Pearl Lake News

Waushara County
May 2012
Old Business Reports
Eurasian Milfoil Treatments
Official Public Notice Fish Survey
Pearl Lake Protection and Lake Monitoring
Rehabilitation District Sheriff’s monitoring of the lake
Annual Meeting - June 30, 2012 Boat Noise
Jeff Swenson’s Garage New Business
W4655 S. Pearl Lake Rd. at 8:30am Appoint Nominating Committee
Immediately followed by the Clean Lakes/Clean Boats volunteers
Property Owners Assn. Meeting WLA Notes
Correspondence/Announcements
Agenda* Additional information and issues
Call to Order
Adjourn meeting
Minutes of Previous Meeting
Treasurer’s Report
Old Business Reports
September 1, 2012
Agenda*
1. Eurasian Milfoil Treatments report Call to Order
2. Fish Stocking Minutes of Previous Meeting
3. Lake Monitoring report Treasurer’s Report
4. Lake Management Plan Study Guest Speaker
New Business / Announcements
Budget for and Tax Levy for Fiscal Year Old Business Reports
ending 6/30/2013 Eurasian Milfoil
Election of Commissioners Fish Stocking
Other Fish Survey
Adjourn meeting Lake Monitoring

New Business
Spring and Fall Special Meetings Clean Lakes/Clean Boats volunteers
Same location and time as above End of season Monitoring
May 26, 2012 Announcements and/or Additional
Agenda* information and issues
Call to Order Adjourn meeting
Minutes of Previous Meeting
Treasurer’s Report *Check www.mypearllake.com and bulletin boards at
Guest Speaker the Landing or the ends of the lake road for updates.
Pat Nehring – Clean Boats, Clean Waters
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Notice: Meeting Times and Order have been changed for 2012. The Pearl Lake Protection
and Rehabilitation District Meeting will be called to order at 8:30am followed immediately
at adjournment by the Pearl Lake Property Owners Association Meeting
The Redgranite Area Firepersonel wish to thank the Pearl Lake Property Owners for their support during last year’s
Pearl Lake Day. See you again August 4th this year.
 Pearl Lake Day YOU make it Happen August 4th
Can it be that Pearl Lake Day is more than fifteen years old? Each year's celebration is
unique in its own special way and initiates sweet memories. Maybe you are fortunate enough to
have a golf trophy, a boat parade award or a rubber chicken prominently displayed in your
cottage making you the envy of all your friends and neighbors. Those prizes involved some
blood, sweat and tears and I am not referring to the musicians.

Remember way back when the Rhyan Family did not automatically win the golf tournament?
How about the year that severe lightning and storms prevented us from having the boat parade?
Think back about the time Chuck Johanns stood at the prison doors of his pontoon wearing his
latest striped black and white jailhouse leisure suit.

I can recall so many years ago when we danced late into the night to the music of Mary's
jukebox to console ourselves after the boat parade winners' list was announced. And wasn't it
just last summer when Alaine and Bob Williams defied wind and rough waves as they paddled
their canoe home from the beach as the band scrambled to get their guitars out of the torrential
downfall?

Attendance is building and lately folks arrive early for the run/walk or to play golf and then
spend the remainder of the day celebrating, and partying in one way or another. Let's face it;
Pearl Lakers know how to have a great time!

Whether you are dancing with a blue tambourine (Jean Georgen) shaking your hips in a hula
hoop (Betty Conklin & Diane Perenick) collecting and counting boat parade ballots (Jen Pierotti
& Shelly Tobiasz) handing out complementary Curve Inn gift certificates (Mary Zelesnik) timing
the fastest runners (Dany Pollaski) selecting 4 laundry baskets filled with props and kids toys
and prizes (Jen Hiller) firing up the grill/corn cooker (Members of Fire/Rescue) leading the car
show (Brian Meyer) swinging candy filled pinatas (Theresa Rucks) taking incriminating photos
(Dave Paulick) leading the potato sack race (Jesse Wolter) or volunteering to lead the shotski
team (???) the day is a huge success because many of you cheerfully and selflessly donate
your time, energy, talents and moola. So if you are someone who attends the party how about
volunteering your skills this year. We need you. Many hands make light work. I guarantee you
will have a great time getting to know the nicest people in Wisconsin.
Here is a list of peeps deserving our thanks:
Fire Department-cooks
EMTs-guardian angels for the run/walk
Britt and Steve Gosenheimer- golf tournament
Theresa and Randy Rucks- Pinatas logistics
Dany Pollaski/Shari Grams/ Mary Zelesnik-Run/Walk
Property Owners and hosts-You know who you are
Dia Zent-prizes
Judi Gosenheimer-thank you notes
Dave Paulick-Band-insurance-photos-logistics
Vern and Harriet Bertzyk-trophies
Shelly Tobiasz-reminder postcards
Jen Pierotti-boat parade
Wolter, Hiller, and Beese Families-games and prizes
Brian Meyer- car show
PL (Pearl Lake) acronyms by Jennifer Beese Hiller for SLB (Susan Lynne Beese)

ac·ro·nym

   /ˈækrənɪm/ Show Spelled [ak-ruh-nim]

noun

1. a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words.

Since I can't SUF2F (see you face to face) I'm excited to tweet to you from my MN (Milwaukee nest) as I prepare
to HNTPL (head north to pearl lake). LOL (laugh out loud).

Are you all ready to RYBO? (rake your butts off) PFAD (plant flowers all day) PYSB, PCC, or AJS? (Polish your speed
boat, pontoon cocktail cruiser or annoying jet ski? Ready to MAM (mix and mingle) see old friends and make some
new ones?! Not including the (DNR) though, too many of our PLF (pearl lake friends) already know the DNR too
well. Just sayin'...

I don't KAY (know about you) but the Beese, and Williams' families are RTGTPLO (ready to get their pearl lake on).
We are ready to SEP (see our peeps) and enjoy all that our amazing lake and county has to offer. We are SAT (sick
and tired) of the city and are anxiously awaiting the inaugural LOTW & TOTBPC (lighting of the Webber and
Twisting of the Barley Pop Caps). We look forward to catching up on everyone's NFTW (news from the winter) and
planning our SC (social calendars) for our FMOTY (favorite months of the year) SUMMER TIME!

Our PLC (pearl lake calendar) is always full of LOL and (laugh out loud) and STFO (shock the fish and owls)
activities. Luckily those fish and owls can't talk, or a lot of us would be in DS (deep sand) LOL. I'm confident you
too are excited for your FFFOTS (first fish fry of the summer) DTNA (dancing the night away) at Silvercryst, SD
(skinny dipping) CSSWFIYB (counting shooting stars while floating in your boats) and wishing for an incredible
summer, as always! Ah, blessings....

Don't get me started on those MFM (most frustrating mosquitoes)... what did you think I was going to write?
Naughty, naughty! Bring on the Skin-So-Soft, Ginger root and eye-of-newt, or what ever secret family recipe you
use to KTAB (keep them at bay). Our families have found that a healthy mix of GBCMMLARW (Gin, Brandy, Captain
Morgan, Miller Lite and Red Wine work amazing (not necessarily in that order) or at the same time, but whatever
works, damn MFM's!!! Pop in to the Beese Cottage or Willoufern and we'll be happy to share our recipe with you.
There's never a shortage of ice, chairs or BS (Beese stories) on our porch for our friends...

Looking forward to SYAP (seeing you at pearl) reconnecting with our dear friends and family and giving the fish
and owls something to blush about.

SYSLYA (see you soon, love you all)

SLB,

a.k.a. The Prez!

Check out this website of Interest: UW Extension Wisconsin Lakes

http://www4.uwsp.edu/cnr/uwexlakes/lakelist/orgdata.asp?OID=554
 Secchi Disc depth readings for 2011
Provided by Roger Perenick

May 17, 2011 25.0 ft

June13, 2011 18.25 ft
July 13, 2011 17.25 ft
August 15, 2011 19.25 ft
October 18, 2011 17.25 ft

Thank You! Roger for taking the reading.

Pearl Lake open water dates

Lake freeze over: December 16, 2011
Ice out: March 15, 2012
Avg. Ice thickness: 16 inches as per a couple
of ice fishermen I talked to. Also mentioned
were a number of soft areas. Snow. What a
difference a year makes. I used the Snow blower
twice all season.
The town board’s change of this past season’s
snow removal worked out very well.
- Ice Out -
The groans of an ancient icebeast, captive in the glacial lake, awaken me in predawn darkness.
My imagination, ignited by the haunting echos,
sketches the image stirring to be set free of it's crystal prison.
March ides winds, sweep it to shore amid a trillion tinkling shards.
dperenick 2012

We will miss him.

I am sad to report that the Pearl Lake Association has lost one of our very devoted members.
Ron Grabowski, who served as the Association Treasurer for fifteen years or more, died December 5,
2011. Ron assumed the treasurer duties when Reggie Workman was unable to travel from Hawaii to
Wisconsin. More recently, Mike Gosenheimer became the current treasurer.
Ron was a kind and gentle man with a wink in his eye and a hand outstretched to offer assistance.
A professional civil engineer, he also volunteered and trained young hunters in the DNR Hunter Safety
Program. He was precise and accurate and maintained our treasury with skill. One year he even served
as a judge for the Pearl Lake Day boat parade competition.
Judy and Ron were married for forty-four years and have a son, Jeff, daughter in law Kim Isely, and
two grandsons, Alexander and Jackson. They loved their time together at their Four Winds Tree Farm on
Pearl Lake Road. We mourn Ron's passing and extend our sympathy to Judy, Jeff and the family. Ron
was truly a great guy who worked quietly, efficiently and diligently for the Pearl Lake Property Owner's
Association.
S. Beese
Pearl Girls Bake Sale 2012
The Pearl Girls Bake Sale scheduled for the Property Owner Association Meeting, Sept. 1, 2012,
will have a somewhat different look from our previous fund raisers. Once again your
contributions will be purchasing Care Packages for the Troops but with a little something extra.
The organization that packs and organizes the delivery of our packages, “Move America
Forward”, has offered some very special items. This year our care packages will be delivered to
our elite K9 Teams. In addition to the regular gifts of bug repellent, wet wipes, lip balm,
deodorant, coffee, beef jerky, trail mix, Gatorade, a “for the troops” c.d, and other items, These
care packages each include a pair of specially designed dog goggles, a set of four doggie boots,
and a bag of high protein dog treats. As we all know, our troops serving overseas must go to
great lengths to deal with the harsh environment of the Middle East. In the summer the days can
reach a scorching 120 degrees and in the winter the mountains of Afghanistan are covered in
snow and temperatures reach extreme sub zeros. Military dogs have to deal with the same harsh
environment as our soldiers. Dust storms obscure a dog’s visibility and interfere with a dog’s
acute sense of smell, which is critical to their job of finding IEDs and roadside bombs. Without
adequate paw protection the rocky terrain and poorly built roads plague the dogs with injuries
on a daily basis. Thanks to all the dynamite generous people at Pearl Lake the Pearl Girls have
been unbelievably successful in past years and we know that we can do it again with your help.

Here is a website you can check out for the following “Good Fences”
Waushara County Land Information System
http://www.co.waushara.wi.us/Website/WausharaPA/viewer.htm
Good Fences.
Given the fact that there is often more land on Pearl
Lake property survey maps than there is on the
ground. The article below might be of interest to
some of our neighbors. It's from the Seasonal
Residents Association latest newsletter.
Robert Frost wrote that “good fences make
good neighbors,” but if your neighbor’s fence is
on your land, you should act immediately.
Boundary disputes are common and often arise
out of one or more parties’ mistaken belief as to
the location of boundary lines. Sometimes
neither party really “knows” what the real line is.
Other times it is simply “unknowable.” Many
times if neighbors know there is a dispute about
the location of the line, they may tacitly agree to
a line and let things go out of neighborliness.
However, a recent Wisconsin Supreme Court
case, Northrop v. Opperman, 2011 WI 5, shows
that this can be good or bad. The boundary
dispute in the case first boiled over in a series of
surveys and lawsuits in the 1910s. Then for
almost ninety years, all of the landowners of the
disputed properties treated the boundary as if it
was in the middle of the road between the
properties. In 2005, a lost government marker
was discovered that contradicted the parties’
presumed boundary. The marker suggested a
boundary which moved a road and an additional
600 feet from one side of the old boundary line
to the other. Another lawsuit ensued. The court
concluded the deeds and government monuments
did not clearly establish the boundary line, so the
boundary line should be established from the
best evidence available. Interestingly, the court
ultimately abandoned a more technical doctrinal
approach to resolving a boundary line dispute.
Instead, the court determined that the best
evidence of the boundary was what the parties
had believed and acted upon over the course of
the many preceding years. At the end, the court
essentially ruled that the boundary line will be
what the parties have always treated it as over
the years even though neither really knew where
exactly it was according to surveys, landmarks,
and deeds. The case shows that acquiescing to a
line can be detrimental or beneficial, depending
on what side of the line you are on. Surely,
because the strength of an acquiescence
argument grows with time, owners should
promptly address any inkling of a boundary
issue. The passage of time can—and oftentimes
does—make a material difference as landmarks
and memories fade and an acquiescence
argument proportionately grows. For questions
or for more information, please contact Alan G.
B. Kim, Jr, (608) 661-3964,
akim@vonbriesen.com or Eileen Kelley (608)
661-3998, ekelley@vonbriesen.com.
Mike & Cyndi Getchius
Pearl Lake News
W4879 S Pearl Lake Rd
Redgranite WI 54970-7235

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