From: Painted Hills Office [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 4:13 PM


As you may already know, the Lakes Committee works with a trapper to trap and remove muskrats from both our lakes each year.

Muskrats dig into shore lines and can do a great deal of damage to them. Trapper,   Dave Coleman,  will be about in the next few days, assessing the areas to be trapped and marking those areas with flags.  If you notice any muskrat  activity , please contact the office or our Lakes Chairman Mike McClanahan to get this information to our trapper.

Painted Hills Office

Members,

  As you are aware, we are experiencing low lake levels do to lack of rain.  This affects the ability to launch boats from the ramps. There have been recent incidents where boatersback their trailers beyond the end of the ramp.  There is an 18 inch drop beyond the ramp and boat trailers will become lodged there.  This is especially true when pontoons are being launched.  In an effort to prevent this, Property manager, Jon Henninger has placed two buoys at the end of the Holiday  ramp.  It is advisable to have someone watch as you back down and do not allow trailer wheels to go beyond the buoys when launching or loading.

There have been complaints of boats anchored or tied together in the main part of Lake Holiday during skiing and tubing hours (9:00am to ½ hr before sunset) around 9:15pm, with swimmers around the boatsIt is difficult to see swimmers in the main body of the lake.   If you are going to have a tie-up, please do so in the idle areas.

Thank you,

Lakes and Security Committees

If you use Gate 2 you have probably seen the newly constructed fishing/ swimming platform located  on the left side of the dam on Lake Nebo.

It is for swimming and fishing only, no boats are to be docked there.  It is for members and their guests only and the member must accompany their guests.

Please park any vehicles in the gravel on the opposite side of the road and pick up any trash before you leave.  This was constructed by donations from the membership and no Painted Hills Association funds were used in the construction.

Mike McClanahan

Lakes Committee chairman

                                                  LAKE TREATMENT

Weather permitting,  the Lakes Committee will be treating both Lake Nebo & Lake Holiday on

                           Monday  May 14th  and  Thursday May 17th

Do not use lake water for plants or lawns until Sunday May 20th 

There are no other restrictions.

Due to the mild weather this Winter, weeds will be more severe so we will be treating more than in past Summers.

In addition, on Lake Nebo, from time to time, Chuck Kern or another Lakes Committee Member will be exceeding the normal no wake policy in order to churn up the algae.

Thank You,

Painted Hills Lakes Committee

Members,

   As we are preparing to do the scheduled repairs on the Nebo Spillway  the Indiana Department of Natural Resources requires that all property owners within a ¼ mile radius be notified in writing of those upcoming repairs.  In the next few days, members who are within the 1/4  mile will be contacted either Painted Hills Security members who will deliver the notification to you or it may be sent by certified mail through the U.S Postal Service.  A form will be completed  when you receive the letter that verifies you have been notified and these forms will be kept on file in the Painted Hills Office as required by the Indiana Dept of Natural Resources.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at the Painted Hills Office or

President Dan Arnold 349-1752.

Judy Lammers

Office manager