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July 20, 2009

Lake Desire Fire 7/17/09 (The TV news said fire crackers may have been to blame.) Photo by Xavier Rieder, our King County Parks Rep.
Submitted by Kathy Shertz

• Found Orange Cat  - Is anyone missing a cat?  An orange hair, green-eyed cat showed up around our house a few days ago.  It's thin; looks like it's been lost for awhile and got into a tangle with a bigger animal.  It needs its owner back ASAP. Submitted by Karen Walker, thewalkers@hotmail.com, 425-254-1500.  Here is a web site for people looking for cats: http://www.meowcatrescue.org/

• Fire Photos - Today Patti and I hiked to the top of Echo Mountain to assess the fire damage.  We were pleasantly surprised with what we found.  This could have been so much worse.  Here's a link to a few pixs if you are interested.  http://www.johnwall.com/echomountain/. Submitted by John Wall, john@johnwall.com. Thanks to John for baking some cookies for the firefighters who worked so hard to put the fire out!

• Emergency Communication Ideas – We are still looking for ideas to develop an urgent/emergency email list for reaching lake residents immediately. One idea is to have two other people also receive/send emails so that if the secretary is not online or out of town, then one of the other two people can help manage communications. We’re thinking 2-3 people can share the communication duty. If anyone is interested, please contact Heather Smith, Heather@smith.net or Dorothy Paun, to.e@comcast.net.

• Found Keys – I found some keys by the mail boxes on Lake Desire Drive.  Can you pass the word along to the neighborhood to see who may have lost them? Found 7/14/09, three keys on a ring.  Two matching with black plastic heads with "Trimax" imprinted on one side. Contact Craig Muth, cjmuth@comcast.net , 425-793-7181

• Garden Ideas – I wanted to share this link.  I have been using this free service for quite some time (maybe a year) and I seem to be getting good advice on all sorts of gardening questions and they usually answer within a couple of days. http://www.seattletilth.org/learn/hotline. Submitted by John Wall http://www.johnwall.com

• Garage Sale - I will be having a Garage Sale of excess furniture (desks, shelves, hutches, cabinets, etc) and other items at my home the last week in July or sometime in August.  Since my husband’s death 2 years ago, I have been organizing my home and hopefully this will be the first of the garage sales I conduct.  Look for my signs up and around the lake announcing it.  Could use some help getting the furniture up to the garage from the basement. People who are interested, may contact me at altercoach@comcast.net. Submitted by Nancy Alter.

• Loud Music - Please remember this used to be called Echo Lake, and any music played outside is amplified and heard everywhere around the lake. I'm working in my office on E. Lake Desire, with the doors and windows shut, and the music playing near the end of W. Lake Desire is SO LOUD ear plugs won't shut it out. Because of the loud music, I am forced to leave my home office and go elsewhere to work. PLEASE respect your neighbor’s right to peace and quiet. PARENTS be sure to have a conversation with your children if you're not at home during the day. Submitted by Dorothy, to.e@comcast.net.

• Ridgewood Art Supplies Needed –Ridgewood could use some art supplies for next year. If you care to participate, these are the recommended items/criteria: (please only CLEAN, well preserved items-no crushed cans/boxes etc..) Cardboard shoe boxes and lids, flat cardboard soda/beer boxes (like you get at big stores like costco), styrofoam shapes/cups, small wood shapes, plastic milk caps, wine corks, plastic cups, small plastic toys (like happy meal toys), old CD's, plastic paper clips, paper towel/toilet paper tubes, egg cartons, cereal boxes, tissue boxes, oatmeal boxes, bottle caps, pine cones, old computer components, wood popsicle sticks, coated wire, misc ceramic tile....etc...  For more details contact, shellysart@yahoo.com or drop off supplies at Ridgewood.

Lake Desire Clubhouse Rental – Contact Vi Anderson at 425-226-7005 or woods_inn@msn.com  for details.  The clubhouse features a full kitchen, tables and chairs to seat up to 40 people (max 60), new carpet and restrooms. Members receive a discount on renting the community clubhouse.  The normal rate is $75 to rent the clubhouse for the whole day or ($15 per hour- min. of 3 hours.) Members can rent the clubhouse at a discount for only $60 per day. Membership is $15 for the calendar year for individuals/families or $10 for senior citizens.

Heather Smith
Lake Desire Secretary
425-917-9533
Heather@smith.net or HeatherSmithNet@comcast.net