RECENT ACTIVITIES

WEED BEATERS....A few unfamiliar but friendly faces may be greeting boaters and fishermen at boat landings on the Chetek Chain of Lakes in the future. Volunteers from the Chetek Lakes Protection Association will be patrolling the landings and checking boats and trailers for invasive species that may be transported from lake to lake. Pictured above are volunteers who were at local landings Saturday, Sept. 25; left to right, Don Freeman, John Swenson, John Plaza, Bob August and Tom Belknap. Not pictured is Shane  Samuels. The CLPA is particularly  concerned about Eurasian Milfoil, an invasive plant that spreads on boat trailers and can overtake entire lake systems. The group will be out in full force next Spring. Volunteers are always welcome and may call Don Freeman at 924-3658.
JERRY ZEHNER, PRESIDENT OF THE CHETEK LAKES PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, center, presented $2,602.50 to Larry Grabowski, president of the Walleyes for Chetek program, right, and Larry Stafsholt treasurer left. The CLPA had elected at the onset for the program this spring to donate matching funds for all monies received for this particular program from the Chetek resort owners. The Walleyes for Chetek program was created in an effort to solicit money from businesses and individuals to be able to provide 10,000 five to seven inch Walleyes for planting in the Chetek Chain of Lakes the end of October. This is the first year of the program, which, according to Stafsholt, is hoped to be continued on an annual basis.