next winter. I want to take this time to thank those who help us on a regular basis in keeping our music sessions going, those who continue to maintain our building. Special Thanks to the executive for their dedication
President John Digout read his report, he moved it to be accepted, seconded by Wayne Bona, motion carried.
Moment of Silence for our Deceased members: Jeanette Landry, Leda Koning, Marion Maltby, Kenny Cosman and Cletus Touesnard
Nominations for the 2023 Executive Committee are opened by Wayne Bona:
President: John Digout (will remain as President)
Secretary: Donna Babin (has been voted in as Secretary)
Treasurer: Sharon Chilvers (will remain as Treasurer)
1st Vice: Janice Touesnard
New Business:
We already have many rentals from the County, 44 between April and May. Talks are in the works for moving the Music Circle to the Tara Lynne Centre.
Kim Boudreau verbally resigned as Secretary, note an official written resignation will follow.
President John Digout adjourned the meeting at: 1:30 pm
RBCSS AGM Minutes 2022
RBCSS Annual General Meeting
March 17th, 2022
In attendance: Rose, Sharon. Marc, Kathy, Carolyn, Connie
Virtually: Donna B
Guest:
Absent with regrets: Wayne, Ricky, Paul, Heidi, Tanya
Absent:
Call to order: President Rose Merrick called the meetings to order at 6:52 pm (Continuation into AGM)
Approval of agenda: Donna Babin moved the approval of the agenda, 2nd by Connie Stewart, motion carried.
Approval of minutes: Last AGM was dated November 23, 2020
Business arising: No business arising
Correspondence: No correspondence
Treasurer’s Report: copy as provided by Kathy Groves, moved by Kathy Groves, 2nd by Sharon Chilvers, motion carried
Committee Reports:
Bar: No report
Festival/Fundraising:
Annual:
Festival-
Even with a limited amount of events due to Covid 19, we netted $10,158.
Fundraising-
Chase the Ace wasn’t started until July 2nd and by Dec we had a profit of $11242. To be split with Youth Development.
Cafe’ began at the same time and netted us $7488.
Events-
Canada Day Festivities were also limited. We chose not to sell any food this year, and the Municipality paid us $500. To cover our cost.
The Community Christmas Celebration was held and RBCSS covered the cost as in previous years.
Sharon and Rose
Sharon Chilvers moved her report, 2nd by Carolyn, motion carried
Property Services/Visitation Parlour:
(submitted via email by Paul Martell)
1/ It was noticed that the cement in front of the new step was starting to crumble. Mallard Construction was made aware and they came up to have a look at it. They told me the cement work is guaranteed so there will be no problem replacing it when the warmer weather shows up.
2/ Ricky gave Sharon a quote on the new building we need, he is also getting a quote on the cement pad that must be included to get the grant.
Youth Development: No report submitted
Nominating committee – Election of officers and Board members for 2022
Executive committee:
President: Rose Merrick (accepted)
Vice President: vacant
Treasurer: Kathy Groves (accepted)
Secretary: Donna Babin (Re-submitted and accepted)
Past President: Sharon Chilvers
Board members:
Bar: vacant
Festivals & Events: Co-Chairs: Rose Merrick and Sharon Chilvers
Property Services/Visitation Parlour: Chair: Paul Martell
Property Services: Ricky Stone
Youth Development: Chair: Heidi LeRoux
At large: Carolyn Fougere, Tanya Burke, Wayne Bona, Marc Touesnard, Connie Stewart
New Business:
Rose Merrick: The question has come up about creating a dog park. What section of our land could we use to put it on? Have Ricky look into it.
Next meeting will be: To be advised at a later date
Adjournment: President Rose Merrick adjourned the meeting at 7:26 pm
RBCSS AGM Minutes 2023
RBCSS Annual General Meeting
March 16th, 2023
Minutes
In attendance: Rose Merrick, Wayne Bona, Sharon Chilvers, Paul Martell, Carolyn Fougere, Kathy Groves, Donna Babin, Marc Touesnard, Connie Stewart
Guest/s: Doreen Boudreau, Tracey Samson-Smith
Absent with regrets: Heidi
Absent:
Call to order: Rose Merrick called the meeting to order at 6:32pm
Approval of agenda: Sharon Chilvers moved the agenda, 2nd by Paul Martel, motion carried
Approval of minutes: Sharon Chilvers moved the Mar 17/22 AGM Minutes, 2nd by Carolyn Fougere, motion carried.
Business arising:
Dog park question of 2022: after discussion, only if we can find someone to take it on.
Put up a nice Visitation Parlour sign at the highway exit
Ref: Property Service report #10. Fixing roof cost? Blaire may have some surplus metal roofing. We only have one shot through the county for a grant, so we don’t want to use it on the roof.
Correspondence: No correspondence
Treasurer’s Report: Treasurer’s Annual Report attached. Kathy Groves moved her report, 2nd my Wayne Bona, motion carried
Committee Reports: (Annual summary)
Festival/Fundraising:
Our Chase the Ace went for 48 weeks before the Ace was picked by Sylvia Allan, it was worth $30,080.00 RBCSS and the Youth Development received $13,142.72 each in 2022. The first six months profit of $9356.72 each were in 2021.
Our Cafe’ had a net profit of $8140.81 from Jan. to July in 2022.
Festival had a net profit of $10,099.38. Attendance was better than previous year.
Thanks to Rose for my Roast and special award. It was a surprise but much appreciated.
All three fundraisers were way down compared to pre-Covid 19 and also because of the rise in the cost of living.
We had two Trivia Nights fundraisers.
Special events: July 1st was not held due to it falling on a Sunday and we had already worked on Saturday.
The Community Christmas Celebration was very well attended.
That is it for 2022.
Sharon Chilvers and Rose Merrick
Sharon Chilvers moved her report, 2nd by Kathy Groves, so moved.
Property Services/Visitation Parlour:
A new mower was purchased from Babin’s in the spring of 2022
The old clubhouse and canteen were torn down and the area was cleaned in preparation for the new clubhouse.
Work on the replacement clubhouse and canteen was begun in the fall and is still being worked on. Walls and bathrooms still require installment and the building has to be painted for completion of this project. Grants of $9000.00 from the Municipality and $7400.00 from the Government Were approved for the project.
Material has to be purchased for plumbing work to install toilets and sinks in the Tara Lynne Centre. The labor costs for this work is being donated by Johnathan Stone.
Mike MacPhee sign has to be removed and debris moved away.
The tennis nets were removed last fall and should be looked at and a decision made whether to replace them or try to fix them.
The sheds have been cleaned of garbage and a load was taken to the dump by John Burke.
A new garbage bin was constructed and put in place. The old bin needs to be taken apart for bulk garbage pick up.
The fire extinguishers in all three locations were checked and serviced by Strait Fire Extinguishers.
There have been 3 quotes submitted regarding the roof repairs. We’re still awaiting word whether the grant will be approved or not.
There has been no further word on the approval of the generator for a proposed Comfort Centre at the Tara Lynne Centre. Several calls were made to check on it’s status with no update to report.
Paul Martell moved his report, 2nd by Kathy Groves, so moved
Youth Development:
YDC Report: Submitted via email 03/08/2023
It has been determined that a Splash pad will be too expensive for us to install. Our current
pricing for installation with recirculating water system (which is needed due to us not having
town water) is over $230,000. As a result, we have decided to concentrate our efforts in other
areas. We are currently looking into a skate park or a rollerblade area that can be converted to a
outdoor rink similar to what is found in New Waterford. We are in talks with a few people for
quotes on these projects. We have had Bernard Burke come to the recreation area and quote us
on creating a walking trail around the ballfield and creation of a pad for a 30×50 foot basketball court. It is our plan to have the walking trail as well as the basketball court completed by the end of the summer. I contacted ocean paving last year regarding the basketball court and we will also be seeking a quote from Blaine Landry at Capers Concrete.
Heidi LeRoux
Read and moved by Donna Babin, 2nd by Carolyn Fougere, so moved
Nominating committee – Election of officers and Board members for 2022
Executive committee:
President: Rose Merrick
Vice President: vacant
Treasurer: Kathy Groves
Secretary: Donna Babin
Past President: Sharon Chilvers
Board members:
Festivals & Events: Sharon Chilvers & Rose Merrick co-Chair
Property Services/Visitation Parlour: Paul Martell Chair, (Visitation Parlour Kenny and Albert)
Youth Development: Heidi LeReux Chair
At large: Connie Stewart, Marc Touesnard, Wayne Bona, Carolyn Fougere
New Member Nominations:
Wayne Bona nominated: Doreen Boudreau and Tracey Samson-Smith to the Board of Directors. Nominations were put to the Board, new members were approved.
Welcome to the new members of RBCSS
New Business: Ricky Stone will not be returning as an active member of the board.
Next AGM Meeting will be: Thursday March 28th, 2024
Adjournment: Rose Merrick adjourned the meeting at: 7:20pm
All the best for 2023
River Bourgeois Community Services Society would like to wish everyone all the best in 2023.
We made it through 2022 with some challenges, but better than 2021.
Together as a community we are strong.
So Have a happy, healthy and safe 2023.
RBCSS
Year in review 2022
2022 Highlights
Following 49 weeks of Chase the Ace and weekly Café Luncheons the Ace
of Spades was picked on July 28th and Sylvia Allen was the recipient of
$30,080.00. Congratulations. We will restart next April after a much needed
rest. Thanks to all our volunteers and our wonderful bakers. We could not do
this without you.
In July we also saw the completion of the installation of Solar Panels on the
Anne Sampson Building. Thanks to a grant from New Horizon Seniors
Program and one from Efficiency Nova Scotia, there was no cost to us and
with the additional monies we were able to add a new door and a couple of
new heaters.
During the summer months a new ball field canteen was built, replacing the
much deteriorated old one at a cost of over $32,000. Thanks to the
Municipality of Richmond for their contribution of $9,000.00 and the
Federal Government contribution of $7417.00. A new lawn mower was also
purchased.
Our 44th Annual Community Festival was held. With great weather, good
attendance, and limited events despite Covid-19 again this year, we manage
to have a successful Festival.
With the continuing rise in the cost of living the Board of Directors have
decided we needed to upgrade our heating system. A consultant from
Efficiency Nova Scotia met with three of the board members on November
7th to discuss what was required to bring the building to it maximum
efficiency. He did an overall review of the building, and we are awaiting his
final report.
Chase the Ace 2023
Congratulations to Tanis Carter from Whitehorse ( visiting grandma’ in- law Anne Sampson) who won $253.00 at Chase the Ace and picked the Ace of Spades worth $4655.50.
Thank you for a great season and Chase the Ace and the Cafe’ will return in 2024, see you all then.
