November 2018 Around the Area
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Shorelines A Publication of the Lauderdale Lakes Improvement Association (LLIA), an all volunteer organization devoted to keeping a careful watch on water quality and water safety, preserving the lake's natural habitat, creating a superbly stocked fishery, and keeping lake area homeowners up-to-the-minute on what's happening November 2018 around the area. For more information visit our website at: www.llia.org Volume 41 - No. 4 SHORELINES NEWSLETTER GETS A FACELIFT Keep an eye peeled. Next spring, Shorelines will get a brand new look and feel—more color, more photos and, hopefully, a little more fun to read. As an example, we'd like to try a new column titled Lake Views. And you can be a contributor. In 75 words or less, email us your thoughts, observations, reflections and suggestions specifically about life on Lauderdale Lakes and we'll select a few for publication. If you wish, you may submit your thoughts anonymously. Email us at: lakeviews@llia. org The new spring issue is expected to hit your mailbox or your email by early April 2019. MARK YOUR 2019 CALENDARS! IN THIS ISSUE From the LLIA... News from the LLIA... News from Around the Lake... Fishapalooza Sat, Feb 2nd Ice Safety Tips 2 Lake Management District 10 LLIA Annual Meeting Sat, June 8th Honoring Bud Vance 3 Yacht Club 10 Kids Fish Jamboree Sat, July 20th LaGrange Fire Dept 3 Sailing Club 11 From Around the Lake... Cement Shoes: Gangsters Lutherdale 11 Yacht Club Cocktails with the at our Lakes 4 LaGrange Change in Bulk Commodore Sat, June 1st Yacht Club Fireworks Sat, July 6th Fish Committee 5 Pickup for 2019 Back Cover (rain date July 7th) LaGrange Highway Dept 6 Lake Management District Ticks! 8 Annual Meeting Sat, Aug 31st Roles of Lakes Orgs 9 1 NEWS FROM THE LLIA ... Ice Safety Tips by Dave DeAngelis - Chair, Water Quality Winter is upon us and that means that our lakes will be icing over in the very near future. We at LLIA want to promote safety for you and your family. Here are some Ice Safety Tips for those of you that ice fish. These tips also apply to those of you that snow mobile, ice skate, or just like to walk around on the ice. 1. Share your fishing plans. It’s a good idea to share your plans with your family, friends, or neighbors. Let them know which lake you will be fishing on, the location of your fishing spot, and when you plan to possible for you to climb out. Don’t battery. A quality charger can save arrive home. skimp on this inexpensive life saving the day. To avoid permanent 2. Bring a friend. When going out on device. damage, turn your phone off in the ice, never go alone. A friend can 7. Carry a throw rope. A throw rope extremely cold temperatures. provide an extra set of hands, help can be used to pull someone to 11. Respect the ice auger. Ice augers are you stay focused on safety and alert safety that has fallen through the built to drill holes quickly and authorities if something goes wrong. ice. efficiently. Before operating it for 3. Talk to the locals or folks that are 8. Leave the lake before the first time, read the owner’s frequently out on the ice. They can dark. Navigation at night can be manual. In addition, avoid wearing provide information on ice thickness, treacherous. Without familiar visuals loose clothing or jewelry. When you water movement, and other or a navigation device, you can are finished with the auger, store it information pertinent to the lake. If become disorientated making it in a safe place. Lastly, always there are fisherman already on the difficult to find your way off the ice. maintain sharp blades to avoid injury lake, ask them what the ice thickness while drilling. is. 12. Stay 4. Follow these ice thickness hydrated. Staying guidelines. Remember, ice is never hydrated is very 100% safe. Ice thickness can change important. very quickly. Dehydration can 2" or less - STAY OFF! happen quickly in cold 4" - Ice fishing or other activities weather because your on foot body is working hard 5" - Snowmobile or ATV to stay warm. NOTE: 8" - 12" - Car or small pickup Beer does not count. 12" - 15" - Medium truck Drink water. 5. Bring a flotation suit or device. A 13. Layer flotation suit is the best way to go. If up. Selecting the right you fall through the ice, a flotation 9. Install proper ventilation in your ice number of layers is important. suit will keep you warm and make it shanty. If your ice shanty is heated, Beginners to winter activities tend to easier to escape the frigid water. make sure you have good underdress, especially if it’s a sunny Option B is to carry a life vest or ventilation. A poorly ventilated day. Choosing the right number of throw cushion. shanty can lead to carbon monoxide layers, based on temperature, can 6. Carry a pair of ice picks/rescue poisoning. only be accomplished through trial claws. Keep a quality pair of ice 10. Bring a portable power bank battery and error. Before venturing out on picks with you at all times. If you fall charger. Cold temperatures can the ice, practice on shore around the through the ice, ice picks make it quickly drain your smartphone house. 2 Honoring Bud Vance Bud loved Lauderdale Lakes and the recreational opportunities of boating, UPDATE ... Key Box Service Bud Vance passed away on Tuesday fishing, swimming, and the opportunity In the August Shorelines the Lauderdale- October 16, 2018 surrounded by his wife to share this with his entire family and LaGrange Fire Department announced a Pauline and their children. Bud loved friends. He was especially proud of the long-term arrangement with The KNOX spending time at Lauderdale lakes and LLIA Annual Children’s Fish Jamboree and Company to assist homeowners with key enjoyed having Pauline and their children how the LLIA Fish Committee became a boxes that enable the Fire Department to and grandchildren at their Lake Home. strong supporter of the event. In have access to your home if you are not addition, he was pleased to have the there. Fire Fighters encourage more Yacht Club and Kettle Moraine Land Trust homeowners to install this box. If a also become co-sponsors. smoke or fire alarm is activated the Department will generally be dispatched Bud was a very proud Captain of his boat, to Investigate. It is usually necessary to and he was a dedicated leader and enter your home to determine the cause supporter of improving and preserving or ensure there is not a fire. If there is no Lauderdale Lakes for all to enjoy now and one available to allow the Fire for the foreseeable future. We are all Department entry, it MAY be necessary thankful for the opportunity to have for us to gain access by breaching a door known and worked with Bud through the or window which will usually cause years. The LLIA extends our sympathy to damage to your residence. This box his wife Pauline and the family. We look allows you to safely store a spare door forward to having you continue to enjoy key or even a keypad code for us to gain Lauderdale Lakes. entry without damage or delay. It is also a good idea to include a reset code for the fire alarm system in this box or near the keypad. The box is also a great idea Lauderdale LaGrange Fire for someone who is home alone and may be having medical issues, as it allows our Department EMS members to gain access to the by Don Henderson - Chair, Planning & building quickly and without damage. Zoning The box is locked and only accessible by the Fire Department. For more info, Equipment Needs The Lauderdale Lakes Improvement please contact Chief Dave Nelson at 262- All Fire Fighters appreciate and thank the Association members and many lake 495-8400 or the Knox company at Town residents and property owners for residents fondly remember and respect www.knoxbox.com/residential- their ongoing support. Your generous the many contributions that Bud knoxboxes. They also make Commercial financial contributions have kept the provided during his lifetime. Bud served quality boxes that can store multiple keys Department operating with modern as the LLIA President four years and and be tied to your alarm system to updated equipment for many years. This served on the LLIA Board for over 18 detect any tampering with the key box. coming year the Department will focus years. We as members of the LLIA will on replacing an older outdated Heart always remember Bud for his wisdom, Monitor/Defibrillator used on nearly total commitment to our lake every EMS call in some fashion, and can preservation and dedication to save the life of someone in cardiac arrest. excellence in all that our Association A new monitor will cost between $30,000 undertook. and $35,000. The LLIA Shorelines newsletter became a Our Department is classified as a 501c3 valued communication source under organization. Your gifts are generally Bud’s guidance as editor. Through the 18 eligible for tax deduction, and a years he served as editor he successfully confirmation letter will be provided for gathered news articles from and about larger gifts. If your employer provides the entire lake community including the matching gifts, please notify them of Town of LaGrange and Walworth County. your gift so that they may also make a The Shorelines became the respected matching contribution.