Historic 6 to 1 vote for Lake of the Woods to join regional water project

  • [photo by Gary Meyer, The Mountain Enterprise]

    [photo by Gary Meyer, The Mountain Enterprise]

By Patric Hedlund

Shareholders of Lake of the Woods Mutual Water Company voted over 6 to 1 in favor of annexing with Frazier Park Public Utility District last week. The vote was confirmed as definitive on February 4 when the board announced 110 ‘Yes’ votes and 16 ‘No’ votes, which translates to 10,050 shares in favor and 1,500 shares opposed to joining in a regional water project.

The board sent a formal acknowledgement to FPPUD, saying “Lake of the Woods would like to inform you that…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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LOWMWC Board President Robert Stowell and Office Manager Pam Jarecki hold the results of the February 4 tally.

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This is part of the February 12, 2016 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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