Lake Thunderhead Beachcomber

Volume 32 Issue 6 July, 2023

Stars & Stripes wave over Lake Thunderhead

On Monday, May 29 the Lake Thunderhead community gathered in remembrance of the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our country and our freedoms. The Memorial Day gathering included the dedication of our impressive new flag pole located on the north end of the dam.

The dedication ceremony included a detail of active military and veterans who lowered the flag to halfstaff at 10 AM. Immediately following taps and a three- airplane flyover by some of our local pilots, Josh Pearson, Kyle Byrd and Steve Gourley. Rick Clark and Bob Smith, representing Unionville American Legion Post 34 presented the colors to the military detail. The flag was returned to full staff at 12 noon.

Active military, veterans and first responders were recognized for their service by the presentation of a commemorative coin honoring their service. The coins and the new flag were the brainchild of Dick and Janet Hoover, Lake Thunder- head residents. They imagined this landmark flag nearly seven months ago and began enlisting the assistance of many lake residents: Keith Morris, Clint Heidenwith, Ron Hinkle, Joe Davis and Steve McKnight were instrumental in constructing the flag pole. They were joined by Bill Woods, Paul Koch, Cody and Davin Veach, Fred McElwee, Jeff and Brian Peak, Derek Knowles and Rodney Weir in seeing this project through from start to the flag raising.

The 100-foot flag pole and 20 ft. by 30 ft. flag are very impressive and can be seen from quite a distance.

Team Effort to Control Curly Leaf Pond Weed in the Lake

A 36-inch eagle sits atop the finial ball on the peak of the pole. Private donations and the selling of commemorative bricks helped fund the project If you would like to purchase a commemorative brick, two sizes are available: 4X8” for $150 or 8X8” for $300. You can call the lake office to inquire.

In the closing ceremonies Patrick Pittman played the Star Spangled Banner and the crowd recited the Pledge of Allegiance.

We are all so proud of this landmark achievement for Lake Thunderhead and thank everyone for the patriotism shown during the dedication.

A Friendly Reminder

Please be sure to let the Unionville Republican know of any address change you have. We want you all to receive your Beachcomber. Also, please let us know if you are new to the lake or if you have sold your property at the lake.

Unionvillerepublican@mac.com or 660-947-2222

Thank you, The Unionville Republican

by Bruce Montgomery

Well, this is going to be a bit of an unusual article for us. No real talk of tourneys or the Kids’ Derby, though look for the latter in the next BeachComber. Today we’re going to chat about our recent introduction of Grass Carp to help in efforts to stop the spread of Curly Leaf Pond Weed (CLPW).

In this article, I’ll quote freely from our local state Dept of Conservation Biologist, Daniel Loken, Jr. (DJ). His document is available at the lake office in it’s entirety if you are interested.

In short, CLPW is a nasty weed that can and will take over lake areas under 15 feet in depth. Creating matts so thick some say you can FLOAT on them. Looking at the fish committee, I’d say maybe only a couple could float on them. JUST KIDDING guys!

But it’s a serious problem for our lake. Fortunately our friends at the Dept of Conservation and some of our fisherfolk here at the lake noticed it early, and our lake management and board, along with the Fish Committee took it very seriously.

Here’s some background from DJ: “While electrofishing for largemouth bass and bluegill on May 8th of this year, I noticed that there was Curlyleaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus L.) growing in several of the bays. After shocking, I went to investigate further and found it on the south end also. Curlyleaf pondweed (CLPW) does

Curly Leaf… Cont. to pg. 10

Lake Board Meeting Held June 13, 2023

Meeting was called to order by Cody @ 5:30pm, in attendance, Cody Veach, Kerrie Rose, Tiffany Scovel, Mike Vore, Ced Gilworth & Rodney Weir.

Cody opened by welcoming new Board

Member Mike Vore.

Public Correspondence - None

Secretary Report –Mike motioned to approve Annual meeting minutes; Tiffany seconded.

Treasure Report – Tiffany reported we are under budget so far this year, and motioned to approve, Ced seconded

Committee Reports

Election Committee – No report

A&E Committee –

No report

Entertainment Committee – No report

Rules & Regulations

Committee - No report

Fish Committee –Mark Daniels spoke about the kids fishing derby coming up and that Conservation Officer sprayed weeds, Rodney has committed to trimming around the pond. There will be a fall bass tournament Sept 16

Dock CommitteeNo report

Commons Committee - No report

Special Road District – Gene reports that the asphalt will be done mid July. Gene was questioned about street signs and will get a list together of ones that need replaced.

Gene has requested that the lake contact REC about putting street lights on the north end of the lake. Rodney will work on getting quotes and Gene will bring the map of where these would be placed to office to publish.

Lake Manager Report – Rodney reported that dock work is continuing and to please be patient. There is lily pad spray at office for lake front home owners to check out, please make sure you are very careful as it will kill grass and trees. A short spray

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Old Business

Off-site clarification boat stickers/fees – Kerrie & Ced are still working with lawyer. Update on sale of misc. Lake Thunderhead property – Ced reports that about $50K of property is under contract and should close Mid July. They are waiting on the survey company which should happen within the next 10 days, and the cost will be passed on to the buyer.

New Business Disc Golf – Tiffa- ny mentioned that she’d been asked about the possibility of a disc golf course set up. There are some concerns on where it would be placed that wouldn’t impede on regular golfers or additional lawn maintenance. Kim volunteered to look into costs and how much land would be needed.

Addition of a Bar/ Grill Discussion – There has been some interest in building a year round bar & grill at the lake, and turning the current restaurant into the Community Center for meetings, group gatherings, etc. The Board is just fact finding and discussing at this time. Since funding would be from the sale of the miscellaneous WCA properties & fundraising a special assessment for Capital Improvements would not be required. Some discussion was had about a location. Kerrie had some questions regarding liability insurance and the possibility of it bringing additional law

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New Signage for Golf Course, Beach, Boat Ramp, etc. – how to fund

-Listing rules (Private beach, no dogs, no glass bottles, valid UTV/Golf sticker, etc.) Rodney has ordered some blank signs for Ferne to put wording on for beach areas. There is some discussion about having Joy & Forrest Jones also make some, getting cost estimates. Funds were raised for a new Office sign and possibly we could continue to raise more money for new signs per addition.

Tiffany wants to address the campground rest rooms again and keep it on the list of old business as we’ve had several complaints. Rodney is going to get some estimates for new plumbing hardware, and possibly remove showers all together as they can use the beach house. A concern about how wet the floor stays in the beach house, so Rodney will get quotes on ceiling fans.

Lot Consolidations/ Inactivation’s - None Misc. items of interest to the Association - None

Leo’s Marina Restaurant

Leo’s Marina Restaurant is open at Lake Thunderhead. Managed by Anna Busker, the menu features a terrific selection of entrees, pizza, salads, sandwiches and more.

Hours of Operation

TUES – THURS & SUN

10:30 AM – 2 PM and 4 – 8 PM

FRI & SAT

8 AM to 2 PM and 4 – 9 PM

Restaurant is closed on Mondays. Let’s support the restaurant, folks!

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Owners

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