Volunteer Appreciation Dinner – 9/7/23

Our Association invites you to our Volunteer Appreciation Dinner.

Each year the association hosts an appreciation dinner for the members that volunteer their time during the summer to help the association.  This dinner is open to the entire membership.  It is a nice social evening in which one can renew old friendships and also meet people who live on our lakes.  We start the evening with a social hour, then a dinner, a short recognition of the volunteers, and finish with more social time.

Our dinner will take place at Patrick’s in Longville on Thursday night the 7th of September.  We will start with a social hour from 5:30 to 7:00 with the dinner to follow.  The dinner will be quarter chicken and half rack of ribs, baked potato and tossed salad. The cost will be $26.50 per person which includes coffee, gratuity and tax.

If you are one our valued volunteers your meal will be paid for by the association. We appreciate the time and energy you put forth for the membership.  You are welcome to bring your spouse or a friend and the cost for them will be $26.50.  Please have a check or cash ready to give to our treasurer Terry Fay as you come in the door.  Make the check out to Child, Girl & Woman Lakes Area Association.  Make your reservation early so that you will not be left out.

The association pays for the number of meals that we order.  No shows will cost us.

If you know you will be attending you need to RSVP by Monday, September 4th.   You can e-mail me at or call me at 218-363-2282.  If I am not home, please leave me a message. 

We are looking forward to having an enjoyable social evening. Hope to see you there!

Sincerely,

Rich Hess

Director CGWLAA

 

Zebra mussel confirmed in Woman Lake in Cass County

Zebra mussel confirmed in Woman Lake
in Cass County

Girl Lake, connected to Woman Lake, will also be listed

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed a report of a zebra mussel in Woman Lake, near Longville in Cass County. Girl Lake will also be added to the infested waters list, because it is downstream of and closely connected to Woman Lake.

Last year, a lake property owner reported a single, small zebra mussel attached to a dislodged portion of his dock. No zebra mussels were found during a subsequent DNR snorkel search nor during a practice dive by the Cass County search and rescue team. This summer, two more lake property owners reported finding individual adult zebra mussels. Again, no zebra mussels were found during follow-up searches.

Late last month, a county aquatic invasive species inspector found a juvenile zebra mussel on a pontoon boat being removed from Woman Lake for the season. The Cass County aquatic invasive species specialist subsequently examined the pontoon boat and found one more juvenile mussel attached. As this boat is only used on Woman Lake, the DNR has now confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in the lake.

“Lake property owners and county staff play an important role in detecting invasive species, by carefully examining boats, docks and lifts when they are being removed from the water at the end of the season,” said Heidi Wolf, DNR invasive species unit supervisor.

Minnesota law requires that docks and lifts remain out of the water for at least 21 days after removal from a waterbody before they can be placed into another body of water. In addition, anyone who transports a dock or lift from a shoreline property to another location for storage or repair may need a permit to help prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species.

There are important prevention considerations for lake property owners:

  • Look on the posts, wheels and underwater support bars of docks and lifts, as well as any parts of boats, pontoons and rafts that may have been submerged in water for an extended period.
  • Anyone paid to remove boats, docks, lifts and other water-related equipment must be DNR trained and permitted. A list of DNR-permitted lake service provider businesses is available on the DNR website.
  • Contact an area DNR aquatic invasive species specialist if an invasive species is discovered in a waterbody that has not already been confirmed in that water.

More information is available at mndnr.gov/AIS.

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