Fall 2012 Newsletter 3.2 MB - Roosevelt and Lawrence Area

RALALA Lake Association
Roosevelt and Lawrence Area Lakes Association
Editor’s Update—by Jackie Evans
Fall 2012
nual meeting in May, the
membership will be asked
to vote for changes in the
Articles.
Special points of
interest:
 Fundraising Results
 Financial Report
 Historic Trade
Route Celebration
Inside this issue:
CLT AIS Committee
2
RALALA Donors
2
Raffle Winners
3
3
3M Award
4
Recipe
4
Library Notes
5
Donations
5
Financial Report
6
Silent Auction/BBQ
7
Water Patrol
7
Facebook
7
Historic Travel Route
8
Commercial Members 10
and Advertisers
Another interesting year at
the lake. We went from
floods in the Spring to hot
and dry all summer and in
just one week, from late
summer to late fall. Did I
say one week? It was really
a 40 degree drop in 24
hours at the lake. We are
suffering a little culture
shock up here.
Once again, we have had a
busy summer, hot and dry
though it was after the
heavy rains. Reports on the
Trade Route Celebration
and fund raisers: Silent Auction, BBQ and Raffle can be
found elsewhere in the
newsletter as well as pictures of the events. We
have also added a more
detailed financial report in
response to a request for
more information about
“where the money is going”.
A big issue this year for all
lake associations has been
aquatic invasive species
(AIS). Information and options continue to be gathered by various individual
members of RALALA, as well
as the other lake associations. (See the report of Ed
Evans, chair of the Crooked
Lake AIS Committee).
With the guidance of new
Board member Bob Lee, the
By-Laws were reviewed this
summer when we realized
that they had not been revised since their initiation.
Currently, we have learned
that utilizing such new
“modern” devices as conference calls or Skype types of
communication were not
possible by the board and
that led to awareness of
other constrictions and inconsistencies , so a complete revision of the Articles
of Incorporation and ByLaws are under way. The
Board will be considering a
change in the By-Laws over
the fall and at the next an-
Membership is up again this
year, meaning we are able
to reach more and more
lake area residents with
news and updates. For
those of you who have chosen not to give us email
addresses, we would like
you to reconsider providing
an email address for emergency notices only. We
have had two incidents this
summer when we either
gave email notice to the
lake residents we had, or
could have. One was earlier
in the summer when the
water was so high that
docks and boats were floating free. We were able to
warn those who were not
here to get someone to
check their property. The
other occurred recently with
an apparent incident on
North Roosevelt when reportedly the township
breached a beaver dam and
(an unplanned for) wall of
water endangered a cabin
and washed a septic system
into the lake.
Finally, as you will see from
the articles on AIS and the
Sheriff Patrol, we are going
to be looking for more volunteers next year to help
keep our lakes clean and
fun. See you in the spring.
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RALALA Lake Association
Crooked Lake Township — Aquatic Invasive Species Committee by Ed Evans, Chair
through a DNR grant for their
boat launch areas and Lake
Washburn Association has a
significant number of volunteers. (Ralala was turned down
for the grant this year because
one was granted last year—the
year of the government shut
down and no training.) We hope
next year’s voluntary participation in the DNR “Voluntary InOne of the major initiatives of
spection” program by RALALA
the AIS Committee is a
members will be much higher
“Legislative Letter” defining a
than this year and that we can
set of five Minnesota Legislabe a real “presence” for boatVolunteers trained by the DNR,
ture/DNR policy and funding
ers. These are your lakes, help
spend an hour or two at the
changes that would greatly
us keep them clean and AIS
assist local areas like Crooked Roosevelt and Lawrence Lake free by volunteering an hour or
Lake Township to combat AIS public landings talking to peo- two over a weekend at the landcontamination. This letter is on ple about AIS as boaters
ings talking to boaters, helping
launch their watercraft – and
-line, available to any Lake
to prevent AIS contamination of
look for AIS contamination.
Association volunteer to
our lakes.
download – modify if desired – Emily has hired inspectors
The summer season is over –
there is snow and rain falling
outside, boats and docks are
coming out of the water and
going into winter storage and
the CLT Aquatic Invasive Species Committee is just about
finished for 2012. A couple of
final thoughts regarding this
summer are in order.
and address from your home
base voting address to your
local Minnesota Senator and/
or Representative – several
times a month if possible. That
way, the Legislature gets a
broad based, consistent message, from many different
parts of the state. It is hoped
many RALALA volunteers will
send these letters. See the
“online” Ralala website for an
example of the ‘Legislative
Letter”.
2012 RALALA DONORS
Thanks to the generous support of our members the year
2012 was a successful one
for RALALA. We would like
to acknowledge those members who supported our organization through cash donations beyond their membership renewal. These donations go into the RALALA Environmental Quality Initiative
Fund. The Environmental
Quality Initiative provides RALALA the opportunity to further pursue the Association’s
objectives beyond what the
modest annual dues would
allow.
Carlson, Willis Cline, Stanley
& Patricia Czyson, Kim &
Nicolas David, Don & Mary Jo
Dee, Steven & Patricia
Dinsmore, Shirley Doten, Michael & Diane Dumer, Ed &
Jackie Evans, Grant & Ilene
Evanson, Greg & Sandy
Floyd, Bill & Jo George, Lloyd
& Delores Gragert, Eric &
MaryDe Hanson, Gregg &
Marne Helgesen, Dennis &
Jeanne Heppelmann, Loran &
Janet Hillesheim, Paul & Gracia Jensen, Dave & Corey
Johnson, Tom & Darlene
Johnston, Jennifer Ketcham,
John & Rhonda Kosiak, Mary
Kowalski, Marlin & Joyce
Connie Anderson, Manuel &
Suzanne Azevedo, Nick Bar- Krohnberg, Lowell & Sharon
Kutches, Ted & Donna Larton, Bill & Jane Block, Wally &
son, Bob & Diana Lee, ConAudra Bokovitz, Anne &
David Bonnerup, Dr. Samuel stance Leider, Dennie & Jen-
nifer Leslie, Paul & Karmen
Mattsen, Jan & Mark Mosman, James & Joy Ogden,
Bruce Olseth, Cheryl Olseth,
Emily Olson, Joshua & Angela O’Neil, Dean & Michelle
Parker, David & Petra Powers, John & Bonnie Rowell,
Matthew & Susan Schaefer,
Mark & Karen Schneider,
Mel & Lois Schramm, Mary
Stainer, Mary Steiner, Bill &
Lois Stevens, Gordon & Marlys Thomas, Dick & Yvonne
Thunstrom, Lloyd & Ingrid
Thyen, Tony & Joyce Tillemans, Dr. Frank & Karen
Tycast, Jack & Linda Van
Straaten, Louis & Pat Vietti,
Keith & Janet Walker, Darril
Wegscheid, John & Lynnae
Weiand, Jerome & Anita Williams
RALALA Lake Association
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RALALA Raffle Winners
And the winners are!
1. David Boxell of Watkins, MN who chose
the Browning Rifle
3. Lisa Oehrlein of St. Cloud, MN who won
the 32” flat screen TV
2. Lisa Merchant of Rice, MN who then got
the $1000
And we had a fourth winner, thanks to a donation by Ron Stainer, a gift certificate for the
Village Inn which went to Kaylee Nusen.
ALL OF THE WINNERS ARE PROPERTY
OWNERS OR FAMILY ON RALALA LAKES.
We want to thank everyone involved who
helped make this year’s raffle a success, especially Mike Schuett who has helped with the
Browning Corporation’s generous support and
access to such wonderful prizes. We also
want to thank Jim Nicholson for his generosity. Of special note are the Don and Mary Jo
Dee and Evans households for their selling
“prowess”.
Thanks again for your support!
Recipe — Spicy Turkey Burgers
Ingredients:

salt and pepper to taste

1 lb. ground turkey

Swiss cheese sliced

one 1-oz. pkg Hidden
Valley Ranch mix
Directions:

1 egg

3 tsp. garlic, minced

¼ c. Worcestershire
sauce

¼ c. day old wheat bread
1. Knead all ingredients together to make 4 burgers.
2. Chill in refrigerator for 20
minutes.
3. Apply shortening on grill
rack with paper towel or a
brush, then pre-heat the
grill.
4. Grill the burgers until
done and put Swiss
cheese on top of burgers
until it melts.
5. Serve on a toasted bun
with your favorite fixings.
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RALALA Lake Association
3M Recognizes Local Volunteer with Annual Award
3M honored Ed Evans as
one of 25 individuals nationwide to receive the 3M
Community Volunteer
Award. This award is given
to fifteen dedicated 3M employees and ten retirees
who are devoted to improving and enriching their local
communities. Ed has been
a Volunteer with the Outing
Volunteer Library
(Treasurer) and the CLT
Aquatic Invasive Species
(AIS) Committee
(Chairperson).
The 3M Foundation will donate $1,000 to the nonprofit
of Ed's choice as well as
acknowledge his/her accomplishments with a local
celebration. The donation
will be split between the
Outing Volunteer Library
and RALALA.
“Many thousands of hours
are donated by 3M employees and retirees each year.
We value the opportunity to
salute those among us who
share their time and talent
to make a difference in our
communities,” said Kimberly Price, vice president,
3M Community Affairs. "The
3M Community Volunteer
Award allows us to thank
those out-standing volunteers who go above and
beyond for others.” In addition to the $1,000 donation,
the 3M Volunteer Match
program will donate $250 to
a nonprofit organization at
which the recipient volunteers. This program
matches 3M employ-ees'
minimum 20 volunteer
hours and retirees' 25 volunteer hours, in a calendar
year, with a $250 3M Foundation grant to the qualifying nonprofit organization
where they volunteer.

4. Cut each roll into 1/2" to
3/4" slices and secure
each slice with a skewer
or wooden pick.
Recipe — Steak Pinwheels
Ingredients:

2 Tbs. minced fresh
chives
2 flank steaks, 1 lb.
each
Directions:

1/2 lb. sliced bacon
(cooked and crumbled)
1. Pound flank steaks on
both sides.

1 cup finely chopped
fresh mushrooms

1 cup finely chopped
green onions
2. Combine bacon, mushrooms, onions, basil
and chives and spread
evenly over steaks.

1/4 cup finely chopped
basil or 4 tsp. dried
basil
3. Roll meat and secure
with skewers or wooden
picks.
5. Grill over hot fire for 4-6
minutes, or until meat
reaches desired doneness. Remove picks before serving.
Yield: 6-8 servings
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RALALA Lake Association
LIBRARY NOTES
We have very exciting news.
At the July 31st Annual Meeting of the Crooked Lake
Township the vote to add on
to the town hall was 44-3.
When the vote count was announced, there was spontaneous applause. Our township will lease space in that
addition to the Outing Volunteer Library. There will be a
connecting walkway from the
town hall to the new space,
so there will be access to
restrooms! We had children
for every storytime this summer except one so it was a
very successful program. We
received the remainder of the
large print books and audio
tapes from Haven Books in
Crosslake which is going out
of business. Once it is closed
we will also be getting more
easels for displaying books.
Our summer raffle was the
most successful yet. We offered special dinners for six
featuring Danish, Italian,
French, and a special family
famous dinner of the Pierce’s.
The winners were as follows:
Danish – Aaron Lang, French
– Fred Conrad, Italian – Karla
Blevins, and Pierce’s famous
family recipe—Carolyn
Zachariason. Thank you to
everyone who bought raffle
tickets. The library participated in the Trade Route
Celebration by selling Kim
Zelinsky’s book The Woods
(which is always for sale at
the library for $15), a beautiful
book on the Ojibwe, and the
Nicollet map showing his
trade route through Roosevelt
Lake. If you haven’t been in
the library for a while, we
have continued to receive
terrific donations of books and
have every available space
filled, so come in and check
us out. I will close with an
inspiring quote by the V.P. of
Baylor University:
“In the past, libraries have
often hidden their light beneath a bushel. Library managers have known about the
positive impact their services
have on children, student and
academic success for years.
Libraries make an enormous
contribution to the education
of our young people and the
development of our communities. We should be both
proud of these achievements
and excited about showcasing them.”
The Outing Volunteer Library
will be open:
Sat. 10:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.
Mon. 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.
Wed. 10:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.
RALALA Donations to Local Fire and Rescue Services
RALALA made community donations to area Fire and Rescue Services this fall. Pictured is
John Rowell, Treasurer of RALALA, presenting checks to the Crooked Lake Volunteer Fire
Department and Outing Quick Response and to the Emily First Responders. Accepting for the
Outing Departments are Bob Dalsgaard and Chris Smith. Accepting for Emily are Ken Roden
and Mariann Guentzil.
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RALALA Lake Association
RALALA Preliminary 2012 Financial Summary
This year has been a successful one for RALALA fund raising efforts. The summary following is as of 15 September 2012. We have essentially realized all of our anticipated
income for this calendar year. There are still some expenses to be paid, including:
Newsletter printing, postage and community donations and web maintenance. It is projected that we will pay out an additional $500 to $600 for raffle ticket printing, registration
and 3rd prize. We have set up our account with the Initiative Foundation with an initial
payment of $10,000. This qualifies us for a match of $10,000 giving us a total of $20,000
and a funding capacity which will enable us to undertake projects of greater magnitude
than could have previously been considered.
2012
Budget
Actual
to Date
RALALA Memberships
Lake Apparel Sales
Donations to EQI Fund
DNR AIS Grant
Septic Inspection Reimbursement
Raffle
Silent Auction
Barbeque
3M Volunteer Grant, Ed Evans
Total Income
EXPENSES
5500
0
4500
1000
2000
5000
2500
2000
0
22500
4775
60
3295
0
2576
5230
2926
1557
250
20669
Newsletter Printing
Postage
Community Donations
Memberships/Website Maintenance
Members Picnic
Other Miscellaneous
Bank Fees
EQI Mailings/ PR Etc
DNR Intern/Watercraft Inspector
AIS Prevention
Initiative Foundation
Raffle
Silent Auction
Barbeque
Trade Route Celebration Support
Total Expenses
1300
800
1500
625
225
519
40
800
3650
1000
10000
2000
50
1300
300
24109
580
650
1200
325
168
152
33
0
0
0
10000
1300
8
739
300
15455
INCOME
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RALALA Lake Association
SILENT AUCTION and BBQ
The 2012 RALALA Silent
Auction and BBQ were held
at the Village Inn, again as a
part of the Historic Trade
Route Celebration. Thanks
to the many local businesses, individual RALALA
members and friends who
made contributions of merchandise, talent, volunteer
time and treasure, the Silent
Auction raised over $2900
and the BBQ over $800 for
the RALALA Environmental
Quality Initiative Fund to be
used to support our lake
quality initiatives and invasive species prevention activities. Please extend a big
THANK YOU to the following
businesses and individuals
that donated items for the
Silent Auction.
The business donors are as
follows: Ace Hardware
Crosslake, Ace Hardware
Emily, Acorn Millworks Deerwood, Anna’s Alterations &
Restorations, Barstock Liquors Crosslake, Bay Lake
Marine Deerwood, Black Bear
Lodge & Saloon, Boat Doctor
Up North, Breezy Point Resort, Cashwise Liquor
Brainerd, Chanhassen Dinner
Theatre, Crosslake Drug,
Crosswoods Country Club,
Cuyuna Country Club, Eagles
Landing Golf Club Fort Ripley, Emily Greens, Emily Holiday Station, Emily Meat Market, Ernie’s on Gull, Esser’s
Brainerd, Famous Dave’s
Baxter, Golden Eagle Golf
Course, Grand Casino Mille
Lacs, Grizzly’s Restaurant,
Heartland Power Inc., Itasca
Leather Goods, Judy’s House
of Gifts, Lake Country Foods,
Lake Country Grocery, Land
O’ Lakes Marine, Lundrigan’s,
Madden’s on Gull Lake, MN
Timberwolves FastBreak
Foundation, Maucieri’s Restaurant Crosslake, Moonlight
Bay, Norway Ridge, Old Log
Theatre, Outing Boutique,
Outing Hardware, Outing
Yarn & Gift Shop, Pine
Peaks Crosslake, Pine River
State Bank Emily, Pizza
Ranch Baxter, Prairie Bay
Baxter, Rafferty’s Pizza ,
Redding’s Sports & Spirits,
Reed’s Market, Rustic River
Trading, Ruttger’s , Shadberry Inc., St. Paul Chamber
Orchestra, St. Paul Saints
Baseball, Vacationland Realty, Village Inn, Outing,
Whitefish Golf Club
The individual donors are as
follows: Elaine Anderson,
Nicolas David, Don and Mary
Jo Dee, Ed and Jackie Evans,
Doug and Denise Hagge,
Mary Kowalski and Darril
Wegscheid, Therese Kunz,
Dave Moe, Jan Mosman,
Carol Neill, Mary Kay Olson,
John and Bonnie Rowell,
Mike Rumppe, Bill and Sue
Schaefer, Mel Schramm, Jack
and Linda Van Straaten, Jeff
Van Straaten, Maria Strukelj,
Ingrid Thyen
A very special thanks to Ron
Stainer, Village Inn for his
support of both events.
Sheriff’s Water Patrol - by Denny Neill
We completed another
season patrolling area
lakes. We have a good
number of volunteers but
don’t get them out enough.
We patrolled 11 days. This
isn’t adequate. I want thank
those who did sign up and get
out on the water. Kirk Smith at
Land O Lakes Marine has
been decontaminating the boat
after each use. The boat has
been winterized and put into
storage for the winter at
Land O Lakes marine. I look
forward to next year and improved numbers of trips on
the lake.
RALALA on Facebook
RALALA now has
a presence on
“Facebook”.
Search for RALALA to see pictures from
the events this summer,
and to post new information or comments on the
page. Search for us when you
log in to your “Facebook” profile. If you are not a member
of “Facebook”, it is very easy
to join! Go to
www.facebook.com, and create a personal profile for yourself. It is very easy to protect
your privacy and to keep
your information for only
friends or family on
“Facebook”. We look forward to your visit!
RALALA Lake Association
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2012 Historic Trade Route Celebration
Initiated in 2011 as a complementary civic
event to serve and draw folks to Outing, the
Historic Trade Route Celebration was a success (again).
closer to points of interest, it also spread
folks around more, and thus it was a different ‘street scene’ than in 2011.
The 2012 event enjoyed a great day of
weather, new artisans in birch bark, leather,
and quill, as well as the return of the birch
bark canoes, the ‘paddling into the past’
canoe tours, pottery making and flint knappers. Moreover, it was extended to incorporate new efforts to identify and pinpoint artifacts possessed by local citizens.
While the better signage helped folks get
RALALA Lake Association
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2012 Historic Trade Route Celebration (cont’d)
The crowd at the canoe arrival was apparently
lighter than 2011, but shuttle service to move
folks to The Village inn and back to the parking
areas seemed to work well. The RALALA silent auction seemed to draw well also.
This year, the event was coordinated under a
committee comprised of folks from various
sponsors: RALALA, Outing Area Chamber of
Commerce, and the Outing Library Board, as
well as the Laker Lions, Lake Washburn, Cass
County Historical Society, and the Cuyuna Iron
Range Heritage Network. Additional business
sponsors included Itasca Leathergoods (of
Crosslake and Lake George), The Village Inn
and Pestelos.
A new non-profit MN Corporation was
founded for the celebration and after all the
expenses are accounted for, it has a small
balance of funds. A review is underway, and
all input is welcome as to how this event
could be made better. We would welcome
your specific suggestions for items to consider including, changing or revising.
Thanks to RALALA for its donation, support
and coordination. We believe that this event
helped draw folks to Outing, and helped add
to the crowds for fund raising.
Hope that everyone has a safe and happy
season, Event Coordination Representative,
Darril Wegscheid
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RALALA Lake Association
OUR VALUED BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL MEMBERS
Additional Current Business Members:
Dave’s Electric – 218‐792‐5209
KLW Construction – 218‐792‐5994 (Kerry and Peggy Watkins)
Outing Station—218-792-5332
*If each of you will send us a nice clean business card, we will make this page a whole
lot prettier!
**Let us know right away if we missed someone!
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RALALA Lake Association
Roosevelt and Lawrence Area Lakes Association
The goal of RALALA is to maintain water quality in our lakes and the surrounding environment for ourselves and all future Generations.
2012 RALALA MEMBERSHIP FORM
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EQI Donation
$25.00
Mail checks payable to RALALA
Mail check and form to: RALALA, Box 139, Outing, MN 56662-0139
Total enclosed
RALALA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sandra Dee
Sandra.Dee@navitaire.com
(651) 492-0678
Secretary
Jackie Evans
jkegsi@aol.com
(218) 792-5767
Newsletter
Jim Foss
jamesjfoss@yahoo.com
(218) 792-5280
Gary Langer
glanger@ddsjit.com
(218) 792.5003
Bob Lee
rsl@mcmlaw.com
(612) 710-2756
Newsletter
Lisabeth Mackall
lmackall@aol.com
(651) 319.1916
Facebook
Rollie Maki
Rolliemaki@aol.com
(218) 792-5179
Aquascaping
Denny Neill
denny@brainerd.net
(218) 792-5234
Water Patrol
John Rowell
rowellje@hotmail.com
(218) 792-5364
Treasurer
Lynn Schramm-Snyder
sam.snyder@co.dakota.mn.us
(612) 328-5860
Linda Vanstraaten
Jvs41@aol.com
(218) 763-3845
Membership
RALALA
PO BOX 139
OUTING, MN 5662-0139