Issue 29•June 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:
Upcoming Events
1. Boat Parade in Honor of Independence Day
2. Camp Cougar Boating Safety Classes
Past Events
3. New River Symposium
4. Claytor Lake Festival
5. Minutes from May Board Meeting
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1. Boat Parade in Honor of Independence Day
It’s just around the corner...Show your patriotic and creative side to the rest of the
Claytor Lake Community! Have a lot of fun! Win great prizes!
2006’s Most Patriotic and Team Spirit winners
Herman & Theresa Hearn Boy Scouts Claytor Lake Aquatics Base
Prize Categories:
Most Creative
Judges Choice
Tackiest
Most Patriotic
Best Team Spirit
Special thanks to our sponsors!
• Appalachian Power • B & B Fasteners • Bishop Marine Upholstery •
• Claytor Lake State Park • Claytor Lake Watersports • Conrad Brothers Marine •
• CVS-Dublin • Dairy Queen of Dublin • El Ranchero • Hardee’s of Dublin •
• McDonald’s of Dublin • MK’s Pizza • Platinum Tanz • Pulaski Furniture • Shopeze •
• Southwest Steakhouse • Walmart of Dublin
Kenneth Bowling, Nancy Waugh, Bill Parker, and Gordon Jones will be the judges for
the prizes.
When: Sunday, July 1, 2007 @ 2:00pm
Where: Near the State Park Launch Ramp
Route: State Park to the Dam and back to the Beach for judging
Prizes: To be picked up at the registration table immediately following the parade
Registration: Email (info@focl.org) or phone 540-320-5674 by June 27 at 5:00pm
or on the day of the parade from 10am to 1pm at the State Park. Registration is
free, but donations to the Friends of Claytor Lake are always welcome & appreciated.
All registered participants will receive a certificate of participation. You can find a
registration form through this link:
http://www.focl.org/happenings.html
2. Camp Cougar Boating Safety Classes
Camp Cougar Boating Safety classes are scheduled for June 21 & 22, noon to 4pm
and on June 28, 8am - 4pm. There will most likely be 50 to 60 students in each class,
however there is room for more. If you know of anyone that would like to take this
class have them call Johnny Garrett (540-731-8683) or Dean Jackson (540-230-0032).
As a side note: any USCGA Flotilla 83 member that needs to go from IQ to BQ should
try to attend.
Planned Instructors will be as follows:
•June 21 & 22: Mike Hoffman, Jim Shugart, Dean Jackson and a Game Warden TBA.
•June 28: Dave Gruber, Jack Cranford, Larry Moore and a Game Warden TBA.
3. New River Symposium
The Symposium was an annual event from 1982-1999 but had gone on hiatus until
this year when Rick Roth and Rick Van Noys of Radford University brought the
Symposium back to life May 31 - June 2nd. The Symposium brings together
academic, non-profit, governmental organizations and anyone with a professional
or amateur interest in the New River. The goal of the Symposium remains to break
down barriers between various disciplines through a fuller sharing of information to
create a better understanding and stewardship of the New. Disciplines represented
at the Symposium included economists, biologists, natural historians, architects,
sociologists, historians, geologists, botanists, geographers and archeologists.
The Lobby of Cook Hall, Radford University--at the New River Symposium.
Your humble correspondent finds it difficult to sum up (which is the idea behind the
FOCL enews) all of the many interesting things discussed and presented at the
Symposium. But suffice it to say, two things stood out:
1. The New River, its environs and community is a special place--and those
of us that live or recreate here are not the only ones who think so. The New River
is an American Heritage River meaning it carries a special status. The American
Heritage Rivers Initiative has three objectives: natural resource and environmental
protection, economic revitalization, and historic and cultural preservation. Only 14
rivers in the United States have this designation. Find out more about American
Heritage Rivers at this link:
http://www.epa.gov/rivers/
2. There are a lot of caring people all along the New River--You will find
concerned citizens banding together to care for this special river all along its
path--from where it begins in North Carolina, through Virginia to West Virginia.
Many of these groups participated in the Symposium and are listed below. Find
out more about these groups through their link listed if they have a web presence.
Grassroots Organizations
Appalachian Voices — http://www.appvoices.org/
Clean the New
Friends of the New River State Park (FONRSP)
Friends of the New River (FONR) — http://civic.bev.net/fonr/index.html
Friends of the Rivers of Virginia (FORVA) — http://www.forva.org/
New River Community Partners (NRCP) — http://www.nrcp-ahri.org/
New River Land Trust (NRLT) — http://www.newriverlandtrust.org/
New River Watershed Roundtable (NRWR) — http://newriverroundtable.org/
National Committee for the New River (NCNR) — http://www.ncnr.org/
Pathways for Radford — http://www.radfordpl.org/pathways/
Renew The New
Save Our Streams — http://www.vasos.org/
Sierra Club — http://www.sierraclub.org/
And of course, The Friends of Claytor Lake (FOCL) — http://www.focl.org
These governmental organizations participated in the Symposium
VA Dept. of Conservation and Recreation (VDCR) — http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/
VA Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) — http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/
The National Park Service — http://www.nps.gov/
These academic organizations participated in the Symposium
Appalachian State University — http://www.appstate.edu/
Radford University — http://www.runet.edu/
Virginia Tech — http://www.vt.edu/
Darla Jennings, Executive Director of FOCL, speaks at the Symposium.
4. Claytor Lake Festival
The Claytor Lake Festival was a huge success with an estimated 8000 folks visiting
the Park! Many folks stopped by the FOCL booth to visit with those who manned
the booth Saturday: Darla Jennings, Charles Warren, Ronnie Powers, Laura Bullard,
Laura Walters, Jeff Arnold, Bill Cunningham, Shep Zedaker, Larry Moore, John
Toothaker, and Ranny Akers. And we collected over $800 in contributions to the
Friends of Claytor Lake—Thank you!
Darla Jennings and Charles Warren with Pete Huber in the FOCL booth.
5. Minutes from May Board Meeting
In the interest of furthering communication concerning The Friends of Claytor Lake
activities, starting with this FOCL enews we will begin publishing the approved
minutes of the previous month’s Board meeting.
FRIENDS OF CLAYTOR LAKE • Board Meeting Minutes • May 8, 2007
Present: Ronnie Powers, Darla Jennings, Bill Cunningham, Dean Jackson, John
Johnson, Mike Spraker, Alan Stratton, Laura Bullard, Teresa Rogers, Mike McLeod,
Krystal Kearns, John Toothaker, Dave Collett, Mary Rhoades, Dr. Carolyn Thomas
Minutes of April 10, 2007 Board meeting will be reviewed at next Board meeting.
Ferrum College 2006 Water Quality Monitoring Report: Dr. Carolyn Thomas
gave Claytor Lake an overall “good report card” for 2006 water quality. E. coli
levels were below minimum state standards. The Trophic State Index (TSI), which
combines Chlorophyll A, Total Phosphorous and Seechi (visibility) Depth readings,
has increased slightly every year to 54.8 for 2006. According to Dr. Thomas
everyone is working to keep the TSI increasing at a natural rate and not have it
accelerated by human causes.
Landowner and Fishermen Issues PowerPoint Presentation by John Toothaker
was reviewed by the Board. John asked for feedback and stated the finished product
will be presented to fishing clubs. Darla reported that printing 1,000 copies of the
Claytor Lake Guide will cost $326 and the Bass Federation will pay $250 of that cost.
New River Symposium will be held at Radford University May 31 through June 2
and there is one free admission available through FOCL for Thursday and Saturday.
Organizational Development, Code of Ethics Review: Alan Stratton will work
with Dean Jackson to build on FOCL’s draft Code.
Financial Report: approved as written.
General Fund: $14,785.37
Other Business: Armed Forces Day Celebration will be held at the State Park May
19 starting at 2:00.
The meeting was adjourned.
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As a part of the Claytor Lake Community, we need and appreciate your support!
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