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Vol. 25 Issue 3

INSIDE THIS ISSUE Electric Shock Drowning

Electric Shock Drowning is being called a silent killer of recreational boaters, dock owners and people who enjoy being around the water. You can’t see it. You can’t hear it. But death and injury by electric shock around docks and boats is real. And it is preventable. Page 26

Restaurant roundup

See our annual restaurant roundup to find out about lakeside dining options

for the upcoming season. Several locations have reopened for the season and/or updated their facilities. Page 46

Southeast Louisiana

Despite hurricanes, floods, bad politics, modern technology and a world thirsty for oil making faster changes to the land and occupations of Southeast Louisiana, the old traditions in this part of the country move to a slower beat. Page 50 Also inside: Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . .

Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . .

Curb Appeal . . . . . . . . .

Design & Remodel . . . . . .

Fishing report . . . . . . . .

Glenn Burns . . . . . . . . . .

Lake Lanier Olympic Park .

Lake levels . . . . . . . . . .

Lanier map . . . . . . . . . .

Marinas information . . . .

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Outdoor activity calendar Sailing calendar . . . . . . .

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Executive Director of Gainesville Hall 96 Robyn Lynch and Lake Lanier Olympic Park Manager James Watson inspect the flooding at the Olympic tower. The structure sustained minor water damage on the first floor. For more information about last month’s flooding, see page 46.

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is published by Lanier Publishing, Inc., 3292 Thompson Bridge Rd. #250, Gainesville, GA 30506 (770) 287-1444 Publisher/Editor Alan Hope

Production Susan Nish Susan Daniel Creative, Inc. Senior Writer Pamela A. Keene

Contributing writers Jane Harrison, Millie Adcox

Columnists Glenn Burns, Steve Johnson, Vinnie Mendes, Ken Sturdivant, Sara Bagwell Travel Editor Bill Vanderford

Lakeside is published monthly by Lanier Publishing, Inc. based in Gainesville, GA, with distribution in some 300 locations around Lake Lanier and other areas. Opinions expressed by contributing writers are not necessarily those of Lakeside, its staff or its advertisers.

Manuscripts and photographs submitted will be considered for publication. Lakeside cannot be held responsible for such materials in case of damage or loss.

March 2019

Florida, Georgia answer Judge Kelly in water dispute

By Jane Harrison Florida and Georgia held their arguments to the court ordered limit and managed to squeeze in the same refutations and disagreements that have kept them from settling their water disputes for years.

In the 20-page limit set by Special Master Paul J. Kelley, Jr., both states discredited the other’s expert witnesses and quoted evidence supporting their claim to water in three rivers that flow from north Georgia into the Florida Panhandle.

The briefs, filed Jan. 31, the deadline set by Kelly, were the latest recorded activity stemming from Florida’s 2013 lawsuit blaming Georgia water use for the collapse of oyster fisheries in Apalachicola Bay. Florida seeks a cap on Georgia water use and reparations for economic and ecological damage it claims were caused largely by crop irrigation in South Georgia.

Florida also points a finger at Georgia’s metropolitan area and its growing needs for water.

The lawsuit has particular interest to metro Atlanta and Northeast Georgia, where water needs and economies are supplied by

Lake Lanier, the largest reservoir on the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, Flint river basin.

Kelly is the second special master appointed by the Supreme Court to recommend how to decide the case. The court replaced Special Master Ralph Lancaster, now deceased, in August after remanding the case to get answers to specific questions.

Kelly sought to get those answers in his demand for specifics footed in already recorded evidence. Florida cited testimony that increased Georgia water use, particularly agricultural irrigation on the Flint River, choked the Apalachicola River, causing increased salinity in Apalachicola Bay which needs fresh water inflow to nourish oyster beds. The Sunshine State asserted that an increase of stream flow of 1,500 to 2,000 cubic feet per second “is reasonably likely to benefit Florida significantly.”

Florida claims Georgia could minimize the cost of water cutbacks to farmers by “increasing irrigation efficiency, drilling deeper irrigation wells to lower aquifers which do not affect river flow, paying farmers not to irrigate in particular years (as Geor-

gia law already contemplates), or permanently buying back farmers’ irrigation rights for some or all of their acreage.”

Georgia refuted Florida’s statements, first declaring that Florida did not prove oyster mortality was influenced by flows on the Apalachicola River. It pointed to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ activity on the rivers, such as dredging the middle section of the Apalachicola, as possible cause of

salinity.

Georgia cited evidence that “when dredging, the Corps removed sand from the bottom of the Apalachicola River and pumped it onto the floodplain forest, which ‘killed everything that lived under it.”

Additionally, Peach State attorneys asserted that Georgia’s total consumptive use in the basin is a small fraction of total stream See Water, page 12

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ONE OF 3 CONTIGUOUS LOTS that can be purchased together or individually. Great cove w/view to open water, 4 miles to Gainesville, mostly hdwds, gentle slope to lake. Lot has lake access; on a beautiful and convenient part of Lake Lanier. Keep your boat at home & launch at Robinson Park only a 5 min drive away.

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3BR/2BA WITH DEEP WATER! The HUGE living room and kitchen combination is the perfect spot to make memories. This home has an additional room being used as a bedroom that would also make a great bunk room! Enjoy a level walk to a doubleslip dock with a party deck! 435K (Hall)

3BR/3 BA- Newer Construction home on Lake Lanier w/ wide open floor plan. GREAT for entertaining. Lrg master & 2nd BR on main. Granite c’tops, HUGE breakfast bar. Terrace level w/ rec room, BR, BA. LARGE laundry room. Fully fenced yard. Easy walk to SS dock. Great location on the lake to either head north or south to the restaurants. $439K (Forsyth)

AMAZING 2BR/2BA cottage w/lake view on 1.85 acres that can stay as a guest house when you build your forever home! Large grassy lawn. This charming home has made use of every nook and cranny. You'll love the HUGE and bright sunroom for a morning cup of coffee, a glass of wine or dining al fresco with friends. You won't stop smiling once you walk thru the door. EASY walk to the SS dock w party deck. $425K (Hall)

ONE OF 3 CONTIGUOUS LOTS that can be purchased together or individually. Great cove w/view to open water, 4 miles to Gainesville, mostly hdwds, gentle slope to lake. Lot has lake access; on a beautiful and convenient part of Lake Lanier. Keep your boat at home & launch at Robinson Park only a 5 min drive away.

Build your dream home & walk to the lake to paddle board, kayak & canoe. REDUCED $49,900 (Hall)

ONE OF 3 CONTIGUOUS LOTS that can be purchased together or individually. Great cove w/view to open water, 4 miles to Gainesville, mostly hdwds, gentle slope to lake. Lot has lake access; on a beautiful and convenient part of Lake Lanier. Keep your boat at home & launch at Robinson Park only a 5 min drive away.

Build your dream home & walk to the lake to paddle board, kayak & canoe. REDUCED $49,900 (Hall)

WONDERFUL 3/2 town home at Hideaway Bay Marina. Updated kitchen and living room. Walk to downtown Flowery Branch or to Fishtales on the water.You aren't just buying a really cool town house, you are buying a lifestyle! (Hall) REDUCED $163,988

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Watermark Cove

NEW LISTING - Build your dream home on this water lot in Harbour Point Subdivision with great lake views. Dock Slips Available. $175K (Hall)

1 SINGLE SLIP COVERED DOCK with REALLY LOW Corp line!! Bring your builder & either build 1 larger home or 2 homes. Recent level 3 soil tests & a plat available. SO close to shopping yet you'll feel like you are a million miles away! Start living your dream today on Lake Lanier.

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FREE DEEDED SLIP in 24 Slip dock. 1.302.63 acres lots. Gated subdivision. Interior and lakefront lots. $89K-$180K Gainesville (Hall)

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5380 Jones Circle, Gainesville

GREAT MID-LAKE DEEP WATER Lake Lanier lot waiting for you to build your new home or have a boat slip in DEEP water and not have to pay marina fees.

This is a shared double slip dock and this lot has 1 of the slips. This lot never lost water in the worst drought!

REDUCED $135K (Forsyth)

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING rare 2.03 acre deep water lot with one of the few beaches on Lake Lanier! Home built in 1964 - keep the home or build your dream home! Single Slip covered dock w/ view & always deep water.

Permitted road down to the dock! Adjacent lot for sale, perfect for family build! $499K (Hall)

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69 Overlook Court, Dawsonville

CHARMING house on Lake Lanier! Open floor plan on the main level with hardwood floors. The covered dock in deep water is just a short walk away through your large backyard.

Large deck and porches; oversized suite above the garage!

One year home warranty. Conveniently located just a few miles near GA 400 where you will find food and shopping.

3BR/3BA. $349,900 (Dawson)

6489 Portside Way, Flowery Branch

2 Lots Ranging From $149K-199K

ONLY 2 LOTS LEFT. Mark Trail. New survey at office. 2 lots with 2 dock permits on north end of Lake Lanier w/ sunset views! GREAT DEAL! $149$199K (Hall)

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2277 Sidney Drive, Gainesville

LAKE LANIER waterfront living with amazing views in Sidney on Lanier. Short meandering walk to very deep water (20'+) w/ a 26' x 32' gable roof dock.

2 stories of windows on back of the home; elegant master on the main floor. This 3/3.5 home has many extas. 2nd story study over garage, full unfinished bsmt, 3 car garage, 17' x 26' pool, landscaping w/palm trees. 1.1 acres on Lake Lanier. $979K (Hall)

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Stunning 4-sided brick with maintenance-free Pastelcote coating & spacious fenced yard located in The Point of the prestigious Chattahoochee Country Club community.

This lakefront estate is just a few feet from Lanier with a party dock that never went dry, even in the big drought. Enjoy close-up lake views while relaxing by the heated saline pool or roasting marshmallows in the outdoor fireplace. Main floor kitchen features pro appliances & top quality everything. Terrace could be in-law suite with it's own upscale bar/kitchen, game room, theater, gym, craft room, wine cellar & more! $1.595m

One of Lanier’s newest luxury estates

Summer Crest on Lake Lanier is a premier gated community in north Gainesville. Each of the 6 homes has a slip on the state-of-the-art dock. Enjoy the easy cart ride to the shared marina on deep, drought-proof water. Unlike other lux communities, Summer Crest residents are allowed to keep RVs & boat trailers on their property (out of sight).

Located in the sought-after Mount Vernon/North Hall school district & minutes to town.

The Wyndsor plan is currently under construction on a massive 3.49 acre lot with almost 500’ of shoreline! Once completed, this beautiful craftsman home will be approximately 3,334 sf. with 3 BR & 3.5 BA. $995k

Tucked away getaway

Beautifully private lakefront home in great swim/tennis community. Move-in ready with new roof, fresh interior paint & new carpet throughout. Short path to doubleslip dock in very deep water. Features include super spacious master suite with private balcony, large secondary BRs & unique Juliet balcony from BR/ office + vaulted ceiling. Lovely fenced back yard, freshly sodded, perfect for lake dogs & little ones. Fabulous finished terrace level, ready for hosting summer gatherings on the lake. Excellent location, minutes to GA 400. $519.9k

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Lux peninsula home

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$1,795,000 • NEW LISTING! South Lake

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large private lot! 6BR’s/6B’s/and 2 half

baths. 3 finished levels. Quality built &

maintained. Multiple decks/screen porch

& sleeping porch. Twin slip party dock in deep water, quiet, protected cove. 7095 Shadow Lane

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$1,199,000 • STUNNING SPACIOUS EUROPEAN HOME W/MAGNIFICENT OPEN WATER VIEWS! Private s-slip party dock. Deep water! 5BR’s, 4.5 Baths, light ad bright granite kitchen w/island, open plan, master suite on main, finished terrace level GR/FP, w/mini kitchen, 2nd master, game room, bonus. Upscale lake n’hood w/tennis courts. FMLS#6118824 9245 Mainsail Drive

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$850,000 • 8.5 ACRES, HISTORIC RE-STORED FARMHOUSE AND TWO DOCKS. Develop or enjoy the estate property. Beautiful deep water at docks. FMLS#6029681 121 Julian Farm Road

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$1,595,000 • SOUTH LAKE. 4.6+/- acres with over 1000 ft of shoreline just min to GA400! Oversized twin slip

Dock w/grandfathered patio on the water! Large home w/pool ready for your updates. Two tracts, develop, build

or enjoy the privacy! 1225 Timberlake Trl Cumming. 1225 Timberlake Trail

$890,000 • NEW PRICE! PRIVATE RESORT SITUATED IN A GATED NORTH HALL SUBDIVISION! 6BR/5BA, over 8000 ft of living space. 1.41 acre yard with oversize pool, fire pit & grill area w/bar seating. FMLS#6058675 4644 Manor Drive Stephanie Gillespie 770-654-4161

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$799,000 • THIS LAKE LANIER HOME CAN ACCOMMODATE BEAUTIFULLY AS A FULL-TIME RESIDENCE OR WEEKEND OASIS. Full kitchen and inlaw suite on terrace level. Entertain on the back deck while enjoying sunset vws over the lake. Deep water double slip dock. Updated kitchen and beautiful hardwoods in main living areas. Impressive picture windows throughout to showcase Lake Lanier views. 4911 Chatham Walk

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$859,900 • SOUGHT AFTER N HALL SCHOOLS! Stunning 2007 custom built. All brick well maintained ranch on fin. terrace level. 4BR/5.5Baths. 2nd BR suite on main. 5th BR/study w/full bath. Screen porch. Lake views & flat walk to deep water boathouse/party deck. 32x32 permit. Small gated lake n’hood 5 minutes to schools. Rm for pool. FMLS# 5965487. 4458 Flagship Dr

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$699,000 • DRIVE UP TO THIS IMPRESSIVE HOUSE AND YOU'LL WANT TO CALL IT HOME! 4BR/ 3.5 BA, granite kitch open to great rm. Privacy, seasonal views of lake.

Upstairs loft & BRS. Finished media rm on terrace level. Swim/tennis lake community w/Lake Lanier parks, restaurants & boat ramps within minutes. FMLS# 5952750 4150 Palmetto Dune Nicole Columbo 678-858-0265

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$675,000 • PICTURE PERFECT 3/3.5 LAKE HOME! Deep water party dock! Perfect 2nd home or primary for small family.

8545 Anchor on Lanier Court, Gainesville

$637,000 • FANTASTIC 3.19+/1 ACRE LAKE LOT w/newer aluminum twin slip party dock! Privacy on cul de sac with other estate homes. Build your dream home just minutes to I985, DT Gainesville, hospital, N Hall schools & Lakeview Academy.

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$574,500 • BREATHTAKING VIEWS FROM THIS LEVEL LAKE-

FRONT PROPERTY MADE FOR ENTERTAINING ON SIX MILE

CREEK! Room for a pool. Peaceful lake n'hood with boat ramp

& Port Royale Marina close by. FMLS# 6082832 7085 Collins Point Road

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$470,000 • BEAUTIFUL GOLF COTTAGE IN CHESTATEE ON THE 18TH HOLE! 5BR/3.5B, master on main w/ newly renovated bath. Finished terrace w/ kitchen & in-law suite, fenced back yard. Great neighborhood amenities & marina. FMLS# 6082588 1011 Dogwood Way Stephanie Gillespie 770-6544161

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$339,900 • PRIVACY & TRANQUILITY ON LANIER! Nestled in the woods, this storybook cottage is the perfect relaxing get-a-way.

Single-slip dock. A nature lover's delight! 3BR/2.5BA. FMLS# 5906215 7628 Pine Place Stephanie Gillespie 770.654.4161

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$550,000 • GORGEOUS 1.6 ACRE ESTATE LOT ON LAKE LANIER with magnificent year round long range views and a single slip dock. Located between two million dollar homes in a quiet and peaceful area. Private drive to the dock. 3425 Green Apple Road, Gainesville

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$459,900 • NORTH HALL 4BR/3BA BRICK RANCH with finished terrace level, grandfathered boathouse in a quiet cove, convenient to downtown Gainesville, $50K in upgrades including new roof/gutters, windows, HVAC, paint, floors on main level, appliances and landscaping! FMLS# 6022842 3327 Hickory Point

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$350,000 • BEAUTIFUL FORSYTH COUNTY LAKE LANIER LOT W/ GENTLE, NEARLY FLAT WALK TO THE LAKE! Gorgeous views, low Corps Line & mowing permit. New Wahoo single slip dock is in deep water. Lot has already been site plan approved and has a new septic system installed for a 3 BR home. FMLS# 6082463 8465 Lynn Drive, Gainesville

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$629,000 • FANTASTIC BUFORD SOUTH LAKE LOCATION ON 2.2 ACRE ESTATE SIZED LOT! Totally renovated from top to bottom! Gorgeous, private gentle lot w/grandfathered road to dock on left side, walk or drive! 32'X 32' twin slip dock. Close to restaurants; 5 mins to Margaritaville by boat! FMLS# 6024328 6370 Old Shadburn Ferry Rd. Nicole Columbo 678.858.0265

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$529,000 • FANTASTIC VALUE IN HARBOUR POINT! Move in ready 5 bedroom/4.5 bath, two finished terrace levels, 3 car

garage, $35K boat slip available. FMLS# 6056150 3469 Maritime Glen

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$624,000 • NEW PRICE! GORGEOUS VIEWS AND DEEP WATER! Spacious 5 bedroom/4.5 bath in North Hall with twin slip dock!

Many updates, including kitchen and finished terrace level.

FMLS# 6028196 2734 Bridgewater Drive

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$499,000 • PERFECT HOMESITE! Premier South lake location.

Awesome views and deep water. 190 feet of Corps frontage.

Single slip dock in place. Great Flowery Branch n'hood with views of Sunrise Cove Marina & close to lake restaurants and LL Islands. 6147 North Point Drive

ON DAWS

$459,000 • BUILT IN 2006. 3BR/2.5B on unfinished terrace level. Open plan, granite counters, hardwood floors, Fireplace, 3 decks! Short walk to deep water single-slip dock. 6745 Thunder Trail

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$379,000 • ADORABLE WELL MAINTAINED 4BR/2.5B lake home w/single slip dock in protected cove. Great Views! Unfinished terrace level. Ready for summer fun! 58 Longview Drive

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ROGERS BAY ON LAKE LANIER SUBDIVISION - Great location in the North Hall school district, 10 minutes to downtown Gainesville, NE Georgia Hospital and I-985. Each lot has a deeded covered slip included in the community dock deep water, with running water, electric and a swim deck. We have the following 2 point lots for sale in this community.

Contact Stephanie Gillespie 770-654-4161 or Sheila Davis 770-235-6907. $249,000 • Lot #11, 4238 Bayridge Drive, 200’ water frontage, 1.07 acres, FMLS# 5958292 $189,000 • Lot #10, 4244 Bayridge Drive, 324’ ofwater frontage, 1.06 acres, FMLS# 5896811

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Change of watch for America’s Boating Club/Atlanta

By Pamela A. Keene The new bridge officers for America’s Boating Club/Atlanta, formerly the Atlanta Sail and Power Squadron, brought in new leadership in February for the 250-member organization based on Lake Lanier.

The organization hosted a luncheon at University Yacht Club for the event that was attended by nearly 70 members and guests, including representatives from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, the Lake Lanier Association and the US

Coast Guard Auxiliary.

Barbara Tyson was sworn in as ABC/A Commander. Other officers for 2019 include Dave Fuller, executive officer; Margaret Sherrod, educational officer; Rhodes Lee, administrative officer; Donna Odum, secretary; and John Reichmann, treasurer.

Ken Odum is assistant education officer and Malcolm Douglas is assistant administrative officer.

Outgoing commander Eric Ringwall See Change, page 54

"Two Mile Creek Bridge, Lake Lanier" - by Anne Brodie Hill

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New officers: Commander Barbara Tyson, Educational Officer Margaret Sherrod, Treasurer John Reichmann, Assistant Educational Officer Ken Odum, Secretary Donna Odum, Executive Officer Dave Fuller, and Assistant to the Administrative Officer Malcolm Douglas. Not pictured: Administrative Officer Rhodes Lee.

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The Southern Fishing Report by Ken Sturdivant

A sampling of fishing information and tips from area guides Lake level: About 5 feet above full pool of 1071.

Clarity: Creeks are stained, main lake, clear, up lake coves are very stained.

Temperature: 50s.

Note: Various ramps and parks around the lake are now closed due to high water. And debris is widespread across the lake.

General fishing: Wow! The lake conditions have changed dramatically in recent days. Currently the lake stands at five feet over full pool. Please be careful of floating debris when navigating the lake.

A worm has been our best bet for catching fishing recently. We have been working this bait on rocky points at the mouths of pockets and creeks. Also, a shallow to medium diver like the Castaway 1.5 Shad crank has been good when the wind is blowing. Work the crank baits on shallow rock points and clay banks, both in creeks and on the main lake.

Some days the trees in the lake (due to flooding) are holding fish as well, so make sure to make

some casts to those pieces of flooded cover.

This report is filed by Jimbo Mathley, www.jimboonlanier.com, 770-542-7764.

News: Ken Sturdivant, Lowrance Pro Staff, will be at the Bass Pro Shops in Lawrenceville on March, 9, 17, 23 and 30 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Dates and times are subject to change without notice.

Also, Sturdivant offers a class called “Rods, Reels, and Lures for Bass.” Participants may learn how to use all tackle for largemouth and spotted bass. Other topics include spinning and bait casting equipment as well as a wide variety of lures to catch bass year round.

Sturdivant also reveals some of the new lures and tactics, like the drop shot rig.

Top water lures all the way to spoons, jigs and worms are covered in this eight hour class.

Other topics include: • Trick worms, Pop R’s and buzz baits on top water • Crank baits large and small and how to tune them

• How and where to fish with spinner baits, jigs and worms.

• The Carolina rig and the Texas rig as well as the jig and pig • Fishing with spoons.

Sturdivant also offers a “Sonar

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Power settings, fish ID and more

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he said. “Quiet Dock is a simple idea, but it really solves the issue and keeps your dock quiet.”

Rockett, who has a background mechanical and electrical engineering, has worked in the battery industry for 40 years. He holds three patents and has applied for a patent for Quiet Dock. He and his wife Quiet Dock.

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Judge Lancaster hoped to see water dispute settled 12 LAKESIDE

March 2019

By Jane Harrison In 2015, Ralph Ivan Lancaster, Jr. half quipped that he hoped to “live long enough” to see Florida and Georgia come to terms in their longstanding water Lancaster dispute.

He did not.

The former Special Master appointed by the Supreme Court in 2014 to help guide the states to justice died Jan. 22 at home in Maine with his wife, Mary Lou, at his side. He was 88.

In his four years overseeing Florida v. Georgia, Lancaster displayed the fairness, veracity, and dedication to the law that earned him an unprecedented four Special Master appointments from the High Court. His wit, mental acuity and cordiality came out in thousands of pages of court transcripts read by reporters who followed the case and by states’ attorneys and colleagues with whom he communicated regularly.

Lancaster trod a rough path

from his Depression Era beginnings to eventually stand before the U.S. Supreme Court and the International Court of Justice in the Hague.

Yet, he did not mention personal achievements in the obituary he wrote for his hometown paper, The Portland Press Herald.

“Material matters pale into insignificance when compared to the love of family and friends,” he wrote. He also expressed a simple philosophy that under gird his days: “I loved life and believed that you should live fully in the moment. I believed that laughter is the leaven of life.”

He began his 60-plus years at Portland’s Pierce Atwood LLP – the first and only legal firm he ever worked for – and rose to become a courtroom fixture in Maine and all over the country.

Maine’s chief justice hailed him “the Lion of the Maine bar.”

Pierce Atwood managing partner David Barry told Maine Public Radio, “What separated him from so many of the rest of us, was he was terrifically smart and had an unsurpassed and almost intimidating work ethic."

A Nov. 2016 Lakeside profile on Lancaster provided some back story on what drove Lancaster’s hammer and sharpened his views on life and the law. Raised by a great aunt and uncle after his mother died when he was three, he drove a garbage truck, installed roofing, peddled encyclopedias, sold movie tickets, kept bar, and clerked to support family and pay for law school.

Described as cheerful, gentlemanly, affable, tireless, openminded, quick to grasp and sift complex issues, and extraordinarily prompt and fair, the prominent

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flow and that Florida used “flawed and unreliable method” to calculate Georgia’s water use, greatly exaggerating its actual consumption.

Georgia further contrasted the huge economic footprint of the ACF basin in Georgia with the tiny fishing economy of Apalachicola Bay. Georgia’s

Maine legal expert possessed the attributes sought out by the High Court and cherished by friends interviewed for the Lakeside story.

While overseeing GeorgiaFlorida water case, he repeatedly urged Florida and Georgia to settle. “Let me warn you that this isn’t the last time you’re going to hear this drum beat. I have tried a lot of cases over my career. I have

never regretted one I have settled,” he told states attorneys shortly after his appointment. The warring parties declined and the battle continues under a new special master appointed in Aug. 2018.

Lancaster is survived by his wife, three daughters, three sons, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

brief states, “In the ACF Basin, Georgia accounts for more than 92% of population, 96% of employment and 99% of economic activity,” plus it produces $283 billion in gross revenue a year. In contrast, the Apalachicola fishing industry generates $11.7 in revenue per year and supports a population less than a fifth the size of

Georgia’s in the basin.

Georgia concluded “capping Georgia’s water consumption in the ACF Basin would provide negligible benefits to Florida” and quoted testimony that “benefits to Florida’s oyster and blue crab industries under a cap of Georgia’s water use would be approximately $40,000.”

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LAKE LANIER OLYMPIC PARK

New LCKC coach brings global experience to help local athletes

By Jane Harrison New Lanier Canoe & Kayak Head Coach Szolt Szadovszki blends Eastern European athletic discipline with Hawaiian warmth in a coaching style that pushes Olympic aspirants and encourages those who paddle for solely for fitness and camaraderie.

The Hungarian native and former Hawaii Canoe & Kayak team coach sees his role as “watering the seeds and helping them grow … whatever kind of flower blooms is up to them.” The lifelong paddler and two time sprint kayak World Championships silver medalist started tending the crop of young athletes early this year, first asking them to write down their goals. In mid-February he focused on “learning the individuals” in order to develop training plans to bring them into bloom.

LCKC selected Szadovszki to replace Kalen Scholz, who served two years as coach and program director. The new hire oversees sprint team training, while long time LCKC member Jim O’Dell assumes the role of program director and Dragon Boat Team head coach. Szadovszki also coaches the American Canoe Association sprint team and plans to

train its members at Lake Lanier Olympic Park this summer. He said 10 LCKC athletes show potential for making the U.S. National Team, which has two major competitions coming up at LLOP: team trials in April and the National Championships in August.

At a recent interview in his boathouse office, Szadovszki pointed to a dry erase board on which he intends to mark his athletes’ goals. “Two weeks ago I asked athletes to think about the goals they want to chase at any level, national, international or just to be fit. All three require different input,” he said. The boards will show the times they’ll need to hit to accomplish their goal.

It’s important athletes realize that “not everyone gets the gold … most of all, be the best for yourself, not necessarily the best in the world,” he said.

Szadovszki, 45, accepted the LCKC position after a 10-year stay in Hawaii where he trained individual paddlers and began coaching the Hawaiian team in 2013. He moved to nearby Jefferson, about 30 miles from LLOP, Jan. 1 and felt the grey, cold of winter in North Georgia. “I went shopping and bought some warmer clothes … I became soft

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LCKC new Head Coach Szolt Szadovszki.

in Hawaii,” he chuckled.

He’s acclimating his coaching style from Hawaii’s year-round balminess to the constantly changing conditions on Lanier.

He doesn’t put athletes on the water unless the air temperature gets into the mid- to upper-50s.

He believes cold tenses up muscles, resulting in poor form. And, when athletes pile on layers of warm clothing, the bulk thwarts proper technique.

So, until the weather warms up, his 24 athletes are running, swimming, and circuit training at

Polar Bears make the leap a little late this year

a local fitness center. He sends them down the boathouse hall to the Lanier Rowing Club’s headquarters to build endurance on rowing ergs. To perfect paddling technique, he guides them with repeat “slow mo” movement.

“We’re building the engine off the water, so when we hit the water with the right technique it will work well,” he said.

He believes dwelling in a fourseason climate forges a work ethic different from that in the paradise-like environment in Hawaii where kids can surf all morning and then come to practice. But he counts lessons from the Pacific high among influences in his life. The ups, downs, bursts of power and doldrums taught him how to balance discipline and hard work with sheer joy of the sport. “You’ve got to enjoy it,” said the athlete who almost put his paddles away for good.

Born in Budapest, Hungary’s capitol, Szadovszki took to the water at age 7. “I pretty quickly knew I was a kayaker,” he said.

“By 15 or 16 years, that was my life, my profession. The system is different there” in a culture that supports some of the world’s strongest paddlers. At 16, he got club and government compensation for food and gas money. “I made more money per month than my mother, a pharmacist.”

Compare that, he said, with American paddlers who finance their own trips to race venues.

While on the Hungarian National Team, Szadovszki traveled to training camps in Florida. “I fell in love with the place,” he said. He extended his stays with

summer visits with relatives in Chicago. In 2001, after missing a chance to go to the Sydney Olympics by less than half a second, he left the Hungarian team, retired from the sport, tired and disappointed. He stayed in Chicago, got his Green Card, and took “time to find the things I had left behind in my life (from a non sport perspective),” he wrote in an on-line biography.

Eventually the lure of the ocean drew him to San Francisco, where he took up ocean kayak and surf ski, riding the waves to a strong reputation as elite marathon paddler. He felt Hawaii’s pull after paddling a 32mile race between two islands. In 2008, he packed up, moved to Hawaii, started training individuals, and answered the Hawaii team’s call to coach. He remained until the Lanier job.

He sees Lanier as a potential site for a water sport “academy,” where aquatic athletes of all kinds can rise up. It’s one of the world’s best places to train, he said. Unlike the ocean, it’s flat, “but it’s not boring. It’s interesting,” he said. “It almost feels like a river, but it’s a lake” surrounded by forests “where you can hide from the wind” and lined at places by “beautiful houses.”

The man who seems to absorb knowledge from water also recognizes the importance of traditional education to the youngsters he coaches. If they want to leave the team for college, he urges them to do so, with kayak in tow.

They can paddle when they can – possibly alongside a college rowSee Coach, page 16

LAKE LANIER OLYMPIC PARK INFO

Lake Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club

PHOTOS BY JANE HARRISON

Polar Bears at Lake Lanier Olympic Park got a late start leaping into 2019 on a cold, gray February afternoon. Seventeen jumpers plunged into the 45-degree lake Feb 9 in the Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club’s 19th Annual Polar Bear Plunge. The club postponed the fundraiser traditionally held on New Year’s Day due to high water at the Olympic venue. Above, the Parsons family from Flowery Branch are about to hit the water. Their team effort won the Best Splash Award. Other award winners: Best Jump, Greg Owen and Elisabeth Clausen (tie), Snellville; Best Costume, Tom Diaz, aka “The Penguin,” Atlanta (left); Oldest Jumper/19th Polar Bear Plunge, George Wangemann; Youngest Jumper, Arianna Jeffrey; Most Appreciated Rower, Henry Kannapell.

Contact: Office Administrator, Jackie Hutton; LCKC President, Blair Hickerson Phone: 770-287-7888/Website: www.lckc.org Calendar of events: Mar. 16 - Lula Bridge Race Mar. 25 - Beginner Racing League Open House

Lake Lanier Rowing Club

Contact: LLRC President, Terry Sylvester Phone: 770-287-0077/Website: www.LakeLanierRowing.org Calendar of events: Thru March - Winter/Spring Training Mar 23-24 - John Hunter Regatta

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Things are not always what they seem in Atlantic City

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Back in the mid 1980s I was living in New Jersey and sailing as much as I could both on my own boat and as crew on a J-24 with my buddy Chris and an Ericson 39. Donald Trump had just opened his “Trump Marina Casino” in Atlantic City and was sponsoring the J-24 Nationals, a major sailboat race. It was a good deal, with the entry fee including free launching of the boat, a slip right in front of the hotel plus as many crew rooms as we wanted with a great view of the marina and bay beyond. The only down side was you had to walk all the way through the casino floor the get to your room. This would be tempting for someone with a gambling addiction but we just enjoyed the gongs and flashing lights for free.

I was to help Chris trail his boat down to Atlantic City and serve as winch grinder and tactician in his crew of four hard partying sailors. We set out on the 75-mile drive down the Garden State Parkway in a two-vehicle caravan with him towing the boat in the lead and me following behind in my car.

About a half hour into the trip, it began to look like the boat was

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down to A/C. The racing was uneventful Vinnie until the third day when we had 8 Mendes to 10 knots of breeze and a light chop. The best way to sail in On the those conditions was to get all the Water available weight sitting down on the cabin sole right on top of the keel. We did this and were doing quite well when the skipper getting closer and closer to me. I (viewing the mass of humanity) signaled him to pull over and as I mentioned that he was worried had suspected, the boat had that we might be over the weight shifted back about two feet on the limit. He made sure that each trailer and was in danger of time we sailed past the Race falling off entirely! He did not Committee boat everyone was know that someone had borrowed down below leaving only him on his trailer and reset the jacks that deck as he “sucked in his gut.” support the boat without telling We finished in second place and him. We were miles away from knew we would be challenged, so any crane that could lift the J-24 as soon as we hit the dock everyback where it belonged. So we one disappeared except for the tied a line between each winch skipper who hired a couple of and the front of the trailer, tightkids to wash down the boat as he ening them as much as possible put her away. As it was, no one and cranking up on the rear jacks challenged us on weight and we as hard as we could. I followed at actually got away with it! a distance as he drove a few miles The wife of one of the crew down the road. We pulled over to members was planning to come check and as we had hoped, the down that night and the crew boat had moved forward a couple member asked me where to take of inches. We repeated the proce- her for dinner. I knew the area dure every few miles until the quite well as I had worked for a boat was back where she becompany located nearby. There is longed and then continued safely no really nice place to eat in At-

lantic City so we’d take all our important clients to a four-star restaurant a few miles out of town. He made a reservation and had quite an experience. Out on the water next day all he would talk about was the amazing time they’d had last night. He gushed about the delicious food and halfway through dinner “who came and sat at the table right next too theirs but Joan Rivers and her entire entourage! She was so witty and she was so glamorous and she was so funny and she was so beautiful and he really wanted to get her autograph but didn’t have the guts to ask her ... ,” etc. This went on all afternoon until we were all happy to get off the boat, so we didn’t have to hear any more of it.

A week later I was on the road.

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ing crew – and circle back into the sport. He pointed out that in Eastern Europe, paddlers between ages 25-35 emerge as some of the world’s best.

He said that whenever he returns to Hungary, he “picks it right up” with friends he grew up

I checked into my motel room and flipped on the tube. A talk show host was interviewing a bunch of female impersonators.

There were Cher and Barbara Streisand and Madonna and Joan Rivers! They were all doing a gig in Atlantic City! They explained that they were paid a ridiculous amount of money to cavort around on stage in drag. They had some funny stories about going out on the town in costume after the show and how people would react. I never told my friend.

Why shatter his illusion?

Mendes has been sailing all his life and on Lake Lanier for the past 25 years. His family owns a marina/bar/restaurant so he has plenty of real life experiences to draw from. His favorite line: “You can’t make this stuff up.”

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‘Firehose’ of moisture likely to continue

El Nino is in full gear and the atmospheric “firehose” of moisture from the eastern Pacific Ocean continues to bring us a seemingly endless supply of rain.

The ground moisture is running between the 70th and 90th percentiles.

Lake Lanier remains above full summer and the Chattahoochee River continues to spill out of its banks every time it rains.

Could the weather get any worse? Absolutely!

We are now entering the rainiest month of the year! Based on the past 30 years, we average 5.38” of rain in the month of March.

If the trend in heavier rain continues, and I firmly believe it will, we could get double that. If that happens, by the end of this month, we will have more than half of our average ANNUAL rainfall, which is 49.71”.

Yes, it’s a pretty grim outlook. Are you ready for some good news? Maybe I should say some slightly less bad news? In addition to March being the wettest month of the year, it’s also the time when we see more tornadoes and severe thunderstorms.

You are probably asking about that “less bad news” right about now.

The same atmospheric conditions

brought about by El Nino MAY also reduce the severe weather Glenn threat. Please remember, Burns I did not say we won’t have tornadoes or severe storms. Just to be clear, Lanier there SHOULD BE Outlook fewer.

I have looked back over the past 20 El Nino years and have found fewer severe storms in March. In fact, there have also been fewer Atlantic hurricanes. El Nino is making all of our lives miserable with the frequent floodproducing rain but it can also reduce the number of days of severe weather.

Temperatures during El Nino times can also fluctuate wildly. Don’t do any planting until after Easter. Although I do expect warmer than average temperatures this month, I do think we will see several days with morning lows at or below freezing.

With the persistent “Cold Air Wedge” pattern, I would also say the areas around Lake Lanier may have some really cold days this month.

All things considered, we are still headed in the right direction. Warmer and warmer days give us something to look forward to … boating and fishing adventures on our favorite lake.

Glenn Burns is chief meteorologist for WSB-TV in Atlanta.

March 2019

JUL

1 1072.13 2 1072.12 3 1072.08 4 1072.08 5 1072.07 6 1072.10 7 1072.09 8 1072.08 9 1072.03 10 1071.99 11 1071.95 12 1071.91 13 1071.89 14 1071.90 15 1071.89 16 1071.90 17 1071.90 18 1071.88 19 1071.83 20 1071.76 21 1071.94 22 1071.91 23 1071.88 24 1071.85 25 1071.87 26 1071.81 27 1071.74 28 1071.70 29 1071.67 30 1071.59 31 1071.63 AV 1071.91 MAX 1072.13 MI 1071.59

LAKE LANIER WATER LEVELS

AUG

1071.75 1071.98 1072.29 1072.38 1072.49 1072.47 1072.52 1072.52 1072.39 1072.26 1072.26 1072.27 1072.14 1071.97 1071.84 1071.68 1071.52 1071.57 1071.60 1071.48 1071.43 1071.38 1071.32 1071.23 1071.20 1071.15 1071.09 1071.00 1070.95 1070.89 1070.86 1071.74 1072.52 1070.86

SEPT

1070.82 1070.80 1070.82 1070.74 1070.72 1070.69 1070.65 1070.62 1070.61 1070.61 1070.65 1070.65 1070.61 1070.57 1070.55 1070.54 1070.50 1070.47 1070.41 1070.37 1070.32 1070.27 1070.26 1070.20 1070.13 1070.15 1070.13 1070.16 1070.11 1070.12

OCT

1,070.05 1,070.00 1,069.93 1,069.86 1,069.82 1,069.79 1,069.75 1,069.69 1,069.63 1,069.81 1,069.88 1,069.85 1,069.85 1,069.81 1,069.74 1,069.71 1069.67 1069.65 1069.58 1069.54 1069.52 1069.46 1069.38 1069.35 1069.31 1069.44 1069.46 1069.46 1069.38 1069.36 1069.33 1070.54 1069.65 1072.12 1070.05 1070.11 1069.31

NOV

1069.33 1069.32 1069.34 1069.36 1069.33 1069.36 1069.37 1069.40 1069.52 1069.61 1069.62 1070.65 1071.13 1071.42 1071.52 1071.37 1071.16 1070.92 1070.64 1070.54 1070.48 1070.46 1070.47 1070.50 1070.50 1070.50 1070.43 1070.35 1070.33 1070.30

DEC

1070.67 1071.01 1070.90 1070.68 1070.57 1070.39 1070.23 1070.58 1071.35 1071.34 1071.12 1070.89 1070.72 1070.91 1070.84 1070.63 1070.50 1070.30 1070.18 1070.39 1070.70 1070.76 1070.77 1070.76 1070.72 1070.68 1070.76 1072.98 1073.39 1073.58 1073.80 1070.24 1071.07 1071.52 1073.80 1069.32 1070.18

JAN

1073.89 1073.87 1074.17 1074.69 1074.68 1074.50 1074.29 1074.04 1073.78 1073.52 1073.27 1073.15 1073.12 1072.92 1072.64 1072.37 1072.27 1072.15 1072.37 1072.75 1072.64 1072.47 1072.72 1073.12 1072.96 1072.76 1072.56 1072.46 1072.58 1072.39 1072.12 1073.14 1074.69 1072.12

FEB

1071.83 1071.79 1071.90 1072.00 1072.10 1071.91 1071.67 1071.39 1071.24 1071.06 1071.21 1071.58 1071.61 1071.38 1071.38 1071.62 1071.82 1072.11 1072.73 1073.34 1074.61 1075.50 1075.84 1076.10 1076.00 1075.84 1075.67

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‘The Hunter’ expected to bring big crowd

By Jane Harrison The migration of college and high school rowing crews to Lake Lanier Olympic Park this month will culminate with the March 2324 John Hunter Regatta. The annual regatta, put on by Roswell-based St. Andrews Rowing Club, usually draws one of the biggest crowds of the year to the site of 1996 Olympic rowing competition.

Crews from about 50 southeastern colleges, high schools and middle schools will compete in

“The Hunter,” a rite of spring held more than 10 years on Lake Lanier. Participants, spectators, officials and volunteers generally pack local hotels for the weekend.

All month rowers are expected to flock to the lake and local restaurants and stores while in spring break training camps at LLOP. Hosted by the Lake Lanier Rowing Club, the spring workouts bring about a thousand rowers to Gainesville each year. Some will stay to test their oars in the regatta. Others head in just to race.

Lake Lanier Rowing Club juniors will get to show what they’ve got on the home course.

The Roswell club brings in about 500 volunteers, mostly parents of youth crew members, to work the regatta. Lanier rowing club officials have described it as a “turn key event,” with the organizer running everything from parking to staging races.

Practice sessions begin on the Friday before the regatta opens.

The Clarks Bridge boat ramp will be closed.

By Jane Harrison Food trucks and live bands will roll in to Lake Lanier Olympic Park to knock off the winter blues at Food Truck Friday 6-9 p.m. March 15. The wildly popular gustatory gathering on the Olympic plaza fills plates and gets the weekend kicking once a month March through December.

New this year is the addition of live music. LLOP manager Robyn Lynch said good vibes resonated last year when she invited two bands to perform at the lakeside venue. She’s produced a lineup of bands for this year’s food

fest, starting with local country/southern rock crooners, the Ivan Duke Band, on opening night.

Expect to send your palate around the world with food truck chefs grilling and frying up everything from fajitas to veggie wraps to barbecue.

The wide, easily accessed Olympic Park plaza overlooking a northern channel of Lake Lanier sets the perfect table for the food truck craze. Lynch said the event has flourished since the first trucks parked there nearly two years ago. “It grew every month,

from about 200 (attendees) at the first of the year and to over 1,000 at the end,” she said.

The cooking starts and ends an hour later this year, so folks won’t need to make a mad dash from work to get a bite to eat. “People had a hard time making it at five,” Lynch said.

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Annual spring Lula Bridge Race set for March 16

By Jane Harrison The traditional paddling race from Lake Lanier Olympic Park to Lula Bridge on the lake’s northern end may launch some short cuts this year.

Lanier Canoe & Kayak Head Coach Szolt Szadovszki said he is considering some shorter distances for those opting not to paddle the marathon March 16.

The event held the week be-

fore spring officially begins usually heralds the start of intense on-the-water training for LCKC team members and brings in several other hardy paddlers from around North Georgia.

It features a 24 kilometer outand-back race to its namesake bridge, with an option to make it a 12K. It will be one of the first on-the-water tests for Szadovszki’s team, whose pad-

dlers have been lifting weights, swimming, running, and circuit training this winter.

The race is open to ocean kayaks, sit-on-tops, stand up paddle boards and any paddle craft sturdy enough to go whatever distance is chosen.

As of mid-February, Szadovszki had not announced the shorter distances.

See www.lckc.org for details.

Cold water safety for ‘man overboard’ Located on advanced marine multi-function displays there is a button labeled MOB which stands for Man Overboard. The alert position is specifically designed to mark the exact position of someone that has fallen into the water on a GPS chart enabling the boat operator to make a speedy recovery, especially in cold water conditions. Hyperthermia is very dangerous and can lead to tragedy. Required by maritime rules, commercial licensed and military mariners practice this scenario often to constantly hone the necessary skills to perform this maneuver in any weather or sea condition.

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New regulations coming to prevent electric shock drowning, boat fires Shore Lines

From the fascinating to the remarkable, Lake Lanier harbors many personalities and places along its shores. Lakeside presents “Shore Lines” – stories about people who live, work and play around the lake and the places that make the area special.

Timing is everything In February, the UYC Maritime Foundation sponsored an in-depth seminar about Electric Shock Drowning and upcoming standards and regulations affecting marinas, private docks and boat owners. More than 40 people attended, including marina representatives, members of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, America’s Boating Club/Atlanta, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and private boaters.

Additionally, Lakeside News received an email from a concerned electrical inspector about safety issues related to AC electrical power and private docks. “In the past year, I’ve inspected many homes on Lake Lanier and I’ve found that about four out of 10 docks had electrical current bleeding into the water at the dock,” said Jim Brown with Final Word Home Inspections. “I’m very concerned about this issue and hope that you will help get the word out.”

Tom Vivelo, safety chairman with the Lake Lanier Association, said the group is monitoring this issue. “One of the safety issues that keeps coming up is electric shocks at docks, both at marinas and at private docks,” he said.

“This is a crucial issue and the association will be keeping members and the public informed of developments.”

Lakeside News will be periodically reporting on this issue and the changing standards and regulations that will affect the Lake Lanier community.

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undertaking education and awareness campaigns in advance of what will surely become a regulatory requirement, not only for marinas and boat manufacturers, but also for individual boaters and private dock owners.

“Electric Shock Drownings are tragic, and the sad truth is that they are preventable,” said David Rifkin, who recently presented a seminar for area boating groups, marina operators, marine technicians and boaters on Lake Lanier.

“With the new regulations being developed, the industry is looking to reduce the number of these tragic deaths to zero.

“Already the industry is developing regulations and protocols to detect dangerous levels of electric current that bleeds into the water from faulty wiring, jury-rigged electrical hook-ups and electric systems in boats. But the solution is not as simple as it seems,” he said. “One of the first steps is to raise awareness of this issue and increase education about the dangers of combining water and electricity.”

Drowning, not electrocution Many people who are injured or die from electrical current in the water around boats and docks aren’t killed by electrocution. “In most of the cases I’ve seen, victims are first paralyzed by the electric current in the water,” Rifkin said. “Their first instinct is to swim closer to the boat or the dock. Or bystanders’ first action

is to jump into the water to help; then they are paralyzed or hurt as well. It’s a tragic situation.” If electrical current levels are high enough, electrocution may also result.

He said the first step is to toss something buoyant, such as a Type IV throwable float or a lifejacket toward the person in the water. Georgia boating regulations require that all boats over 15 feet long have a Type IV on board and easily accessible.

“Once the person in the water has something to keep them buoyant, extend a PVC-handled boat hook to them and guide them AWAY from the boat or dock,” he said. “Bringing them toward the source of the electricity will increase their exposure. Do NOT, under any circumstances, jump in the water to assist.”

“Turn off the power and call 911 immediately and give directions to your location as explicitly as possible,” he said. “If you are able to get the person out of the water, and they are not breathing, start CPR right away and cover them with blankets to keep them warm and stable.”

Not just a marina problem As standards become adopted as law, probably as soon as 2020, private docks and boat owners will also be required to take action. Many states have adopted the 2017 National Electric Code that now includes private docks.

“As such, it will be incumbent upon those boat and property owners to ensure that they are in compliance by installing groundfault protection for their boats and docks,” he said. “If their dock power is tripping frequently, that’s a good sign that the ground-

PHOTO BY PAMELA A KEENE

Attendees at the recent seminar about Electric Shock Death included: Michael Duling, Hideaway Bay Marina; Kelly Youngblood, Jason Whitmire and Blake Wayne with Holiday Marina and Westrec; Chris Ferris, University Yacht Club; David Rifkin, presenter; and Malcolm Douglas, Douglas Marine Surveys LLC.

fault protection is working. It usually means that the boat has electrical current leaking into the grounding system or bleeding into the water.”

Standards recommend that inspections be conducted by American Boat and Yacht Council-certified technicians.

“The testing involves more steps than a home-electrical inspection,” Rifkin said. “Yes, a homeelectrical inspection may reveal issues with shore power, but these inspectors are not trained in the standards required.”

Mike Griffin with Marine Surveyors of North Georgia built a device several years ago to do testing. Called Stray Current Sensor, it’s used to troubleshoot AC power leakage, and is effective to test before ground fault protection is installed on shore power that keeps tripping.

Recently, Lanier-based Dock IQ has developed a product called

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By Pamela A. Keene lectric Shock Drowning is being called a silent killer of recreational boaters, dock owners and people who enjoy being around the water. You can’t see it. You can’t hear it. But death and injury by electric shock around docks and boats is real. And it is preventable.

Over recent years, Electric Shock Drowning has surfaced a high-profile issue on the radar of the marine industry, boating organizations and advocates for safety on the water. Groups are

Clockwise from above: Plugs and wires juryrigged with electrical tape around water are unsafe; Corrosion is a sign of issues that need to be addressed by a marine electrician; another unsafe electrical situation that can result in electrical current bleed into the water.

ILLUSTRATIVE PHOTOS COURTESY DAVID RIFKIN

Shock IQ as part of its suite of remote dock-monitoring services. It was displayed at the Atlanta Boat Show. Rifkin said, however, that monitoring devices should never be used as a “green light” for swimming.

Rifkin said that ground-fault protection is only part of the solution to current leakage that can be life-threatening. Boats must be inspected and tested as well.

“A thorough inspection requires that boat owners are present to run the boat’s systems.

Turn on all the systems, equipment and appliances that would typically be active when the boat is in use,” he said. “The test will show the cumulative amount of electricity bleeding into the water, and accuracy is vital to detecting the risks and properly addressing them.”

Currently, few technicians are certified to do the testing. Plans are to offer training at Lanier on the protocols, which are still in development.

Steps to prevention “The best way to prevent Electric Shock Drowning is to stay out of the water around docks,” Rifkin said. “Since you can’t see electric current in the water around docks and boats, just don’t swim around them. That’s the safest approach to preventing Electric Shock Drowning.”

Rifkin strongly advises against boat owners doing their own electrical installation and repairs themselves. “Hire a certified American Boat and Yacht Council technician. Discouraging swimming around docks – in marinas and at private docks – is a good step toward prevention,” he said.

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ers who just go out to a box retailer and do their own wiring on their boats, like they would in their home.

“Remember that water adds another element to the equation and increases the danger of not only Electric Shock Drowning but fire risk in a marine situation,” he said. “You wouldn’t do surgery on yourself; you’d go to a physician.”

Many marinas across the nation are already voluntarily doing testing for this issue. Some have already installed elaborate systems of ground-fault protection and circuit breaks that can alert marina operators of excessive electrical current in the water around docks and boats. However, the process is still under development to maximize safe guards.

“The remediation can be expensive and complex,” he said. “Marinas are to be commended for the work they are already doing, even though we are still developing the best and most effective protocols as standards are being refined.

About David Rifkin Rifkin, a retired U.S. Navy captain, owns Florida-based Quality Marine Services, one of the few companies in the country with an understanding in testing for and detecting electricity bleeds that are the leading cause of injuries and Electric Shock Drownings. Rifkin is a safety expert who also consults with standards organiza-

Warning: No swimming signs on docks warn of potential shock hazards.

tions, boating manufacturers and marinas across the country to design systems that reduce electricity bleed.

He serves on the advisory board of the National Fire Protection Association. He is also a Master American Boat and Yacht Council technician and a former U.S. Coast Guard Masters license holder. Rifkin has served as an expert witness in Electric Shock Drowning cases across the U.S. He is currently developing testing and inspection protocols for detection of ground-fault leakage in boats and marinas.

A non-profit group, Electric Shock Drowning Prevention Association, was formed several years ago to raise awareness and promote education about this little-known cause of drowning.

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Info: aimee@downtowndrafts.net. n Mar. 6 – Fiber Arts and Friends, 10 a.m.noon at Post Road Library, 5010 Post Rd., Cumming, includes knitting, crocheting, sewing, needlepoint and any other activity that uses fiber or fabric. Adults only. forsythpl.org. n Mar. 6 – Northeast Georgia Writers Club, 1-3 p.m. at Sun Trust Bank, 121 E. E. Butler Pkwy, Gainesville. Info: 678-947-1685. n Mar. 7 – Randy and Friends 2019 Banquet and Auction held at First Baptist Church of Gainesville, 751 Green St. Fundraiser’s special guests are Sandra and Nathan Deal. Tickets: $70; table of 8, $500. Info: 678-617-6823. n Mar. 11 – Family Fun Night: Go Green, 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Spout Springs Branch Library, 6488 Spout Springs Rd., Flowery Branch, features stories, crafts.

Info: hallcountylibrary.org. n Mar. 12 – Bacon & Wine Pairing, 5:30-9 p.m., features a four-course pairing of wines and bacon presented by Downtown Drafts, 115 Bradford St. S., Gainesville.

Info: aimee@downtowndrafts.net. n Mar. 13 – Genealogy for Beginners, 2-3:30 p.m. at Lumpkin County Library, 342 Courthouse, Dahlonega. Class genealogy basics.

Info: 706-864-3668. n Mar. 16 – North Georgia Chamber Symphony Concert-Young Stars of Tomorrow, 34 p.m., at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1397 Thompson Bridge Rd., Gainesville. Features a special concert with three young pianists and one young violinist. Free, open to public.

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n Mar. 28 – The Everly Brothers Experience featuring The Zmed Brothers, 8 p.m.

Info: bufordcommunitycenter.com.

Dahlonega’s Historic Holly Theater n Mar. 15-17 – “Seussical.” Transporting audiences from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus, the Cat in the Hat narrates the story of Horton the Elephant, who discovers a speck of dust containing tiny people called the Whos.

Times: Fri./Sat., 7 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. Tickets: $14, adults; $10, students & military. n Mar. 23 – CherryCherry-The Music of Neil Diamond performed by The Premier Neil Diamond Tribute Band, 8 p.m. Tickets: $35, $27.

Info: 706 530-5162 Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds n Mar. 16 – Drifters, Cornell Gunter’s Coasters & Platters, 7 p.m. Tickets: $36/$28. n Mar. 23 – The Price is Right Live, interactive stage show, 7 p.m. Tickets: $45/$35. n Apr. 6 – Hank Williams Jr., 7 p.m. Tickets: $77.

Info: www.georgiamountainfairgrounds.com.

Interactive Neighborhood for Kids n Mar. 4-10 – Lion Craft Week n Mar. 11-17 – Leprechaun Craft Week n Mar. 18-24 – Basketball Craft Week n Mar. 25-31 – Lamb Craft Week Info: www.inkfun.org Northeast Georgia History Center n Mar. 10 – Family Day – Irish Heritage at 1 p.m. features a commemoration of St. Patrick’s Day and Irish heritage in Northeast Georgia.

Free. n Mar. 12 – Forum – The 1916 Easter Uprising, 7 p.m., informs of the Easter Rising, an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week, April 1916. Fee: $3, general admission; free for members.

Info: www.negahc.com.

Info: 706-867-9444. n Mar. 23 – 7th Annual Wine Tasting for Hope and Healing, 4-6 p.m., held at 946 Via Montaluce, Dahlonega. Benefits the Children’s Center for Hope and Healing. 770-532-6530. n Mar. 30 – Movie Night, 7 p.m., at Chicopee United Methodist Church, 3 First St., Gainesville features “Big Hero Six.” Free.

Info: 770-634-6803.

Brenau University n Mar. 12 – Brenau Gospel Choir Concert “You Will Win” presented at 7:30 p.m. in John S. Burd Center, Hosch Theatre. Choir also features community members. Free. n Mar. 19 – Celebrating Women Composers, at 7:30 p.m., features Vocal Chamber Ensemble, directed by Bobby Ivey. Ensemble will perform music by women composers past and present. Free and open to public. n Mar. 22 – Jennifer Skidmore, senior recital, performs at 7:30 p.m. in John S. Burd Center Atrium. Skidmore, a soprano, will perform Debussy, Campra, Haydn and Mozart, as well as American spirituals. Free. n Mar. 22-24 – “A Frozen Ballet” performed by the Gainesville Ballet Co. in Pearce Auditorium. Times: 7:30 p.m., Mar. 22; 2 p.m., 7:30 p.m., Mar. 23; 2 p.m., Mar. 24. Tickets: $14-$28). n Mar. 29-30 – Brenau Gospel Experience features performances by Karen Peck and New River, Jeff & Sheri Easter, Madison and Shannon Easter, Ty Scott King, Arabia Jones and the Brenau Gospel Choir. Event venues include Hosch Theatre, Pearce Auditorium and Bobbit Rehearsal Hall.

Info: 770-532-4241.

Buford Community Center n Mar. 22 – Balsam Range, 8 p.m. Tickets: $30-$35. Five original members are all acoustic musicians and singers from western NC.

Piedmont College n Mar. 7-Apr. 9 – Zane Cochran on display at Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art, with an opening reception on Mar. 7. n Mar. 7 – Piedmont College Singers, 7:30 p.m. in Chapel, present a “bon voyage” concert on the eve of their spring tour to Florida, performing a variety of choral works.

Info: piedmont.edu.

Quinlan Arts Center n Mar. 15-Apr. 6 – 16th Annual Youth Art Month, opening reception on Mar. 15.

Info: 770-536-2575/www.qvac.org.

School Street Playhouse (formerly Cumming Playhouse) n Mar. 15-Mar. 31 – Georgia Senior Follies’ “Rewind,” a collaboration of all the past Senior Follies. Times: Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 3 p.m. Tickets: $30, general admission; $27.50, seniors, veterans, students 18 and under.

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Tannery Row Artist Colony n Mar. 9 – May 3 – Spring Juried Art Exhibition and Opening Reception features local, regional artists.

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University of North Georgia n Mar. 4 – Golden Brass Series-Members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, 7:30-9 p.m., perform in Gloria Shott Auditorium. n Mar. 12 – A Taste of the Mountain, 6-8 p.m. at UNG Dining Hall, Dahlonega. Savor samples from more than 15 restaurants, vote for favorite, win raffle items until 8 p.m. Proceeds benefit Lumpkin County Family Connection.

Tickets $5-$20, available online at EventBrite. n Mar. 25 – “Homecoming Concert” of the UNG Singers and Le Belle Voci held 7:30-9 p.m. at United Methodist Church.

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‘Day in the Life of a Miner’ set for Dahlonega gold museum

By Jane Harrison Tourists can walk in the boots of an 1830s gold prospector in an upcoming program at the Dahlonega Gold Museum. On March 23, the grounds and interior of the recently renovated historic site will come alive showing the day-break to dark path of wanna-be millionaires seeking riches in the Georgia mountains.

In “A Day in the Life of a Miner” visitors can see how blacksmithers hammered out miners’ tools, candle makers lit the early mornings, and tavern keepers poured toasts or drowned misery after a day’s toil in the mine, on a creek side, or behind a water cannon.

The event commemorates America’s first major gold rush

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A blacksmith hammers out tools in a previous Day in the Life of a Minor event.

when thousands of prospectors migrated to the Dahlonega area, producing a lively, thriving community in “them thar hills.”

The Gold Museum, a Georgia Department of Natural Resources Historic Site, poses in the middle of Dahlonega’s modern day gold rush.

Housed inside the 1836 Lumpkin County Courthouse at the center of the downtown square, the Gold Museum attracts thousands of tourists that flock to the mountain town for its history, bluegrass music, Georgia wine, art, restaurants, antiques and folksy culture.

Gold Museum Site Director Sam McDuffie greeted visitors at last month’s “Super Sunday” free admission day wearing the “As-

sayer” outfit he’ll have on during the March event. Assayers, he explained, tested the metal miners hauled in, making or breaking fortunes.

In a top hat, vest, slacks, and top coat he assayed the stream of tourists – numbering around 200 that day – as a genuine rush.

“People are excited about history. It is why Dahlonega is what it is now,” McDuffie said.

He noted that Trip Adviser website recommends the Gold Museum as one of the top three downtown Dahlonega destinations.

An estimated 21,000 people stroll into the museum annually to look back not just at the city’s gold mining past, but also at the Native American culture that prospectors chased out and the replicated judge’s chamber, jury room, and courtroom where justice was served.

Last year major investments blew the dust off the old exhibits and put a new roof on the museum. Georgia State Parks shoveled just more than half a million dollars into renovations completed last June.

And the Friends of the Parks organization, a loyal crew of Dahlonega history buffs, poured in $20,000 to shine up the remake. McDuffie said the funds fueled a complete turnaround for the exhibits. Visitation has “been insane” since the renovated museum opened, he said.

Most folks anticipate the exhibits they’ll get to see inside, but the exterior of the stately edifice, one of Georgia’s oldest

standing courthouse buildings, is also worth a good look.

The rectangular building with exterior walls two feet thick was built in 1836 of bricks hewn from mud dug out of Cane Creek.

From the upper balcony, accessed by separate outdoor stairwells (perhaps one for men, the other for women), observers can view the bustling downtown square below and the gold steeple on the University of North Georgia campus on the horizon. Dahlonega gold tops the steeple and the Georgia capitol dome in Atlanta.

Inside, the downstairs exhibits lead tourists from the beginning of the 1829 gold rush to the period between 1838-1861 when a U.S. mint stamped out $6 million in gold coins in Dahlonega.

Upstairs got the “biggest overhaul,” McDuffie said. There, visitors can see implements miners used to pan, dredge, and blast out

PHOTO BY JANE HARRISON

The vintage upstairs courtroom upstairs at the Dahlonega Gold Museum features rows of chapel seats from 1889.

treasure. Sightseers are especially drawn to a large iron water cannon and nozzle used to flush gold out of mountainsides.

PHOTO BY JANE HARRISON

Many a miner ended their day drinking and gambling in a tavern.

PHOTO BY JANE HARRISON

A family traces gold fever on a map of North Georgia.

PHOTO BY JANE HARRISON

Sam McDuffie, site manager for the Dahlonega Gold Museum, shows off the "Assayer" suit he'll wear at the upcoming event.

Day in the Life of a Miner

Just as impressive, though is the Victorian period style courtroom, with rows of adjoining wood seats, and the rooms across the hall where juries deliberated and judges decided.

Museum staff tapped into a trendy entertainment boom last year when they staged an escape room in the upstairs hallway.

Participants were “locked in” with puzzles, clues, and historical documents until they reached a verdict in an unresolved 1855 murder case.

“Hung Jury: Escape the Gold Museum,” written by museum staffer Marcia Bennett, won the 2018 Most Innovative Program Award from Georgia State Parks managers. Bennett is currently writing another escape room drama that will put participants inside a makeshift diving bell set up at the museum. Look for it in April.

In mid-February McDuffie was still confirming living history artisans to depict day to day living in an 1830s mining town. He expects a soap miller, candle maker, blacksmither and quilter will show the everyday chores that touched a miner’s day. Gold panning on the museum grounds, assayers declaring metal purity and story telling upstairs might reveal a miner’s daily toil and dreams. A tavern scene dramatizing drinking, gambling and bowling will take visitors into boom town nightlife.

When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 23 Where: Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site, 1 Public Square Admission: $10-$12 Info: www.gastateparks.org, 706-864-2257

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Grounded pursuits n Plan Your Summer Vegetable Garden, Gainesville. Lesson from “Tomato Ron� about growing and harvesting backyard tomatoes, 10 a.m.-noon March 8, Gainesville Garden Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1911 Sweet Bay Dr. $29, $24 members. www.atlantabg.org, 404-888-4760. n Get Your Glow on 5K, Dawsonville. 6:45 p.m. March 8, Dawson County Board of Education, 28 Main St. $25-$30. www.fivestarntp.com. n Dempsey Dash 5K/Fun Run, Gainesville. 9 a.m. March 9, Brenau University Amphitheatre, 102 Prior St. $10-$25. www.runnersfit.com. n Terrain Race, Buford. Obstacles and other challenges on 3-mile course, various start times March 9, Lanier Islands/Margaritaville, 7000 Lanier Islands Pkwy. $60. www.terrainrace.com. n Emory Jones Book Signing, Sautee-Nacoochee. Author of “Distant Voices: The Story of the Nacoochee Valley Indian Mound� reads excepts from “The Valley Where They Danced plus tour of Hardman Farm, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

March 9 and second Saturdays through December, Hardman Farm Historic Site, 143 Hwy 17. www.gastateparks.org, 706-878-1077. n Stars over Elachee, Gainesville. View constellations, the moon, planets and stars under the night sky 6:30-8:30 p.m. March 9, Chicopee Lake, 2100 Calvary Church Rd. Suggested for adults and children age 8 and older.

Bring flashlight and pencil for night viewing.

Register in advance, reserve a telescope. $10 adults, $5 children 2-12. Free to Elachee members. www.elachee.org, 770-535-1976. n Lanier Running Club, Gainesville. Club meeting with featured speaker, 7 p.m. March 11, Recess Southern Gastro Pub, 118 Bradford St. NW. www.lanierrunningclub.org.

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n Hall County Schools Shamrock Shuffle Fun Run/5K, Gainesville. 8:45/9 a.m. March 16, Laurel Park, 3100 Old Cleveland Hwy. $15-$30. www.runnersfit.com. n Raptor Fest, Gainesville. Annual live bird and animal program about wild birds of prey, includes birding hike, family activities, food and beverages, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. March 16, Elachee Nature Science Center, 2125 Elachee Dr. $10 ages 2 and older, $5 Elachee members. www.elachee.org, 770-535-1976. n Tulip Fairies, Gainesville. Children create tulip fairies with paint and imagination, 10-11 a.m. March 16, Gainesville Garden Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1911 Sweet Bay Dr. $29, $24 members. www.atlantabg.org, 404-888-4760. n Hemlock Treatment for Wooly Adelgids, Helen. Application instruction and treatment of hemlocks for invading parasite, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

March 16, 23 & 30, Smithgall Woods State Park, 61 Tsalaki Trl. $5 parking. 706-878-3087, www.gastateparks.org. n Campfire Circle with Friends, Winder.

Enjoy evening hearing stories about the old fort, making s’mores, and singing songs, 8-7 p.m. March 16, Fort Yargo State Park, 210 S. Broad St. $1, plus $5 parking. www.gastateparks.org, 770-867-3489. n Full Moon Suspension Bridge Hike, Tallulah Falls. 1.5 mile night hike down 310 stairs to suspension bridge over falls, 7:45-9:15 p.m.

March 20, Tallulah Gorge State Park, 338 Jane Hurt Yarn Dr. Register in advance. $5, plus $5 parking. www.gastateparks.org, 706-754-7981. n Capturing Tulips Workshop, Gainesville.

Art class with pastels “en plein air� to capture light and movement of tulips in bloom, 10 a.m.1 p.m. March 22, Gainesville Garden Atlanta

Botanical Garden, 1911 Sweet Bay Dr. $69, $64 members. www.atlantabg.org, 888-404-4760. n Georgia Wine Highway Week. North Georgia wineries offer tastings, food and wine pairings, music, and more March 22-31, 1-5 p.m.

Mon.-Thurs., noon-5 p.m. Fri., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sat., 12:30 -5 p.m. Sun. $50 passport available at first winery visited. See participating wineries at www.georgiawine.com. n Movie Night at Fort Yargo, Winder. Bring chair/blanket for an outdoor movie, 7 p.m. March 22, Fort Yargo State Park, 210 S. Broad St. $5 parking. www.gastateparks.org, 770-867-3489. n Bolt For Jamaica 5K/1-Mile, Oakwood. 8/9 a.m. March 23, Oakwood City Park, Railroad St. $15-$40. www.runnersfit.com. n Sheepdog Connection Scamper & Sprint, Cumming. 10K/5K/1K 8:05/8:15/8:20 a.m.

March 23, Fowler Park, 4110 Carolene Way. $20-$40. www.runnersfit.com. n Run for the Rescues Fun Run/5K, Suwanee. 8:30/9:15 a.m. March 23, Suwanee Town Center Amphitheatre, Town Center Ave. $15$30. www.runnersfit.com. n Backpacking 101, Sautee Nacoochee. Naturalist presents backpacking basics, leads short hike on Laurel Ridge Trail, 9 a.m.-noon March 23, Smithgall Woods State Park, 61 Tsalaki Trl. $5, plus $5 parking. 706-878-3087. n All About Propagation, Gainesville. Learn how to propagate woody plants from seeds and cuttings, 10 a.m.-noon March 23, Gainesville Garden Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1911 Sweet Bay Dr. $29, $24 members. www.atlantabg.org, 888-404-4760. n Mutts on Main, Gainesville. Pet related vendors, dog fashion show contest, music, demonstrations, pet adoptions and more, 10

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a.m. March 23, Downtown Gainesville Square. www.exploregainesville.org. n Day in the Life of a Miner, Dahlonega.

Demonstrations of 1830s gold panning, blacksmithing, shingle making and more, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 23, Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site, 1 Public Square, $10-$12. 706-8642257, www.gastateparks.org. n Inner Loop Trail 6-Mile Hike, Winder. Naturalist-led hike for ages 12 and older, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. March 23, Fort Yargo State Park, 210 S. Broad St. Meet at Boat Ramp Area B. $5 parking. www.gastateparks.org, 770-867-3489. n Remarkable Georgia Women, Sautee Nacoochee. Celebrate Women’s History Month learning about 15 women born before 1900 who made outstanding achievements in Georgia, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. March 23, Hardman Farm Historic Site, 143 Hwy. 17. $5 parking. www.gastateparks.org, 706-878-3087. n 10th Annual Market Faire, Winder.

Demonstrations of life in 1790s Georgia, plus 18th century music and costumes, 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. March 28, 30, & 31, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. March 29, Fort Yargo State Park, 210 S. Broad St. $5, plus $5 parking. www.gastateparks.org, 770867-3489. n Chamber Chase 5K, Gainesville. Corporate challenge 5K and 2 mile walk, 6/6:10 p.m.

March 28, Riverside Military Academy, 2001 Riverside Dr. $30-$35. www.runnersfit.com. n Grape Stomp 5K/10K Trail Run/Walk, Dahlonega. Run through vineyards, forest, and along Etowah River, 9:30/9:50 a.m. March 30, Montaluce Winery, 501 Hightower Church Rd. $30/$35. www.dahlonegatrailfest.org/5krun.

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I admit it. I committed crepe murder this spring in my landscape. But I had a really good reason. It was just one of many garden and landscape adventures that have made my to-do list for 2019.

Our home, named Rose Lane in memory of my mom Rosa who died three years ago, will be part of the Hall County Master Gardens Biennial Garden Walk on June 1. So some drastic activities are in order. Plus with my new Rose Cottage studio ready in April, it’s time for a serious look at our yard.

It all started with my hybrid tea rose gardens. The 40 some-odd bushes get a severe pruning in late winter/early spring each year. It removes dead branches and stimulates new lush green growth and increased flowering for the spring, summer and fall.

Some of the bushes were six feet tall. Rose gardening requires that each bush be cut back to three to six strong canes – the thick branches that come directly from the bud union. In the process all the smaller weaker branches are cut back and discarded as well.

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spouting with the recent warm weather. As soon as the plants have leafed out, it will be time to fill my backpack sprayer with fungicide and insecticide for the first round of treatment. I’ll include either Hinder or Liquid Fence to keep the deer away. Applications of spray every two to three weeks should help produce the bursts of fragrant, colorful blooms all season long.

Roses require babying, but the rewards are amazing. All summer and fall I shared large bouquets with friends, my doctors and various groups, and I still had plenty to keep in my kitchen and office.

We also have about 20 KnockOut and shrub roses along the front of our property that need attention, but they are much easier

to care for than hybrid teas. Once they’ve been pruned in the late winter, cutting back smaller branches to leave the larger primary canes, they get sprayed regularly with the appropriate fungicides and insecticides. Hinder, alternating with Liquid Fence, every couple of weeks keeps the hungry deer away.

Other early spring landscape chores include cutting back the remains of last year’s perennials, pulling away dead leaves from the daylilies and reshaping my crepe myrtles.

Once I had the pruners, clippers and loppers in hand, I was on a roll. I saved the crepes for last and enlisted husband Rick’s help with a ladder. My little chain saw also saw some action as we took out three to four feet of scraggly bare branches from the crepe myrtles flanking the front of our house.

My mission was to remove all the limbs that were taller than the house. And because we hadn’t pruned them back for four of five years, we were overdue. Careful to cut below any previous pruning to avoid those awful knuckle-like bunches on the branches, the plants have fresh cuts that will

stimulate growth of the branches that will produce luscious blossoms later this summer. We also left some branches below the cuts about the diameter of our thumbs to keep the profiles of the crepes softer.

Several hours and a couple of large piles of debris later, the job was done. However, as I looked around our yard, I saw that the preparation for the June 1 Garden Walk was just beginning. It’s going to be a busy spring. And I love every minute of my gardening adventures.

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AQUALAND MARINA Hours of operation: Office/Store/Dock, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 7 days a week Phone: 770-967-6811 Website: www.aqualandmarina.com Location: 6800 Lights Ferry Rd., Flowery Branch Types of slips available: Houseboats, covered cruisers, & all types of open slips plus covered & open dry slips, totaling 1,725 wet docks and 460 dry docks Store: Yes Types of fuel: Non-ethanol, 90 octane Price of fuel: (as of 2/24/19) $4.15 On-site eatery: Pig Tales Menu: BBQ, burgers, wings and more Security: 24/7, gated Additional amenities: Self service work yard with deep draft well & marine travel lift, houseboat launching ramp, pump-out station, bathhouses with showers, laundry facilities, wet slips with private gated parking. Sales of new boats by Coast to Coast Yacht Sales; brokerage services by Marine Max; rental boats & cabins by Lanier Aqua Rentals; sales of used boats by Atlanta Yacht Sales; rental pontoons, kayaks and paddleboards

by FishTales Watersports.

BALD RIDGE MARINA Hours of operation: Office, Mon-Fri, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., marina has 24/7 access.

Phone: 770-887-5309 Website: www.baldridgemarina.com Location: 1850 Bald Ridge Marina Rd., Cumming Types of slips available: Covered & uncovered.

Store: Sandwich shop; some boating supplies Store hours: Convenience Store matches fuel dock hours.

Types of fuel: 90 Non-ethanol; diesel Price of fuel: (as of 2/24/19) $3.99; $2.69 diesel (Dock open 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs.-Mon. Closed Tues./Wed.) Security: 24/7 security, gated Additional amenities: Full-service department, parts department, boat body work, yacht repair & Marine Max Stovall sales dock. Boating supplies/commissary/dry goods/retail clothing items.

GAINESVILLE MARINA Hours of operation: Office, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., 7 days a week Phone: 770-536-2171 Website: www.gainesvillemarina.com Location: 2145 Dawsonville Hwy., Gainesville Types of slips available: 600 slips, dry stack covered up to 25', wet covered & uncovered up to 80'.

Types of fuel: 90 recreational, non-ethanol Price of fuel: (as of 2/24/19) $3.99 (Dock open 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 7 days a week; pay at pump until dark.)

On-site eatery: Skogies Menu: BBQ, seafood and American fare.

Phone: 678-450-1310 Security: 7 days a week Additional amenities: Parts department, land service shop, recreational room, bath house, pumpout stations. Sales of new, used and brokerage boats, South Bay and Berkshire Pontoon Boats, Four Winns Deck/Sport Boats/Cruisers and Yamaha Outboard.

Lake Lanier Marinas Info HABERSHAM MARINA Hours of operation: Hours of operation:Office/Store/Dock, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Mon.-Sat.; Closed Sun. Phone: 770-887-5432 Website: www.habershammarina.com Location: 2200 Habersham Marina Rd., Cumming Types of slips available: 600 slips for dry storage up to 28’ Store: Yes Types of fuel: 90 Recreational fuel, non-ethanol Price of fuel: (as of 2/24/19) $3.99 Security: Yes Additional amenities: Repair services, detailing and bottom cleaning. Also bathroom and shower facilities are available.

HIDEAWAY BAY MARINA Hours of operation: Office/Store/Dock, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., 7

days a week

Phone: 770-967-5500 Website: www.hideawaybaymarina.com Location: 6334 Mitchell St., Flowery Branch Types of slips available: Wet (510) Dry (150) Type of Fuel: 90 octane, non-ethanol Price of fuel: (as of 2/24/19) $3.90 On-site eatery: Fish Tales Lakeside Grille Menu: Grouper fingers, sandwiches, salads and more Security: 24/7 manned security Showroom: Atlanta Marine Additional amenities: Full Maintenance, Repair and Service on site: Harbor Marine & Associates. Bathhouse w/ locked showers and AC, laundry, pump out, trailer storage.

HOLIDAY MARINA Hours of operation: Office/Store/Dock, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., 7

days a week

Phone: 770-945-7201 Website: www.holidaylakelanier.com Location: 6900 Holiday Rd., Buford Types of slips available: 22-100' Uncovered including 80, 90, and 100' Breakwater Slips; 26-85' Covered Slips totalling 1238 Slips Store: Yes; Convenience items and basic boating supplies.

Types of fuel: Premium, unleaded & diesel, non-ethanol Price of fuel: (as of 2/24/19): $4.50 premium; $4.19 unleaded; $3.69 diesel (5 percent discount with Westrec advantage membership) On-site eatery: The Twisted Oar Menu: Fresh seafood to savory chicken and steak Phone: 678 714-7572 Security: 24/7 Additional amenities: Boat rentals, repair service, pumpout station, boat sales, TowBoat US

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Phone: 770-945-1991 Location: 6700 Lanier Islands Pkwy, Buford Types of slips available: Concrete Wet Slips from 50 - 125 foot covered & 100 foot open slips; 554 covered dry stack spaces up to 36 feet

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Types of fuel: 90 Non-ethanol marine fuel treated with ValvTect; diesel Price of fuel: (as of 2/24/19) $4.40 regular; $3.49 diesel Security: 24/7 surveillance monitoring Full Service Department: Barefoot Boating, 770-820-5949 Boat Club: Carefree Boat Club, 678-725-0730 Additional Amenities: Free pump out for customers, trailer storage, dock carts, ice available, boat detailing service; Dry Stack - smartphone app to control launch/retrieval of boat, PreFueling service, wash racks; Wet Slips - gated/private parking, golf cart valet service, in-slip pump out, weekend newspaper delivery

PORT ROYALE MARINA Hours of operation: Office, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 7 days a week.

Phone: 770-887-5715 Website: www.bestinboating.com/port_royale Location: 8800 Port Royale Dr., Gainesville Types of slips available: Uncovered, 20' to 80'; covered, 24' to 106' totaling 815 slips & dry stack storage (521) for up to 39'.

Store/Dock hours:Store/Dock hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 7 days a week. (Pay at the pump closes same time as restaurant.)

Store: Service Store & Ship Store Types of fuel: 90 non-ethanol Price of fuel: (as of 2/24/19) $4.19 regular On-site eatery: Pelican Pete's Bar and Grill Menu: Burgers, sandwiches, salads, wings and more Security: Gated, 24/7 Additional amenities: Climate controlled bath house with showers, 24/7 self-service pump out, rental boats, courtesy dock for dry stack, two ship stores, full-service center, largest floating gas dock in Ga., 16 gas pumps, houseboat rentals. Boat sales: Yamaha, Sun Tracker, Regency, Tracker, Bayliner., Hurricane & Heyday.

SUNRISE COVE MARINA Hours of operation: Office/Store/Dock, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,

Wed.-Mon. Closed Tuesday.

Phone: 770-536-8599 Website: www.sunrisecovermarina.com Location: 5725 Flat Creek Rd., Gainesville Types of slips available: Uncovered-20-70'; Covered-24-50'; to include an exclusive 44' Sailboat Breakwater Dock. Total Wet Slips 688 and nine (9) Dry Storage Spaces (boats on trailer).

Store: Yes (Sandwiches and wraps only available in summer) Types of fuel: 90 recreational, non-ethanol Price of fuel: (as of 2/24/19) $4.39 with 5 percent off with Westrec Advantage Membership Security: 24/7 Additional amenities: Club House, bath house, laundry facility and pump-out open 24/7.

SUNSET COVE MARINA Hours of operation: CLOSED FOR THE SEASON Phone: 678 304-3157; 404-583-7025 (Barclay) Website: www.lanierislands.com Location: 7000 Lanier Islands Pkwy.

Types of slips available: 40’x16’ covered, floating concrete dock Store: Yes Types of fuel: midgrade 89 & 93 premium octane, w/Valvetect Price of fuel: CLOSED FOR THE SEASON On-site eatery: Various restaurants at Lanier Islands Security: 24/7 Additional amenities: Lanier Islands

Don Carter’s legacy lives on at namesake park March 2019

By Jane Harrison About 20 years ago Don Carter shared a plane ride over northern Lake Lanier with a Georgia Department of Natural Resources director. Pointing towards a large swath of woodland where the Chattahoochee River widens into the lake, Carter planted the seed for what would become one of his legacies. “That would make a great park. What do you think?� he asked former DNR Chief Joe Tanner.

A little more that a decade later, 1,316-acre Don Carter State Park opened as the only state park on Lake Lanier, providing a lakeside playground for what he called the hard working folks on the lake’s northern end.

Donald J. Carter, 86, conservationist, visionary, entrepreneur and champion for the common folk passed away Feb. 7. The 70year Gainesville resident served more than a third of his life with Georgia DNR and helped the state acquire more than 300,000 acres for outdoor recreation. He told Lakeside News during a preopening tour of his namesake park how honored he felt. He spoke glowingly about “the nicest

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retirement party in the world� in 2002 when he heard the surprise announcement.

He said he envisioned the $14 million park on the lake’s quiet northern tributary as an outdoor respite for “blue collar people� to relax on a beach, catch fish, hike and vacation. The first person to get a visitor’s pass on the park’s opening day, July 15, 2013, a reporter, got Carter to sign it and regards the park as a treasure close to home. “He was proud of this place; he took pride in what he helped put here,� Don Carter State Park Manager Stephen Emery said a couple days after Carter’s death.�

He would drop by once a month to check up on things, see how the park was doing. I could always tell he had a heart for conservation. He was concerned for the park. His heart was really in it.�

A line from Carter’s obituary sums up how he invested his energies. A quote from author Henry James “The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it,� was said to be Carter’s favorite quote and guiding principle.

According to his obituary, Carter was born in Detroit, Mich. in 1932 and returned with his parents to the South when he was two years old. He always claimed the hills of North Georgia as his true heritage. His family moved from Buford to Talmo and then to Gainesville where he graduated from Gainesville High School and played on the football and baseball teams. He attended North Georgia College and then transferred to Mercer University where he graduated in 1954 with a degree in Economics.

After serving in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 19541956 as a First Lieutenant, he returned to Gainesville and managed a poultry company with an uncle for a decade. He then ventured into real estate, founding Don Carter Realty, brokering and developing real estate around North Georgia. He served on numerous banking, commerce, and civic club boards in Gainesville.

An avid angler and hunter, perhaps his greatest contributions came from his love of preserving Georgia’s natural resources. He was appointed to the DNR Board in 1973 by Governor Jimmy

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Don Carter shows a friend the entrance to the new Don Carter State Park during the 2013 construction of the park.

Carter, and was later reappointed

by Governor George Busbee, Governor Joe Frank Harris and Governor Zell Miller.

He chaired DNR in 1977, served for 10 years as chair of the Land Acquisition Committee, and he was appointed by Governor Miller to Chair the Preservation 2000 Committee. The committee purchased over 300,000 acres of land for park and wildlife management areas.

The Carter family hosted a reception in his memory at the Quinlan Visual Arts Center in Gainesville Feb. 12, a memorial

service followed the next day at Gainesville First United Methodist Church.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in support of family friend David Carmon who is paralyzed and fighting to recover from West Nile Virus (Checks made payable to Jessie Carmon, 751 Oakshire Court, Gainesville, Ga.30501) or Friends of Don Carter State Park (Checks made payable to Friends of Don Carter State Park, c/o Don Carter State Park 5000 N. Browning Bridge Road, Gainesville Ga. 30506).

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Yes, it’s spring cleaning, decluttering and organizing time again

It’s that time of year again, time for spring cleaning. Some people love it and some hate it, but it really is so important to keep your home fresh and organized. With the rise in popularity of Marie Kondo and her KonMari method of organizing, a lot of people have a new appreciation for decluttering and cleaning their home. It may feel like a daunting task, but there are ways to approach cleaning that can help make the chore easier.

Step 1: Declutter The KonMari method recommends tackling the task of cleaning a little differently. Instead of going room-by-room, she recommends, cleaning based on category, i.e. clothing, books, papers, etc. Start by going through all the clothes in your home, then once that’s finished, mark it off the list and move to the next category. I, personally, like to create piles; one to keep, one to donate, and one to throw away, especially when it comes to things like clothes, kitchen items, and decorations that may not be used often.

Keep what you love and use frequently, if it’s still in good shape.

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but take the time to decide what means the most to you and what you can let go.

Decluttering is especially important in the kitchen. Cleaning off your countertops will help your kitchen look clean and open, as well as maximize prep space.

Go through everything on your countertops and get rid of everything you don’t use or don’t need.

This includes stacks of paper or junk mail, that you just haven’t had the time to go through, as well as small appliances or knickknacks. Next, go through your cabinets and get rid of items that are either worn out or that have never been used, like that punch bowl set you got as a wedding gift years ago but have never

taken out of the box. Another item that’s important to clean out regularly is food. Food can get lost easily in a deep pantry or even in the refrigerator, so make sure you are cleaning out regularly so you have room for new items and don’t have stale or rotten food lurking on the back of shelves.

Step 2: Clean The next step is cleaning. I know you clean your house throughout the year, but make sure you take this time to deep clean forgotten areas, like your refrigerator, freezer, and oven.

Check all HVAC vents and grills to make sure they are clean of dust and debris. Also, make sure you change out your filter in your HVAC unit so it can run efficiently and the air in your home is clean. Wipe down cabinets in your kitchen and bathrooms to make sure they are clean, both inside and out. If you have granite or other natural stone countertops, now is a great time to clean and seal the tops. Spring is also a good time to clean out your laundry room, and make sure you don’t miss the area behind the washer and dryer. You may even find that missing sock!

Step 3: Organize The final step after decluttering and cleaning is to organize what’s left. Everyone has their own system for getting organized that works for them, but the most important thing is that your storage is efficient and functional. In closets and pantries, I often recommend a shelving system in place of wire shelving. Wire shelving is OK if you are on a tight budget but doesn’t offer any flexibility. A shelving system can give you more options like adjustable shelving, baskets or drawers, and different levels for hanging. This can help you organize by category and make finding things much easier.

Another area I recommend focusing on organization is in cabinetry. There are so many stores out there that offer lots of organizing solutions for cabinets in the form of accessories and inserts.

You can get drawer inserts to organize spices, utensils, and cutlery; you can even get inserts to help organize your junk drawer!

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Spring cleaning can be daunting, but if you set up a system or method before you start, the task will seem less overwhelming.

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By Alan Hope In the last week of February, Lake Lanier posted its third highest water level in the reservoir’s 66 year history. And with it came lots of residential and business damage, ramp closures, and other related issues.

The 1076.10 mark, which happened on February 25, left marinas and other facilities across the lake scrambling to handle problems caused by the high water.

Hideaway Bay Marina closed its gas dock for a time. Twisted Oar restaurant at Holiday Marina was forced to close temporarily.

Many other marinas dealt with dock ramps underwater. And the boathouses at Lake Lanier Olympic Park were flooded. The familiar tower at the park was surrounded by water and its first

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1077.15 Apr. 14, 1964 floor flooded.

1076.20 Apr. 5, 1977 Lake Lanier Olympic Park 1076.10 Feb. 23, 2019 Manager Robyn Lynch said, “We 1076.05 Mar. 30, 1980 are moving docks around and get1075.99 Apr. 15, 1979 ting prepared for several college 1075.75 Apr. 1, 1976 teams that are arriving on Satur1075.43 Dec. 31, 2015 day (March 2) for spring training.

Lakeside will have a full report When the water levels decrease, we will be able to assess the dam- of the flooding and other related developments in the April issue. age in and to the boathouse and equipment building and formulate a plan for cleanup.”

Business owners, residents and government agencies will all be doing the same once the waters recede.

The highest recorded lake level at Lanier was 1,077.15 on April 14, 1964, according to the Corps.

Here are the seven highest PHOTO BY ALAN HOPE Lake Lanier levels (provided by Sardis Park was closed when U.S. Corps of Engineers): water began covering the road.

PHOTO BY ALAN HOPE

All boats and their stands in photo above are normally on dry pavement.

All three boathouses at the LLOP were flooded.

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PHOTO BY VICKI HOPE

Lake level sign at Buford Dam showed current reading.

No one will be sitting on this park bench in Longwood Park for awhile.

Hideaway Bay Marina’s gas dock was closed temporarily, right.

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Updating lakeside dining options for the upcoming season

By Pamela A. Keene In the interest of increasing customer comfort, Pelican Pete’s at Port Royale, the lake’s only floating restaurant, is raising the bar this season.

“Thatched roofing, new tables and chairs will give our guests an improved dining experience,” said Brian Grill, general manager of Pelican Pete’s. “Our customers have told us they want seating to protect them from the elements, and that’s what we’ve done by adding motorized retractable canvas sides to the restaurant.

It’s all about enjoying on-the-water dining.

We’ve preserved the great views on the lake while keeping customers comfortable with our open-air concept.”

Pelican Pete’s, located just south of Browns Bridge, has clear open views of the bridge and the main channel of Lake Lanier. Situated behind breakwater docks, the floating restaurant offers a full bar. Popular frozen drinks include Pina Coladas and daquiris. There are eight beers on draft and additional bottled beers.

“Our beer is served at between 28 and 29 degrees thanks to our special serving system,” Grill said. “We’ve got a really great variety and I can safely say that it’s the coldest beer on the lake.”

Food at Pelican Pete’s is prepared from fresh ingredients. Grill said that food deliveries are made three times each week. “Our burgers are never frozen and we hand-bread our

seafood on site,” he said. “And as an example, our hamburger buns are fresh-baked from a true bakery in Atlanta. There’s nothing better than a fresh bun with a freshly made burger.”

The courtesy docks now offers 80 slips for boaters to come to the restaurant by water all season.

Pelican Pete’s opens for the 2019 season the first full weekend in April, starting Thursday, April 4. It will be open Thursday through Sunday until May 23, when it switches to sevenday operation through Labor Day. It will also be open weekends in the fall.

Info: 770 877-5717, ext. 5, www.bestinboating.com.

Skogie’s at Gainesville Marina opens March 1 with more and larger courtesy docks dedicated to restaurant patrons, plus music

PHOTO BY ALAN HOPE

Skogies opened Friday, March 1.

every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. “Once school is out, we’ll be open five days a week and then starting Memorial Day, we’ll go to seven days a week,” said owner Tony Jonovitch.

Known for its Sunday brunch, which is also offered on holiday Mondays, with several varieties of Benedicts at $14.99, Skogie’s is continuing its unlimited Bellini, Bloody Mary and Mimosa Bar for customers who purchase brunch. The Bellini bar is an additional $16.99.

The brunch buffet ranges from traditional breakfast fare to grouper, shrimp, wings and pulled pork. Jonovitch rotates other homecooked items such as lasagna and scampi.

Skogie’s menu features Keto-friendly and gluten-free selections. New items include Dynamite Shrimp and “zoodles,” noodles made from zucchini that are popular with people on Keto diets.

Each season, Skogie’s hosts several community events, including Believe with Me, a national event that raises fund for Gold Star military families. In 2018, the restaurant raised more than $20,000 by donating all sales from its brunch during Memorial Day weekend. This year it will take place on Monday, May 27, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Skogie’s opens March 1 for Friday through Sunday operation. Hours expand to five-day-aweek service when school is out. Starting Memorial Day weekend, the restaurant at

Gainesville Marina will be open seven days a week.

Info: 678 450-1310, www.skogieslakefrontrestaurant.us.

Fish Tales at Hideaway Bay Marina opens March 1 for seven-day-a-week operation, including music on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The restaurant, which was opened in 2010 by Dale and Jessica Ozaki, will continue

PHOTO BY VICKI HOPE

Fish Tales restaurant at Hideaway Bay Marina is ready for business.

to offer many of the same customer favorite menu items.

“This year we have created an additional waiting area for customers to order drinks and appetizers,” said Alana Quick, marketing director. “And we’ve changed the exterior color of the restaurant and brought in new upscale plates for our dinner items.”

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Sarah Robertson, inspiration for early Poker Runs on Lanier, passes away

By Pamela A. Keene The little girl with a brain tumor who at age 9 became the inspiration for the first children’s poker run on Lake Lanier in 2009, passed away earlier this year. Sarah Robertson, daughter of Roy Robertson and Tammy Puckett of Hall County, was 20 when she succumbed to her brain tumor in February. As a youngster, she attended the first Pirates of Lanier Poker Run and spoke at the awards celebration. She also came to several other poker runs.

“Sarah was our inspiration for that first fund-raiser for children back in 2008,” said Steve Damus, owner of Motorhead automobile repair on Atlanta Highway. “She was so sweet and always thought of other people first.”

It all started with Sarah’s stepfather Danny Puckett went to work for Motorhead in 2008. “He told us about Sarah and a group of us decided we wanted to do a fund-raising motorcycle ride that year to raise money for her medical care,” Damus said. “We raised $7,000, half of it for her family and the other half for Scottish Rite Hospital, where she was being treated.”

After that ride, organizers decided they wanted to continue

supporting children and families in need. “We did several other motorcycle events over the coming months and eventually decided to name our group Silent Partners,” Damus said.

In September 2009, members of Silent Partners, including Rea and Debi Williams, Derek Dugan, Brenda Lee, Damus and others, staged the first Pirates of Lanier Castaways Poker Run on the lake.

By 2010, some of the members split to form Lanier Partners of North Georgia Inc. They continued the annual poker run, raising money for Camp Sunshine and Children of Fallen Soldiers.

Today, the Pirates of Lanier Charity Poker Run continues to raise money for children’s charities, including Camp Twin Lakes, Camp Sunshine and Boys & Girls Clubs of Lanier.

Sarah’s father said, “The day before she passed away she told us for her 21st birthday (March 3rd) she only wanted stuffed animals so she could go down on her birthday and give them to the children at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.”

“So we are taking all the stuffed animals we received to the hospital on her birthday.” And plans are to continue that effort

PHOTO BY ALAN HOPE

Sarah Robertson appeared on stage at one of the first Poker Runs on Lake Lanier, alongside one of the organizers, Steve Damus.

through a foundation called “Sarah’s Last Wish.”

Damus added, “She was just that way, always thinking of other people and what she could do for them. She will certainly be missed.”

The 2019 Pirates of Lanier Charity Poker Run is scheduled for July 18-20. For more info, visit www.lanierpartners.org.

March 2019

Widening of Lanier Islands Parkway on schedule

By Pamela A. Keene By the fall of 2019, Lanier Islands Parkway, also known as State Route 347, from McEver Road to Lanier Islands will be completed. The project involves adding a center lane, straightening some curves and putting in a 10-foot-wide path and a sidewalk.

The road will also have a round-about when complete.

“We are 55 percent complete and in Stage 2 of construction,” said Katie Strickland with the Georgia Department of Transportation. “The water main owned by the City of Gainesville is currently in the process of being relocated to the new shoulder.”

The subgrade is being in-

stalled and some sections of the roadway are currently being paved.

She said that Stage 3, the final stage of construction, will start with a traffic shift in late March or early April, moving traffic to the portion of the road that has been completed. “This shift will move traffic over to what has been built (new) and allow the former driving surface to be completed and the tie-ins constructed, driveways paved and the slopes graded,” she said. “We don’t anticipate having traffic on the new portions until April and our contractor is working weather-permitting, to be completed with the project by the October 31, 2019, scheduled completion.”

PHOTO COURTESY GEORGIA DOT

Lake Lanier’s Early History Book Is Now Available!

The improved Lanier Islands Parkway should be completed this fall.

Lake Lanier’s early history book is back! The history of the Buford Dam Project and Lake Sidney Lanier is now available for purchase.

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Southeast Louisiana is a special place to visit 50 LAKESIDE

Despite hurricanes, floods, bad politics, modern technology and a world thirsty for oil making faster changes to the land and occupations of Southeast Louisiana, the old traditions in this part of the country move to a slower beat.

Cultural metamorphosis is not speedy, and because of this, visitors never experience a bad day in this part of the country!

It is the abundant diversities of the wonderful people that give the greatest character to this area.

One only has to spend an evening of entertainment that includes local food dishes, Cajun music and traditional dance to know that it’s not just the lands and waters, but also the culture, history and people who make this part of Louisiana unique.

The Acadian French are given most of the credit for the Cajun ways, but in reality, the culture here has been shaped by the intermingling of a number of nationalities. These include French, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Caribbean, Irish, German, Italian and African influences that have blended together for more than two centuries. This amazing evolution can be seen in the diversity of the faces of the local people, and exhibits a way of life that is both distinct and marvelously indefinable. Each separate culture retained some of its native heritage, yet inspired a shared life that is a perfect blend of all the other cultures.

From the early Indians to modern workers, the biggest reason that people migrated to Southern Louisiana was the scenic beauty and wildlife of the coastal swamps and marshes and a certainty that a living could be made from the many and varied renewable resources of the area. These days, the music, food, coastlines, wildlife, fish, game and everything else that makes this section

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Bill Vanderford Travel Editor n MORE INFO: 770-289-1543 JFish51@aol.com www.georgiafishing.com PHOTOS BY BILL VANDERFORD

of Louisiana unique is slowly being invaded by the Gulf of Mexico.

Conversations with activists, experts and local people lead me to believe that Southern Louisiana, as we know it, won’t survive without major changes.

For thousands of years, the rich sediment of the Mississippi River and its tributaries continually built the fertile delta of Southern Louisiana until the construction of levees began in 1930 to harness the river for navigation and prevent seasonal flooding. Levees have literally halted nature’s delta-building process and left the coastline of Southern Louisiana open to the encroaching waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

Over the past 70 years, Louisiana has lost over 1,500 square miles of marsh and is still losing 25 to 30 square miles each year. In layman’s terms, that is nearly a football field of beneficial wetlands every 30 minutes.

Two of the most rapidly eroding estuaries on the earth are now in Southeast Louisiana … the Barataria and Terrebonne basins.

The basins produce 30 percent of the nation’s seafood, provide wintering habitat for migratory waterfowl and serve as entry point for a large percentage of America’s foreign and domestic energy supply.

A variety of ideas have been put forward as partial solutions to the dramatic loss of barrier islands and wetlands along the Louisiana coast. Most ideas include soft engineering solutions such as coastal restoration through barrier island stabilization and nourishment. Also, sediment and dredged materials could be redistributed onto wetlands through beneficial use dredging and dedicated dredging projects.

Other ideas include the creation of new deltaic plains through large scale river reintroductions designed to mimic the natural hydrology of the region. And, there are always hard engineering solutions, such as building sea walls, breakwaters and levees, but these solutions are not only expensive but would all but eliminate the presence of natural wetlands and the resources and protection they provide.

Continued coastal land loss would certainly be catastrophic, but nothing is inevitable. Nevertheless, decisions being made will determine if future generations will enjoy the same coastal bounty that has made this region a national treasure.

The perception of most tourists is that jazz, Mardi Gras, the New Orleans Saints and the 9th Ward in New Orleans are the most important interests in Louisiana.

That’s because few have ever seen or experienced the overpowering ecological treasure and raw beauty of coastal Louisiana and its mixture of unique cultures!

Bill Vanderford has won numerous awards for his writing and photography, and has been inducted into the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame as a Legendary Guide.

Top to bottom: Relics from the past in south Louisiana; catching bait fish; exotic peacock; beauty on the bayou; gator; a proper Cajun meal; happiness is a south Louisiana sea trout.

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Boating Safety Courses US Coast Guard Aux. Flotilla 29.....770 891-6362 Atlanta Sail & Power Squadron .....770 734-6412

Marinas 1. Aqualand .................................770 967-6811 2. Bald Ridge ...............................770 887-5309 3. Gainesville ...............................770 536-2171 4. Habersham ..............................770 887-5432 5. Holiday ....................................770 945-7201 6. Port Royale..............................770 887-5715 7. Lanier Harbor .............CLOSED AS OF 2/4/14 8. Lazy Days at Holiday ...............770-945-1991 9.Hideaway Bay ...........................770 967-5500 10.Sunrise Cove ............................770 536-8599 11.Sunset Cove .............................678 304-3157

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commended the group for its community service and outreach.

He presented annual membership awards, then thanked members and guests for their service during his tenure.

In her remarks, Tyson encouraged members to share their enthusiasm for on-the-water learning and social activities. The coming year, she continued, will be marked by expanding partnerships, including joining with the US Coast Guard Auxiliary for the national “Wear It” campaign to increase life-jacket use and combined local Vessel Safety Checks,

a voluntary program for boat owners on Lanier.

“Our purposes are boating education and safety, community service and outreach, strong membership, and fun,” she said.

“So here’s my motto for 2019: Stay safe, be smart, have fun, bring a friend to ABC/A and promote our purpose.”

ABC/A regularly sponsors boating classes and social events in addition to its monthly meetings. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in boating.

For more information, visit www.atlantasboatingclub.com.

Safe boating class offered in March

Want to learn more about boating basics? Check out America’s Boating Club/Atlanta’s Basic Boating Course, set for Saturday, March 9, at Lake Lanier Singleton Marine Administrative Offices, 6275 Lanier Islands Parkway, Buford.

Even if you think you know it all, the course is a good refresher before the boating season begins. It may even result in your getting a discount on your boat insurance. The course is approved by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the National Association of the State Boating Law Administrators.

The cost is $20 and there’s a discount for early online registration. The course text and CD is an additional $20.Advance registration is preferred. Visit atlantasboatingclub.com.

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“New menu items include Ahi Tuna Poke Nachos, Pimento Buffalo Chicken Dip and our Frickles Fried Pickles that are a favorite at Pig Tales,” she said. “Steak Chimichurri has been added as a dinner entrée.”

Fish Tales will be open seven days a week. Promotions and special events are listed on the eatery’s Facebook page.

Info: 770 967-3775, www.fishtaleslakelanier.com.

Pig Tales, Fish Tales’ sister restaurant at Aqualand Marina, opens March 1 for weekends in March. April 1, it will expand its hours to seven days a week. for the 2019 season. It will offer music on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Info: 678 828-7676, www.pigtaleslakelanier.com.

Twisted Oar at Holiday Marina is open year-round. With one of the largest craft beer selections on Lake Lanier with 20 on tap and nearly three dozen in bottles, the restaurant offers special promotions most nights.

Monday is Trivia night; Tuesday features Tacos and Tequila; Wednesday the restaurant serves half-price pizza.

Food specials during the week include crab legs on Thursday, Prime Rib on Friday, Fried Shrimp baskets on Saturday and All You Can Eat

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spaghetti on Sundays.

“This year we’ve added an outside stage for our entertainment Thursday through Sunday,” said owner Cary Eubank. “And we have two bands on Saturday and two bands on Sunday, plus there’s an 85-inch large-screen television outside.”

Eubank said he plans to repeat his Shuckfest from last year in the spring and the fall. “Last year we went through 1,200 dozen oysters,” he said. “It was amazingly successful.”

Info: 678 714-7572, www.facebook.com/twistedoar/.

Margaritaville at Lanier Island’s LandShark Landing is open all year long with seven-day-a-week operation. A full schedule of special events will highlight the 2019 boating season. It will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on March 17.

“Regular events include Full Moon Parties and our Low County Boils from May to September,” said Nicole van Leeuwen with Margaritaville. “We’ll offer single-artist entertainment inside LandShark Landing on Friday and Saturday in April. From May through Labor Day, Friday will feature a single artist in the restaurant, a band and DJ on Saturday and a DJ on Sunday.”

Info: 678 304-3120, www.lanierislands.com/margaritaville.

PHOTO BY VICKI HOPE

Pig Tales at Aqualand Marina has a terrific view of open water.

March 2019 Sailing Events

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