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While traveling on business recently, I passed through and visited the national parks in Lexington and Concord, Mass. It’s amazing how people volun- teered for what they believed in and, through a coordinated effort, an untrained, ragtag bunch of dedicated citizens defeated a superior force. I believe the key words here are dedicated citizens and coordi- nated effort. Our proud history of volun- teerism is certainly reflected within the Lake Hayward com- munity. Frankly, we could not deliver the social programs nor maintain the standard of living members have become accus- tomed to without a dedicated citizenry who, year after year, volunteer their time and energy in support of our Association. As stated before, there are far too many of you to recog- nize by name, but a quick tally suggests there are more than 25 people active in all aspects of the community. Just look at the contact list, follow Don Smith’s social messages, Gary Pe- tersen’s property reports and Janet Soboleski’s article on newsletter deliveries - fantastic work by all. Coordinated effort by the committee chairs enables the Association to manage our affairs effectively while being fiscally responsible. Many of us are from the days when we “just did it.” If we were out shopping and saw something that would be good for, say, Ladies Night, we bought it. If we saw trees growing along the water, we cut them down. That is how it worked for years. Our challenge today is how to manage the spirit of volun- teerism without discouraging that very same spirit. Yes, we want you. In fact, we need you. But we can no longer go solo and “just do it.” As we learn more how to manage the wa- terfront, we’ve learned that we cannot just cut down the growth along the water without impacting our lake and our goose-control efforts. As we tighten our budgets and keep the mill rate low, we must work within that committee budget. Thus, we must coordinate our enthusiasm to “just do it” with “how can I help?” All we ask is that before you act in good faith, just contact the committee chair and ask – “I think this needs to be done, shall I … or I found this, should I buy it?” Coordinated effort by our original volun- teers won our liberty. Coordi- nated efforts by all of us will move the Association into the future while maintaining our goals to protect the environ- ment and have loads of fun while being fiscally responsible. Please volunteer, we need you. Please give the courtesy to the committee chairs as you volunteer to help the commit- tee achieve their goals. Enjoy the lake. Teach your children well. PS – Yes, you can pick up the goose poop using the pooper scoopers and buckets at each beach. Properties will empty the bucket later. Thank you for asking and scoop that poop! - Bob Sudell Lake Hayward Message from the President: Your help is always needed Property Owners’ Association July 23, 2016 Grill safety 3 Tag sale 5 Social/recreation 5 Drug disposal 6 Triathlon registration 8 Contacts/Beach rules 9 Inside this issue: Contact POALH: POALH P.O. Box 230 Colchester, CT 06415 [email protected] Walkup mailbox: 83 Wildwood Rd. 7/23 PARTY AT THE PAVILION W/ MUNCHIES FOOD TRUCK/SOUTHERN VOICE 610:30 p.m., Pavilion 7/25 KIDS’ BINGO, 7 p.m. First Beach Pavilion 7/26 DANCE AEROBICS, 9 a.m. First Beach Pavilion 8/20 CPR CLASS, 13 p.m., First Beach Pavilion (moved from today to Aug. 20) Upcoming Events PLEASE REMEMBER TO TIP YOUR NEWSLETTER CARRIER What: PARTY AT THE PAVILION with Munchies Food Truck/ Southern Voice Band When: 6 p.m. tonight. Where: First Beach Pavilion.

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Page 1: 07 23 16 - lakehaywardct.comApr 07, 2016  · write the Great American Songbook. Bottle fed on roots music, multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter Steve Dedman and his band strike

While traveling on business recently, I passed through and visited the national parks in Lexington and Concord, Mass. It’s amazing how people volun-teered for what they believed in and, through a coordinated effort, an untrained, ragtag bunch of dedicated citizens defeated a superior force. I believe the key words here are dedicated citizens and coordi-nated effort.

Our proud history of volun-teerism is certainly reflected within the Lake Hayward com-munity. Frankly, we could not deliver the social programs nor maintain the standard of living members have become accus-tomed to without a dedicated citizenry who, year after year, volunteer their time and energy in support of our Association.

As stated before, there are far too many of you to recog-nize by name, but a quick tally suggests there are more than 25 people active in all aspects of the community. Just look at the contact list, follow Don Smith’s social messages, Gary Pe-tersen’s property reports and Janet Soboleski’s article on newsletter deliveries - fantastic work by all.

Coordinated effort by the committee chairs enables the

Association to manage our affairs effectively while being fiscally responsible. Many of us are from the days when we “just did it.” If we were out shopping and saw something that would be good for, say, Ladies Night, we bought it. If we saw trees growing along the water, we cut them down. That is how it worked for years.

Our challenge today is how to manage the spirit of volun-teerism without discouraging that very same spirit. Yes, we want you. In fact, we need you. But we can no longer go solo and “just do it.” As we learn more how to manage the wa-terfront, we’ve learned that we cannot just cut down the growth along the water without impacting our lake and our goose-control efforts. As we

tighten our budgets and keep the mill rate low, we must work within that committee budget.

Thus, we must coordinate our enthusiasm to “just do it” with “how can I help?” All we ask is that before you act in good faith, just contact the committee chair and ask – “I think this needs to be done, shall I … or I found this, should I buy it?” Coordinated effort by our original volun-teers won our liberty. Coordi-nated efforts by all of us will move the Association into the future while maintaining our goals to protect the environ-ment and have loads of fun while being fiscally responsible.

Please volunteer, we need you. Please give the courtesy to the committee chairs as you volunteer to help the commit-tee achieve their goals.

Enjoy the lake. Teach your children well.

PS – Yes, you can pick up the goose poop using the pooper scoopers and buckets at each beach. Properties will empty the bucket later. Thank you for asking and scoop that poop!

- Bob Sudell

Lake Hayward

Message from the President: Your help is always needed

Property Owners’ Association July 23, 2016

Grill safety 3

Tag sale 5

Social/recreation 5

Drug disposal 6

Triathlon registration 8

Contacts/Beach rules 9

Inside this issue:

Contact POALH: POALH 

P.O. Box 230 

Colchester, CT 06415   

[email protected] 

Walk‐up mailbox: 

83 Wildwood Rd. 

7/23  PARTY AT THE  PAVILION W/ MUNCHIES FOOD TRUCK/SOUTHERN VOICE 6‐10:30 p.m., Pavilion 

7/25  KIDS’ BINGO,  7 p.m. First Beach  Pavilion 

7/26  DANCE AEROBICS,  9 a.m. First Beach Pavilion 

8/20  CPR CLASS, 1‐3 p.m., First Beach Pavilion (moved from today  to Aug. 20) 

Upcoming Events

PLEASE REMEMBER TO TIP YOUR NEWSLETTER CARRIER

What: PARTY AT THE PAVILION with

Munchies Food Truck/Southern Voice Band

When: 6 p.m. tonight.

Where: First Beach Pavilion.

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We are looking for a volunteer to take over the distribution of the weekly news-letter. Please consider taking this position. It's a great way to volunteer for the Asso-ciation as well as meet some great kids (and their families!)

It only involves about two hours a week. The newsletters get picked up at Copies-Plus in Colchester on Fridays. Packets are then made for the routes. The carriers then pick them up on Saturday mornings between 8:30-9 a.m. in order to start deliv-eries by 9 a.m. Carriers let me know when they can't cover their route on a particular week and then I arrange a substitute.

This is my sixth year working with the kids. They are a great group of dependable and responsible young people who get up every Saturday to deliver your newsletter. I have never had a problem covering the

routes and usually have one or two kids looking to get a regular route who step in as substitutes when needed. I also have a group of substitutes who are happy to cover routes but aren't here every week to take a route. If you have any questions about this opportunity, please don't hesi-tate to contact me. I'm at 30 Cragmere Rd, 860-537-1012.

- Janet Soboleski

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Newsletter Submissions: Deadline is on 6 p.m. Monday. Email [email protected]

Newsletter Delivery: Please note that our carriers do not get paid. They give up their Saturday mornings to get the newsletters out to you. Please remember them with a tip. Visit www.lakehaywardct.com for newsletters, by-laws, contact numbers and calendar.

Music on the River series continues throughout the summer near Goodspeed

All free concerts are held on Monday nights from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the green of the Goodspeed Opera House. If it rains, the concerts will be moved to the Hale-Ray High School Auditorium (please call the Recreation Office 860-873-5058, check www.easthaddamrec.com or our Facebook page if weather is questionable).

Great food and drinks will be available to purchase at the Gelston House or bring a picnic dinner. Free parking is available in the Goodspeed Opera House parking lot, behind the Gelston House with additional parking and a shuttle bus from Eagle Land-ing in Haddam if needed. The Music on the River site is made possible through the gen-erous support of Goodspeed Musicals. All children under the age of 16 must be ac-

companied by an adult. No dogs, smoking, vendors or soliciting at the concerts and no parking on residential streets are allowed.

July 25: Plywood Cowboy

Formed in 2015 in the Connecticut River Valley, Plywood Cowboy is poised to re-write the Great American Songbook.

Bottle fed on roots music, multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter Steve Dedman and his band strike deep at the soul of American music with songs about hound dogs, heart strings, and the vice of the bottle.

August 1

Kerry Boys

Last year marked The Kerry Boys 25th

year as Connecticut’s favorite Irish Ballad-eers. With their signature vocal harmonies and high energy instrumentation, The Kerry Boys are just plain Celtic fun!

The Kerry Boys are Mark James, original-ly from the county Kerry Ireland now a Cheshire, CT resident, and Peirce Campbell, (CT’s official State Troubadour 2007/08) from Prospect, CT.

These four dynamic and popular Con-necticut Irish Balladeers combined their talents to form an exciting Irish music group over 25 years ago, and they have daz-zled fans of all ages from Maine to Pennsyl-vania with their humorous high-energy per-formances and engaging style of Irish bal-lads and sea songs.

PROPERTY OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION OF LAKE HAYWARD

LEGAL NOTICE

PAYMENT OF PROPERTY TAXES

All persons liable to pay real estate taxes to the Property Owners’ Association of Lake Hayward as levied on the October 1, 2015 Grand List are hereby notified that the taxes are due and payable on July 1, 2016 at the mill rate of 3.50. The taxes will become de-linquent on August 1, 2016 if not paid by this date. Delinquent tax bills shall be subject to interest of one and one-half percent per month reverting to the due date, July 1, 2016. The minimum interest charge is $2.00. All persons in the Tax District who do not re-ceive a tax bill should call the Tax Collector at 860-295-8769 to obtain their bill before the end of the grace period, August 1, 2016. Failure to receive a property tax bill does not invalidate the payment of the tax or related delinquent interest charge if not paid by August 1, 2016.Tax payments shall be made by mail to Tax Collector, Property Owners’ Association of Lake Hayward, Post Office Box 230, Colchester, CT 06415.

Edward F. Bader

Tax Collector

Volunteer sought for lake newsletter distribution

Classifieds Cottage for sale by owner: 23 Ridgewood Rd. Call 860-614-3894. Asking $159,000.

Rent-a-Teen: Year round resident willing to mow or power wash your home for very reason-able rates! Please contact Zac at 860-336-1211. Will be available all year.

Lost at Second Beach on July 16: Black LL Bean sunglasses. If found, please call Don at 860-874-8719.

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There is a 115-acre parcel for sale, most of which is in our watershed. The Colches-ter Land Trust has stepped up to purchase the land to keep it from being developed into a housing subdivision with all the clear cutting that goes along with that.

The parcel was scheduled to be devel-oped in two phases, one with 12 lots and one with 30 lots, and it is the 30-lot portion that is in the Lake Hayward watershed. The 30-lot section is land and marsh that winds its way directly into Lake Hayward from a distance less than a mile from the north end of the lake.

Land trust president Andy George will make a presentation to Lake Hayward resi-dents at the July 30 Town Hall to fully outline the project and offer suggestions on

how Lake Hayward residents can provide support.

On Sunday morning, July 31, the Col-chester Land Trust will offer an 1-1/2 hour walk on the property to residents of the Lake Hayward community. While there are some existing trails, a portion of the walk will be just "in the woods." The total prop-erty has some elevation gains, but the walk will focus on the area that drains into Lake Hayward, which is less hilly. Those walking should dress appropriately, bring water and

bug spray. Dogs are permitted, but not en-couraged. Plans are to meet at the First Beach parking lot at 9:45 a.m. on July 31 and then carpool to the location on Bulke-ley Hill Road (five-minute ride).

We are indebted to the Colchester Land Trust for their efforts to bring this project to fruition. Remember that Lake Hayward is like the bottom of a bowl, everything that happens within our 1,500 acre watershed ends up impacting the lake. It is important that we partner with such efforts to main-tain our watershed in its natural state.

Please note the 10 a.m. start for the July 30 Town Hall and the 9:45 a.m. July 31 walk on the property.

Contact Randy Miller ([email protected]) with questions.

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When: 9:45 a.m., July 31.

Where: Meet at First Beach Pavilion.

Colchester Land Trust hike will highlight land purchase in lake watershed

Grill safety can help maximize your summer fun with family and friends Although many people grill all year long, July

is the peak month for grilling – and grill fires, according to the National Fire Protection Asso-ciation. Whether you use propane or charcoal, follow these common sense tips and you will be on the way to safe grilling.

Propane Grills

Check the gas tank hose for leaks before you use it for the first time each year and every time you change the propane tank. Apply a light soap and water solution to the hose with a paint brush before you use the grill. A propane leak will release bubbles. If your grill has a gas leak, by smell or the soapy bubble test, turn off the tank and check the connections. If reconnecting does not solve the prob-lem, get the grill serviced by a profes-sional.

Check the tubes that lead into the burner for any blockage from insects, spiders or food grease. Use a pipe cleaner or wire to clear blockage and push it through to the main part of the burner.

Never use a grill indoors. Use the grill at least 10 feet away from your cottage or any building. Do not use the grill in a garage, breezeway, carport, porch or under eaves or overhanging branches.

Never turn on the grill when the lid is closed. The gas can build up inside and

when ignited cause the lid to blow off, causing injuries or burns.

Keep your grill clean by removing grease or fat buildup from the grills and trays below the grill.

Keep children and pets at least 3 feet away from the grill area.

Never leave your grill unattended.

If you smell gas while cooking or your grill catches on fire, immediately get away from the grill and call the fire de-partment. Do not attempt to move the grill or turn off the grill yourself.

Always store your liquid petroleum (LP) or propane tanks upright. Do not store your spare gas container under or near the grill or indoors. Never store or use flammable liquids, like gasoline, near the grill.

To avoid accidents while transporting LP gas containers, transport the contain-er in a secure, upright position. Never keep a filled container in a hot car or car trunk. Heat will cause the gas pressure to increase, which may open the relief valve and allow gas to escape.

Charcoal Grills

Charcoal produces carbon monoxide (CO) when it is burned. Carbon monoxide is a color-

less, odorless gas that can accumulate to toxic levels in closed environments. According to the Consumer Product Safety Council, each year about 30 people die and another 100 are injured as a result of CO fumes from charcoal grills and hibachis used inside.

Never burn charcoal inside of homes, vehicles, tents or campers. Charcoal should never be used indoors, even if ventilation is provided.

Do not store the grill indoors with fresh-ly used coals, since charcoal produces CO fumes until the charcoal is com-pletely extinguished.

Dispose of completely cooled coals in a metal container.

Check for rust damage in metal grills, which may make it possible for charcoal to fall through to surfaces below, starting a fire.

Consider using a charcoal chimney start-er, which allows you to use newspaper as the fuel to start your charcoal.

If you use a starter fluid, use only char-coal starter fluid. Never use gasoline or any other flammable liquid to start your charcoal.

Keep charcoal starter fluid out of the reach of children and away from heat sources.

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All-Waste Control will collect trash and recyclables twice a week (Monday and Friday) during the sum-mer and the twice-weekly pickup started on June 13.

The last Monday pickup will be Sept. 6, after which pickup will be on Fridays only. The Town of East Haddam has implemented “single stream recycling” so it is no longer necessary to separate the various recycla-bles into separate containers and/or put them out on separate days. All recyclables can be combined and placed into a single container and put out with your regular trash. We must recycle: 1. Glass and metal food and beverage containers (rinsed); lids

go in trash (No bro-ken glass, mugs, win-dowpanes, ceramics, light bulbs, mirrors, dishes or tempered glass) 2. Plastic con-tainers #1 through #7 (rinsed); lids go in trash 3. Newspa-per, magazines, cere-al/pasta boxes, milk and juice cartons, junk mail (No phone books, wax- or plas-

tic-coated cardboard, soiled newspaper or magazines, books, plastic (Tyvek) enve-lopes) 4. Cardboard (broken down) (No wax coated boxes, soiled boxes, pizza box-es) 5.

Garbage bags should not be left uncov-ered for more than one day to prevent ani-mals getting into them.

Monday garbage pickup continues until Sept. 6

The summer season is in full swing at

Lake Hayward and so are the much-needed

improvements to Third Beach.

The retaining wall replacing the broken

stone steps was constructed and bids have

been received to install a guard rail on top

with a sloped handrail attached. This railing

should complement the look of the wall

and set a standard to which other needed

guardrails at Third Beach will adhere.

Work on the sloped ramp at the south

end of the beach should start soon. These

two improvements to the beach area will

provide a safe access to the beach from

both ends.

Remember that Third Beach does not

have a parking lot right next to the beach

and residents must negotiate traffic to ac-

cess the beach. This presents a special dan-

ger to all that use the beach. At the other

two main beaches of the association there

is either a stop sign to limit traffic speed or

the parking is on the same side as the

beach.

A small shed was installed to house items

used by all the beach users. One item of

interest stored in the shed is a First Aid kit

donated by a generous association member.

Users of the beach have been informed

that it is there and keys have been distribut-

ed to a few responsible residents. Storage

of other POALH items needed at the

beach are also in the shed such as beach

rake, buckets, and a small shovel.

The number of kayaks and canoes has

seemed to double in the last few years and

so a couple of new racks are being fabricat-

ed to handle the increase. These will be

installed parallel and next to the new wall.

Many thanks to all who have worked

hard to make these improvements a reality.

As with your own home, the association

must stay on top of deteriorating condi-

tions or the whole house falls down.

With these improvements we will keep

the beauty and value of the area high for

many years to come.

By Billboard.com

1. "Shout" - Tears For Fears

2. "Everytime You Go Away" - Paul Young

3. "The Power Of Love" - Huey Lewis & The News

4. "A View To A Kill" - Duran Du-ran

5. "Sussudio" - Phil Collins

6. "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" - Sting

7 . "Raspberry Beret" - Prince and the Revolution

8. "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" - John Parr

9. "Heaven" - Bryan Adams

10. "Never Surrender" - Corey Hart

Top 10 summer songs from 1985

Third Beach Report: New ramp and other improvement ongoing through the summer

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The 25th annual Colchester Muster and Colchester Festival on the Green will be held today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a rain date set for Sunday. The festival will feature events for the whole family including a quali-ty craft show, craft demonstrations, a Fife

and Drum Muster, music by the Colchester Regional Chamber Orchestra and freshly prepared food.

Exhibitors from Connecticut, Massachu-setts and Rhode Island bring a variety of arts

and crafts including woodworking, painting, pottery, clothing, jewelry and stained glass.

At 10 a.m., the Colchester Regional Cham-ber Orchestra performs in the gazebo on the green.

That is followed at noon by a Fife and Drum Parade and Muster sponsored by The Colchester Continentals.

The calendar located at http://lakehaywardct.com/html/calendar.html is your reference to the season’s events. Please visit often as updates are made frequently. You will also see calen-dars included in the electronic and printed weekly newsletters. Other event infor-mation can be seen in the kiosks at each beach.

Thank you Suzanne and your committee (Fran, Don, Linda and Len) for bringing us Christmas in July. What a great night it was for everyone attending this festive event. Fifty pizzas were served from the wood-fired oven and a table full of desserts van-ished.

Many prizes were raffled off for kids and adults along with gifts for the kids from Santa. DJ Brandy kept the activities flow-ing, queuing up all our Christmas favorites. Good times!

Party at the Pavilion Join us tonight at 6 p.m. for another

Party at the Pavilion featuring Munchies Food Truck and the country band South-

ern Voice. See posters in this newsletter and at the kiosks on the beaches.

Looking ahead to next week, I want to remind everyone that Linda and Phil call the numbers every Monday night from 7-8 p.m. at Kids’ Bingo. They have plenty of prizes and surprises for all. Every Wednes-day is Kid’s Arts & Crafts with Colleen from 7-8 p.m. Great fun for the kids.

A very busy weekend is planned for July 29-30. Setback returns at 7 p.m. on July 29. Come down and see if you can take home the trophy. On July 30, the day begins on the links at Black Birch Country Club at 8:30 a.m.; the second Town Hall meeting will be held at the pavilion at 10 a.m.; the Boat Parade leaves Dog Beach at 2 p.m.; Second Beach Pot Luck begins at 5 p.m. and, last but not least, is a Movie on the Beach at 113 Lake Shore Dr.

A change to the calendar for two August events: Night at the Races moves to Aug.

19 at 7 p.m. and Ladies Night moves to Aug. 26 at 5 p.m.

Volunteer for Lake Hayward Days

Please contact Don Smith (860-338-1659) or email at [email protected] if you want to volunteer to help out. Diane Nelson will chair beach games, Heather Taylor will chair carnival and Dave Edgington will head up the cooking crew.

Social-Events budget

Being the Social Events chairman in-cludes controlling the Social-Events budget approved by the membership. The only way to do that is to have all event chairmen understand what their allotment is and seek pre-approval for all expenditures. Unau-thorized expenditures will NOT be reim-bursed. Members of each event committee must seek approval from the event chair-man prior to making any purchases. I must be firm on this protocol as I am ultimately responsible for the Social-Events budget.

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Annual tag sale returns to the lake on Aug. 6 When: Saturday Aug. 6 at the Pavilion from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Contact Cari Eckert at [email protected].

Reserve a table in the pavilion or put things out in your yard. Send me your address if you are having your own sale and a list of some of the items. A list of participants having their own sale will be provided at the pavilion and signs put up at roads that have tag sales. RSVP by July 25 to have your

items mentioned in a local newspaper ad. If you have books/movies (DVDs) that you want to donate to the Property Owners Association at Lake Hayward for the sale, we will have a table for these. Proceeds will go into the POALH Events budget.

Setup will be from 8-9 a.m.

Social and Recreation

Upcoming event

Social and Recreation report: Next Party at the Pavilion is tonight

Colchester Lions Club annual craft show today

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Annual Lake Hayward golf tournament needs entries to reach minimum

We are only one week until the golf tournament and we have not heard from many of our regulars. We must give the course a firm count by July 25 (no excep-tions). The course has agreed to give us the full 18 holes if we have 60 golfers but we are short of that number. PLEASE help your friendly volunteers make this a fun day for all.

A quick note: The after-golf picnic will

be held on the golf course deck with pic-nic fare.

The lake has several great events in the afternoon including Second Beach pot-luck, boat parade, etc. We can golf, eat, award prizes and be back in time for more fun!

Please call right away if interested! Any number of golfers accommodated and partnered up! Thank you.

Dispose properly of unneeded drugs and prescriptions to keep water clean

By Tim Pelton

Lake Quality Improvement Committee member

“Water, water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink”

While this is a famous quote comes from Samuel Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” it does not apply to the water we drink, cook and wash with when living at Lake Hayward. All of the water we use comes from either a homeowner’s private well or from the five wells located at the south end of the lake that are operated by the water company. Each of us has a re-sponsibility for the stewardship for our fabulous lake and our water supply.

The good news is that there is a medica-tion for almost anything that ails us. The bad news is that those same medications need to be consumed as prescribed or dis-posed of properly. Washing old, expired or no longer needed pharmaceuticals down the sink or flushed down the toilet is not an acceptable practice. Those medicines will eventually wind up in the lake.

The water company has federal standards to meet for the treatment of bacteria, virus-es, metals (including lead) and some addi-tional elements. They are not required to

test for the presence of pharmacologi-cal agents. For private well owners, the Connecticut

Department of Public Health recommends testing your water every five years or when you have major work done on your well.

How to properly dispose of unneeded medications

The solution is incredibly simple and requires a small commitment on your part.

There is a large red drop box in the lobby of the Connecticut State Police Troop K barracks that is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. All you need to do is stop by and drop in your un-wanted medications.

The Troop K barracks are located at 15 Old Hartford Road in Colchester across the street from the firehouse.

Along with your taking responsibility to properly dispose of your medications, there are also some common-sense rules that apply including that medications should be left in their original container.

Items that are accepted include:

● Over the counter medications

● Prescription medications ● Sample medications ● Pet Medications ● Medicated lotions or ointments

Items that may not be accepted include:

● Needles, sharps or syringes ● Mercury thermometers ● Chemotherapy medications or waste ● Hazardous waste

Note: There are a host of general con-sumer products labeled ‘medicated’ that do not merit specialized disposal at Troop K. Examples include medicated shampoo, medicated soap, etc.

Bottom Line: If you have unneeded or unnecessary medications laying around, dispose of them properly.

Using a little common sense and a con-scious effort on your part will dramatically reduce the likelihood of unwanted medica-tions polluting the lake, will lessen the likeli-hood that your children or grandchildren might accidently poison themselves and will eliminate the opportunity for your unused drugs to fall into the wrong hands.

In closing, this medication disposal sys-tem is also available at all Connecticut State Police Barracks in the state as well as many local law enforcement agencies.

Please take the time to do the right thing.

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Lake Quality Improvement Committee holds Permit to Discharge drawing

$200 to lucky winner!

Permit to Discharge drawing will be held at POALH's Annual Meeting on Aug. 21. Drawing open to all East & West side Lake Hayward residents. Need not be present to win !

Can't find your permit ? Call Chatham Health District for a copy, 860-365-0884.

To enter:

Submit a copy of your current and valid "Permit to Dis-charge"* from the Chatham Health District:

1) Bring your permit copy to the annual meeting on August 21

or

2) Submit your permit copy in advance (OK to leave in mailbox) Felicia Tencza 22 Forest Way

*limit one

permit per ad-dress. Sponsored by Lake Quality Improvement Committee.

Trees help in stormwater management. Plant a tree to

help the lake!

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1. Parents or chaperones are responsible for their child’s safety and their child’s actions at all times.

2. Children cannot be left at the beach unattended.

3. Infants must be in leak-proof diapers at all times.

4. No fishing from the beach and within 25 feet of swim area.

5. Dogs are never allowed on the beach.

6. Vehicles are not allowed on any beach at any time.

7. No glass on any beach or in the pavilion.

8. All trash must be removed from the beach and beach area and disposed of properly.

9. Use of the beach and beach area is limited to Association members and their guests.

10. Cars parking in a beach parking area must display a current POALH parking permit.

11. Beaches and Association properties are closed from Midnight to 6 a.m. Police take notice.

12. No smoking on the beaches

Beach Rules

Contacts Bob Sudell — President/Representative At Large 860-678-1392; [email protected]

Cari Eckert — Vice President/First Beach Representative 860-268-1834; [email protected]

Bonnie Sudell — Secretary/Second Beach Representative/Public Safety 860-678-1392; [email protected]

Gail Miers — Third Beach Representative 860-531-9008; [email protected]

Gary Petersen — Properties Committee/Representative At Large 860-324-9029; [email protected]

Don Smith — Second Beach Representative/Social Chairman/Pavilion Reservations 860-338-1659; [email protected]; [email protected]

Bill Taylor — Third Beach Representative 860-537-0480/[email protected]

Adam Thompson — First Beach Representative [email protected]

Mike Trocchi — Newsletter and Website [email protected]

Lee Griffin — Treasurer 860-656-6938; [email protected]

Ed Bader — Tax Collector 860-295-8769; [email protected]

Jason Griffing — E-mail alerts/membership directory /Representative At Large [email protected]

Janet Soboleski — Newsletter Delivery 860-537-1012

Gail Edgington — Promotional Items 203-314-2764

Shannon McKane — Promotional Items 203-815-2585

Kathy Petersen — Garden Club 860-878-7599

Felicia Tencza — Lake Quality Improvement Chairwoman [email protected]

Resident State Trooper 860-537-7500

East Haddam Police 860-873-1226

Confidential Tip Line 860-873-5013

Connecticut Water Company 800-286-5700

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