. The raffle tickets are now for sale. This is to raise $$$ to pay for the beatles we have to buy next spring for the milfoil weed. The drawing will be Oct. 9 at the Chili supper.  They are $50.00 each, 150 are being sold and the prizes are $1,000.00 and $500.00.  We would like to have some volunteers to sell 5 or 10 of them, please.   To get your ticket contact me or any board member soon.   Sally Dieck
 
2. The ladies breakfast for Sept. will be moved to the 2nd Monday, Sept. 13.  because of the Labor Day holiday.
 
3. We had a wonderful time at the Association picnic and would like to thank the following merchants for supplying us with wonderful prizes. Please shop them and tell them thank you for the gifts.
 
Six Mile Lake Association Picnic donations given by:
Top Ten Party Store
B.C. Pizza
Jordan Valley Glass
Gilmore’s
T & R Yamaha
Murray’s
Lumberjack
E.J. Shop
Computer Shop
The Bakery
Charlevoix Bank
E.J. Chamber of Commerce
Luke Murray Pet Care
Marty’s Ice Cream
True Value East Jordan
Dick Webber
Ginny Webber

Mallard Golf Course
4 Season Marina
Randall Chiropractic
The Gold Nugget
North Country NAPA

We have had numerous request for a membership list.  The board has come up with an idea to making a list available.  It will be available to members only by attachment to an e-mail or hard copy in the mail or person.  Nothing will be on the website for anyone to see. If you want to be on the list please e-mail Sally or put your information in the private contact area on the website. Only Sally and Derrick can get information from that area. You are free to list any information:  names, home and/or lake address, phone numbers( home, cottage& /or cells) and e-mail address. Only  items YOU want listed will be on the sheet.  Work will be done on this over the winter. We hope to have a good start  in the spring when the first newsletter goes out.  The members that are on snail mail will be asked to input information in the first spring mailing.
 
Please remember to contact us on the website or via Sally if you change your e-mail,  Our goal is to get 100% of our membership using e-mail instead of the US post office.  We do know that won’t happen but we are closer all the time.  If you know a neighbor that might not have contacted us with his e-mail please let us know. This is your Lake Association and we want to respond to your request.
 
Website www.sixmilelakeassociation.org   Waiting for your input

Our next and final event of the year will be the WINE AND BEER TASTING on December 29, 2009 at 3:00pm. It will be held at the Blue Pelican restaurant in Central Lake. In addition to the sampling of a variety of wines and specialty beers, light appetizers will be served. The total cost of the event will be $15.00 per person. (Tax and gratuity are included). Please mark the date on your calendar and if you will have guests, they are also welcome.   
 
RSVP  to diecker1@gmail.com
Happy Holidays to each and everyone!!

Our annual picnic will be held Sat. August 8 at 5:00 in the pavilion at Echo Twp. Park.  The association furnishes the hot dogs, brats and corn.  Bring  your own drink, table service and a dish to pass.  We will have door prizes and a great time.  We will have face painting for the kids, big and little.  If you have guest please bring them.  Come one come all. This is a great time to pay you dues if  you haven’t already.  They are Due Aug. 1, 2009.   We are again going to have a fund raiser for more milfoil weavils to be planted next year.  Please watch for news on the fund raiser.  We hope to see you at the picnic.

I would like to clear up the note from the Antrim Country Sheriff.   He is setting up a Lake Watch Program  for the area lakes something like neighbor hood watch.  He is looking for official observers from all the lakes.  He would ideally like these people to be here most of the summer and at least one every half mile  on each side.  He will train these observers to ID issues on the water.  We are getting busy enough to merit this kind of effort.  We need to have as many people as possible to help with this.  It involves two Wed. night training sessions.  To sign up please call 231-533-8627  ext#2551.  Leave you name and number and say you want to enroll in the Lake Watch Program for Six Mile Lake. 

Don’t forget the association meeting Sat. July 11, 9:00 at the Burns Twp hall.  The sheriff will be there.

Monday morning July 13 at 9:00 the Ladies of the Lake will meet at the Front Porch.  Please come and meet a new friend.  See you at both.  

The weevil installation has been completed.  Dave Daniels has provided these great photos of the process.

Click here or the photo to view the entire photo album.

Dave Daniels Wrote:

Spoke With Cortney Marguette from EnviroScience today and she plans to install our weevils Wed. June 17th. around 3:00 P M. 

Dave