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Locust Lake Anglers Club

The Family Fishing Contest was held on Saturday, August 14th at Pines Lake from 9-11 AM. There were 28 Families that registered for the contest for a total of 74 people. First Place - The Easterday Family with a 3 lb. 14 oz. largemouth bass / Second Place - The DeMarzo Family with a 3 lb. 5 oz. largemouth bass / Third Place - The Chorney Family with a 1 lb. 13 oz. largemouth bass. All of the fish were released unharmed. Every Family that registered for the contest won a prize. The weather was cloudy and warm with just a couple of drops of rain near the end of the contest. Special thanks to Tom & Anne Rafter, Pat Foley, Randy Easterday, Bob Wolek, and Joe McCusker for coordinating, setting up, and running the contest. The Annual Fish Fry was cancelled. Special thanks to Robert Krause and Mike Fassano for their cash donations the Anglers Club!

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A Summer Of Fun And What’s Still To Come

With the changing mandates and restrictions leading into the summer and keeping our community healthy and safe, this was a tricky summer to plan, and our calendar went through many changes from its first drafts. But there are two things that I have taken away from this summer. The first is, if there is a recreation event planned, there will probably be rain. The second, and the most important, is that this community loves events and wants them to succeed. Our village has adjusted to changing schedules and venues to enjoy what we have to offer for recreation. But more than that, the outpouring of volunteers that we have had was nothing less then phenomenal. Recreation would not be able to provide nearly as much as we do if it was not for all of the volunteers. And that is the Village taking care of itself. All of our volunteers truly have my most sincere thanks for all of their hard work and efforts to see that the rest of the Village can enjoy the activities. It truly has been a summer of activities. We began with a chilly and rainy Memorial Day weekend and ended with a chilly and rainy Labor Day weekend, but we were still able to get most of our planned activities underway. We started with a visit from a princess and ended with fireworks and had a whole lot of fun in between. We had barbeques, cardboard boatraces, cornhole tournaments, “horse” races, anglers, golf, karaoke, pickleball, a magician, and an assortment of bands. Recreation may slow down after the summer, but it certainly does not stop. We have already started planning for next summer, but have also started to plan out our schedule leading up to next summer. We have our luncheons at the Chalet returning every Wednesday and are looking to have live football games shown. We have Oktoberfest coming up as well as the Halloween Costume Contest and Trick or Treating, and then our Volunteer’s Dinner in November. We will be hosting a Friendsgiving for the Village, and will have holiday events throughout December and a New Year’s Eve Party at the Chalet. And we are working on a number of stand alone events, nature classes, and are looking for the weather to cooperate to give us a season good for skiing and sledding. Just because summer is over doesn’t mean the fun stops.

OPEN EARS POLICY

Have an idea for an event? Want to join in our group of volunteers to nake the Village a better place? Come join us at one of our Recreation Committee Meetings to engage us in discussion and planning, or you can email Charles at llvrec@ptd.net or call at 570-843-7328.