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<br />mail boy <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />September, 2013 <br />Volume 7, Issue 6 Gem Lake News <br />Special Interest <br />Articles: <br /> <br />• Chuck Watson <br />Profiled <br /> <br />• Vern Grundhofer <br />Profiled <br /> <br />• City News Page 4 <br /> <br />• Preliminary Budget <br />Set for 2014 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Upcoming Recycling <br />Dates: <br /> September 4 <br /> September 18 <br /> October 2 <br /> October 16 <br /> October 30 <br /> <br /> <br />Gretchen Artig-Swomley, Newsletter Editor <br />Former City Council Member Chuck Watson died <br />suddenly at home in Gem Lake on Tuesday, <br />August 13. <br /> <br />Chuck served for seven years on the council and <br />acted as the Neighborhood Watch captain. He <br />resigned from his city leadership roles in January <br />of 2010 due to increasing job demands and a <br />hectic travel schedule. <br /> <br />"We lost a great guy," said his neighbor and friend <br />Hutch Schilling, who also served on the Gem <br />Lake City Council. "He will be missed." <br /> <br />In honor of the time and energy Chuck devoted to <br />his community, we are reprinting a profile written <br />about him in the February, 2009 edition of this <br />newsletter. Please see page 2 for that profile. <br />The Gem Lake City council and many friends in <br />the community extend their heartfelt sympathies <br />to the family of Chuck Watson, who leaves behind <br />wife Holly and three children. <br />Chuck Watson Will Be Missed <br />th <br />Vern Grundhofer : Another Gem Lake Treasure Gone <br />A long term resident, beloved family man, and <br />congenial neighbor recently left us. Vern <br />Grundhofer died on August 5 after living many <br />years in Gem Lake. A Korean War Veteran, he <br />was profiled in our newsletter about five years <br />ago as part of a Veteran's Day celebration. <br />Vern married and raised five children in Gem <br />Lake after escaping death many times during <br />the war. <br /> <br />The following story in reprinted in his <br />honor from the November, 2008 edition of <br />Gem Lake News. <br /> <br />When Vern Grundhofer thinks of the Korean <br />War, he remembers the sound of bullets <br />whizzing by his ear. As a marine, he fought <br />one battle after another in what essentially <br />became a trench war. The sights and sounds <br />of war have stayed with him and are as clear <br />today as they were more than 50 years ago. <br /> <br /> <br />