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November Fox Talk
Digest
VOLUME 7, ISSUE 9 2001
Deadline for Submissions:
1st of each month
Editors: . . Jeanne Malich and Geri Soloman

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Articles:
Gas Marketer Complaint
Sales Centre Area
Rec.Centre
GMO Report
Lake & Ponds
Computer Club

Events:
Art+ Festival
Fundraiser
Dinner Club
Contest
Pub Night
Future Events

Social:
Care Comm.
In Touch
Races
Watson Lake
Connie Schaffer
Stitch/Brag
Frasers

Notices:
Serv.& Equip.
Thanks Ruth
Pop Cans
Phone Book
Bingo
Foxtalk
Snowbirds

SPECIAL EVENT NEWS
Marg Macdonald
Oktoberfest: Again Foxboro residents boogied to the trumpets of the great German bands of Oktoberfest 2001. Blanche Douey did her usual excellent job of organizing this event for all of us, collecting the money, purchasing the tickets, getting tickets from residents who suddenly couldn't go, to those who suddenly wanted to go etc. She organized the bus and driver, making certain that the number leaving Foxboro returned, in one piece. Thank you Blanche. Well Done!

Bingo Night: Once again the great team of Bob and Bob brought us an evening of good old fashioned fun. Winners were Helen Fraser, Joanne Brodie who both won twice, and Ron Bleier, Mary Boucher, Jack Davies, Audrey Euler, Herb Stamm, Mary Ann and Marty Martin, Marilew West, Marg Leppington, Lil Good, Ruth Dean, with the big winner of the $77 Jackpot going to Sharon Mitchell. Thanks Bob and Bob for another job well done.

Casino Niagara: What a wonderful day trip 26 Foxboro residents had on Oct. 23rd. And to top the day off, it rained while we were gambling away our hard earned money. Winners among the losers were Helga and Herb Stamm, Audrey Euler, Gail Hovey, Harriet Denstedt and Ruth Cooke.

Beer Tasting: Another great night of tasting our favourite beverages. Hats off to the New Hamburg LCBO for an enjoyable night of drinking.....!

FUTURE EVENTS

ONE OF A KIND Thurs. Nov. 22nd Depart. 8:15 am

The sign-up sheet is up! We have space for 48 to 56 people on this comfortable motor coach. There are two shopping stops. The first is at Sherway Gardens Mall where we will shop and then have lunch, and the second is at the National Trade Centre where 750 artists, artisans & designers await the residents of Foxboro Green. This promises to be a great opportunity, not only to shop, but to visit with friends as we travel the countryside. The cost of the trip is $31, payable in advance. Information will be posted as to where to deliver the money. Deadline for final numbers is Nov.15th. Expected return time is 6pm. Should be a great day for all!

Decorations Up Sunday December 2nd 1:30pm
This afternoon is always such fun as we decorate Foxboro for Christmas. The preparation and enjoyment we get from these decorations is a large part of the joy of Christmas. We urge new residents to join in the fun of decorating, sharing goodies, drinking hot cider or coffee, and singing carols to the music of Helen Lumby. Dick & Doreen Dean, along with Don & Rita Hill, will lead us. Meet at the Recreation Centre where teams will be organized to carry out various tasks. See you there!

Christmas Dinner 2001 Friday Dec. 21st
The sign-up sheet will be posted by November 15th with space for 300. A country style meal is planned. Look for the transportation option on the sign-up. Advanced payment is required.

Christmas Giving 2001
For the third year, we ask our residents to contribute to those less fortunate in our region by buying a gift or gifts for the Wilmot Family Service Christmas Baskets. The little Christmas Tree will be put up in the mailroom. Everyone is asked to pick an angel or two off the tree and buy the gift suggested by the angel. These unwrapped gifts should be placed in the decorated boxes under our giant Christmas tree. Cheques are also welcome; please submit to Ruth Cooke or Marg Macdonald.

Cruise Travel Information Nov. 14th 2 - 4 pm Dean McFadzen will present cruise travel information for the coming year. Look for sign up sheet.

Backgammon Nov 8th 7 pm This meeting is to find out if there is enough interest to form a backgammon group. If interested, please attend, or for more information call Ron Bleier at 634-5363

The Sign Post Forest of the World
Watson Lake, Yukon
Bill and Elaine Simpson
Ed and Jeanne Malich

We are now one of 70,000 signs from all over the world. The forest was started in 1942 by a homesick U.S. Army G.I. While working on the Alaska Highway, he erected a sign pointing the way and stating the mileage to his hometown. Others followed his lead and are still doing so to this day. Our Foxboro Green sign, donated by Bob Barnhart, is now among the world famous.

Sales Centre Area Committee
Lucille Balcomb
To those of you who responded with suggestions as to how you would like this area treated, the committee thanks you. However, there is still time to present your views as the closing date is November 15, 2001. Place in: Theresa's slot in mail room or Lucille Balcomb's at 12 Spruce Grove.

POP CANS FOR CHARITY

St. Agatha and District Lions Club collect pop cans on behalf of local charities. They have supplied us with a collection barrel that is located on the upper patio beside the Recreation Centre kitchen door. Please deposit your cans in this barrel instead of your blue box

****CHECK BULLETIN BOARD OFTEN****

Direct Gas Marketer Complaint
Graham Macdonald
During the week of October 15th many homes in Foxboro Green were visited by a salesman for the Ontario Energy Savings Corp. (OESC). This person represented himself to me and others as an employee of Union Gas who was offering to register me for a 4 or 5 year term of a fixed gas supply price of $0.28 per cubic meter. The man avoided answering direct questions about the offer details or his employer. He was coercive in his manner. I did not sign up. I later read the Customer Agreement which, in the fine print, states "For the purposes and matters relating to the supply, delivery, transportation, and billing of natural gas, I/we appoint OESC as my/our sole and exclusive agent....". Only "Supply" is at the fixed price. The contract cannot be terminated during the term. If you try to terminate by transferring your account to another gas supplier, you may incur major liquidated damages.

I have placed a formal complaint with OESC, which is a gas brokerage company located in Mississauga. If anyone else feels that this was unacceptable soliciting (on private property, posted as "No Soliciting") please place a complaint with OESC at 1-888-590-9573. The salesman's name is Rozenberg; his ID number is 13097. Some residents did sign up, and have since cancelled by phone and in writing. I make no judgement as to whether the offer is a good deal or not.

Attention Snowbirds

Do you want Fox Talk mailed to you?

If so, please leave stamped,
self-addressed envelopes in the slot marked
Fox Talk, at the Rec Centre.

Our Eyes are on you Contest

Two eyes can be found somewhere within the text of this issue. Submit your entry in the box located in mail room. Tell us where the eyes are located and include your name and phone number. One winner will be drawn at random and will receive a gift from Alberto's Hair Design. Drawing will be done Nov.16th at the horse races. We are looking for other sponsors for gift certificates in future contests. If you can help please contact Lil Good at 634-9902. Thank you for your support.

LAKE & PONDS COMMITTEE
Marg. Macdonald
Sun Valley Pond

On October 18th, 20 trees and 100 shrubs were planted on the banks and central berm of the Sun Valley pond. The twenty trees include six silver maple, 4 sugar maples, 5 Hackberry and 5 white ash. Flowering raspberry, elderberry, chokecherry, nannyberry and button bush are some of the shrubs just planted. We expect the different species of shrubs and trees will attract birds, butterflies and ducks. We hope that this area will add to the pleasure of walkers around our community throughout the four seasons.

CARE COMMITTEE
Marg. Macdonald
Thank you Eileen Fairweather!
For three years Eileen led Care Committee #2. Throughout those three years, she organized a multitude of activities for residents in her area that required assistance during a period of illness and/or treatment. For some, she made complex arrangements for transportation. She originated planning, by using a calendar dedicated solely to those activities. She offered support to those undergoing complex treatment innumerable times, and for a period of two years her care area was the busiest. She would be the first to say that she had a lot of help, as many others offered and gave their time. Nevertheless, putting it all together takes much time and effort by a co-ordinator, and this Eileen did very, very well.

Eileen will continue to be available to the Care Committees in an advisory capacity. Marg Macdonald will replace Eileen in Care Area #2, with the assistance of Pat Tibbles and Rosemary Schaaf.

KEEPING IN TOUCH:

We have welcomed Linda & Dave Skelton, 6 Sun Valley Drive, to our community this month.

We offered condolence from the community to Jean Goddard who has just lost her mother.

Bill Congdon, Elsie Hall and Freda Connell have all been hospitalised in October. The Care Committee has given to each of them flowers, nuts or fruit on behalf of the community.

Unfortunately, we knew very belatedly of Peter Soloman's surgery and are pleased to report he is recovering well. He looks as happy as a Cheshire cat, especially while Geri is mowing the lawn!

A NIGHT AT THE RACES
Bob & Bob
HAPPY HOUR 2
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16th
Bring Your Loonies and Beverage of Your Choice
Everyone Welcome

ART, CRAFT, AND HOBBY FESTIVAL

Just a reminder that Sunday, November 4th is our first annual "show, tell (and sell)" festival at Foxboro! We have had a terrific response from our residents and it is sure to be a winner! Donations of home-made sweets, candy or savories would be greatly appreciated for our sale table, and may be brought to the Centre on the morning of the 4th or dropped off at Elaine's (44 Sun Valley) prior to that day. If you have any questions you may contact Elaine Simpson, Charlotte Burnstine or Marilew West. Let's all come out and support our talented neighbours. See you there between 1:00 and 5:00 p.m.
Elaine Simpson

FUNDRAISER

In support of the Care Committee Sunday November 18th 2 - 5 p.m. Come and join your neighbours for refreshments and a shopping spree. Sandra Doyle, Elsie Hall, Marilyn Hoffman and Isobel Smith, residents of our community, have arranged for The Scrapping Bug, Partylite, Avon and Pampered Chef to have their products on display in our Recreation Centre. Who knows, you might be the winner of the door prize.

Foxboro Dinner Club
Joanne Brodie
The Summer Dinner Club finished up with a Pot Luck Supper on Sept. 28th with 32 people attending. As usual the cooks came out for the evening and we enjoyed good food once again. It amazes me how we get such a variety and just enough! The Winter Club has been formed with 15 couples participating. The groups should be organizing to meet soon

RECREATION CENTRE REPORT
Ron Donaldson - Convenor,
Window Cleaning
The pool area windows have been cleaned inside and out, and this will be repeated in the spring. Enjoy the view!

Carpet Cleaning
The dressing room areas, Salons A and B and the kitchen hall carpets will be steam cleaned this month. The hardwood floor will also be done.

Mailroom Boxes
In order to assist the mail delivery people in sorting our mail, twenty-one boxes in the third and fourth sections have been re-allocated; this will allow the addresses to appear in sequence. Keys will remain the same but the affected residents will have new box numbers. Notices of the changes will be placed on the affected boxes and residents will be notified personally, if possible. We regret any inconvenience this may cause.

Photocopier
The photocopier is being moved to the cloakroom area across from the main floor washrooms in order to free up more storage in the kitchen storage room. This should prove more convenient as a worktable will also be provided. All efforts to keep this area tidy will be appreciated.

Private Functions
Are we all courteous? Apparently not. Complaints have been received about residents interfering with caterers in the kitchen and walking through a private party to use the library. We ask all residents to please use common courtesy when a private function is going on.

Dressing Rooms
Are children full of mischief? Sometimes! There has been a problem in the Ladies Change Room with the changing cubicles being locked on the inside. Please check these areas after your young guests have finished changing.

First-Aid Kits
A small first-aid kit will be placed in the kitchen. Other first-aid kits are located in the pool area, the craft room and the woodworking shop.

Beverage Machine
The installation of a permanent beverage machine in the kitchen will be discussed at the Recreation Centre meeting on November 6th. Any comments or suggestions should be passed on to your Recreation Centre representative before that meeting.

Next Recreation Centre Committee Meeting Tuesday November 6th at 9:30 am in Salon A.

SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT
Ron Bleier
Sprinkler Systems Shut-down

Currently the home-site irrigation system is shut down due to a leak. Homeowners who wish to shut down their in-ground sprinkler systems may go ahead and do so. At some point in the next few weeks, the water will be turned on briefly to check that the leak has been repaired. We ask that those who have had their in-ground sprinkler systems blown out by their service technician, leave their main shut-off valve closed. If it is left open, your system will re-fill and need blowing out again.

If you have any doubts about the status of your main shut-off valve, please call 634-5363 and one of our committee members will check it for you.

Hip-Hip-Hooray !!!

Three cheers and a great big smile of thanks to Ruth Dean for her production of The Village Phone Book! As usual, Ruth came through in style. Thank you from a grateful community.

Pub Night
Ralph Adsetts
To determine if there is sufficient interest in a good old fashioned Pub Night, a sign up sheet has been placed in the Mail Room. Ken Smith is willing to bring his piano to the Recreation Center if enough people express an interest in singing, dancing, tapping their feet or whatever!!! Sign the sheet if you like this idea and we will set a date.

An Eagle

Congratulations
To
Connie Schaffer

...who shot an Eagle on no. 6 Red at Foxwood Golf Club on Tuesday, October 2. Not quite a hole in one, but in golfing terms, every bit as good. Connie used a 3 wood from just inside the 150 yard marker. Great Golfing Connie.

Don and Helen Fraser.

Congratulations to
Don and Helen Fraser.
They celebrated their
50th Wedding Anniversary on
October 26, 2001

THE VILLAGE PHONE BOOK
Ruth Dean
The new phone books have been published and they were delivered to your Condo Presidents on October 20th. Some of the Presidents were not at home, so a phone call was made to the absentees and messages were left on their answering machines. If you have not received your phone book, contact your President.

If there are changes to be made, please phone or e-mail me. Changes will be published in Fox Talk until a new book is printed sometime in the future. Ruth Dean
634-5471
[email protected]

STITCH & BRAG CLUB
June Davies
Join us in the craft room Thursday mornings 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Come on down and bring your projects (knitting, crocheting, sewing, etc.)

COMPUTER CLUB
George Walker
My vision of the Foxboro Green Computer Club includes a comfortable clubroom and equipment that is updated every four or five years, so we all have an opportunity to share some of the latest equipment and programs. It is important to remember that the facilities belong to all of us and everyone should feel welcome to join in the fun. And fun it is. Attendance at our Tuesday meetings has steadily increased and we seem to learn something at every meeting. The meetings for beginners were especially well attended.

www.foxborogreen.on.ca is now our Domain Name. We have a new Assistant Webmaster who also has an assistant. We have a mandate from the Board which spells out the nature of the Web site. We list homes for sale as a free service to residents. The Computer Club has accepted responsibility for the publication of Fox Talk, so this valuable community asset will continue.

BINGO

LET'S PLAY BINGO Friday, Nov. 9th & Nov. 30th 7:30pm Come on out and join us for an evening of fun. BYOB and snacks.

GMO REPORT
Bill Hall
A special thanks to all resident volunteers who so lovingly looked after all the common area gardens. Linda Hett, Joanne Brodie, Mary Anne Martin, Ron & Dale Bleier, Pam & Vic Wrzesniewski, Marilew West, Betty Spencer, Jackie & Glen Reibling, Phyllis & Hugh Bird, Jeanne Malich, Chuck Fox and his group of merry men and last but not least Ellen & Stewart Bowring for their tireless efforts in keeping our gardens so beautiful.

Lawn Care contract has once again been awarded to Greenway Maintenance for the next three years. Ron Wilkinson and Chuck Fox capably looked after our irrigation system. Cam Magnan and Dick Demers solved many of our tree problems. Our swans are well looked after thanks to a host of volunteer feeders.

In addition, a student project from the University of Guelph, Faculty of Landscape Design and Architecture is underway.
Cam Magnan has agreed to be the new Convenor of the Grounds Maintenance Organization.

FOX TALK STAFF

The Fox Talk is now being produced by those members of the Computer Club who wish to participate in the production. You do not need to be a member of the Computer Club to get involved. There are many jobs that everyone can learn. Rosemary Schaaf needs volunteers for her staff of workers who will be responsible for copying, collating and stapling the newsletter once a month. If there are enough people, then a volunteer may only have to do it once a year. Not bad for the pay you will receive! Many thanks to Rosemary for accepting this job as overseer of the Copy and Circulation Dept.

Thanks to Jeanne Malich, Isobel Smith, Lil Good , Pauline Tickner, and Geri Soloman for the many hours of dedication to learn and help with the Nov. publication of Fox Talk. We have experienced many problems with the computers that are housed at the centre, but with much diligence we have produced our first Issue. We hope you approve. As we learn the new software that is used to produce Fox Talk, you will see changes along the way that we hope will be improvements. Please bear with us as we learn and try new ideas.

Count your age by friends,
Not years
Count you life by smiles,
Not tears

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