THEPELICAN BRIEF A summer newsletter for the residents of Pelican Lake, Little Pelican, Fish and Bass Lakes • June 2008

4th of July Independence Day is on a Friday this year so the annual boat parade and fireworks will actually be held on the 4th of July. The theme of this year’s boat parade is My Favorite TV Show. This should provide lots of the opportunity for creativity and will hopefully inspire many on the lake to decorate a boat and enter the parade competition. Check the Pelican Lake website for prize details. The boat parade Welcome Back! begins at 10:00 am on he ice went off Lake website, www. a record, Helen says. July 4th, starting at the Pelican Lake on pelicanlakemn.org. With your membership Yacht Club and moving May 3rd this year, There is news from comes a new phone clockwise around the aT signal to get the water Helen DeHollander, directory, access to the clean lake. turned back on, clean up membership chair of the up event (see next article), Fireworks begin at the outdoor furniture and Pelican Lake Property summer newsletters and sundown (about 10:30 check your tackle boxes Owners Association: more. PM) near Fair Hills for supplies. More people have joined If you haven’t already Resort. Come by boat There are lots of the association early this sent your annual $45 dues, or car to watch the big activities planned this year. As of mid April, 770 please send it today to the show and turn your radios summer. See the back property owners had paid PLPOA mailing address to 104.1 FM for music page of this newsletter their PLPOA dues for this on the back page of this that coordinates with the for a partial calendar of year. Last year we had total newsletter. explosions in the sky. events. There is a lot more membership of 834, so A reminder to information at the Pelican we’re on our way to setting those coming by car: no littering Lake Season: TIME TO CLEAN UP! please, The annual Clean Up of our lake property is scheduled for Wednesday, June 18th. and absolutely This is the time to clean out your garages and attics and put all the items you want to no fireworks discard near the road for pick-up. of your own This is a PLPOA-sponsored event, a benefit of being a dues paying PLPOA in the parking member. The Clean Up event is for members only. You can toss almost anything into area. your pile of discarded items: furniture, appliances, bikes, barbeques, lawnmowers, etc. Excluded from items that will be picked up are tree branches, paint, tires, batteries and construction materials. Ballard Sanitation also asks that you wait for your regular trash collection day for your weekly trash pickup. President’s Pen Fire Drills On a cold Saturday in April, the Pelican Rapids Volunteer Fire Department came to Pelican Lake to practice working with house fires. About 20 of the 25 volunteers were on hand by Rocky Swanson at an A-frame on Cha Rosa beach for the drills. Don and hearty welcome back Micker Wold purchased the A to the lakes for the 2008 A-frame property and have lake season. With the return plans to build a new home of many of our snowbirds and at the cleared site. The fire our seasonal and weekender department started and put residents, the four lakes will out the house fire a number PELICAN RAPIDS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: once again be a very busy of times before burning it down completely. Practice makes perfect as the team practices drills on a planned and active place to be. burn of an A-frame cottage on Cha Rosa Beach. A most sincere thank you to our past president, Dave Majkrzak, who has served us so well the past two years. Monitoring Our Lakes His term of office was The PGOLID Water Resource Coordinator, Moriya Rufer, collects water samples from very busy with a number of Pelican, Little Pelican, Bass and Fish lakes every other week between May and September. controversial issues that have These water samples are analyzed for water clarity, phosphorus (which is food for plants affected all of us on the lake. and algae), and chlorophyll-a, which is a measurement of algae concentration. Overall, Dave’s commitment and time to this office has been substantial. the water quality for 2007 matched historical averages. As usual, we have a number of important events planned (see the calendar of Summaries of the lake data events on the back page. can be found in the Lake It’s a very busy schedule for Management plan that is the short summer. online at the PGOLID A reminder that the web site: www.pgolid.org decisions we make every year do affect the future of our lakes for years to come. There is always a balancing act of In 2007, water quality was monitored in Echo Bay for the first time. Echo Bay’s water what is best for today quality was one of the best areas of all PGOLID lakes. It is some of the only shoreline countered with what is best for the long term. We need in PGOLID that is still undeveloped. It is not sandy, but is lined with reeds and cattails, to keep our lakes clean, which make excellent habitat for aquatic animals and fish. This data is good baseline safe and environmentally data to have for any future changes in land use around the lake. suited for the next generation. I welcome your input. Check the Web Site And finally, thanks to the There is lots of information about our lake, our governing bodies and many volunteers who put in www. lake events on our Pelican Lake web site. hours of work towards the This web page is another extra provided by the Pelican Lake Property betterment of our lakes on pelicanlakemn Owners Association. Like this newsletter, the web page is prepared and behalf of all property owners. .or g updated by PLPOA members who volunteer their time and talents. Remember, this is your If you want to report lost or found items... organization. If you want to know how many cottages there are on the lake... Have a safe and fun If you want the name of the PLPOA Board member nearest you... summer at the lakes! If you want a past issue of The Pelican Brief... check the web site: www.pelicanlakemn.org PGOLID Summer Education Seminars Septic and Holding Shoreline TOP FOUR TANK MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT things to do How to prevent impact to How to make your shoreline Pelican Lake and how often both beautiful and functional on a lazy to pump your tank summer day June 5, 7-8:30pm May 30, 7:30pm Cormorant Town Hall Summer is here and with it, many PLPOA Spring Meeting choices of activities. Below, find info Fair Hills Attendees will learn what plants to on how to spend your carefree hours. establish on their shoreline that will be Get results from the Septic System both beautiful and functional for water 1 GOLF: While there are many courses & Holding Tank study that was quality. There will be examples of garden in the area, the two closest ones are: conducted last year at the May 30th designs, plant lists and local nursery Wildflower—18-hole course located on seminar. The program will consist of a contact information. This seminar will Cty Hwy 20 across from Fair Hills. There short presentation recapping the septic consist of short presentations by a is a Twilight members program for adults, study and a Septic System designer/ DNR Shoreline expert and the PGOLID $250 for the season for tee times after installer will talk about maintenance, Water Resource Coordinator, a short 2:30 pm. There are many other discounts cost and pumping. A short break will break and then question and answers included with this fee. If you want to get then be followed by a question and and hands-on. Those of you who attend your children involved with the game of answer period. Handouts will include this seminar will also be able to apply for golf, they have a 7 week lesson program a list of tank pumpers in the area with the Shoreline Habitat Restoration Grant for $75. You can also buy a junior prices and worksheets for calculating program for the DNR to receive funds membership for $125 for the season with cleaning frequency. to help with shoreline restoration unlimited tee times Monday through Friday. on your property. For more information call 888-752-9945. Rolling Hills—Nine-hole course located on Cty Hwy 9. This course is open from May to October and offers a single season pass for $275 and a couple or family pass for $375. For more information call 218-532-2214.

2SAILING: Get your children involved with this great sport. $125 per student for eight 2 ½ hour lessons spread over a 2 week span. Two sessions are scheduled. SHORELINE RESTORATION GRANT FUNDS AVAILABLE One starting June 30th and the second starting July 14th. The price includes the f you’re thinking about There is enough The DNR will help with use of a Club 420 boat. There are also fixing up your shoreline, funding to cover the the planning, design and I private lessons available for adults at you may be eligible for restoration of the shoreline plants. The participant gets $40 per hour on an appointment basis. some funds to help you. of approximately three to decide what the final look Contact Jeff Peltier at 218 532-3388. The Pelican Group of properties and a couple of is, as long as the guidelines Lakes Improvement District workshops on shoreline are followed on how much 3BRIDGE: Anyone interested in playing (PGOLID) was awarded restoration. The focus of area needs to be restored. sanctioned duplicate can head over to a Shoreline Restoration these projects must be on This grant will be St. Luke’s Parish at 1400 Corbett in DL. Grant by the DNR this year reestablishing vegetation distributed on a first-come You need a partner and $5 per person and it has some money to for fish and wildlife habitat first-served basis, and and you can play two times a week. distribute. and funds cannot be used will be discussed at the 9:00 am every Tuesday and 1:00 pm The purpose of the for rock riprap stabilization Shoreline seminar June 5. every Thursday. Bridge starts May 20th. DNR Shoreline Habitat or permanent wave breaks. For more details about the Program is to improve the Grant participants must grant, please contact Moriya 4TALENT SHOW: Got Talent?? quality of shoreline habitat, restore at least 75% of the Rufer, 218-846-1465, For the past few years, The Cormorant to expand the diversity and frontage on their property, [email protected] Community Center has produced a abundance of native aquatic and can leave 25% free to or visit: http://www.dnr. “Hidden Talent Show” featuring acts and terrestrial plants, and to access their dock. Also, the state.mn.us/grants/habitat/ from around the area. This year’s show th enhance and protect water native plant buffer needs shoreland.html is at 7:30 pm on July 24 . Carolyn quality in Minnesota’s lakes to extend at least 25 feet Nelson is looking for acts for this and streams. back from the shoreline. summer’s extravaganza. Please call the community center at 218 532-7042. PELICAN LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION PO BOX 1782 DETROIT LAKES, MN 56502

THE SUMMER 2008 • Calendar of Events PELICAN May 30 5:00 pm PLPOA board meeting (Fair Hills) 6:30 pm PLPOA member social BRIEF 7:30 pm PLPOA spring meeting May 31 8:00 am PGOLID board meeting (Cormorant Hall) The Pelican Brief is published during May 31 9:00 am Captains & Majors meeting (Fair Hills) the summer months by a team of June 18 CLEAN-UP DAY (one day only) volunteer lake residents including June 21 8:00 am PLPOA board meeting (Fair Hills) Editor Claudia Danovic (Liberty Beach), Doris Clyne (Broadwater Beach) and June 28 8:00 am PGOLID board meeting (Cormorant Hall) Jeff Peltier (Broadwater Beach). If you June 28 10:30 am Water Safety Class (Cormorant Hall) have comments or would like to June 30 9:00 am PLSS Sailing Session 1 ([email protected]) submit a story idea or photo, please contact the editor at danovic1@aol. July 4 10:00 am Boat Parade / Sailboat Race com or call 218.532.7209. July 4 dusk Fireworks show July 14 9:00 am PLSS Sailing Session 2 ([email protected]) The design, printing and distribution July 26-27 -- PLYC Wallwork Regatta of the newsletter are paid for in part by PLPOA dues, and as a budget Aug 2 8:00 am PLPOA board meeting (Fair Hills) item of PGOLID as a vehicle to 9:30 am PLPOA member breakfast distribute its meeting minutes. 10:30 am PLPOA annual meeting