At the Priest Lake Facebook site, cartoonist Samantha Gomez draws her concept of the proposed Lake Pend Oreille drawdown that's scheduled to begin Oct. 4. The water level at Priest Lake is expected to drop three feet to reach its winter level by early November.

BTW, here are some of the responses at PriestLaker.com, when someone asked: "Why do the draw the lake down?":

• So we can find our lost items.
• (It) allows many docks to be high and dry which minimizes ice damage from the lake freezing.
• For spring run off to prevent flooding!
• It's really more of a letting it go to its natural level. During the summer they keep the dam closed so we don't have to deal with a constantly dropping lake level all summer. Then, like mentioned by Darla, it's ready for the spring runoff.
• To kill off kokanee roe