Lake Springfield - June

Rain, SLSIA golf outing, rain, property taxes paid, rain, SLSIA garage sale weekend, rain, rain, & more rain, lake water level high, E.coli count high, Flag Day, Father's Day, 1st day of summer & 4th of July just around the corner; it must be June 2008 on Lake Springfield.

CWLP reports the E. coli/bacteria counts in Lake Springfield west of the C & IM Railroad Bridge have been excessively high in recent days. Check www.cwlp.com web site for details. Click on Lake Springfield. Click on Lake Water Quality. Click on E.coli Monitoring Results.

Jeannie, Ms. soon to be newly wed on Hawthorne Lane, sent me the following e-mail to try to help us lake homeowners find out the bacteria count level near our homes:

"As curious as I get, instead of listening to the radio to see if and when I can swim due to the water quality count, I searched to find the following site . . .
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Wet, windy & cold - 3rd Annual SLSIA Golf Outing was rained out after 12 holes.  1st, 2nd & last place teams were awarded by pulling their team names from a hat.  Each golfer was provided an individual gift in addition to the Free Sparkling Clean Car Wash, Free Tanning Coupons, Post-It-Notes from Bank of Springfield, Knights Action Park Coupons, Golf Balls from Remax, Key Chain from Mary Lou Kent, Coolie Cups from RW Troxell, and a Free Week Pass for Snap Fit . . .

Our Association would like to thank all of the wonderful donors for contributing fabulous prizes.

Garrett Deakin, President of the Lake Homeowner’s Association, said he was very pleased to announce the 2008 Sherel Nutt Memorial Scholarship award winners – Hannah Giacomini and Kelly Short of Springfield. They will both receive $750 for use towards their college expenses.

Hannah Giacomini is the daughter of Patrick and Debbie Giacomini. They live at 3616 Edinborough Court, Springfield. She will graduate from Sacred Heart-Griffin High School this month and attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign this fall.

Kelly Short is the daughter of John and Mary Short who live at 85 Island Bay Lane. She will graduate this month from Glenwood High School and attend Bradley University in Peoria this fall.

Deakin said, “Our scholarship is named after a man who lived on Lake Springfield for over 40 years, volunteered his services and believed in the future of our youth. Sherel would be proud of these two high school students. Both Hannah and Kelly are wonderful examples of highly motivated high school seniors who are academically strong, participate extensively in school activities and have given back to our community through volunteer efforts.”

Hannah Giacomini holds a 3.88 GPA, National Honor Society member, Swim Team, Academic All Conference, Spring Musical 4 years, Friends in Resistance Education 4 years & President, Jazz Band 4 years, Year Book Portraits Editor, Peer Counseling and Freshman Orientation 3 years. Hannah has been active with UCP’s Saddle-Up Program, ILCAAP, a state-wide prevention organization that performs skits to show good examples to teens to prevent drug & alcohol abuse plus works as a life guard and swim instructor 40 hours a week.

Kelly Short has a weighted GPA of 4.5, Varsity Soccer 4 years, Cross Country team 4 years, Lunch Buddies 4 years and tutors 3rd graders. She has volunteered at Brendan Gardens Nursing Home, Junior Samaritan for St. John’s Hospital and Special Olympics. She has traveled on a Side By Side Habitat for Humanity trip and works at Panera Bread.

The Lake Shore Improvement Association's scholarships were open to all high school seniors attending the 9 public or private schools in the Chatham, Rochester or Springfield School Districts (schools that border Lake Springfield). The only requirement was that students must continue their education this fall – be it a public or private community college, 4 year college or university. The award is very flexible and can be used to help cover the cost of tuition, room and board, books or travel expenses.

The application required each senior to submit a high school transcript, two letters of recommendation, list of extracurricular activities/community service and write a 500 word essay on "What Lake Springfield has meant to you."

The Association set up a Scholarship Committee to evaluate the applications. "Competition was of the highest caliber, and we have proof that the quality of students graduating from our public and private high schools in Springfield, Chatham and Rochester is excellent," said Deakin.