Issue 27•April 2007 Keeping you informed about the land and water we care about.
You can reach us by phone: 540-674-0166; or mail: Friends of Claytor Lake, PO Box 815, Pulaski, VA 24301
We meet the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 6pm in the Council Chamber of the Dublin Town Hall.*
In this issue:
1. Important Claytor Lake Dates
2. Successful Boating Safety Classes
3. Email To the Editor: Seagull Links, Recycling Locations
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1. Important Claytor Lake Dates
April 9, 2007
Next FOCL Meeting
6:00pm at the Dublin Town Center
April 10, 2007
Claytor Lake Archeological Survey by S&ME begins
To find out more about S&ME, check out: http://smeinc.com/
April 10-12, 2007
Environment Virginia Conference
VMI, Lexington, VA
Check out http://www.environmentva.org/ for more info.
May, 2007
Clean-Up Operation Begins
May, 2007
Water Quality Monitoring Begins
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Claytor Lake Festival
Claytor Lake State Park
Sponsorships available!
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Boat Parade in Celebration of Independence Day
July 4th, 2007
Independence Day Town Parade
2. Successful Boating Safety Classes
The US Coast Guard Auxiliary Local Flotilla 83 successfully completed their initial
2007 round of Boating Safety Classes with their class on March 24th.
Johnny Garrett kicks off the USCGA Safe Boating Class on March 24th.
The classes were taught by Johnny Garrett, Larry Moore, Dave Grubar and
Jim Shugart of Flotilla 83, from our local US Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Grading the Safe Boating Course Exams.
Dave Grubar, Jim Shugart, and Larry Moore from USCGA Flotilla 83.
The classes were very successful with a total of 131 attending the three classes
(Feb 17th – 55 attendees, March 3rd – 18 attendees, March 24th – 58 attendees.)
3. Email to the Editor
1. From Mary Paul:
Mary sent some links in response to last month’s email from Charlie & Laraine Simpson’s email
about questions regarding seagulls around Claytor Lake {ed.}:
http://oregoncoasttoday.com/seagulls.html
http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/Biology/Harbour/SPECIES/SEAGULL/MIGRATE.HTM
with her favorite search result being:
http://www.brookdale.cc.nj.us/staff/sandyhook/dgrant/field/gulls.htm
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2. From Ruth Yadlowsky:
Thank you for the information about recycling! Do you have more specific information as to
where these sites are and what is accepted at each site? That would be most helpful. Thank you.
Ruth Yadlowsky
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We now have more information regarding recycling in Pulaski County and have posted
it to the Friends of Claytor Lake website. Follow this link:
http://www.focl.org/recycling.html
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clean up boating safety community environmental stewardship
Lake clean up, boating safety, water quality monitoring, promoting community, environmental stewardship.
We do it for Claytor Lake—the land, the water, the community.
As a part of the Claytor Lake Community, we need and appreciate your support!
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Thanks for your support of FOCL and Claytor Lake. http://www.focl.org
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