Summer 2012 - Clearwater Lake Property Owners Association

CLPO
2012 Dates
to Remember:
Sunday, August 5th
Annual CLPO Picnic
at Truman’s Point
Noon-5 p.m.
What’s Inside
CLPO Annual Spring
Meeting Minutes, page 2
CLEARWATER LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION
Summer 2012 Newsletter
Message from CLPO Association President,
Tom Bacon
Well summer is here, and everyone
is busy. Your board members put together a good Annual Meeting, hope
that you didn’t miss it.
Our milfoil treatment was finished
by your members again (THANKS).
Just paperwork to finish. The boats
are back to J&J Marine for minor fixes.
Music on the point by Dingmann
Marine & More went well I’m told.
The pontoon parade went off but not
too many boats. MAYBE TOO HOT!!!!
Annual picnic at Jerry & Marge Trumans house coming up, don’t miss it.
I went to the Clearwater River Water
Board for the last chance to get a conditional no wake. Give us your e-mail
address so we can keep you posted.
Email them to [email protected].
Have a GREAT rest of summer. See
you at the picnic!
–Tom
Milfoil Treament, page 3
Jokes from John, page 4
Emerald Ash Borer, page 6
CLPO Annual Picnic
4th of July Boat Parade
Pictures, page 7
Sunday, August 5th
CLPO Association
President
Tom Bacon
320-274-2146
Some of you have attended the CLPO annual picnic and know what
a great day it is! But many others may not know what the picnic is all
about. We lived on Clearwater Lake for several years and remember
reading about the picnic in the newsletter, but never attended. It
took one of our neighbors to invite us along for us to attend our first
CLPO picnic. We had a lot of fun! Our daughter was able to meet
and play with other kids, and we enjoyed visiting with other Clearwater Lake property owners, especially those who have lived on the lake
for generations. The food was tasty and we even walked away with a
door prize! This will be the 20th year Jerry and Marge Truman have
graciously hosted the picnic. Thank you so much, Jerry and Marge!
We hope to see you there!
–Keith and Sandy Jerpseth
Notes from Marge, page 4
Officers
Treasurer, Deb Flygare
Secretary, Joy Carlson
Jerry Truman
Dean Flygare
Stan Otto
Marty Ferguson
Bill Lovegren
Keith Jerpseth
Steve Irwin
Newsletter
Sandy Jerpseth
Diane Pohlman
www.clpo.org
WHAT: Clearwater Property Owners Annual Picnic
WHEN: Sunday, August 5th, from Noon – 5 p.m.
WHERE: Truman’s Point at the Narrows (the home of Jerry &
Marge Truman 10745 LAWRENCE AVE. NW, Annandale)
WHY: A fun opportunity to meet your Clearwater Lake neighbors
& enjoy a delicious meal!
CLPO Picnic continues on page 5
CLPO Summer 2012
CLEARWATER LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION
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CLPO ANNUAL SPRING MEETING
Saturday, June 2nd, 2012 - Annandale Park Pavilion
8 a.m. - Rolls, coffee & juice, 9 a.m. Meeting, Paid members as of 5/31/12 - 210, Attendance - 67
Chairman Tom Bacon opened the
meeting at promptly 9 a.m. Tom expressed his appreciation for all that
attended the meeting.
Secretary Joy Carlson read the minutes from the 2011 annual meeting.
Financial Secretary Debbie Flygare
provided the financial report and described the receipts and expenses:
Beginning Balance of 6/1/11: $43,109.82
Income:
$13,061.36
Advertising, copper sulfate sales, donations, dues, interest, lawn program
through Community Lawn Care
Expenses:
$11,670.66
Bank charges, annual meeting, milfoil
(to be reimbursed), newsletter, office
supplies, picnic, siren maintenance,
website maintenance, website
Ending Balance 5/31/12:
$44,500.52
(covered by CD, savings & checking)
DNR Update
Minnesota Conservation officer Brian
Mies attended the meeting and discussed the new Invasive species laws.
To summarize, the decal is no longer required to be on boats and trailers, however the fines will double if boats are
transported without following the invasive species regulations. There are a
couple important things to remember
1) You MUST remove aquatic plants,
zebra mussels and other prohibited
species off of watercraft, trailers and
equipment before transporting them
from any water access. 2) You MUST
drain water from the boat’s bilge,
livewell, motor, ballast & portable bait
containers before transporting them
from any water access. 3) You MUST
remove your drain plug when transporting your boat.
Water Patrol Update
Keith Jerpseth solicited volunteers to
join the Wright County Volunteer Water
Patrol. Anybody interested please call
Keith at 320.274.6311.
Wright County Deputy Jake
Hermansen and Stearns County
Deputy Craig Pogatshnick
were in attendance to discuss current
boat safety issues. As a reminder, life
jackets must be accessible for all adults
on a watercraft and worn by children.
Life jackets in a package, in a storage
container or in a boat storage compartment are not accessible and will be useless in a boating accident. Both
counties encourage lake residents to report illegal dangerous boating activities
even if it is unrealistic for an officer to
respond. This reporting helps the Sherriff’s offices to schedule officers to patrol various lakes. The records of
reports, timing and volume of reports
are monitored. Please report this activity to: Wright County call 763.682.7689.
If the activity being reported doesn’t require immediate response, please email
Jake at jake.hermansen@
co. wright.mn.us. Stearns County call
the emergency dispatch at
320.251.4240. If it is an emergency,
please call 911.
Weed Control
Emergent: Bull Rush and Cattails require permits to remove. Submergent:
2500 feet can be removed by hand and
no permit is required. Sand: 50 feet
wide, 10 feet in length and 6 inches
does not require a permit. Weed
Rollers: Require a permit. Chemicals:
Individual permits
High water and floating bogs are definitely a problem on our lake. Any bog
larger than 15ft by 15ft requires a permit to remove or move. The CLPO will
provide stakes to transport bogs to
“their homeland” to be staked down either in the bog storage area past MPLS
Point or the Pleasant Lake County Park
bog storage area. Nancy Kastner asked
for help to remove a very large bog from
the west side of the island. PERMITS:
Contact the DNR office in Little Falls,
Audrey Kuchinski, 320.616.2450
The no-wake situation
was addressed
The CLPO would like both Stearns &
Wright County to work together – that
did not happen last year.
Rose Thelen spoke
She is no longer our representative due
to a district change.
Joy Carlson & Marci Segner
from RE/MAX Integrity gave a Clearwater Lake real estate update.
Anchor Dock and J&J Marine
spoke of Aquatic Invasive Species & decontamination. It takes 21 days for
Zebra Mussels to fall off marine equipment – too minute to detect. Tom
Bacon announced letters had been sent
to the DNR as well as Wright and
Stearns County, requesting that when a
permit is issued for a fishing contest
that a spotter would also be provided at
our accesses before entering our lake.
Vicki Morgan also suggested that we as
property owners should be personally
responsible for policing visitors and
guests.
Randy Latzig from Community
Lawn Care
Expressed his appreciation of the
business he has received over the past
9 years. His Community Lawn Care
program has donated over $4,000 to
the CLPO.
Events
June 30th – “Party at the Point”
July 4th – Boat Parade
August 5th – Annual CLPO picnic at
Truman’s Point
Respectfully submitted,
Joy Carlson, Secretary
CLPO Summer 2012
CLEARWATER LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION
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Clearwater Lake Milfoil Treatment
Under the direction of CLPO
President, Tom Bacon, and in
cooperation with the Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources, CLPO members conducted the annual milfoil
treatment in May and June.
Thanks to the efforts of the volunteers listed below, over 100
acres of milfoil were treated.
Areas treated are shown on the
map, shown at right, and photos
of the workers can be seen on
the CLPO website @
http://www.clpo.org/index.htm.
Special thanks to each of the
members who volunteered their
time to successfully treat these milfoil
areas of the lake and to Jerry and
Marge Truman, the hosts for the treat-
ment boats and for the volunteers.
Thank You Volunteers
Tom Bacon, Audrey Bacon, Dean Flygare. Jeff Golden, Barb Ilse, Tim Ilse, Wally Larson,
Bill Lovegren, Mike Kurst, Jim Latour, Dick Olson, Dave Pucel, Rich Shoberg,
Ron Schmitz, Dave Stein, Jerry Truman, Marge Truman
More About Milfoil
Eurasian watermilfoil was accidently introduced to North
America from Europe. Spread
westward into inland lakes primarily by boats and also by waterbirds, it reached Midwestern
states between the 1950s and
1980s.
In nutrient-rich lakes it can
form thick underwater stands of
tangled stems and vast mats of
vegetation at the water's surface. In shallow areas the plant
can interfere with water recreation such as boating, fishing,
and swimming. The plant's floating
canopy can also crowd out important
native water plants.
A key factor in the plant's success is
its ability to reproduce through stem
fragmentation and runners. A single
segment of stem and leaves can take
root and form a new colony. Fragments clinging to boats and trailers
can spread the plant from lake to lake.
The mechanical clearing of aquatic
plants for beaches, docks, and
landings creates thousands of
new stem fragments. Removing
native vegetation creates perfect habitat for invading
Eurasian watermilfoil.
Eurasian watermilfoil has difficulty
becoming established in lakes with
well established populations of native
plants. In some lakes the plant appears to coexist with native flora and
has little impact on fish and
other aquatic animals.
Likely means of spread: Milfoil
may become entangled in boat
propellers, or may attach to
keels and rudders of sailboat.
Stems can become lodged
among any watercraft apparatus
or sports equipment
that moves through the
water, especially boat
trailers.
Eurasian watermilfoil
typically has 12 to 21
pairs of leaflets. The native northern watermilfoil, with which it is
often confused, usually
has 5 to 9 pairs. Drawing courtesy Bell Museum of Natural
History.
Eurasian Water Milfoil (EWM) was
discovered in Clearwater Lake in
1989.
CLPO Summer 2012
CLEARWATER LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION
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Free Concerts in the Park
Rain or Shine!
Every 2nd and 4th Friday night at 7PM the Annandale Community Arts Team
holds a FREE concert in the park at the end of MAIN STREET. (Thanks to the
Legacy Fund, local community members, the Garden Tour and the Holiday Home
Tours for making these concerts possible!
We look forward to seeing our Clearwater Lake friends!
Concert Coordinator, Dawn Schaefer Stumpf
Upcoming line-up:
July 27 – Charlie Roth and the Honky Tonk Healers, a country music
band featuring a unique blend of Americana, folk, blues, and celtic genres
August 10 – Trio Sem Nome, a Brazilian Jazz Trio
Jokes from John
Hear the joke about the bed?
It hasn’t been made up yet.
Hear the joke about the rope?
Skip it.
Why did the cow cross the road?
To get to the udder side.
Why can’t your nose be 12 inches long?
Then it would be a foot.
Did you hear about the man who stood in front of a
mirror with his eyes shut?
He wanted to know what he looked like sleeping.
What do you get when you cross a snowman with
a vampire?
Frostbite.
Notes from Marge
The recipe for this newsletter is my favorite Blueberry
Crisp. I don’t remember where I got it from, but it was a microwave recipe that I changed for a regular oven. I just
made it again this week while
our grandson was home from
Afghanistan, as it is one of his
favorites too. In fact, one
morning I had just taken it out
of the oven when he got up,
and he ate almost half a pan of
it for breakfast. He nearly
wiped out the whole dessert for
that day!
Blueberry Crisp
2-3 cups blueberries
1 strip (2 1/2") lemon zest, finely chopped
(I use lemon juice instead, about 1/2 to 1 Tbsp)
1 cup plus 2 T. all-purpose flour
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, cold, cut into pieces
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 9” square pan.
Combine blueberries, lemon zest, 2 T. flour & 1/3 cup
sugar. Pour into pan.
Process remaining 1 C. flour, 2/3 C. sugar & cinnamon in a
food processer just until blended.
With machine running, add butter, several pieces at a
time, processing until crumbly. Sprinkle over blueberries.
Bake crisp until top in golden, about 30 mintues.
Removed from oven and cool.
Delicious as is or with a scoop of ice cream.
(I think I will try making this with chopped up peaches
sometime. I'll bet that would be good too.)
Did you hear about the cannibal who called
Domino’s and ordered a pizza with everyone on it?
What did the porcupine say to the cactus?
Is that you Momma?
If your nose runs and your feet smell, you were built
upside down.
Teacher: You should be an oceanographer.
Student : Why?
Teacher: Because your grades are always
below C level.
What did the worker say to the wall?
One more crack out of you and I"ll plaster you.
–John Kuharski
Lake Association Members
E-mail Addresses
We are attempting to start an e-mail database of all of our
lakeshore members. I have quite a few e-mails already and
hope to get more. This way I can send out notices; such as a
reminder about our upcoming meetings, lake parades, notices when we need help for various projects etc. We are
working on a distribution list so we can send our newsletters
electronically as well. If you haven’t already sent your e-mail,
please do so!
You can e-mail me at [email protected].
CLPO Summer 2012
CLEARWATER LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION
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CLPO Picnic from page 1
Thank you, Jerry and Marge, for all you do to
make the CLPO Annual picnic a success! I asked
Marge to answer a few questions relating to the
picnic & below are her responses.
Do you know how long you’ve hosted
the annual picnic?
“I started keeping records of the food, etc. about
the first time we had the picnic in 1992. I am not
sure if they had picnics before that or not or how
they even got started. It could have been when
Jerry took over as President of the CLPO and
thought it would be nice for the lake people to
have a chance to meet each other and came up
with the idea of a picnic.”
What is served?
“Polish sausages, hot dogs, potato chips, beans, melons,
brownies, pop, beer, wine coolers & water. I tried sloppy
joes and hot dogs one year, but
it didn’t go over very well, so we
went back to the sausages and
hot dogs.”
Pictures from last year’s CLPO Picnic
Do people need to bring
anything?
“Maybe a favorite lawn chair in
case we run short of chairs.
Food and drinks are furnished.”
On average, how many
people do you serve?
“Anywhere from 100-300. It depends on the weather. The hotter
the weather, usually the more people that come because of the nice
breeze that we usually get on the
point.”
Who organizes, cooks
and serves?
“I used to do all the buying (plates, food & beverages – except for the beer, Jerry did that). In previous years, I would
put the beans together and bake them, but changed to just
“doctoring up” the beans. As far as cutting up the melons,
chopping onions, serving the day of the picnic and running
the grill, we’ve always had excellent volunteers. Bill and
Joanne Lovegren have devoted many hours, as have Tom
and Audrey Bacon. Other helpers have been Cathy Ransom, Dee Olson, Marty Ferguson, Stan Otto, and Lee Carlson. Occasionally some one timers would show up to
assist in setting up tables, etc.”
Anything
else to
add?
“It has always been free to CLPO people and family. Please
come! The location by water: on the point by the Narrows. By land: follow the signs that will be out the morning of the picnic (10745 Lawrence Ave NW…Truman’s
Point)”
CLPO Summer 2012
CLEARWATER LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION
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What to Know About Emerald Ash Borer
by Community Lawn Care
Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is an invasive, ash tree-killing insect easily
moved through firewood, ash logs,
ash nursery stock, and parts of an
ash tree. EAB kills ash trees within
three to five years of infestation.
Adults are dark, metallic
green, 1/2 inch in length
and 1/8 inch wide, and fly
only from mid-May to
September. Larvae
spend the rest of the year
developing beneath the
bark.
Symptoms:
• Distinct, D-shaped exit holes in
the bark
• Serpentine-shaped tunnels
under the bark on the surface of the
wood
• Young sprout growth at the base
of the tree
• Unusual activity by woodpeckers
• Thinning canopy of the tree
• Vertical splits in the bark
Life Cycle:
• May to August: Eggs hatch into
larvae and tunnel into ash trees
• August to October: Larvae feed
under tree bark, creating S-shaped
galleries
• October to May: Larvae
over winter under tree bark
• May to June: Adults
emerge leaving D-shaped
exit holes; some adults
have been seen into August; adults live about
three weeks
• Mid-May to Mid-August:
adults mate then lay eggs in ash
bark
Treatment Considerations:
Based on the expense of yearly
treatments the value of the tree
should be considered. Also, consider the health of the tree. Research suggests that insecticide
treatments may be able to save infested trees exhibiting low to moderate dieback (20 to 40 percent), but
the outcome is less certain than
with healthy trees showing little or
no sign of infestation.
Treatment Recommendation
• Tree-age
The active ingredient emamectin
benzoate is the only option that delivers a 99% reduction of larvae
populations.
Only product that has at least 2
years of prevention or cure, as opposed to soil drenches which require more frequent treatments.
Tree-age is a systemic insecticide
that is taken into the canopy by the
tree’s vascular system, so there is no
effect on animals and insects landing and living on the treated tree.
For more information about
EAB, contact Community Lawn
Care at 763-286-6303.
WANTED: CLEARWATER LAKE WATER PATROL VOLUNTEERS
Please call Keith Jerpseth 320.274.6311 if you’re interested!
We’re grateful for all of our water patrol volunteers!
CLPO Summer 2012
CLEARWATER LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION
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4th of July Boat Parade
I would like to congratulate the Hal
Johnson family (Fun in the Sun) for taking 1st place in this year’s boat parade.
The Darlene Menke family (Patriotic)
received the 2nd place prize. It was
clear both families spent a lot of time
and effort putting their floats together
and were well deserving of the prizes.
The boat parade on the lake had a
rather small turn out this year. This is
our 7th year leading the parade and
with only 3 entries (including our family) it was the least we have seen. I
don’t know if it was the heat, the day of
the week or if this event is just not of interest to the property owners. I would
like to hear your thoughts on whether
we should continue to promote this
event.
If you would like to participate next
year or enjoy watching please let me
know. Your input is needed for future
planning. You can contact Ron at 320274-3071 or [email protected].
–Thank you,
Ronald
Schmitz,
Above,
the Hal
Johnson
Member
familyBoard
took 1st
place in
the boat parade with
their ‘Fun in the Sun’
pontoon. At right, the
Darlene Menke family
took 2nd place for their
patriotic pontoon.
2012 CLPO Membership Drive
When sending in your $20.00 dues, please encourage your neighbors to do the same. We have made a big difference
in the lake quality in the past 15 years and will be able to continue in the years to come if we get your support.
*If you have an asterisk by your name on your mailing label, it means you’ve already paid your 2012 dues.
As of 7/23/12 we have 222/515 paid property owners.
–Thanks, Tom Bacon, CLPO President
Name:
Lake Property Address:
City:
State:
E-mail Address:
Please mail to:
Clearwater Lake Property Owners Association
PO Box 476, Annandale, MN 55302
Zip:
Your District: Simple Steps for Water Quality
With so much discussion being
held recently regarding water quality in our state, it is easy to become
overwhelmed. After all, water is an
integral part of our daily lives, so
much so that we often don’t even
notice this precious resource. We
cook with it, play with it, clean with
it, flush with it, work with it, move
with it...even our bodies cannot
function without water. As such, it is
the responsibility of us all to make
sure we’re doing everything we can
to protect our water resources. Here
are 5 simple steps you can take to
help improve your water’s quality:
1. If you own residential property,
consider implementing some simple
practices to control your stormwater
runoff, such as rain gardens, rain
barrels, bagging lawn clippings, or
pervious pavement.
2. If you are an agricultural producer, or work for one, consider implementing some practices that will
help protect your waters, such as
targeted fertilizer application, tile
intake buffers, and conservation
drainage. Oftentimes these practices
offer a boost to your bottom line as
well.
3. If you own property along
shoreline, consider native landscaping/lakescaping instead of mowing
up to the shore and/or placing rock
alone the shoreline. This practice
protects for erosion, provides habitat for all sorts of critters, and is easy
to maintain.
4. Don’t flush chemicals down
your toilet! From pharmaceuticals to
household cleaners, your sewage
treatment systems (from municipal
to individual septic) cannot treat all
of these chemicals, and they find
their way into our waters.
CLPO
CLEARWATER LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION
PO Box 476
Annanandale, MN 55302
www.clpo.org
Deliver to addressee or current resident.
5. Finally, increase your knowledge! There are a vast number of resources available for your use,
geared towards assisting you in living with our water in mind. The
more you know, the more you can
help to clean up our waters and
keep them clean.
We hope you can see there are
many things we all can do to protect, promote, and preserve our
water resources. If you have questions or ideas, feel free to contact
the District. And be sure to check
out our updated website, which has
lots of resources for your use.
Clearwater River Watershed District, 75 Elm Street East,
PO BOX 481, Annandale, MN 55302,
(320) 274-3935, www.crwd.org