Tuesday, March 10, 2015

March 2015 Fish Collection Update


http://a-s.clayton.edu/jojohnso/Orange%20Lake%20Palm%20Trees.JPGMarch 10, 2015
 
Dear Lake Iola Property Owners,
 
Thank you so much to the following 30 families who have sent contributions toward purchasing fish for aquatic weed control in our lake.  If each of the 48 property owners sent the requested $150, we would have  $ 7200.  We so far have $4575.   Those of you who haven’t had a chance to get your check in the mail yet, please get to it as soon as you can.  Send checks made out to Lake Iola Property Owners, care of Vicky Johnson at 31448 Reed Rd, Dade City, FL 33523. 
 
In conversation with Eddie Flicker, Fla. Fish and Wildlife Commission recommended we purchase the largest fish available, which would be 10 to 12 inch or larger.  The fish supplier does not usually have many fish over 12 inches  but will try to get us as many as they can.  FWC says it is much better to get the fish in ahead of the growing season, so  Eddie will make efforts to purchase the first installment of fish ASAP.  We will monitor the grass, and FWC will permit adding more as necessary.   
 
The goal is to maintain a healthy lake system with several desirable grass species like eel grass and others, which we currently have, while keeping the hydrilla and southern niad reduced to a small  percentage of the lake environment.
 
We will continue to monitor the lake with FWC,  and  hope the funds we are now collecting will be sufficient for several years to add carp as their numbers decrease due to their natural life span and predation by large eagles and hawks, along with some big bass and a few gators  from time to time.   Our last collection was in 2011, so if you contributed then, your contribution averaged out to $50 a year to help keep our lake beautiful, which seems to be a worthwhile investment.
 
Please feel free to call Eddie Flicker (813-417-8213) or email eflicker@outlook.com with any questions.  You can also check our Lake Iola Property Owners blog at http://lakeiolapropertyowners.blogspot.com/  for further information.  And speaking of our blog, if you have photos or something you’d like to share on the blog, please send to Vicky at vjj81@hotmail.com to post it.
 
One final note:  If you have received this letter US Mail, we don’t have your email address.  It would be SO HELPFUL if you would send Vicky your email address so we could communicate with you that way.  It is so much easier and less expensive.  Every time we have to mail with stamps, it’s one or two fewer fish that could be munching away in the lake. 
 


 
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First
BARTHLE
R J & BARTHLE S L & BARTHLE L E & BARTHLE M F & Dillard JB
BLACKBURN TRUST
CHARLES R & JOYCE V
BLOXSOM
RICHARD L & CYNTHIA L
BOLAN
JAMES M
BOLENDER
SHAUN M & SUSAN
EASTERLING
TREBOR W
BUCKINGHAM
HAROLD & JULIE
CAREY
C STEVEN
CORRADINI
FRANK A & KIM E
EPPERSON
JINX
FLICKER
EDWARD M & TERI H
GABRIEL
GRETCHEN &
GARLAND
SHAWN V & JEANNE L
GUDE
FRANCIS & ROSEMARY
IOLA LAKESIDE VILLAGE INC
 
JOHNS
DAVID N &ANGELA M &
JONES
J RALPH
JOHNSON
Dan & Vicky
LAKE IOLA LAND LLC
 
LOCKWOOD
JULIA HILL
MCCARTHY
Thomas
NATHE
JAMES B & LYNN T
NOLEN
MICHELLE ANN
NYE
WILLIAM & ANDREA
O'BERRY
CHERYL W
OLSON
JACK
PAVEK
JAMES A & GAYLE
PORTER
D WAYNE & DONNA
RIDGEWAY
DANIEL & LINDA
SIMPSON
WILTON E
 
 


 

 

 

 

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