Lake Carroll News August 2015

Lake Carroll News, August 2015

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Lake Carroll News A publication of the Lake Carroll Association and its members The Lake Carroll News is online! www.golakecarroll.com News & Events>Newspaper August 2015

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Yacht Club’s first “Kayak/Canoe” event.

See Page 18B

Bobcat seen at Lake Carroll.

See Page 5A 2015 BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE: Aug 28, Sep 25, Oct 23, Nov 20, Annual Mtg Dec 6 WHEN PARKING AT THE MARINAS it is recommended to carpool.

YOUTH PHOTO ID’S REQUIRE UPDATING IN 2015: Youth ID cards that do not yet have updated photos on file have been deactivated. Send to photoid@ golakecarroll.com.

MANDATORY MOWING - 7/31-8/9 - Can now be reported via email to mowing@ golakecarroll.com “SWEET 16” - The movie shot in Lake Carroll and surrounding Carroll County - See page 8A for Screening details.

INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR THE LCA BOARD?

There are 3 positions open on the Board this year. If you are interested in running, petition information and forms will be available at the LCA Office as of Saturday, August 1, 2015. Candidate Petitions must be turned into the office by Monday, August 31, 2015. Ballot name order is determined by the order in which Petitions were time stamped.

Please refer to your By-Laws booklet to see what being a “Board Member” entails.

By Mike Siciliano, NW Coordinator

Summer at Lake Carroll is looking very promising for all activities. There is something I think I say at this time every around the 4th of July weekend activities. “I have never seen as many walkers, joggers, and bikers on our LC roadways!” While driving around I observed groups of up to 8 walkers, with many walking side by side out into the lane and some texting while they were walking. And some not giving the courtesy to get into single file for passing vehicles. I mention to some that it is recommended to walk or run against traffic so they can see what’s coming towards them (rather than being surprised by what comes up from behind). I was so glad to hear that Security had no reported accidents or injuries for the entire extended holiday weekend. Here are a few more safety tips for the rest of the summer.

FOR OUR RUNNERS/JOGGERS/WALKERS: - Wear bright or light colors when on the roads.

- Travel facing oncoming traffic and stay close to the outside edge of the road, especially if vehicles are approaching from both directions.

- Try to keep close together. Many times I have driven around a winding turn only to see walkers side by side across the road…not very smart.

FOR BICYCLISTS: - Wear bright or light colors when on the roads.

- Travel with traffic and stay as close as safely possible to the outside edge of the road, especially if vehicles are approaching from both directions.

- Bicyclists must obey all vehicle laws.

Property owners, please provide these safety tips to your guests who love being out on our roads and enjoying our scenic views.

Make sure they know your last name and full address (Section/Lot & Street name). You could even have a little slip of paper or a card with this information on it for them to carry with them. Many times while out on NW patrol I have stopped to help a walker/jogger that was lost and only

knew the first name of the property owner they were visiting. I guess they may have been guests of the guests. You can see how this can be a problem. Trying to locate someone’s house by stating “the owners are an older couple and I think the man’s name is Bill” doesn’t get them back to where they started from.

Being a member of the LC Safety Committee I am involved with our Rules and Regulations in support of our Security Dept. I would like to emphasize that Security is out there to assist our residents and their guests. Recently we have reviewed statistics regarding accidents and citation violations, etc. It was no surprise that out of the accidents that occurred on the ATV trails last year up to now, only one was a member, the rest were guests. One injury was serious enough to be airlifted to a hospital. Also the majority of our violations involving jet skis/wave runners were guests. Owners are responsible for violations that their guests are involved in. Citations go to the property owners.

A new State law implemented in January 2015 requires an orange flag be attached to the highest point of a watercraft helm from the time a skier/tuber exits the watercraft to the time they reenter the watercraft. When a skier/tuber is down (in the water) the attached orange stays up, but a second orange must be raised and waved by the spotter, or someone on the boat. I have noticed people are responding well to this new law and our LC rule. I have observed some boats keeping the orange flag attached when they were not towing someone.

I also observed a boater using the State required flag as their Skier Down flag. This is a citable offence as two flags are required for two specific reasons.

Management and Security know that this new law is confusing and they understand that it will take some time for people to adjust.

The boat patrol has been busy letting people know about the law and rules and explaining their purposes when necessary.

In upcoming issues of our LC newspaper you will be seeing articles by different authors talking about ATV/UTV users on our LC trail recommending completing an online ATV/UTV safety courses. This request for the safety course is only on a volunteer basis at this time.

Security, while on patrol and conducting their trail vehicle checks, will also ask drivers if they have taken a safety course. This will be for logging stats. Online sites vary and we feel if you take one and receive a safety course certificate, that will work. Our goal is SAFETY. There will be much more on this topic in the future.

Have a great summer (what’s left of it) and be safe.

Safety Accessories Available at the LC Association Office Open Monday-Saturday ~ 8:00am-4:30pm

Illinois State Mandatory Helm Flag $12.00 / each

Board President Barb Anderson to hold Second Town Hall Meeting On Saturday, September 19, 2015, our Board President will hold the second of two Town Hall Meetings which were scheduled in 2015. The meeting will be held in the LCA Conference Center and will begin at 9:00am. All Property Owners are invited to attend. This informal meeting will provide an opportunity to have an open dialogue directly with the Board President.

There is no specific agenda or topic, no minutes, and no Board action. BOD President Barb Anderson will provide some insight as to her goals, updates on current Association matters, and welcome any questions you may have.

Enjoy your summer and be sure to join us on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 9am at the Conference Center.

Vol. 43 No. 8

Must be mounted from the time some to be towed exits the watercraft, to the time they re-enter.

Lake Carroll Mandatory Skier-Down Flag $8.00 / each

Must be raised when someone being towed has fallen; till they are again underway or back in the watercraft.

Lake Carroll Mandatory ATV & Golf Cart Flag $15.00 / each Must project seven (7) feet above the ground surface.

Lake Carroll Recommended Walk/Run/Jog/Bike Safety Vest $8.00 / each

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Notes from the Office

By Julie Brantner ASSOCIATION QUARTERLY PAYMENTS & MOWING FEES The 3rd quarter payments and the May mowing fees were due 7/31/2015. One hundred dollar ($100) late fees were added to the unpaid dues accounts & twentyfive dollar ($25) mowing late fees were added to unpaid mowing accounts on August 1, 2015. Association dues & fees must be current to exercise your use of the amenities at Lake Carroll. Questions regarding your payments may be directed to 815-493-2552 x14.

REAL ESTATE TAXES The first installment of the 2015 Real Estate Tax Bill was due 7/02/2015. The final installment is due September 02, 2015. If you did not receive your tax bill, contact the Carroll County Treasurer at 815-244-0243. Courthouse hours are Monday thru Friday 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. WATER USAGE STAMPS (NON MOTORIZED WATERCRAFT) Canoes, kayaks & paddle boats in IL are no longer required to be titled/registered in IL, unless the vessels have a motor or sail. Water usage Stamps for $6 per calendar year are now available and mandatory for all non-powered watercraft except for those non-powered watercraft where the IL registration has not expired. They may be purchased over the counter from DNR Direct license & permit vendors. Owners having Kayaks, canoes & paddle boats registered at Lake Carroll will need to bring in a copy of their numbered receipt when registering the above watercraft. Questions, contact Missy, Marcy, or Pam at the Front Desk.

BOATER SAFETY CARDS Many owners have been taking the IDNR Boater Safety course on line and have been supplying the Office with a copy of the results. That sheet indicates that the actual boater safety card will be sent in approximately one week. The Association needs to have a copy of the card for our files. Please take the time to fax or mail a copy of these cards before filing them.

ARCHERY HUNTING REGISTRATION Members in good standing wishing to obtain their Lake Carroll hunting packet (windshield card, bow & arrow ID card, and stand tags) must have their pictures on file in our database before this information will be issued to you. Plan to visit the Association Office to have the Front Desk Staff take your picture or email your photos to photoid@golakecarroll.com. All dues and fees (i.e. marina concession, citations, etc) must also be current. Attendance at one of the Archery Hunters Meetings is also mandatory for the issuance of the hunting packet.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPLICATIONS Board of Directors applications will be available at the Association front desk on August 1st. A minimum of fifty (50) signatures of property owners in “good standing” must be submitted on the petition. Only ONE property owner per “dues paying lot” may sign the petition. There are two (2) positions open on the Board this year. Completed petitions must be turned into the office by August 31st.

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PLEASE TAKE NOTE

All articles and letters submitted for publication in the Lake Carroll News MUST BE RECEIVED AT THE ASSOCIATION OFFICE BY THE 18TH OF EACH MONTH.

LAKE CARROLL ASSOCIATION 3-200 Association Dr. Lake Carroll, IL 61046 815-493-2552 Fax: 815-493-2883

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OFFICE DIRECTORY

Marcy or Pam, Front Desk Donna Beyer, Communications Dir. Mike Schmieder, General Manager Lisa Vanderheyden, HR Mgr / Finance Julie Brantner, Accounts Receivable Arlene Gries, Administrative Assistant Shaun Nordlie, Facilities Manager Deb Stagno, Technology Director Security (or 493-2599) Joyce Stadel, Finance Assistant Missy Clark, Front Desk Joe Rush, Lake Manager Doug Rominski, Building Inspctr

Carroll Co. Sheriff . . . . . . 815-244-2635 Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911 Lake Carroll Security Cell . 815-493-2599 Association Business Hours Monday – Saturday 8 am to 4:30pm

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It is mailed to all Lake Carroll Association members in good standing and paid for by a portion of the annual dues. Non-members may purchase the Lake Carroll News for $12/ year. Direct subscription inquiries to editor@ golakecarroll.com or 815-493-2552 ext 11.

Periodicals postage paid at Lanark, IL 61046 and additional offices.

Advertising and Classified deadline is the 15th of each month. Contact Mike Ford at mford@saukvalley.com, 815-625-3600 ext 5616, or mail to Sauk Valley Media, Attn: Lake Carroll News, 3200 E. Lincolnway, P.O. Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081. The Lake Carroll Association and SMV, as agents, nor the printer assume financial liability for production errors in or non-insertion of any advertisement beyond the amount paid for such advertisement. Corrections will be printed in the following month’s edition, provided the Lake Carroll News does not endorse or guarantee the ads. Advertiser indemnifies and holds harmless the Lake Carroll Association from any and all cost, damage, or loss sustained and caused by or resulting from any false, misleading, or libelous claims made in any advertisement placed by the advertiser.

POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Lake Carroll News, 3-200 Association Dr, Lake Carroll, IL 61046.

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Table of Contents Administration Office Notes.................................................. 3A Mowing, Mandatory 1A Safety Accessories........................................ 1A All About You Amphicar, Buettner-7/4th............................ 19B Beyer&Ewing-Sunset Clouds..................... 19B Froelich’s Dream......................................... 14B Board of Directors Board Candidate Info.................................... 1A BOD Member List........................................ 6A President’s Report......................................... 5A Minutes 6/26/2015...................................... 13A Town Hall Meeting....................................... 1A Calendars - Events/Committees/Club............ 7A Classifieds..................................................... 22B Clubhouse Craft Show & Bake Sale............................. 11A Hours, Specials........................................... 10A Kitchen Talk................................................ 11A Live Entertainment...................................... 10A Campground Around the Fire........................ 4B Communication Board Candidate Info.................................... 1A ByLaws/BOD-Land Designation................ 15B ByLaws Governing Docs Orientation......... 22B Committee Members Wanted – A&E......... 15B Facilities Update......................................... 15B GM Report to Board..................................... 6A LCA “Lots to Offer”................................... 10B Standing Committees.................................... 6A Financial Financials – June 2015.................................. 5A Garage Sales......................................... 12A&1B Golf Adopt-A-Fairway Program........................... 8B From the Golf Pro......................................... 8B Ladies League Invitational............................ 6B Upcoming Events.............................7B, 8B, 9B Lake & Natural Resources Bass Tourney Results.................................... 3B Bass Tourney Schedule 2015........................ 2B Catch of the Day........................................... 5B Couples Fishing Derby................................. 3B Daily Fish Limits.......................................... 4B Day at the Races.......................................... 19B Deer Mgmnt Program (Hunting).................. 4B Wildlife Raffle......................................... 20B Fishing Club Member App........................... 3B Fish Tales...................................................... 2B Kids Fishing Derby....................................... 1B Lake & Natural Resources.......................... 10B Pelicans of Lake Carroll.............................. 14B Photo Club LC Aerial Photo for Sale............................. 14A Photo of the Month – Rolfs......................... 15A Recreation Pool Hours (See RecDirect)........................ 11B RecDirect.................................................... 11B Thank You to CC Farm Bureau................... 11B Recreation Upcoming Events Bags Tournaments....................................... 13B Family Fun Nights...................................... 12B Halloween Party.......................................... 12B Volleyball Tourneys.................................... 13B Safety & Security/EMS Bobcat Seen in Lake Carroll......................... 5A Neighborhood Watch.................................... 1A Safety Accessories........................................ 1A Safety First.................................................... 4A Security Fines................................................ 4A Security Notes............................................... 4A Thank You – Stagno...................................... 20B Trail Club Application.................................................. 17B Trail Club Events List................................. 17B Trail Talk..................................................... 16B Women’s Club & Mbr App........................... 14A Yacht Club Casino Bus Trip.......................................... 19B Kayak & Canoe Event................................ 18B Venetian Night............................................ 19B

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLICY The Lake Carroll News welcomes Letters to the Editor. Letters must be received at the Association office by the 18th of each month unless otherwise specified due to altered deadlines and adhere to the following guidelines: 1. Writers must be LCA members in good standing, reflect their viewpoint, focus on the issues and/or must be of interest to the majority of Lake Carroll members.

2. Letters should not contain personal attacks against any individual(s) or businesses and may not express personal grievances or conflicts.

3. Letters containing libelous material or statements, derogatory remarks or obscenities will not be published or are subject to editing after consultation between submitter and editor.

4. Constructive criticism is acceptable; suggestions on alternative solutions to the concerns are appreciated.

5. Letters are limited to 400 words or less.

6. All letters must bear a signature and LCA section and lot numbers.

7. The Editor, General Manager, and LCA BOD reserve the right to review to accept or deny publication of any Letter to the Editor and to offer a rebuttal within the same issue.

8. The Editor will provide an explanation in writing to those submitters whose letter is not published.

EDITORIAL & PHOTO GUIDELINES It is each organizations responsibility to publicize and cover their events for the Lake Carroll News. If you need assistance, please contact the office. Any written articles, committee or club ads, or photos submitted for publication in the Lake Carroll News must be received at the Association office by the 18th of each month unless otherwise specified due to altered deadlines and adhere to the following guidelines: 1. Be of interest and benefit to Lake Carroll Members.

2. Purposes for articles published are to inform and educate.

3. Articles containing libelous material or statements, derogatory remarks, obscenities or anything deemed inappropriate will not be published or are subject to editing after consultation between submitter and editor.

4. Hard copy photos will be scanned and available for pick up one week following publication.

5. Special announcements (ie: wedding/anniversary/births/graduation, etc) may submit a single photo (published size to be determined by staff) and text of 100 words or less.

Submissions: An electronic file is the preferred method of submission. Files may be submittedvia email or provided on disk. Photos may also be submitted via email. Please make electronic submissions to editor@golakecarroll.com. The Editor will send a “received” confirmation email.

The Editor, General Manager, and LCA BOD reserve the right to review to accept or deny publication of any submission for publication in the Lake Carroll News. Items submitted that are not in compliance to these guidelines will not be guaranteed publication.

Any questions please contact the Editor at 815-493-2552, ext. 11. Editorial Policy adopted 2/22/05.

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Lake Carroll News, August 2015

Lake Carroll Security/EMS Corner Available 24/7 at 815-493-2599

Security Notes Security Stats for June 2015

Luke Fossett Security Supervisor

House Checks- 3782 Amenity Checks - 968 Service Calls- 247 Complaints- 14 Deliveries- 67 Assist Motorists- 9 Alarms- 3

Ambulance Calls- 8 Fire Department Calls- 0 Vehicles Checked- 2480 ATV’s Checked-101 Boats Assisted-11 Fishing License Checked- 103 Creel Limits Checked- 103

The boat patrol officers, have asked me to clarify the new State of Illinois regulation of the use of an orange flag while towing a skier or tuber. This flag should only be flown when your water craft is towing someone behind your watercraft. This flag is not meant to be flown at all times, only when towing. The flag does not need to be flown when the watercraft is anchored.

When the flag is flown at all times it defeats the purpose of utilizing the flag in the first place.

The July 4th weekend went well from a Security standpoint. The weather was fantastic and the amenities on the 3rd and 4th were as busy as I have ever seen them. Considering the amount of people that were on site, there were very few complaints filed. The lake was extremely busy and the boat patrol officers were also pleased with the lake participants. No accidents were reported on the trail or the lake. During the 4th of July weekend the Security Department issued 11 citations and 54 verbal and written warnings, checked 48 fishing licenses and creel limits, checked 2538 vehicles at the gate, marinas and pool, checked 214 ATV’s, and assisted 11 boats. I would like to thank the LCA Members and their guests for being patient and understanding over a very busy weekend.

When using the marinas during the summer months, please consider carpooling on the weekends, at times due to the amount of people enjoying our lake, space can be limited at the marinas.

Let me remind everyone, FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL at Lake Carroll. In addition, it is not courteous to other Members, whether it’s because you’re interrupting their quiet evening or disturbing their pets. You “fun time” can cause unnecessary stress for others. If you choose to light fireworks; you will be issued a citation.

Fishing at the marinas is a popular pastime during the summer. When fishing off the docks at the East and West Marinas, please be considerate of other people who are not fishing. Give them room to get where they are going; try not to leave too much equipment lying on the docks that can block their path. I always receive complaints from boat owners at the marinas stating disregarded line, lures and hooks being left on buoy ropes or boat covers. This is not only inconsiderate, but dangerous to the boat owner. When fishing from the docks, you cannot fish from a boat moored at the marinas unless you own the boat. This will be considered trespassing and you could be cited.

I would like to wish all the property owners and their guests a safe and enjoyable summer season and DON’T’ FORGET YEILD TO YELLOW!!!

If you have any questions, complaints or compliments, please feel free to contact me at (815) 493-2552 ext.18 or e-mail me at lfossett@golakecarroll.com.

If the Security Department can be of any assistance to you, we may be contacted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at (815) 493-2599.

Did You Know: All piers, docks, boat lifts and swim platforms must have section and lot numbers and reflective devices above the waterline and visible from the lake. This information is located in the LC Rules & Regulations: Title V: Chapter 53.07 (D).

Did You Know: All garbage receptacles must be returned to residence within 24 hours of garbage pickup. All garbage must be placed in a proper receptacle to avoid the garbage being distributed throughout the area by local wildlife. Moring Disposal offers receptacles and residential curbside garbage service that will return your receptacles to your property. This information is located in the LC Rules & Regulations: Title V: Chapter 53.06 (F).

Did You Know: It is illegal to let your dog or cat roam freely at Lake Carroll. Please be courteous with you neighbors. Even if they are not at their Lake Carroll residence your pets should not be making a mess on their property. Please review these rules regarding pets in the LC Rules & Regulations: Title V: Chapter 53.06 (H).

Did You Know: ATV’s are prohibited from crossing private lots and can only use Lake Carroll roadways to access the trail system. This information in located in the LC Rules & Regulations: Title V: Chapter 53.02 (B)(5) & (6).

Mandatory Lot Mowing

Dennis A. Sturtevant

15465 Rt. 73, Shannon, IL 61078

(815) 493-6382

Safety First

By Matt Ripplinger, Member of the LC Safety Committee ATV SAFETY – please don’t allow your visitors to go out ALONE on the trail with your ATV. You should be with them. The last six accidents on our trail system involved visitors.

Our trail system is not a race track and users go in both directions. Please stress safety to anyone using your machines. Perhaps slower speeds could help reduce accidents on the trail.

BE CAUTIOUS…SAFETY FIRST! HUNTNG - Hunting season begins October 1st for bow and arrow hunting here at Lake Carroll. You may see cars parked along the road. Cars belonging to hunters will display a hunter card on their dash indicating they are registered and approved to hunt in Lake Carroll.

Use caution when using the trail or just walking through the woods during hunting season.

One safety tip is for you to wear bright colored clothing such as blaze orange so you are easily seen by a hunter in their tree stand.

WATERCRAFT ORANGE SAFETY FLAG – We would like to thank you for complying with the use of the two orange safety flags on your watercraft. Just to reiterate, the State flag is required to be mounted on the highest point of the helm from the time a person is exiting the watercraft to the time they reenter the watercraft. IN ADDITION to the State flag, the LC Skier Down Flag is still enforced and requires someone in the watercraft to raise and wave a second flag (not the State flag) when the person(s) being towed has fallen and is in the water and until they are again being towed.

Do not display the State flag when you don’t have someone entering or exiting the watercraft for towing purposes. This can be very confusing to other boaters. For example, if you’re in Swimmers Bay or a no-wake area just chillin’ and people are swimming or floating around your boat, the State flag should not be displayed. You should, however, use caution if you have people floating on one of your towing device(s) that is tethered to your boat. Please keep the line short as other boats move in and out of the area could pass between you and the device and their propeller could catch your line and become entangled to your device.

Watercraft pulling into no wake areas should use extreme caution to watch for swimmers, people floating, tethered floating devices, and of course anchor lines.

Let’s all be safe out there!

JULY 2015 - FINE ASSESSMENTS LAST FIRST SEC LOT VIOLATION Enright Sean (Guest) 24 75 Speeding (59) Lake Fier Shawn 24 66 Littering Golbeck Jeff 30 74 No LCA Decal Displayed Gonzalez Paul 4 144 No LCA Decal Grove Michelle 19 33 Speeding (51) Hake Morgan 5 233 No LCA Decal Displayed Hardekopf Eric 24 4 Speeding (46) Hayden Dustin 2 346 No LCA Decal Displayed Henry Cole (Guest) 4 75 No Wake Violation Hulsey Jr. Fant 13 98 No LCA Decal Displayed Janopoulos Tom 19 30 No LCA Decal Displayed Janopoulos Tom 19 30 No LCA Decal Displayed Loyall Jeffrey 2 284 Expired Guest Pass Mantzke Donald 4 252 Speeding (48) O'Hara James 26 19 No Guest Pass Payne Kevin 3 433 No LCA Decal Displayed Robinson James 5 38 No LCA Decal Displayed 4 16 No Guest Pass Ru Lon Gerald 5 272 No LCA Decal Shaner Christi Shaner Christi 5 272 No LCA Decal Displayed Shannon Michael 19 44 No LCA Decal Displayed Wills Bryan 26 44 No LCA Decal Displayed

FINE $58.00 $25.00 $25.00 $50.00 $62.00 $25.00 $52.00 $25.00 $100.00 $0.00 $25.00 $25.00 $25.00 $56.00 $25.00 $25.00 $25.00 $25.00 $50.00 $25.00 $25.00 $25.00

President’s Report

Wow! How about those fireworks…they were the best ever.

And that’s the report I’ve received from quite a few Members.

We sat in our yard with friends and family and enjoyed the fabulous display. We also were on the lake on Friday night and enjoyed the display from the water. I’d like to say “Thanks!” to Mr. Cox for sharing his personal, professional display with the rest of us. We were so lucky to have two nights to appreciate the exhibits. The plan is that LCA will alternate the location between the dam and golf course. This is a good way to “share” Barb Anderson the fireworks with those who have access to the lake and those Board President who do not. When we have them at the dam, the parking lots are full from boat owners parked and using their boats on the lake to view the display. That leaves little room for those who do not have boats to get “a good seat” for viewing. We know there are some Members disappointed when we don’t have it at the dam; but likewise, we have a lot of Members who want them set off from the golf course. We’re just trying to find a happy medium in alternating locations.

I participated in the Ladies Invitational, and what a good time that was. Lake Carroll welcomed ladies from all over the area. Jason and his staff did a great job of setting up the program. I always appreciate visitors coming to Lake Carroll and see what we have to offer. You never know…they could buy a lot and become a member.

I was requested to see if we could get a mail box to deposit outgoing mail. Maybe they were thinking as a former postmaster, I would have some clout. I contacted our Postmaster in Lanark and was not successful. She told me for the small amount of mail that the carrier would pick up would not justify a dismount. The carrier gets paid for every time he or she taps the box. It doesn’t seem like much, but it adds up and the Postal Service, as we know, is in the red. If you have outgoing mail, you can leave it at the Association office or at Trailside. These are regular stops and do not cost extra.

Our “Lots to Offer” program is working well. Our General Manager is getting inquiries and we have sold a few lots. Check our website (golakecarroll.com) and view the lots available and enjoy the slideshow.

Together we can keep Lake Carroll a great place to belong, live, and play!

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Lake Carroll News, August 2015 LAKE CARROLL ASSOCIATION STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENSES as of June 30, 2015 MONTH ACTUAL

Fixed asset income and expenses Income Assessments for fixed-asset purchases Assessment for debt repayment Property Transfer fees New Construction Impact Fees Other income (1) Total assesment and debt repayment income Less expenses Expenses Debt repayment (2) Reserve allocation Total expense and debt repayment Net Income

Operating Income and Expenses Assessments, sales and other income Assessment & Sales Total other income (3)

YTD ACTUAL

2015 BUDGET

5,199 816,002 (4) 927,478 1,699 266,857 303,360 3,150 21,225 36,000 0 3,250 7,000 75 290 (1) 239,645 -------------------- -----------------------------------------10,123 1,107,624 1,513,483 23,048 0

192,770 303,360 (2)

-------------------- -------------------23,048 496,130

1,210,123 303,360 0 ----------------------1,513,483

(12,925) 611,494 =========== ===========

0 =============

508,453 2,205,869 4,611,940 59,739 584,135 (3) 834,585 -------------------- -----------------------------------------568,192 2,790,004 5,446,525

Total assessments, sales and other income Less expenses: Cost of Goods Sold Total expenses Total cost of sales and expenses Net Income Combined Net Incomes Fixed Asset Net Income Operating Net Income Monthly Combined Net Income NOTES: (1) Includes interest income and a Loan from the Fixed Asset Reserve Fund

67,568 208,152 385,311 2,911,164 -------------------- -------------------452,879 3,119,316 -------------------- -------------------115,313 (329,312) =========== ===========

455,130 4,991,395 ----------------------5,446,525 ----------------------0 =============

(12,925) 611,494 115,313 (329,312) -------------------- -------------------102,388 282,182 =========== ===========

0 0 ----------------------0 =============

(2) Debt repayment - includes interest payment and payment to pay back the Operating Account reducing the PLLOC available.

(3) Building permits, security fines, campground fees, marina rental, golf fees, etc.

(4) Includes CDP , lake improvement and late fees Summary of the June 30, 2015 Financial Statements The total cash on hand as of June 30, 2015 Operating, Clubhouse, Health Reimbursement & Petty Cash = $797,228 Nicor Account = $13,159 Fixed Asset Checking Account = $855,754 Debt Repayment Account = $25,999 Fixed Asset Fund Reserve = $50,079 Total Available Cash (requires drawing on Pool & Nicor LOC) Fixed Asset Reserve Fund Balance (requires drawing on Pool & Nicor LOC)

1,742,219

2,455,302 479,935

Line of Credit used as of June 30, 2015

-

Line of Credit for Pool Loan used as of June 30, 2015 Due to Operating for Pool Loan as of June 30, 2015 Due to Restricted Reserve for Pool Loan as of June 30, 2015

283,227 -

Line of Credit for Nicor loan used as of June 30, 2015 Due to Restricted Reserve for Nicor Loan as of June 30, 2015

429,857

This summary was extracted from the June 30, 2015 Financial Statements Respectfully Submitted,

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LCA Standing Committees A&E Committee By-Laws Committee Campground Committee Clubhouse Committee Finance Committee Golf Committee Lake Conservation Committee Safety Committee Recreation Committee Steering Committee Wildlife Mgmnt Committee You may access additional information at www.golakecarroll.com

2015 Board Members Italic Years = Current Term Barb Anderson, President 2013-2015 31-3 Lake Carroll Blvd Lake Carroll, IL 61046 815-493-8867 barba61046@frontiernet.net Jim Ogborn, VP 2015-2017 25-55 Cottage Hill Drive Lake Carroll, IL 61046 815-493-6938 jogborn43@gmail.com Jeff Howe (27-27), Treasurer 2015-2017 #3 3N575 Wild Flower Ln West Chicago, IL 60185 630-204-0741 lca-board@howe-family.net Joanie Perez (27-30), Secretary 2013-2015 5831 Beverly Cir E Hanover Park, IL 60133 630-372-8128 jperez1439@yahoo.com Don Aleksy, Director (4-34) 2014-2016 136 Nellie Circle Oglesby, IL 61348 815-488-5147 Don@Truevisioninc.com John Grotto, Director 2013-2015 #2 20-23 Hideout Ct Lake Carroll, IL 61046 815-493-6641 grottopoa@gmail.com Norm Hoffman, Director 2014-2016 4-200 Sandpebble Dr Lake Carroll, IL 61046 815-493-6226 jcspiderman@lcwirelessinternet.com

General Manager-Monthly Board Report (BOD)-July 24, 2015 Following is a synopsis of this month’s activities.

I have identified those items that are of importance or that are not necessarily obvious. I have not included the normal day-to-day activities or those items that are covered by the Treasurer and others.

Please also refer to the staff reports that have been provided.

The order is by department/category.

1. Report on directives from the June 26, 2015 BOD Meeting. a. As discussed at the June Board Meeting, I was contacted by Frontier Communications regarding the .15 acre land lease for their building on Lake Carroll Blvd. in Section #3. The 25 year lease expires in March, 2016 and Frontier wishes to extend the lease for an additional 25 years. The lease, which began in 1991, required a one-time payment of $4,000.00. As discussed, I have informed Frontier that the new lease amount shall be $7,500.00. I have yet to hear back from Frontier regarding acceptance of our offer to be countered.

2. Administration: a. An updated copy of the Fixed Asset Expenditures – Cash Status report is included in the Board Packet under Treasurers Report. b. The Management Team and I have recently had several discussions regarding the use of premium gas at the West Marina. My initial question was, why are we using higher priced, premium gasoline for Lake Carroll Owned vehicles and gasoline powered equipment like lawn mowers.

Currently, we use approximately 4,750 gallons of premium gas per year for these vehicles and equipment. A 500 gallon gas tank is being installed at the Maintenance facility this month will be filled with regular gas, which will result in a savings of approximately $1,000.00 per year. There will be no cost for the above ground tank as long as we continue to purchase fuel from our current supplier, Saunders Oil. 3. Safe Workplace Committee & Cinci-Safe Program: a. The Safe Workplace Committee met on Wednesday, July 1, 2015. Minutes from the meeting are attached to this report.

4. Sales of Lake Carroll Owned Lots: a. I continue to receive approximately three (3) inquiries per week regarding our Lot Sales program. Last week we sold our 6th lot since the program started this past March. A summary of these sales is attached to this report.

5. Accounts Receivable & Front Desk: (see attachments) a. See updated 2015 dues status report which is attached.

-DPE’s collected thru 7/14/2015 – 1,977.58 -DPE’s collected thru 7/14/2014 – 2,002.22 -Variance between 2014 & 2015 – (24.64) -DPE’s budgeted for 2015 – 2,240.00 b. Sixteen Ownership transfer transactions were processed between June 21 and July 17, 2015.

Seven of these transactions were homes and nine were for vacant lots. Two of the nine lots which were sold were Association owned lots. See attached spreadsheet summarizing the Lake Carroll owned lots sales. c. Through 7/15/2015, 537 Natural Gas Permit Fees have been deposited totaling $134,250.00. d. The third quarter billing statements which are due no later than July 31, 2015 were completed and mailed on 7/3/2015. e. Training for the two new part-time Front Desk Employee’s continued this month and Pam and Marcy are both doing very well. There is much to learn and both have demonstrated professionalism and quality customer service in their short time with Lake Carroll.

6. Finance & Human Resources: a. Finance: i. Financial Statements for June, 2015 have been completed and will be sent electronically to the Board prior to the June meeting. ii. The Gaming Machines generated $2,709.37 in income for Lake Carroll during the month of June, 2015. The budgeted amount for June was $2,200.00. Through June 30, 2015, year to date income is $5,204.78 vs. the year to date budget of $3,950.00. See attached report. b. Human Resource: i. No specific report 7. Safety & Security: a. The 4th of July Weekend went very well from a security standpoint. The weather was fantastic and the amenities on the 3rd and 4th were as busy as Luke has ever seen. Considering the amount of people that were on site, there were very few complaints filed. The lake was extremely busy and the boat patrol officers were also pleased with the lake participants. No accidents were reported on the trail or the lake. During 4th of July weekend the security department issued 11 citations and 54 verbal and written warnings, checked 48 fishing licenses and creel limits, checked 2538 vehicles at the gate, marinas and pool, checked 214 ATV’s and assisted 11 boats. b. Luke and several Members of our Security Staff attended joint training on July 14th with the Lanark fire department at the Lake Carroll pool.

Water rescue techniques and proper extrication

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were the topics. c. Luke and several Members of our Security Staff attended joint training with the Shannon fire department; they were experimenting with a water holding system to be used as a reservoir in case of a house fire. This training was conducted at the West Marina 8. Information Technology: a. No specific report 9. Communications: a. No specific report.

10. Facilities Management: a. The ATV trails have been very muddy this spring and summer due to the rains which many trail enthusiasts really enjoy. The tractor which is used to groom the trails has been in the shop undergoing some repairs so we hired Stuart Moll to use his tractor to groom the trails before the July 4th holiday weekend. We have also installed rock to a few areas to reinforce the trail in areas where erosion was very bad due to the rains.

The shower house at the West Marina has been closed since the holiday weekend. Low water pressure or no water at all forced us to close the building. Pressure has gotten better during the week, but on weekends, the pressure has dropped.

We are currently receiving bids to drop the well deeper. Shaun has added 3 portable toilets to the West Marina to until the water pressure issue has been resolved. b. Batwing and Finish cut mowing has continued despite the rainy weather. Before the holiday we did catch up on all mowing which allowed us to start mowing some of the fields and ski hill. c. With the rains we have had to deal with erosion in many areas. One area we are addressing immediately is Pell Park. The stream going from under the road to the cove is eroding away in many areas. We will be addressing the stream right at the tube going under the road and then an area that washed away at the mouth of the cove. Both areas have been hit hard with erosion with the rains last month. All work is being down in house by Lake Carroll Maintenance staff. d. Now that we have gotten through the holiday we are starting some non-mowing related projects – trimming trees, filling in the sides of the roads, clearing out behind the guard rails and spraying weeds to name a few.

11. Lake Management/Wildlife: a. The lake level as of June 22, 2015 was 740’.

Exactly pool level. Water started going over the spillway on May 28, 2015 and it hasn’t stopped since. b. The 4th of July weekend offered beautiful weather for the entire weekend. Friday July 3rd was as busy as a weekend day and the crowds stayed through Sunday July 5th – the marina sold over 4000 gallons of gas in the 3 days and the pool and beach experienced very heavy traffic. c. This year has proven to be a difficult one with regards to the aquatic weeds. The water clarity has reached record highs for Lake Carroll with light penetration reaching as deep as 17 feet. Our weed harvesting operation was stalled during the month of June due to rain. This month however, and since July 6th, we have been able to utilize the harvester on a much more consistent basis. As of July 17th, most areas of the Lake have been harvested at least one time. We will continue harvesting the weeds through July and into August. Please remember, the harvester cuts weeds to a depth of three feet.

With the sunlight they are receiving, the weeds grow back to the water’s surface very quickly, and at times, faster than we can remove them. Shaun and I have and will continue to discuss the possibility of running the Harvester in double shifts during the month of June next year.

Data collection showed transparency readings over 17 feet again last week. This continues to be an issue for invasive aquatic plant growth this year. The growth of curly leaf pondweed is high this year as well as there are extensive areas where Eurasian water milfoil is growing and the treatment areas will be larger this year. To date we have treated approximately 50 acres for curlyleaf and milfoil. Along with the milfoil, the filamentous algae are growing, and Joe is continuing to treat areas of the lake experiencing excessive filamentous algae growth. Joe has also treated for brittle naiad in three areas of the lake, and will continue to monitor for further growth in those areas as well as other areas. d. Lands: We have secured a grant with the SWCD in Carroll County to have the assistance of an Americorp project team of 9 individuals to assist us with invasive plant removal at Lake Carroll. It is two full days of work, with the 9 Americorp team members. I am recruiting volunteers from Lake Carroll to assist with the project and I would like to have one volunteer per team member at all times. My thoughts are that the volunteers would be learning from our Americorp team how to identify and control these invasive plants so that we can do this again on our own, if needed. I also plan to request more volunteers through the hunting program e-blast and possibly even the LCA e-blast. I’ve attached some info on the project location (site map) and the info on the Americorp team. e. As usual, I have included Joe’s complete

monthly report for your review.

12. Building Inspection/Architectural & Environmental: a. Doug Rominski, our new Building Inspector is transitioning into his new position very well.

I have already received many compliments from Builders who have enjoyed the help and cooperation which Doug has offered. Though Doug has much to learn about Lake Carroll, I am very pleased with his progress, work ethic and professionalism. b. When the 2015 budget was created, a line item was added for a Building Inspector consultant to help us generate form letters and assist us with developing practices which are consistent with those used in the industry. Mr. Jim Kelly is a Property Owner here at Lake Carroll and offers such a service. We have retained the services of Mr. Kelly who will work with Doug beginning August 1, 2015. Mr. Kelly will be onsite for a half day each week to work with Doug, assist with inspections, review plans and participate in the A & E Committee meetings. Doug will also spend three full days in the suburbs working with Jim as he conducts inspections and enforces the municipality’s building codes. The Consultant will be retained from August 1, 2015 through November 30, 2015.

13. Golf Operations (Pro Shop): a. No specific 14. Golf Maintenance: a. New Guardrails have been installed on holes #3 and #4 as recommended by our Insurance agent.

15. Clubhouse Operations: a. No specific 16. Recreation Complex Operations: a. Aquatic Complex: i. The indoor pool continues to run smoothly with no maintenance issues to report. ii. The Outdoor pool continues to run smoothly with no significant maintenance issues to report. iii. Chelsey and her lifeguards participated in training with the Lanark Fire Department at the Aquatic Complex. The training was focused on water rescue techniques and proper extrication. b. Recreation: i. The Fitness Room was used 125 times between June 15th and July 15th, 2015. Lively Low Impact Zumba classes are also currently being offered at the Lodge on a weekly basis. ii. The annual “Kick off to Summer” party took place on Saturday June 20th. The weather was bad that night with thunderstorms so all events were held inside. 60 people still came to enjoy music from Free Fall. Kids enjoyed crafts, the game room, and free ice cream. iii. Family Fun night took place on June 19th, June 26th, and July 3rd. Weather has played a huge factor in attendance but July 3rd was our biggest crowd with about 60 people. The Carroll County Farm Bureau brought tractors, animals, and offered free sandwiches to the membership that was there. Everyone really enjoyed it. iv. The 1st session of swimming lessons finished on June 19th with 40 kids participating. 2nd session of swimming lessons started on June 29thJuly 10th with 64 kids participating. v. The 4th of July Volleyball tournament went very well with 7 teams participating in a double elimination tournament. vi. The First session of Kidz Camp took place on June 22nd-June 26th with 60 kids participating.

30 in the preschool and 30 in the afternoon. All of the kids had a great time with different games and crafts each day centered towards the theme. Friday June 26th a special ice cream social was held for the kids and their families to celebrate 5 years of Kidz camp. That evening a cd was played with pictures and music from the week’s camp and the kids preformed a special dance they learned that week for their parents. c. Ski Hill: i. I was contacted Matt Ripplinger recently regarding the Ski Hill Liability Insurance coverage we currently carry. The Ski Hill is the only amenity not covered by Cincinnati Ins. Currently, Lake Carroll has a $1,000,000 policy for the Ski Hill. The $10,000,000 umbrella from Cincinnati does not extend to the Ski Hill. Additional coverage can be purchased for $1,000 per $1,000,000 of additional coverage. Matt feels we should consider additional coverage as the $1,000,000 policy may be inadequate.

17. Campground: a. Ellis continues to please as our Campground host. In previous years, the Campground Committee has held a bon-fire on the Sunday evening prior to Labor Day. All Lake Carroll Members are invited to this event and it has increased in popularity over the past few years. This year, Ellis has asked if we could hold a parade on Sunday, September 6, 2015 prior to the bon-fire. The parade would begin at the West Marina, travel south on Lake Carroll Blvd. for approximately one mile and end at the Campground. If the Board is in favor of this parade, Ellis will contact the local Fire Departments, other Committees who may wish to participate and the Eastland High School Marching Band.

18. Equestrian Area(s): a. No specific report

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In 1990 I had the privilege to go overseas; this would be my start to a magical adventure into the culinary world. I stayed with my Uncle Drogo in Croatia Sisak and Yugoslavia in a time before the collapse. Rumor was Drogo was the only one in blocks with his house painted, because of his ties with the old Communist party as a professor in violin. The inside of his house was dressed in antique woodwork and scented with the smell of old books. He eagerly escorted me to the backyard; this is where he truly lived. Jugs of homemade Troy Tucker wine rested in a shaded corner next to the door. Chickens Chef/Kitchen Manager danced around you in the endless search they seem to have for food. Water came from the well and hauled up with a bucket. Meat and fish were hanging in a wooden old smoker. Goats and sheep were chewing heavily on straw, and a massive garden full off edible vegetation. And then Drago smiles and pulls down a green tear dropped fruit from one of his trees and handed to me. I started to try and dissect this strange thing that turns out to be a Fig. The only fig I knew of filled the inside of a cookie or cake. It made me think of the old commercials “It’s not a cookie, it’s a cake!”

There was only a small cube fridge because the only thing you would save or store was so minute. It was like this everywhere in Croatia and Germany, you always shopped that day for the things you needed…he bakery in the morning and to market in the afternoon. There was no “shopping” for stuff that would sit on your shelves for months. Unless it was real like salt cured fish and pork or pickled herring. The whole day would be based around food; after all it’s a pretty important part of life. I loved this idea and have held it close, ever since that time.

I moved on to stay with relatives in Sisak, a beach facing the view of Italy. I would go snorkeling with the local kids for spider crabs hiding around the sea rocks. There was no power in this area so it was common to boil them over a fire and hangout outside till it was time for bed.

The experience was surreal, like a time capsule of a distant time. The local kids and I would communicate with drawings in the sand. We would race to the Flipper, a hutstyle beach bar for small little cans of juice and snacks. But not everything would stay so dreamlike, for soon the place would face a war and full secession in 1991.

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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Lake Carroll Association Board of Directors June 26, 2015

Convene Board Meeting: Barb Anderson called the Meeting to order at 6:30 P.M. at the Conference Center.

Present and Constituting a Quorum: • President, Barb Anderson • Vice President, Jim Ogborn • Treasurer, Jeff Howe • Director, Don Aleksy • Director, John Grotto • Director, Norm Hoffman Absent: • Secretary, Joanie Perez Also Present: • General Manager, Michael Schmieder Pledge of Allegiance: President Barb Anderson called on Ian Keith, to lead the Board and audience in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.

Approval of Agenda: Jim Ogborn moved and Norm Hoffman seconded to approve the June 26, 2015 Agenda, as amended.

Motion passed by unanimous voice vote (6/0/0) M15.06.01 Adjourn to Executive Session to hear Property Owner appeal: Norm Hoffman moved and Jim Ogborn seconded to adjourn to Executive Session to hear Property Owner appeal.

Motion passed by unanimous voice vote (6/0/0) Time: 6:35 P.M. M15.06.02 Note: John Grotto did not participate in the Executive Session.

Jeff Howe moved and Norm Hoffman seconded to return to Open Session.

Motion passed by unanimous voice vote (6/0/0) Time: 6:55 P.M. M15.06.03 Approval of Minutes: John Grotto moved and Jim Ogborn seconded to approve the Board’s Regular Meeting Minutes of May 29, 2015, as corrected.

Motion passed by unanimous voice vote (6/0/0) M15.06.04 President’s Comments: None Audience Questions/Remarks: Sandy Sorensen (31-91) commented on the popcorn issue at the bar. She said she is sad that the Clubhouse staff is not listening to the patrons of the Clubhouse. The popcorn machine has been moved to the pool and popcorn is no longer available at the Clubhouse bar. A petition signed by about 100 people asks that the popcorn be brought back to the bar and there is still no popcorn there. The snack mix in its place is more expensive. Barb Anderson commented that the popcorn has been selling well at the pool, and that it is hard to make it fast enough to keep up with demand.

Bruce Sorensen (31-91) asked what the rule is in the bar about staff being present when the gaming machines are being used. Mike Schmieder responded the rule is that a staff member must be present and able to observe the machines at all times the machines are available for use.

Treasurer’s Report: As of May, 2015 Financial Statements: The total cash on hand as of May 31, 2015 $2,021,928 Operating, Clubhouse, Health Reimbursement & Petty Cash - $1,106,195

Nicor Account - $12,409 Fixed Asset Checking Account - $858,063 Debt Repayment Account - $20,182 Fixed Asset Fund Reserve - $25,079 Total Available Cash (requires drawing on Pool & Nicor LOC) - $2,735,012 Fixed Asset Reserve Fund Balance (requires drawing on Pool & Nicor LOC) - $454,935 Line of Credit used as of May 31, 2015 - $0 Line of Credit for Pool Loan used as of May 31, 2015 - $0 Due to Operating for Pool Loan as of May 31, 2015 - $283,227 Due to Restricted Reserve for Pool Loan as of May 31, 2015 - $0 Line of Credit for Nicor loan used as of May 31, 2015 - $0 Due to Restricted Reserve for Nicor Loan as of May 31, 2015 - $429,857 Norm Hoffman moved and Don Aleksy seconded to approve the Treasurer’s Summary of the Association’s May, 2015 Financial Statements as presented.

Motion passed by unanimous roll call vote (6/0/0) M15.06.05 Jeff Howe moved and John Grotto seconded to approve the Financial Statements for May, 2015 as presented by the Association’s Accounting and Finance Manager Motion passed by unanimous roll call vote (6/0/0) M15.06.06 General Manager’s Report: General Manager Mike Schmieder addressed questions/remarks on the following topics in his General Manager’s Report: a. Update on Lake Level and when to apply “No Wake” restriction b. Goose Round-up c. Tornado Siren/Safety Committee Committee Minutes with Actions Requested or Topics for Discussion: Jeff Howe moved and Don Aleksy seconded to approve the Lake Carroll work permit #2015-154 for Com-Ed to replace buried cable in Section #5 as recommended by the A & E Committee.

Motion passed by unanimous voice vote (6/0/0) M15.06.07 Jeff Howe moved and Don Aleksy seconded to approve the Lake Carroll work permit #2015-155 for Com-Ed to replace buried cable in Section #13 as recommended by the A & E Committee.

Motion passed by unanimous voice vote (6/0/0) M15.06.08 Jeff Howe moved and Jim Ogborn seconded to approve submitting the attached Supplemental Declaration drafts, subject to final legal review, to the Membership at the 2015 annual meeting for their approval to execute and record said documents, as recommended by the Bylaws Committee.

Motion passed by roll call vote (5/1/0) Grotto voted No. M15.06.09 Jeff Howe moved and Don Aleksy seconded to approve the attached document titled “Land Designation Proposal” for submission to the Lake Carroll News for publication in August edition.

Motion passed by roll call vote (4/2/0) Anderson and Grotto voted No. M15.06.10 Jeff Howe moved and Norm Hoffman seconded

to acknowledge the Campground Committee recommendation that all Campground roads will be repaired and brought up to the standards of Lake Carroll, this summer. The Campground roads are in the 2015 Road Budget and the recommendation is that it remains in the budget so the project can be completed as planned.

Motion passed by unanimous voice vote (6/0/0) M15.06.11 Jeff Howe moved and Don Aleksy seconded to approve the Finance Committee recommendation that the Association borrow the monies for the new Recreation Complex Conceptual Drawings from the Fixed Asset Reserve Fund with the requirement that if the project does not go forward, monies will be included in the next year’s budget to repay this loan from the Operating fund. If the project does go forward, repayment of this loan will be made from funds obtained from the construction loan.

Motion passed by roll call vote (5/1/0) Hoffman voted No. M15.06.12 Committee Reports with No Action Requested: a. A & E (5/22/2015) b. A & E (6/5/2015) c. Clubhouse (6/4/2015) d. Golf (5/8/2015), (4/3/2015) e. Infrastructure (6/10/2015) f. Lake (6/1/2015) g. Safety (6/13/2015) h. Steering (6/6/2015) Club Minutes: Fishing Club (6/10/2015) Women’s Club (6/11/2015) Unfinished Business/General Orders: Norm Hoffman moved and Jeff Howe seconded to authorize the LCA President to execute a Quit Claim Deed for the land addition adjacent to 23-97 caused by dredging in the past and then approved for landscape work on December, 2012, deeding the land to the Owners of 23-97.

Norm Hoffman moved and Don Aleksy seconded to postpone the motion until the July Board meeting.

Motion to postpone passed by unanimous voice vote (6/0/0) M15.06.13 New Business: John Grotto moved and Don Aleksy seconded to amend Motion M.15.02.14 to reflect that the Ford F550 has been purchased from Kayser Ford of Madison, WI and not Fairway Ford of Freeport, IL. Motion passed by unanimous voice vote (6/0/0) M15.06.14 Norm Hoffman moved and John Grotto seconded to approve a land lease extension between the Lake Carroll Association and Frontier Communications for the .15 acre parcel in section #3, with a building containing telephone service related equipment, for the next twenty five (25) years, from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2041. A one-time lease payment of $7,500.00 shall be due no later than March 31, 2016.

Motion passed by unanimous roll call vote (6/0/0) M15.06.15 Don Aleksy moved and Jim Ogborn seconded to authorize the expenditure, not to exceed $310,000.00, for road repairs as outlined on the attached schedule. Funds to come from the 2015 Fixed Asset Budget. This motion to be amended

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at the July, 2015 BOD meeting identifying the Contractor(s) performing the work.

Motion passed by unanimous roll call vote (6/0/0) M15.06.16 Jeff Howe moved and Don Aleksy seconded to acknowledge receipt of the 2016 Fixed Asset Replacement Budget.

Motion passed by unanimous voice vote (6/0/0) M15.06.17 Business Topics for Discussion: Director Grotto also share information received from a property owner on the cost of webinars.

Mike and his team are researching this further.

Director Grotto presented a timeline of actions he has taken in an effort to bring the AT&T Tower lease to completion. Many of the gaps were due to AT&T. He also provided the Board with an analysis of the lease terms. As of this time, we are still waiting AT&T’s actions.

Board Directors Comments: Jim Ogborn commented that he finds it ironic we are selling popcorn at the pool for the members yet we want to put the popcorn machine back in the bar, which is open to the public, and give the popcorn away for free. He said if we do bring the popcorn back to the bar, perhaps it should be sold for a $1 a bag like at the pool.

Audience Questions/Remarks: None.

Adjourn to Executive Session to discuss personnel, and/or legal issues: Norm Hoffman moved and Don Aleksy seconded to adjourn to Executive Session to discuss personnel, and/or legal issues.

Motion passed by unanimous voice vote (6/0/0) Time: 9:13 P.M. M15.06.18 Norm Hoffman moved and Don Aleksy seconded to return to Open Session.

Motion passed by unanimous voice vote (6/0/0) Time: 9:57 P.M. M15.06.19 Further Business: Don Aleksy moved and John Grotto seconded to accept with regret the resignation of Randy Hutting from the Campground Committee.

Motion passed by unanimous voice vote (6/0/0) M15.06.20 Don Aleksy moved and John Grotto seconded to accept with regret the resignation of Pam Hutting from the Campground Committee.

Motion passed by unanimous voice vote (6/0/0) M15.06.21 Don Aleksy moved and John Grotto seconded to appoint Steve Nilles to the Ad-Hoc Recreation Center Committee.

Motion passed by unanimous voice vote (6/0/0) M15.06.22 Norm Hoffman moved and Don Aleksy seconded to establish the outstanding A&E permit extension fee for Bill and Charla Spathies at $300.

Motion passed by roll call vote (5/0/1) John Grotto Abstained. M15.06.23 John Grotto moved and Jim Ogborn seconded to adjourn the Board’s Regular Meeting of June 26, 2015 at 10:00 P.M. Motion passed by unanimous voice vote (6/0/0) M15.06.24 These Minutes approved on this 24th day of July, 2015 ATTEST: Joanie Perez, Secretary

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The Lake Carroll Women’s Club is a growing organization dedicated to the development of its members, intellectually, socially and philanthropically. Meetings are held the second Thursday of each month, September through June at 1pm at the Lodge. If you’re not currently a member, consider joining! Annual dues are $20.00. Our Membership Application can be found close to this article.

“Lake Carroll Photography Club is offering a piece of the “Lake”.

Although the Women’s Club doesn’t officially begin until September, many of its members will be attending the Good Samaritan Society’s August Birthday party in Mt. Carroll on Wednesday, August 12 at 2pm. Participants are asked to wear brightly colored clothing to help create a cheerful atmosphere. This is a fun event that helps support the society and brings such joy to its residents. Bingo will be played and treats will be provided. Please contact Janet Campana if you’d like to join in on the frivolity!

The 2015-2016 schedule of events is shaping up. This year’s program theme will be “Because, I’m Worth It!” The first meeting of the year will be held on September 10 at the Lodge at 1pm. To kick-off the year and get us into the theme mind-set, Karen Ruter will be sharing her knowledge about choosing the correct colors when buying clothes, hair products, and make-up to bring out our best features and help us feel confident and positive.

In October we’ll continue the theme by having our own John Voelz come and speak about incorporating medically based fitness into our lives to help us safely improve our bodies.

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The Lake Carroll Fishing Club held its annual Kids Fishing Derby on June 20th with approximately 100 young fishermen and ladies attending with their parents. As usual the young anglers seemed to enjoy the event even with the fishing being a little slow this year and rain in the forecast for the day. The rain held off long enough for us and our MC Mike Siciliano did not have to blow the horn to signal a weather cancellation.

We had three age groups for the largest fish and the most fish for each group this year.

In the 4-6 age group Alyse Knacksdedt took first with a 16” lg. mouth bass. Alyse also had the most fish in the group with 2. Mia Miller took second with a 13 1/4’’ lg. mouth bass.

In the 7-10 age group Joe Knackstedt took 1st place with (2) 16’’ lg. mouth bass. Joe also had the most fish in the group with 7 total. Jace Richard placed second with a 15’’ catfish and Israllla Conder placed third with a 15” walleye, unfortunately she was one minute behind Jace for second place.

In the 11-14 age group Logan McBride took first place with a 14 1/2’’ walleye. Tanner Nelson took second with a 14’’ walleye. and Kyle Domingos took third with a 13’’ sm. mouth bass. We had a tie for the most fish here as each caught one.

Lake Carroll News, August 2015 Page 1B We also had a casting contest for two age groups 7-10 and 11-14.

In the 7-10 age group Ethan Clarke and Chase Bremmer tied for first. Taylor Gulley and Ryan Rook tied for second. Rosario Valenti took third place.

In the 11-14 age group Amanda Johnson took first place. Grant Johnson took second. And Conner McBride took third place.

For the 4-6 age group we held a bags contest with first place going to Aden O’Brian and second place going to Ryan Mowers tying with Braxton Villansor.

Once again we thank Millers Sport Center and the Fishing Hole Bait and Tackle for their generous support this year providing prizes for the kids, Deb Miller provided the tee shirts, and Larry of the Fishing Hole provided the juicy worms for all the participants.

We also thank Jamie and Jeanette George of Trophies by George as they provided the awesome trophies for the winners.

We also thank the men and women Fishing Club volunteers that made this event happen again. I know they all had a great time helping all the kids have fun. Thank you Mike Siciliano for announcing the event and keeping us safe. Thank you Bill and Nancy Comstock for organizing the great day for the kids and their parents.

We are scheduling next year’s derby for June 18th, 2016. Hope you plan ahead to join us next year. Also join us for the next potluck Fishing Club meeting held the second Wednesday of every month. We meet at the Lodge at 6pm to enjoy a dish to pass meal, the meeting, and friends. Come join us.

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By John Quilico

July 8th 2015 Fishing Club Potluck Meeting Our July Fishing Club meeting gathered at the Lodge at 6PM starting with the potluck meal with side dishes, deserts, and fried chicken prepared by the Lanark Food Mart. Another great meal enjoyed by all in attendance. We had about 80 members and guests at this month meeting.

Tom Stangl lead this month’s meeting as our President Bill Comstock was out of town. Tom did a great job keeping the meeting light hearted and enjoyable. Thanks Tom. The meeting began at 6:59pm with member Tom Young introducing his guest, Vick Stedt; Mitch Feucht with his guests Don & Ginger Welty. We had another guest, Dennis, but I’m sorry I did not catch who he was with or last name. Hope to meet you again at next month’s meeting.

Mitch Feucht gave the Treasurer’s report which, as usual, was down to the penny.

Fred Reddies and Barb Anderson made motions to accept the report and it was accepted by the members.

Fred Reddies updated us on Hatchery Operations. The second batch of minnows were added to the Fawn Pond and Fred is continuing to watch for minnow spawning in the pond to add to the dinner menu for the walleye fry. Tom Stangl and Fred are working with Tim, our Golf Course Superintendent, to try and apply weed control to the pond as they have literally taken over the pond. Joe Rush has also been involved in researching chemicals to control the weeds, to not interfere with golf course irrigation, and not hurt the fry in the pond. Fred also mentioned that we have again split the walleye hatch this year between the lake and the pond to increase the survival rate, as the pond had not been favoring survival the past couple years.

Tom mentioned the success of the annual Kids Fishing Derby and thanked all the members for their continued help in making the outing work smoothly. We had 100 kids and their families attend this year for a great time. You can see photos of this event on 1B of this issue.

Fred Reddies reported that the Fishing 101 class had 10 adults and 10 kids in attendance. He thanked Jim Mance for his help in having the class. Fred included descriptions of rods, reels, knot tying, hooks, sinkers, slip bobbers, types of minnow buckets, and catch baskets in the presentation along with other information to help

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the less experienced catch fish. He also stated the kids were given a small tackle box of goodies from the Fishing Club. Thanks to Nancy Comstock who provided Fishing Club stickers for the boxes.

Tom updated us on the rock structure project stating we would like to add two more reefs after Labor Day this fall. He also stated we are still planning on marking the reefs with buoys. We also plan on having another work day to sink the Christmas trees collected this year. We will let you know when the date is set.

Bob Knackstedt gave us a description the fishing tournament dates and procedures he has been scheduling for some time here for Lake Carroll residents and their guests.

Bob mentioned the schedule is posted in the Lake Carroll paper for all interested in participating.

Tom mentioned the Couples Fishing Derby is scheduled for August 10th. Our Annual Golf outing is scheduled for September 19th.

Mike Siciliano let us know the Arlington Day at the Races will be August 27th starting out at 9am meeting at the Clubhouse for the bus ride in. Some seats left, so give Mike a call, $18.00 per person.

Tom asked the members for nominations for next year’s Fishing Club Board. He stated Mike Siciliano will be accepting nominations for three Board Members whose terms will expire. We will have our election for new the board in December.

We would like to welcome our newest members Wayne and Sue Ugorek. Hope you enjoyed our potluck meeting.

Motion was made and we adjourned the meeting at 7:28pm.

The 50-50 Drawing was held, Rosanne Stangl took first place with $50.00 and Judy Czurylo took second with $40.00. Congrats!

Hoping you can come and join us at the August meeting the second Wednesday of the month, August 12th, at 6pm. Bring your place settings and a dish to pass if you wish. Drinks by donation and chicken provided by the Club. You shouldn’t leave hungry.

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Lake Carroll Bass Tournament Results Sponsored By The Lake Carroll Fishing Club

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1st Place -Trevor Mower and Mike D’Amore 12.49 lbs 2nd Place - Shaun Ratay and Tommy Kersting 10.99 lbs 3rd Place - Jason and Kevin Ackmann 10.23 lbs 4th Place - Mike and Ron Kiesling 10.53 lbs 5th Place - Dan & Kevin Brandsma 9.69 lbs Big Large Mouth Bass Barry Myers 3.72 lbs Big Small Mouth Bass Trevor Mower and Mike D’Amore 3.18 lbs

BASS TOURNAMENT HELD JUNE 27TH 19 boats participated

1st Place - Shaun Ratay and Tommy Kersting 11.62 lbs 2nd Place - Mike and Ron Kiesling 10.60 lbs 3rd Place - Trevor Mower and Mike D’Amore 10.46 lbs 4th Place - Bob, Tom and Robert Knackstedt 9.33 lbs 5th Place - Barry Myers and Ed Knirlberger 9.16 lbs Big Large Mouth Bass Shaun Ratay and Tommy Kersting 3.07 lbs Big Small Mouth Phil and Jesse DeYoung 2.66 lbs

Thanks again to Miller Sports for sponsoring the big bass prizes. Remember you need to fish 3 tournaments to qualify for the end of the year Classic held September 26th and 27th.

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The Annual Campground Golf Outing was a huge success and a special thanks to Mike and Jill Tepps (site 122) for their hard work in making it such a success. Forty golfers played, even though we got rained on for the entire round, and 46 people came to the dinner afterwards at the Clubhouse. Next year we plan to have at least 80 players, so mark your calendar as soon as the 2016 date is posted.

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Ladies Golf League

By Toni Knackstedt and Barb Hevrin

Find all your golfing accessories in the Lake Carroll Pro Shop. That’s where the Ladies B Group shop! Pictured, Carol Margosein, Joanne Harper, Maryann Gibus, Mary Lou Jordan, Mary Grant, Val Kalich, Brenda Scharr, and Donna Flaska. Join them on Thursdays at 11:30am at the Lake Carroll Golf Course!

“Golfaholic Frolic” was the theme of the Ladies Invitational held on Wednesday, July 15. Kathy Young greeted 74 ladies as they gathered at the Clubhouse on a perfect golf day.

Golfing was great and everyone enjoyed help from our pros, Mike and Jarren on hole #15. A Velcro golf game on hole #6 provided each team with an opportunity to gain up to 4 feet on the green.

After a wonderful morning on the course, everyone was treated to a delicious Mexican luncheon at the Clubhouse.

Following lunch, prizes and raffles were handed out.

Raffle winners were Deb Manninen, Cathy Porzel and Nancy Bicknese. First Place A Flight went to Delia Harman, Kattie Motter, Mary Ann Elmer and Karen Ruter.

First Place B Flight included Karen Carby, Sheri Moutrey, Jan Holman and Doris Bolen.

Hole winners were: Hole #1 Drive into Martini Glass (drawing) Renee Gray Hole #3 Closest 2nd Shot on Green Cassie Mlakar Hole #5 Closest to the Line on Drive Alice Evans Hole #7 Longest Putt on Green Zan Wunsch Hole #8 Anyone in Sand Trap (drawing) Sue Stephan Hole #10 Shortest Drive Used Jan Holman Hole #12 Longest Putt Barb Anderson Hole #13 Closest to Pin on Green Kattie Motter Hole #15 Longest Putt – Left Half Barb Hevrin

Longest Putt – Right Half Delia Harman Hole #18 Closest to Pin 3rd Shot on Green Connie Hienen Many thanks to all who made Golfaholic Frolic a huge success: Our volunteer men who loaded carts and helped with the Velcro golf game Tim Troop and his staff for the beautiful course condition and the “Big Cups” Jason Hill, Mike, Jarren and staff running this spectacular event The Clubhouse Staff for a delicious breakfast and lunch Alan Schipkowski for being the event photographer All the volunteers who made this event possible Tracey DeCrane, Gail Mitchell and Kathy Young who co-chaired this event As another invitational is history, we now look forward to our Charity Event on August 5, Lake Carroll Big Break on August 12, and the End of Year Scramble on September 16! And all you Golfaholics….see you on the links!

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From the Golf Pro

Now that summer is in full swing, the golf course has started to see some play and the course is in excellent shape once again. The end of June and July was busy, with several events and a great 4th of July weekend.

The Lake Carroll Big Cup was a huge success with 74 players enjoying the course and the event. The event generated over $800 for additional cart path maintenance. Thank you all for the support and help with the cart path work that is scheduled to be done this fall. July 4th weekend was great with Nite Golf, Junior Golf Camps, Fireworks on the Driving Range Theater, and the Jason Hill PGA Golf Professional Firecracker Scramble. All were exceptionally large events. We also had the Ladies Invitational with 74 ladies enjoying the course and the restaurant following the event. The weather was great for the day and the ladies enjoyed all of the great games and prizes. The Mr. and Mrs. Club Championship and the POA Big Cup Scramble were also held during the month of July, results for the Mr. and Mrs. Club Championship follow: 2015 MR. AND MRS. CLUB CHAMPION Tom and Karen Doolan -9 Net Best Ball of Pair winner by 2 hole playoff RUNNER UP Marty and Tracey DeCrane -9 Net Best Ball of Pair 3RD PLACE Dave and Kathy Porzel -7 Net Best Ball of Pair Congratulations to all winners of this year’s Mr. and Mrs. Club Championship. The winners and runners-up will be invited to the Awards Banquet and Champions 2-person Scramble Tournament in October. Mr. and Mrs. Club Champions and runners-up will also be the team captains of the LCA Ryder Cup. August will be filled with many great events: the LCA Ryder Cup will start with the Par 3 tournament and Pairing Party on August 7th and the 27 hole LCA Ryder Cup following on August 8th , Senior Club Championship on Aug 16th and the Club Championship on August 22nd and 23rd.

These events are the final Awards Banquet qualifying events and the winners, runners-up and their spouses will earn an invitation to the Champions 2-person tournament and the Awards Banquet in October.

We still have several enjoyable tournaments remaining for the year and a list and flyers for these events are included in this month’s newspaper. Sign up for these events in the Pro Shop and we look forward to seeing you all on the links.

Adopt-A-Fairway

By Sue Ugorek, Golf Committee

Last month a new program “Adopt-A-Fairway” was introduced in the newspaper and in the weekly Lake Carroll email blast. This program, suggested by golfer Ellis Fitzgerald and supported by both the Golf Course Staff and Golf Committee, requested volunteers, either individuals or groups, to adopt a fairway to fill divots on a regular/as-needed basis.

Tim Throop, our course superintendent will have the buckets, scoops, and grass seed mix available to the volunteers.

Thank you to those who have already volunteered. Half of the holes have been adopted.

But half are still available. To volunteer, please contact Ellis Fitzgerald at ellisfitz@hotmail. com or Sue Ugorek at wayneugorek@yahoo.com.

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Hole 16/17

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Hole 18

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Lake & Natural Resources-Aquatic Plant Growth

Plants are known as ‘primary producers’. What this means, is that they need sunlight (and nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen) to grow. Without both nutrients and sunlight, plants would die.

Aquatic plants are no different. However, the sunlight that reaches plants is dependent on the transparency of the water that the plants live in. This year, the transparency (clarity) of the lake has been excessively good! While many members enjoy seeing deep into the clear lake, so do aquatic plants. We’ve had transparency readings upwards of 27 feet early this year and at 16 ½ feet as of early July.

While the clarity of the water this year is very high, it has been Joe Rush similar to this in the past. For example, in 2004, we collected Lake Manager transparency readings up to 20 feet deep, and before that, up to 16 ½ feet deep in 1996. Only time will tell if we will continue this route of ‘clearer’ water into the future. I would be amiss if I didn’t recognize the possibility the increased clarity is due to the growth of zebra mussels in the lake, but this time it isn’t certain. Only more data over the following years will be able to check that trend. On another note, there are many other Northern Illinois lakes experiencing much higher than normal transparency this year too. These lakes are not connected to Lake Carroll, so it is interesting to see the increase in clarity on them as well. It is possible that this clarity is part of a larger environmental cycle (just like 1996 and 2004).

Now some members that have been here for a long time will say they remember those years with really good clarity but they don’t remember the weed growth. This would be true. In 1996 our aquatic plant community was virtually non-existent and 2004 was very low with native plant species. As lakes age, aquatic plants can begin to grow and establish

Refer a New Lake Carroll Property Owner and Receive $500 Over the past several years, The Lake Carroll Association has unwillingly acquired dozens of Lots through our collection policy, foreclosures, or through past due amount settlements. The Association pays Real Estate taxes on these properties and needless to say, there are no Dues Assessments levied upon or collected for these Ownerless lots.

One way of soliciting these properties at little or no cost is to enlist and incent our current Membership for referrals who ultimately purchase a Lake Carroll Owned lot. Currently, The Association owns fifty-seven (57) single lots and thirty-nine (39) double or triple lots. Nearly all of these lots are considered buildable and all of them are very reasonably priced.

We are not looking for you to provide us with leads or phone numbers so that they may be marketed to. Instead we are simply making an offer to reward you with $500 if you have a friend or family member who purchases one of the lots currently owned by the LCA.

throughout. This is actually good, as long as they are native plants, because they provide habitat for fish, oxygen for aquatic life, and utilize nutrients in the system before bad algae can become dominant. The difficulty we now face is the introduction of Eurasian water milfoil around 6 years ago. We all wonder how this happened, but the invasion of non-natives to lakes is never truly known. They may come in as a hitchhiker on a trailer by a careless boater that didn’t inspect and wash their boat and trailer or possibly in a bucket of minnows seined out of an infected water body, or possibly in the ballast water of a wake boat. No one truly knows. Locating the ‘smoking gun’ in this crime will never happen, however we will continue working towards managing this new problem we have. And we continually remind our members to be good stewards of the lake and make an effort to clean and inspect anything that is used in other bodies of water and Lake Carroll. The same holds true when your equipment leaves Lake Carroll… clean it so that we don’t take our problems on to other bodies of water!

This season we have chemically treated more milfoil than ever in past years. In my opinion, this is due to the increased clarity we’ve seen this season. I believe it’s allowed these plants to grow in areas where they have been dormant in the past. Another obstacle we’re managing is the growth of filamentous algae. Filamentous algae are the bright green ‘stringy’ looking growth that looks like underwater cotton candy. This material grows and then floats to the surface as a mat. The areas that have been chemically treated for curly-leaf pondweed and milfoil are experiencing filamentous algae blooms. This occurs because the rooted plants that have been treated are dying and decaying. This, in turn, releases nutrients back into the water as a food source for these filamentous algae. We are monitoring and treating areas for algae and will continue as the summer progresses.

HERE’S HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS: If you know someone who has expressed interest in becoming a Lake Carroll Member, please have them contact myself at the Association Office. Instruct your friend to inform me of your name as the member who referred them. You may also contact me yourself to let me know that I may be hearing from your friend regarding the purchase of a lot. I will match your name with the prospect’s name and when the referral purchases the property, and pays the first 12 months of dues, you will receive $500.

To help you and anyone interested in purchasing an Association Owned lot, we will be adding a new page to our current Web-site. This page will display a listing of available lots, a map showing the location, the size of the lot, the price of the lot and a photo of the property. We anticipate having this page available prior to February 28, 2015.

In addition to providing another person or family the opportunity to enjoy all the Lake Carroll has to offer, this program will also help spread the financial burden of operating the Association, onto a broader Membership base. The Association needs more Members and there are people out there who would like the benefits of Lake Carroll Membership and Ownership.

If you have a question regarding the incentive program or have a referral you wish to make me aware of, I may be reached at 815-493-2552 ext 12 or by e-mail at gm@golakecarroll.com.

SHANNON HOMECOMING CELEBRA RATION - 2015 September 5, 6 and 7 (Labor Day Weekend)

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SATURDAY,, SEPTEMBER 5 12:00 Concessions open dow wntown 12:00-6:00 Craft Show at the Fireehouse 1:00-5:00 Car, Truck & Tractoor Show Cars & Trucks – East of Downtown Tractors – West of Downtown 1:00 Skinner Amusements Rides open 2:00-6:00 Rock River Valley Blood Center blood drive inside the Firehouse Walk-ins are welcome 3:00 Veterans Homecoming 5K Memorial Run Registration at the Village Park Bingo open 4:00 Veterans Homecoming 5K Memorial Run at the Village Park Proceeds going towards Shannon’s Veterans Memorial Wall & Homecoming 5:00 Little Mr. Firefighter & Junior Mr. Firefighter Sponsored by Shannon Fire Department 6:00 Shannon Little Miss 6:30 Crowning of the 57th Shannon Homecoming Queen 7:00 The Chosen Ones A concert by The Chosen Ones is a worship experience, uplift fting the church and pointing people to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Free will off ffering will be taken. Bring your lawnchair.

In case of rain it will be held at the Eastland Elementary School.

SUNDAY,, SEPTEMBER 6 8:00-12:00 Pancake Breakfast at the Firehouse Sponsored by Lions and Legion 9:00-6:00 Craft Show at the Firehouse 11:00 Community Church Service at Bethel UM Church 12:00 Noon Antique Tractor Pull At Eastland Feed & Grain 1:00 Skinner Amusements Rides open Bingo open until 9:30 3:00-4:00 Shannon Baptist Church - Hymns, Patriotic songs & Fun songs 4:00-6:00 Elvert Williams and Friends - Insprirational Gospel Music 6:30 Introduction of the Grand Marshal Allen and Laurie Woessner 7:30 Peterson Farm Brothers Song parodies and Videos promoting agriculture! www.petersonfarmbros.com A Free show. Bring your lawn chair and camera!

At the downtown stage. In case of rain will be held at the Eastland Elementary school.

MONDAY,, SEPTEMBER 7 8:00-9:30 Parade Registration at Lions Park 9:00 Bingo open till 7pm Concessions open 9:00-4:00 Craft Show at Firehouse 10:00 Carroll County’s Largest Parade 11:00-1:00 Butterfly Pork Chop BBQ Dinner at the Village Park In case of rain will be held at the Eastland Middle School cafeteria 11:00 Skinner Amusements Rides open 12:00 FFA petting zoo by Al’s Quality Service Sponsored by the Eastland FFA 1:00 Kiddy Tractor Pull in front of Shannon Firehouse Sponsored by the Carroll County ty Young Leaders Bale rolling contest registration 1:30 Bale rolling contest by stage Sponsored by the Eastland FFA 2:00-4:00 Shannon’s Got Talent Show II At the stage Kid Water Fights in front of Firehouse 6:15 Lion’s & Legion Raffle Drawing

Enjoy our food vendors:

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Registration and lineup will be at Lion’s Park between 8:00 and 9:45 am.

Pre-registration is greatly appreciated but not necessary.

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Please mail to: Brad Woessner • 17228 Stanton Rd., Shannon, IL 61078 815-864-2658 or homecoming@jcwifi.com We request you write a small paragraph of information detailing your entry as you go by the viewing stand.

Hope you can make it to our great parade!

RecDirect

Chelsey Heckman Recreation Director

We have had a busy summer at the Aquatic Complex since Memorial Day Weekend and are beginning to see things winding down for fall. I want to thank all of the Aquatic Complex Staff for a great season!

The third and final session of the Red Cross Swimming Program is complete. Overall we had 53 kids go through our swimming lesson program. I would like to thank our amazing swimming lesson instructors for doing an outstanding job teaching all different levels. A special thank-you to our volunteer Claire Holmberg for helping with guard start, we were so delighted to have her back to help this summer!

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A special thank-you to the Carroll County Farm Bureau for coming to the Family Fun Night on Friday July 3rd! Everyone enjoyed petting the farm animals, sitting in the big tractors, and a tasty sandwich! Everyone really enjoyed it and we are grateful for your time and resources!

Thank-you!

Couldn’t get your child into lessons because your summer was so jam packed with schedules? Call to schedule a private lesson with our qualified water safety instructors. Private lessons require a scheduled appointment, so please call 815-4938549 ext 10 or email checkman@golakecarroll.com to make yours!

Thinking of having an end of summer bash for you and your friends? Call today to reserve the pool for a private party! Provides lots of fun and great memories!

Please be aware that the week of August 17th we will have limited staffing 12pm4pm Monday-Friday. Adult supervision will be required from noon till four. However from 4pm-8pm lifeguards will be on duty. This does not apply for the weekends, just the last 2 weeks of August due to school starting. Outdoor pool is scheduled to close September 7th.

RECREATION EVENTS PAST First session of Kidz Camp took place June 22nd-June 26th. Thirty preschool kids and 30 big kids had a fun-filled week of different games and activities related to each theme of the day.

Fun-In-The-Sun weekend took place Friday July 24th- Sunday July 26th. See pictures in next month’s paper for all the fun that took place!

Family Fun Nights have been the place to be on Friday evenings at the pool. Check out the upcoming ones for August located on page 12B. Luau at the Beach will took place on August 1st. Hope you were able to join the fun!

Second session of Kidz Camp will take place August 3rd- August 7th Check out next month’s paper for pictures!

FUTURE Saturday October 10th LCA Halloween Party…put on your calendar!

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Dreams Come True At Lake Carroll

By Bob Froelich

Bob and Earlene Froelich are newcomers at Lake Carroll. Their dream was to move into a small friendly community, buy a ranch style home with at least 3 acres so that they could have their two horses Bo and Freja in their backyard. Five years ago, when they were planning their retirement, Earlene was diagnosed with stage 4 lymphoma. Earlene could not return to her job in Elgin as school social worker and Bob had to retire to care for her. After many prayers and a year of concern they thought their dream was dashed. However Earlene’s health returned and being in remission, they searched high and low for their dream home. A friend suggested Lake Carroll, and the rest is history.

The Froelich’s found their perfect home with three acres and the horses arrived the day after Earlene’s 70th birthday. Their dream became a reality and as a bonus they have made new best friends. When Bob was looking at the astronomically big job of fencing in two acres, low and behold Don Marrone, Tom Wienecke, and Frank Kratochvil showed up to help him. In two days the fence was up and is affectionately known as “The four old guys’ fence.” If you’re driving by 28-70 Lake Carroll Blvd, stop by and meet the girls.

Bob and Earlene Froelich (28-70), relatively newcomers to Lake Carroll, recently completed their move to LC by fencing in their equestrian lot and bringing their horses “home.”

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The LC pelican flock has been a very popular photo submission for our Members this spring and summer. Mark Ratay (27-52) watch as the flock grouped together to feed on something tasty.

With the frequent sightings of this pelican flock, I thought I’d provide a little information on this Jurassic-looking fowl.

There are more than half a dozen species of pelicans, but all of them have the famous throat pouch for which the birds are best known. These large birds use their elastic pouches to catch fish—though different species use it in different ways.

Many pelicans fish by swimming in cooperative groups. They may form a line or a “U” shape and drive fish into shallow water by beating their wings on the surface.

When fish congregate in the shallows, the pelicans simply scoop them up. ¬Sometimes pelicans tag along with other birds tracking their prey in the water, stealing the fish right from under them. They themselves are victims of pirating on occasion. It can take a few seconds for a pelican to drain all the water out of its pouch, during which time a gull -- often standing on the pelican’s head and pecking it as a distraction -darts into its open bill and steals the fish.

Pelicans do not store fish in their pouch, but simply use it to catch them and then tip it back to drain out water and swallow the fish immediately. The American white pelican can hold some 3 gallons of water in its bill. ¬ While most pelicans eat fish exclusively, they can be opportunistic feeders, eating lizards, frogs, crabs, and lobsters. Pelicans have even been observed eating smaller birds sometimes scooping up water in order to drown them before swallowing.

Aside from catching their prey, pelicans use their bill for other things. During courtship, male pelicans often stretch out and flap their pouches and clap their bills repeatedly. They may also lash out at rivals and other threats with the sharp hook at the end. Baby chicks are fed by both parents, who regurgitate partially digested fish for them to eat. Chicks that are old enough to eat whole fish but not yet ready to hunt may be seen “fishing” for dinner inside their parents’ pouches. Pelicans that live in warm climates sometimes open their bills and flap their pouches in order to cool down.

Fossil records show that pelicans have been around for more than 40 million years, so regardless of how weird the pouch might seem to us, it’s served the bird well. With the continued efforts of conservationists, hopefully pelicans will be around for a long time and continue to amaze and intrigue us.

Information from www.nationalgeographic.com and www.howstuffworks.com.

Facilities Update It’s August, which means summer staff is thinking about going back to school, we are all thinking about fall, cooler temperatures, and wishing we had played more golf or fished more this summer.

The Maintenance Department has been busy cleaning up from the rains this season, even into August. The weekly rains this June and July were great in filling up the lake when we needed it, but also created some erosion issues throughout the property that we have had to address. Some of the worst hit areas were on the ATV trail.

Erosion on the trails created huge ruts in areas that could not dry out with the recurring rains. In many of these areas we put bigger Shaun Nordlie rock in the ruts for a new base and then top dressed with smaller Facilities Director rock. Another area that we fixed was the crossing of the creek at Zier Pond. The strength of the water coming through that creek created a steep ditch that made going through the creek difficult for some of the bigger UTV’s. We added smaller rock to create a shelf in the water for driving and then reinforced the small rock with larger rock to make sure the next big rain didn’t ruin all of our work. There are more areas that we know we need to address that are hoping we get to this fall. I have asked for some additional money in 2016 to add culverts to the low spots on the north side the trail. I think these will move the water through the trail better and allow areas that do not see much sun light to dry out quicker.

We have also been doing a lot of work on the Pell Park creek. Water coming through the tube under the road continued to erode large areas of this creek this summer. The cement drainage shoot at the bottom of the hill collapsed in June. Water had carved out all the dirt underneath the cement until it collapsed. We filled in this area and created a new drainage area with rock. We also rebuilt the west wall of the creek just outside of the tube. New fabric and large rock were replaced to help stabilize the wall that takes a beating whenever we get heavy rains. We also had to rebuild an area at the mouth of the creek in Pell Park cove. This area just gave-way from the gushing water in June. For this we rebuilt the wall with smaller rock, then put our fabric down and large rock on top of the fabric. There is more to do in this area, but I am hopeful that this will help our problem for future rains.

The harvester has been going all out when it is not raining. As I am writing this article and watching the rain we have only had one week where the harvester has not missed at least one day of cutting because of rain. Despite the rain, by the end of this week we will still have gotten to all parts of the lake at least once. I am still taking requests, so if you have weeds at your lakefront, please call or email me to let me know (snordlie@golakecarroll.com). I will get you on the list and let you know when we will be in your area. Please remember the staff cannot get all the weeds under your dock and around your boats. The harvester is moved very easily by the wind and waves so they do not want to chance hitting a boat by getting too close. They still do a great job of cleaning up the shoreline when requested. I think it is going to be another long year for the harvester, which means we will be cutting weeds into September. Like last year, we will continue cutting until the requests stop or the season is coming to a close.

Board President Barb Anderson to Hold Second Town Hall Meeting On Saturday, September 19, 2015, our Board President will hold the second of two Town Hall Meetings which were scheduled in 2015. The meeting will be held in the LCA Conference Center and will begin at 9:00am. All Property Owners are invited to attend. This informal meeting will provide an opportunity to have an open dialogue directly with the Board President. There is no specific agenda or topic, no minutes, and no Board action. BOD President Barb Anderson will provide some insight as to her goals, updates on current Association matters, and welcome any questions you may have. Enjoy your summer and be sure to join us on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 9am at the Conference Center.

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Land Designation Proposal BOD and Bylaws Committee

Designation of various land parcels making up the Lake Carroll community is important for all Lake Carroll Association members as it keeps the use of land as intended. Permitted use of lots and parcels are normally identified in our Governing Documents, i.e. the Final Plat, the Declarations of Covenants and Restrictions and the Supplemental Declarations of Covenants for each Section of the Development. However, when those documents were filed at the County Recorder’s Office, several parcels were retained by the Developer. Subsequently, the parcels were conveyed to the Association but the formal steps called for in the Covenants of recording plats and Supplemental Declarations designating use were never done. The Board of Directors (BOD) would like to rectify the status of these parcels.

The BOD authorized the By-Laws Committee to address this situation and make recommendations. The Committee has conducted research involving legal input, field work at the Recorder’s Office, and consultation with Wendler Engineering. The transferred parcels are scattered throughout the community and include parts of the Golf Course, Clubhouse, Campground, Recreation Complex, Marinas, Hatchery, Lake and two undeveloped areas.

Land use had been informally established by the Developers and has been continued by the Association all these years.

The proposal is to seek membership approval at the 2015 Annual Meeting to execute and record Supplemental Declarations and plats for the parcels making them subject to the Covenants and formally designating land use that is in line with how the parcels have been used. Each parcel will be incorporated into a Section of the Development that it is adjacent to. The Supplemental Declarations and plats are being prepared and will be available for review on the LCA website. We anticipate that Members may have questions relating to this proposal. You may direct your questions to mschmieder@golakecarroll.com.

A&E Committee Members Needed

The A&E Committee is seeking new members. The mission of the A&E Committee is to review and approve plans for proposed construction, rip rap, septic systems and other improvements to lots, recommends building code rules and regulations to the Board for approval and enforces such rules and regulations. The Committee has authority to institute fees and fines in accordance with Board approved schedules. A qualified member of one of the allied physical design professions (civil engineer, architect, land planner, etc.) is included in its membership. The Lake Carroll building inspector shall work with the A/E Committee.

A background in construction is helpful to this committee.

If you are interested in applying to be considered for this committee, you can find the application on the general committee webpage at www.golakecarroll.com (you must be logged on to view and/or download the application) or you can pick up an application at the Admin Office. Return the completed application to Donna Beyer (editor@ golakecarroll.com or at the office) for processing.

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by Monday, August 31, 2015.

Ballot name order is determined by the order in which Petitions were time stamped.

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Friends of the Lanark Library

FLPL President Clausen distributes free ice cream treats to the crowd after the Old Settlers Day Parade in downtown Lanark as part of the organization’s tenth anniversary celebration. (Photo by Denise Krysiak)

To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Friends of the Lanark Public Library (FLPL), the group presented Library Director Janie Dollinger (center) with a picture containing ten $100 bills as part of their yearlong “Decade of Diligent Works” celebration. After distributing free ice cream treats to the crowd, FLPL President Marcia Clausen (right) thanked Dollinger for her tireless efforts to enhance the quality of life for the community as Lanark Public Library Board President JR Hunter (left) looked on. (Photo by Denise Krysiak)

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By

Jim Splitt

I just returned from the Club’s Annual FREE TRAIL RIDES event. Even though the forecasters predicted a hot, muggy day, it ended up not being as bad as predicted. We had a great time showing many new Lake Carroll residents a portion of our trail and catching up with a few that returned to see it again.

As promised last month, here are the winners from June’s Poker Run. Congratulations to: 1st place - Chris DeBoer 2nd place - Daniel DeBoer 3rd place - Logan Tipton Worst hand - Trina LaSourd Muddiest - tie Brittany Slaten and John Gap The trail sure has taken a beating with all the heavy rains we endured so far this summer.

I even ran into some trouble myself by submerging my ATV in one of the creeks after one particularly heavy rain storm. While I was able to pull my quad out of the water, I couldn’t get it all the way up the slippery bank. I was a little disappointed in one fellow trail rider and his friend in a side by side who saw me stuck from across the street and turned around without offering assistance. A big thanks to our Security Staff who pulled me the rest of the way out. Luckily I didn’t get a lot of water in the engine and was able to get my ATV running and ride home.

Once home, I had some work to do. Here are some of the things you need to do if you ever find yourself in the same situation: 1. Drain all the fluids - gas, oil, transmission, brake, etc.

2. Clean the carburetor and change the air, oil and fuel filters.

3. Take the plugs out of the engine and turn the motor over to force any water in the cylinder out. Water in other parts of the engine will come out with the oil.

4. Add oil to the engine and turn it over again, without the spark plugs in. Let it sit for a few minutes then check the oil to see if there’s any water remaining (it will look white milky if there is still water remaining). If it’s there, drain it again and start over until there is little or no white showing in the oil.

5. Now re-install the spark plugs, add gas, and try to start it. You should have a can of ether handy just in case it’s stubborn, but don’t use too much. If it starts, let it run for a couple of minutes without revving the engine.

6. After it runs for a few minutes shut it off, drain the oil and change the filter. Run it again for a few minutes then shut it off and check again for milky colored oil. If you have none you should be good to go.

7. If you can’t get it started, you may need to take your ATV to a professional.

Is it too early to start thinking about the Night Ride? It doesn’t seem to be. No matter what time of the year it is, the topic always seems to come up when I talk to other trail riders. This year the date is Saturday, October 17th. More details next month. A few short weeks after that is our final event of the year, the Pack the Pantry Ride on Saturday, November 7th.

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LC Yacht Club

By Darlene Benson

Thank you to the “PADDLERS” that attended the “YACHT CLUB KAYAK/ CANOE EVENT” on Sunday July 12th. There were 15 participants including a beautiful wooden “hand crafted” canoe by owner Ken Key and 1 paddle board owner, Alexa Patterson, who paddled round trip…you go girl!

We started the morning off with some breakfast treats to nourish our bodies to achieve our goal, paddling from the West Marina beach area to Turkey Bay (Three tubes) …WE DID IT!! Along the way we received cheers of encouragement from lake front owners plus heard some grumbling “wishing we had participated in the event also”. We encourage you to join us next year!

Once we arrived at Three Tubes we were able to stretch our legs, engage in refreshments and shared new ideas for next year’s event, before 5 paddlers proceeded on their return adventure.

We appreciated the assistance of Security along with Yacht Club members Mary &Clarence Grant and Val & Bob Kachlic for deviating lake traffic away from the paddlers.

“Anchors Away Award” goes to Anna Hennings and Teresa Lindsey who stayed on the water until 4pm enjoying the beautiful day!

The next Yacht Club event is VENETIAN NIGHT on AUGUST 8th. All property owners invited to participate! So light up your boat and join us at the West Marina. The Lady of the Lake will head us out of the West Marina and lead us on our parade route. A detailed flyer can be found elsewhere in this issue.

Need help on how to power your lights on your boat? There’s an article by Steve Gibus on the Yacht Club’s webpage at www.golakecarroll.com that may assist you.

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4-H FORECAST

By Leanne Rahn, Carroll County Program Coordinator, 4-H & Youth

Carroll County 4-H Federation Service Project The Carroll Co. 4-H Federation will be collecting school supply items and monetary donations now until August 10 to make Back Pack Bags for our local schools. During the week of the Carroll Co. Fair the Carroll County Federation 4-H’ers they will have a collection bin at the Carroll County Fair all week, Aug. 1-8, in our 4-H exhibit building. We would really appreciate it if families would bring any of items listed below and put them in the bin.

Items Needed: Pens, Pencils, Loose leaf paper, Folders, Colored pencils, Markers, Crayons, Ziploc bags, Rulers, Highlighters, Notebooks, Notecards, Water colors, Scissors, Dry erase markers, Binders, Kleenex, Pencil cases, Clorox wipes, Calculator, Book bags, Zip binders Thanks for supporting our efforts.

A Time for Many, Many Thank-You’s

To Keith and Jan Golden, who heard my cries for help and responded above and beyond.

To Luke Fossett and his team, who kept me calm and alert during what seemed like an eternity.

To Hunt Thomas, the Lanark Fire Department, Paramedics and First Responders, who responded with professionalism to the highest degree. You Rock!

You not only saved my foot, but possibly my life.

When an emergency happens, friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors always seem to shine.

Children’s Farm at the Carroll County Fair Thanks to All of you and my deepest gratitude.

The ever popular Children’s Farm will be returning to the Carroll Jim & Deb Stagno (25-81)

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Coming in September Watch for details for your chance to win a bow – retail value $1,000.

In addition, the winner will receive a quiver and Bowtech baseball hat.

Prizes donated by Tom Lefaivre, CEO, Anchor Harvey, Freeport, Illinois Raffle tickets will be available in September.

Winner will be announced at the Wildlife End of Season Banquet.

County Fair this year sponsored by the Carroll County 4-H, Carroll County Farm Bureau and Paula Adams Animal Display.

The Farm will be open Wednesday, August 5 thru Saturday, August 8 during the following hours. Wednesday will be 12:00 – 7:00 p.m., Thursday 4:30 – 7:30 p.m., Friday 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. and Saturday 12:00 – 3:00 p.m. Children will have the opportunity to see and pet traditional farm animals and learn about them – what they eat, how big they get, what we use them for. They will also get to do six different farm chores such as picking apples, milking a cow, finding a needle in a hay stack, digging for potatoes, gathering eggs and scooping manure. After chores are completed everyone gets to take home a fun pack of prizes and information.

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Highland Community College Foundation’s

“Woodstock” fundraiser to offer plenty of food and music FREEPORT — The Highland Community College Foundation’s Events and Auction Committee recently released the menu for Shindig V — “Woodstock,” to be held August 15 in Freeport.

Jim Berberet, Executive Director of the Foundation, said that Troy and Donna Lessman, of Shannon, will be preparing a wide array of foods for Shindig attendees.

A few items from the buffet include crab cake bites with artichoke tartar sauce, drunken weenies, ribs, and pork tenderloin sliders with BBQ and mango salsa on the side.

More healthy fare includes mushrooms (bacon wrapped and stuffed); skewers with watermelon, fresh mozzarella, prosciutto and mint (drizzled with balsamic vinegar and sprinkled with fresh ground black pepper), and assorted cheeses, dips and veggies.

Desserts include tie-dyed cupcakes, lemon strawberry dessert, “hash brownie” selection and much more.

Shindig V — “Woodstock” will be held at Woody Burt’s South Park Farm, south of Krape Park, in Freeport. Attendees, who hopefully will dress in their best 1969 attire, will experience a grand time, as well as fitting music and other treats, games and activities. Woodstock attire ranges from beads, headbands, neck scarves, and sunglasses to blankets, fringe and cutoffs and jeans.

The HCC Foundation will offer its very popular and competitive live and silent auctions.

Shindig V “Woodstock” begins at 5:00 p.m. with a silent auction. Live auction will begin at 7:00 p.m. with auctioneer Matt Hart of Sycamore.

Tickets are $50 per person and may be purchased by contacting the HCC Foundation at 815.599.3413 or online at highland.thankyou4caring. org. Seating will be limited.

Sponsors to date include Big Radio (platinum); Berner Food and Beverage, Helm Group, State Bank (gold); Union Savings Bank (silver); Forreston State Bank, and Olivet Nazarene University (bronze).

All sponsors and major donated auction items will receive special mention in advanced publicity, event-night signage and the auction program. Several levels of sponsorship are available, and cash contributions are welcomed. For more information, contact the HCC Foundation at 815.599.3406.

Proceeds from the event will benefit HCC Foundation’s “Growing for tomorrow… Changing lives today” campaign that supports the Ray and Betty Stamm Health Science Nursing Wing and Nursing and Allied Health programs, as well as the Wind Turbine Technology facility, additional occupational training and educational programs, and scholarships for students.

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We have moved out of state and must sell. This lot also comes with a deeded boat slip. We will exceed the Association's referral program and provide a $600 member referral incentive upon closing at full asking price if closed by July 15, 2015. See Isenhart Realty for the listing or email bandsklein@ yahoo.com.

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LOT FOR SALE: GREAT PRICE! Sect. 19 Lot 13 1 acre.

Only a 3 minute walk from back of property to outdoor and indoor Piano Tuning and swimming pools, skiing, Repairs since 1989. tubing and tennis. Beau3/519 Shady Lane tiful 360 degree Lake Carroll panoramic views from 630-248-3856 elevated lot with Maple BOATS / MOTORS and Blue Spruce trees.

Reduced to $19,500.

Call Dennis @ 847-8956695 1997 Glastron 17' runwww.lakecarroll19-13. about with 90hp Evincom rude Outboard. Eagle Location....Location Trailer & Water Skis & Tude w/ ropes inc.

SEC 4, LOT 175, over $4,800 Can be seen at 1/3 acre large lot Sec. 12-211. 779-770w/trees, Quiet cul-de- 7652 sac on Misty Ct. Beauti- Boat 4 Sale- Maxum ful 1st tier lot with unob- 1994 Runabout 20 ft. structed year round lake Clean/open bow/ 4.3L views, sloping lot on top Mercruiser, Escort Trailof hill, perfect for walk- er. Compression down out basement. Lot backs in 2 cylinders, but runs. up to 3.70 acre green- $3,200 OBO. Call BJ way towards lake and Miller at 815-493-6401 greenway on one side of or Jim at 708-873-1151 lot, close to golf course, or email at: conv. septic system ap- jtmass@msn.com proved, perc. test done Sept 2014. ASK $14,900 Sea Doos 4 Sale- 1999 GTX LTD 3 person – 2OBO. 630-453-8178.

Cylinders/2-Stroke/ 951cc. 2002 GTI 3 perSection 3 lot 494 on son – 2-Cylinders/2Shadylane 3 qtr. Acre Stroke/718cc. Trailer for lot. Back is to woods. above machines. $3,900 Best lot on the street! for all OBO. Contact Jim Asking $6,900 OBO 630- at 708-873-1151 or jtmass@msn.com 207-5845

A By-Laws Committee Invitation

by Merce Meyers

Each year the By-Laws Committee conducts an orientation program for Board of Directors candidates and interested LCA members entitled, “Quick Course in Finding your Way through the Governing Documents.” Candidates, Committee members and all members are invited to attend. The purpose of the program is to expand participants’ familiarity with the Association’s primary documents and the ability to use those documents to assess community issues. This course is scheduled for Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 9am in the Conference Center. Registration is required.

The By-Laws Committee encourages you to consider registering for this program. The program will include a power point presentation, a notebook of governing documents for each participant, hands-on exercises, and current issues. Registration is required. To register, please contact Merce Meyers at 815-493-2686, mercemeyers@yahoo. com or Bill Comstock, By-Laws Committee Chairman at 815-4932150, ace_prntr@yahoo.com.

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sweet A summer to remember, a journey she’ll never forget

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Private Benefit Screening for

Saturday, Sept. 26th Screenings at 1:00 and 3:00 pm at Timber Lake Playhouse Dine at Lake Carroll Clubhouse after the movie. Meet the directors, cast and crew.

Sweet 16 was shot entirely in Carroll County….did YOU make the cut?

PROJECT BLUELIGHT PRESENTS MAEVE ZOLKOWSKI MICHAEL OLAVSON PAUL D’ADDARIO RYAN WALSH PAIGE PEARSON ASHLEY BUETTNER “SWEET 16” CASTINGBY JENNIFER RUDNICKE C.S.A & MICKIE PASKAL C.S.A. PRODUCTION SOUND DIRECTOR OF MUSIC EDITED

BY MEGAN CARNES DESIGNER NICHOLAS FANELLI DESIGN BY JOHN CORBA BY GARY NOVAK AND RON ELTANAL PHOTOGRAPHY CHRIS VINOPAL PRODUCED WRITTEN DIRECTED

BY JOANNE ZIELINSKI & JOHN PSATHAS

BY GARY NOVAK

BY GARY NOVAK & JOANNE ZIELINSKI

More information to follow in September.

MORE DETAILS & REGISTRATION FORM ON 3B

CALL OR TEXT BOB Shannon, IL

608-921-3825

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RE/MAX TOWN LAKE & COUNTRY Each office independently owned and operated

21-78 LAKE CARROLL BLVD • LAKE CARROLL, IL

815-493-SOLD

Julie Wenzel Managing Broker

815-541-1001

juliewenzel@remax.net

Patti Kloepping Broker Associate

815-266-4020 pattik@remax.net

We Need Homes To Sell! Call us today for a FREE MARKET VALUATION NEW LISTING

25-62 Cottage Hill Ct.

Lake view with direct waterfront access. Custom built in 1993, the house was extensively renovated and upgraded in 2009. The gentle slope to the 193 ft waterfront makes it easy & convenient to walk to the boat docks.

NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

28-41 Southview

Perfect Lake front home! Gentle slope to the house and lake. Has great water. Lovely landscaping.

Custom built ranch home with fully exposed walkout and finished LL. Has 2 fireplaces.

4 Bedrooms - 3.5 Baths - 3,998 Sq. Ft.

3 Bedrooms - 3 Baths - 2,900 Sq. Ft.

$799,000

$619,000

28-11 Lake Carroll Blvd. NEW LISTING First time on the market, this is an incredible op-

27-59 Ridgeview

portunity to own a one-of-a-kind solid log home.

This is a 2.34 acre property with a partial Lake view and panoramic views. Has 32 X 32, cedar sided 3 car garage was just built Summer of 2013.

DEEDED SLIP INCLUDED AND VIEW OF LAKE CARROLL FROM THE HOUSE. Great 1st or retirement home at Lake Carroll. This home was built in 2007 and has been gently used.

3 Bedrooms - 3 Baths - 3,320 Sq. Ft.

4 Bedrooms - 2 Baths - 2,394 Sq. Ft.

$239,000

$349,900

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27-7 Shadow Ridge Dr.

Magnificent Log Home on spectacular 1.48 acre lakefront lot with 250´ of shoreline and fabulous views. 6 car garage.

5 Bedrooms - 4.5 Baths - 4,238 Sq. Ft.

$799,900

WATERFRONT

120´ SHORELINE

16-219 Stonehedge Dr.

4-38 Grandview Drive

22-12 Lakewood Ct.

2.44 acre wooded property, One of a kind custom Cedar home with all the extras. Screened porches, 3 fireplaces, extra storage building.

3 Bedrooms - 2.5 Baths - 3,348 Sq. Ft.

$449,000

Best of both worlds, lakefront and wooded.

Custom Built, Cedar with big exposure toward the lake. In a nice private cove.

4 Bedrooms - 2.5 Baths - 2,703 Sq. Ft.

New Price

$399,900

17-57 Lake View Circle

First Time EVER on market. Beautiful WATERFRONT lot with gentle slope. Exposed, walk out ranch. Near Golf Course.

4 Bedrooms - 2 Baths - 2,000 Sq. Ft.

$379,900

28-19 Southview Drive

27-19 Shadow Ridge Rd.

$295,900

$289,000

Custom cedar home, hardwood floors, cathedral ceilings, stone faced fireplace, 4 seasons room, full finished LL with walkout, 2 car garage

3 Bedrooms - 2.5 Baths - 2,532 Sq. Ft.

Finished LL with walk-out, 3 levels of living space, 2 car garage, cathedral ceiling & fireplace in the great room.

5 Bedrooms - 3 Baths - 3,544 Sq. Ft.

NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

DEEDED SLIP INCLUDED

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25-29 Old Mill Road

Immaculate BIG Tri Level with high panoramic view. On 2.38 acre lot.

4 Bedrooms - 3.5 Baths - 2,810 Sq. Ft.

$219,900

$329,000

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24-1 Lake Carroll Blvd.

Secluded wooded property, lovely 3 story home with unique details and abundant room.

3 Bedrooms - 3.5 Baths - 2,918 Sq. Ft.

GOLF COURSE

LAKE VIEW ON A GREENWAY

$374,500

1-36R Captains Drive

$349,900

26-49 Norwood

2.52 Acre wooded lot with 3 car garage, deeded boat slip, hardwood floors & finished LL with walkout.

3 Bedrooms - 3 Baths - 2,740 Sq. Ft.

New home on the golf course, hardwood floors, granite counters, Stainless steel appliances and main floor master suite.

3 Bedrooms - 2.5 Baths - 2,100 Sq. Ft.

Well maintained 4 bedroom ranch home on a large 1.67 acre lot with a partial view of the Lake.

4 Bedrooms - 3 Baths - 2,428 Sq. Ft.

GREAT PRICE

ON GOLF COURSE

GOLF COURSE

4-221R Beachcomber

1-213 Old Wharf Rd

$198,500

19-60 Woodland Ct.

4-208R Beachcomber

3 Bedrooms - 2 Baths - 1,591 Sq. Ft.

Tucked in the woods near ski hill.

Nearly new 3 bedroom ranch with 2 stall garage.

$179,900

Well priced Tri-Level on a beautiful double lot very near golf course and clubhouse. Has 3 season room.

$269,000

$269,000

3 Bedrooms - 2.5 Baths - 2,000 Sq. Ft.

Beautiful custom built cedar home built on a double lot, with full view of the 9th hole of the golf course.

2 Bedrooms - 3 Baths - 2,167 Sq. Ft.

On the golf course! Neat as a pin, easy weekender, offered furnished, 2 car oversized garage.

2 Bedrooms - 2 Baths - 1,092 Sq. Ft.

ON PRIVATE CUL-DE-SAC

JUST LIKE NEW INSIDE

WEEKEND RETREAT

18-5 Lake Carroll Blvd.

5-246 Heathcliff Dr.

$179,900

DEEDED BOAT SLIP

12-189R Briarwood.............................NEW PRICE $1,900 4-4&5 Grandview Dr................................................................$9,500 19-6 Timber Ridge Drive................................SOLD $11,500 15-5 Lake Carroll Blvd.........SALE PENDING $2,000 5-160R Heathcliff....................................................................$19,999 28-9 Colonial Court.....................NEW PRICE $14,900 5-194, 196 & 197 Healthcliff............................................... $2,000 25-36 Old Mill Rd..... . .. . .. .. . ................................................$24,900 25-7 Homewood Drive..........................................................$17,900 31-39 Wakonda............................................................................$2,700 25-37 Old Mill Rd.....................................................................$24,900 21-33 Forest Hill Drive.........................................................$24,900 22-5 Lakewood......................................................................... $27,500 19-61 Hidden Valley Dr...........NEW LISTING $4,900 25-38 Old Mill Rd.....................................................................$24,900 21-63 Lake Carroll Blvd..... . .. . .. . .. ........ .... .... .... ....... ..$43,500 5-142 Chadbourne ....................................................................$4,595 25-27 Old Mill Rd..........................LAKE VIEW $24,900

31-74 Country Club Ct..............NEW LISTING $7,800

A peaceful hideaway in the woods!

Beautiful deep woods surround this custom built home.

3 Bedrooms - 3 Baths - 2,644 Sq. Ft.

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5-38 Chadbourne........................................................................$1,700 23-112 Lake Carroll Blvd.......................................................$8,900

13-168R Spring Creek Drive................................................$5,900

19-50 Maplewood Ct.

155´ of water frontage, gentle slope to the docks, incredible 180 degree panoramic view of the Lake.

2 Bedrooms - 2.5 Baths - 2,126 Sq. Ft.

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LAKE CARROLL LOTS FOR SALE

12-140 Rosewood Lane............NEW LISTING $4,700

5-124 Sunrise Ct.

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Waterfront! Great price on this newly redecorated lakeside property.

Gentle slope to 77´of shoreline.

4 Bedrooms - 2 Baths - 2,276 Sq. Ft.

$349,900

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5-221 Heathcliff

ON THE WATER

LAKEFRONT LOTS

17-109 & 110 Hidden Cove...............................$39,900 4-40R Grandview..........................SOLD $99,900 23-31 Berkshire Ct................................................$149,900 24-55 Saddlewood.. . . . . . . . . NEW PRICE $165,000

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24-31 Coachman Ct

GREAT PRICE on this exposed ranch home tucked in the woods on 2.31 Acres!

4 Bedrooms - 2 Baths - 1540 Sq. Ft.

New Price $139,000

Completely renovated and all new inside.

Fabulous views.

3 Bedrooms - 2 Baths - 1,434 Sq. Ft.

New Price $139,000

Classic A-Frame vacation house with all the extras!

PERFECT 1ST LAKE CARROLL HOME.

2 Bedrooms - 1.5 Baths - 1,306 Sq. Ft.

$139,000

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