4 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER April 2021
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dent will be the time commitment , though he is willing to put in the hours .
Gary ’ s term on the board expires in 2023 , but officer elections happen each year . He said he will likely run for reelection as president at the annual meeting in May .
Gary said his style involves delegation , communication and collaboration , and he plans to continue the process of reinvigorating Charbonneau and providing activities to residents while preserving properties .
“ I ’ m willing to make the hard decisions ,” he said .
Kathy said she agreed to provide support in the coming months after she was approached by Gary and Gene a couple months ago .
Prior to this next stint as vice president , Kathy served on board for six years . Eighteen months of her time she served as president and majority was as vice president .
Kathy said she essentially took a six-month break from the board , but still stayed connected by attending virtual meetings to know what was going on .
Her last term ended with the merger of the golf course and she only left the board because her term expired .
“ There ’ s a few areas we need to look at and I have the background to do this , so I ’ m excited to do this ,” Kathy said .
She added that she wants to be involved with several committees . The board ’ s long-term vision plan expired in 2020 and members are considering looking forward to a 2040 vision plan now , she said . Kathy also expressed a desire to help revise the bylaws and be involved with the construction of the new Activity Center and Event Center . “ I ’ ve also stayed on what ’ s called the executive committee of the country club : the Architectural Control Committee ,” said Kathy , which overlooks the standards of the whole committee .
Kathy said many positive changes are happening in the community with the Activity Center , pickleball and paddle board club .
“ We have amazing volunteers doing so much work for our community ,” Kathy said . “ To me , it was just a really exciting time to continue for at least another year .”
NWREC
By MIKE BONDI
NWREC sees damage from recent storm
The North Willamette Research and Extension Center ( NWREC ) suffered significant damage to older trees as a result of the recent ice storm in February . Nearly 40 trees were removed — half of them so badly damaged that it didn ' t make sense to keep and the other half removed to clear way for the new agrivoltaics ( solar energy and integrated farming research ) project set to break ground this summer — and those trees were all badly damaged too .
According to NWREC Director Mike Bondi , " The good news is that we didn ' t sustain any damage to our buildings , greenhouses or other facilities . That was amazing ! We were really concerned that a heavy snow and ice load would take down the greenhouses . Falling trees and branches were a big concern , too . Instead , the storm event was mostly ice damage . The trees were really hit hard . Power was out at the center for over a week ."
The next time you come out
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Six older birch trees bordered the east side of the main parking lot for years . Now , all are gone .
to the research center , all of the large birch trees in the parking lot area are gone . Birch trees are notorious for being brittle and they just didn ' t fare well with the ice that formed . They all had to be removed .
" Right now , we are just trying to clean everything up . We had a professional tree faller take all the trees down . Then , the farm staff has been removing all of the branches and hauling the debris away . It ' s a big job ,” Mike said .
All of the cleanup was completed by the end of March , in and around the other projects needing attention as the spring farming season approaches .
The North Willamette Research and Extension Center is Oregon ' s only agricultural research and experiment center in the Willamette Valley and in the heart of the state ' s diverse farm economy . The faculty and staff at the center focus their work on nine key areas of research and education for local farmers including berries , fresh vegetables , nursery and greenhouse production , Christmas trees , hazelnuts , field crops , pesticide registration research , small farm production and organic agriculture . For more information , contact Mike Bondi at 503-705- 2434 .
The Community of Charbonneau greatly appreciates the work of the Clackamas County Health , Housing & Human Services Department and especially Erica Wright , the Immunization Program Planner in coordinating the vaccine distribution specifi cally for Charbonneau residents on March 10 .