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Our last meeting of the year is Wednesday, December 7.  If you would like to know what the LGA has been up to this year or plans for next year, this meeting is for you.  President Brian Goldsworthy is our speaker and although he serves until the June Annual Meeting, this is his one chance to put a bow on the past 18 months.

This is also the meeting we present the gifts from the toy collection boxes to John 3:16. 

Meeting begins at 9:30 at the Lake Gaston Baptist Church (across from the Subway restaurant). 

^{It's official - The LGA has a brand-new sign at the RWVFD! If you are in support of the LGA and you like our new sign - Feel free to "honk" as you pass by to let us know. And a "special thank you" to the RWVFD for allowing us to erect our new sign at their location - You guys’ rock!!}

Bruce Johnson

It is with deep regret that the Lake Community has lost a very important person.  Bruce Johnson passed this past week.  As many will recall Bruce was known as “The Plant Guy”.  

He was instrumental in the success of the LGA volunteer group for the vegetation project and the annual full lake survey.  He trained many of our volunteers on plant identification for the survey.  And he surveyed in some years about 20% of the shoreline himself.  It was not unusual to see his small SUV with Kayak on top around the lake to get in the water for something of interest.  His value to the survey was felt in recent years when his health prevented his participation.  

The Lake Gaston Weed Control Council offers our sincere sympathies for his wife and family.  We appreciate his family allowing us the time he spent with us.

RIP The Plant Guy

On a personal note, I met Bruce the first time I participated in the June habitant repair project numerous years ago.   To say he was cantankerous is an understatement.   If you enjoyed Mutiny on the Bounty, you would enjoy working with Bruce.  However, his interest and support of the LGA Lake Environment Committee projects and the betterment of Lake Gaston was unwavering.  During our Annual Lake Cleanup Day, Bruce was in his kayak scouring the shoreline of Pea Hill Creek returning multiple times to the drop off area with his kayak full of carelessly discarded trash    That is Bruce I will always remember and miss the most  

He always sat in the front row at the LGA monthly meetings and before his health began to fail, was the first to stand up at the conclusion of the meeting to move the now empty chairs to the side wall.

RIP and following seas....

Brian Goldsworthy 

We have upgraded our ability to easily and quickly  send group emails to the membership and at less cost.  The old way is no longer supported by the service provider and limited group emails to 300-400 emails once an hour.   Sending out the Bulletin or a high water level email was a 5+ hour adventure and if connectivity was lost, we'd have to start again.  

Mailchimp is a US company and if you don't recognize the name, you most certainly recognize Intuit which owns Mailchimp.  LCAC and the Chamber both use Mailchimp. 

This issue of the Bulletin will be our first use of Mailchimp.  Please bear with us as we learn this new platform.   Special kudos to Bev for making this happen.