An amazing weather weekend just passed at Lake Gaston.
We received a heads up from Dominion Energy last Friday regarding anticipated high energy demand with the projected cold weekend temperatures They anticipated the demand could be regulated and keep water levels below 200.5 Thus, we didn't send out a high water alert.
This morning we received the good news notice below from Dominion Energy.
Lake Gaston topped out at 200.1 and the river downstream from Rapids never got to flood stage. Levels were close but the operators were able to provide the power requested and keep everything within limits.
Dominion exceeded the all-time peak demand in our service area on Christmas Eve.
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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!!
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.
