2021 - June Beacon

From the Bridge –

Commodore Glenn Nixon

We are very pleased the COVID situation has improved allowing us to resume a more normal schedule. Thank you to all the members who attended the General

Membership meeting on Saturday, May 29th. It was a special honor to welcome all the new members to our Club. We regretfully were informed during the meeting of the passing of our Harbor and Grounds Director, Tom Altobelli. We were fortunate to be able to honor both Tom and longtime member Al Durand with a moment of silence. We wish for peace and comfort to the family and friends of Tom and Al. Hopefully everyone is pleased with the condition of the harbor and grounds. We had huge turnouts for every Elite Brigade party and regular work parties. Thanks to all who came out to help - we have many members working long hours to get the island in shape. Special thanks to P/C Randy Pagel for his contribution to the new pedestal installation on the Robison and R/C Dale Hall for his oversight and hard work filling in for Tom Altobelli. V/C Dale did an outstanding job in particular handling the walkway backfill and Genow seawall repair. Special thanks to Tony Rybinski for putting us in contact with the company that did the foam injection repairs.

As always, huge thank you to all the board members. It is a great group of people. We all work very well together and are making