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� � <br /> • � REGULAR MEETIPJG OP' iIiE ORONO COUNCIL, SEPTEP�IIER 26, 1977 Page 18 <br /> � Septembar 15, 1977 <br /> • <br /> S '�'y first stunn�er on 2�.5a.;�.,eI1 Bay wae 1969, having xi�oved lnto mY <br /> home in J�auazy of that ycar. <br /> • � <br /> • The �;r.itcr in the Iake w�s clear, good firm sand bas� irom shore to <br /> end of dock� clean sandy shore, free of e}:ce�s weeda, algae a�d txash. <br /> w �:o stagnant standing vr3ter - a constant �rashing of the shora �v�-�a�z wi�ds <br /> Frevailed. <br /> � <br /> � ?�ock a.-ran�ei��ent at �'oz-th Shore t•2a;ina �s dizferent tban the new <br /> t'�cy crected at a later date. �?efore the new insta,llation, the boata <br /> � �-,>cre docked in a �ifferent position - no an�ularly to the ea_tending <br /> � docks. t�'e now do rot get a tv�.shing af our shores for ziddance of <br /> �_ccumlating debris. T�e dacks and boats act as Ureak��.ater to t.�:e <br /> i balance of adjoining prap-�rtiea. <br /> � Fishfng in those early years was great - cou13 catch a mess every day <br /> � �11 season Iong. Spa��rning t�r�s p:ev-a2ent. ��'e cot:ld see tbe Su.zaies <br /> • �a:��1i�g egg6 z1I t�:ru the pre-hatc�-�fag time. �'re even e.-ected p�Ies in <br /> t�<e �;�ter near seve:al farrti.lies f� process sQ t�at our �randchild�en <br /> � ���auldn't c�isturb t�er*2 �nd also so they cou?d w-atch the process. After <br /> ?��atcl-�i�g - thousands of E.ngerlinga �yere in o�ar shallow shore, and all <br /> � ser�*��r lon�, t��e S�n<�3.c s - adults - ti:oLld nibble at the c�ild ren's <br /> � feet t;hsle s�,3��ni�g a^d �Iaying in nice clean water ai�d bQttom of <br /> the lake. <br /> • <br /> � Tben iar�e the dredging. T'he f�Ilo�z-ing year, there ;;ras a defiaite <br /> c�nge Qccurri�g in �he sl�ore lf�.e, th$ sand base in the Iake proper, <br /> � L�d thru t�e �e�t fo�ar years, bec?n_e r�uddier, sili�iier, dirfier <br /> � and w�ediez {ne� types seemed to have been introduced�, ar_d walki- <br /> i�g to the end of the dock one r,�o�Id sink 10" to 12" in mu�dy substance - <br /> � almost clay-like. �'o r�ore �sh - no more spatvning - no inore <br /> • finoerlings - and no mo:e decent �,�ter for sr�rir�aniag. r is!�i�g, after <br /> about � s�r-.mers s�ri�d to xeturn a�d again �.^ere able to �ecure <br /> � a fe� �.sh - not manp, b�t enough for an occasional r.eal, but ths <br /> � b�se never rEfi�rned, the sil.t bottom rem�ina3 as it does toclay. <br /> t:ow, it ap�ars to be a Gatch hasin for trash that flows from tho <br /> � N..arina so called break-w�tex ty`�e gie�, to tbe adjoining Io�s and will <br /> e� entu?I3y reac� t.�:� char,nel. . <br /> • <br /> � :V'ow, aa unnatural turn of weather in 197b deczeased the ti�r�.f.er level <br /> and continued thru a s�ll ar,�ount of s�o��.all ia '7b ansl '�7, and whea <br /> � sp:ing ca�e in '?7, all of t�e I�Finnetoak� �ople �-ere faced with a <br /> . decreased shore 2e�-eI such as is c�aracteristic of our shore on hf�:- <br /> � �eli �ay, It is difficult �o dack our boats t�is yezr �vithout their rest- <br /> i:�g on f�e ba�tom. <br /> � <br /> � <br /> � <br />