Cumberland Harbour Navy Crab Tournament

The 1st Annual Cumberland Harbour Navy Crab Tournament will be held Saturday, Aug. 18.  Mark your calendars and save the date!

Event Timeline: Crab Lines In@1PM, Lines Out@5PM, Judge’s Table@6:30PM, Crab Feast@7PM

We will have a low tide - optimal for crabbing - at 3:58 PM on Saturday, August 18th (@Beach Creek Entrance).  Crabbing will be done in the small rivers and creeks in and around Saint Marys.

The Judges Table and Crab Feast will be held at the CH Pool.  Door prizes will be awarded for the ‘Biggest Crab’ and the ‘Ugliest Crab.’  The prize of envy will consist of a ‘Badge of Distinction’ for the Captain and crew of the vessel bringing in the ‘Heaviest 12’. These badges can be prominently worn at CH Events for the entire year and will be handed down to next year’s winners.

Entry Fee: $10/a person at the door for the crab feast.  Non-Crabbers are welcome to join us for the feast. The entry fee will go towards costs involved with the crab boil and purchase of prizes. It is recommended each family or couple bring a cracker or mallet and a butter knife to the Crab Feast.

Crab Feast is BYOB!!

Anyone with questions or suggestions, please contact Brian Timberlake at BTimberlake@Flintfox.com.

Bill Bruce on this event:  “Crabbing is great fun, is very simple to participate in, and provides a wonderful feast for all of us.  This Tournament is the brainchild of Brian Timberlake, and we are indebted to him for putting it together and for giving us this opportunity for fun and fellowship.  Our St. Marys River and its tributaries are full of blue crabs just waiting to be caught by you!  Sam Colville and I can attest to this: We had an excellent and very productive crabbing adventure with Brian several weeks ago (many crabs and even more beer).  Let’s have a big and enthusiastic turnout for this Tournament! 

Manatee on Point Peter Creek

Photos courtesy of Ted Scherck

 

Night view across the ICW from Cumberland Harbour

With Cumberland Island in the distance

Photo courtesy of Ted Scherck

More trees down, May 30th

Tropical Storm Beryl @ Cumberland Harbour

Photos courtesy Sam Lindsey

The Fishing Corner

Cobia caught off the beach in early May at Cumberland Island. Pictured are CH resident Brian Timberlake & St. Marys resident, Heath Heron.

Cumberland Harbour Holiday Decorations
Members of the CH Landscape Committee gave the community a festive air by putting up Christmas and Holiday decorations on Sat., Dec. 3.  Thank you to Landscape Committee members Dianne Lindsey, Peni Colville, Joyce Kirkman, and Cindy Means, and their spouses, who worked Saturday to get the decorations put up.

Note from Prop. Mgr. about Fountains

Please be advised all fountains have been turned off due to low water levels. Michael [Faulk, from Martex] will use this time to perform maintenance but until we get enough rain to bring them back on line safely they will remain off. I have sent a note to Meghan at Heritage to post on the POA website.

Melodye Pitts, Community Solutions Management, LLC
912-729-4336
http://www.communitysm.com/

Lost & Found

Pair of Sunglasses left at yesterday's Memorial Day cookout at the Spring House can be reclaimed at the CH Gatehouse by speaking to the security guard on duty.

POA After-meeting Pizza Party Mar. 12, 2011

Photos by Rita Bruce

Dennis Ownby, Sandy Halsey

 
 
Leigh King (center), Ann Felteau (right)
 
Bill Bruce
 
From left: Sam Colville, Mary Huber, Cindy Means, John Means, Susan Gregory, Joe Gregory
 
Leo Felteau
 
POA President Paul Gommo (in cap) speaking with property owners
 
Brian Timberlake (center), Andy Kirkman (on right)
 
Ed Freeman (center), Frank Martinez (right)
 
Loree Scherck (on right)
 
Big Bill Whilock

Bobby Howell (right)
 
 
 
 
Dianne & Sam Lindsey
 
Katherine Timberlake, Andy Kirkman, Joyce Kirkman, Jack Halsey
 

CH POA Annual Meeting
The Cumberland Harbour Property Owners Association 2011 annual meeting was held on Sat., Mar 12, at the St. Marys Middle School Auditorium at 1:30.  The consensus among attendees was the meeting went well.  The agenda covered a lot of ground and included comments and/or PowerPoint presentations from Board members Paul Gommo (Pres.), Michelle Deis, Dan Mayer and Helen Ownby and PowerPoint presentations from Design Review Board Chair Joe Gregory and Landscape Committee Chair Dianne Lindsey. 

St. Marys City Councilperson Chuck Trader spoke about issues involving the City of St Marys and Cumberland Harbour.  A generous amount of time was given for property owners to ask questions after each agenda item was discussed.

Board President Paul Gommo presented former board member Bernie Huber and recently resigned board member Michelle Deis, with plaques thanking them for their service to the Cumberland Harbour community.  (Michelle submitted her resignation in January, and the March annual meeting was her last official act.)   Harbour Lights reiterates it's prior thank you to Bernie and conveys a big thank you to Michelle Deis for all her service and hard work as a POA board member.  Sam Colville was named as a new POA board member.  The meeting was adjourned at 3:45.

Cumberland Harbour "Neighborhood Nights" Fri., Mar. 11

Photos by Rita Bruce

CH "Navy" involved in Causeway & River Cleanups

Photos by S. Lindsey, B. Timberlake & J. Means (scroll down for photos)

Cumberland Harbour residents recently volunteered for trash cleanup duty on two different days in March.

About 16 residents volunteered to pick up litter along the North River Causeway on Fri., Mar. 11. The Causeway cleanup is done quarterly by members of the "Cumberland Harbour Navy," a loose-knit though not quite rag-tag organization of CH residents, owners and friends, who enjoy boating, socializing and occasional volunteering. (The CH Navy has no dues or titles, save the honorary title of "Commodore" for Bill Bruce, the driving force behind the Navy's volunteer efforts.) Sam Colville organized the Mar. 11 Causeway Cleanup.  Former resident, Don Robertson, in town visiting, also helped out.  (Thanks, Don.)

On Sat., Mar. 19, 14 CH residents, led by Brian Timberlake, pulled on fishing boots and marsh waders to pluck debris out of the marshes and river banks surrounding the Point Peter peninsula. The peninsula is bounded by three waterways: The North River, the St. Marys River, and Point Peter Creek. Volunteers were able to fill the beds of two pickup trucks with trash from the waterways.  This effort by CH residents was part of a larger, region-wide St. Marys River Celebration, held every year in March.

A hearty thank you to Sam, Brian, Bill and all those who participated.

 Causeway cleanup:  Sam Colville and Micky Bright

 Causeway cleanup:  Sam Colville, Jack Halsey, Rick Lundgren, Bill Bruce, John Sotman

 River cleanup:  Rita and Bill Bruce

River cleanup: The day's "take" - Good job!

River cleanup crew (standing): Karin & Rick Lundgren, Ann & Katherine Timberlake, Bill & Rita Bruce, Sam & Peni Colville, Bernie Huber, David Spencer, Scott Abels;  (sitting) Micky Bright; (kneeling) Brian Timberlake.

St. Marys Mardi Gras Parade - Mar. 5, 2011

Photos courtesy Rita Bruce

C. Harbour resident Bill Bruce riding Navy League 'float'