The Charbonneau Villager Newspaper 2019 February Villager Newspaper

2 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER CCC President’s report By TONY HOLT CHARBONNEAU GOLF CLUB, INC. PRESIDENT A happy new year to everyone. And here’s hoping it is a healthy one! There’s nothing like a stay in hospital to bring that home! We all must stay active and safe. This is the first issue of the Villager with setup, printing and distribution done by Pamplin Media Group. We are excited to be working with them and look forward to a long and fruitful relationship. Your board is busier than ever. In fact we’re scheduling extra meetings each month to cope with the workload. On the Annex building we are gearing up for an outreach program to you, the residents. We have hired specialist Heather Coston to help us. We will be sending out a survey soon to get your ideas about the Annex building and what you might like to see in it. But first we are asking our architect to come up with some renderings to show you. As you know the board approved tearing down the building and rebuilding on the same, or possibly larger, footprint. We now have some demolition bids and will be considering next steps. Meanwhile we continue regular very beneficial meetings with Joe Brouillette and the Golf Club about other possible joint projects. Their plans for constructing a cover of the Garden Terrace are progressing. You will recall that in exchange for funding the cover CGC will get joint use of the terrace. A big win for both organizations! ■ February 2019 Introductions and a bit about travel By LESLIE PUGMIRE HOLE, CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER EDITOR G reetings from the new Villager crew! Many of you already know that longtime Villager Cindy Gar- rison has retired from her position as editor but most are unaware that the Charbonneau Country Club board asked the team of the Wilson- ville Spokesman to take the reins. For anyone that has dealt with the Spokesman, you’ll be working with the same crew: myself, reporters Clara Howell, Corey Buchanan and Holly Bartholomew, and assistant editor Patrick Malee. We look forward to getting to know everyone and diving deeper into Charbonneau community. Please reach out and send us your ideas for stories or coverage in general. We look forward to hearing from you! Already, reader Gordon Dickey sent us a great suggestion: why not mine the deep well of travel experience amongst the Charbonneau population and let them share their experiences with Villager readers? And why not? In the days of Yelp and Trip Advisor, most of us will take hearing specific suggestions and tips from the folks who experience them over the anonymous recommendations in a guide book. So, to kick us off, I’ll share an experience from last summer and encourage everyone to ponder what they might want to offer. Hawaii, the Big Island. 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And take the time to stop that Hawaiian rain that makes you feel in tiny Honomu, the village down the like you are standing under a shower road from the falls. It’s sleepy enough head. We were the only car in the to allow dogs to nap in the street but is parking lot and used umbrellas on our as charming as they come. We fell in hike to minimize the soaking we were love with the improbably named bound to get as we walked through the Purple Eye, which had all the usual literal rain forest. tourist trinkets and a very well The hike was memorable to say the curated collection of handpainted silk least and a bit surreal. sarongs, lovely enough for framing. Our last visit, this last June, was So what useful travel story or tips also surreal and memorable but for do you have to share? Email it to different reasons. [email protected]. It was summer and a weekend when Include a photo if you have it. ■ G ood N ews T ree S ervice, Inc. 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