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From the President…..

MoraineCamplandsAssociation

Dear MCA Members, As we celebrate the final legal holiday of the 2014 season I would like to thank everyone for their support and pa ence through the trying transi on that we've experienced this summer. It's been a difficult me trying to fill the office managers posi on but with the help of many volunteers we sur-vived. I can promise you that things will be be er in the office next season. It seemed like such a short season with the rainy weather but there are s ll many func ons planned through our Halloween weekend. It won't be long before our snowbirds follow the geese south (take a few with you) and the children are already back in school. We all feel a bit of de-pression as the leaves change colors and begin to fall as we know what's next. Winterizing, telling our friends goodbye un l next year and praying that we will all be here again to enjoy MCA once again. Labor Day weekend is also our annual elec ons for seats on the Board of Directors. Doors at the A-Frame open at noon Sundayand vo ng ends at 3:00 PM. prompt at which me the doors will be locked. Members are welcome to view the vote coun ng. Please stop buy during those hours and cast your ballot it only takes a minute. Posi ons open are: Director at Large, 1 year term, En re membership may vote. A-sec on rep 3 yr. term D-sec on rep 3 yr. term E-sec on rep 3 yr. term I personally would like to thank those that have volunteered their me to the BOD to be er MCA and I wish everyone the best of luck. Thanks also to all the wonderful volunteers on our numerous commi ees that have taken the me to make sure we had such a great season. Denny Kingston, President MCA

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Labor Day 2014


DENNY KINGSTON, PRESIDENT

BOB VILLELLA, VICE-PRESIDENT RUBY MARCOCELLI, TREASURER

RICK HUTCHISON, SECRETARY JOHN CEREPANI NICK FLEISCHER

BILL OYLER BILL ROBISON

HARVEY SCOTT STEPHEN SMALLWOOD

KEN WOZNIAK

MCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2014

2014 COMMITTEE LIASONS STANDING

ARCHITECTURAL NICK FLEISCHER AUDIT & BUDGET RUBY MARCOCELLI BY-LAWS,RULES,REGS BOB VILLELLA ELECTIONS&NOMINATIONS STEPHEN SMALLWOOD MAINTENANCE DENNY KINGSTON NEWSLETTER RUBY MARCOCELLI SALES & PROMOTION NICK FLEISCHER SOCIAL BILL OYLER

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ADULT LOUNGE JOHN CEREPANI CHURCH HARVEY SCOTT INSPECTIONS STEPHEN SMALLWOOD LAKE KEN WOZNIAK SECURITY&MANAGEMENT DENNY KINGSTON SPORTS DENNY KINGSTON STORE BOB VILLELLA TEENS RICK HUTCHISON VEHICLES DENNY KINGSTON YOUTH RUBY MARCOCELLI POOL STEPHEN SMALLWOOD WIFI JOHN CEREPANI


FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT

Another season is rapidly closing on us and while we had many struggles thrown our way this year; the , fire, office personnel changes — we all have worked very hard as a team. You should be proud of all the people that stepped up to help out and became a part of the solu on. We have updated some of our poli-cies in the office, we are cleaning up errors & past mistakes, cleaning out our files and catching up on some long overdue projects as well! A lot happened, but so much was gained. There is a much be er under-standing of all the processes in the office and their importance. We are reviewing our policies & proce-dures and enhancing them to be er protect our investment in MCA. While there are a number of people that helped, too many to list, I have to give a huge THANK YOU to: Holly Fleischer and Lori Cerepani who helped us keep it together during a very rough me. To John, Lori and Krista Cerepani, as well as Ken Wozniak and the rest of the board for holding MCA to-gether during the July 4th weekend. Last, but certainly not least...a very huge THANK YOU to Krista Cerepani, who stepped up to help us out and organize the office and clean up many things that had to be updated. We now have two great people in the office who are working hard to get things organized and together. Krista and Hazel are doing a real stand up job! Over the winter months we will be finalizing new proce-dures and the office will be busy preparing for next camping season. Our funds are intact, and while yes we had a the , we have learned and are pu ng measures into place to hopefully avoid another occur-rence in the future. I’m working on making sure our books are correct and that our money is safe and I’ll be discussing some proposed changes this fall with the remainder of the board. I want to hand out a very special thank you to the Budget and Audit commi ee for all the work they put in working on this years issues. ESPECIALLY Lori Cerepani and Marilyn Lewis. As always, if you have any ques ons, please don’t hesitate to ask me. Ruby Marcocelli—Treasurer

Well folks, another Labor Day weekend is upon us and the camping season will start winding down. Hard to believe how fast summer goes by. Hope all the members had an enjoyable season and are looking toward our fall activities and next season. Would like to remind everyone to cast your vote this weekend during elections for the Board of Directors. The new Board will take their seats at the first meeting in September and we will get to work on the replacement of the sewer plant as well as the daily operations of the campground. Thanks to our employees for their hard work this year and also to the volunteer workers who stepped up and put in long hours to keep our campground running this year. Thanks to all the committee's and their volunteers who gave us all our activities and entertainment this season. I salute them and appreciate their efforts. Hope every-one has a safe and healthy winter and are looking forward to next season as much as I am. Bob Villella G-Section Rep.

FROM THE TREASURER

FROM YOUR DIRECTOR AT LARGE

From YOUR Director-at-Large, Rick Hutchison @ G-12 It’s hard to believe Labor Day weekend is upon us already. It’s been a rollercoaster of a sea-son to date … lots of stuff happening … some good and some not so good … but as in all fam-ilies we make the best of whatever life puts in front of us. What an AWESOME Beach Party we had on August 16th … now that’s what MCA is suppose to be all about … campers both young and old ge ng together for great food, lots of sun & fun with wonderful fellowship. Our Beach Party was a HUGE success. I personally am ex-tremely proud of our MCA BOD working together in serving for the good and best interest of MCA and all of our members. It is an honor and a privilege to serve each and every camper and work and serve with each and every one of your sec on representa ves. As liaison and member of the Teen Commi ee we’ve been learning thru our growing pains and the new Teen Rec. is growing into a very nice fit to the MCA community. There are (2) Teen/Youth dances with karaoke scheduled for Labor Day weekend at the “gate side pavil-ion” … Both nights are scheduled for the youth dance from 7:00 pm to 8:45 pm and the Teen dance from 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm. There will be a prize for the top karaoke singer in both Teen and Youth. Our vendor has been extremely pleased not only with the funds that have been generated but also with the fact that our teens have been taking extremely good care of the vendors machines and to our new Teen Rec. building … this says a lot for our MCA family, the person-al families of each and every teen and most importantly the teens themselves … I’m so very proud of each and every one of them … KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK !!!! As your director-at large I would like to reach out to each and every MCA member and make a few requests : 1). PLEASE take the me and be sure to put your lot number at the front of your camp. This simple request can assist in loca ng a camper’s lot in case of emergency. 2). Please respect OUR garbage dumpsters and area. These are for GARBAGE ONLY … NO tel-evisions, No appliances, NO furniture, No bikes, lawnmowers ect. ect. These items not only take up space but also costs MCA extra $$$ when the garbage vendor charges MCA for mis-use of their service … so PLEASE … GARBAGE ONLY ! 3). PLEASE take pride in your campsite … it makes us ALL look good !! 4). AND MOST IMPORTANTLY … HAVE A GREAT FALL SEASON !! … if you have ANY concerns, issues and/or just want to chat I’m located @ G-12 … thank you all for allowing me to serve as your director-at-large and to be your voice on the BOD here at MCA !!! Rick Hutchison



SOCIAL

Well, this has been a very fabulous two year stint as your Social Chair. First off I would like to thank my right hand man, Tony Guadagnolo. He took this on and helped week in & week out with anything that needed done. I’m sure you all saw him as I did - as the backbone of Social and he truly was nothing short of amazing. There have been so many people that have stepped up to help out all year long but my regulars, the couple that was al-ways there for me every time we needed help, were Dale and Carla Callender. Without them, I would be beyond ex-hausted. Thank you to Dan and Sue Duncan, always helping with tables, chairs and tearing our tickets! Of course, the first year would have been impossible without Doug Cumensl help as Co-Chair. He handled our Cow Patty Bingo twice last year; renewed the pumpkin carving event for the kids and started a chili cook off. By his side, Jan Cumens was there getting you all full with yummy food each time! Even though Doug’s work schedule did not allow him to return this year, he joined social and still set up and ran the Cow Patty for July 4th and then helped Mike Grady set it up for us this weekend. It is hard to thank everyone for all they did, but our Luau was amazing and would not have been the same without the help of Sierra Siebert, Minnie Maloney, Joannie Mussomeli and Stephen Smallwood among so many other faithful helpers! Our first ever Beach Party Extravaganza was one of the best days on the lake I’ve seen in awhile. Very special thanks to Donna Snyder and Sierra Siebert, along with Sandy Johnson, Wayne Blumling, Jack Backus and DJ Jeff Snyder for all their help. This entire year it was so nice to see everyone having great fun on the weekends. I know there are many others to list, and they are not forgotten all the help we was was very much appreciated!!! A very gracious thank you to the three C’s for their help with Bingo all year long….believe me I would not have been able to have so many other events, if they had not taken that off the table for Tony and I! Their help was invaluable in making this year as successful as last year. And of course, last but not least thank you to all those Bingo players!! We loved running Bingo for you and are so glad to see you each week having fun! Tony and I are more than happy to meet with the new social people in the next few weeks and help them get started, if they need anything, before next season. I’m very glad to have served in this role and it was a lot of fun, but it’s time to move on and let someone else get ahold of the reins!

YOUTH

Mid July our Youth committee got going (yes a little late) but started out with a wonderful Christmas in July for the kids! Special thanks to “Santa and Mrs Claus” and all the E Section camps that made it for a delightfully decorated Christmas for the kids. A very special thank you to all of E SECTION and the YOUTH COMMITTEE and of course, SANTA and MRS CLAUS!! The youth committee is moving right along and having lots of fun events each weekend, if you would like to join them for next year (and the rest of this year) please sign up in the of-fice. SPECIAL thanks to LynnDee Sill; Dawn Grady; Shannon McAfee and Gioia Mangis. There are many many others to say thank you too….we appreciate all that you do for the

Social Committee Hi Campers, If you don’ know by now we are in need of a chairperson to head the social commi ee for 2015. It doesn’t have to be one person it can be co-chaired. We need someone to step up and get involved. I have heard some rumors that this person or that person will take it but no confirma ons. Without a social commi ee there will be: No bingos, no dances, no trivia, no dinners, no fireworks etc. Star ng in 2015 we will get our small games of chance back which will allow us to have all raffles (50/50, lo ery, golf cart), night at the races and others. There is a lot of money to be made for MCA Campers entertainment. Sign up sheets for the social commi ee are in the office for next year.

Thank you, Bill Oyler Social Commi ee Liasion

Social Commi ee

I would like to thank all who donated money toward our fireworks this year. We emp ed “the rocket” located at the store and received $214.50. It all counts

Bill Oyler Social Liasion


The Inspec on Commi ee will be out in the campground this year checking on any rule viola on. Par cularly focusing on Lot iden fica on,current A/C , second refrigerators,electric golf carts and insurance s ckers on all golf carts in the campground. Courtesy le ers may be sent for rule viola ons and late fees will be added for assessments that aren't paid. Thank You, Inspec on Commi ee

SECURITY will again be checking for up to date insurance stickers and lot numbers and lights on golf carts this season. PLEASE be cer-tain that your stickers are up to date and that your lot number on the cart is clearly visible. Electric carts need to have the optional assess-ment of $50.00 paid prior to April 1st. Operating them without dou-bles the fee in addition to the fines.

Inspection Committee


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VOTE

to re-elect

Rick Hutchison

Director at Large

I want to remain as your voice on the Board of Directors @ MCA


Architectural Committee

There has been a good number of permits issued this year so the committee has been kept busy. Please keep in mind that you need to obtain a permit before starting any construction on your lot. If you have any questions please ask any committee member,the list of members is located in the office. Please be safe when building your projects. Thank you, Architectural committee

If you have any non-perishable food items or clothing that you would like to donate to those in need, please drop them off at the A-frame or at C-624. Thank you.

Gary Nowacki



SPECIAL NOTICES

B Section

IMPORTANT REMINDER

All dogs must be on a leash and under the owners control at all times. No pets are per-mitted in or around the playgrounds, lake area pavilions, tennis courts, mini golf, volley-ball court, swimming areas/beach or main building/store areas. You are responsible for

cleaning up their litter immediately.

As we wind down another year of camping I pause to reflect upon 2014. We have had more than our share of troubles with the theft of money from our office, the turn over of office personnel to get the right person hired to work for our camp grounds (not their personal agen-das). Of course there was the devastating fire we had this spring. Through it all for the most part, we the MCA Family stuck together, picked each other up and moved on and for that I applaud and thank you. Hopefully we will learn from our past mistakes and fix them, try not to repeat them and make 2015 our come back year.

Bill Oyler “B” Section Rep


Lake Committee

Lake Commi ee would like to take the me to thank SUBURBAN PROPANE for the 100# propane tank dona on used by the lake to cook our CORN ROAST this year. .Year a er year Suburban has been a great sponsor and a good vender to our Campground..

Ken Wozniak

Bowling It was a long cold winter and it was great to be back at camp, yet as spring has come and gone and summer is quickly coming to an end, we’ve deeply missed (2) of our beloved friends we had lost this past winter … Mary Jane Frawley and Paul Toocheck. Although Mary Jane and Paul were not lifelong friends of mine, they were too many of you. They were very dear friends to me. Both had welcomed my husband and myself to MCA with kindness and friendship. Bowling was a fellowship that both Mary Jane and Paul looked forward in sharing life with all of us each and every week. In fact when I had spoke with each of them regarding this bowling season they both were extremely excited in being part of the 2014 Bowling season. I loved them both dearly and will treasure each and every memory of them … they both are greatly missed. I’ve missed their smiles, I’ve missed their kindness, I’ve missed their humor and I’ve even missed their mischievous ways, but most of all I’ve missed them telling me that they loved me and that was each and every time we spoke. As this camping season is quickly coming to an end I ask that all of you take a moment of silence in memory of our beloved friends / teammates … Mary Jane Frawley and Paul Toocheck … may they rest in peace.

Linda Ventrice

*****PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PHOTO ID WHEN WRITING PASSES IN CASE WE DO NOT RECOGNIZE YOU AS A LEASE HOLDER AS THERE ARE NEW EMPLOYEES IN THE OFFICE ***** REMEMBER HOLIDAY WEEKENDS it is $10 per car load. Do not pass gate cards at or around the gate or campground area on the holiday weekend. If you are caught doing so you will be written up and billed for any guest that are let through without purchasing a guest pass. Anyone not on the lease will have to have a guest pass paid for by MCA member before they are allowed in camp. Members must sign guest passes ahead of time. Guests cannot be let in just by giving us $10. TRANSFERS A lot of campers have asked lately about LEASE TRANSFERS: If you are transferring or deleting names off your current lease, you need pay the office $25 to start the paperwork and the name(s) of the person(s) to be changed or deleted to or from the lease. ** If you are adding new names then we will be running a back ground check on new members and that is $35.00 per person getting a back ground check done.** Then we need at least three days to type a new lease and get the back ground checks conducted (the background check could take longer). After that is completed, all of the people on the lease now, including the person who is going to be deleted, need to sign off the old and new lease and the amount due at signing is another $125 for a total of $150. If there has been a death $25.00 of the transfer fee will be waived. GATE CARDS If you lose a gate card or it is stolen, we need the numbers of the cards you still have in your pos-session to determine the card number that was lost or stolen so that it can be deleted from our sys-tem. The cost to replace that card is $5 if I can determine its number. If you do not tell me the numbers of your other cards the cost to replace it is $25.

***WE DO NOT SELL GATE CARDS ON HOLIDAY WEEKENDS*** Remember you can start making payments on next year’s dues at any time. Just be sure to write your lot number and what the check or money order is for in the memo line of the check or money order. Have a Safe Holiday, MCA OFFICE STAFF

…..FROM THE OFFICE MoraineCamplandsAssociation


…..FROM THE OFFICE MCA OFFICE IS UPDATING RECORDS

WE HAVE HAD MANY RETURNED ITEMS IN THE MAIL. WE ARE REQUESTING

CAMPERS TO UPDATE THEIR INFORMATION.

PROVIDE FILL OUT THIS FORM AND RETURN THIS INFORMATION TO THE OFFICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

LOT# ____ NAME(s) ON LEASE: _____________________________________ MAILING ADDRESS: _________________________________________ _________________________________________ . PHYSICAL ADDRESS: _________________________________________ _________________________________________ PHONE: _________________________________________ DATE: ______ MEMBER SIGNATURE ________________________________

Commi ee Sign Ups

Don’t forget that sign up sheets for the 2015 season commi ees are available in the office. Every single volunteer helps, you don’t have to do every func on but just a few hours of your

me will help.

Commi ees are Architectural Audit & Budget, Church Catholic Church, Inspec ons Lake Maintenance Newsle er Nomina ons & Elec ons Rules & Regula ons Sales & Promo ons Social Sports Teens Vehicles Youth.


Join us this Sunday during ELECTIONS at the BALLFIELD!!

1pm to 3ish

Cast your vote for your choice of Board Member and then hop on down to the ballfield and buy a bingo spot for $10. Winner takes $250!!! AND we will do this as long as you are buying the tick-

ets!!! We would love to sell out three games.

While you are there, we will have a petting zoo; feed the animals; pony rides; bounce house; games; food and ice cones!!

Please come out and support Youth and Social for our last big fund-raiser. We both still need a few bucks to get us through the season. You can buy your COW PATTY tickets through Joyce Burns A-124, or find Ruby out and about and you can get tickets through her or at

the dances on Friday or Saturday night.

Have a safe and happy Labor Day Weekend!!!


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