More Photos from the Annual Dinner courtesy of Mary Oelrich

Annual Lake Meeting continued...

 This year it was decided that a new award was in order. And this year it went to Jean Kilbane. Over the years, Jean has always been at every Annual Dinner Meeting helping to register guests and take reservations over the phone, and even call a few  people to make sure they didn't forget. Her's is the friendly face that greets you when you come in and reminds you if you haven't gotten your dues in yet, one of those jobs that not all of us like to do. But she does it with a smile on her face and a glad to see you attitude.  If you've been at the dinner or in the neighborhood, Jean has always been around to say hi and make you feel welcome. She takes great interest and concern over lake issues and has offered her help in any way she can. I know she's helped me out of a jam a few times by stuffing envelopes and licking stamps,  for Lake Association mailings when I had no time to get to it. Simple things, but so important to help make everything happen for the Association when it needs to. We were proud to present her with the first President's Award and hope that there will be individuals to follow in her footsteps to help make the Lake Thompson Association succeed in all it's goals. We applaud her service. Accepting the award for Jean, were friend and neighbor Mary Oelrich and Board Member Joan McEnroe. I found a photo of Jean and Mike Rolling at one of the Lake events.

 Your Lake Thompson Board L to R ,  President Frosty Smith, Treasurer Mike Rolling, Paul Schreiber, Joan McEnroe, Secretary Kari Zambon, Newest Board member Judy Fritz and Kathy Furda. Absent from the photo is very long time Board Member and former County Board of Adjustment Member Bob Rossi.

 This is the sign that you'll see every time one of our youth officers is at the boat landing inspecting boats. Please remember they have been trained to do a thorough inspection so please be be patient and kind. We are so lucky to have these boys taking over this task, without them we'd have to find a way to cover the inspections with volunteers which never really worked. So if you see them give them a pat on the back and remind them that you're grateful for they're time and expertise.

Our new Lake Thompson Logo  on our banner that Paul said you could proudly display for a limited time. Also handed out to each dues paying family was a flag with our logo that you can display on your pier, boat, or flag pole. If you were not able to be at the meeting and would like to get your flag, please contact Frosty. If you would like an extra flag they can be purchased for $20, a portion of which will go to our AIS fund, to help pay for our youth officers.
Questions at the meeting , included how can we get better communication for all our members, about what's going on? Besides attending the Annual Dinner meetings where all business is discussed, I would encourage everyone to VOLUNTEER to help your Lake Board accomplish it's goals. They have served for many many years, mostly because no one else is willing to come forward and give a bit of their time to help keep the Lake a better place for our future generations. We NEED help, leadership, people with computer skills, people to help do mailings and many other things. If you can give some of your time it would be a great benefit to all. Call your Board members and see what you can do to help. We hear way to often, about how things SHOULD be done.... but not near enough of what can I help you do to make things more successful. Please consider taking on a small job, if you can't commit to being a Board member.....it's all good! And as you can see in the last photo, we even have some fun!

A Very Special Annual Dinner Meeting

 If you missed the Annual Lake Thompson Dinner and Meeting last night, you missed a very special night. But here are some highlights of the evening. Paul Schrieber, who has been doing most of the work for our AIS program highlighted what's been happening behind the scenes. He gave a rousing speech on further developments in our current program, which included the acquisition of a DNR grant to further "Educate and Protect" our lake. With the help of this grant, the Association provided a delicious dinner at Holiday Acres, at no charge to Lake Association members.  John Preuss, a DNR Warden from Spooner, where the program is initiated, was present and on hand to award our Youth Officers who do the inspections at the Boat Landing, a special plaque for their hard work. They cover the landing from Friday through Sunday and inspect all boats coming and going to make sure they have no Aquatic Invasive Species clinging to their boats that could be transported into Lake Thompson or another lake. This is a proactive program as we have no AIS present in our lake and hope to keep it that way for future generations.

 From left to right, DNR Warden John Preuss, Youth Officers Justice Ring, Luke Fritz, and Michael Fritz, and Paul Schreiber.

 If you see these young men with their official shirts, which will have these special badges, be prepared to let them do a thorough inspection on your boat before you enter the water. You'll notice that we now have a new logo for the Lake Association as seen above.

 This badge denotes the program we are enforcing, Clean Boats, Clean Waters.

And this one is the official State of WI badge. If you read this post, please leave a comment or check one of the boxes below, mostly so I know that this is making it's way to Lake Residents. More to follow....

Urgent Call to Action

From AIS coordinator Michele Sadauskas and Oneida Coutny Lakes and Rivers  (OCLRA)

Many articles, editorials and calls to action have circulated since this news broke.  We are providing links to two items. MilwaukeeJournalSentinel6/6/1 Wisconsin Lakes Position Paper

From: Michele Sadauskas <msadauskas@co.oneida.wi.us>
Date: June 9, 2015 at 10:04:56 PM CDT
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: FW: EXTRA*ALERT Urgent call to action

Good morning all-

Just wanted to pass along this information from the Oneida County Lakes & Rivers Association.  Their annual meeting is coming up this Friday, June 12.   The group will be discussing the recently proposed shoreland zoning changes made by the Joint Finance Committee on May 29. 

Have a great day!

Michele Sadauskas
AIS Coordinator

_______________________________
Oneida County Courthouse, 2nd floor
PO Box 400
Rhinelander, WI 54501

Phone:  715-369-7836
Fax:  715-369-7839
msadauskas@co.oneida.wi.us

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Michelle Sadaukas AIS Update

From: Michele Sadauskas <msadauskas@co.oneida.wi.us>
Date: June 3, 2015 at 4:30:39 PM CDT
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: a short AIS update :)

Good afternoon everyone-

I had some interesting items come across my desk recently, and instead of waiting to work them into a ‘newsletter’ update, I wanted to share them right away!

Clean Boats Clean Waters inspection videos.  Here is what Erin McFarlane (State AIS Outreach Specialist) has to say about these BRAND NEW videos: 

For those of you who haven’t heard yet, the new Clean Boats, Clean Waters Watercraft Inspection Video Scenarios are now available to view on the CBCW website!  The seven scenarios were created to aid watercraft inspectors in learning how to have a conversation with boaters and anglers at the boat landing while conducting an inspection.  An introductory video explains the purposes of the scenarios, and the first scenario provides an example of a complete watercraft inspection from start to finish.  The following six videos focus on specific scenarios, such as how to talk to an angler leaving the landing with live bait, and begin after the inspector has introduced themselves to the boater and asked some of the initial questions from the inspection report form.  The last video discusses how to thoroughly take the prevention steps and walks through the process of cleaning off a boat.  These videos are meant to enhance the CBCW trainings, not replace them, and serve as a post-training resource for our inspectors.

CBCW Inspection Video Scenarios: http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/UWEXLakes/Pages/programs/cbcw/resources.aspx

Bighead Carp found in St. Croix River.  Five Bighead Carp were captured in the St. Croix River near Stillwater, MN this past week.  This is the farthest north they have been found in the St. Croix.  To view the news release please visit our website at: www.oneidacountyais.com. 

Why plant native plants?  Check out this great article that shows just how great our native plant species are!     

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/11/opinion/in-your-garden-choose-plants-that-help-the-environment.html?emc=edit_tnt_20150311&nlid=30100913&tntemail0=y&_r=0

Have a great night everyone!

Michele Sadauskas
AIS Coordinator

_______________________________
Oneida County Courthouse, 2nd floor
PO Box 400
Rhinelander, WI 54501

Phone:  715-369-7836    
Fax:  715-369-7839
msadauskas@co.oneida.wi.us

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Students Learning About AIS.....

Our local AIS Coordinator Michelle Sadauskas, is broadening students education with some hands on experience. To see more about this check out their blog listed in the post below......



From: Michele Sadauskas
Date: May 30, 2015 at 2:58:56 AM CDT
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: local students learn about AIS
Good morning everyone-

We had the pleasure of working with Mrs. Werner’s 5th grade Central Intermediate class this past Thursday.  Students had a chance to work on Boom Lake using AIS monitoring equipment, pull invasive Yellow Iris plants along Boom Lake while restoring the shoreline with native wetland plants (over 30 wetland native plant species were planted!), and filmed short AIS videos.

Please visit our blog to see just how much these students know about AIS, www.oneidacountyais.com  and visit the DNR’s webpage to vote for their video(s),   https://www.facebook.com/WIDNR/app_403834839671843 !  Voting is open only through tomorrow.  Let’s show our local youth our support and vote! 

Have a great weekend everyone!
 


Michele Sadauskas
AIS Coordinator