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CANYON LAKE’S NEWSPAPER • MARCH 2, 2018

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Tomorrow's

concert pays

tribute to

Billy Joel

The Canyon Lake Fine Arts Guild
will present its first concert of the
2018 season, a Billy Joel tribute con-
cert fea-
turing Pat
Farrell,
tomorrow,
PHOTO BY PAT VAN DYKE Mar. 3, at
7 p.m. at
the lodge.
T i c k e t s
$45
In the East Bay, the combination of the water levels lowering and in shallow conditions that makes access to boat docks an issue for PHOTO PROVIDED BY RON MARTEL are VIP
for
the silt on the bottom rising some three inches a year is resulting hundreds of homeowners. seats and
$25
for
POA investigates lake dredging General Admission. At the time of
press, VIP seats were nearly sold out
but some General Admission tickets
still remained. Tickets are available at
canyonlakeguild.com and 800-838-
BY STEVE LIBRING in approving any proposed project. The and 1997 was increasing two to three 3006. Tickets will be sold at the door
SPECIAL TO THE FRIDAY FLYER committee has met already several times inches per year, which is about 60 times if tickets don’t sell out before the start
In September 2017, the Canyon Lake to review the history of the previous the normal rate of a typical lake. Accu- of the concert.
POA Board of Directors elected to form dredging project, review permits re- mulated sediment also leads to reduced Pat Farrell is a six-time Grammy
an ad-hoc committee to study the issue quired and agencies involved. water storage capacity of the lake. So, contender who has shared the stage
of dredging the lake. The primary re- As many residents may know, in 2004 the lake sediment needs to be reduced to with John Legend, Dave Mason and
sponsibility of the Dredge Committee is the Canyon Lake POA embarked on a offset these negative effects. even Dr. Oz. He has played Carnegie
to advise and assist the board with de- dredging project to begin removal of silt With the water levels recently at ap- Hall and Shea Stadium and has re-
veloping and administering an on-going that had accumulated from over 50 years proximately 1376 in elevation during corded his own album with several of
program to remove accumulated sedi- of storm water entering the lake, mostly December 2017, some areas of the East the original Billy Joel band members.
ment from the lake. via the East Bay. Along with fast mov- Bay had only about four feet of depth at “Pat heard about Canyon Lake
The committee will look at protocol ing water is a fine silt that gets carried the edge of an owner’s dock. If Elsinore from Kenny Metcalf, the Elton John
and policies for implementing a dredg- off and washes downstream, ending up Valley Municipal Water District was tribute artist who performed in Can-
ing program, long-range plans for fu- on the bottom of Canyon Lake. ever to draw the water down to the 1372 yon Lake, and is eager to fly from
ture use of the lake and related facilities In the East Bay, the combination of elevation stated in the lake lease, some New York just for this performance,”
and determine the areas that need sedi- the water levels lowering and the silt on bays may only have a few inches of wa- said Fine Arts Guild President Ron
ment removal. Providing recommenda- the bottom rising, some three inches a ter. Martel.
tions for a proposed scope of work and year, is resulting in very shallow condi- While Elsinore Valley Municipal Wa- Pat and his band will create the
researching potential funding sources tions that makes access to boat docks an ter District is responsible for the man- feeling of being at an actual Billy
would be included among the commit- issue for hundreds of homeowners. agement of the lake levels, the water Joel concert. The gifted pianist and
tee’s duties. Before this problem got out of hand, level is controlled by a combination of notable singer captures the sound and
The members of the committee, POA the POA attempted to remove the silt climate, dam releases, water withdraw- spirit of Billy Joel with “Just the Way
Board Director Dale Welty (board li- from the bottom and increase the depth al, consumption, rainfall, runoff into the You Are,” “Uptown Girl,” “Piano
aison to committee), POA Director of in about 20 percent of the areas that silt lake and the ever-constant evaporation. Man” and a multitude of other Billy
Operations Steve Schneider, (staff liai- had accumulated in. However, a court Joel smash hits.
son to committee), Steve Libring (chair- ruling required the project to be classi- The balancing of the lake level is to At this event, the Fine Arts Guild
man), Jack Wamsley, Chuck Bryant, fied as a public works project and pay- attempt to maximize the capturing and will be conducting its annual enter-
Dwight Johnson, Ben Wicke, Bill Levis ment of prevailing wages, which dou- containment of future winter rainfall by tainment survey. The purpose of the
and Chris Poland, each uniquely have bled the cost of the project. The project allowing evaporation and water con- survey is for the Fine Arts Guild to
experience in either project manage- stopped uncompleted. sumption to slowly lower the lake level learn which groups the audience pre-
ment, lake management and/or working A 2001 report found East Bay sedi- the preceding summer, in anticipation uuCONTINUED PAGE A11
with local agencies that will be involved ment rate between the years of 1986 uuCONTINUED PAGE A11