Chautauqua Lake Association President Rudy Mueller explains to Southwestern Central School students Nick Swan, Jayden Hultin, and Nolan Froah about cleaning the shoreline. Heather Caskey, CLA employee, also listens. P-J photos by Michael Zabrodsky

LAKEWOOD — “The prupose of this is to clean up the shorline.”

Heather Caskey, of the Chautauqua Lake Association, said that Friday to Southwestern Central School student volunteers Jayden Hultin, Nolan Froah, and Nick Swan, as they listened for other instructions to clear weeds from the shore of Chautauqua Lake at the YWCA, 185 E. Terrace Ave.

A few minutes later, some SWCS National Honor Society Members arrived, received the same instructions, and then with rakes and wheelboarrows in hand, the students proceeded to follow Rudy Mueller, CLA president, to the shoreline to begin “Rake For The Lake.”

Mueller is seeking volunteers who live along the shoreline. He said it’s not from the land, and not from the water. It’s just along the shore.