$5000 Publisher's Giveaway

WOW! What an incredible experience to be a part of - and there really was a winner!

The publisher, Lane Moon, of the Urbana Daily Citizen, Mechanicsburg Telegram, Indian Lake Current and River Current, offered a $5000 Publisher's Giveaway from February 24 to March 24th.  With 38 participating businesses, Indian Lake Outfitters was pleased to participate and draw one lucky semi-finalist.

Our winner, Kay McMillen, along with the other finalists were present at the Grand Prize Drawing on Saturday, April 9th. Held in the Michael Farms Horticulture building of the Champaign County Fairgrounds, we were offered great food and refreshments and the opportunity to meet and greet with other businesses in the Logan and Champaign County area.

The excitement continued as a Reverse Raffle determined Sandra Smith, to be the last "woman" standing as the Winner of the $5000 Giveaway! Sandra's entry was turned into Pam's House of Beauty and drawn as a semi-finalists.

Congratulations to Sandra on winning the giveaway and thank you to everyone that stopped into Indian Lake Outfitters with their entry forms to participate in the drawing.

Geocaching for Earth Day at Girl Scout Camp Myeerah

Happy Earth Day!!

Indian Lake Outfitters partnered with the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio to celebrate Earth Day at the Girl Scout's Camp Myeerah last Saturday. We teamed up with the Insurance Goddess, Carrie Reynolds, of Alan Galvez Insurance to educate the young girls on the importance of "Cache In - Trash Out" with litter pick-up and geocaching.

Geocaching, coined in 2000, combines location-based gaming, social networking, treasure hunting, GPS navigation and outdoor recreation. With more than 1.4 million geocaches hidden and 4 million users worldwide, geocaching continues to grow in popularity across the United States and here locally in Logan County. Did you know that Indian Lake Outfitters is the only place in Logan County that carries Geocaching supplies?

Donated by Galvez Insurance, the litter bag was full of fun educational pieces for each girl to take home as a souvenir, like the "geocaching.com" sticker created by FastTrack Signs. Then we stuffed a 2-sided Geocaching Fact Sheet inside, along with some other information about Indian Lake Outfitters and Alan Galvez Insurance. 

Alan Galvez Insurance is located at 134 West Columbus Ave in Bellefontaine, Ohio. For questions or policies regarding Life, Auto, Health, Home or Commercial coverage, please contact the Goddess at 937-592-4871.

To learn more geocaching basics, join us next Saturday, April 30th, at the Logan County District Library in Bellefontaine for a FREE demonstration titled "Let's go Geocaching" beginning at 2:00 in the AcuSport Community Room.

ILWP/ILDC Weed Harvester Campaign

Over 20 years ago, Indian Lake businesses and residents saw our water quality headed for serious economic trouble - the lake was too shallow for boating and too muddy for fishing.

The Indian Lake Watershed Project was formed with monumental support of farmers, landowners and government agencies. Over the years, we have made a difference reducing the sediment flowing into the lake from 80,000 tons per year to 15,000 tons per year.

Because of these actions, CLAM volunteers have seen disc depth readings at Indian Lake of 52" with an average of 12" for the 2010 season. Swimmers can have peace of mind knowing that the water quality will not create health issues. The real estate property values have increased and residents and businesses are experiencing a better quality of life. Indian Lake now has over 1.2 million visitors per year, making it a great destination point. Most importantly, Indian Lake DOES NOT have a toxic algae issue, however, with the increased water clarity, sunlight is able to penetrate the water that causes weed growth. Weed growth that unfortunately restricts and even prevents boat traffic in many areas.

To remedy the weed situation, chemical spraying practices along private docks and channels will continue providing the availability of state funding and we need to purchase a WEED HARVESTER, which costs $127,000.

We need everyone's help and support. The weed problem will be an ongoing issue that will require annual maintenance to keep growth manageable. The ILWP and ILDC organizations have been conducting a fundraising campaign to purchase a weed harvester that will be solely dedicated for use at Indian Lake.

We are asking for your help to continue our efforts of "Improving the Water Quality of Indian Lake One Drop at a Time" by contributing to the ILWP/ILDC Weed Harvester Campaign today.

Archery Leagues Now Forming

LEAGUES NOW FORMING

Thanks to all who have signed up and shown interest in participating in our Indoor Archery Leagues. For the next 7 weeks, we will have compound bow shoots on Tuesday nights at 4:00 and 7:00. Thursday nights will be an open “fun” shoot at 6:00 and Saturday mornings at 9:00am will be marked for our Traditional League shooters.

Please feel free to invite your friends to join us. The range is available for open shooting 7 days a week from 7am-6:30pm Monday thru Saturday and 8am-4pm on Sundays. We offer annual memberships for $100 with children and ladies being half-price. Guests can also shoot by the hour or half-hour. Keep in mind that we have rental equipment available and program packages for groups that wish to shoot in the range.

League prices are $8 per person per league and $5 for membership holders. We guarantee payouts and prizes to the top 3 spots of each league with the option of additional places based upon participation.

Leagues will start the week of April 10th and continue thru May 28th. Six of the 7 scores will be combined in the winning total with a handicap being assessed. Should you need more information, please don’t hesitate to call us at the shop anytime.

See you all next week - Indian Lake Outfitters Staff