NEWS LETTER SIX MILE LAKE ASSOC. OCT.
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Its getting time for frost on the pumpkins hope everyone is ready for winter, not me! Just a short up dates on our battle to control the Eurasian Water Milfoil found in our lake by Kevin Cronk from the Tip Of The Mitt. The tickets for the raffle were all sold within one week, but that’s a long way from our goal of $ 7,000 to $10,000 we will need to finance this project. The most that we will have to spend from the raffle is $ 3,500. Thanks to all of you that have sent in donations but we are still way short of our goal this should not fall on the other guy, so if you were thinking about sending a donation now is the time to do it!  It’s your lake too, so dig a little deeper send your donations to the Six Mile Lake Association Milfoil Fund 5575 Miles Rd. East Jordan Mi. 49727. We have not committed to any one way of attacking this problem at this time. We have had visits from Mark Breederland, Michigan Sea Grant and Kevin Cronk ,Tip Of The Mitt both have recommended that we use the Weevils as long as we act A S A P there is no funding to help us with this project. We will have a plan in place in early 2009! Your help is needed to locate new Eurasian Water Milfoil beds also know as E W M contact Dave or Gail Daniels at 536 7808 email dumpling55@charter.net or Phil or Sally Dieck at 536 3207 email diecker1@gmail.com We have Info. to help you I. D. E W M anyone interested in helping please contact phone #s or email address’s above. If you have any questions feel free to call.
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Don’t forget our Chili dinner at Pleasant Valley Church 5:00 P M Oct. 11th. drinks, dinner, & tableware supplied just bring a dessert to share and something for the silent auction if you would like to. The winning Raffle ticket will be drawn at the dinner, and silent auction will be held. Come to the dinner and find out how you can have a chance to win an extra raffle ticket
Don’t hesitate to bring a guest everyone is welcome.
A wine tasting is still being planned for some time in Dec.
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Remember to keep your drives out of the water. Zebra mussels are still out there.
See you on the 11th. Dave

We have had two professionals out to look at the milfiol situation Kevin Cronp, Tipp of the MItt and Mark Breederland from Michigan Sea Grant College program.  They both tell us we are lucky to find the milfiol at this stage so we can get it under control.  We are not in a crisis stage where we would have to chemically treat the whole lake.  They both feel we have a very good shore line for the beatle program to be sucessful.  Many of the lakes in southen MIchigan and Wisconsin that have tried it have had too groomed of a shoreline.  The beatles winter on land and need the brush and growth to survive.  We have not made a dicision as of yet.  We are looking at anything that we can find.

There will be a meeting on MIlfoil on Oct. 30 in Traverse City put on by Mark Breederland and others,  anyone can attend.  The cost is $15.00 and they need you to Rsvp.  We will have more info. on it when the time is closer.

Out biggest issue is $$$$$$$$.  People we HAVE to raise more money.  The raffle was just a start.

  1. Pay your dues, we have lots of members still not paid.  This is time consuming to keep contacting you.

2 . We need YOUR donation of $$$$$$$$. We do not have the funds. We have about 100 members at $25.00=$2500.00.  Not even a start, this just maintains us.

3. Tell your nieghbor about the trouble and send us his e=mail and home address.  We have to get in contact with the property owners that are not members.

4.  LEARN TO ID THE MILFIOL. We are looking for voluteers to be spotters in all areas of the lake.  We need you now.  If you are on the water much of the time you can be very important to this lake.

Carl Steer wrote referring to Echo Ramp: Has anybody noticed how dangerous the boat ramp is.  I nearly tore the stabilizer fins off my boat while pulling it the other day.  Spoke to Bill Derensey and he seemed genuinely suprised.  Pls alert SML boat owners re this situation.  The new cement pads installed have made a bad situation worse.  fyi,  Carl

Good news, all the raffle tickets have been sold except one.  The one that we saved will be raffled off at the Oct. 11 meeting  before the winnig ticket is drawn.  Be sure to come and get another chance to win the big prize.  This is sure to be a very exciting meeting.  We want to thank those that have bought tickets and those that have given donations above and beyond the ticket buying.  We are still going to need to keep raising moneys to meet our goal.  Please talk this problem of the milfoil up to you neighbors and help us get the word out.  The this is a problem that belongs to ALL of the proberty owners not just a few.  

I just realized that you don’t understand that you can make comments on this site and make it a converstion.  All you have to do is hit comment under the topic and type away or go to the comment section.  We will post it as soon as we can.   All the information is filed under the relating section on the right.  The comments that pop up first are the most recent thing posted.  It is not static.  Lets get some conversation going on the treatment of the milfoil.  We need your input.  DO YOU WANT TO HAVE HAVE THE WEEDS POISONED IN FRONT OF YOUR DOCK?   THIS SHOULD START SOME COMMENTS.  Do you want to have this put on your taxes?  LET’S WAIT AND SEE AND THEN HAVE A HARVESTER COME IN EVERY YEAR AND CUT THE WEEDS.  Does that stir you up?      PLEASE MAKE SOME COMMENTS.   Let’s talk.