My friend Damon Meyer was out and around in his light plane over the weekend and took a couple of nice aerial photographs of the Clary Mill and Clary Lake dam. You can see quite a bit of detail in them. I hope to catch a ride with him one of these days so I can get some more pictures and video of Clary Lake.
Paul Kelley attended the regularly scheduled open (public) meeting of the Whitefield Selectboard on the evening of January 17th to discuss with them issues he has with some Town records, in particular certain Planning Board Meeting minutes. Reference may be had to the following letter which he presented to the Board in open session, which clearly explains his concerns, and what he would like to Town to do about them.
Here is the letter, presented without further comment:
Kelley Letter to Whitefield Selectboard January 17, 2017
It is not clear whether the Town intends to respond to this letter.
I’m not sure how fast I was going, but it sure felt like I was flying:
I’m guessing I hit 30+ mph on the final leg heading towards shore. Here’s a friend of mine going for a spin:
It’s been a fun couple of days on Clary Lake what with good ice and better weather. Today a friend of mine flew up from southern Maine in his Canard aeroplane to check out the ice boats on Damariscotta lake. On his way back he buzzed Clary Lake and took this video. I expected him so I went out to watch. If you look closely you can actually see me standing out on the ice along with a green lawn chair:
He made several passes over the lake. On his second one I got this video of him:
To stream this program live, visit the Whitefield Historical Society Facebook Page this afternoon at 5PM and look for the Going Live post.
The Whitefield Historical Society is planning on live streaming this event on Facebook. Keep an eye on the Whitefield Historical Society Facebook Page for details! It will also be promoted on the public “Friends of Whitefield” Facebook group.
The Clary Lake Association Board wishes you all a very Happy New Year and hope you find peace and prosperity in the coming year. We look forward to continuing to serve you in 2017 and remain deeply committed to doing everything in our power to bring about a final and lasting resolution of the Clary Lake water level crisis, and better serve the interests of all Clary Lake shore owners in the coming year. We will of course need your help to achieve these and other goals, and we look forward to your continued support of our organization. 2016 saw a record increase in Association membership, and unparalleled participation by our members. The coming year is going to require that much and more. We’re counting on you to help keep up the momentum!
I had toyed with the idea of sending around a “Year-End Survey” to our membership soliciting comments and suggestions for the year ahead, but I’ve decided instead to keep it simple and use our website forum to invite comments and suggestions from both members and non-members alike. Please let us know how the Clary Lake Association can better serve you- our members, and our community, this coming year. Our handy (and anonymous if you want!) Contact & Feedback form works well for this purpose, or you can contact me (or the Board) directly with your suggestions. We really do want to hear from you, whatever it is you have to say.
A good example of such a suggestion, and one which has been a personal goal of mine for some time now, is for the Clary Lake Association see to having several dry fire hydrants installed in key locations around the lake to provide year round access to water for fighting fires. These hydrants would result in a lower [the_tooltip text=”ISO rating” tooltip=”ISO – Insurance Service Office – This is a, for profit, organization that provides statistical information on risk. For many years the ISO Rating had a large impact on most fire departments. The ISO (PPC) rating is from 10 – 1. With 1 being the best.” url=”” background=”lavender” color=”black”] for the Whitefield and Jefferson communities which would directly translate into lower fire insurance premiums. This suggestion is already on the table for discussion at our next Board meeting.
So give it some thought. We look forward to hearing from you.
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