The Lake Sherwood View April 2004

Boat & Committee Reports

ALot Dock Manager Linda Gepper
Area 10 Sandy Weber
Area 6 Brad Hynes
Community Affairs Glenn Short
Maintenance Report Sandy Weber
President's Report Andy Sarkisian
Treasurer's Report Paul MacDonald
VP Report Linda Tucker

Date

Event

April 3

Easter Egg Hunt

April 26

General Membership

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Golf Leagues

Sun
May 16

Perennial Exchange

May 23

Spring Clean Up

June 3,

Garage Sale

Summer

Tennis Lessons

Thurs.
June 3

Next Newsletter

June 19

Cookies in the Park

August

Annual Golf Outing

Community Interest

Act of Kindness Trentwood
ALot Dock Manager Linda Gepper
ALot Dock Registration Annual
Bulletin Board
Community News
Featured Neighbor Pat Borders
General Membership Meeting
Kirchner Obituary
LSA Dues
Minutes from General Membership Meeting
Natural Area Update
New Name for LSA Newsletter VIEW
Pot Holes
Shawn Witt Welcome Home from Iraq

Lake Committee

Aquatic Weed Control Nanette Winowiecki
FertilizerWatershed Community Meeting
Boat Launch Rules Harry Tucker
Boat Launch Schedule
Fishing Contest Winners Dan Devine
Lake Treatment Application
Secchi Disk Tests Mark Till
Shoreline Survey
Turf Tips
Weed (Aquatic) Control Alternatives Explored

Social Activities

Golf Outing needs volunteers
Cookies in the Park
Easter Egg Hunt
Garage Sale
Golf Leagues Men & Ladies
Mother Daughter Tea-CF fund raiser
Perennial Exchange

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Advertise Here
Email Policy
Good Guys
Island Use Permits
Marine & Sheriff Complaint Form
New to Lake Sherwood ??
Newsletter Staff
Photo Contest
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President's Report
Andy Sarkisian

A Revised Team

In the prior newsletter, both Donna Ribick and I talked about impending changes in the President's position. You have seen Donna's youthful smile at neighborhood events and at general membership meetings. Board members saw Donna's deep devotion to the Association and to all people.

In Donna's honor, I'd like to devote the 1st half of this report to the change of people on the Board. Brad Hynes was elected to replace Lisa Tamm in Area 6 and Mike Senick was elected to replace Pat Borders in Area 8. Lisa and Pat leave big shoes for Brad and Mike to fill. The entire Board thanks them for their dedication.

Area 6 is a very large area, both in terms of number of homes and in terms of physical layout as it stretches about 1 mile long. Lisa helped sensitize us to the unique issues related to Sherwood Capri and has offered to help as a volunteer in the future. Lisa was a very stabilizing voice on the Board and represented her area very well.

Pat Borders is more commonly known for her amazing Christmas decorations. You may find this hard to believe, but the decorations inside are as aweinspiring as the decorations outside. Pat also tirelessly championed the cleanup of Cassidy Park and worked to assure Lake Sherwood's interests were protected during the new development along our eastern borders. She also maintained an amicable relationship with the quarry to our southeast by keeping us informed about quarry issues. (See Featured Neighbor story on Pat page 33.)

The Board has another change in the Treasurer's position. Carol Gosse did an absolutely amazing job of keeping the books and handling the legal membership rolls. Last year, she made a significant step forward in the collection of past dues, and advised us this job takes more than one person to serve you properly. Carol suggested we split the job, and so we have. We created the Office of the Treasurer. Paul MacDonald holds the official title of treasurer and keeps the financial books related to the budget. He oversees a couple of associate treasurers. Carol Gosse will handle the government interface activities related to documentation for taxfree status, the recording of liens for delinquency, and supporting internal audits. Sharon Sarkisian will handle membership management activities related to maintaining our roster of members as people move in and out and as people move between being current and (hopefully not) delinquent with their dues. She'll also administer payoff letters for property closings, as well as twoway communication with Harry Tucker for uptodate memberingoodstanding access to the boat ramp. If this seems complicated, it is not. The Treasurer's job is now in manageable chunks with builtin checks and balances to help assure the best service for you and the utmost responsibility with association funds.

Another Board change occurred on Surfwood and is very subtle. Linda Tucker replaced me as VP and Sandy Weber replaced Linda as Area 10's rep. Linda will continue providing Boardlevel guidance to matters related to the Lakes Committee, and Sandy will continue managing maintenance activities. These are our highest cost budget items and our highest priorities. Please continue giving them your support.

In summary, we say thank you to our close friends Lisa Tamm and Pat Borders. We also say thank you but not good bye to our softestspoken friend, Carol Gosse, and to our inspirational past President, Donna Ribick. We welcome Linda Tucker and Sandy Weber to their new positions. And we welcome Brad Hynes, Mike Senick, and Paul MacDonald as the new blood on the Board. Brad, Mike, and Paul have active families and successful business careers in very different fields.

Dues Letter Process Expanded and Improved

On Saturday, March 6, five of your Board members and their spouses (or significant other) participated in an envelope stuffing party. By now, you should have received the fruits of that effort your 2004 dues letter. I know it is hard to receive another bill in the mail, but there is good news in that dues envelope.

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First, 2004 dues are the same as 2003. Second, we continue to value your input and have enclosed a simple 8question survey at the bottom of the dues page. Third, we are being more efficient with your money by integrating multiple communications in to one mailing. And fourth, we have simplified the process by asking you to return all of your responses (dues check, survey questionnaire, dock registration, goose roundup) in the same envelope to the LSA P.O. Box.

In terms of the survey, you will note we are following up on one the highest rated questions from last year entrance sign improvement. There are three questions related to entrance sign improvement upgrades to all of the signs (no physical shape change except refacing) vs. development of all new and modern sign designs. Clearly, all new and modern signs will be more expensive than a refacing, so we are asking your input in two alternative approaches for the new signs just do two signs at our far eastern and western boundaries (eliminating the signs in between) or replace all of the existing signs in a multiyear phased approach.

For people living off the lake, you'll see the familiar dock registration form in the dues envelope. Please note starting this year to return the dock registration form with your dues check (and survey) to the P.O. Box. Do NOT send it to you're Alot captain or to Linda Gepper our new Alot/docks committee leader. (See story on page 27.)

For people living on the lake, you have a goose roundup and nest destruction form in your envelope. Every five years, we are required to collect signatures representing at least 70% of lake front property owners to continue our goose population maintenance program. As you can guess, the old petition is now expired. Please fill out the form and check the boxes at the bottom if you support this program. If you don't support this program and prefer the old days when we had over 120 geese on the lake (and when we couldn't walk in our yards), simply don't return the petition.

Well, spring cleaning will soon be upon us. Soon the boards will be put back in the dam and the boat ramp will be open. A rainy spring will help our lake level rise. Keeping a high lake level through August requires more summer rain and less evaporation than we have had in the past couple of years.

I hope to see you outside be it yard cleanup or launching the boat or at the Easter egg hunt in Kendall Park. Let the sun shine on our weekends and holidays, and let the winter hibernation end!

 

Don't forget your LSA Dues!

Due April 30th

$285.00/ year

Mail to:

Lake Sherwood Association

PO Box 63

Milford, MI 48381

or

You can pay the guard at boat launch with a check made out to Lake Sherwood Association no cash or credit card.

If you choose to mail your dues, remember to allow 1 week for checks to be processed and the guard to have been notified that you have paid.

One sure sign of spring is the emerging POT HOLES in the street.

If your street has pot holes, call the Oakland County Road Commission to get them repaired at 248 8584804. Also there is a email complaint form on their website, www.rcocweb.org.

If the hole is small and you don't want it growing larger there is also a do it yourself solution. Buy a bag of asphalt repair at the hardware store to fill the hole. That will do the trick and keep the small hole from becoming a big problem. And thanks for being a good neighbor.

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Deadline for next newsletter is:
Thursday, June 3rd
Information on advertising in this Newsletter can be obtained by contacting:
Martha Klemmer at 248–685–8204

Renaming the Lake Sherwood News Letter a Success.

The evolution of communication around our lake has taken another leap forward. From the early days of an occasional flier to announce events to the dimensionally increased and chuck full of information newsletter, plus the addition of one the richest websites on the Internet, and the nearly constant flow of email data from and about our community. We have made we hope yet another improvement.

Yep, a new name for the LSA News (no longer) Brief. This is evident on the cover and we are giving credit to the Slenzak family. They were among others around the lake that turned in no less than 28 new names for our prime communication source. The news staff quizzed people for several days, including the Board of Directors. The other names of interest and merit were: All Things Sherwood, As The Lake Churns, Lake Legends, Lake Lore, Lake Sherwood Habitat, Lake Sherwood Ledger, Lake Sherwood 'Ship to Shore', Lake Sherwood Waves, Life is Good, Live is Good In Sherwood, LSA America, LSA Today, Our Lake, SherThings, Sherwood Scribe, Sherwood Advisor, Sherworld, The Days of LSA, Lake Sherwood Dialog, The Lake Sherwood Times, The Sherwood Spotlight, The Sherwood View, The Sherwood, Lake Sherwood Living (I believe supplied by Martha Stewart).

Thanks to all who helped in this endeavor, especially the Slenzak family for the winning contribution.

Harry Tucker, Newsletter staff

EMAIL POLICY

The LSA email distribution was created for better and timely communication for its residents.
Examples of emails that are
NOT accepted are:
1. Jokes
2. Advertisements
3. Items For Sale – (Including garage sale announcements)
4. Religious and/or Charity functions Fund Raisers or money requests.
5. Recommend for/or against any Political organization(s), and/or person(s).
6. Any other email notification and/or solicitation not directly affiliated with Lake Sherwood Association or its operations.

Don't stay in the dark – keep up with what is going on in Lake Sherwood.

To get on the list for reminders of upcoming events, article deadlines & more, please e–mail Martha Klemmer at: Martha@lake–sherwood.org

Martha Klemmer

From the Desk of: Linda Tucker
Vice President

LSA deferring MLSA Membership for 2004: Our MLSA (Michigan Lakes and Stream Association) membership fee increased from $100 in 2003 to $725 for 2004. Although MLSA is a worthy organization, we needed to examine our worth in belonging to it at the higher fee. (We had just absorbed the $1,350 DEQ fee increase, a new additional $3,000 Oakland County Road Commission bond fee for the Commerce Bridge update project, and numerous administrative expenses.) MLSA lobbies in Lansing for riparian rights. (However, last year MLSA lobbied against our Lake Sherwood's limnologists on HB4729 & HB4730 on weed treatment process). There are a number of miscellaneous benefits: a subscription to The Riparian magazine, a quarterly newsletters, and website server provider. After much consideration, the Board decided that our website could be moved to another server and our MLSA membership will be terminated for 2004. We value our relationship with MLSA, but we value our responsibility for spending resident money also. We will consider future membership with MLSA at our 2005 budget meeting.

2004 DEQ Aquatic Weed Treatment Permit in for approval: Nanette Winowiecki's Aquatic Weed Control report (page 59) gives the permit status, but it doesn't describe all the hours she worked with our limnologists to get our application submitted. It was frustrating, exhausting, and timeconsuming. DEQ forms weren't available until January 2004, which made it impossible to get everything together and sent in early. Michigan waters are an important issue to everyone and that was reflected in the new restrictions. Instead of backup materials for a 3page application, we had to compile back up materials for a 10page application. We definitely appreciate Nanette's time spent on this project; lake consulting firms that do this paperwork charged $5,000 and up.

April General Membership Meeting: Resident will be asked whether LSA should redeed the Ford peninsula as a natural habitat. Currently all our greenbelts, common areas, outlots, and parks are owned and maintained by the Association. However, in the past, proposals have been made to use some LSA properties for things other than natural habitat. Although it has been felt that these properties should be available when needed for certain projects, we have been fortunate to find alternative options to resolve the problem each time this occurs. To stop future landuse issues from reoccurring, it was proposed that we deed certain properties as natural habitat. For every upside, there is a downside and I would be remiss if I didn't consider what future consequences this action could bring. Working with the new restrictions for DEQ permits and new requirements for any and all correspondence regarding any natural habitat, leads me to believe that we may be restricted on chemically treating the lake where natural habitats exist. I do not believe that we should risk putting ourselves in this situation. So what else can we do to satisfy the fears of future landuse disagreements and still have control of all our properties? A suggestion was made that we create a bylaw (see proposal update page 9) that all LSA commons area cannot be altered in any way unless there are two formal notices in the Association newsletter, followed by a vote of 51% of the entire membership. The bigger the problem, the harder the task to resolve the problem. In any case, I encourage all residents to seriously consider both benefits and consequences when voting on these types of proposals.

No fooling, CWEC (Clean Water Education Committee) first presentation scheduled April 1st: Glenn Short and I will be holding our 1st CWEC presentation April 1st, 7 p.m., Commerce Township's Richardson Community Senior Center, 1485 Oakley Park Road. All township residents are encouraged to attend and participate. The presentation will cover the new fertilizer ordinance, the township's WMP (watershed management plan), turf tips & more. This is your opportunity to ask questions and let the township know your concerns regarding issues such as storm water drains and future projects. (see Glenn's complete report on Page 45). See you April 1st.

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Oak Valley Middle School
LGI Room April
26th 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

AGENDA

Fishing Contest Awards (Dan Devine)
7:00 - 7:30

Officers' Reports

Treasurer, including Late Fee Policy

Committee Reports

o Lakes Committee, including DEQ Aquatic Weed permit status update (Linda & Nanette)

o Maintenance & Beautification, including Commerce Bridge Update (Cheryl & Larry)

o Social & Welcoming (Gloria)

o Architecture (Tim)

o Government Relations, including Storm Water Phase II

for Kent Lake Watershed & Questionnaire (Glenn)

Old Business

o Natural Park Areas and Other Common Lands (See Proposal Below)

o Dumping Alternatives

New Business

Web Page Information

Check out what is on the
www.lake-sherwood.org

  • Area Representative Map
  • Boat Launch Schedule
  • Board & Committee Members
  • By Laws
  • Contact Us – Email
  • Current LSA Events
  • Deed Restrictions
  • Fishing Contest Form & Rules
  • Good Guys list
  • Informational Facts
  • PWC regulations
  • Ice Safety
  • Island Permit
  • Lake Chemicals
  • Links to Michigan Sites
  • Neighbors Web Pages
  • Newsletters
  • Water Safety
  • Water Quality
  • Forms on web include:
    • Boat Launch Schedule
    • Dock/Slip Registration Form
    • Island Use Permit
    • Fishing Contest entry Form
    • Marine Safety Complaint Form
    • Maintenance Request Form

Natural Area Proposal Update

At the February 4, 2004, General Membership Meeting, a proposal to designate Jungle Island, Sunset Island and the Ford Road Peninsula as a natural habitat was presented and tabled. Further discussions have occurred in the meantime to better define the objectives and to broadly estimate costs for alternative approaches to protect our common lands.

At the April 26, 2004, General Membership Meeting, the Board will provide an update. A revised proposal is in development with the target to formally propose a bylaw change at the September General Membership Meeting. Formal communications in the next two newsletters will precede the September General Membership Meeting.

The revised proposal will include all commonly held open spaces. These properties will fall into one of a handful of general classifications with each classification having its own set of defined uses and restrictions. Classifications under consideration are:

A more formal process for revising the use and restrictions of these common lands will be included to protect general membership interest. Your thoughts on this matter are openly welcome at the April 26th General Membership Meeting.

Alot

Natural Park Areas

Recreation Areas

Greenbelts

Bulletin Board
Free Ads
for Lake Sherwood Members

email Martha Klemmer at Martha@lakesherwood.org (preferred)
or call at 248685 8204 to place your ad here

Mary Kay

If you need any Mary Kay products, please call Vicky Schei, an independent Mary Kay Representative @ 2486842503.

Summer Child Care

I am a high school teacher that is available to watch school children in my home (Lake Sherwood) during the summer on a part time basis. Please call during the evenings Nicole Lafata 2486858783

Mobile Boat Service and Parts

Boat propeller repair, and new and used, welding repairsall types, pontoon hauling, storage, shrinkwrapping, winterizationall boats. Call Vic Guerreso at 2486844612.

Sewing Services & Classes for Girls & Boys Ages 8 and up.

Learn how to sew pajama pants, pajama tops, quilts, blankets and more fun things. Date will vary during the week of April 1217 and future dates also will be available. Please call Sandy Biebel at 2486760528 or email at SSBIEBEL@aol.com for dates and costs.

DJ Services: D2 Entertainment Experienced DJ's with professional sound and lighting. Lake Sherwood resident Dan Cottrell and Dave Krolikowski are now available for all events. Extensive music collection including: 30's and 40's Big Band, hits from the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, and today's rock, hiphop, and rap. Also have selections of techno, electronica, and country. 1000's of songs. Free consultation; we'll tailor selections to your needs. Reliable with competitive rates. References available. Call todaybooking Graduation Parties now! 2486851637 or 2488911762.

Interior Design

Home Design and Restyle. Call Kelley Kirchner 248 6840844 or Rosemary Hovitch 2486857332

Pet Sitting

24 hour supervision by retired animal lover. Experienced, reliable, many satisfied references, 18 year Lake Sherwood resident. Call Cathy at 2486850147

By Sam's Hand's

Window treatments, Baby Items, Home Accessories, Pillows, Quilts misc. items and more. I also do simple alterations. Sandy Biebel at 2486760528

Rental home at Elk Lake

Elk Lake 4 bedroom with 225' lake frontage. Available year round for weekly or minimum of 2 nights stay off season. Sleeps 14 with all the comforts of home. Call Marlene for available dates and more information. 2486850326 or 2483307251.

Cookbook

Milford Garden Club"Taste of Milford" Cookbook.

600 recipes

o Unique recipes from 28 Milford Celebrities including our great chefs

o Recipes from 100+ garden club members

o Interesting facts about Milford

o "Flowering" contributors

o Professionally produced hard bound 3ring binder durable and easy to use

o EZel to hold your book while cooking

All for $15.00. Call Martha Klemmer to purchase2486858204.

Play Station 2 games

Just in time to have fun during Easter break......

Unbelievable low price for gently used, highquality

Play Station games. Beats prices at Game Stop & Ebay! Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 only $21; Street Hoops at $13; NCAA Basketball 2002 at $8; Madden 2004 at $30; High Heat: Major League Baseball at $26. Buy individually or get a better deal when buying the entire group! Call Ross or Nolan at 2486850631.

Generator

4,000 KW Coleman generator, Briggs & Stratton enginenew $581 Sell for $300. Call Lenard 2486857021.

Golf Photos

Attention Golf Lovers. for sale7 of the all time great photos of Jack, Arnie, Lee, Chi Chi, Tiger, Freddie and the Shark autographed with letter of Authenticities in 7 matching Green Frames. Perfect for your office or den. $500 Call Joe 248 6858559.

Generator

4,000 KW Coleman generator, Briggs & Stratton enginenew $581 Sell for $300. Call Lenard 2486857021.

Bulletin Board

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TV

MOVING Zenith 27" Color TV with remote Swivel floor console, beautiful piece of furniture. Works great! $700 new; sell for $100. 2487702241

Washer

Brand new Whirlpool washer. Extra large capacity. Commercial quality. $799 or best offer. Call Linda at 2485840199.

Entertainment Center

Entertainment centerwhite washed contemporary is perfect for large screen TV'scan fit to different sizehas shelves on each side and cupboards on bottom for DVD'sgreat conditiononly selling to mount plasma on wall $400.00 call 6853809.

Furniture

Oak dining set Double pedestal solid oak with 4 side chairs and 2 arm chairs.$400

Oak hutch. $100

Curio cabinet Large double door, full glass lighted. $100

Copy Machine

Xerox machine Office size (free standing on base)model 5018, works great. $200

Call 2486845946

Snowboard & Boots

Snowboard Forum 158.$250 Snowboard boots North Waves, men size 10. $75 Both in excellent condition.Or $300 for board and boots. 2486845946

Refrigerator

G.E. side/side refrigeratorfreezer with water & ice dispenser. White. Height: 66.5", Width: 33", Depth: 29.5". Perfect conditionwe're changing colors. $200.00 Call Tony or Jane at 2486857418.

Bike

Redline bike RL240. $75 Call 2486845946.

Pump

BerkleyModel 15LTHH 1 1/2 hp selfpriming Centrifugal pump. Perfect for a second well or sprinkler system. The pump was used for 1 month. Asking $150.00. If interested, call Jeff at 6857104

Arbornne Products

Look and feel you best this summer with ARBONNE ! Pure, botanically based, ph correct, hypoallergenic,

skin care products, nutrition, and cosmetics.

Call your Lake Sherwood consultants: Sharon Sarkisian 6845179 or Carole Kiefiuk 2486851750.

Fine Designer Jewelry

Fine Sterling Silver jewelry handcrafted by artisans around the world! Great keepsake gifts for all occasions, including birthdays, Mother's Day, weddings and graduations. Free wish list service and free giftwrapping for men who order for their special lady! If you haven't seen it, ask about our catalog. To order or host a party (get $100s of free jewelry and NO formal presentation) call Lila Yee/Allward, at 248-685-7713.

Boat

1987 Supra Sunsport, 715 hrs. Good condition, some new upholstery, trailer included, available for inspection Early April. All regular maintenance done, oil 2x's yr, stored indoors. Great wakeboard board!! Asking $9000 Call John Petersmark 2486769859 or 7363743, jpetersmark@twsmail1.com

** MOVING ALL MUST GO** MAKE ME AN OFFER**

Hoist

Automatic hoist for boat above (can be used for similar boats) Shore Station electric lift. Up to 23 ft. boat, 8 foot beam, over 4000 lbs. Carpeted vbunk and side guard rails. ($4,000 value) Make an Offer! Call Terrie 2483429254 2486850139

Paddle Boat

2002 Like new, seats five. MAKE AN OFFER!

Call Terrie 2483429254 2486850139

Paddleboat

4 seat, excellent condition. $250 Call 2486845946

Boat

2000 Starcraft 1800 Pro Elite w/125 HP Mercury, Mini Kota Trolling Motor, 2 Fish Wells, Bait Well, 2 locking fishing rod storage compartments. Loaded, Low Hours w/custom trailer. $15,500.00 2486850047.

Boat

1996 4 Winns 200 Horizon Bowrider, 5.8 V8. Loaded,

Low Hours. w/ custom trailer. $ 12,900.00

2486850047.

Boat Lift

2000Midlander 4000 lb. w/canopy & electric $2900.00 2486850047.

Boat Lift

1996Midlander 4000 lb. w/canopy & electric $2500.00 2486850047.

Boat

1988 Four Winns Horizon 200 Inboard/Outboard bowrider 20 ft, 260 H.P. Chevy V8, wine/grey/white color, Shorelander trailer This boat is immaculate, with low usage (reason for the sale), and always kept in indoor dry storage. $7,995 2487702241

Pontoon Boat

24 foot Riviera Cruiser, 1987 with 40HP Evinrude outboard, $2,100. Please call Jay or Ruth at 2486846827.

Polaris

2001 2 seater Polaris SLX 1200CC bought new in 2002 low hours runs great $6,400 obo. Aaron home (248) 6853809 cell (313) 2157928

Seadoo

1996 Seadoo XP Waverunner Very good condition. Includes trailer and lift. Asking $1,900 for everything.

Call Dale at 2486851827.

1998 Sea Doo GTX Limited

130 HP , 3 passenger or 2 passenger and tow a skier/border. Low hours (about 25 ) Adult owned and maintained. PWC, PWC cover, trailer, single place lift. $5,800 takes all Call Linda or Harry 2486853547.

Boat , Trailer & Hoist

1999 Chaparral Sunesta 232 Boat with Mercruiser 5.0L Bravo 3 Engine and Trailer If interested call 2486843459.

Hoist

Hewitt 3800 lb Hoist with Canopy and Electric Hoist

If interested call 2486843459

Waverunner lifts

2 waverunner lifts good condition $240.00 each call 2486853809

Trailer Hitch

Class II (DrawTite) for Mercury Villager/Nissan Quest; 2000MY Newer. $40. Tony 2486841150

Slate Pool Table

Slate Pool Table, burgundy fabric, good condition. Table is free to good home, but you must pay to have it moved to your location. Call Dale at 2486851827.

Water Bed

White super single water bed with all the accessories. Call Cheryl or David Miller at 6840856.

Weekend Babysitter

We are looking for an occasional babysitter for our 2 ½ year old son for weekend evenings. We may be interested in setting up an ongoing schedule (i.e. every other Saturday evening) if possible. Please email or call Lisa Butler at lbutler72@comcast.net , 2483181595, 2811 Ravinewood Drive.

Babysitter Wanted

Looking for someone to watch my new born son during the day. Part time starting in June and may lead to full time in September. If interested, please call Lisa 2486851954.

Babysitter Wanted

Country Oaks PTA is looking for a responsible person to babysit once per month at PTA meetings during the 2004/2005 school year. The meetings are held at the school. The PTA pays $20.00 per meeting. Dates and times to be determined. Call Linda Cramer 2486845075 if interested.

Raft Swimming raftwith slide Joe 2486858559.Boat Equipmentused donation

Lakeland Senior All Night Party is looking for old boating equipment. In any condition. Old buoys, ski tow ropes, life jackets, paddles, floating cushions, docking lines, anchors, inflatables (tubes, balls, toys, etc.), wet suits, skis, beach chairs, any ropes. Anything boating related. Call Chris Lundin 6849061 to arrange pick up.

Used Shrink Wrap

We need the old blue or white shrink wrap you will be removing from your stored boats this spring. The Lakeland senior class is looking for the donation to help with the decorations for the Senior All Night Party. Call Chris Lundin to arrange pick up.

248684 9061. Thanks.


Boat Hoist

Boat hoist for 20' ski boat. Covered or uncovered. Call

Community News

Welcome New Neighbors

Cindy & Vic Bolterstein

5669 Deerwood (new build)

2486858727

The Boltersteins had been waiting for their younger daughter to graduate from high school before they followed their dream to have a place on a lake in a wooded area. Cindy's brother lives on Commerce Lake so they were generally familiar with the area. Kathy Yatooma (Gulfwood), a friend and coworker of Vic advised them of some vacant land "down the street" from her and husband Mike. As soon as they saw the property they both said, "This is IT!"

Their family includes two daughters: Elyse (23) a 2002 graduate from Michigan working in genetic research at U of M Hospital and Andrea (19) a Sophomore at Michigan working toward a dual degree in Biology and German. Both girls were in Marching Band.

Vic works for DaimlerChrysler and enjoys golf and fishing. Cindy works at Dura Automotive Systems. She enjoys travel, gardening and walking the family Sheltie, Austin.

Mary & Ray Stack

3808 Sleeth Road (formerly Carson)

2486859596

Mary and Ray have been wanting to live on a lake for some time. Just driving around from their Livonia home, they accidentally came upon the Carson residence for sale.

Their childrenJosh (19) is a sophomore at U of M and is studying pre law and Matt (16) is a junior at Catholic Central High School.

Ray works in Program Management at Yazaki North America and Mary is a Business Education teacher at Northville High School. The family likes to travel and are planning on enjoying their first summer on the lake.

Shelly & Mathew Dettore

4833 Surfwood (previously Drobot home)

2486846993

The Dettores did not have far to movethey moved from off Wise Road in Commerce Twp to their Surfwood address. They love the view from their new home and are looking forward to putting their boat into the water.

The Dettores have 2 childrenNicholas (5) who attends St. Williams school and Gabriel (2).

Shelly is staying home with her children and was receptive to volunteering for some of the LSA children's events. Mathew is a General Manager for Angelo's Landscaping Supplies in Wixom.

The Dettores are a recreational family and they enjoy ice skating, snowmobiling, snow skiing and golf. They are looking forward to lake living.

Ron & Lori Saganek

3508 Trentwood (formerly Taylor home)

2486769491

Another couple who moved from Lake Sherwood to Lake Sherwood. Ron and Lori lived on Winewood for 4 years but wanted to be on the water. They found this Trentwood home with 230 feet on the water and decided to make the move.

Their children Tina (21) just moved out to her own apartment, Shari (17) graduating from Walled Lake Central hopes to attend U of M, and the two youngest boysChavis (9) and Cory (7) look forward to summer lake living.

Ron is a Parts & Service Director at Blackwell Ford and Lori works for Pfizer in the Histology Department.

Lori enjoys the LSA Bunco group as well as volunteering at St. Mary's. She also loves to cook and enjoys crafts.

Ron likes golf and puttering around the house"he is Mr. Fix It" according to Lori. The family also loves to travel.

Hillary Jane Sulla, daughter of Ken and