BP News
News and views about what's happening around Brunswick Plantation and the local community.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Brunswick County Master Gardeners web site
As a favor to our gardening friends, we are hosting a backup copy of the Brunswick County Master Gardeners web site. You can also visit this URL: http://www.brunswickplantation.org/bcmg/. The old bcmastergardener.org domain will be moving to a new hosting service soon. Just in case there are any problems, you can always visit the backup site.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
POA Board Election Results
This just in... Lee Wedig is the top vote getter in the election. Congratulations to Lee and the other new members of the Brunswick Plantation Property Owners Association Board of Directors. The full announcement from Mr. Anderson follows:
TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS
FROM MASON ANDERSON, PRESIDENT BPPOA
SUBJECT ELECTION REPORT
The results are in from the accounting firm handling the vote count. Their certification states, and I, therefore, announce the results as follows:
Lee Wedding 746 votes
Robert McLaughlin 556 votes
Cai Raber 540 votes
Byron Scott 437 votes
Vince Juric 405 votes
Betsy Moyer 400 votes
John Welsh 340 votes
Ronald Melvin 252 votes
The top 4 were therefore elected. I announced that Caw Caw will appoint Terry Watkins, our Comptroller, who is very knowledgeable about the operation of POA'S as our Representative on the new board. That means that LEE WEDDING, BOB McLAUGHLIN, CAI RABER, BYRON SCOTT AND TERRY WATKINS will be the new board.
I believe all 5 of these men are very well qualified to sit on this Board. I think the community will be in good hands as we move forward in this new era. I also want to thank all the people who placed their name in the running for a seat on the board-----they were all well qualified too, and I am sure they will support the board in its work------I feel sure there will be work for them to do!
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Lee Weddig gains endorsement for POA Board of Directors
The Editors of the BrunswickPlantation.org web site are proud to endorse Lee Weddig as our top choice for the POA Board of Directors. There are a number of good candidates running for the four seats open to property owners, but we feel that Lee Weddig especially deserves your consideration. Lee is a fine man who has generously given of his time and talents to our community as a past president of the Homeowners Association, a co-founder of the Alliance of Brunswick County Property Owners Associations and a member of the Board of Directors of the Calabash Fire Department. He is the best candidate to lead us through the turnover transition period. Please vote for Lee Weddig.
Ballots have been mailed to all property owners and must be returned to the accounting firm by April 15.
Ballots have been mailed to all property owners and must be returned to the accounting firm by April 15.
Calabash Fire Safety House
The Safety Committee has arranged for the Calabash Fire Department to bring their "Calabash Fire Safety House" to the Plantation. This trailer is set up to give video presentations and demonstrations on Home Fire Safety and on Hurricane Safety. Hand outs will also be available on the two subjects. The dates and times for the "Calabash Fire Safety House" are April 13 and May 10, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. both days. This is a great time to get the latest information on how to make sure your home is safe from fire and to prepare for a hurricane. "File of Life" packets will also be available during these two dates.
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Special POA Meeting
A special meeting is scheduled for March 12, 2008 at 7:00PM in the Brunswick House. This meeting is planned as a question and answer session pertaining to the topic of turnover from a Developer controlled Board of Directors to a Property Owners controlled Board of Directors for the Property Owners Association. All property owners are invited to attend this worthwhile meeting and to have your questions answered by the current Board. Any property owners wishing to address the board with a question will be recognized and a microphone will be provided that will allow all in attendance to hear the question and the answer.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
File of Life packets
The Calabash Fire Corps will be distributing File of Life packets to all people who need or want them. We will be in the Library of the Brunswick House on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm. If you miss this distribution, we will also be at the next Newcomers Coffee in May. We will be happy to explain the packages to you and ask for a donation of $2.00 per household in order that we may replenish supplies. These packets were originally acquired from a community grant given by Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation. We have been handing out these packets in the community for approximately 2 years. If you have any questions please contact Katy McLaughlin at the facilitators office or Arlene Acton.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Tour of Homes
The Annual Home-Building Seminar will be held on Saturday, February 16, 2008. If you would like to take part in the Tour of Homes and show off your beautiful home, please contact Beverly Petro in the Shelter Division either by email at beverly@bpemail.net or by telephone at 845-7017. All guests will be asked to wear protective shoe covers or remove their shoes before entering your home. The Tour of Homes will take place from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Thank you for sharing your home with us and with future homeowners.
Friday, December 21, 2007
BP Security Information
The front entrance has a property owner’s lane with a bar code reader and a fast acting gate. All property owners with bar codes should use it for entry to our community. Bar code tag holders entering past the security guard will have to wait for the security guard to verify that the bar code tag is active before allowing entry. Please call the Facilitators at 287-4604 between the hours of 9am-1pm Monday through Saturday to add guests to your approved permanent guest list. These are people who should be allowed to enter the community whether or not you are home. For other expected guests, please call the front gatehouse at 287-5671 to advise Security of these visitors. The security guards have the following cell phone numbers: 910-443-0864 (front gate) and 910-443-3591 (roving, 7pm to 7am)
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Irrigation check-valve inspections
Many of us have recently received notice from the County requiring us to get our irrigation check-valve inspected. My neighbor, Art, found a good man who is charging a reasonable rate (half what some other folks want.) Call Max Lauzon in Shallotte at 910-443-1062. His rates are $30 for a Check Valve and $40 for an RPZ Valve.
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Guard Gate phone numbers
The guards are on duty from dusk to dawn. During those hours, they can be reached by cellphone at the following numbers: Front gate guard: 910-443-0864; Roving guard: 910-443-3591. During daylight hours, no one will answer at those numbers. Of course, during any emergency, you should dial 911 first.
New Hours for the 19th Hole
Robin Hicken writes:
Please be advised of the following hours of operation for The 19th Hole, as per The owners of this establishment .
Effective immediately The 19th. Hole will be open to the public during the following hours:
Kitchen Hours: 7:00 am until 2:30 pm daily (serving breakfast from 7:00 am until 10:30 am and lunch from 11:00 am until 2:30 pm).
Bar Hours: 7:00 am until 5:00 pm daily.
On the last Friday of each Month we will offer "Home Owners Night". On This day The kitchen will be open until 9:00 pm and the bar will be open until 10:00 pm. This night will also offer free entertainment provided by Lisa Snow.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Kindred Spirit Blog
The Kindred Spirit blog by Phyllis Billingsley covers Brunswick Plantation and the local area.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
GOP meeting at Brunswick Plantation
The State Port Pilot reports on a GOP Lincoln Day Dinner at Brunswick Plantation. Here's part of the story:
The Republican Party has to regain its vision, Sen. Richard Burr told the local party at a dinner Friday night. ... State and local elected officials attended the dinner, including state Rep. Bonner Stiller, senior resident superior court judge Ola Lewis, Reggie Holley, deputy director for Sen. Elizabeth Dole and Lewis’s husband, county commissioners Bill Sue and Phil Norris and chairman David Sandifer, and school board members Shirley Babson and chairman Scott Milligan.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Golf Course Land Conservation Trust
Mason Anderson, President, Caw Caw Land Development Corp. (the developer of Brunswick Plantation), sent the following letter to all the residents of Brunswick Plantation:
Many, if not all of you, are aware of the fact that a number of golf courses in the Grand Strand area have been, or are in the process of, converting the golf course into housing developments. I could recount them for you, but I think you are aware of what I am talking about.
The purpose of this memo is to let you all know that is not the direction we are headed; to the contrary, we are going in the reverse direction. We have found a qualifying land trust which has agreed to accept from us a conservation easement in perpetuity on the footprint of the entire golf course which will ensure that we, or any owners in the future, cannot convert the golf course into a housing or real estate development. Giving up this right to develop the land now, or at anytime in the future, represents millions of dollars in value we are giving up, which will, in my opinion, accrue to the benefit of all property owners in the form of higher home and land values.
We felt this was the right thing to do in order to protect the future of our community, and to give peace of mind to you folks. For those of you who are golfers, you know we have also made substantial and expensive upgrades to the course -- this also helps property values for the off-course property, as well as property directly abutting the course. We are committed to Brunswick Plantation and to making it the best community and place to live in the area! We are also committed to the golf course, and it is our intentions to maintain and operate it in the top tier of courses in the area -- those of you who have been with us very long know the commitment my partners and I have to Brunswick Plantation and the golf course.
Thanks for being with us and thanks for your support!
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Dennis Dupuis, RIP
The Wilmington Star published this obituary for Dennis Joseph Dupuis:
CALABASH – Dennis Joseph Dupuis, 64, of Brunswick Plantation, Calabash, NC, died Thursday, November 9, 2006, at his home. Born on August 14, 1942, in Lynn, MA, he was the son of the late Joseph C. Dupuis, Rachel Smith Quade and Richard A Quade Sr.
He was a past Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus, Winston-Salem. He served proudly as a Lt. Commander and Squadron Education Officer for the Shallotte River Sail and Power Squadron. Dennis was committed to Habitat for Humanity. He was a charter member of the Plymouth Owners Club, NC, Region and was an award-winning editor of their newsletter. He was a lector at St. Brendan’s Catholic Church.
Dennis was loved and will be missed by his wife of 29 years, Helen Mitchell-Dupuis, of Calabash; four sons, Jeffrey Dupuis, Adam Dupuis, Dennis J. Dupuis Jr., James Dupuis; four daughters, Wendy Wheeler, Dawn Shauger, Brenda Porter, Julie Dupuis; two brothers, Richard Quade, Brian Quade; and two sisters, Linda Quade and Cindy L’Abbe; nine grandchildren; and many in-laws, nieces and nephews.
A Funeral Mass will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday at St. Brendan’s the Navigator Catholic Church, Shallotte, NC. Visiting with the family will follow at Little River United Methodist Church, Little River, SC.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Lower Cape Fear Hospice, 725A Wellington, Wilmington, NC 28401 or American Cancer Society, 950 48th Avenue North, Suite 101, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577.
Lee Funeral Home & Crematory of Little River/North Myrtle Beach is serving the family.
Friday, November 03, 2006
Golf Course article
Another article covering the renovations at the golf course: Shined-up Brunswick Plantation still a friendly resort play.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Jon David for DA
Jon David is running for District Attorney for our area (including Bladen, Columbus and Brunswick counties). He gave a presentation yesterday afternoon at the Brunswick House for a group of Brunswick Plantation residents. I was very impressed with Mr. David. I encourage you to visit his web site at JonDavidForDA.com to get more information.
Friday, October 06, 2006
Sun News article on the Golf Course
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Calabash Fire Department Golf Tournament
The second annual Calabash Fire Department Benefit Tournament will be held at The Thistle golf course on August 12. See the posting at calabashfd.org for more information.
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Calabash Fire Corps
The Calabash Fire Department is looking for people to volunteer in a support capacity. We are organizing a Fire Corps of volunteers who would assist in a variety of non-operational roles including data entry, administrative, incident reporting, fire safety education and firefighter training meals. Please join us at the Brunswick House on Tuesday, February 14th at 7 p.m. to find out more about the volunteer opportunities available. Chief Karl Bennett will be there to talk about the program and the needs of the Fire Department. There are no minimum hours required and the program is very flexible. You do as much or as little as you wish and you choose the projects you wish to be involved with. If you are interested, please contact Lisa Miner for more information.
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Ring in the New Year at Sea Trail
The public is invited to join in the festivities at Sea Trail and celebrate the start of a fantastic New Year. Party includes:
For reservations call: (888) 321-9058 x1155 or (910) 287-1155
- 8 pm - 9 pm: Dinner and Raffle
- Menu items include Prime Rib, Chicken Marsala, Grilled Salmon, Assorted Sides and Full Dessert Table
- 9 pm - 1 am: DJ, Dancing, Cash Bar
- The Strike of Midnight: Champagne Toast and Balloon Drop
- Only $125 per couple includes it all!
For reservations call: (888) 321-9058 x1155 or (910) 287-1155
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Architectural Plan Review Procedures
We've created a convenient HTML version of the Architectural Plan Review Procedures here. The original MS Word document is also available as a download.
