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The recent hint of gold in the birch leaves suggests that winter is scheduled to occur again this year

in spite of wishes to the contrary. But the summer activities are far from over with Thursday night

dinners, women’s week, and even some men’s coffee times continuing throughout August. On

week- ends the County- contracted aquatic invasive species inspectors are at the public landing help-

ing us to keep our lake as pristine in the future as in the past. Mitzi Balstad has been busy develop-

ing the Long Lost Lake “neighborhoods” and our Association members have been stepping up to the plate to be

neighborhood “contacts”. The Neighborhoods will improve the ability of Long Lost Lake residents to stay connected to

their lake community, and be part of the stewardship of our lake and surrounding forest. In support of that effort

Kathy Toomey and others are assembling information packets for later distribution to assist Long Lost Lake residents as

we work together for our shared interests. These new activities add to the many volunteer projects (North Country

Trail, ditch cleaning, Chimney site maintenance, others) and to the work of the Township board.

For newcomers, long time lake people, family members and guests, we invite you to join us at the Fall meeting for a

good time, a good meal (bring a dish for the potluck), updates on the quality of our lake and forest, and a chance to get

better connected. The meeting will again be held on Labor Day Sunday at 3:00 P.M and this year hosted by Tom and

Mary Hartkoff’s at 12949 Seaberg Lane. This year we celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Lake Association. If rain

again prevails, their shop-storage building will easily handle us. We look forward to seeing you all there.

Dan Wilson, President, Long Lost Lake Area Association

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Long Lost Lake Area Association Summer 2015 Newsletter

AREA EVENTS 2

DUES COUPON 2

SILKETT MEMORIAL 3

MILITARY PROGRAMS 3

UP & DOWN THE LAKE 4

LAKE DATA 6

INVASIVE SPECIES 5

INFESTED WATERS 5

NOTICE OF FALL MEETING

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6

POTLUCK AND MEETING

TOM AND MARY HARTKOPF

12949 SEABERG ROAD

3:00 P.M.

MEAT WILL BE PROVIDED

BRING A DISH TO PASS & CHAIRS

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Dues are still only $15.00 annually. Checks should be made out to LLLAA Dues can be can be paid at the fall meeting or mailed directly to treasurer,

Richard Bovard 12346 McKenzie Rd., Bagley, MN. 56621.

Name________________________________________________e-mail________________________ Address___________________________________________________________________________ Amount enclosed:_____________________ For: ____ 2014 ____ 2015 ____ 2016

AREA EVENTS

AUGUST

Clearwater County Fair - Wednesday. August 5 through Sunday August 9 - Bagley

Pig Roast August 8 - 11:30 to 2:30 Elbow Lake Tulaby Fire Hall -W on Hwy 113

Borderline Philharmonic - Friday, August 7 - 8-10 pm - - Hoot Owl Resort - Hwy 113 W

Logging Days August 7 & 8 - Park Rapids

Forestedge Winery Art Fair August 15 - 16 - MN 64, LaPorte

Regional Pioneer Farmer Days August 21—23 - Lake Itasca - E on Hwy 200

SEPTEMBER

Pancake Breakfast September 6 - - Elbow Lake Tulaby Fire Hall -W on Hwy 113 -

Ethnic Fest September 12 - - Walker - features a parade, entertainment, food

LLL Multi-Party Garage Sale

LLL Multi-Party Garage Sale will be held on Friday, Sept.4 from 9 am to 6 pm and on Saturday, Sept.5 from 8 am

to12 noon at Greg Scherzer’s home on the east side of Long Lost Lake. His address is 11963 County Rd 39. It will

be set up along County 39 along his row of trees.

If you wish to participate and sell your treasures contact Yvette Baron (657-2284) or Nancy Johnson (657-2853).

You will need to supply your own tables and chairs, food, drink, and be responsible for selling your own items. The

cost for advertising in newpapers and signs will be shared among the sellers. Call Yvette or Nancy if you have any

questions.

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Summer 2015 Newsletter

Robert E. Silkett

March 20, 1933 – March 24, 2016

On June 27, 2015 the friends and residents of Long Lost Lake celebrated Bob’s life at the Tom and Mary Hartkopf place. There were approximately 100 people in attendance. Bob and Con-nie were very active at Long Lost Lake. Bob loved this place which in-cluded hunting, playing golf, gathering sap for syrup, riding his “Gold Wing” and the list can go on and on. He and Connie frequently at-tended the Thursday night supper gathering of people. (PS: He let his opinion be known about the restaurants and the quality of the food plus who should pay the bill for all. He was always volunteering everbody to pay for the tab.) Another wonderful trait about Bob was the twinkle in his eye. Bob was full of life and it showed. He was always willing to share and help a neighbor.

Bob was married to Connie in 1956 and they had five children. Bob was in the USMC which in-cluded three tours to Viet Nam. He was very proud to be a Marine, and as we found out his daughter and son in law gave him a jeep. This jeep was at the celebration.

Since Bob was a Marine, the Marine Corp League – Star of the North group from Park Rapids put on a memorial tribute to Bob. The ceremony was beautiful and brought tears to the eyes of many. Special highlights of the ceremony were the unfolding and folding of the American flag, a moment of silent prayer, the formation of the fallen Marine ( gun, helmet and boot display), the firing of rifles salute and the presentation of the folded flag to the family. There was also the playing of the Marine hymn and a bugler playing taps, very awe inspir-ing.

A luncheon followed this ceremony.

VIETNAM MEMORIAL CEREMONY

Date: August 29, 2015, 1:00 PM . 33517 Bunker Hill Rd, Ponsford. (Bring a chair to sit on, plus it is recommended to come early.

Over 200 people have attended in the past and you might want a shady spot if it is a sunshine day.)

Directions from Long Lost Lake: Go south on CR 37 and turn left at 330 St (where the airport building and round grain storage bin

are located). This is a gravel road – continue for approximately 2 miles. You will go past a stop sign. It should be very easy to see

since there will be tall poles with military flags flying. There will be assistance to help people get to the ceremony site. Food will

be provided after the ceremony.

FIFTH ANNUAL MILITARY APPRECIATION PROGRAM

Date: August 16, 2015, 4 p.m. at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, 23115 County Highway 14, Callaway. Picnic supper to follow

program. The church is just off Hwy 59, north of Callaway and then to the east. You can see the church from the highway.

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Up and Down the Lake

Behind our hostess, Linda Ditterick, are Jim and Molly Bauer, of Minneapolis, who provided us with wonderful music for our enjoyment at the Spring LLL meeting.

Despite the rain, we all fit into Linda’s garage and stayed dry for the Spring meeting.

Three generations of Svobodny LLLakers at the meeting. Stuart, Ben and Lin.

Smokey skies in early July from Canadian wild fires blew down into Minnesota and left a haze of Long Lost Lake that lasted over a week. (photos by Al Fox)

Catch of the day! 4 walleyes, 4 bass and 2 crappies caught by Greg Scherzer and Carmine Polito (someone knows where those walleyes are!!) James’s catch from the Kuphal dock, Meghan with the biggest fish of the season at Bovards and Gracie learning to drive Kuphal’s pontoon. They are the next generation of people who will come to Long Lost Lake. James and Gracie are the great nephew and niece of Kuphals and Meghan is Bovard’s granddauaghter.

The crew that mowed the North Country trail this spring included Dick Toomey, Becky Bergerson, Adam Tracy (Gugisberg’s grand-son,) Peter Gugisberg, and Dan Wilson.

A Thursday night dinner at Becida Bar restaurant where there were over 20 people in attendance. The dinners are a great way to meet your lake neighbors (and the dim-mers aren’t always so noisy as some recent ones!!)

There was a nice turnout for the bookclub discussion of The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman, which generated a lively discussion. In attendance were (in the back row) Carol Clay, Ruth Johnson, Bon-nie Schmidt, Jane Bovard, Lisa Polito, and Donna Houglum. In the front row: Kathy Toomey, Mitzie Balstad, Lin Svodbodny, Shirley Schouviller, Lynda Alderink and Babe Mortenson. Grace Kuphal was taking the picture! The book-club meets the 3rd Friday of the month and all are welcome.

Peter Gugisberg has taken up building the most unique bird houses in his retirement. Here is just a sampling of his projects.

Summer 2015 Newsletter

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Infested Waters – aquatic species –

Counties around and including Clearwater - Report Information gathered by Grace Kuphal.

Dan Wilson mentioned the DNR Fishing license Bureau had a report concerning infected lakes – both aquatic and land species,

therefore here is a report of problem areas as of July, 2 2014. The other resource I used was Lita Doran from the White Earth Natu-

ral Resources Department. (Thank you, Al Fox for this contact.)

I chose Clearwater County and the immediate surrounding counties for this report. These counties are Clearwater, Becker, Hub-

bard, Mahnomen, Polk and Beltrami.

CLEARWATER, BELTRAMI, MAHNOMEN – NO REPORT OF INFESTED WATERS.

POLK - Union Lake – (Eurasian water milfoil)

HUBBARD - Upper Twin – (Faucet snail), Second Crow Wing – (Faucet snail), First Crow Wing – (Faucet snail).

BECKER – I will first start with the lakes:

Sallie (Flowering Rush), Muskrat (Flowering Rush), Mill (Flowering Rush), Melissa (Flowering Rush and Zebra mussel), Detroit

(Flowering Rush), Curfman - Deadshot Bay (Flowering Rush), Buck (Flowering Rush and Zebra mussel), Mil Pond (Zebra mussel),

Buck’s Mill Pond (Zebra mussel), Pickerel (Zebra mussel and Pelican River from Detroit to Muskrat (Flowering Rush),).

There are many unnamed ponds in Becker County which are infested with (Faucet snails) such as Eagle View Township, (14, 15, 22)

range 31. Lita thinks one theory is “Duck Hunters” might possibly spread the infestation with their boats as they in search for the

ducks.

How do we get this information? Lita stated “People will report a sighting” I will go out in a boat or canoe and take samples of the

water for testing. See below the invasive species which have been reported in our nearby counties. Lita Doran has made herself

available for a future LLL association meeting. I believe her to be another good resource of education concerning evasive species.

Milfoil Faucet Snails Zebra Mussels Flowering Rush

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AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES

Peter Gugisberg and Jim Svobodny attended a seminar on May 21, 2015 sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Natural Re-

sources in Pequot Lakes, MN. The information presented was for the Ambassador and Volunteer Programs to help educate the

public about the invasive species at our public accesses of our lakes in Minnesota. The participants in the program will be required

to have a background check and informed consent authorization from the DNR. Participants in the program will talk to watercraft

owners how to look for AIS on their boats and trailers and how to follow the Minnesota Laws deterring the spread of invasive spe-

cies. This is an advocacy program and if there are violations of the law, one can contact a conservation officer for compliance is-

sues. The Ambassador is a paid position and the Volunteer is for interested participants. Interest in serving in the Ambassador or

Volunteer Program can be discussed at our next lake association meeting.

Long Lost Lake Area Association

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LAKE DATA - SUMMER 2015

Lake Level Well Reading Report - ground water levels

Ordinary High Water Level - Standard 1605.50 ft 2002 2013 2014 2015

Highest recorded lake level 7/22/02 1617.74 ft # 15008 76.50 Dry Dry Dry

First recorded reading 5/28/92 1604.74 ft # 15007 22.64 25.85 26.52 25.65

# 15006 29.60 33.59 34.35 33.12

April 16 - Loons have returned and the ice went out. # 3140 33.40 34.26 35.39 34.07

Rain April .81 in Well locations - you will see sewer pipe sticking up.

May 7.94 in 15008 - Highway #39 east side of county line

June 4.22 in 15007- Highway #39 west and south of Chimney Rd

July 1.50 in 15006 - Big Hill - close to gravel pit

3140 -Juction of Big Hill and McKenzie

Lake level (gauge was reset 5/12/15)

05-12 1614.35 ft Lake Clarity - readings

05-19 1614.64 ft

Jim Svobody did 7 readings. Average was 25.28 ft

05-29 1614.76 ft The Range was from 27 - 22 ft.

06-10 1614.84 ft Last year the average was 26.92 ft

06-17 1614.76 ft

06-24 1614.70 ft Ardell Johnson 40 Ft 60Ft

07-01 1614.68 ft 05-16 24 ft 26 ft

07-08 1614.58 ft 05-21 22 ft 22 ft

07-15 1614.50 ft 05-26 26 ft 22 ft

07-21 1614.50 ft 06-11 22 ft 23 ft

06-22 22 ft 23 ft

07-10 18 ft 22 ft

07-19 22 ft 25 ft

FYI - Shirley Schouviller states cool temps as :

05-19 26 degrees

05-30 31 degrees

Nothing special about the spring temperatures.

To the right is another perspective of the lake as the

the waters are trying to recede.