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SPRING 2014 NEWSLETTER SHARBOT LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION
President’s Message cont’d
As you may be aware this is the year in which the
In support of simple methods, the executive has been
working with the Center for Sustainable Watershed Municipal elections occur and you are allowed to vote
to complete a shoreline survey of the whole lake. wherever you own property. The election date is
This initiative, in the form of a Love Your Lake Monday October 27, 2014 and you are responsible to
program, is described in a later article. In addition to ensure that you are on the voters list. Please ensure that
the property-specific reports, which go only to the your vote counts and Central Frontenac is once again
property owners, this program will provide the supplying a method to let you vote from your permanent
Association with a general report on the lake’s residence should you not live in the township. You will
shoreline and actions which might be taken to help be voting for the position of Mayor and Councillor for
maintain Sharbot Lake as a healthy lake. Ward 3. In support of this we asked the individuals who
I have also joined the Invading Species Watch have completed the nomination process to let you know
Program where I will monitor the East Basin and we their thoughts and we hope that you enjoy the Election
are looking for a volunteer to join the program to section of this newsletter.
monitor the West Basin. If you are interested please Your executive continues to work towards new goals
let us know. since the Lake Plan was produced. As mentioned in the
As you read through this newsletter please take time previous newsletter, we have changed the SLPOA web
to note the local businesses that have placed their site and have introduced a forum allowing for
Ads with us. Not only is it important that we support discussions so that you can see the topics that are out
our local businesses to ensure that we have a strong there and to encourage you to join the conversations.
local economy for all of us to enjoy, their support As new topics are introduced to you in the newsletter it
also allows our association to be financially sound. is added to the Forum site. Many of you have
This year the association is trying something new. registered and started to take advantage of this. We
We have started an Amateur Photo Contest and we look forward to more of you joining into the many
have titled this the First Annual Photo Contest as we conversations. Please take the time to visit
would like to continue for this the ongoing years. www.slpoa.ca website and click on the
There is a wonderful waterproof camera, donated by button on the left.
Systematix IT of Ottawa, for the winner so we We have collected many different articles in this
encourage you to participate. The contest closes July newsletter and look forward to your feedback. These
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July 19 . Let the clicking cameras start and good the various topics, articles, photos and their time to
luck to you all. reach out to the advertisers. If you have a photo, topic
or article that you would like to include in a future
newsletter please submit it to Kevin Browne at
kevin.browne@slpoa.ca as we always appreciate the
help.
You may have an idea that you would like to put
forward and volunteer for. We are always looking for
new ideas for the association to participate in to
advocate for the preservation of our lake, creating a
close community and organizing fun social events
The Association is not some abstract corporation, it is
you and your neighbours. The Executive volunteers
their time on the many activities but we cannot do it all
and we need your help. Don’t wait for someone else to
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