The band, CROSSROADS as they appeared in December, 2009 at LAKEVIEW Resort

CROSSROADS coming again, April 23rd & 24th!!!

Reality check--Lake Poinsett and area lake's water levels are rising

Water everywhere you look, I can't stay in denial. The link to the news story on the left pretty much says it all. Fingers are crossed for good luck for all and prayers are being said for all to be spared from destruction.

Cold slows the thaw...

My first inclination on this first official Monday of Spring, is to complain about the north wind a-blowin' this morning after a chilly night. HOWEVER, think freeze-dry and it all gets better. The groundhog's shadow was a forecast for a late spring and if warmer weather and sunshine come slowly, odds have it that the flood risk goes down, right?

Saw alot of people out and about this last weekend. It was great. The fundraiser for Gary Cooper was deemed a success. We saw alot of people there in Badger that we hadn't seen in a long time. At Lakeview, Friday night we wrapped up the March madness pool tournament. This Friday night is our monthly dart tournament as the seasons wind down.

Reminder: Saturday is scheduled to be a Scavenger Hunt in the afternoon beginning with registration at 2:30. Please pre-register so we know your intent and can plan food, etc.

Benefit and Silent Auction-Sat. March 20th

A benefit and silent auction will be held from noon to 4pm, for Gary Cooper (to defray costs associated with his cancer treatment) beginning with a good will donation meal served at the BADGER American Legion Hall in Badger, South Dakota. Gary is the former owner of Arlington Beach and Siouxland at Lake Poinsett.

Flooding Concerns

I received this email yesterday. Thought I'd find a copy on the LAPDA website, http://lpada.com/index.html
but they had some other information.
There is a pile of sand at the Sorenson Beach parking lot south of LAKEVIEW Resort. As of this morning, the word is that LAKEVIEW is storing the bags for filling with sand. Just come in and ask for what you need...

"From: Smith, Richard - Hayti, SD
Subject: March 15 Poinsett Update

Will keep trying to get these updates out, as interest keeps growing. I
also appreciate the comments that many of you are making or asking and
hopefully we keep everyone informed with the situation.
Saturday night we received rain here and north into Codington County.
Early Sunday morning the Big Sioux River began to show life north of
Watertown to Castlewood with some gauging stations on the river jumping
5-7 ft within just a few hours. The outlet structure on Lake Poinsett
had the gates closed Sunday when it appeared all movement out of the
lake had stopped. At the time of closure approximately 2 1/2 ft of water
was at the gates over the concrete sill.
By Monday morning nearly the entire Big Sioux River flood plain was
under water from Watertown working to Estelline (as far as I checked).
Many roads had water flowing over them in the traditionally expected
places. The Boswell diversion gates (which are closed) were being
overtopped by about 1 foot of water, but some of that was probably due
to problems with ice flow through a bridge on the River. There was not
significant overland flow to Dry Lake at that time, again indicating
that the diversion issue was more of an ice problem on the River.
Monday also saw considerable pressure on the river side of outlet gates
as leakage could be observed boiling up on lake side. Possible a rock or
two may have been closed upon when gates lowered. Attempt may be made to
raise gate slightly to release rock with pressure from water now and
then close tighter.
Dolph Creek opened up fully on Monday and is running just about at full
capacity to get through bridges on its way to Lake Norden. I just spoke
to farmer along the creek and he said it was dropping slightly today,
after culverts and bridges opened up. Lake Norden Spillway had 1 foot of
overflow.
Western watershed-roads are going under water. All low areas, ditches
etc. are filled.

Today- I'm watching the hydrographs for Big Sioux River supplied by
NOAA. You can access them through KELO website by going to Spring
Flooding section under news or just go to NOAA and click on "water" tab.
Current crests are just below 1997 and 2001 record levels. This matches
with what we expected for runoff potential. The western watershed had
the same snow conditions as the Big Sioux River this year, so we can
assume that runoff from the west will approximate that received in 1997
and 2001. From travels yesterday in the west, we have much more water
this spring than last spring already pooled that will have to come to
Poinsett. In 2001 we added 6 ft to winter Poinsett levels, in 2009 we
added 5 ft plus. It seems very possible that we could add 5-6 ft to
Winter 2009-10 water levels this Spring from water on the ground
presently. Starting out with higher winter levels than previous years,
well, you do the math.

Now if that isn't enough to think about. Last Sunday several measured
the ice depth on Poinsett of 2 ft thick. Clouds and 34 degrees may melt
snow but little ice. The rise in water will be steady with the only
question being how high. The ice could be the problem that either goes
away or becomes the story.

SAND:
LPWPD voted to purchase 20,000 bags and when the are used, and down to 2,500 they have the approval to purchase another 30,000 additional bags.
The County has put sand at Lake View and Hammer's pasture on the north side of the lake. There is work to get more sand at other locations."

Tonight, Join Us at LAKEVIEW for fish fry & pool tournament

Last Friday, we started an all-u-can-eat fish fry (Alaskan Pollock) for Lent for $11.95. Our Cod, Catfish and Shrimp are still on special on Friday nights.

With two pool tables, we had a full house for last Friday night's tournament. With participants from as far away as Willow Lake, it turned into a battle between Estelline's Bryce and Russ for 1st place. Russ ended up coming up thru the loser's bracket to overtake Bryce who had not lost a game all night to capture the winner's bracket.

Don't forget to spring ahead your clocks, Saturday night. Bob will have the karaoke system primed and ready to go. We had a great night singing and dancing past midnight last Saturday.
Come on out, let's have some fun...

'round the lake--scavenger hunt

Mapping out details for a scavenger hunt around Lake Poinsett for
Saturday, March 27th, with registration at 2:30 in the afternoon.
Sound like fun?!!
Email, lakeviewresortsd@hotmail.com if you are interested in participating and you'd like more details about the day.

Don't forget the burger special going on the whole month of March at LAKEVIEW.

Loose Threads...

To wrap us some loose ends or threads on my desk...
Coupons are being sent out via email for a burger special running through the month of March. If you'd like to receive a coupon good for a buy one burger and get the second burger (of equal or lesser value) for 1/2 price email: lakeviewresortsd@hotmail.com

Weiland Marine is planning to sponsor their 3rd annual AYA (Angler Young Angler) Fishing Tournament. Each team consists of one angler with two youth anglers (under 17 yr.old). With exciting prizes (last year the winner received a boat, motor and trailer) and a fun environment for creating lasting memories, it is an extraordinary event. To know more about last year go to their website http://www.weilandmarine.com/html/aya_sd_regional_event_2009.html
and bookmark for a return visit as more information gets posted for 2010.

And finally, let me revise my weather forecast of February 2nd (Ground Hog's Day) because now a month later we are seeing March coming in like a Lamb (gentle and calm). The rest of that story is that then March will traditionally go out like a Lion (stormy weather). That being the case, I am predicting a long cold winter with an early spring. Just kidding. I think, though that we shouldn't look for spring weather until after April 1st, even thought the official 1st day of spring is March 20th. Now that's not all bad if we're talking about flooding threat. A long spring with a slow thaw, freeze, thaw is just what we need. Go to the Lake Poinsett LAPADA website http://www.lpada.com/11.html
if you want to know more about the possible flooding...

Congratulations go out the Cavaliers!

Cavaliers earn high honor
A rock band with Kingsbury County roots will be inducted into the South Dakota Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April. (This story appeared in the Watertown Newspaper, Saturday, February 27, 2010 To find out more of the story, you can go online to Watertown P.O. and pay a $.50 charge for a day's access to their newspaper.) http://thepublicopinion.com/advance_edition/article_b7f6e552-2310-11df-ba5e-001cc4c03286.html