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20 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER August 2020
Charbonneau
Men’s Club
By JOHN MCLAIN
Nominating Committee
recruiting talent for board
members, committees
The Men’s Club
has about 230
members. When I
moved to Charbonneau
and
joined the club
many years ago, I
MCLAIN was able to meet
a lot of people
through the social events of the club.
Many of those meetings have resulting
in a developing some very good
friends between our families. The
pandemic has all but eliminated the
ability to host social events, as well
as the associated opportunities to
meet and make new friends. So, at
the July board meeting, as well as
days afterward, the members discussed
new processes to “mix up
pairings of foursomes” on a more
regular basis for regular play days.
This encourages meeting new people,
as well as balancing the foursomes
more evenly regarding handicaps.
Please join me in signing up for these
random pairing events, and perhaps
you too can make some new friends.
Notes from July board meeting
Hole in One Prize Pool — The Men’s
Club Board has reopened the Hole in
One Prize Pool competition as of July 9.
Because we are still restricted by the
COVID-19 illness, we must continue to
play with modified holes. The hole in
one shot must remain in the modified
hole. If the ball comes out of the hole,
the shot does not qualify. The full policy
can be found on the Men’s Club website
in the ADMIN area.
Events calendar
The calendar was reviewed and adjusted
in light of the pandemic’s impact
on golf and social events:
See MEN’S CLUB / Page 23
Civic affairs
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restricted area it creates dangerous river
conditions. Their points are that
opening the Newberg Pool will reduce
congestion, reduce user conflicts, limit
impacts on endangered species, reduced
impact on docks and create easier enforcement.
Citizens opposed to the petition say
large wakes cause safety issues not only
for non-motorized river users but
people on docks. Kayaking, paddle
boarding, fishing and swimming are unsafe
or impossible with wake boats. Unnatural
forceful wakes clearly cause
damage to docks (Charbonneau has
one) and shorelines and threaten endangered
species and their habitat. Increasing
wakeboards’ area of use will
negatively affect property values.
Second thing. Petition 57, to change
the way our districts are formed for the
state Legislature, qualified for the November
ballot. This petition is about
how we redistrict. Ten years ago Charbonneau
was moved to District 39, separating
it from Wilsonville District 26.
The petition is asking voters to decide
how we redistrict. The legislature currently
decides redistricting. Petition 57
puts the procedure in the hands of a
citizen commission and out of the hands
of politics and the legislature. In both
cases the districts must be non-partisan,
geographically connected with transportation
links and use existing geopolitical
and geographic boundaries.
There are very strict qualifications
guidelines for the citizen commissioners
and a panel of Oregon Administrative
Law judges would pick 50 Republicans,
50 Democrats and 50 Unaffiliated
voters. From this pool four people are
picked from each group randomly.
This isn’t new and it has worked well in
10 states. It might get us back into District
26. The petition is called People
Not Politics.
Finally developers are trying to rezone
the Church of the Reef property
again. Remember it is EFU land and the
developers are asking for a waiver of
Rule 11 of our Oregon State Land Use
rules. It’s that pesky Public Facilities
and Services rule (among others).
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