In Memory of Mary Elizabeth (Bryan) Gross - December 24, 1922 - May 29, 2010

In l980 Paul and Mary Gross built a beautiful house on Hood Canal and were active members of Shorehill Estates. Paul, along with other long-time Shorehill residents built the dock which is still used by all of us today and was instrumental in much of the building and maintaining of our community amenities. They loved growing a garden, entertaining, boating, crabbing and shrimping and Mary cooked the best fried Oysters on the Canal! They, like many other Shorehill families, taught their children to swim here on our beach. Memories made here on the Canal stay with our families for years. The family shared with me that just this past week one of the grand daughters brought her children here to play on the beach where she learned to swim with grandpa. The full obituary will be in Wednesday's Seattle Times. I could not paste it here in the blog but will forward a copy via email to those who may remember Paul and Mary. Paul was a Navy veteran and Mary a Marine. They served their county, their community and their family with pride and a dedication from the heart that I am honored to share this Memorial Day with all of you. They were special people and I feel very blessed to live in the house that Paul and Mary built. Services will be on Thursday at 9:30 am at Mt Tahoma Cemetery.

Gayle

Save the date!

Shorehill Annual Potluck Family Picnic

at the beach

Saturday, August 14

Food!

Community will provide hot dogs, hamburgers, beverages

Bring a dish to share: salads, chips, desserts

~ Games ~

~ Prizes ~

~ Great people ~

~ Lots of fun ~

Bring your beach chair or blanket

Watch this site for details

Thanks to Karen and Judy for planning the picnic for all of us to enjoy!

Potluck/Community Meeting Including Summary Minutes

Good Food!

Good Company!

Good Conversation!

Good Meeting!

Summary of Meeting Minutes:

Members were welcomed and thanked for a good workday.

Gayle announced that Shirley's mother Harriette had passed away and that she had taken a Hydrangea plant to Shirley from the community along with a card.

Minutes from Fall meeting and financial reports were presented and approved.

There was a discussion about delinquent accounts and what was being done to collect.

Community was advised that liens have been filed on three residences.

There was a discussion regarding the idea of a "profit/loss" statement instead of present financial report format. The treasurer and board will explore the idea further.

The Assessment Vote passed

42 ballots were returned out of 48.

Vote #1 regarding spending $15,000 for repairing the crack and having Aquatapoxy liner sprayed in water tank passed - 41 Yes - 1 No

Vote #2 regarding borrowing from the water fund to begin paving project and then replenish water fund from the assessment funds passed - 32 Yes - 10 No

Vote #3 regarding implementing an assessment of $5,000.00 per family to be paid within 3 years after implementation; each community member being given the option of three installment plans passed - 32 Yes - 9 No

Gayle reported that the biggest issues with no votes were related to those who do not use the roads or those who do not use the docks and therefore do not feel they should pay.

The billing for the assessment will go out within the next couple of weeks and the first installment will be due July 5th.

Bylaws will be presented to the community hopefully by the September meeting.

Suggestion was made that we raise community dues to provide a better financial cushion.

It was reported that the water tank has been repaired and the aquatapoxy liner had been applied.

Bids for paving the roads were discussed. Dennis and Grant will proceed with narrowing down the bids and securing a contract for the paving of the roads.

Pete and Brooke discussed the dock project and the various bids obtained. They advised that the contracting process could take up to two years.

A summer picnic is being planned for August. Karen and Judy will take the lead and advise when a date has been determined.

Voting of officers took place and the results were as follows:

Gayle - President

Brooke - Vice-President

Pete - Water Commissioner

Trustees (2 year term) - Judy, Grant, Tom, Dennis

Trustee (1 year term) - Nancy

September 11th will be the Fall work party and community meeting.

159 Shrimp Caught On Opening Day!

Spring Work Party 2010 Pictures

We can see clearly now that the new mirror is up - Thanks Chris! Our newest community member jumps right in to help pull weeds and rake at the beach.

Thanks for coming and helping at the work party Jeff! Welcome to the community. Judy, Karen and Brooke work hard to clear winter weeds from the entryway.

The girls put a fresh coat of paint on the bathroom doors

(With just a little help from their assistants Bill, Ron, Pete and Corrine)

WOW, what a difference you made!

Karen and Gayle strategize - The hands say it all!

Pete enjoys a well deserved cup of coffee after pressure washing the beach house while

Corrine works hard at getting rid of clover in the grass.
Sally and Nancy catch up on news while also working on the clover