LAKE RESTORATION: OCTOBER 2024 UPDATE
October 24, 2024October 2024 CARE Metrics
November 18, 2024ILPOA Monthly Smoke Signal
| Booster Club Hello Neighbors, What beautiful weather we are having, hope you enjoy it, either on the lake or on a porch. The Booster Club meeting is the third Saturday of every month except December (we know everyone is busy with holiday cheer.) The meeting is at 9am at the community center, come join us and all are welcome to attend. If you would like to join the Booster Club or have any questions, please email us at boosterclub@ilpoa.org and we will get you a form and answer your questions. The Friday night before the meeting we have a Neighbor Gathering from 7-9pm, all are welcome. Here are some of the upcoming events: November 9th-Dumpster Day from 7am to 11 or until the dumpsters are full, contact Rich at 636-248-7423 if you need help or have questions. Also, November 9th at 9am we are Honoring our Veterans with a breakfast, please come and thank our veterans, November 23rd is our Thanksgiving Potluck, doors open at 3pm, dinner starts at 4, bring a dish to pass and BYOB. Please come join us for the events, we have a lot of fun at them and meet our neighbors. We now have where you can pick up a paper copy of the Smoke Signal and Booster Club events, the boxes are located by the community center next to the electric sign. Feel free to grab one! Ladies Auxiliary Happy Fall!!! The Ladies Auxiliary would like to thank everyone who came out for our potluck dinner on October 11th. A small crowd but it was a delicious dinner and a fun social night together. The next lady’s meeting will be on Monday, November 4th at the community center, lunch will be served at 12 followed by our meeting at 12:30. We will be having 2 board members with us in November to answer any of our questions. We hope to see you there. Our December meeting will be held on December 9th, the second Monday as the first is Thanksgiving weekend. We ask everyone to bring an appetizer to share for lunch. This will be a fun Christmas cheer! Our annual Christmas Party will be held on Saturday, December 14th, 11:30 at Sybil’s in St. James. Tickets are $35 with a limited number of tickets being sold. So don’t delay and purchase your tickets today! If you are interested in buying a ticket, please contact Jean Rohal at the Marina or Lou Oswald, 314-540-4070. We promise a good time and of course a delicious lunch from Sybil’s. The ladies in the community gather every Thursday at 3pm at the community center for Yappy Hour! BYOB. On the third Wednesday of the month, the ladies go out to lunch at different area restaurants. This group is known as the Lunchables. You do not have to be a member of the Ladies Auxiliary to attend Yappy Hour or Lunchables. All are welcome. Recipes from the Lake Cookbook, the Ladies Auxiliary have put together a cookbook with over 500 recipes from members of the lake. The cookbooks are for sale for $20 each. They can be purchased at the Marina or by contacting Lou Oswald, 314-540-4070 or lawandaoswald@gmail.com. Don’t forget to get one for each of your homes. They make a great gift. Christmas is coming, so stock up now on presents for your family and friends. Men’s Club Greetings from the Men’s Club. We are a social club within Indian Hills that, among other things, raise money for projects to improve the Community. Where we can, we work in conjunction with the Ladies Auxiliary and the Booster Club, and they are with us. We meet on the first Saturday of each month at 9am in the community center. We are meeting on Saturday, November 2nd, 2024. We also sponsor the Wednesday evening get-together for food and fellowship, starting at 4pm. Men of the group volunteer to prepare the dinner and we charge $10, which pays for the food with the balance going to the Men’s Club. It’s BYOB of choice. We had successful Pancake Breakfasts this summer because of your support. Thank you If you have any questions, please feel free to call or text me at 636-295-5039 or email me at jim.burli@gmail.com Security The roving patrol number is 573-259-3700, he does not get good reception. If needed asap, please call 573-317-6086 Care Starting next month, the ILPOA Care (Compliance and Rules Enforcement) will submit a “Know the Rules” article. Care is convinced that the vast majority of observed non-compliant activities would not occur if our members and their guests knew the ILPOA rules and regulations. This opinion is supported by the fact that most first time ILPOA citations (which act as both a warning and explanation of the rule or regulation violation) unwanted behavior is not repeated. Maintenance Department Road repair has taken up most of our time this month. The guys are making great progress. We’ve had to do some repairs on the dump truck and put tires on the rad truck. A new brush mower to mow behind the dam has been purchased. We will get too that later this fall, the mower will also be of great use mowing shoulders and ditches. Reminder to everyone that around November 1st we will be taking the top boards out of the valve box to lower the lake for the winter, we will NOT be lowering the 4’ that previously was done in the election years. Communication Blast emails are going to continue, and this is our second smoke signal. Office As a reminder, Fall/Winter office hours are now in effect. The office is open Monday through Friday, from 10am to 4pm. Ballots printed, stuffed and mailed. On November 1st, the outside bathrooms at the community center hall will be shut down for the winter. Legal Started process of placing a lien on member’s property for significant past due accounts. Issued eight letters for significant past dues accounts. Building Permits 42 permits have been issued this year so far. Fees collected on these permits is $16,750.00 IT Made another round of changes to the new website in preparation for the final cutover. Awaiting feedback from premier Sponsor logos. Will be switching from the current ILPOA.ORG provider to a different provider, which is scheduled for late October, early November. Thank you to all the clubs for all the activities and all the members that have helped make the events fun and successful! |
