Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting of the Lake Perry Lot Owners Association will be held on Sunday, April 26 at 1:00 p.m. at the Perryville American Legion Hall. At that time, the annual report and budget for 2009 will be presented. In addition, trustee elections will be held. The terms of Rich DeWilde, Diane Murray and Ken Sims will expire. Each has indicated a desire to run for reelection. Anyone else interested in being a candidate for the board must contact Sheila Caskey or Carol Breig by no later than April 10th.

Restaurant

The Board of Trustees is looking for someone to run the restaurant from Memorial Day weekend until Labor Day. If a lot owner is interested or knows of someone who might be interested please contact Rich DeWilde. The board is willing to negotiate hours of operation and menus with any interested party.

Fishing Tournaments

Two bass tournaments are scheduled for the spring. The first will be held on Sunday, April 19th from 6am to noon. The second will be held on Sunday, May 3rd from 6am to noon. Sign up will start at 5:30am at the restaurant..

Paving

Loans for paving have been approved and Bauman Asphalt awarded the contract for the paving of the main roads through plats 4-7. Some work has already been done on adding rock to the road. The paving will start as soon as the spring weather permits.

Building Permits

Lot owners are reminded that all construction at Lake Perry, from structures to culverts, dredging, sheds, decks, etc. must have a building permit. Permits are available at the association office and must be approved before any building can take place. All lots, including Tanglewood are required to have permits before proceeding with any project. The purpose of the permits is to ensure compliance with the Deed Restrictions and protect everyone's property values.

Lake Erie

The Board of Trustees is aware that Lake Erie was very low this past winter. The board has contacted an individual with the Missouri Department of Conservation who will be consulting on the problem.

Recycling

The efforts of lot owners in recycling have been so successful that we have been able to get rid of several trash bins at a considerable savings to the association. New this year, we will collect plastic garden nursery trays and pots behind the trailer.

Know Your Trash
Our trash hauler cannot accept items that are prohibited in landfills; therefore, tires, batteries and hazardous chemicals may not be thrown in our dumpsters. The hauler is also limited by the truck so when depositing large items, consider the truck, not the dumpster. A 12' roll of carpet, for example, needs to be cut into 4' strips. Construction waste is prohibited as well as furniture and appliances.

Furniture and appliances in good condition can be donated to the St. Vincent DePaul Thrift Store in Perryville (573-547-3975). To dispose of broken appliances and other large metal items, call Bobby Weldon at 573-513-0271.

Stay Tuned for Specialty Recycling Days
Our recycling coordinator is working with Perry County Recycling to set up collection days for electronics and household chemicals. Do not throw these items in the dumpsters; look for appropriate recycling sites in your home community or hold them for future collection days in Perryville.

Recycling News and Notes--Spring 2009

Recycling Program Has Successful First Year
Recycling is easy and it's the right thing to do. Lake Perry lot owners and their guests did the right thing by filling the 20' recycling trailer about every eight weeks since we began the program last April. Glass and aluminum collections near the trailer were also significant. Everything that we recycled reduced our trash and kept thousands of pounds of trash out of landfills. Thank you for your efforts!

What's New?
If we all recycled ALL CARDBOARD, we could make a huge reduction in trash volume. Perry County Recycling now has a market for all kinds of cardboard-corrugated cardboard and pasteboard. Pasteboard is the thin, smooth substance of which cereal boxes and most beverage holders are made. A small box in the trailer is designated for pasteboard. (We need a small enclosed trailer for cardboard collection. Any leads for a donated or low-cost trailer would be greatly appreciated.) Also note that plastic plant trays and pots can be left behind the trailer for pick-up.

Recycling Reduces Trash by Half to Two-thirds
Keep all of these things out of Lake Perry trash by recycling them at the main gate: aluminum, glass, all cardboard, #1 clear plastic, #2 natural plastic, #2 colored plastic, steel (food) cans, magazines and junk mail, newspaper and phone books, batteries, cooking oil, motor oil, transmission fluid.

Recycle Clothing and Household Items
Many household and clothing items that go in the trash could be reused. Why not donate them to the St. Vincent DePaul Thrift Store in Perryville? Just drop them at the back door one block off the square at 123 W. North Street between 9:00 and 1:00 6 days a week and until 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday. Call ahead for furniture and appliances at 547-3975.

Why Can't We Recycle Everything Recyclable?
Perry County Recycling is a small facility, which doesn't have room to handle all recyclables.

Four Questions, Same Answer
Why do we have to separate recyclables? Why do we have to remove lids from plastic and glass containers? Why can't we just pitch bags of bottles or paper into the recycling boxes? Why do we have to look for the recycling numbers on the bottom of containers? ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS HAVE THE SAME ANSWER. Perry County Recycling has chosen to use a process that yields a better price for their product. They assemble huge compressed cubes of one particular material, such as #1 clear plastic or #2 natural plastic, and sell them to manufacturers. For these "pure" products they get top price. Since lids on glass and plastic are made of a different material from the container, they constitute an impurity and should be removed. Likewise, plastic bags or brown paper bags are different from anything collected and should not be put into any of the boxes. Municipalities who have residents throw all recyclables together get a far lower price because some place along the line the separation process will cost the manufacturer more money.

If It Walks Like a Duck And Talks Like a Duck…
If it looks like #2 plastic and feels like #2 plastic, contrary to the old adage, it may NOT be #2 plastic. Please check the recycling number on the bottom of plastics. In particular, there has been a consistent deposit of other types of plastic in the bin for #2 colored plastic.

Water Bottles Cause a Problem
Plastic water bottles, billions of which go into landfills every year, are a problem across the country to the point where some cities and schools have banned them. Washington University in St. Louis banned them from campus recently. Here at Lake Perry the #1 plastic bin in our recycle trailer fills twice as fast as the others during the summer because of water bottles. This is a nuisance since we have to keep bagging them until the other bins are full. May we suggest an alternative?

If it's the taste of the water at Lake Perry that causes you to use bottled water, here's a solution that may work for you. A Brita pitcher with 2 filters and a reusable water bottle costs about $17 to $20 at Costco or Wal-Mart. The filters last about 3 months so that cost represents about 6 months of good tasting water. If it's the convenience of bottled water that causes you to use it, why not buy reusable water bottles and fill them from your Brita pitcher?

Questions About Recycling??
Call Shirley Pelker, recycling coordinator at Lake Perry, 573-547-7648.

Board of Trustees

Rich DeWilde, President, Home 547-8035/office 547-6596
Sheila Caskey, Vice-President, Home 335-2088
Diane Murray, Sec/Treasurer, Home 547-3916
Carol Breig, Member, Home 517-0791
Ken Sims, Member, Home 547-8727
Harold Unterreiner, Member, Home 547-2913
Cell 513-2370
Bill Logan, Member, Home 547-7817

Bobby Weldon, Maintenance Supervisor, Cell 513-0271/ Pager 279-9079