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Welcome to the busiest part of the summer on the water. As we gear up for the Fourth fireworks and a long holiday weekend, our crew at THE LAKER is excited to give you a packed second issue delivered directly to lakeshore property owners, deeded access and dock association homes, and dozens of newsstands where nautical people gather.

Inside this issue, you’ll find out about a few locals who once upon a time claimed the title of professional water skiers. Quite a rare honor, which took some around the world – see pages 4A and 6A. Bald Eagle Yacht Club is celebrating its quasquicentennial this year. That’s 125 years of “gaff rigs” and scows at the Buffalo Street and Bald Eagle Boulevard docks.

Learn about its history and how you can toast the BEYC accomplishment at an upcoming celebration – see pages 1B, 3B to 4B. Speaking of history, ever wondered what a day must have been like for a family visiting the lost Wildwood Amusement Park on the shores of Mahtomedi at the turn of the last century? Plunge into superb storytelling on pages 1C, 3C to 4C. Ever want to see inside the Cobb house?

Kelly and Bob Whalen open the doors of their stately brick Queen Anne doors to LAKER readers on pages 5C to 7C. This year’s loon hatch includes delight and disaster. Learn more on page 6B. Want to follow a local sailor at the Paris Olympics? Learn how Lara Dallman-Weiss tacked in a different direction to make it happen on pages 8C, 9C. Before you dock your reading glasses, make sure to let us know what you think about THE LAKER. Email ppinfo@ presspubs.com. From our crew to your crew, we hope you agree the newest summer essential is THE LAKER.

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RESUME LISTS ‘FORMER PROFESSIONAL WATER SKIER’

By Debra Neutkens Editor

Professional water skiing may not be a lifelong career, but it was a good gig for a college kid.

Sadly, there aren’t many ski acts left like the legendary Tommy Bartlett Show in Wisconsin Dells or the famed Cypress Gardens in Florida. Memories remain, however, for a few lake residents who can list “former proskier” on their resume.

An attorney by day for Meshbesher & Spence and a water skier at most other times (in the summer), Lindsey Carpenter said skiing for Tommy Bartlett was one of the best times of her life.

“We skied six days a week, three shows a day. It was amazing,” recalled Carpenter, who was 17 when she started skiing summers at the Dells.

A third-generation skier, Carpenter’s grandfather started a water ski team in Rochester where she grew up. Her mom skied at Sea World Orlando.

Life on the Tommy Bartlett “campus” meant living in a trailer on site.

“We called it Tommy Bartletteville,” Carpenter said. “We’d start work at noon and ski, ski, ski. The pay wasn’t great. You couldn’t make a career out of it. But it was a blast.”

She tried out for the Tommy Bartlett show the summer before her senior

Photos contributed Lindsay Carpenter, left, and Megan Moore, right, join a friend on the Tommy Bartlett jump.

year of high school and was hired on the spot. “The show director took me on Lake Delton, which had huge waves and white caps. I threw down all my tricks; I was used to rough water skiing growing up on the river and Lake Pepin. He stopped the boat and asked, ‘can you ski the night show? Can you ski the rest of the season?’ Thank

Tommy Bartlett skiers get ready for a show, Lindsey Carpenter is center.

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goodness my parents said, ‘yes.’ Skiing the night show in a star swivel role was wonderful – the lights, the crowds, the stage and cheers. It was an amazing feeling.”

Her love for the sport eventually drew Carpenter to Winter Haven, Florida, to try out for the renowned Cypress Gardens water ski extravaganza. The

historic venue held its first show in 1943 to entertain visiting U.S. servicemen.

It was considered Florida’s first theme park.

“I made the decision to transfer to Florida Southern College so I could ski year-round at Winter Haven,” Carpenter said. “There is so much history there.

All my idols skied Cypress Gardens. I learned so much skiing with them. I was there when it closed in 2003. The place was packed. There were skiers there from all over the world on closing day.”

Carpenter’s husband Kurt grew up skiing on Bald Eagle, and also skied professionally for Sea World Ohio.

Married 15 years, Lindsey first met Kurt when she was 15. She was skiing tournaments and he was a judge.

When she moved to the Twin Cities for law school, Carpenter joined the Midwest Ski Otters and their romance blossomed. It was Kurt’s sister, Kristi Skillings, who started the Ski Otters in 1995. The group performs Sunday nights on Little Goose Lake during the summer.

Kurt is active in the Ski Otters too, and serves as the nonprofit’s vice president. His specialty is barefoot skiing, jumping, tricks and pyramids.

Many of its members are retired pro skiers, Lindsey noted, who pay to be part of the team.

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Former pro skier Megan Moore, a member of Ski Otters, on a swivel ski in 1997.

INFORMATION FOR LAKE USERS, AREA RESIDENTS, AND LAKESHORE PROPERTY OWNERS

Preserving White Bear Lake for Future Generations 10 things to watch for on White Bear Lake this summer

1. Water appropriation from WBL is not allowed at this time: the lake

is below 923.5 ft. above mean sea level which means no person may pump or otherwise appropriate water from WBL. This includes pumping water from the lake to water your lawn.

2. Storm drains: Help protect WBL water quality by preventing

organic debris and salt from entering storm drains. Organic debris contributes to phosphorus in lakes and can cause harmful algae.

Salt permanently pollutes lakes with chloride. Consider adopting a storm drain near WBL. Please see mn.adopt-a-drain.org for more information.

White Bear Lake Water Patrol Concern:

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Lake use study: A lake use study has been commissioned by the WBLCD. You may be asked questions while launching your boat, you may be sent a survey to complete about your lake use or you may notice boats collecting data on boating density. Please help us by completing the survey if you receive one.

Weed survey and Eurasian Watermilfoil (EWM) treatment: A survey of weed growth will be done in late June and invasive EWM will be treated after the 4th of July.

Please watch our social media for more details.

Personal Watercraft Operation

Everyone aboard a personal watercraft (PWC) – also known as a Jet Ski, wave runner, sea-doo, or water scooter – must wear a U.S. Coast Guard approved lifejacket.

PWC must travel at the slow-no wake speed (5 mph or less) within 150 feet of shore, docks, swimmers, swimming rafts, any moored or anchored watercraft or non- motorized watercraft.

5. Low water dock rules: Use this QR code for more information.

6. Disposing of bait, tackle or fishing line in the lake is illegal.

7. Yard fertilizer can contribute to poor water quality by increasing phosphorus levels in the lake. Please use phosphorus free fertilizer if you live in the WBL watershed.

8. Online watercraft rentals: The only watercraft rentals permited on WBL are from

While towing a person on water skis or other device, a PWC must have an additional person on board to act as observer.

Age restrictions:

the marinas located in Commercial Bay. Watercraft rentals from businesses not located in Commercial Bay may not have adequate insurance, safety equipment or best practices to prevent invasive species from entering WBL. Please contact our office if you see unauthorized boat rentals.

• Age younger than 13 years: May not operate a PWC, even with an adult on board

9. Ramsey County Water Patrol: The WBLCD paid for 240 hours of extra patrol during the 2024 boating

season. Police report from last summer: 160 boat safety checks, 99 PWC safety checks, 32 calls for assistance, 30 calls for service, 22 writen citations, 39 writen warnings and 34 verbal warnings.

10. Operation Drywater: Boating while intoxicated is dangerous. Boating laws mirror motor vehicle laws in

Minnesota. There will be targeted enforcement of impaired boating throughout the state during the first week of July.

• Age 13 years: Must either have a person age 21 years or older on board or a watercraft operator’s permit and be in continuous visual observation by someone at least 21 years old.

• Age 14-17 years: Must either have a watercraft operator’s permit or someone at least 21 on board • Do not chase wildlife with a PWC (or any watercraft).

• Do not jump the wake of another boat within 150 feet of that boat.

CALL TO ACTION

Four Ways You Can Help Protect WBL Now 1. Check your lawn fertilizer to make sure its lake-friendly 2. Please return the WBLCD lake use survey if you receive one 3. Consider adopting a storm drain 4. Stay up to date: follow us on social media

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Show skier Carpenter and her partner perform on Little Goose Lake.

Photos contributed Ben Netland, center, performs a helicopter (360) off the jump in Sea World in San Diego on Mission Bay.

The couple have also skied outside the United States, including performing at the Olympic Park in Beijing, China in 2008. “We were followed around by paparazzi. We felt like super stars,” Lindsey said.

Fellow Ski Otter Megan Moore skied for Tommy Bartlett, as did Paul Chapin, albeit short-lived.

Moore is a childhood friend of Carpenter who started skiing at age 7.

“We had just moved to Rochester and my mom was looking for something to do on a summer night,” she recalled.

“We went to the water ski show and I fell in love. I joined that night.”

She has skied professionally around the world, including Japan, China and Australia. “It’s a very small community worldwide,” according to Moore, who started skiing for a paycheck after high school.

Unique experiences included skiing on New Year’s Eve 1999 in Australia when Y2K was in the headlines. “We realized the world wasn’t going to end” and skiing for a diplomat on the Chinese New Year. “We were on Chinese TV, in a parade and they had six hours of fireworks. I remember thinking, ‘is this real’?”

Her employers provided room and

board and a per diem, but it wasn’t a career you got rich at, Moore said. “But I met great people in great places and I got to ski.”

She joined Ski Otters in 2005 and moved to White Bear a few years later.

“It’s such a great community here,” said Moore, who works in healthcare as an IT program manager.

She’s met all her best friends through skiing. “Some friendships are 40 years old. It’s like having an entire second family.”

Chapin, who grew up waterskiing on Bald Eagle, worked a summer for the Tommy Bartlett show in 1970. He earned $85 a week as a teenager doing helicopter turns off the ramp, and even drove specially-rigged boats over the jump. He got bonus pay for performing the stunts. A retired airline pilot, Chapin still competes in tournaments around the world. The Water Ski Hall of Famer has competed in U.S. National Water Ski Championships since 1963 and will be competing slalom in the Senior World Championship this fall in Madrid, Spain. His home lake, Chapin added, has sported a slalom course since 1954.

Former pro-skier Ben Netland left for Florida’s SeaWorld the summer after graduating from Wilmar High School

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in 1992. He had $40 in his pocket and a cup full of change for Chicago’s toll roads.

Those summer road trips continued through Netland’s college years, only he switched venues in ’93 to SeaWorld San Diego and Marine World near San Francisco. “It was an annual event to drive to California in my old pickup with little to no money,” recalled Netland, who lives on White Bear Lake. “You just hope you get there.”

Like the others, Netland admitted the pay wasn’t great, but he’d manage to save a few thousand dollars for school.

The best part was doing what he loved in front of thousands of people.

“I was paid to water ski and live in a different area of the country and meet a lot of great people. We skied five to eight shows 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. five days a week. We had all the best equipment and the best boats. I would go surfing or drive up to Lake Tahoe on my days off. I couldn’t have had a better summer job.”

Netland, who is in medical device sales, still skis on White Bear several times a week. He wakeboards and trick skis and every few years, “I barefoot just to prove I can still do it.” ◼

Kurt and Lindsay Carpenter consider water skiing a true family sport. Their two young sons are fourth-generation skiers.

Bald Eagle’s Paul Chapin taking a jump in 1978.

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JULY EVENTS

Greenhorn Advanced Sunday Series Bass Tournament

Birchwood 4th of July Parade

When: 6 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, July 21 Where: White Bear Lake Details: Approximately 50 entrants participate as part of the Twin Citiesbased nonprofit Bass fishing league.

Contact: greenhornbasstour.com

When: 9:30 a.m. Thursday, July 4 Where: Birchwood Ave. and East County Line Rd. Details: Community members can participate in parade; lineup begins at 9 a.m.

Myths & Marvels from White Bear Lake

White Bear Lake Independence Day Boat Parade

When: 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, July 22 Where: White Bear Lake Library, 2150 2nd St. Details: White Bear Lake Area Historical Society shares unusual stories of the community's past. No advance registration required.

Contact: whitebearhistory.org

When: noon Thursday, July 4 Where: Lineup starts at Mahtomedi Beach Details: Decorate a boat to participate in the parade, or watch from the shore. Boats line up at 11:45 a.m. at Mahtomedi Beach and end at Commercial Bay. Time and direction is weather and wind-dependent. See facebook for updates day of event.

Contact: Facebook: White Bear Lake Boat Parade

Relay for Life-White Bear Lake

When: 5-10 p.m. Friday, July 26 Where: White Bear Lake Area High School North Campus Stadium, 5040 Bald Eagle Ave. Details: Family friendly activities including food trucks, entertainment, games, meaningful moments, and walk to celebrate cancer survivors and remember loved ones.

Contact: ascevents.org

4th of July Fireworks Celebration

When: 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 4 Where: Memorial Beach Details: Manitou Days celebration culminates with a fireworks display over White Bear Lake. Live music by Shoreview Northern Lights Variety Band at 8 p.m.; Flyover at 8:30 p.m.; Fireworks at 10 p.m. Rain date July 5.

Contact: manitoudays.com

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Stay updated on the boats and crews participating in this summer's A-Scow Sailing Fleet races on White Bear Lake.

Fillebrown House Tour

When: 11 a.m. Saturday, July 13 Where: Fillebrown House, 4735 Lake Avenue Details: Tour the 1879 lakeside cottage and learn about life during the resort era. Registration required.

Contact: 651-407-5327 or whitebearhistory.org

Movie in the Park

When: Dusk Saturday, July 13 Where: Polar Lakes Park, 1280 Hammond Rd., White Bear Township Details: Bring a lawn chair or blanket and bug spray and watch a free familyfriendly movie outdoors, “Wonka.” See weather updates on facebook.

Contact: facebook.com/ WhiteBearTownshipMNOfficialSite

Summer Lawn Concert

When: 1 p.m. Sunday, July 14 Where: Hanifl Performing Arts Center, 4941 Long Ave. Details: Enjoy a Johnny Cash musical tribute concert by Mitchell Hall. Rain or

shine; pay-what-you-want admission.

Contact: lakeshoreplayers.com

Northwest Metro Conference Open

When: 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, July 15 Where: White Bear Lake Details: Tournament includes Northwest Metro High School fishing teams of two on approximately 40 boats.

Contact: minnesotajuniorbassnation. com

Minnesota Youth Fishing Derby

When: 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 17 Where: White Bear Lake Details: Event for anglers 14 and under in teams of two or solo.

Contact: mnyouthfishing.org

Greenhorn Wednesday Series Bass Tournament

When: 5-8:45 p.m. Wedensday, July 17 Where: Bald Eagle Lake Details: Approximately 50 entrants participate as part of the Twin Citiesbased nonprofit Bass fishing league.

Contact: greenhornbasstour.com

Learn and Grow With Us Garden Tour

When: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, July 20 Where: Seven gardens in White Bear Lake, Stillwater, Lake Elmo, and Oakdale Details: Tour seven gardens designed and maintained by Washington County Master Gardener volunteers, who are on site ot answer questions. Discount for advance tickets. Rain or shine.

Contact: 612-301-1210 or https://z.umn.

AUGUST EVENTS Taco John's Run Baby Run 5K, 10K

When: 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 Where: BoatWorks Commons, 4495 Lake Ave. S. Details: 5K, 10K run on a flat and fast course along White Bear Lake.

Proceeds support STRIVE student scholarships.

Contact: whitebearrotary.org or midwestevents.com

36th Annual Tour de Bar Bicycle Benefit Ride

When: 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 Where: White Bear Lake, Vadnais Heights, Mahtomedi Details: Bicycle ride fundraiser around White Bear Lake with stops at more than a dozen establishments.

Contact: Facebook: Tour de Bar

Fillebrown House Tour

When: 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 Where: Fillebrown House, 4735 Lake Avenue Details: Tour the 1879 lakeside cottage and learn about life during the resort era. Registration required.

Contact: 651-407-5327

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LAKER CALENDAR 9th Annual Free Concert from the Porch

Marketfest

National Night Out

Marketfest Music at 4 Deuces Saloon

When: 6-9 p.m. Thursdays, through July 25 Where: Downtown White Bear Lake Details: Community summer festival with 200+ food and vendor booths, live music, car show, kids activities, specials at local merchants.

Contact: marketfestwbl.com

When: 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 Where: 4671 Lake Ave., White Bear Lake Details: Bring a lawn chair and enjoy a cappella music by Vocality at a private home.

Contact: vocalityquartet.com When: Tuesday, Aug. 6 Where: Local neighborhoods Details: Neighborhoods host block parties to gather and promote awareness of safety and crime prevention. Register to have visit from law enforcement and fire department personnel.

Contact: whitebearlake.org/ publicsafety/page/night-unite; ramseycounty.us/your-government/ leadership/sheriffs-office/sheriffsoffice-divisions/public-safetyservices-2; co.washington.mn.us/3647/ National-Night-Out

When: 4-9 p.m. Thursdays, through July 25 Where: 4 Deuces Saloon, 2222 Fourth Street, White Bear Lake Details: Happy hour and DJ playing 70's and 80's rock from 4 to 6 p.m.; live music 6 to 9 p.m.

Contact: explorewhitebear.org/events/ marketfest-music-at-4-deuces-saloon

Mahtomedi Area Farmers Market

Pops on the Porch

When: 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8 Where: Fillebrown House, 4735 Lake Avenue Details: Enjoy the Big Band sounds of the Moonlight Serenaders on the lawn of the Fillebrown House. Free; bring blankets, chairs and picnic.

Contact: 651-407-5327 or whitebearhistory.org

Author Visit

When: 10-11:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 9 Where: Lake Country Booksellers, 4766 Washington Square Details: Visit and book signing with acclaimed White Bear Lakebased children's book author David LaRochelle.

Contact: facebook.com/people/LakeCountry-Booksellers

Movie in the Park

When: Dusk, Aug. 10 Where: Polar Lakes Park, 1280 Hammond Rd., White Bear Township Details: Bring a lawn chair or blanket and bug spray and watch a free familyfriendly movie outdoors. “Trolls Band Together” shows on Aug. 10. See weather updates on facebook.

Contact: facebook.com/ WhiteBearTownshipMNOfficialSite

Summer Lawn Concert

When: 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11 Where: Hanifl Performing Arts Center, 4941 Long Ave. Details: Enjoy a “genre-bending” musical performance by The OK Factor.

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Rain or shine; pay-what-you-want admission.

Contact: lakeshoreplayers.com

Author Visit

When: 9:30-11:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 23 Where: Lake Country Booksellers, 4766 Washington Square Details: Visit and book-signing with national-bestselling author William Kent Krueger.

Contact: facebook.com/people/LakeCountry-Booksellers

Artisan and Vendor Fair

When: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24 Where: Hippodrome Ice Arena, 4855 Bloom Avenue Details: Crafters, makers, boutiques, and vendors.

Contact: sunriseeventsandcraftshows. com

What's in a Name Part V-Bald Eagle

When: 6-7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26 Where: White Bear Lake Library, 2150 2nd St. Details: Free presentation explores the streets and parks around the area and how they got their names through the years.

Contact: whitebearhistory.org

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ONGOING EVENTS Birchwood Music in the Park

When: 6-7:30 p.m. Sundays, through Aug. 25 Where: Tighe-Schmitz Park, Birchwood Details: All are welcome to bring a lawn chair or blanket, picnic and beverage and listen to a different performance each week.

Contact: cityofbirchwood.com

Midwest Ski Otters Shows

When: 6 p.m. Sundays, through end of August Where: Little Goose Lake Details: White Bear-based team of 120 amateur skiers performs weekly throughout the summer.

Contact: skiotter.com

Bald Eagle Waterski Shows

When: 7 p.m. Thursdays, through end of August Where: Trailside Park, Centerville Details: Volunteer team of waterskiers performs weekly throughout the summer, and travels throughout Minnesota to perform weekend shows.

Contact: baldeaglewaterskishows.net

When: 8 a.m.-noon Saturdays, through Sept. 28 Where: Veterans Memorial Park Details: Local growers, artisans, community resources.

Contact: mahtomedimarket.wixsite. com/mahtmarket

White Bear Farmers Market When: 8 a.m.-noon Friday, through end of Oct. Where: Clark Street between Second and Third Streets Details: More than 50 vendors and growers each week.

Contact: whitebearlake.org

Music by the Water

When: 6-9 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays Where: Tally's Dockside, 4441 Lake Avenue S. Details: Live music on the lakeside patio. See lineup online.

Contact: cghooks.com/summer-eventmusic-calendar

Summer Solo Series

When: 4 p.m. Sundays Where: The Dugout, 96 Mahtomedi Avenue Details: Local acoustic artists perform on the patio.

Contact: dugoutbarmn.com/events

Live music at Admiral D's

When: Noon-3 p.m. and 6-8:30 p.m.

Sundays; 6-8:30 Thursdays Where: Admiral D's Waterfront Tavern, 4424 Lake Avenue S. Details: Live music performances throughout the summer.

Contact: admiraldswbl.com

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BALD EAGLE YACHT CLUB CELEBRATES QUASQUICENTENNIAL

By Debra Neutkens Editor

When a group of sailors gathered on Bald Eagle Lake in 1899 to start a yacht club, they couldn’t have dreamed their descendants would be celebrating those beginnings 125 years later.

Handwritten minutes were brief for that first meeting in the home of George Lohman Sept. 18, and said only that the group was “planning the next racing season.” A second meeting two months later at Dr. I. E. Seqvelund’s office was longer, with discussions centered on lengths of boats, maximum sail area and the fact a three-person crew could not weigh more than 450 pounds.

Officially located at a “first-class” dock at the end of Buffalo Street for the first 30 years, the Bald Eagle Yacht Club never had a building. What it did have were dedicated people who shared a love for “yachting,” the word they often used for sailing, and the camaraderie that went with it.

Photos contributed First sailboats to race at Bald Eagle were 'gaff rig' style. Scows would come a couple years later. This is at the public dock at Buffalo Street.

Save the Date What: 125th Anniversary celebration When: Sept. 18, 6-9 p.m.

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The first sailboats to race on the lake were “gaff rig” style and appeared on the dock in 1900 photographs. “The flat-bottomed scows so popular today had not been invented yet,” noted Evelyn (nee Chapin) Duvall, a fourthgeneration Bald Eagle homeowner who is related to four of the 14 people attending the first club meeting.

Course map with inset describing course markings.

Duvall’s relatives included Willis Pierce, her great-uncle (Duvall and husband Mark live in the house Pierce built); Gus Holterhoff, her greatgrandmother’s brother; his son Al, and Joseph Tregilgas, her great-grandfather.

All were active members in the early years of the yacht club.

A treasured scrapbook compiled from “attic finds” by former Commodore Kevin Chase holds precious artifacts of club history. The book was bequeathed to Duvall for safe keeping and is brought out for viewing at the club’s many social gatherings.

Turn-of-the-century newspaper clippings, 125-year-old photographs, tiny bound booklets detailing the first bylaws and beautiful hand-drawn maps of the lake are part of the collection.

A reference to sight line points on a 1900 race course map drawn by Al Holterhoff includes descriptions like A – tree at end of island; E- three blazes in a cottonwood tree, 10-inch diameter; H – Ramsden Park windmill tower; M – three blazes in a double burr oak tree, 12-inch diameter.

“I love how they described where the marks were located to set the course,” Duvall said.

And then there’s the Jan. 22, 1900, entry in the minutes indicating that a newly elected committee was “to lay out the sailing course which they had found Mr. Fitz would survey for $15.”

A clipping about the club course indicated the committee decided to put up “post buoys instead of the more frequently used kegs so that little boys could not amuse themselves by sinking them with shot.”

More names were added to the attendee list in April 1900. Among them were Lute Manship, brother to famous sculptor Paul Manship, who reportedly owned the lake’s largest yacht, and CONTINUED ON 3B

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Friends gathered on the Buffalo Street dock in their bathing dresses, 1899.

Photos contributed Meeting notes to form a yacht club, Sept. 18 and Nov. 6, 1899.

Officers in 1902 included J.H. Tregilgas, commodore; A.B. Hall, vice commodore, Al Holterhoff, sailing captain; C.A. Hart, secretary and J.A. Mull, treasurer.

Jim Adamson, Duvall’s maternal grandfather.

The first club activity was a dance, co-hosted by J.A. Mull, which drew 250 people, an invitation to which is part of scrapbook memorabilia. “Then they got around to sailing, after another big party of course. Two classes of boats were admitted, Larks and a free-for-all class.”

Club history can be divided into three eras, according to the archives: “the real early days, the war years and present day.” Membership fizzled out around WWI (low lake levels are thought to have contributed to the decline), although there are discrepancies as to the actual year. There was a resurgence in 1939, which lasted until 1945 when the last Thomas Cup was awarded. The trophy was named for

Z. H. Thomas, who was commodore in 1904. The club was revived in the 60s when families with surnames like Pearlson, David, Knight and Campbell revitalized tradition with weekly socials and summer regattas. Some of those families are still active today.

Just like they did 125 years ago, socials continue today in people’s backyards. “The club is a place to meet with friends who share a love for sailing,” commented longtime member Chase. “It’s a ‘light’ place: No politics, just an easy place where everyone knows your name. It exists because members want it to. There is no real estate, no clubhouse.”

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Officers in 2024 include, from left, Russell and Polly Dedrick, social chairs; Jodey Klein, treasurer; Andrew Jagger, vice commodore, with Ceci and Liam; Chris Wiberg, commodore; and Trevor Taylor, sailing captain.

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The yacht club eventually moved its dock to 5235 W. Bald Eagle Blvd. in the 1930s.

Photos contributed Evelyn Tregilgas, Evelyn Duvall's grandmother, sailing with friends in 1920. She is seated in the center, holding the boom. The other people are unidentified.

Club, which was active before we were.

We have longevity though, despite never having a building.”

The club is not exclusive to Bald Eagle homeowners. “Anyone can join,” Duvall said. “And they don’t have to own a boat or know how to sail. We can teach you if you want, or you can just socialize with us.”

Chase told a story about a greatuncle who would visit him on Bald

Eagle. “One Sunday we went to a (club-sponsored) pancake breakfast at someone’s house, in their yard. He asked why I never brought him to the club. ‘This is as yacht clubby as we get,’ I told him. He never understood that the club is where people gather.

Our assets are limited to a dock, buoys and a cannon. It’s existed 125 years because people carry it forward. That’s a milestone we need to celebrate.” ◼

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“Here it comes now!” Alice Thompson, 9, heard the clang of the trolley from around a curve and soon spotted the polished wooden trolley with red roof as it trundled into the station on the east side of St. Paul.

The long black and white sign at the top of the Twin Cities Rapid Transit street car read, “Wildwood,” Alice's destination on this warm July day.

Her father, Lionel Thompson was a cigar store owner in downtown St. Paul and had let his clerk take over one Wednesday so that he could take his wife, Catherine, and their three children, Charlotte, Teddy and Alice, to Wildwood Amusement Park on the southeast shore of White Bear Lake.

Shortly after the trolley squealed to a halt, the Thompsons, armed with their picnic basket and bathing suits, jostled with some 40 other similarly burdened people to fill the carriage.

“Father, why must we carry around these tedious suits?” asked Charlotte, 16. In 1909, women's swim suits were substantial – a flowing long dress to be worn with stockings and a floppy hat.

“Lotta, if you pay the 50 cents to rent them at the bath house, you won't have that money for other things,” Mr. Thompson said. “You can put the

Photos contributed by White Bear Lake Historical Society “The long black and white sign at the top of the Twin Cities Rapid Transit street car read, 'Wildwood.'”

wet suits into the picnic basket after we've eaten all of mother's delicious sandwiches.”

“Everyone will be wearing white just like we are today,” Catherine said. “So, I've made these Alice Blue ribbons to put on your hats to help us find each other.” Lionel and Theodore rolled their eyes as they secured the glacier blue ribbons onto their boater hats.

With two clangs, the trolley lurched forward out of St. Paul toward North St. Paul. The rush of air blew their hats askew, and the electric trolley rattled through a 12-mile landscape of marshes and small wooded areas. The family made plans.

“I'm going on all of the rides,” Teddy, 11, said.

“I can't imagine the rides being more exhiliarating than the one we're on,” Mrs. Thompson said as the trolley took a curve at some 60 m.p.h.

“You're not to go on the water slide, Theodore.” Mr. Thompon said. “I heard it's dangerous.”

“I didn't read anything about it in the paper,” Mrs. Thompson said. “I only read about the fire at the pavilion last year,” she said.

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Photos contributed by White Bear Lake Historical Society “They retruned to the amusement park in time to dance on the polished dance floor at the pavillion…no train leaves after 11:30, so be on time.”

“The barber next door heard from one of his customers that a couple of people died on it,” Mr. Thompson said.

Mr. Thompson then rummaged around in his shirt pocket. “I thought I had put more cigars in here,” he said before pulling one out to smoke. He patted his jingling pants pocket.

“When we get to the park, I'm going to give each of you children two dollars

to pay for everything you need for the day. Spend wisely, for if you do, I may choose one of you to take over the store for me one day.”

“That's not enough money,” Lotta said.

“There is plenty of free entertainment, if you look for it,” Mr. Thompson said.

Although the trolley ride cost the family 35 cents, admission to the

“I can't imagine the rides being more exhilarating that the one we’re on…as the trolley took a curve at 60 m.p.h.”

amusement park was free. Arriving at the depot, Mr. Thompson paid the fare, and the family descended one of the two wide staircases before turning into a tunnel.

On the other side, the children gazed longingly at the sparkling blue waters of the large lake and the fantastical structures on its shore. They were amazed to see a gargantuan new roller coaster and a new red brick pavilion in place of the wooden one and Figure 8 toboggan ride that had burned down the previous year. The Katzenjammer Castle they remembered from their visit two years earlier had also burned down.

After the children had each secured their $2 and were about to bolt off, Mrs. Thompson invited them to meet for their lunch in the Picnic Grove, on the other side of the bath houses. “I will buy a strawberry soft drink for each of you, if you come,” she said. “If you miss our picnic, we'll all meet at the depot at 10:00 tonight. Remember, no trolleys run after 11:30, so be on time.”

After Teddy and Alice enjoyed several trips on the new rollercoaster, the Pippin, at 15 cents a ride, Teddy pulled out a couple of cigars he'd stashed in

his pocket and whispered into Alice's ear, “Hey Al, I know how we can play some of those games for free.”

“Those are Father's cigars!” Alice cried.

“Watch this.” Ted led Alice to the games, such as Japanese Stores, County Store Wheel, Fish Pond, Dart Game, Monkey Racer and Casey's Alley and offered a cigar to the workers in exchange for the nickel or dime fee. They didn't win any Kewpie dolls or Japanese trinkets before they ran out of cigars, but passed the time pleasureably. After that, they still had enough money for the shooting gallery at 25 cents for 12 shots and the silly mirrors for five cents before exploring the park. They watched all the steamers and smaller boats on the lake, bathed and watched people fly off the water slide. Since they missed lunch, they stood in line at one of the company picnics to eat their free hot dogs, watermelon and ice cream.

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Photo contributed by White Bear Lake Historical Society “…She took the family picnic basket to the picnic grounds…shared sandwiches…and chatted all afternoon.”

boys who accompanied them to the other side of White Bear Lake. All four got off at the Clark Street dock to stroll through the town of White Bear Lake.

They also missed lunch, but returned to the amusement park in time to dance on the polished dance floors of the pavilion, paying the 10 cent admission fee and enjoying an occasional fivecent ice cream cone.

Before spending the rest of the afternoon napping in the fishing boat he rented at 25 cents per hour, Mr. Thompson stopped at the same company picnic crashed by his children and enjoyed free beer from one of their barrels. As he drank, he spotted two children wearing Alice Blue ribbons hastily licking ice cream cones before they melted onto their clothing.

After Mrs. Thompson had seen Charlotte off at the steamer dock, she took the family picnic basket to the picnic grounds and shared sandwiches

with other ladies and chatted all afternoon.

“I must say, I'm surprised none of you asked me for money,” Mr. Thompson said as the streetcar pulled away from the depot at 10:30 that night.

“We couldn't find you,” Alice said before her father could ask her to return any of the leftover change.

“I haven't ruled any of you out to inherit the store,” Mr. Thompson said as the trolley flew through the blue-black night filled with fireflies. “However, I still have the mystery of cigars going missing.”

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By Lynn Nelson Special to The Laker

Mary Lukas Pierce | Contributed Cobb house, 2199 First St., as it looks today.

According to the book by Cynthia Vadnais, “Looking Back at White Bear Lake,” Cyrus B. Cobb was an agent for the St. Paul and Duluth Railroad for seven years after moving to the city in 1879. He also owned Cobb Lumberyard, selling wood, coal and lime near Railroad Avenue and Fifth Street. He built the house in 1885.

The religious Cobb was active at St. John in the Wilderness Church at Clark Avenue and First Street where he served as superintendent of its Sabbath School. He was also appointed to the first library board of directors. His home served as the first rectory for St. John’s in the early 1900s.

A downtown block was named for Cobb a couple years after his death in 1888 near the location of the lumber yard, but burned down July 11, 1894.

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Although the “Cobb House” is a block off Lake Avenue, the late 1800’s Victorian deserves mention in The Laker. It is the only solid brick Queen Anne-style home in the city and the only White Bear Lake residence to be listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

It also was one of the first year-round homes, built in a community of summer cottages. Lake Avenue walkers can see the tall structure in all its orange glory if they look north as they cross Banning Avenue. The house is on the northwest corner of First Street and Banning.

Kelly and Bob Whalen purchased the historic home in 2020, and have put a lot of energy into preserving its old-fashioned charm, making the home their own and collecting East Lake furniture to match the period in which it was built.

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Lynn Nelson | Contributed The Holtz family owned the stately Victorian from 1954 to 2007. Built by Cyrus B. Cobb, it served as the first rectory for St. John in the Wilderness years after his death. Jan Holtz Kraemer, right, is shown with the author’s mother, Barb Chapman Nelson at a St. John’s open house.

In 1912, the house was bought by the Claude C. Curry family, who operated White Bear Tavern, which was known for its $1 chicken dinners. They owned it for more than 10 years. It’s unclear who owned the house from the early 1920s to 1954, although Kelly Whalen says descendants of a family who ran a rooming house during this period stop by from time to time.

Holtz family starts home’s revival period

The Edward Holtz family bought the home in 1954. During an interview with Holtz’s daughter Jan Holtz-Kraemer, she pointed out the irony of a lumber baron building a brick home. She mentioned that he also built the house next store on First Street for his daughter Harriet.

“My dad (an industrial arts instructor at White Bear High School) purchased

the house for $9,500 in 1954,” said Holtz-Kraemer. “It had been a rooming house and was in pretty bad shape. We couldn’t live in it right away, so we lived in a rental on Shady Lane.

“My dad and his father Erick Holtz renovated the house. It was a great place to grow up.” She mentioned that the lot across from their house toward the lake was empty, so they and their neighbors who owned it had picnics there frequently. Ed Holtz died at age 85 in 2006, and the family sold their homestead to the Kraai family.

When the Holtz home was purchased in 2007, Dave Kraai and his family undertook extensive remodeling.

According to the Whalens, this included changing the layout of the home, modernizing the electrical work, raising the roof to add a third-story space and adding an attached garage with a space above it used for a home business.

During this remodel, the home was turned into a single-family home with spaces for two home businesses. Dave Kraai chronicled the extensive remodel in a blog: https://wblqueen.wordpress.com There currently are no Queen Annes on Lake Avenue. A subset of

Mary Lukas Pierce | Contributed Entryway of the Cobb House features an ornate fireplace.

the Victorian style, which is popular throughout White Bear Lake, the Queen Anne style was at its peak in the United States in the 1880 to 1890s and became popular in Ramsey County at the turn of the century, according to the 1981 Historic Sites Survey of St. Paul and Ramsey County.

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Fortunately for the Whalens, they have a stained-glass artist in residence.

Kelly’s father Lee Gehrmann and his wife Frieda live with them at the Cobb House, and her father has reconnected with an old hobby. He’s made a stainedglass batman logo for Bob’s office and a whale for the Whalens, who are lovers of the ocean and sea creatures.

“Our intention for the Cobb house is 2023 to do as much actual restoration to the home as possible,” the Whalens said.

“Instead of remodeling, we want to of the Press bring back some of the original details of the home, such as the open-air front porch and the original unpainted Mary Lukas Pierce | Contributed woodwork. However, we do enjoy Kelly and Bob Whalen in their Queen Anne indoor bathrooms,” they laughed, “so Highway 61 N |1.5 Miles North of 694 on HWY 61 3865 living room. They bought the house in we won’t change that.”

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Dallman-Weiss and Stu McNay toast their win in Miami.

It was her first visit back to White Bear Lake just a short time after Lara Dallman-Weiss competed in the Tokyo summer Olympics. We sat at an outdoor table at a local restaurant for lunch and the first-ever Olympic sailor from the White Bear Lake/Shoreview area looked like an Olympian in her red, white and blue U.S. Sailing warmup suit.

We hadn’t talked long and Lara said, “I need to figure out how to get there again.”

That was a logical statement for the young woman who has the goal of being on the Olympic podium.

Though everything was different now — she could no longer sail with her recent Olympic partner because the Women’s category of the 470 Class was eliminated from the Olympics and a new, mixed gender class was created for 2024.

Three years later, Dallman-Weiss is once again going to the summer Olympics — this time in Paris and the sailing venue in Marseille, France.

It’s not surprising if you know her determination and dedication. But it wasn’t easy or even clear how she could get there.

The long and twisted journey even included trying a different class of boat.

When that opportunity ended after a year, Dallman-Weiss wondered if there was a potential opportunity to pair with four-time Olympian Stu McNay in the new Mixed 470 Class. She called to ask him. McNay, who was coaching and doing some other sailing projects said, “It really surprised me how excited I was to receive her call and to be given the opportunity to start sailing again with an experienced crew like her.”

Lara and Stu started their new Olympic pursuit by training in Miami, then traveling to Europe to train with world-class sailors and compete in regattas. There was uncertainty about the new mixed teams. Was it better to have the female be skipper or crew?

There were teams of each combination.

Lara and Stu’s early regatta results showed that their combination with Lara as crew, a role in which she hangs

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Lara Dallman-Weiss holds her first-place trophy from Miami Yacht Club, her ticket to Paris.

Photos contributed by Jay Rendall On approach to first-place finish in the 470 at the Olympic trials in Miami.

off the boat on the trapeze wire, was competitive. They finished fifth at the 2023 pre-Olympic test event at the Olympic venue in Marseille, France.

Last January, they sailed in the U.S. Olympic sailing trials in Miami. They led the entire event, and clinched the right to represent the USA on the last day of the week-long trials. Their next hurdle was to qualify for the Paris Olympics in their event. They accomplished that at the 2024 470 World Championship regatta at the end of February by being the best North American boat. The team has continued rigorous training both in-and-out of the boat, as they have done throughout their two-year campaign. It is critical because their international regattas and the Olympic regatta are week-long events and the sailors are on the water racing for hours each race day.

The White Bear Yacht Club burgee has been proudly displayed on their boat during the trials. It is a reminder of the support Lara feels from her hometown sailors and memories from the White Bear Sailing School where she started sailing and instructed.

Their next step is training in Marseille, France, where they have two multi-week training blocks before their final trip back to France for the Olympic Games Aug. 2-7.

“It’s time to bring together the lessons from our recent events, the past two years as a team, and our cumulative experience, and deliver our personal best Olympic result!” Lara said. Hopefully, on her next visit back home, the dream she’s had since third grade of standing on the podium will have come true. ◼

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• 2 - 6oz fresh ocean trout fillets • 1 T sea salt • 1 T pepper Season trout with sea salt and pepper. Heat oil in sauté pan on medium high heat. When hot add trout to pan flesh side down.

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• Juice of 4 lemons • 1 cup dry white wine • 1 T shallots, minced • 1 bay leaf • 1/2 cup heavy cream • 10oz cold, unsalted butter, cut into cubes • Salt, to taste • 1/2 cup chives, shaved Place the lemon juice, shallots, wine, and bay

leaf in a saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium high heat. Cook until most of the liquid has evaporated, then add the heavy cream and continue to cook until it has reduced by half. Reduce the heat to low, and whisk in the butter bit by bit, adding the cubes just before the previously added ones melt completely. Strain the sauce and season to taste with salt. Stir in the chives.

Keep sauce warm (covered, along the back of the oven or in another warm place but not on a burner) and do not allow it to boil or it will separate.

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• 1/2 cup toasted pine nuts • 2 tsp lemon juice • 1 garlic clove • 1/4 tsp salt • Dash pepper • 2 cups basil leaves • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil • 1/4 Parmesan cheese, grated In a food processor, combine the pine nuts, lemon juice, garlic, salt, and pepper and pulse until well chopped. Add the basil and pulse until combined With the food processor running, drizzle in the olive oil and pulse until combined. Add the Parmesan cheese, if using, and pulse to briefly combine. For a smoother pesto, add more olive oil.

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Bring to rolling boil. Add pasta and cook on medium high heat until pasta al dente (cooking times vary with pasta brand). Remove from heat, strain and rinse thoroughly with cold water immediately to stop cooking process.

In separate sauté pan over medium high heat, heat oil, add pomodoraccio tomatoes and spinach and cook for 1 minute.

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