Our mission is to preserve the natural and aquatic environment of Lone Lake

LLPOA Newsletter – Volume 18, Number 3, August-October 2011P.O. Box 10, Aitkin, MN 56431 Editor – Steve Frazier – sfrazier@usjet.net

Website: www.minnesotawaters.org/group/lonelake Email: lonelakepoa@gmail.com

Mid-Summer Family Fun PicnicWas Fun For All!

Over forty members and their children andgrandchildren gathered on Saturday, August 13th for thefirst ever “Mid-Summer Family Fun Picnic” at the homeof Maude and Marv Wier. The picnic lived-up to its

name as everyone had funsocializing, great food,many fun games likeminnow racing, bean-bag toss and lawn dartswith popcorn foreveryone and dozens ofprizes given away foreach contest winner!

LLPOAOutstanding ServiceAwards were given to

retiring Board Members

Jennifer O’Neill, PaulFristad and RoyCarlson. Awardswere also presentedto the winners of the4th of July Pontoon,Speed Boat and DockDecoration Contestwinners.

All-in-all itwas a lovelyafternoon of fun andMarv and Maude werepresented with anoutdoor standing plant for their hospitality and hostingof the event again this year. We want to thank everyonethat attended and all of those people that brought dishes,salads and desserts to share and those that helped inthe set-up of the event.(Event pictures on Page 6 and LLPOA Awards on Page 6)

Traditional Latvian Wedding Takes Place onLone Lake by Maris Kurmis

When our Daughter, Brita Kurmis suggestedthe crazy idea of a romantic wedding on the shores ofLone Lake, under the pines with loons calling in thedistance we did ourbest to dissuade herbut to no avail.Brita set all of thelogistical challengesaside of lodging,rain, mosquitoes,parking, food, drink,refrigeration andpower and merelysaid that thewedding was to be atthe lake because thatwas where her great-grandmother’s spiritwould come downfrom heaven andbless her marriage toCarl. Furthermore there was no need to worry aboutrain because good weather was “guaranteed” from above!(Story continued on Page 3)

2011 Lone Lake Water Quality Reportby Jerry Baker

The water monitoring year ends the 1st ofOctober with some 20 readings taken.The Average Secchi Disk Reading this year is 20.7feet. Last year’s reading was 21.0 feet, so it's stayingconsistent.

The average Lake Level Reading is 1263.50 feetabove sea level. This is 8.4 inches higher than at thistime last year. The last time it was this high was at thistime in 2005. These readings are from May 9, throughSept 12.

Paul Fristad receivesLLPOA Board Award

The LLPOA Board of Directors is pleased towelcome Bob Kosloski to the position of LLPOA

Director fulfilling a two yearterm. Bob and wife Robertahave a home on Lot 1adjacent to the PublicAccess. Bob has beenactive on the MembershipDrive Team and also aregular on the BoatInspection Program aspictured here on LaborDay.

We still have twoBoard positions open for aDirector and Team leader.

If you are interested in getting involved please contactSteve Frazier at sfrazier@usjet.net for more details.

New Changes in 2012At the Board

Meeting in Octoberit was decided tostreamline ourLLPOA ActivityCalendar and tohave one majormember gatheringper year. Thereason is that laketime is precious andwith many families only having limited time at the lakeand with decreasing numbers at LLPOA events theBoard thought it wise to adjust to changing times and goto having an Annual Meeting and Picnic and fun eventall at one time to be held in the 4th Saturday of July eachyear. By moving the meeting to later in the summerinstead of early June we hope to avoid many calendarissues and attract more members and families at thattime in the summer.

2012 will also be the year that we do a completewater testing analysis of Lone Lake and to do so everyfive years thereafter. Having a five year interval of watertesting will allow us to see any changes in the waterquality of Lone Lake and if need be to take action topreserve and protect the lake. With the 2012 wateranalysis in hand the LLPOA will update its LakeManagement Plan in 2013 and do so thereafter on a fiveyear cycle.

Mashuga’s Celebrate 50YearsDeana and Larry Mashuga celebrated their 50th

Wedding Anniversary in early September at the lakewith the event

being hostedby theirchildrenLaurie andBrian alongwith theirspouses andgrand-children.

Larry is aprevious LLPOA Board member and serves on the BoatInspection Team and the Mashuga’s have hosted theAnnual Meeting many times. We wish them the best inthe coming years!

Wagenknecht Cottage For SaleNaomi and Jerry Wagenknecht are now offering

their cabin on theStephens PointAssociation for$90,000. It is anideal cabin for busypeople as theassociation mows thelawn and the clusterof cabins makes for anice community.Interested parties can getfurther information at naomiwagenknecht@yahoo.com.

Bragelman Boatlift For SaleNewman boatlift For Sale: Used 4 seasons, then

bought pontoon. Newman's 20 ft. boatlift with graycanopy - both in perfect

condition. Bought for$4500, sale price$2000 OBO. Canbe viewed at 30557Oak Ave, Lot110. PeggyBragelman email:

bragonlone@centurylink.net.

(Wedding on Lone Lake Continued from Page 1)Thanks to many friends and relatives, who

worked for two solid days, we pulled this off. Our automechanic offered his generator. Our friend, OmarAnsari, hauled up his Surly beer trailer, which is a hugewalk-in refrigerator with tappers on the side. It goeswithout saying that Surly beer was served and all otherrefrigerator needs taken care of. Our neighbors, InaraPorietis and Mike and Sharon Eder offered the use oftheir properties for parking and the ceremony. Larryand Deana Mashuga supplied equipment and technicalknowledge. Our friend, Dave Scott, provided lodgingand the LLPOA provided sorely needed tables.

And so, on August 27th, the wedding took placeon the shores of Lone Lake, under the white pines andwith loonscalling in thedistance. Itwas truly acomingtogether of thevillage thathelped makethis possible.It wasn’t justromantic, itwas fabulousand mygrandmother in heaven came through. The weather wasperfect, the mosquitoes non-existent, and her spirit wasdefinitely there. After the ceremony we had thereception on our property across the road, complete witha beautifully decorated and lit massive tent, roast pig fordinner, wonderful speeches, a DJ who played and extra 1½ hours (sorry for the noise).

Brita’s Latvian heritage required some Latvianwedding traditions which symbolize the transition from

single life intothat ofmarriage,love andmutualrespect.Before mid-night agorgeouswreath ofwhite roses,

woven by anunmarried woman was placed on Brita’s head. Then,Carl and Brita followed a lantern lit walk through theforest to a chair on the dance floor within a circle ofpeople. The wreath was ceremonially removed and

replaced by a bonnet, symbolizing Brita’s new statusamong married women. Carl received a pipe and aderby hat decorated with two large onions. The onionsreceived one ofthe biggestlaughs of theevening once itwas explainedthat theysymbolize thathe has the“balls” to faceany challengethat theirmarried life might throw at them. Carl wore his onionswith pride! Many people commented that this was oneof the best weddings they had ever been to. I’ll just say itwas tremendous and leave it at that. Obviously, I have abiased opinion and so do Brita and Carl Wegener!

For those who might also consider an outdoorwedding, such as this – and without a Plan B – I’ll justsay, make sure you have a connection in “high” places.

Mason’s Sell Their Home & Have SaleJim and Bev Mason have sold their home on

Lone Lake at 29889 380th Avenue and reportedlyreceived their asking

price for their lovelyhome. Just priorto the home salethe MansonFamily gatheredto host a “MovingSale” with lots ofgood buys. At themoving saleseveral of the

customers asked tosee the house and one of the parties ended up buying theMason home.

We wish them the best as they continue on life’sjourney.

Wallace has Wicker and IrisAs I've been thinning my perennials, I have

dozens of Japanese Iris which are great for plantingalong the shore line. I'd like to give them to anyone whois interested. Also have for sale a white wicker love seat&2 chairs-$25.00. Thanks. Pat Wallace 927-4878 Lot72

Fall Road Cleanup 2011The Road cleanup was held on Saturday,

September 10th on a beautiful sunny day. Roy and JaneCarlson had coffee and rolls ready for the 24 members inattendance. Walt Weisser did the road set-up and goteveryone signed-up for their cleaning teams. SandyPoppe did the group photo and everyone had a goodvisit over coffee and latest lake news. Cleaning teammembers commented about how clean the area was andvery little refuse was collected.

Taking part were Roy and Jane Carlson, Dianne andWalt Weisser, Fred and Nancy Lane, Jerry and EdnaBaker, Laurie and Maris Kurmis, Jerry and NaomiWagenknecht, Mustafa Bulut, Sonny Carlson, Rick andBev Napurski, Elert Johnson, Bob Kosloski, Lee andSandy Poppe, Mary Hoeve, Jim and Ann Benda andLarry and Deana Mashuga.

We thank everyone one that helped-out withthe Road Cleanup this year and look forward to seeingeveryone back for the Spring Road Clean-up onSaturday, May 12, 2012!

2011 Loon Watch Reportby Elaine Haberkorn

This summer we (Elaine, Jeff and RomanHaberkorn) counted a record number of loons on LoneLake for the Minnesota Loon Watch Program. We didour loon count on July 9th and spotted 18, yes, 18 loonson our lake. There were two loon parties going on – onein our upper bay and the other going on in the largerbay. The 18 included the two babies from our lake thisyear. We just happened to pick the right day of theweek and went out early at 7:00A.M. It was fun tocount so many loons and made it easier with an extraspotter to help verify the count.

Our own Lone Lake babies survived the summerand were last seen about a week ago and the two babieshave not been together for the last couple of weeks. Weare excited to hear that 2012 will be the “Year of theLoon” on Lone Lake.

Lee & Sandi Poppe Assist in KenyaLee and Sandi Poppe of Lone Lake traveled

with a group from Aitkin Glory Baptist Church on a

mission trip in august. The group worked on the churchschool and members got the opportunity to teach the 14students at the school. Glory Baptist contributes about$6,000 a year to help run the school as part of theirmission outreach. Lee and Sandi also got to visit thehomes of a couple of the students and saw first-hand thelevel of poverty that exists in Kenya.

The Kenya Mission Group presented theirprogram and experiences on Saturday, October 22nd atthe Glory Baptist Church.

In Good Taste…LeVoir Hamburger Bean Dip

Everyone raved about Bill LeVoir’s HamburgerBean Dip at the Mid-Summer Family Fun Picnic. Thefood is always great at these events and so we areincluding the recipe for you to try-out at the cabin!

Begin by browning one pound ofhamburger. When that is done, add one can (16oz) ofrefried beans (I usually use the non-fat kind but any kindwill do) and mix it together in the pan. Once the beansand hamburger are mixed together, put the mixture asthe bottom layer of a pan (about the size of a cakepan). On top of that you make the second layer with a16 oz. container of Sour Lean (or any other sourcream). The next layer is a large jar of Pace Picantesauce (med hot) (either 16 oz. or 24 oz., it doesn'tmatter). Then on the very top, as the last layer, you put apound of shredded cheese (I use the four cheese Mexicanblend). Since the meat is the only thing that needs to becooked all you have to do is put it in a microwave oroven until the top layer of cheese melts. That's all thereis to it. Serve with Tortilla chips and you're ready to go.

Fristad Cabin to be For SaleKathy and Paul Fristad’s Cabin on Lot 30 will

be up for sale this fall at $150,000. Details are currentlybeing worked-out for the sale.

2011 Boat Inspection ProgramMany Challenges Ahead in 2012We want to thank all of the Lone Lake

Volunteer Boat Inspectors for serving this year and BoatInspection coordinator JoAnn Preiner for a job welldone. The 2011 boat Inspection data is as follows:Holiday Volunteers Hours Inspections

Memorial 15 45 56

4th of July 13 39 90

Labor Day 16 48 56

Totals 44 132 202You will notice that we did not do inspections

for the Opening of Fishing because there were notenough volunteers. With the rapid spread of ZebraMussels and other Aquatic Invasive Species we need todo much better in 2012.

Several years ago Zebra Mussels were only in afew lakes but this year in Minnesota they are in over 50lakes. The Lone Lake Invasive Species Team is mostconcerned about boats coming from Lake Mille Lacswithout being inspected and/or properly cleaned beforebeing launched in Lone Lake. Our AIS policy and thatof the State has been to devote 80% of our efforts oneducation and 20% protection by inspections. We allreasoned that if we educate boaters they would careenough to take the necessary precautions to protectMinnesota’s waters. Well that is a failed policy and isnot working because citizens that trailer their boats by-in-large do not take the necessary precautions (i.e.,power washing with 140 degree water and/or dry docktheir boat for at least 14 days in a dry area). So what canwe do as a lake association?

First lets fill our four big boating times withvolunteer inspectors for the Opening of Fishing,Memorial, 4th of July and Labor Day weekends and tocontinue to educate boaters and show them how toinspect their boats and give them current AISinformation. In 2012 we intend to start inspections anhour later in the morning and to go an hour later in theevening to better match boat launching traffic. In aperfect world we should be doing inspections everyweekend of the summer but let’s start with the four bigweekends!

Secondly we can take some local lake accesspreventive steps such as water exchange facilities for livebait and disposal and power washing of boats. Thistakes financial resources, time, dedication and training.Are you willing to get involved to that extent?

Third is to become politically active on the local,county, DNR and State levels to get coordinated policiesenacted to protect Lone Lake and Minnesota’s waters.

There is a growing consensus among citizen groups thatthe only way to control Zebra Mussels and other AIS isto have some form of electronic gated access at DNRPublic Accesses with public and private financing. Atwhat point do we step-up to protect our public waters byrequiring boaters to have their boats cleaned andinspected for the freedom of access to all of Minnesota’swaters? Yes, with the freedom to go into any lake comesthe responsibility to get your boat cleaned and inspectedfirst. This is not a simple task but is doable with today’stechnology.

One such proposal is to have regional DNRinspection/washing facilities that would certify a onetimeaccess to an electronic gated access lake. Funding couldbe by joint powers of a lake association andCounty/State funding and under the enforcementpowers of the DNR/County Sheriff. Nothing is eversimple but to do nothing is to suffer the tragicconsequences that we see have occurred on Lake MilleLacs.

The LLPOA will send you update on thischallenge and possibly ask you to contact your legislatorsor County Commissioners if some viable legislationcomes along to deal with Aquatic Invasive Species andlake access. In the meantime we would like to hear yourideas on possible solutions and also to have you sign-upfor a three-hour shift in 2012. If you sign up for morethan one shift on one of the major boating weekends theLLPOA will pay $30 for the extra shift. The BoatInspection coordinator in 2012 will be Steve Frazier asJoAnn & Dick Preiner will be building a new home nextsummer. To sign-up contact Steve at sfrazier@usjet.netand join the fight against AIS.

Shifts 7-10 10-1 1-4 4-7Openingof FishingFri 5/11 -------- ----------- FrazierSat 5/12 Open Szymanski Open WeisserSun 5/13 Open Open Open FrazierMemorialDayFri 5/25 -------- ----------- Weisser D WilkeSat 5/26 Open Napurski Bragelman OpenSun 5/27 J Olson Hawkinson Frazier Tremmel

LeVoirMon 5/28 Thompson Bragelman Open Frazier4th of JulyFri 6/29 ---- Tremmel

LeVoirOpen S Carlson

Sat 6/30 Open Mashuga Bulut OpenSun 7/1 W Olson Szymanski D. Wilke FrazierWed 7/4 Open Open Open FrazierLabor DayFri 8/31 ---------- ------------- Mashuga ScottSat 9/1 Poppe T.Anderson R Carlson OpenSun 9/2 Preiner Meinke Hermanson NelsonMon 9/3 Kosloski Open Weisser Frazier

Mid-Summer Family Fun Picnic(Continued from Page 1)

Everyone had a good time at the Mid-Summer Family Fun Picnic with the emphasis on“Fun” as everyone joined in to have a great pot luck

dinner and thento take on somefun games. HereJim & Bev Masonand one of theNapurski daughtersKick-off the dinnerline with DianneWeisser overseesthe food. Jon &

Donna Tremmel andBill LeVoir (look for his Bean Dip Recipe) visit withDave Scott prior to dinner. We all sat out in the Wier’sfront yard by thelake and enjoyedthe wonderful foodand drinks. HereNaomi & JerryWagenknetch eatand visit withChris and ElertJohnson. Afterdinner SteveFrazier presented

awards to retiringLLPOA Boardmembers.Jennifer O’Neillreturned fromEngland andreceived herOutstandingService Awardfor her years as

Director andSecretary of theLLPOA. Paul Fristadalso received his awardas seen on the frontpage. Roy Carlson wasalso recognized for his10 years on the Boardand for his work asTeam Leader of theSurface Water Use and

Public Access Team. Theother awards went to thewinners of the 4th of July BoatParade.Picturedhere areJerryandNaomi

Wagenknecht for winning theSpeed Boat Traveling Trophy

and Gary and Carol Meinke forthe Dock Contest winners.

Then it was time to justhave fun and to watch kids andadults alike join in the games andminnow races. The minnow raceswere the most fun to watch as theplayers urged their minnows on

with Popsicle stickswith the winner ofeach event receivinga nice prize. Eventhe adults got intothe fun as we seeDave and KathyWilke try their handat the minnowcompetition. There

were severalother gamesand here theMason and oneof the Napurskidaughters line-up for the beanbag toss. Notto be outdoneby the girls Elert Johnson and MarvWier try their hand at the competition.

The prizes consisted of toys,school and business supplies, and awhole line of Aveda products thatthe winners got to choose from. Itwas truly a fun afternoon! And toend a perfect day the lake wastreated to fireworks!

Our mission is to enhance, protect and preserve the beauty of Lone Lake

2012 Program Calendar – Year of the Loon

The Lone Lake Property Owners Association invites you to take part in all of the activities planned for the summerof 2012. The association is also seeking member participation to help with our programs, projects and teams.Together we can preserve and protect our beautiful lake and also have fun as a lake community. Listed below arethis year’s events:

May 12th Spring Road Cleanup – Coffee and Rolls on Saturday, May 12th at 9:00 at theSwimming Beach.

May 26th The 2011 LLPOA Membership Drive Begins with Memorial Day Weekend

June 16th Rivers and Lakes Fair – Rippleside Elementary School in Aitkin on Saturday,June 16th from 9:00 to 2:00.

June 30th Annual Boat Parade – Meet on Saturday, June 30th at 12:00 noon at the Public AccessBay for the parade of pontoons, runabouts and dock contests. – Post your Lot # on thefront of your boat and/or dock.

July 4th Lone Lake Triathlon – Wednesday, July 4th with a Starting Time at 8:30am at theSwimming Beach. No prior registration required and teams of 2 & 3 are welcome.

July 28th Annual Picnic and Meeting – Saturday, July 28th at 11:00 at the Preiner Storagefacility at 30353 Oak Avenue. Look for the LLPOA Sign!

September 8th Fall Road Cleanup – Meet on Saturday, September 8th at 9AM for Coffee and Rolls atthe Swimming Beach.

Invasive Species Boat Inspections Weekends at Public Landing:Opening of Fishing – May 11th – 13th

Memorial Day – May 25th– 28th

Independence Day – June 29th - July 1st and July 4th

Labor Day – August 31st - September 3rd

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