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Summer is over. It's time to get ready for winter!
Fall arrives in this region when it will, regardless of defining dates, and although the world scurries and worries to make good for winter, it also revels in the invigoration of change, of new activities and opportunities, of a restfulness and winding down that make place for its unique enjoyments.
No one chooses to make a lake turn green. Yet the cumulative effect of many choices by many people is just that.
As the summer of 2006 draws to a close, so does the work of Mike Little, executive director of the Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance. As Mike moves on to be become a consultant, we wish him the best of luck.
For woodcarver Gerry Lizotte, spending time in the outdoors is part of daily life. Therefore, it was only natural when he received woodcarving equipment for Christmas in 1997 that he would combine his new hobby with his love of the outdoors, hand carving relief maps of lakes.
Summer's over, Friends aren't. The Friends of Cobbossee Watershed is a year round, nonstop planning, programming, educating entity that maintains an active office and staff, invites free membership, raises funds for on-going projects, and campaigns for increased awareness to protect and improve the 28 lakes and streams of the Cobbossee Watershed.
"A lot of my interest in the environment is due to growing up on Great Pond," describes local author Mark Bowen, whose extraordinary book Thin Ice was published in October 2005. "I wrote a lot of the book while I was on Great Pond."
It's hard to believe that this is the last article of the year. It seems like only yesterday we were salmon fishing on a perfect opening day, dodging ice bergs and floating debris while chasing silversides with sewn smelts on slow sinking fly lines. Somewhere in between then and now, we managed to catch some beautiful fish, get into a massive fight with a stubborn downrigger, buy a new boat, watch the eagles, see way too many sunrises, and laugh a lot with the kids.
Take two Wendys, two black labs named Libby, a lot of enthusiasm and vision, and a business that combines coffee fare convenience, bestseller books, and a cyber connection and the result is the Lazy Lab Café, opening soon in Belgrade Lakes Village. Redisplay This Page in Printer-Friendly Format <-- Previous • Home • All 2006 Issues • Next --> | ||||||||||||||||
