Little
Platte Lake Association Meets
HONOR - The Little Platte
Lake Association held its annual meeting on June 21 at the Homestead Township
Hall in Honor. Members learned what the Association has accomplished since last
year’s meeting. LPLA continues to
monitor the water level of the lake in relation to that ordered by the Benzie
County Circuit Court. The loon
platform placed on the lake by LPLA with DNR approval turned out to be a mallard
platform this year. After efforts to
obtain a fish count from the DNR fizzled, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians stepped up and conducted a survey last July, the results of
which were discussed. Water testing
and plant mapping efforts are continuing at the lake.
The business portion of
the meeting was recessed for a brief presentation on boat safety by Deputies Ted
Schendel and Rick Robbins from the Marine Patrol Division of the Benzie County
Sheriff’s Office. After their talk
on boat safety the deputies answered questions from the members as to such
things as registration requirements and reporting offending boaters.
The members then elected
directors to serve on the Board until next year’s meeting:
President Ronnie Brown, Secretary Gretchen Staub, Treasurer John Ester,
and Trustees Lynn Walker and Dave Van Hammen.
Minutes of the meeting and further information about LPLA can be found at
www.littleplattelake.org.