Board Journal
Board Bulletin
Posted on Nov 4th, 2025
Scouting for Food
Scout Troop 448, Dexter, is participating in the "Scouting for Food" program, providing canned/boxed food donations to Food Gatherers for families in need. With LAIA approval, the Scouts have distributed orange food collection bags at Loch Alpine mail stands. If you would like to participate, please place non-perishable foods in the collection bag and leave it on your mail stand by 10 a.m. Saturday, November 8. Food Gatherers cannot accept opened items, expired products or glass containers. For more information see foodgatherers.org.
Scout Troop 448, Dexter, is participating in the "Scouting for Food" program, providing canned/boxed food donations to Food Gatherers for families in need. With LAIA approval, the Scouts have distributed orange food collection bags at Loch Alpine mail stands. If you would like to participate, please place non-perishable foods in the collection bag and leave it on your mail stand by 10 a.m. Saturday, November 8. Food Gatherers cannot accept opened items, expired products or glass containers. For more information see foodgatherers.org.
Fall Yard Waste Reminders
Please remove leaves and debris from ditches, and clear as much debris as possible from culverts adjacent to your lot. This will help proper drainage and reduce water and ice on our streets. Don't like bagging leaves? Consider mulching or shredding leaves and raking it back into the grass, into garden and flower beds, and scattering it around the roots and stems of plants. No dumping of any yard waste is allowed on any LA property, such as around the lakes and natural areas.
Please remove leaves and debris from ditches, and clear as much debris as possible from culverts adjacent to your lot. This will help proper drainage and reduce water and ice on our streets. Don't like bagging leaves? Consider mulching or shredding leaves and raking it back into the grass, into garden and flower beds, and scattering it around the roots and stems of plants. No dumping of any yard waste is allowed on any LA property, such as around the lakes and natural areas.
Open burning of leaves and yard debris in Loch Alpine is not permitted by Scio Township. Branches and logs may be burned for recreational fires, e.g. pit fires, outdoor fireplaces. Open burning in Webster Township requires a burn permit; but leaf burning has not been an accepted practice in Loch Alpine for a long time, for air quality reasons.
The last yard waste street pick-up will be December 9.
Thanks for a Great Chili Cook-Off
What a turnout! Huge thanks to everyone who came, cooked, tasted, and voted at our annual Chili Cook-Off — it was such a fun afternoon thanks to all and to the LA Social Committee. Congratulations to the winners:
What a turnout! Huge thanks to everyone who came, cooked, tasted, and voted at our annual Chili Cook-Off — it was such a fun afternoon thanks to all and to the LA Social Committee. Congratulations to the winners:
- Best Overall Chili: Nick Centola
- 2nd Place: Susan Kinsky
- 3rd Place: Mairin MacDonald Watson
