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March News - Lake Desire Community

March 31 Updates

1. New: Group Mailboxes option for Lake Desire – We are currently discussing group mailbox options with the Renton Post Office. There have been many mail thefts in our area over the years, and they continue even as recently as a few weeks ago. We have enough information and support now from the USPS local contact to set up a neighborhood informational meeting for next Monday, April 7th at 7pm at the Clubhouse and discuss details.

We need to make this happen rather quickly, so if you are interested in this and can help to coordinate houses around your part of the lake, please email staffordlkdesire@gmail.com or call 206-498-1308 as soon as possible. We will follow up in a few days with an estimated price (our best guess so far is a one-time fee of $125 per mail slot). Thank you to Kristin Stendera and John Madden for getting this process going.

Participation in the group mailboxes is optional. If you would like to keep your existing mailbox that is fine.

2. Other Upcoming Lake Desire Events –do you have your calendars marked for these events coming up at the Lake Desire Community Clubhouse?

  • Thursday, April 3rd at 7pm - Lake Desire Aquatic Weed Control Steering Committee Meeting Open to all those who are interested, this is an update on Weed Abatement on the lake. We will discuss:
  • Potential weed control strategies and scheduling for this coming summer, including potentially using herbicide to control the Eurasian watermilfoil
  • Volunteer needs for this summer (sign posting, surveying, purple loosestrife flower removal in September)
  • Training and transitioning the purple loosestrife spraying to local lake residences (how to get herbicide licenses, permits, equipment, herbicide, and training).
  • Any other aquatic weed related questions or issues folks might have

The meeting will probably be an hour or so. No need to RSVP, but feel free to contact me if there is anything you want to add to the agenda. Looking forward to seeing you, from Ben Peterson. Email ben.peterson@kingcounty.gov. 

  • Saturday, April 12th at 10am – Plant and Seed Swap

Bring your plant starts, seeds, or any other item you would like to share with your gardening neighbors to the Clubhouse. This is a really fun, informal event for local garden enthusiasts.  We could use help setting up and cleaning up, so please email staffordlkdesire@gmail.com if you can assist. Thanks!

  • Saturday, April 19th at 1pm – Easter Egg Hunt

Join us for our annual Easter Egg Hunt! We will start setting up at 11:30am, hiding eggs for our neighborhood kids and grandkids. Please bring a snack to share, we will provide eggs with treats and prizes for the kids. If you can help with setting up or supervising a craft, please email staffordlkdesire@gmail.com.  Thanks!

3. Landslide in Oso, Washington – Looking for ways to help after the landslide in Oso and Darrington? See below for some information.
Please check the Emergency and Disaster Relief or our interactive map sections of nonprofits to see all organizations that provide these services.  If you are interested in donating or volunteering we encourage you to contact the organizations directly by clicking on the links below. 

We have confirmed that the following organizations are providing services or on alert:

  • American Red Cross - Snohomish County -  Operating 2 emergency shelters in Snohomish County, operating Safe & Well Registry, providing mental health services, feeding first responders and evacuees, more as the situation develops. Two shelters have been opened and staffed by the Red Cross to aid those displaced by the mudslide. Saturday night had a total of 28 individuals that slept overnight between the two shelters. This lodging will be made available for as long as needed with an additional 3 on standby, should needs change. Currently, the Red Cross is reporting it has the resources it needs both in-kind and financially to support this specific effort. However, there is now a need for future disasters like this one.
    • Information on Giving: Click here or by calling 1-800-Red-Cross  1-800-Red-Cross FREE  end_of_the_skype_highlighting
    • For more information on the effort: Click here
  • Northwest Harvest -  In addition to regular food bank shipments, NW Harvest will be sending an truckload of specific requested food items: fresh produce, snack items that can be eaten on the go, fruit, dairy and foods that require minimal or no cooking.  This has been a month-long drive, but any cash donations collected during that time will go to support this special response.
  • Snohomish County Volunteer Search and Rescue HRT -  On day one we were the first helicopter on scene and performed 8 helicopter hoist extractions to rescue victims from the mudslide. Search and Rescue volunteers continue to be deployed assisting in the effort.
  • The Soup Ladies -  Providing warm meals to the first responders on the scene. Have moved operations to Snohomish County.

On Alert if needed:

  • Seattle Humane Society -  Efforts are coordinated with the local chapter of the American Red Cross. In the event that they get called to assist, families that are displaced by a natural disaster, like the current land-slide tragedy near Arlington, may take their companion animal to Seattle Humane for temporary shelter.

Lake Desire Greetings – Do you have a new neighbor? A new baby in the neighborhood? Our Lake Desire Greeter, Susan Hill, would like to come by and greet them. Please contact her at bellafloragirl@yahoo.com.
Lake Desire Clubhouse Rentals– Contact Heather Smith, Heather@smith.net, 425-917-9533. Backup is Heather Stafford staffordlkdesire@gmail.com. Pictures and a calendar for availability can be found at http://www.lakedesire.org/rentals.html

Best Wishes!

Heather Stafford
Lake Desire President

March 17 Updates

Lake Desire Residents:
1. Upcoming Lake Desire Events –do you have your calendars marked for these events coming up at the Lake Desire Community Clubhouse?

  • Thursday, April 3rd at 7pm - Lake Desire Aquatic Weed Control Steering Committee Meeting Open to all those who are interested, this is an update on Weed Abatement on the lake. We will discuss:
  • Potential weed control strategies and scheduling for this coming summer, including potentially using herbicide to control the Eurasian watermilfoil
  • Volunteer needs for this summer (sign posting, surveying, purple loosestrife flower removal in September)
  • Training and transitioning the purple loosestrife spraying to local lake residences (how to get herbicide licenses, permits, equipment, herbicide, and training).
  • Any other aquatic weed related questions or issues folks might have

The meeting will probably be an hour or so. No need to RSVP, but feel free to contact me if there is anything you want to add to the agenda. Looking forward to seeing you, from Ben Peterson. Email ben.peterson@kingcounty.gov. 

  • Saturday, April 12th at 10am – Plant and Seed Swap

Bring your plant starts, seeds, or any other item you would like to share with your gardening neighbors to the Clubhouse. This is a really fun, informal event for local garden enthusiasts.  We could use help setting up and cleaning up, so please email staffordlkdesire@gmail.com if you can assist. Thanks!

  • Saturday, April 19th at 1pm – Easter Egg Hunt

Join us for our annual Easter Egg Hunt! We will start setting up at 11:30am, hiding eggs for our neighborhood kids and grandkids. Please bring a snack to share, we will provide eggs with treats and prizes for the kids. If you can help with setting up or supervising a craft, please email staffordlkdesire@gmail.com.  Thanks!
2. Lake Desire Meeting Minutes attached – Please find attached the minutes from our last meeting on February 27th.
3. White Cooler washed up onto property – a big white igloo cooler floated into a yard on the West Lake Desire side around March 5th. If you are missing a cooler, please contact kwetherbee@comcast.net to retrieve it. Thanks!

4. Little Libraries – We have two new “little libraries” that have been graciously put up by neighbors in the Lake Desire neighborhood. I have attached pictures here, feel free to drop off a book and borrow a book. The first is before the boat launch (on the right) and the second is the house just after the boat launch (also on the right). Enjoy! 

Lake Desire Greetings – Do you have a new neighbor? A new baby in the neighborhood? Our Lake Desire Greeter, Susan Hill, would like to come by and greet them. Please contact her at bellafloragirl@yahoo.com.
Lake Desire Clubhouse Rentals– Contact Heather Smith, Heather@smith.net, 425-917-9533. Backup is Heather Stafford staffordlkdesire@gmail.com. Pictures and a calendar for availability can be found at http://www.lakedesire.org/rentals.html

 

Best Wishes!

Heather Stafford
Lake Desire President

 

Lake Desire Meeting Minutes

November 19, 2013