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Found: Blue 2 person paddleboat
It floated into our lift and was stuck for a couple of weeks. We were able to get it out and tie it to our dock. We are located in the first cove SW of Red Bridge Park on Morse Landing Drive. Penny Gara 919-24180
The Dam Valves Remain Open
As of the this morning, 9/19 at 9:14am the lake is down just over 2 feet from the normal elevation. Lake is reading 807.86' and top elevation is 810'. We are losing about 1” per day. Until we get a significant rain that will dramatically increase the level and flow of the White River, the valves will remain open. Hopefully, you have taken care of your boat and dock situations. Visit our website to check the daily water level reading - http://morseh2o.org/water-levels/
Citizens Water
As you know, Citizens took over control of the Water Company on August 26th. Citizens Water now owns the reservoir. What does this mean for residents living on Morse? We don’t have all the answers and Citizens probably doesn’t know all the questions at this point. One change for MWA is the new Citizens Water web site and links from our web site www.morseh2o.org Visit our web site and click on Water Levels on our home page, you will find a link to new Citizens Water web site.
As Citizens goes through their staffing and organizing of the new organization, we will get a better understanding of their new company. We do have a PR/communications contact person as we did with Veolia. Citizens Water continues to have a service advisory board, which one of our board members continues as a member, same as with the Water Company.
General Meeting
Our next general meeting for the public will be held on Tuesday October 4th at the South Harbour Club House. Please mark your calendars for this meeting. We hope to have more information for you concerning Citizens water at this meeting.
Friendly Reminder: As fall and cooler temps approach, please remember to bag your leaves - DO NOT BLOW THEM IN THE LAKE! Leaves and other yard waste contain Phosphorus which cause algae blooms and big problems for our lake! Read more about how you can help our water quality on our website (we have an entire section dedicated to water quality!) - http://morseh2o.org/morse-water-quality/
Donations Always Welcomed
Please help us continue to support the Morse Community with a donation of any amount. Use the PayPal feature on our web site or make checks out to Morse Waterways Association and send them to: Jim Schneider, 2460 Cape Henry Ct. Cicero, IN 46034. MWA is a non-profit 501(c)3 so your donation is tax deductable.
Thanks for your support of Morse Waterways Association.
Jim Schneider, President
September 2011 Newletter
It's the end of another fabulous summer on Morse Lake. This summer saw some of the hottest temps on record which means lots of boating, swimming, skiing, tubing, fishing, etc... Great summer to be "lake people"!The Dam Valves Remain Open
As of the this morning, 9/19 at 9:14am the lake is down just over 2 feet from the normal elevation. Lake is reading 807.86' and top elevation is 810'. We are losing about 1” per day. Until we get a significant rain that will dramatically increase the level and flow of the White River, the valves will remain open. Hopefully, you have taken care of your boat and dock situations. Visit our website to check the daily water level reading - http://morseh2o.org/water-levels/
Citizens Water
As you know, Citizens took over control of the Water Company on August 26th. Citizens Water now owns the reservoir. What does this mean for residents living on Morse? We don’t have all the answers and Citizens probably doesn’t know all the questions at this point. One change for MWA is the new Citizens Water web site and links from our web site www.morseh2o.org Visit our web site and click on Water Levels on our home page, you will find a link to new Citizens Water web site.
As Citizens goes through their staffing and organizing of the new organization, we will get a better understanding of their new company. We do have a PR/communications contact person as we did with Veolia. Citizens Water continues to have a service advisory board, which one of our board members continues as a member, same as with the Water Company.
General Meeting
Our next general meeting for the public will be held on Tuesday October 4th at the South Harbour Club House. Please mark your calendars for this meeting. We hope to have more information for you concerning Citizens water at this meeting.
Friendly Reminder: As fall and cooler temps approach, please remember to bag your leaves - DO NOT BLOW THEM IN THE LAKE! Leaves and other yard waste contain Phosphorus which cause algae blooms and big problems for our lake! Read more about how you can help our water quality on our website (we have an entire section dedicated to water quality!) - http://morseh2o.org/morse-water-quality/
Donations Always Welcomed
Please help us continue to support the Morse Community with a donation of any amount. Use the PayPal feature on our web site or make checks out to Morse Waterways Association and send them to: Jim Schneider, 2460 Cape Henry Ct. Cicero, IN 46034. MWA is a non-profit 501(c)3 so your donation is tax deductable.
Thanks for your support of Morse Waterways Association.
Jim Schneider, President
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On Saturday July 31st, MWA held its 6th annual lake cleanup. Working from 8:00 until 12:00pm, we pulled 9 dump truck loads of debris and logs from the reservoir. Thanks to David Beaudin our primary man on the chain saw and his sidekick Jim Schneider for an excellent job of trimming the branches and logs to fit more in the dump trucks. Thanks to Pat Comer and the Cicero Street &Utility department for the big equipment and hauling away the debris. For our third year, MWA went eco-friendly by recycling the wood at GreenCycle on Rt. 19, thus eliminating the burning of this wood.
Thanks to Marina Limited Partnership Dock repair and Construction department for helping with a few of the really large trees again this year. I think they were even larger than last year. We could not have gotten these out of the lake without their assistance. Please look at the pictures to see the 40-50 foot tree. If you need dock work, please show your support and contact Paul Deaton at (317) 336-7180.
Our street crew, lead by Dean Denhart for the 7th year, cleaned out the mess of trees, limbs and garbage that had gathered near the Cicero docks by the old Waterfront. Judi Schneider walked the entire causeway picking up 4 bags of trash. This clean up will help to made a good impression on our out-of-town Cicero Triathlon participants next Saturday August 6th.
Special thanks to Larry Seacat who has spent most of the last 7 clean ups in the water organizing the boats and trees to prepare for the backhoe removal.
Check out pictures from the cleanup in our Lake Clean Up Day 2011 Photo Album
Here is list of the other 30 volunteers on Saturday. I apologize if I missed anyone from the signup sheet. Many of these volunteers continue to help every year. Please join us next year for this event which benefits all of us on the water.
The Dam Valves are Open.
Keep an eye on the water level at your dock, although the water drain should be at a relatively slow pace. Indianapolis Water has done an excellent job of managing the water flow from the reservoir. The water level is only a few inches below the dam and the valves have been opened for about 10 days. Friday night’s 0.41 inches rainfall did help a little bit. You can track the water level from our web site. Click on the Water Levels on our home page. www.morseh2o.org
2011 Flotilla
This year we held our 3rd annual Flotilla on July 16th. The winning boat was decorated as a pirate ship and won the $200 gift card from our sponsor Wireless at Work (your local Sprint stores including the Noblesville location at intersection of Rt. 31 and 32). Second prize of $125 gift card went to the Christmas in July boat with Santa towed on tube. Third prize of $75 went to boat with a patriotic theme.
Donations Always Welcomed
If we pulled some big logs from your docks, please consider giving a donation to our organization. We did have some clean up day expenses. Please help us continue to support the Morse Community with a donation of any amount. Use the PayPal feature on our web site or make checks out to Morse Waterways Association and send them to: Jim Schneider, 2460 Cape Henry Ct. Cicero, IN 46034. MWA is a non-profit 501(c)3 so your donation is tax deductible.
Thanks for your support of Morse Waterways Association.
Jim Schneider, President
Newsletter - August 3, 2011
MORSE 5th ANNUAL LAKE CLEANUP – An Eco-friendly Green EventOn Saturday July 31st, MWA held its 6th annual lake cleanup. Working from 8:00 until 12:00pm, we pulled 9 dump truck loads of debris and logs from the reservoir. Thanks to David Beaudin our primary man on the chain saw and his sidekick Jim Schneider for an excellent job of trimming the branches and logs to fit more in the dump trucks. Thanks to Pat Comer and the Cicero Street &Utility department for the big equipment and hauling away the debris. For our third year, MWA went eco-friendly by recycling the wood at GreenCycle on Rt. 19, thus eliminating the burning of this wood.
Thanks to Marina Limited Partnership Dock repair and Construction department for helping with a few of the really large trees again this year. I think they were even larger than last year. We could not have gotten these out of the lake without their assistance. Please look at the pictures to see the 40-50 foot tree. If you need dock work, please show your support and contact Paul Deaton at (317) 336-7180.Our street crew, lead by Dean Denhart for the 7th year, cleaned out the mess of trees, limbs and garbage that had gathered near the Cicero docks by the old Waterfront. Judi Schneider walked the entire causeway picking up 4 bags of trash. This clean up will help to made a good impression on our out-of-town Cicero Triathlon participants next Saturday August 6th.
Special thanks to Larry Seacat who has spent most of the last 7 clean ups in the water organizing the boats and trees to prepare for the backhoe removal.
Check out pictures from the cleanup in our Lake Clean Up Day 2011 Photo Album
Here is list of the other 30 volunteers on Saturday. I apologize if I missed anyone from the signup sheet. Many of these volunteers continue to help every year. Please join us next year for this event which benefits all of us on the water.
- Dean Denhart
- Mary Jane Olsavsky
- Don Smith
- Joanne King
- Chris Miller
- Jim Schneider
- Nancy Smith
- Jim King
- Rusty Miller
- Judi Schneider
- Gary Helgemo
- Pat Comer
- Jack Settlemire
- Brian McCarley
- Tom Sims
- Wes King
- Matt Clarke
- Gary Rhodes
- Miguel Calixto
- Bruce Woolridge
- Carl Hasty
- Phil Burris
- Donald Miketa
- Jim Koss
- Larry Seacat
- Wayne Ambrous
- Stan Hampton
- Sam Zajac
The Dam Valves are Open.
Keep an eye on the water level at your dock, although the water drain should be at a relatively slow pace. Indianapolis Water has done an excellent job of managing the water flow from the reservoir. The water level is only a few inches below the dam and the valves have been opened for about 10 days. Friday night’s 0.41 inches rainfall did help a little bit. You can track the water level from our web site. Click on the Water Levels on our home page. www.morseh2o.org
2011 Flotilla
This year we held our 3rd annual Flotilla on July 16th. The winning boat was decorated as a pirate ship and won the $200 gift card from our sponsor Wireless at Work (your local Sprint stores including the Noblesville location at intersection of Rt. 31 and 32). Second prize of $125 gift card went to the Christmas in July boat with Santa towed on tube. Third prize of $75 went to boat with a patriotic theme.
Donations Always Welcomed
If we pulled some big logs from your docks, please consider giving a donation to our organization. We did have some clean up day expenses. Please help us continue to support the Morse Community with a donation of any amount. Use the PayPal feature on our web site or make checks out to Morse Waterways Association and send them to: Jim Schneider, 2460 Cape Henry Ct. Cicero, IN 46034. MWA is a non-profit 501(c)3 so your donation is tax deductible.
Thanks for your support of Morse Waterways Association.
Jim Schneider, President
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We need your help!
This year marks the 7th year for our annual lake cleanup. We traditional pull 8-10 dump truck loads of logs and debris from the reservoir. As in the past few years, our primary focus will be in Cicero area near the 236th bridge. This location tends to be the holding spot for all the fallen trees coming from Big and Little Cicero Creeks. We want to clean this area prior to the Cicero triathlon on August 6th.
The Cleanup will start at Red Bridge Park at 8:00 and last until 12:00. We need lots of people to work from pontoon boats and walking the shore line. Wear your old clothes and shoes (no sandals). Expect to get wet. In this heat, that could be a welcomed event. We do need people to pick up garbage along the bridge and causeway.
For those of you who live on other areas of the lake and have nuisance logs, please let us know at mwa@morseh2o.org We will do our best to work with you to get these removed. If you live on the north end of the lake, you can help us by towing your logs to Red Bridge ramp on Saturday morning (or Friday- tie them off with an old rope).
What we need: (Contact Jim at mwa@morseh2o.org if you can help with either of these 2 items.)
• Pontoon boats to pull logs. Bring ropes.
• Chainsaws and operators for cutting up the logs.
Go to our web site if you want to see pictures of cleanups from the prior years. http://www.morseh2o.org
Donations are always welcomed. Use PayPal on our web site or send checks to: Morse Waterways Association
2460 Cape Henry Ct.
Cicero, IN 46034
Thanks for your support of Morse Waterways Association, a nonprofit organization promoting safety and the environment within the Morse Reservoir watershed.
MWA President
Jim Schneider
Morse Waterways Association News Letter 7/20/11
ANNUAL LAKE CLEANUP - SATURDAY July 23rdWe need your help!
This year marks the 7th year for our annual lake cleanup. We traditional pull 8-10 dump truck loads of logs and debris from the reservoir. As in the past few years, our primary focus will be in Cicero area near the 236th bridge. This location tends to be the holding spot for all the fallen trees coming from Big and Little Cicero Creeks. We want to clean this area prior to the Cicero triathlon on August 6th.
The Cleanup will start at Red Bridge Park at 8:00 and last until 12:00. We need lots of people to work from pontoon boats and walking the shore line. Wear your old clothes and shoes (no sandals). Expect to get wet. In this heat, that could be a welcomed event. We do need people to pick up garbage along the bridge and causeway.
For those of you who live on other areas of the lake and have nuisance logs, please let us know at mwa@morseh2o.org We will do our best to work with you to get these removed. If you live on the north end of the lake, you can help us by towing your logs to Red Bridge ramp on Saturday morning (or Friday- tie them off with an old rope).
What we need: (Contact Jim at mwa@morseh2o.org if you can help with either of these 2 items.)
• Pontoon boats to pull logs. Bring ropes.
• Chainsaws and operators for cutting up the logs.
Go to our web site if you want to see pictures of cleanups from the prior years. http://www.morseh2o.org
Donations are always welcomed. Use PayPal on our web site or send checks to: Morse Waterways Association
2460 Cape Henry Ct.
Cicero, IN 46034
Thanks for your support of Morse Waterways Association, a nonprofit organization promoting safety and the environment within the Morse Reservoir watershed.
MWA President
Jim Schneider
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LOST: 2 Person Rave Tube
Lost: Rave two person Tow behind "Mega Storm" lost evening of July 11. Picture attached Blue & white Round lay on top Tube. Call 984-9505. Mary Jane Olsavsky0
FOUND: Aluminum Fishing Boat
Found in idle zone on westside of north harbour dock 1072. Call at 407-5812 or email to dave@godishong.com0
FOUND: Wave Runner Dock
Fiberglass (tan) waverunner dock found evening of July 3. Currently located against our seawall, Dock #820, Forest Bay, Cicero. Call 877-0238.0
The MWA Dinner Dance Fundraiser is THIS FRIDAY June 24th and we need YOU! It is NOT TOO LATE to RSVP!
When: Friday June 24th 6:30pm
Where: South Harbour Clubhouse
What: Dinner, Dancing and maybe a few drinks too! All to beneift the MWA! Win raffle prizes from many local businesses!
You can RSVP right now...
Simply email Margie Schwier- schwierteam@egixmail.com with the following information:
1. Your name
2. Number of guests in your party
3. Phone Number
4. Email Address
**After you RSVP please mail your check to Margie Schwier, 958 Laurel Lane, Noblesville, Indiana 46060
More details are available on our website!
I challenge each of you to pass this on to ONE neighbor, friend or relative! Help us support Morse Lake & The Morse Waterways Association!
See you on the 24th!
Final Reminder for the Dinner Dance Fundraiser!
The MWA Dinner Dance Fundraiser is THIS FRIDAY June 24th and we need YOU! It is NOT TOO LATE to RSVP!When: Friday June 24th 6:30pm
Where: South Harbour Clubhouse
What: Dinner, Dancing and maybe a few drinks too! All to beneift the MWA! Win raffle prizes from many local businesses!
You can RSVP right now...
Simply email Margie Schwier- schwierteam@egixmail.com with the following information:
1. Your name
2. Number of guests in your party
3. Phone Number
4. Email Address
**After you RSVP please mail your check to Margie Schwier, 958 Laurel Lane, Noblesville, Indiana 46060
More details are available on our website!
I challenge each of you to pass this on to ONE neighbor, friend or relative! Help us support Morse Lake & The Morse Waterways Association!
See you on the 24th!
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Dinner & Dance Italiano - Fundraiser!
Mark your calendars and get your reservations for our 3rdannual Dinner and Dance Italiano fundraiser for the “over 21 crowd” to be held on Friday evening June 24th at the beautiful South Harbour Club House. This year will offer a lasagna dinner catered by Fazolis and back by popular demand - music provided by DJ Sunny Moon. Beer and wine included in the low price of only $18 per person. Go to our web site for a reservation form www.morseh2o.org The Morse Waterways Association needs YOU! Please help us keep Morse Clean & Safe for years to come!
Also on June 4thwill be the annual free Kids Fishing Dayheld at Red Bridge Park. Please go to our web site for more information www.morseh2o.org
Please consider volunteering for this weekends Safety Days! We are still in need of volunteers! We are still in need of volunteers to help work 2 hour shifts of Safety Days. This includes handing out Indiana Boating Law Booklets and greeting boaters at the marina. Safety Days is this SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Please contact Andy Sheets if you are willing to help! Available shifts - Saturday & Sunday 12-2pm and 2-4pm Andy Sheets - Andy.Sheets@Century21.com 373-3434
Enjoy the warm weather & safe boating!
June 2011 News from the Morse Waterways Association
What a fantastic Memorial Day lake weekend - and more 90 degree temps are forecasted for this week! There are a lot of fun things going on around Morse Lake - Lights Over Morse Lake Poker Run, Fishing Day, Safety Days, Dinner & Dance Fundraiser etc... For a complete list of events please visit our website - www.morseh2o.orgDinner & Dance Italiano - Fundraiser!
Mark your calendars and get your reservations for our 3rdannual Dinner and Dance Italiano fundraiser for the “over 21 crowd” to be held on Friday evening June 24th at the beautiful South Harbour Club House. This year will offer a lasagna dinner catered by Fazolis and back by popular demand - music provided by DJ Sunny Moon. Beer and wine included in the low price of only $18 per person. Go to our web site for a reservation form www.morseh2o.org The Morse Waterways Association needs YOU! Please help us keep Morse Clean & Safe for years to come!
Also on June 4thwill be the annual free Kids Fishing Dayheld at Red Bridge Park. Please go to our web site for more information www.morseh2o.org
Please consider volunteering for this weekends Safety Days! We are still in need of volunteers! We are still in need of volunteers to help work 2 hour shifts of Safety Days. This includes handing out Indiana Boating Law Booklets and greeting boaters at the marina. Safety Days is this SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Please contact Andy Sheets if you are willing to help! Available shifts - Saturday & Sunday 12-2pm and 2-4pm Andy Sheets - Andy.Sheets@Century21.com 373-3434
Enjoy the warm weather & safe boating!