By Joel Keefer After some debate, the Chautauqua County Legislature overwhelmingly approved adding $333,000 to the budget of the Chautauqua Lake Management Commission on Wednesday night. The vote was 22 to 1. The additional funding will be collected through a 2 percent increase in the bed tax.

To paraphrase Shakespeare, all the lake's a stage, and the people on it, community builders.

By John F. Bonfatti As the barge slowly toured the southeast section of Chautauqua Lake, John Skogerboe periodically flung a rake attached to a line into the water and dragged up a clump of wispy weeds.

By John F. Bonfatti, The Buffalo News, N.Y. May 29--LAKEWOOD -- As the barge slowly toured the southeast section of Chautauqua Lake, John Skogerboe periodically flung a rake attached to a line into the water and dragged up a clump of wispy weeds.