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WHERE: MK's Gourmet Pizzeria, 4941 State Park Road, Dublin, VA
WHEN: This coming Saturday, May 29th, 2010 from 4 to 8PM
WHAT: Great Food, Great Fun and Live Music provided by FOCL's own Board Member Dave Stevenson's Band ROAG.

The Friends of Claytor Lake will be handing out Boater Safety Information and accepting membership donations--plus anyone becoming a new member or renewing their membership in the Friends of Claytor Lake will receive a coupon for $5.00 off a pizza at MK’s to be used between now and the end of the year. MK's is also generously donating a percentage of the proceeds from the event to The Friends of Claytor Lake!
 
So what better way to celebrate our great community of Claytor Lake, the wonders of Pulaski County, and have a great time and support the Friends of Claytor Lake?!

The staff at MK's looks forward to having you there!

WHERE: Claytor Lake State Park
WHEN: Saturday June 12.  From 10 am until the fireworks at dark.
WHAT: Food, Fun, Booths, Show Cars, Live Music & Fireworks! 

The Fine Arts Center of Pulaski is managing the Festival and is accepting donations to support the fireworks.

FRIENDS OF CLAYTOR LAKE • Board Meeting Minutes • April 19, 2010 [TOP]

Present:  Ron Powers, Darla Jennings, Bill Cunningham, Jackson Beamer, Larry
Moore, Mike Spraker, Mike McLeod, Wayne Alexander, Cheri Strenz, Dave Dobyns,
Dean Jackson, John Copeland, Chris Meade, Ranny Akers, Audrey Akers, Shawn Utt,
Laura Walters, Jeff Arnold, Laura Bullard, David Collett, Dr. Carolyn Thomas

Minutes of the March 11, 2010 Board meeting were approved with the addition of
Cheri Strenz to the list of those present. 

Draft By Laws:  Bill Cunningham and Alan Stratton have sent their changes and
suggestions to Dean Jackson for review by the Organizational Development
Committee.  The Committee will meet soon to work on the By Laws and FOCL's
annual meeting set for June 26, 2010.

FOCL Newsletter:  1600 were sent out recently.  Five new members have joined
and $6,371 has been received in response to the newsletter.

Pulaski/Radford 1st Annual Kids Fishing Day is scheduled for May 8, 2010 at
Camp Powhatan.  Dave Collett reported that 165 have signed up so far, and all
food and many prizes have been donated.  Money is needed to buy fish.  Motion
was made, seconded and approved to donate $100.

Facebook:  Thanks to Laura Walters, FOCL is now on Facebook.

Income/Expense Report:  $20,000 has been received from AEP for clean-up. 
Endowment value is $19,700.  Report was approved as presented.

Clean-up will start ASAP. Ronnie Powers reported the abutment wall at DeHaven
Park has been repaired.  Carol Metz will allow FOCL to continue using her property
for this year.  No word has been heard from FEMA regarding request for funding. 
Ronnie feels the quickest way to address the large amount of debris in the lake is to
avoid long pushes by working from abutment walls. Although the State Park doesn't
have money to donate, Dave Collett stated it is "socked in" by debris and, in view of
the large amount of people and money the park brings to the area, he asked that it
be placed high in clean-up priority.

Hydrilla is a growing problem which also requires funding. It was suggested that
FOCL spearhead getting stakeholders together to find funding for dealing with
clean-up and hydrilla. 

Claytor Lake State Park 5 year plan review meeting is 7 p.m. Thursday, April 22. 
The public is invited.

Relicensing of Claytor by Appalachian Power:  for information see
www.claytorhydro.com.

Staffing for FOCL booth is needed for FOCL Day at MK's Gourmet Pizzeria 4-8 p.m.,
May 29; and at the Claytor Lake Festival June 12.  Darla will send out sign-up sheets.

Navigational Buoys:  Walmart funding, if provided, won't be available until after
July 1. Following discussion that the buoys need to be placed ASAP, a motion was
made, seconded and approved to allocate $1,000 to purchase the six buoys and
chain, etc. The Coast Guard Auxillary will place the buoys.

2009 Water Quality Report by Dr. Carolyn Thomas of Ferrum College:  The goals
of Claytor Lake's volunteer program are to monitor trophic status and bacterial
quality, and involve citizens in environmental protection. Volunteers for 2009 were
Litt Furr, Dean Jackson, Ronnie Powers, Laura Walters, Jeff Arnold, and Charles and
Nancy Warren. The average bacteria reading for 2009 was the lowest to date at 19.6. 
Dr. Thomas speculated that Claytor's high flow-through and cold temperature help
keep bacteria levels low.  Bacterial sources tested from site 6-A at the Allisonia boat
ramp were 2% domestic pets, 7% human, 28% wildlife, and 63% livestock. The lake's
trophic status averaged 30.7ppb for total phosphorous, which has decreased every
year, and 4.6 ppb for cholorphyll-a, a very good reading.  Dr. Thomas was pleased
with Claytor's average Trophic State Index of 51.39, stating there are enough nutrients
to feed the fish, but not too many to cause algae blooms. 

The meeting was adjourned.