Long Lost Lake Area Association Summer 2016 Newsletter · CHAMPIONS OF WILDERNESS 7 LAKE DATA 8 ......

tion a success. A few updates since the Spring meeting: ◦ We have visited further with the Clearwater County Historical Society regarding the costs for commemorating the Nichols-Chisholm Lumber Company roundhouse site just east of Co Rd 39 and the Leverson Mill site located at the junction of McKenzie and Perkins Roads. We have also visited with Bruce Cox at Clearwater County regarding the authorizations and assis-tance needed to open the sites. (Thanks to Becky Bergerson and Peter Hovde

Dan Wilson, President This year the Association got off to a

great start with a well at-tended Spring Association meeting thanks to the work of Mitzi Balstad and the Neighborhood Contacts as well as the warm welcome provided by Jon and Nora Jennings who hosted the meeting. And thanks to all who participated and con-tributed to making the meet-ing a success, with special appreciation for the contri-

butions of the out-going officers Richard Bovard, Kathy Toomey and Ellen Gugisberg. Our thanks and best wishes also go to Al Fox who succeeds Ellen as the 1st Vice President (lake wa-ter monitoring/testing, AIS), to Roberta Anderson who succeeds Kathy Toomey as 2nd Vice President (shoreline, public access, road clean up, wells), and to Kathy Carlson who succeeds Richard as Treasurer. We are fortunate to have mem-bers with the talent and readiness to commit their time to make the Associa-

PREZ SEZ:

HOW OUR LAKE IS MONITORED 2

RMB REPORT 3

NEW BOARD MEMBERS 4

UP AND DOWN THE LAKE 5

TOWNSHIP NEWS 6

CHAMPIONS OF WILDERNESS 7

LAKE DATA 8

Inside this issue: LLLAA OFFICERS

LLLAA OFFICERS Dan Wilson, President ................................. 657-2285, [email protected] Kathy Toomey 1st Vice President ..............657-2299, [email protected] Al Fox 2nd Vice President ...........................657-2388, [email protected] Jane Bovard, Secretary ............................ 657-2827, [email protected] Kathy Carlson, Treasurer ........................... 286-2009, [email protected] Peter Hovde, Historian ............................... 657-2346, [email protected] Grace Kuphal, Newsletter Editor ............. 657-2492, [email protected] Jane Bovard, Newsletter Layout Editor .. 657-2329, [email protected]

for their work on this) ◦ DNR has notified us that our request for improve-ments at the public landing (i.e. additional concrete planks that extend further into the water) will be de-layed at least until the end of August. ◦ Arrangements have been made by Al Fox for the water quality sampling to be in-cluded in the White Earth lake water sampling activities, with Clearwater County SWCD assuming the RMB lab costs for the lake sampling previously covered by the Association. Lake water sam-pling will be expanded to also include testing for aquatic invasive species with the as-sistance of summer interns. (Thanks to Al for stepping up to make it happen.) ◦ Aquatic Invasive Species inspection continues at the public landing on Saturdays, arranged by Clearwater

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Long Lost Lake Area Association

Summer 2016 Newsletter

FALL POT LUCK MEETING Sunday, September 4

3:00 PM at Larry and Lon Vettleson’s

13263 Seaberg Road.

Meat is furnished, please bring a dish to pass and a chair to sit on.

Your 2016 Dues are now due. Dues are still only $15.00 annually. They can be paid at the June meeting or mailed directly to treasurer,

Kathy Carlson,

326 James Ave. NE, Crookston, MN 56716

Name_____________________________________ e-mail address________________________________ Mailing Address___________________________________________________________________________ Amount enclosed:_____________________ For: ____ 2015 ____ 2016 ____2017

The newsletter will be sent out by e-mail to people with confirmed e-mail addresses UNLESS Grace is notified that you prefer to receive it by regular mail. Grace can be contacted at 657-2492 or by e-mail at gekuphal@aol. The newsletter editor assembles, staples, folds, addresses and mails the newsletters that go out in the mail. It saves time and expense to be able to e-mail them out and have the recipient print out their own copy if at all possible.

Long Lost Lake Area Association Long Lost Lake Area Association

How our lake is monitored. By Peter Gugisberg

Water samples are collected once a month May - August. There is a designated area for the samples to be taken and that is halfway between Gugisberg’s and the Mortenson’s cabins. Sample are take at a depth of 6 ft at about noon. The sample is taken, then poured into a small plastic bottle with a preservative. The water sample has to be taken to RMB Lab in Detroit Lakes within 4 hrs to maintain the integrity of the sample. It is transported in a small container with ice to keep it cool. Sechi disc readings of lake clarity are taken at this time too. Weather information of the day, including air tempera-ture, wind, cloudy or sunny, and water temperatures are also recorded.

The results of Peter’s work can be found on the following page.

We all thank Peter for his work in monitoring the lake for us and for the state of Minnesota. Peter has been a volunteer for the last 3 years, and his term is up. It is time for a new volunteer. Please

County and funded by State grant funds, with continuation of inspection at Long Lost Lake supported by Commissioner Dean Newland. ◦ Dick Toomey has been very active with the North Country Trail on the re-routing of the trail, with other members also involved with clearing the new trail.

(See Dick’s report attached to the Spring meeting minutes.) ◦ The summer social calendar is full as always with weekly dining out, Women’s week, and book club thanks to Jane Bovard and many others who organize the events. If you are not already active with your Lake Association, I encourage you to con-sider attending any of the social activities

or volunteering for either Association projects (i.e. ditch cleaning, North Country Trail upkeep, historic site development, AIS inspection, other) Be sure to join us at the Fall pot luck/short meeting to be held on Sunday, September 4 at 4:00 PM at Larry and Lon Vettleson’s at 13263 Seaberg Road.

Prez sez continued


RMB ENVIRONMENTAL LABS LONG LOST LAKE REPORT


I am delighted to accept your offer as a Board member with the Long Lost Lake Area Association. The position sounds both exciting and challenging, two of the most important aspects of work to me. I am honored to serve each and every one of you. I will do my best to keep the Board and residents informed of any changes that may affect the area. I was born and raised on the White Earth Indian Reservation almost my en-tire life, except for a short stint in the United States Marine Corps. I graduated from Bagley High School in 1981 and joined the service right after graduation. I left active duty in 1985 and finished with 2 years in the Reserves and was Honorably Discharged in 1987. I moved to North Minneapolis in 1986 and worked as a Warehouse and Sales Manager for 10 years and then moved back home in 1996. I started working at the Shooting Star Casino in 1997 where I was hired as a General Maintenance Lead Supervisor on the graveyard shift. I did that for 2 years and then I got my Low pressure boiler’s license and went to work in the Building Maintenance department for 1 year doing Heating, ventilation and air conditioning for the Casino. That’s where I met my lovely wife, Evette. We got married on Sep-tember 24th, 1999. Evette had 4 children when I met her and we raised them to adulthood. I decided to pursue a Law Enforce-ment career as a Conservation Officer with the White Earth Nation. I was hired in February of 2000 as a Trainee, then I attended the Indian Police Academy at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, NM in July of that same year. I was promoted to the Chief Conservation Officer position in 2005 and have been working in that field ever since. Evette and I did a few years of Foster care with White Earth and de-cided to adopt 5 children through the

Indian Child Welfare department. Together we have been one BIG happy family. 9 kids in total and 6 grandkids. I remember as a kid when my dad had a camping lot on the peninsula before there were any people living there! We purchased our cabin from the Danielson’s but before that we had a camping lot next door to them. We have many fond memories in the area.

I have a Law Enforcement de-gree with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and received my BIA Su-pervisor’s certificate in 2004. There are a lot of other training certificates that I’ve received throughout my years with the Conservation Department. I could fill a whole page! I hope that your choice in me will be sufficient enough so that I can answer any questions you may have that per-tain to anything we share in com-mon with each other. Not mean-ing to sound too political, but if I don’t have the answers you want, I know who to talk to so we can accomplish many things. I can’t answer on behalf of the Tribal Council but I do have that con-nection. I am looking forward to work-

ing with you.

Alfred E. Fox

ALFRED E. FOX, 2ND Vice President

Meet your new board members

ROBERTA ANDERSON 1ST Vice President

I was born and raised in ND. I have been married to my high school sweet heart - and still the love of my life - John, for 42 years. We lived our adult life in MN: Hallock,

Moorhead, and the Twin Cities. We have 3 Children - Kris (Eden Prairie, MN) , Kara (Chicago, IL), Travis (Eden Prairie, MN) 7 grandchildren who come in the summer for a week to enjoy time at LLL. We Bought our first property on LLL over 20 years ago when were living in Moorhead. The property and access road was flooded so we bought the deer point property about 15 years ago and built a 4 season cabin 6 years ago. We love spending time there and our goal is to spend more time as we move to part-time jobs with more flexibility. I received a BS from Concordia College, MN; a Masters in Business from Moorhead State, MN; and a Masters in Organization De-velopment from Pepperdine, CA. My work experience includes: Teaching business classes - Concordia College & Moor-head State; Government - Training & Change Management; Multiple companies - Talent Management. Leadership Development; Coaching; Consulting (my company & other consulting firms) - Leadership Development & Organization Development Projects. I love the beauty of the lake and trees and the variety of activities, especially the hiking, cross country skiing, and snow shoeing. The other great thing about LLL is the community of friends! Roberta Anderson

LLL Web site: LongLostLake.Org

On Wednesday, June 8, the Thurs-day night supper group attended a spaghetti dinner fundraiser held at Necce’s Ristorante in Park Rapids for the Star of the North Honor Guard. Denese Jokela, owner of Necce’s provides all the food, so that all pro-ceeds go to the Honor Guard to help pay for their uniforms, flags and heated vests and gloves. They travel all over the state at their own ex-pense. To date, the Park Rapids Star of the North Detachment has paid tribute to deceased veterans at nearly 320 funerals. They provide-military funeral ceremonies for vet-erans from all branches of the ser-vice, not just the Marines for those families who want it. The service is free of charge to the families. LLL resident, Ardell Johnson, is a mem-ber of the Honor Guard and is at the far right in this photo taken at Necce’s the night of the fund raiser. Owner, Denese Jokela, is on the left.

Up and Down the Lake


Blake and I pur-chased the old Lil Snyder cabin in Au-gust of 2011. We had been guests of Dan and Laurie Wil-

son on occasion as our daughter Amanda is married to their son Nick. We had truly fallen in love with the area so when they told us the cabin down the road was for sale we quickly knew it was just for us. Blake and I are from Crookston where Blake is an Engineer for Wid-seth, Smith and Nolting and I am an Accounting/Payroll Clerk for the City. We still work full time so we look forward to our weekends on LLL. We have four adult children and three grandchildren that all live in the area so we often all gather at the cabin. They are busy times but I truly love the memories we are mak-ing.

It was a busy 4th weekend for folks at the North end of the lake. Simonsons had their festive get together with family and friends. Crabtrees had family from Moor-head for the day. Von Hagens had alot of family at their home. They are looking for-ward to a visit from their daughter and Grandson from California this month. Dorothy Eckhoff spent day with family in Vining, MN. She is busy adding a new addition to her home. She also is the proud Grand-mother of Will who recently spent 3 weeks as a foreign exchange student in Germany. There has been a neighborhood bear making the rounds, doing mi-nor damage to bird feeders. It is a little eerie when you see them up on your deck! Roger and Nancy Olson were down for a week and are spending more time at the lake, It is good to see all of them.

Lake resident, Joe Baron and his Viet Nam buddies as they were preparing to participate in the Ride for the Troops, Sunday, June 5th.

Riders at the Rock Creek Store outside the north entrance to Itasca State Park, one of the rest stops along the way.

Meet your new board members

KATHY CARLSON Treasurer

A success-ful Spring meeting was held at Jon and Nora Jennings.

We were fortunate to have the use of their pole barn., especially with the unpredictable weather. Our thanks to them for hosting the meeting.

TOWNSHIP OFFICERS Dave Johnson, Supervisor …………….………….. 657-2853, [email protected] Greg Scherzer, Supervisor……………………..…..657-2557, [email protected] Ardell Johnson, Supervisor ……………………….. 657-2606 Dick Toomey, Treasurer ……………………………657-2299, [email protected] Laurie Wilson, Clerk ……………………….………657-2285, [email protected]

TOWNSHIP NEWS


Long Lost Lake Township Meeting Schedule for 2016

Tuesday August 9

Board Meeting 7:00 pm

A. Johnson residence

Tuesday October 11


D. Johnson residence

Tuesday November 15

Board of Canvas 1:00 pm

L.Wilson residence

Tuesday December 13


D. Johnson residence

Tim Wilson, Dick Toomey, John Ander-son, Dan Wilson,

Tom Wilson mowing

Information on LLL Township is available at Township.LongLostLake.com. Minutes of meetings, financial

information and schedule of meetings can be found at this website.

Long Lost Lake Township has 3 positions up for election this coming November. Two Supervisors for 4-year

terms and the Clerk position for a 4-year term. Filing for these offices will be from August 2, 2016 to August

16, 2016. Township residents wishing to file for these positions should contact Clerk Laurie Wilson at 218-

657-2285.

Up and Down the Lake

NORTH COUNTRY TRAIL CREW mowed on June 17.

Thanks to Lon and Larry Vettle-

son, the rocks in the lake at the

public landing that were in the

way of smooth launching are no

longer in the lake. They took

them out with truck and chains.

The Spring LLL Meeting

Charlie and Peter Hovde trimming

Seven Thieshafer grand kids at “Grandma and Grandpa’s Camp”

Bovard Grandson, Rand, proud of his catch!

Karen Kuphal and friend Wendi enjoying their time fishing at LLL.

http://Township.LongLostLake.com

tel:218-657-2285

tel:218-657-2285

Peter Hovde and I attended the annual “Water Conference” in Brainerd three years ago to deepen our understand-ing of the purposes and approaches of Minnesota lake associations and to help us in our own Long Lost Lake Area Association work. One of the present-ers was Paul Radomski, who together with Kristof Van Assche, wrote a book called Lakeshore Living, a publication upon which this article is based. In reading the book, I can only but reflect on the thousands of hours that have been contributed by so many of our Association members to promote the ideas shared in this publication. In his book, he cites several of the champions who, in their many publica-tions, put words to the thoughts and feelings we all have about being in this place and being part of a lakeshore community. He cited Aldo Leopold, who promoted living in harmony with the land, with “ecosystem protection and asset preservation...as the respon-sibility of the lakeshore property owner”. Sigurd Olson, a Minnesota native with whose publications many of you are familiar, was an inspira-tional proponent of protecting wilder-ness, most famously, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, but whose ideas apply to all wilderness, including the incredible wilderness we all enjoy at our doorsteps. He spoke of the siting of his own cabin on Burntside Lake near Ely, choosing a place in a private buffered location with a muted view of the lake and horizon, where “while there would be no unbroken views from the windows, they would give us


Champions of Wilderness Guide: Our Lakeshore Living

a hint of what could be seen by merely stepping out of doors….” He went on to discuss the impor-tance of buffers between struc-tures and the shoreline as key in-gredients of any design strategy of asset preservation. He and others encouraged planting shrubs and trees as a way to help protect the shoreline but also help screen and frame places along the lakeshore, while contributing to “asset crea-tion”. Another champion, William Whyte addressed the challenges of people learning to live together in increasingly close proximity in previously undeveloped wilder-ness. His contribution was the more focused involvement of lo-cal, state and federal governments in the preservation of natural envi-ronments. These authors and many others have gone on to develop the sci-ence to support better under-standing and management of wil-derness, including the value of buffer zones between the land and lake to sustain water quality, minimize phosphorus, improve animal habitat, and enhance sce-nic quality. We have access to both information and resources to address invasive species. We have information on how lakes change through human development and the practices that mitigate/minimize the impact of our living here. We have affiliations with governmental and non- govern-

mental organizations that share our values and interests. Through these champions of wilderness we are provided with a better understanding of our-selves and why we came to this place. We know we have some-thing special here. As the years pass and as we share more time in this place and with those that dwell in it, we find it begins to define who we are and what is important to us. We also know that there are many more of us here now than there were 40 years ago, and likely will be even more in the future. And we un-derstand that keeping what we have will require a shared effort with our neighbors, and a way to work together. Fortunately, we are blessed with a membership that brings both professional and lay understanding of princi-ples and practices of lakeshore living that will guide us. And we have a lake association and township board to host the con-versations that get us there. Dan Wilson

A “buffered” view of Long Lost Lake


LAKE DATA - SUMMER - 2016

Lake Level Temperature Extremes

Ordinary High Water Level - Standard 1605.50 ft Date High Date Low

Highest recorded lake level 7/22/02 1617.74 ft 14-Apr 80 2-Apr 16

First recorded reading 5/28/92 1604.74 ft 5-May 87 1-May 28

19-Jun 88 6-Jun 37

Lake Levels Rainfall Clarity report from Jim Svobodny

3-Jun 1613.73 ft June 3.14 in Average depth for first 5 readings

10-Jun 1613.63 ft 17-Jul 5.41 in 2016 25.8 ft

17-Jun 1613.67 ft 2015 25.2 ft

24-Jun 1613.59 ft Well Reading 2014 27.9 ft

2-Jul 1613.45 ft Aproximately 2013 32.3 ft

9-Jul 1613.45 ft 7 inches lower 2012 25.2 ft

16-Jul 1613.67 ft since October 2015 2011 28.6 ft

Clarity Report - Ardell Johnson

June 2016 Morning Sunrise 40 ft 60 ft

7-May 29 ft 30 ft

24-May 27 ft 25 ft

4-Jun 18 ft 18 ft

10-Jun 22 ft 24 ft

27-Jun 20 ft 23 ft

We have some loons - I wonder how they have survived our wild weather?

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