The men and women who make the work of the PLIA possible gathered for a cookout on Sunday, August 17, at the State Park Pavilion.
Steve Soreff got the group organized with name tags, our crew of Board members showed off their talents at the grill, and everyone got down to the business of schmoozing and dining.
President Tom Duffy welcomed the crowd and gave a brief update on work at Dolloff Dam, finally finished to the relief of all who live within earshot of the drilling.
He invited any curious volunteers to join him for a trial run as a boat greeter and inspector at the Lake Host station on the Fundy ramp.
Milfoil Team Coordinator Neil Santos outlined the work ahead of us in finding and extracting this invasive, which is returning to shallow areas of the lake in troublesome infestations.
He lauded the work of Lake Hosts and Weed Watchers in preventing and finding milfoil in the lake. Bob Given invited interested swimmers to learn how to “hookah” for milfoil searches.
Dessert was a medley of cookies and biscotti hand crafted by Neil Santos.
Organizer Pam Kelly invited attendees to take home a small gift of thanks – a water bottle proclaiming their important role in the PLIA.
If you should see volunteers doing their wonderful work on the lake, please thank them yourselves!