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July 28: Hobby & Craft Show 8:30 at coffee hour

July 28: Chicken & Corn Potluck & German Band 6pm at tent. Bring a side dish, rolls or dessert. Drinks & table service provided.

July 31- Aug 1: Asphalt repairs rescheduled.

Aug 1: Grandpa Jim’s Fishing School: 6:30 pm un-der big tent. Free!

August 3: Foot Clinic: Dining Room CB.

August 4: Pancake Breakfast 8-10 am @ CB. $5

Aug. 4: Siren test 12:05 pm

Aug. 4: Kids’ Fun Day: Games & Water Slide 1-3 pm. Glow Parade & Campfire 9:30

Aug 5: Gospel Concert: The Allen Family 6 pm

Aug 8: Red Hats Bilbo’s / Art Bayou. Sign up CB.

August 16-18: Mendon Riverfest

Aug 18: Fishing Derby: 7 am. Weigh in 1 pm.

Aug 18: Free Golf Cart Inspections: 8-10 CB

Aug 18: Appreciation Dinner: Timed Reservations required. Please get tickets by Aug 15.

Aug 19: Sunday Service 6 pm, Fingerfood after

Aug 23: C&S Pulled Pork Dinner 6 pm: Table service & beverage provided. $5 Tickets by 8/17.

Aug 29: Book Club Discussion: 10 am library

LOOKI4G AHEAD

Sept 1: Oil Painting Show @ coffee hour 8:30 am

Sept 2: Gospel Concert: His Harmony & James

McDuffy 6 pm. Ice cream social after.

Sept 3: C&S Pancake Breakfast 8-10 am

Sept 3: Covered Bridge Bike: Depart 11am CB

Sept 3: Bring in the rafts: 3pm south beach

Sept 5: Red Hats to Henderson Castle. Sign up

Sept 8: Clean out your closet Yard Sale: 8-1

Sept 12: C&S Golf Outing 10 am. Sign up CB.

Sept 13: C&S Pizza Party & Elections 6pm.

Kids’ Fun Day! Kids’ Fun Day! Kids’ Fun Day! Kids’ Fun Day! Saturday, August 4Saturday, August 4Saturday, August 4Saturday, August 4

Pancake Breakfast: 8Pancake Breakfast: 8Pancake Breakfast: 8Pancake Breakfast: 8----10 am10 am10 am10 am

Games & Water Slide: 1Games & Water Slide: 1Games & Water Slide: 1Games & Water Slide: 1----3 pm3 pm3 pm3 pm For ages 12 and under. Wear a swim suit! Lunch free for kids, donation adults.

Glow Parade & Campfire: 9:30 pmGlow Parade & Campfire: 9:30 pmGlow Parade & Campfire: 9:30 pmGlow Parade & Campfire: 9:30 pm Walkers only - �o golf carts! Meet at office.

Glow items on sale at 9:15pm.

Under 12 accompanied by adult.

Campfire & S’mores at lighthouse point.

Pre-register at CB Bulletin Bd.

Friends of Portage Lake

Pancake Breakfast

$5 per person $2.50 age 12 & under

Sat August 4, 8-10 am Come support a great cause!

Allen Family Returns August 5 Our summer gospel concerts continue with the re-turn of the Allen Family on August 5th at 6 pm. We enjoyed this multi-talented musical family 5 summers ago, and are excited to have them here again. Be sure to invite your friends and bring a lawn chair and some finger food to share after. A

love offering will be taken.

Crack Filling July 31 - Aug 1 We’ve rescheduled the work because the pave-ment must be dry to fill cracks. So please turn off your sprinklers Monday July 30 so the pavement and gutters will be dry. Remember to move your car so it is not parked on or near

any cracks (even the old ones). Thanks!

August Birthdays & Anniversaries

26 Gary Watson

Martha Merchant

27 Bill Dorough

Anita Nelson

Bob Jones

28 Marlane Breedon

29 Holly Herriges

31 Wendell Gilliam

ANNIVERSARIES ANNIVERSARIES ANNIVERSARIES ANNIVERSARIES

1 Gordon & Sarah Mayne

5 Michael & Kathy Descheneau

7 Ed & Linda Bell

8 Harry & Gertrude Cornell

Dick & Sharron Dutoi

13 Kent & Celeste Fase

14 Avery & Patty Playford

17 John & Debra McGoff

21 Larry & Jeanine Helmer

22 Don & Sharon King

23 Jim & Marlane Breedon

Bill & Darlene Anson

26 Norman & Connie Berg

Larry & Sharon Woods

29 Don & Marietta Kunce

Join us for

Sunday Services

Aug. 5: Allen Family Gospel Concert

Aug. 19: Dwight Hostelter, speaker. Special music by

Carolyn Cook

Sept 2: Concert:

His Harmony with

James McDuffy.

Resident Appreciation Dinner Saturday, August 18

Winning the Tour de France, hosting the Olympics…. It’s England’s year to shine! Let’s celebrate the old English “can do” spirit with some fine food and entertain-ment. This year’s menu includes prime rib and - who knows - maybe brussel sprouts!

Tickets are $2 for residents,

$12 for guests.

Reservations will be timed every 15 minutes starting at 5 pm. Please arrive ahead of the time on your ticket and wait to be seated.

Get your tickets early for best seating selection.

Please pick them up from the office by Aug 15.

If your plans change, please return your tickets so we have an accurate count.

Be sure to come early for music and refreshments from 4:30 to 6:45 pm. Late arrivals will be seated as we are able.

1 Ray DeVries

2 Duane Stuut

3 Chad Spence

4 Jim Ralston

5 Dee Paolasso

Margaret Giltner

6 Celeste Happel

Jan Boynton

7 Peggy Stuut

8 Gina Schimmel

9 Butch Tanner

12 Larry Farmer

Stan Vandenberg

19 Don Kunce

21 Ann Swafford

22 Jeanette Gilliam

Duane Bushfield

23 Ed Knapp

David Snyder

Sherrie Flegel

24 Evelyn Schippers

4th of July Celebrations at the Resort included the kitchen band (above) leading our parade and the C&S ice cream social at the street dance. C&S president Robin Smith (rt) had good drink sales on a hot night. “Thanks” to all who participated!

Mon-Sat: Walk Off Pounds 9:30 am Monday: Texas Hold’em 12:30 pm Kitchen Band 3 pm Euchre 7 pm Tuesday: Sews & Sews 10 am Hand & Foot 1 pm Dominoes & “500” 7 pm Wednesday: Poker 12:30 pm Bible Study 2 pm Pinochle 7 pm Thursdays: Oil Painting 9 am Pickleball 9 am “313” 1 pm Potluck 6 pm Table games 7 pm Friday: Crochet Crazy 10 am Poker 12:30 pm Saturday: Coffee Hour 8:30 am Pickleball 9 am Sunday Service & finger food 6 pm

every other week / outside weather permitting

Please schedule all activities with the office. Thanks!

C&S Pulled Pork Dinner: Thurs, Aug 23 at 6pm. Tickets are $5 from office by Aug 17. Invite your friends and family to this

C&S fundraiser!

Donate your empty cans and bottles to a good

cause. Support the American Cancer Society &

Relay for Life!. Just rinse, place in a bag, and

drop off at Bill Slater’s house (lot 112).

Book Club Discussion: Group will meet at 10 am on Wed, Aug 29 to discuss “Manhunt,” by James

Swanson. Questions? Call P. Rinke @ 649-1415.

Red Hats trip to Henderson Castle in Kalamazoo

for lunch and tour on Wed., Sept. 5. Leave CB

11am. Please sign up by Aug. 30 to reserve a

spot. Info: Phyllis Rinke 649-1415.

Our apologies for the false tornado sirens last

month. The radio is being sent for repair… again!

Storage Area: Inform office if you no longer need

your space, or if you have sold your boat/RV to

another resident. Annual fee is billed in October.

SECURITY ALERT: Several reports of tampering and theft have been received regarding unsecured valuables. SECURE YOUR PROPERTY - even in

storage lots! Do not leave valuables in open view.

(ew address: Otto & Ruth Batts, 2380 East T Ave,

Portage 49002. Phone 269-312-8058

“Thanks” to everyone who joined Friends of Portage Lake. The Resort has 30 members so far, and our lake neighbors truly appreciate your sup-port. Copies of the latest newsletter are in the club-house and office. Also, remember to support the

group’s pancake breakfast on August 4.

Carers & Sharers plan to get a jump on next year by

collecting volunteer sign ups now. Please return

the attached form to the office by Oct. 1.

Don’t believe the commercials! Just because it will flush doesn’t mean it belongs. Do not put “flushable” cleaning products in sewer. They clog

our pumps and cause needless repair.

Clubhouse Hours: 7:30 am to 9:30 pm Last load in Laundry at 8:30 pm.

Self-serve Coffee daily until gone.

Fishing

Derby Sat., August 18 Fishing: 7 am to

12:30 pm Weigh-in 1 pm at boat landing in

front of Klines’ house.

Pick up entry forms at office or

Hamricks (lot 93). Info 649-5339

Prizes awarded 7pm at CB

I’m glad I was sitting down when I saw the electric

bill yesterday. Wow! This is a summer we’ll remem-

ber! The effects of heat and drought will carry forward

with elevated food & ethanol prices. Long term effects

are harder to predict. Will the zebra mussel population

rebound after the low water levels? What will the

weeds do? What kind of winter is ahead?

Along with low lake water levels, the Resort sew-

age system is stressed. Our treatment ponds are too

low and too hot, so there have been some odor prob-

lems. My apologies to all who are affected. We expect

they will return to normal as we receive rain and

cooler weather. Until then, we need an easterly wind!

But like the English under siege, we will forge

ahead…with our annual appreciation dinner! Let’s

keep that stiff upper lip as we enjoy an evening of

prime rib and good entertainment. I hope you will join

us as we say “thanks” to all of you for your support

thru this challenging year.

Our family is looking forward to

the arrival of Emil, an exchange

student from Azerbaijan, on Au-

gust 7. Emil is from its capital -

Baku - which borders on the Cas-

pian Sea. He’s coming on a schol-

arship from our State Dept. in-

tended to expose teens from former

Soviet block countries to American

style democracy. Should be an interesting year! Please

join us in welcoming him to Michigan.

Summer’s not over - the best has

just begun! God Bless,

Phil’s CornerPhil’s CornerPhil’s CornerPhil’s Corner

Phil

Recycling Update Thanks for your efforts to reduce, re-use and

recycle. Here’s a list of what we accept:

I4 THE SHED

• Newspapers: Place flat in brown paper

bag, stack along back wall of shed.

• Phone books: Remove covers.

(o magazines, junk mail, or other papers.

I4 THE BI4: (Loose. 4o bags!)

CARDBOARD: Flattened, clean & empty.

�o pizza boxes, Styrofoam, or packing peanuts.

PLASTICS: We only accept:

• Containers with #1, #2, or #5 recycling

symbol on bottom: Rinse, discard cap, and flatten. (o plastic bags, plastic cups,

dirty pots, plastic furniture, etc.

METALS: We only accept:

• Tin Cans and Aluminum Cans & foil:

Rinse & clean, flatten if possible.

(o scrap metal, paint cans or aerosol cans.

GLASS: We only accept:

• Clear, green or brown food, beverage

jars, and bottles: rinse clean, labels OK.

(o light bulbs, window glass, ceramics,

cookware, or drinking glasses.

Anything not listed may not be recycled here. We encourage you to make use of re-cycling centers elsewhere for electronic

equipment, TV’s & computers, appliances,

hazardous waste, tires, batteries, etc.

Pipeline Replacement Project

Enbridge Inc. has been replacing and re-pairing parts of line "6B" as part of its maintenance and rehabilitation program. The pipeline was built in 1969. Now company officials want to replace 200 miles of the oil pipeline in Michigan. The new pipeline would produce about 500,000 barrels of oil a day.

If plans are approved, Garcia reports the existing pipeline will be taken offline and remain in place, and the new pipeline will be built about 25 feet from the existing line. 5/10/2012 Michigan Radio online