Loon CallsFall 2013

G R E A T E R L A K E S Y L V I A A S S O C I A T I O N

Inside this issue:Executive Board . . . . . .2

A Word From YourPresident . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Advertisers . . . . . . .4 & 5

Fishing Contest Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Luau Pictures . . . . .6 & 7

Luau Sponsors . . . . . . . .7

Luau Volunteers . .back page

Get your T-shirts, sweat

shirts, caps andanything else

you want with the GLSA

logo atAnnandaleEmbroidery!

The GLSAPicnicCommittee

put on anothergreat picnic thisyear. The eventtook place atCamp Chi Rhoon the afternoonof Saturday,August 10. The“HawaiianLuau” themeincluded a pigroast, live musicby Bob and the Beachcombers, a HulaHoop contest and a best dressed “BigKahuna” contest. In addition, activi-ties included face painting, a bouncyhouse, SUP board rides, family games,50/50 drawings and informationalbooths by GLSA and event sponsors.

About 500GLSA mem-bers andtheir guestsattended onwhatturned outto be a per-fect sum-mer day.

Event co-chairsAllisonBarkleyand Rhonda

Brau and their hardworking picnic com-mittee deserve a big “THANK YOU!”from the GLSA board, GLSA member-ship and all who attended. The localcompanies who sponsored the event alsodeserve special recognition and our“THANKS!” for their support.

Summer Luau – Fun for Allby Joe Lepley

2013 Milfoil Update –The Fight Continues!by Kent Davidson

2013 was another busy year fortreating milfoil. The DNR was late ingetting permits reviewed due to theunexpectedly poor weather. Wereceived our permit on July 12, where-as normally we are done treating inMay. EWM is much easier to identifyearlier in the spring, making ourapplication much more effective atthat time. The DNR had also dramati-cally reduced the acreage we couldtreat, so we had to set up a meetingwith them on the lake to prove wherewe had infected areas.

Milfoilcontinued on page 3

GLSA Public Access Monitoring

Big Investment,Big Success!by Chuck Lingen

In May, GLSA entered into a ServiceAgreement with Anchor Dock & Lift(AD&L) whereby AD&L would hire andmanage a team of DNR trained water-craft monitors at the Lake Sylvia publicaccess during the 2013 boating season.The purpose of this Service Agreement(now called Public Access Monitor pro-gram) is to assist GLSA in preventingthe introduction of new Aquatic InvasiveSpecies (AIS), such as zebra mussels,into Lake Sylvia.

Monitoringcontinued on page 3

Dressed up for the Luau.

Al’sAlmanac

SUMMER 2013PRECIPITATIONApril......................2.56”May......................4.80”June.....................5.43”July.......................1.63”August .................0.84”Total ...................15.26”

NEXTBOARD MEETING

October 129 a.m.

Southside Township Hall,8209 CR 3 NW,

Annandale, MN 55302

IntroducingYour NewGLSAPresident

On June 1, 2003 I was elect-ed as President of the GLSA. Iam honored to be serving asyour President and am pleasedto work with the GLSA Boardand all of the volunteers whoare so important to this organi-zation.

My wife Nancy (Pattee)Hector firstintroducedme to LakeSylvia in1974 whenwe begandating, and Iwas trulysmitten - byboth the girland the lake.In 1986, webought acabin on the west lake andspent most weekends packingup the car and the kids anddriving from our house to thecabin. We marveled at theclear water, waking up with theloons and fishing, skiing, swim-ming and most of all sharingthis wonderful lake with ourfamily.

As our children grew andbecame more involved in schooland sports - we sold our cabinand spent more of our time onLake Minnetonka - but stillcame to Lake Sylvia at least

once a year to visit the Patteeclan. In 2008, when ouryoungest daughter left for col-lege, we fulfilled a dream and

moved backto LakeSylvia fulltime.

Nancy andI have bothbeen activein the GLSAbecause wetreasure thislake so much.Through ourinvolvement

in the lake association, we havemet many friends and haveenjoyed working to maintainand protect and improve thequality of this great resource.

Throughout my term, I willwork to meet our current chal-lenges (Zebra Mussels), buildupon our successful programs(CLP, Milfoil) and build anorganization that is able tomeet the future needs of thislake community. I look forwardto meeting and hearing fromyou. Thank you for your contin-ued support of the GLSA!

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Executive BoardEffective June 1, 2013

PresidentChris Hector* 952-239-8103

chris@logictran.com

Vice PresidentKent Davidson** 320-274-6448

robinkentd@gmail.com

TreasurerChuck Lingen* 763-416-5062

alingen@comcast.net

SecretaryPat Beithon** 320-236-2292

pbeithon@hotmail.com

Board of DirectorsEffective June 1, 2013

Allison Barkley***allie_barkley@hotmail.com

Jerry Dock**jerry@greenhavenmarketing.com

Jerry Euteneuer*euteneuerd@aol.com

Russ Fortner***russfortner@hotmail.com

Tom Hansen***twhansen@lakedalelink.net

Don Holm*holmcyril5@aol.com

Steve Holmstoen*sholmstoen@yahoo.com

Mike McNellis**mmcnelis@lakedalelink.net

Jim Struble***jim@electricalproduction.com

Carl Swanson*swansylvia@charter.net

Harry Wahlquist**hgwahl@aol.com

* Term Expires in 2014, **Term expires in 2015, ***Term expires in 2016

Greater LakeSylvia Board Meetings2nd Saturday of each month,

April through SeptemberSouthside Township Hall, County Rd. 3

All GLSA members are welcome to attend.

GLSA Website - Check it Out!www.lakesylvia.org

A Few Words From Your PresidentChris Hector

‘We marveled at theclear water, waking upwith the loons and fishing, skiing, swimmingand most of all sharingthis wonderful lake withour family.’

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Three areas popped up ashotspots this year. Although wehave been very effective in elimi-nating EWM on the south side ofMidget Bay, we treated numerousnew plants in the southwest cornerof the bay. The second area toflare up was on the north end ofWest Lake, west from LighthousePoint where there is a privateaccess. We were very disappointedto identify a large number of mil-foil plants at that location. Thethird area of infestation that hascontinued to be a thorn in our sideis 100-150 yards directly east ofthe public access and certain partsof Shootin’ Holler.

There are other, smaller pocketsof the plants at various locationsaround the West lake. The goodnews is that we have not yet foundany plants in the East lake. Wealso used fewer chemicals to treatthan last year, but I think thatwas due to our late start.

Hopefully, next year we will returnto an earlier treatment period.

I want to thank John Swansonand Dick Anderson for their yearsof undying devotion to killing mil-foil. John is transitioning thoseduties to me, and I will go on

killing milfoil with the help ofRuss Fortner and Blaine Barkley.We call ourselves the MilfoilMongrels, and our motto is, “Weeat it up!”

Thank you for your continuingcontributions and support!

Milfoil from page 1

Monitoring from page 1

While the primary objective ofthe program is to observe andinspect incoming watercraft at theLake Sylvia public access, a sec-ondary objective is to gather infor-mation on the watercrafts throughinterview questions and observa-tion and submit the data gatheredto GLSA via mini iPads. An enor-mous amount of data has been col-lected during the 2013 boating sea-son. Over 2500 watercraft wereobserved and data for each waslogged by the monitors as of earlySeptember. This data will be ana-lyzed upon completion of the sea-son and the resulting information

will be used to help manage andimprove this same program in2014.

The monitoring services byAD&L commenced on May 11,2013 and will continue through

September 29, 2013 covering 117days and aggregating approximate-ly 1400 total hours. The total costof the Public Access Monitor pro-gram will be approximately$25,000 for the year of 2013.

This year the Public AccessMonitor Program was totally fund-ed by GLSA. GLSA’s goal for 2014is to apply for and receive DNRgrant(s) to help subsidize the costof an on-going monitoring pro-gram. The data/information gath-ered by the Public Access Monitorsduring 2013 season will greatlyassist and improve our chances ofreceiving a subsidy in 2014.

‘Over 2,500 watercraftwere observed anddata for each waslogged by the monitors as of earlySeptember.’

GLSA Website - Check it Out!

www.lakesylvia.org

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Fishing Contest Winners2013

by Russ Fortner

KIDS DIVISIONSunfish - Erica Loe, John Klinker - 9”Crappie - Erica Loe, Charlie & QuinnBendell - 14”Bass - John Klinker, Charlie Bendell - 18”Northern - Maverick Woyke - 19”Walleye - No entries

YOUTH DIVISIONSunfish - No entriesCrappie - Hayden Barnes - 12”Bass - J.J. Wahlquist - 14”Northern - Will Goenner - 16”(No other entries)Walleye - No entries

ADULTSSunfish - Cheri Gullickson - 9.875”Crappie - Cheri Gullickson - 13.75”Bass - Tom Olson - 20”Northern - No entriesWalleye - Russ Fortner - 23.5”(No other entries)

GLSA Summer Hawaiian Luau 2013

Welcome to the Luau!

Picnic co-chair Allison Barkley on the move.

Many families came by boat again this year.

At left, best dressed winners were Lloydand June Pearson. Above, face paint-ing was a big hit again this year.

Russ Fortner announcing the fishing contest winners.

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Thanks to our 2013 Hawaiian Luau Sponsors!Platinum• Anchor Dock & Lift• Annandale Dental, Dr. Hegge• Backyard Reflections• Carefree Lawn• Country Chevrolet• Oak Realty• Prevost Builders• Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben• Star Bank

Silver• All Things Good• Dairy Queen• McDonald’s• Safe Shore - Electrical

Product Serv.• State Farm Insurance,

Annandale & Cokato

Bronze• 1-800 Don• Miller’s Jewelry• O’Brother’s• United Country Realtors

Fun family games all afternoon.

A heckuva Hula Contest!The live band, Bob and the Beachcombers.

SUP boards available for a test ride compli-ments of Anchor Dock & Lift.

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Let’s give a Big THANKS! to all theseGLSA members who volunteered theirtime to make this year’s Luau a sucess!Co-Chairs:Allison BarkleyRhonda Brau

CommitteeMembers:DeweyAhsenmacherBlaine BarkleyDiane BarkleyPat BeithonShalynn BensonJefferson BishopBill BohlineNancy BohlineEmily CombsMike CombsJack Corr

Libbie CorrMaggie CorrKent DavidsonRobin DavidsonJan DelaneyRuss FortnerCarole GertgenBill GreySandy GreySkip HallSusan HankersonChris HectorNancy HectorJeff Hoff Kristi HoienSteve HoienVicki HoienSharon Holm

Sandy HolmstoenSteve HolmstoenJerry JohnsonCarrie KlinknerCarol LeeChuck LingenMike McNellisJackie MolStacie MolRose Mary NelsonLori ObingerAlan OstlundBarb OstlundLisa PeeryCraig ReidCarolyn RingerPaul Ringer

Brian RugglesJanice RugglesJim StrubleDave WefringDale WilliamsonSandy WilliamsonKelly WoykeRenee WyffelsJohn Zeiss