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1^st Meeting of the Lake Cherokee Preservation Club

What an exciting start!! Over 50 people were in attendance at the inaugural meeting of the newly established Preservation Club held on November 18 at the CWC Office. To kick the meeting off, the Rev. Bill Smythe of The Church at Lake Cherokee delivered a beautiful prayer for our new organization. An election of officers was conducted with the following leadership being established: Buddy Williams, president; Jan Pelton, vice-president; Garland Irwin, treasurer; Jim Wilson, secretary. With Mr. Williams presiding, the group reviewed the organization's mission which is to support the preservation of the natural beauty of the lake while promoting its safe, responsible recreational use and generating innovative ideas and solutions for the benefit, growth and future well being of Lake Cherokee. With that purpose in mind, numerous ideas were offered up for consideration for planning upcoming group projects and activities. The juices were really flowing!! The possibilities seem endless with so much energy and enthusiasm onboard. Participants are encouraged to continue to generate ideas and bring or submit those.

Officers (L to R) Jim Wilson, Garland Irwin, Jan Pelton, Buddy Williams

Membership forms were accepted with $20 annual dues. Membership is available to all who are interested in participating; forms will be available at meetings or may be requested from Jim Wilson at jimwilson@lakecherokee.net.

Note the Change!! Our next meeting is now scheduled for December 4, 7:00 at the CWC Lake Office. Meeting times in 2009 will be the first Thursdays of the month, 7:00, CWC Office.

Y'all Come!!

FUEL CENTER OPENS YEAR ROUND

We have some gorgeous days scattered through the winter season, and it is often fun to bundle up with plenty of hot chocolate or coffee and take a cruise on one of those crisp, bright sunshiny days. So, this year, we will try something new and will keep the fuel center open year-round, on our shortened schedule.

Beginning November 3, the fuel center will be open on Tuesday and Saturday from 1:00pm until 5:00pm. Normally we would close it down completely in January and February, but we will extend the Tuesday and Saturday schedule through January and February. That abbreviated schedule will continue until Daylight Savings Time begins in the spring, when we will begin the normal six days per week summer schedule.

Merry Christmas and
a big thank you from Operation Appreciation

Once again thank you for your support. What a wonderful group of people, you are the most giving and caring for our troops. Without the support of centre Presbyterian Church, Church at Lake Cherokee, Girls Softball, Cherokee Fishing Club, Knife Fork and Trowel and all the people who so generously give of their money, we could not have this program.

We mail to the troops three times per year. We accept donations at anytime to be ready for the next mailing. We will continue with operation appreciation until the troops come home. Thanks again to the ladies of Centre Presbyterian Church Mission Committee for four years of filling out custom forms and packing and mailing.

Operation appreciation is an association of churches, businesses, schools and individuals that was started by St. Michael's Episcopal Church with Margie Litterski as chairperson. We are all proud to be a part of operation appreciation.

God bless you and many thanks.

Elaine Pinkerton
Chair Person

NEW STORAGE FACILITY COMPLETED

You may now lease a slot to park your trailers, boats and campers in the CWC's new storage facility across from the ST area of the lake. It also has two buildings containing 38 storage units at or below current area market rates. The facility is for shareholders only. Those leasing storage units or parking slots will be given a card to access the gate to the facility. The lighted area is secured with a high fence and paved with a crushed rock all weather surface.

Those who submitted their reservations for storage units or parking slots have until November 10 to contact the CWC office to have the paperwork prepared for their signature and activation of the annual lease. Preparation of the paperwork takes a day or so. After that, the reservation list will be discarded and all rentals will be on a first come - first serve basis. The entire annual storage rental fee is due in advance, and will be renewable each year with your annual lot lease payment. The first year, the annual lease amount will be prorated to reflect the actual date of rental. No refunds will be provided for those who cancel their rental prior to October 1. Those shareholders who transfer their stock during the year will have 30 days before their card will be blocked from providing access to the facility and to vacate their storage unit or remove their trailer from the storage lot. There will be no electrical lighting or outlets provided in the units, and the gate computer does not allow access to the facility between the hours of 10pm and 6am.

The trailer, boat, camper parking slots rent for $6 per month = $72 per year. The slots will be 12 feet by 25 feet in size. It is the shareholder's responsibility to chain or secure the item so that it cannot be towed.

The storage unit sizes and rentals are as follows:
There are 4 units that are 30 feet by 15 feet (450 sf) with 10 foot wide overhead doors at each end. The monthly rental rate is $225, which is $2,700 per year.
There are 8 units that are 15 feet by 15 feet (225 sf) with an overhead door. The monthly rental rate is $120 per month which is $1,440 per year.
There are 20 units that are 10 feet by 15 feet (150 sf) with a steel hinged door. The monthly rental rate is $75 per month which is $900 per year.
There are 6 units that are 10 feet by 10 feet (100 sf) with a steel hinged door. The monthly rental rate is $50 which is $600 per year.

CFC Annual Fall Bass Tournament Results
By Bo Besharse

Aaron Fite having his 17.42 stringer of Bass weighed in by Ted Carroll.

Chaz Blakely holding envelope with his prize for catching and winning the Youth Big Bass. His fish weighed in at 4.15 Pounds.

Saturday, October 25, the Cherokee Fishing Club held its Annual Fall Open Bass Tournament. We had a total of 24 teams signed up for the tournament. Of the 24 teams, fifteen teams weighed in fish. We had a total of 53 Bass weighed in did not have any fish loss. Those 53 fish weighed a total of 123.5 pounds and the average weight of the fish was 2.33 pounds.

Due to scheduling conflicts, we had to relocate to Firecracker Park for the weigh-in. The schedule conflict turned very good for the fishermen. Firecracker Park provided a great area for all of the fishermen to dock their boats and we did not have to worry about finding a spot to park. Firecracker Park had sufficient seating, nice restrooms and beautiful scenery. From all the comments, those in attendance enjoyed the change and the scenery at Firecracker Park.

The winners with the largest stringers was Aaron Fite and Terry Ford with a 5 fish limit weighing in at 17.52 pounds, following in second place was Ben Preston and Marc Bobo with a 5 fish limit that weighed 14.45 pounds, Third place was taken by Randy Warnix and Robin Walter with 5 fish totaling 11.72 pounds. Fourth Place went to Joe Travis and Mike Hyko, Fifth Place was Bo Besharse and Charles Skinner, and Sixth Place was Mark Wiggins and Bruce Brown. Chaz Blakely won the Youth Big Bass spot with a 4.15 - pound Bass and he received $25.00 for that fish. Joe Travis took the Big Bass Award with a 4.91 Bass and Ann Brown with her 3.76-pound Bass won the Ladies Big Bass. We had a total of 9 cash winners for the Tournament.

The day was finished off with a meal of Hot Dogs, Chili, Cheese and all the other trimmings and we had tea or water as the refreshment. I am not a great fan of Hotdogs but today after the tournament, they tasted very, very good!

I would like to thank Ted and Reba Carroll for acting as the Weigh masters. They always do a great job. Thanks to all those that helped setup, and prepare the meal for the fishermen. If I happen to leave your name off of the volunteer list, contact me and I will certainly correct my error. Genia Holland Besharse, Nita and Ray Smith, Emma Scott, JoAnn and Billie McCranie, and Eddie and Wendy Gomez. I would also like to thank the members of the Cherokee Lake Patrol, for their assistance Saturday. The Lake Patrol Officers have always been ready to help the shareholders and I believe we are very fortunate to have such a great group of guys and lady on the patrol staff, Thanks!


Aaron Fite having his 17.42 stringer of Bass weighed in by Ted Carroll.	Chaz Blakely holding envelope with his prize for catching and winning the Youth Big Bass. His fish weighed in at 4.15 Pounds.