Lake Murray Real Estate Update 06-21-2011

Church offers free soccer clinics – Lake Murray Evangelical Church will be hosting free soccer clinics for children in kindergarten through 5^th grade. The clinics will be held each Tuesday June 28 through August 2 from 6:30 to 8:30p.m. Sign up at rtreinhard@yahoo.com or 732-9577. Lake Murray Evangelical Church is located at 501 Murray Lindler Road, Chapin.

Ladies Day on the Lake June 21 – “Ladies Day on the Lake” will be held from 8:30a.m. to 3p.m. on June 21 at Lighthouse Marina, 1925 Johnson Marina Road, Chapin. The Lake Murray Assoc., SC DNR, Lake Murray Power Squadron and Columbia Power Sports will host the annual event, which is open to all ladies 17 years of ago and older. The purpose is to provide women instruction in the elements of sae boating, in an environment of fun. This includes how to operate and dock a powerboat safely, back a boat trailers into the water to launch and retrieve boats. Each participant will have the opportunity to get into a DNR boat to take her turn operating it on the open water and to dock it at the marina. This will all be done under the competent and patient guidance of the DNR instructors. This event packed day on beautiful Lake Murray is always a sellout (only 32 spaces are available. The $35 fee is required in advance to hold your place. The fee covers your lunch, drinks and all other expenses for the day. For more information contact Kenneth Fox at 604-1409.

4^th of July celebration looking for parade contestants – This year’s 4^th of July Celebration on Lake Murray will be held July 2. The theme is “Families, Freedom and Fireworks.” The July 4^th Boat parade will be held at noon. Enjoy the patriotic display as locals and visitors decorate their boats the parade will be viewable from the park sites at the Lake Murray Dam or by boat. It is free to be a part of the fun…register at the Lake Murray Visitor Center or by phone at 781-5940. SC largest fireworks will begin at about 9:15 and will be launched from two locations: Spence Island and Dreher Island. The show is choreographed to a patriotic concert that will air simultaneously on the Citadel Broadcasting Company stations. Both park sites at the Dam will be open until they reach capacity. Park admission $3/car or truck; $2 motorcycle.