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LIVING MENS MEMBER GUEST TOURNAMENT COFFEE WITH THE BOARD ASK THE CANDIDATE A QUESTION October 2, 2026

Volume 3 | Issue 20

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Men’s Member Guest Thank You to Sponsors

Farewell & Retirement Party - Scott Auer

Clubhouse - Sunday Brunch & Wine Dinner

Wellness

Racquet - New Courts are open, Tennis Clinics & Free Bocce Clinic

Marina - Christmas T-shirt Pre-sale

POA - Trunk or Treat, Debbie Pickett Award Nominations, POA Board Election Information, Coffee with the Board

Fall Festival Fun

Clubs & Orgs

Greetings Big Canoe! We have an exciting week ahead as we welcome members and their guests for the Men’s Member-Guest Golf Tournament. One of Big Canoe’s most anticipated traditions, the tournament brings together friends for several days of spirited competition, camaraderie, and memorable experiences on our courses. An event of this size would not be possible without the support of our sponsors and hard-working staff. We want to thank the Golf Amenity Staff and Golf Maintenance teams, Clubhouse and Duffers staff, Public Works, Public Safety, volunteers, and everyone working behind the scenes. Months of planning and preparation go into creating a successful Member-Guest experience, from preparing the courses and coordinating tournament play to hosting meals and special events. In this edition of Big Canoe Living, you’ll also find plenty of fall activities and upcoming events to add to your calendar. Make plans to attend another beautiful Wine Dinner at the Clubhouse, nominate an outstanding employee for the Debbie Pickett Award, or submit a question for the Board candidates. And don’t forget to sign up for Trunk or Treat! Register your trunk, gather your decorations, and help us create a fun and festive evening for Big Canoe’s children and families. Whether your theme is spooky, silly, or sweet, your creativity and participation will make this community tradition memorable. .

MEN’S

Member Guest

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Thank You to our Title Sponsor

2026 Big Canoe Men's Member-Guest

Title Sponsor

Excellent Care Close to Home

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DIAMOND SPONSOR

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SIGNATURE SPONSOR 678-482-0195 https://groundcoversolutions.com/

Suwanee, GA 30024

Thank You to our Sponsors

SILVER SPONSOR

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SIGNATURE SPONSOR

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FAREWELL & Retirement

PARTY Let’s come together to celebrate the dedication and determination of

SCOTT AUER October 9, 2026

Clubhouse Overlook 5:00pm - 7:00pm

LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH

Y A D N SU

H C N U BR

Join us on Sunday, October 25 | 11 AM - 3 PM Enjoy a chef-curated brunch experience featuring a rotating selection of seasonal entrées, fresh sides, and inspired weekly specialties. $34 adult | $14 children ages 5-12

Reservations

WINE DINNER SAVE THE DATE NOVEMBER 4 T H | 6:00 PM

WHAT AWAITS YOU Please join Chris Tyran, Director of Winemaking, for an evening of exquisite food pairings featuring wines from Cliff Lede Vineyards.

Menu and reservation information coming soon! Living | 11

Wellness

2026

OCTOBER

MONDAY

at Wellness

6:50 BOOT CAMP 8:00 PILATES 9:30 FLOW & GLOW YOGA 10:00 H20 AERO EXERCISE 2:30 CARDIO TAP 101 3:45 CARDIO TAP 201 5:00 FLOW & GLOW YOGA 7:15 TAI CHI TUESDAY 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:45 3:00 3:00

KICKBOX/CORE BODY BAR CARDIO SCULPT PT STRETCH ALIGN & REFINE YOGA H2O AERO/EXERCISE (10/6, 10/13, 10/27) 4:00 YOUTH SWIM TEAM 5:30 PILATES

WEDNESDAY

6:50 BOOT CAMP 8:00 PILATES 9:00 LOW IMPACT AERO 10:00 H20 AEROBICS/EXERCISE 10:00 BODY BAR 11:00 ZUMBA 2:45 EXERCISE 101 3:45 BEGIN YOGA SERIES 5:00 FLOW & GLOW YOGA 6:00 VOLLEYBALL 6:30 PING PONG

THURSDAY

9:00 BARS & BELLS 9:30 ALIGN & REFINE YOGA ZOOM 10:00 CARDIO SCULPT 11:45 PT STRETCH 3:00 H20 AERO/EXERCISE 4:00 YOUTH SWIM TEAM 5:00 PILATES FRIDAY 6:50 8:15 9:00 10:00 10:30 2:00 5:00

BOOT CAMP STRENGTH JAM DANCE JAM H2O EXERCISE TAI CHI BALANCE & STREGTH HATHA YOGA

SATURDAY 9:00 DANCE EXERCISE 10:00 TOTAL BODY CONDITIONING 12:00 DEEPENING PRACTICES MINI RETREAT (10/31)

SUNDAY 10:30 ZUMBA 2:00 LINE DANCE (10/11, 10/25) 3:00 YIN YOGA-STUDIO & ZOOM 4:15 MINDFULNESS MEDITATION

*CLASSES IN GREEN ARE ADDITIONAL FEE CLASSES. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND LINKS TO OUR ZOOM CLASSES, PLEASE VISIT THE ONLINE CALENDAR.

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Wellness Center HAVE YOU TRIED?

Sundays at the Wellness Center Massage Therapy & Wellness Services Swedish Massage Deep Tissue Massage Prenatal Massage Cupping Sound Healing Reiki

CALL TO SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT WITH (706) 268-3441

Abbey Moore

Relax. Restore. Renew.

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at Racquet 2026

RACQUET

OCTOBER

MONDAY

8:00 BOCCE BOYS: MEN’S OPEN PLAY 10:00 RECREATIONAL PICKLEBALL OPEN PLAY 10:00 *CHICKS W/STICKS: LADIES TENNIS ROUND ROBIN* 2:00 *THE COURT LEGENDS: MEN’S 4.0+ TENNIS ROUND ROBIN 4:00 *THE ACE CREW: MEN’S 3.0-3.5 TENNIS ROUND ROBIN 6:00 MONDAY NIGHT BOCCE: MIXED OPEN PLAY

WEDNESDAY 8:00 BOCCE BOYS: MEN’S OPEN PLAY 10:00 RECREATIONAL PICKLEBALL OPEN PLAY 10:00 *THE MATCH POINT MAVENS: 4.0 LADIES’ TENNIS ROUND ROBIN 6:00 INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED CHALLENGE PICKLEBALL OPEN PLAY 6:00 FREE BOCCE CLINIC (10/7)

TUESDAY

8:00 BOCCE BOYS MEN’S OPEN PLAY 10:00 INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED CHALLENGE PICKLEBALL OPEN PLAY (10/6, 10/13, 10/20) 10:00 *BEGINNER PICKLEBALL DRILLS WITH COACH JOHN (10/6, 10/13, 10/20) 10:00 *THE COURT QUEENS: LADIES’ 3.5 TENNIS ROUND ROBIN 4:00 *PICKLEBALL 101: BEGINNERS PICKLEBALL CLINIC (10/6, 10/13, 10/20)

THURSDAY 9:00 BOCCE BABES: LADIES’ OPEN PLAY 10:00 INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED CHALLENGE PICKLEBALL OPEN PLAY 10:00 *ADVANCED PICKLEBALL DRILLS WITH COACH JOHN 10:00 *THE RALLY RENEGADES: MEN’S 3.5 TENNIS ROUND ROBIN

FRIDAY 8:00 BOCCE BOYS: MEN’S OPEN PLAY 10:00 RECREATIONAL PICKLEBALL OPEN PLAY 5:00 RACQUET CLUB RIBBON CUTTING (10/16)

SUNDAY 8:00 BOCCE BOYS: MEN’S OPEN PLAY 9:30 ADULT TENNIS CLINIC WITH COACH KIP 11:00 KIDS TENNIS DRILLS WITH COACH KIP 5:00 RECREATIONAL PICKLEBALL OPEN PLAY

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SATURDAY 8:00 *THE ACE CREW: MEN’S TENNIS ROUND ROBIN 3.0-3.5 8:00 BOCCE BOYS: MEN’S OPEN PLAY 10:00 RECREATIONAL PICKLEBALL OPEN PLAY

* REQUIRES REGISTRATION

TENNIS Courts 5&6 are Open RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY Join us as we celebrate the opening of our new tennis courts FRIDAY OCTOBER 16 5:00 PM

BIG CANOE RACQUET CLUB

ONLY OPEN TO RACQUET MEMBERS

FOOD & DRINKS PROVIDED COURTESY OF THE RACQUET CLUB

Playing for a Brighter Tomorrow Instead of paying for the social, we are asking for donations to support the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and help build a future without CF. Together, we can make a difference for those living with Cystic Fibrosis.

Donate Here

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September 20 - October 25

Kids & Adults

Tennis Clinics WITH COACH KIP JOIN US EACH SUNDAY

ADULT CLINIC 9:30 - 11:00 AM

KIDS CLINIC 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

10/4

10/18

10/4

10/18

10/11

10/25

10/11

10/25

REGISTRATION REQUIRED $35.00 Members | $45.00 Non-members & Guest Living | 16

ALL SKILL LEVELS WELCOME

RACQUET

BOCCE BEGINNER CLINIC OCTOBER 7TH 6:00PM - 8:00PM Curious about bocce? Join us for a free beginner-friendly clinic open to all Big Canoe property owners. What You'll Learn: Rules & scoring Basic techniques Strategy & gameplay REGISTER HERE No experience necessary! Living | 17

MARINA

Marina Christmas Shirt Pre-sale Hi all. I recognize this seems an early offering but it is necessary to have the number of shirts to be printed by November 1st. This is so the print shirt company can start production and have the finished product at the Marina for pickup starting the first week in December. This year there will be a kids' T-shirt in short sleeves only to choose from. In addition there will also be short sleeves and long sleeves for adults. They will only be offered in white, and once the order is placed, it will be locked in for print and delivery. Of course, this offering is contingent upon receiving the minimum quota to cover the cost of printing - as orders come in, we will keep you posted.

Hope you enjoy this year's pic as it is joyful and should bring smiles all around. If you are wondering why the canoe has wheels attached, it is in preparation for lowering the lake required for the spillway replacement.

John

Tshirt Pre-Order

John Lipkowitz, Marina Manager

$35 $25 Living | 18

POA

debbie pickett annual employee award In honor of the memory of Debbie Pickett, Big Canoe POA has established the Debbie Pickett Annual Employee Award recognizing an employee for the kind of exemplary performance that Debbie Pickett represented in her 35+ years with Big Canoe.

AWARD PROCESS Any employee or Property Owner of Big Canoe POA may submit an employee nominee for consideration for the Debbie Pickett Annual Award. Nominations for full-time Big Canoe employees are accepted through Oct. 31 and must be submitted to the Human Resources department using the Debbie Pickett Annual Award nomination form; they will be kept confidential until the review is complete. We will announce and present this award every year at Big Canoe’s Annual Meeting in December. Nomination Form

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ASK

E H T CANDIDATE?

We’ve asked you— the Big Canoe property owners—to submit questions for the POA Board candidates. This is the second question to be answered by the candidates. This question was submitted by a Big Canoe property owner through the “Ask the Candidates a Question” process announced in Big Canoe Living. We sent the same question to all candidates, gave them the same word guidance and deadline, and their responses appear in the pages that follow. Responses are published as submitted. We hope their responses are helpful as you learn more about each candidate’s perspective and approach to this important issue. If you have additional questions you’d like the candidates to answer, please click below to submit them. We appreciate your participation and engagement in the election process.

The views expressed are solely those of the individual candidate and do not represent the positions of the Big Canoe POA, its Board of Directors, its committees, or its staff. The POA distributes candidate content as a neutral election service and does not endorse any candidate.

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MEET THE CANDIDATES SPONSORED BY THE ELECTION COMMITTEE & SMOKE SIGNALS

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM CLUBHOUSE OVERLOOK AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE THREE CANDIDATES, HEAR THEIR PERSPECTIVES, AND PARTICIPATE IN A QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION.

Charles Armstrong

Jonathan Foulkes

Joan Puls-Kirchner

GUESTS WILL ALSO ENJOY A

Taste of the Clubhouse SHOWCASING A VARIETY OF NEW MENU ITEMS, ALONG WITH BEER, WINE, COCKTAILS, DESSERTS, AND COFFEE.

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Join us for

Coffee

ate D e Save th

Board with the

October 5, 2026 & October 19, 2026

Canoe Lodge | 5:30 pm

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Registration OPEN!

POA

k n u Tr r o - t a e r T

Saturday, Oct. 24 | 4:30 to 6:00 Wildcat Rec Soccer Field Delight the children of Big Canoe and decorate your vehicle to give out candy for this year's Trunk or Treat!

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FALL FESTIVAL

GALLERY

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AT BIG CANOE CHAPEL MCCORMICK HALL

BLOOD DONATION SAVES LIVES Thursday, October 15 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Make an online appointment. Walk-ins welcome. Apheresis and Double Red blood Cell donations can also be made.

For more information, check out bcwell.org.

Stream on player.insidethegatesradio.com

INSIDE THE GATES RADIO

THE BLACK BEAR PROJECT October 21, 6:30 pm

“How To Live In Harmony Alongside Bears in Big Canoe” Tune in to learn more about bears! Jeff Weigl of Big Canoe Radio will talk with The Black Bear Project about how we can all learn to live safely and confidently alongside these majestic wild creatures in Big Canoe and across the North Georgia Mountains. It's sure to be a "beary" insightful conversation!

Download the Inside the Gates Radio App today! Search for InsidetheGates Radio

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CLUBS & ORGS

TRAVEL CLUB CELEBRATES

DESTINATION AMERICA

The Big Canoe Travel Club members will celebrate the end to another year (13 Years in all) of world-wide travel adventures with an all-American picnic dinner party on October 28th in the Sconti Clubhouse Overlook Room. The event again will be co-hosted by Mike Ziegenbalg of Dream Vacations and Carson Hobart of AMA Waterways, this year’s river cruise give-a-way sponsor. The menu will be as American as apple pie, and in fact will feature apple pie as the dessert. Fried chicken, potato salad, baked beans and grandma’s famous homemade biscuits will round out the rest of the meal. The $45 fee will include one complimentary beverage to enjoy during “social time” with patriotic music beginning at 6 P.M. and dinner and drawing to follow shortly. Surprise entertainment by Mountain Motion Dance Troop. Attendance is limited to the first 120 Travel Club members who complete a reservation. Registration details will be distributed to all members by email and hopefully published in a forthcoming issue of Big Canoe Living. The dinner fee will be charged to each member’s POA account thru the POA Events Calander. Please register by October 24th. Don’t forget the drawing for the “Free” river cruise will be held shortly after dinner and you must be present to win.

PAINT BIG CANOE

Purple

Three Days One Community One Mission

OCTOBER 29 - OCTOBER 31

A CHARITY EVENT BENEFITING THE ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION Three Days. Four Events.

JOIN US IN PAINTING BIG CANOE PURPLE MORIES ME

MATTER AL

Golf for a Cure

Thursday, October 29 2:00 PM

Saturday, October 31 9:30 AM

Alzheimer’s Educational Seminar Big Canoe Chapel

Golf Tournament Big Canoe Golf Course

Concert for a Cure

Bocce for a Cure

FIGHT AGAINST

Z H EI M E R’S

LEARN MORE & GET INVOLVED CLICK HERE REGISTER Living | 30

Seminar for a Cure

Friday, October 30 7:00PM

Saturday, October 31 9:00 AM

Live Concert with Mother’s Finest Terraces Amphitheatre

Bocce Tournament Bocce Courts

CLUBS & ORGS bcwell.org

A CONVERSATION ABOUT

ALZHEIMER’S

Part of Paint Big Canoe Purple THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29TH | 2:00 PM BIG CANOE CHAPEL | COUSINS HALL Join Clay Jacobs, Georgia Executive Director of the Alzheimer’s Association, and Sterling Kenyon, a Georgia state advocate, for a conversation about the latest Alzheimer’s research, early detection, and advocacy.

CLUBS & ORGS

HOWL-O-WEEN FUNDRAISER PARTY SATURDAY, OCT. 31 | 1:00PM DIAMOND DOG PARK | REGISTRATION OPENS AT 12:45PM CALLING ALL GHOULS, GOBLINS, KIDS & CANINES! Bring the whole family, two-legged and four-legged, for a HOWLING good time supporting the Meadows Dog Park Fencing Project! Costume Contest for Pups & Their People | Live Music | Giveaways & Doggy Bags | Bring Your Drink of Choice Parking at Wildcat recreation center. Costume Categories: Best Howl-O-Ween Costume | Best Pup & Parent Duo | Best pup & Family All dogs must remain on a leash Thank You to Our Sponsors: Red Barn Kennels • Kimberly Hackler, REALTOR® • Stacy Cantrell of geekTink • Twist Consignment Boutique

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UPCOMING EVENTS CLUBS & ORGINIZATIONS

Wednesday Night Dinner

Big Canoe Chapel Cousins Hall Wed, Oct 14 | 5:00pm Register online or in the Chapel office Dinner $10

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Emergency Preparedness Classes

Big Canoe Fire House Thurs, Oct 19 | 9am Thurs, Nov 12 | 9am

To register, email groups.bigcanoewc@gmail.com These courses require 6 students to be offered.

Womens Fall Retreat

Big Canoe Chapel | Cousins Hall October 22 | 10am - 2pm

Registration $35

women.bigcanoechapel.org REGISTER

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