Don't Forget Mother, Sunday, May 10th

We will have our annual Mother's Day Buffet, Sunday, May 10th. Serving from 11am to 2:00pm. Dee was running the cash register this last weekend. (So nice to have her back on board.) Hopefully, she'll be there every weekend.

Back at it...

Last week, we spent under the sunny skies of Denver, CO (although a little snow still on the ground here and there amongst the tulips). Bob had his annual check-up at Craig. All checked out positively and we both got plenty of "hug therapy" from friends and family (my brother and sister-in-law and Bob's cousin and her family) there.

We got back Friday night in time for work. Saturday was the Waterboard meeting. There was a reporter there from the Hamlin County Republic and I do encourage you to purchase the paper.
The way I see it, in a nutshell, even though the water level is coming up on Poinsett, the board is going before the state to ask for local control of the outlet gate in the future.

Been busy brainstorming and planning a fun and action-packed, 10-year anniversary celebration at LAKEVIEW Resort May 14th-17th. Will be sharing the details shortly.

Don't look for updates until after Sat. 4-25-09

Enjoy your week. Bob & I will be out and about this next week enjoying a week of Spring temperatures, so am taking a break until Friday night...

Lookin' Good...

With what felt like an extra long winter now behind us, here at the lake, we've got spring fever as folks are stopping by to say hello. I liken it to those first birds of spring that inspire us with the sites and sounds letting us know, "we're back!" And for some, it's, "honey, I'm HOME!"
To all, let me say, "WELCOME BACK, we're all going to make it an extraordinary summer to enjoy at Lake Poinsett. Right on..."

LAKEVIEW BOAT RAMP status good

Water's coming up so word from GF&P is that the boat ramp next to LAKEVIEW will be in the water this year!! YEAH!!

This weekend

FYI Some have asked when Mary & Dick will be up. Looking forward to them being with us this weekend. Don't know if they're planning to stay in their camper or not. Getting a jump on the camping season, Mike and Missy spent last Saturday night in our campground in their camper.

We will be closed this Sunday to spend time with our families. Hope you get to do the same...Happy Easter!

taxes, spring cleaning & darts

This last week I set out to put together our taxes. But after sitting at the dining room table for over an hour with papers, file folders and mini-mountains of receipts scattered before me, I had this urge to eat something. After a quick trip to the kitchen settling on an apple and some snack crackers, I was back at the "tax thing" for a few minutes when in the middle of what I had filed in January 2008, I had to get up and go to the bathroom. While there I couldn't stop myself from scrubbing the bathroom sink, the floor, wiping down the shower and the mirror and so it went all week. Every time I basically chained myself to sit and 'do taxes' my short attention span for the task would send me into either an eating or cleaning frenzy. Finally, cleaning won out in the struggle and eventually the taxes got done. Maybe next year I'll plan to do it in the same way and not give in to so many snack crackers along the way.

Anyway, LAKEVIEW Resort is proud of their Renegades team that claimed 2nd place in the dart season this year. They were awarded a trophy (that we will proudly display) at the dart party last Friday. Bob was there to thank the Poinsett Area Dart League for supporting our dart tournaments held monthly this last year and to invite all to come out this Friday night for our final dart tournament of the season.

Registration is at 7:30. Play begins at 8:00pm. Maybe we'll see you there.

Annual Meeting of LPWPD April 25th

This week's Hamlin County Herald Enterprise reported that Lorin Pankratz, chairman of the Lake Poinsett Water Project District (LPWPD), called for a meeting last Monday, in Pierre with the Governor's Chief of Staff, Game, Fish and Parks and the secretary of DENR (Department of Environment and Natural Resources). The purpose of the meeting was to address the flooding of farm land by the Big Sioux River while Lake Poinsett is still experiencing low water level (at least 2' below full).

The story is very interesting reading while capturing the emotional confrontation that led to the local authorities being summoned to the scene where the outlet gates were temporarily opened to allow water in to the lake without authorization. The article gives a very good synopsis of the frustration of residents of Lake Poinsett as the low water level has plagued the lake in recent years. People are on both sides of the issue of quality vs. quantity of the lake water.

Chairman Pankratz was quoted as saying about the upcoming meeting that will be held at the Lake Poinsett Methodist Camp April 25th, "We all need to try and understand the other's point of view and find grounds for compromise." Bob and I will be there. Hope to see you there...

Ice story from Keloland April 1

Had some inquiries Wednesday about the story some had seen on TV news about the ice on Poinsett. Push PLAY to watch the video about an isolated case on the west side of the lake. They made it look pretty scary, which I'm sure it was for those couple of lake home owners...

Lake Poinsett ICE OFF, April 1st!

No foolin'!! I write with double joy about the ice off. After a lion's last roar sending March packin', the storm yesterday was followed by open water, not from the warm weather but instead from the strong wind pushing the ice around.

As if that isn't exciting enough, I put in my 2 bucks and luckily picked the day on the local ICE OFF board. Stop in to LAKEVIEW and tell me you read about this on this blog and I'll buy you a drink at the resort this week with my winnings (Wednesday-Saturday night 5:30-9:00pm).

Thank you to clubfisher for sharing their adventure on film of yesterday's storm. Enjoy the new slide show.