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Cornhole Totnament Winners, David and Gary Heath Photography by Kim Flanagan of Creative Occasions Photography (Top of page and above)
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THE CANADIAN LAKER
Good day my fellow Canadian Lakers! I hope this letter finds you and your family well. Summer has been fantastic here in Canadian Lakes this year, and we still have four more beautiful months to enjoy before the lakes freeze over and that white stuff covers the ground. Since my last Laker letter, the Canadian Lakes Association (CLA) has sponsored a concert at the Reuther Music Pavilion, held a New Member Welcome Event, had the Ferris Community Summer Band perform for you at the Castle, had a Summer Arts & Crafts Show for your shopping enjoyment, and held our annual CLA Summer Picnic! OMG was that picnic a hit this year! We had over 700 Canadian Lakes members, family and guests come out and enjoy the beautiful weather. The temperature was a nice 80 degrees, sunny and breezy. THANK YOU, MOTHER NATURE! For the first time, we offered a Cornhole Tournament as part of the picnic festivities. Twelve teams competed and had a great time. Congratulations to David and Gary Heath, our first-place winners. Our second-place team was Joe and Joe McCormick. We had some “old fashioned picnic games” for families to participate in, which were also a big hit. We held a door prize drawing for our Canadian Lakes Association members only – congratulations to Mearl Kerns, who won a $125 Mini-Car detailing donated by Scott’s Auto Body. And finally, we had some of our traditional entertainment for our members to enjoy, which has always been popular throughout the years. Healey’s Outback Ranch provided wagon rides, Dee Jay the Clown provided his balloon magic for the kids, and the Dixie Ramblers Jazz Band provided musical entertainment throughout the day. Most of our young Canadian Lakes members (and some of our “young at heart” members) went home with tattoos. And then there was the food. Oh boy do Canadian Lakes members like their food! We went through 800 hot dogs, 150 pounds of potato salad, 150 pounds of corn, 82 boxes of ice cream treats, 720 bags of potato chips and countless bags of popcorn. Typically, we need to make trips back to the stores to return items we didn’t use – well not this
