Steelhead Community Spring 2008 Newsletter
Hello Again All!
I hope this Spring edition of Steelhead Matters finds everyone well! Once again, we were handed a very heavy winter. I has certainly been a long and difficult snowy season, but with Daylight Savings Time having come early this year, spring is just around the corner bringing with it renewed energy and a smile on everyone’s faces! We are looking forward to a very exciting and busy time ahead of us and hope to see you all at the various social events to be held throughout the year. And of course, everyone is always welcome and encouraged to come out to any of the Community Hall work bees. We’d love to see you there!
Terri Cameron
Steelhead Community Association
Here Comes Peter Cottontail!
 Please join us for this fun family Easter event, which is so graciously being hosted by Theresa Wertman, who has kindly offered up her place! Come out for lunch and have a hotdog and pop, make a craft to take home, and enjoy an exciting Easter egg hunt. RAIN OR SHINE!!!
Saturday March 22 at 11am at 13338 Sabo Street
RSVP Theresa- 604 826-2933 after 5 pm
Community Outreach
With another record snow fall this year, many Steelhead residents were unable to get in or out of their driveways for weeks. The Steelhead Community Association is concerned about our elderly residents who might need help either getting to town for supplies or with shoveling snow in order to get out. We would like to offer our help to these people and encourage them to call either Christina at 604 814-3583 or Laura at 604 820-6520.
Community Hall Update
As you will have noticed if you have driven by the hall site, there has been no progress since the last edition of Steelhead Matters. The spirit was definitely willing, but the weather was certainly not. Even now there still remains a good layer of snow; fear not though, we are eager and ready, and work on the hall will be resuming as soon as possible. Keep your eyes on the signboard at the corner of Dewdney & Cardinal, as we will be posting all future work bees there. We hope you are as eager to get going again as we are. There are many ways you can help, and we strongly encourage you to come out and join us and become involved in this very exciting project that promises to be a great addition to our community!
- Great achievements are nurtured with the cooperation of many minds with a common vision working toward a common goal.
Forestry Update
We have recently received an email from Kelly Cameron of the District of Mission’s Forestry Operation to bring us up to speed on the upcoming logging in the area. She reports:
“We are completing the logging at JR1, just 400 m. from the gated logging road at the end of Johnson St. It is ground harvesting, therefore there are no whistles required like you may have heard in 2006. There will be some machine noise that will be able to be heard. We expect it to take approximately 1.5 months, but have tentatively suggested full completion by June in case of unforeseeable circumstances – such as equipment breakdowns or log marketing issues – there will be one to four loads of wood hauled per day, but averaging around two, and some days there won’t be any. Tree planting will ramp up between March and April to reforest this setting.” Their active operations map will be posted shortly at www.mission.ca under Forestry Operations
Community Tree Planting Day
 To celebrate their 50th anniversary this year, the District of Mission Forestry Operations will be holding a Community Tree Planting day at the cutblock near the end of March or early April, when they invite residents to come out and plant a tree, take a guided hike around Pike’s Pond and Doreen’s Trail, have hotdogs and balloons. Smokey the Bear may visit as well. Stay tuned! Local Snow Removal/Road Clearing Concerns This past winter the Steelhead community had more snow than most residents can remember ever having. Consequently the road conditions were extremely hazardous and many community members have expressed their frustration to the Board of Directors of SCA over the job the District of Mission did with snow removal and salting/sanding our roads. The SCA will write a letter to the District outlining our community concerns and will keep the community posted on developments. Please drop off any correspondence in the SCA suggestion box by mailbox on Cardinal Street regarding your concerns on this matter.
Just a Head’s Up…
The Steelhead Community Association’s Annual General Meeting is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday June 24 this year. Please make a point of attending this very important meeting, where an overview of the past years’ accomplishments will be given, as well as what is ahead, and of course the all important elections to the board will be held. More details will follow in the next edition of the Steelhead Matters. Hope to see you there.
Annual Memberships Due
It is that time of the year again! Steelhead Community Memberships are now due. Your membership dues will be used to keep alive a collective voice that will ensure the community’s concerns stay on the local government’s agenda and that Steelhead receives its fair share of municipal revenues for road improvements, snow removal, etc. Through continual fundraising efforts and your membership fees, we can also have reserves for social events, area improvements, and of course, our Community Hall. These are just a few of the ideas, and with strong community involvement we can accomplish many more. Attached to this newsletter is your new membership form. The fee is $10 per family, paid once yearly. We encourage you to support your community by filling out the form, pop it in an envelope along with the $10 fee, and then you can drop it off in the locked suggestion box at the mailboxes on Cardinal Street, which will be checked daily. The Steelhead Community Association would like to thank you in advance for your participation and support in the 2008 membership drive.
Steelhead Community Yard Sale
The SCA Annual Yard Sale will unfortunately be cancelled this year. It takes a great deal of work and effort to organize a successful rummage sale; sadly we just didn’t get the turnout last year that is needed to draw customers in. As well, this will be a busy little community this spring and summer, and as such the yard sale will be tabled this year. This event will be back in ’09 and hopefully by popular demand!
Adopt-A-Block
We are currently in the process of registering for this spring’s Adopt-A-Block program. If anyone is interested in participating in this very worthwhile volunteer event, please call Christine at 604-814-3583 or Terri at 604-826-2692 for more details. Let’s keep our community litter free and beautiful!
Speaking of Litter
I hate to sound repetitive, but it seems that the area around the mailboxes on Cardinal continues to have a problem with litter, litter everywhere! If anyone has any suggestions as to how we can keep this unsightly problem under control, or perhaps would like to volunteer to take recyclable junk mail to the dump, please call Terri at 604 826-2692. Let’s truly keep Steelhead “Mission’s Mountain Gem”.
An Irish Wish for St. Patrick’s Day!
 May there always be work for your hands to do. May your purse always hold a coin or two. May the sun always shine on your windowpane. May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain. May the hand of a friend always be near you. May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.
Happy St. Paddy’s Day from the Steelhead Community Association!
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