Thanks Volunteers!

Thanks to those that were able to do their part this morning to keep our lake clean and litter free.

Hope to see you this Thursday at:

‎2nd Annual Wine For Water Wine Tasting & Fundraiser

Did you know that our lake association is a supporting member of the Gills Creek Watershed Association (GCWA)? Join Us Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 6:30-9pmThis event will be held at the Rockbridge Club on Spring Lake in Forest Acres, and will showcase a diverse selection of domestic and imported wines.Specialists will be on hand to discuss the wine, and purchase opportunities will be available. Heavy hors d'oeuvres will be catered by Spotted Salamander. Come learn about the work and vision of the Gills Creek Watershed Association! Tickets are $30 per person in advance. $40 the day of the event. Children are free!All proceeds from this event will benefit the annual operations of the Gills Creek Watershed Association.Sponsored by Fuss and O'Neill Engineers and Grimball Cotterill Landscape Architects.Call 727-8326 for tickets and more information, or see the Wine For Water page.Gills Creek Watershed Association Annual Meeting. GCWA will hold its annual meeting at 5:30pm before the Wine For Water event. Everyone is invited to attend. We will be reviewing our accomplishments during 2011 and discussing plans for 2012. GCWA members will be voting for members of the board of directors.

CARPe Diem!

looks like the carp are still calling Upper Rockyford Lake home.

Join Us Oct. 15th to Toss the Trash

We will gather on the spillway Saturday morning, October 15th, 2011, 9 a.m. to conduct our Fall litter pickup as part of our involvement in Keep the Midlands Beautiful's Adopt a Waterway program. We will supply trash bags and you can pick up litter that morning or anytime throughout the day. Place bags and other trash collected at the corner of Percival and Overcreek, and the trash truck will pick it up Monday.

Hope to see you then!

May 4th Lake Association Spring Meeting-RCPL

We have confirmed a meeting space at the Cooper branch of the Richland County Public Library and we will meet May 4, 2011, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The board has developed an agenda for this meeting and topics include: Volunteers sought for lake board; Financial report/expenditures; Major progress made on lake restoration/dam repair this year; Wildlife enhancement on the lake; affirming the lake bylaws; setting dates for lake litter cleanups/Gills Creek Watershed Association membership; Facebook page for our association. Don't miss this important meeting and meet new neighbors/catch up with old friends. By the way, we now have a Facebook (FB) page. If you are on FB, send a friend request to Amy Overstreet (allimaxwell@earthlink.net) and I'll send you an invite to our page. See you May 4th!

Click here to view the May 4th meeting invite: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0ByXNd1QUSsOrMTNhY2Q0NDItZTAyOS00ODEzLTk4MjktZjQ1ZjA3MzYxMGNh&hl=en&authkey=CMWnj0s

March 5th Adopt A Waterway Lake Cleanup

A big thanks to Buford Goff, Maurice Duperre, Thom Bristol and son, Gerald and Margaret Crawley, and Pam Greenlaw of the Gills Creek Watershed Association for coming out Saturday morning to help us pick up litter in the lake and along Percival Road. We found lots of trash, including bottles, hubcaps, plastic, fast food containers, etc.

See you on May 4th at our annual meeting!

Thanks, Amy O.

Important Dates Coming Up on Upper Rockyford

MARCH 5th, 2011: Adopt-a-Waterway Lake Litter Pickup Meet at 8:30 a.m. on the bridge to pick up trash bags and help us clean up the shoreline (which is loaded with trash!).

MAY 4th, 2011: Upper Rockyford Lake Homeowner's Association Spring Meeting, location to be announced. 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Snow on Overcreek...Again!

Global Warming? I think not :) Enjoy the snow!