The GLA Fall Festival was held Sat. Oct. 26 at the Community Center.  We had a little smaller turn out but everyone seemed to have a good time.  Our silent auction was down sized this year but still proved to be a popular event.  The meat raffle was also a huge success.  Dan did a great job calling the bingo.  We appreciate the support of our community at our GLA functions. We would also like to thank everyone who donated to the silent auction and volunteered to help with the Fall Festival.

Pam Standish
Secretary

The GLA Member Appreciation Picnic was held on Sat. Aug. 15 at the Standish’s.  It was a windy day so most people came by car this year.  We had a small turn out but still met some new faces.  Jeff and Phil came to cook and as always did a great job.  There was lots of good food to eat and good conversation.  Thanks to Bob Milan who provided the door prizes we gave out.  Again we thank every one who came to the picnic.  This is a great way to meet our neighbors on the lake.

Pam Standish
Secretary

What beautiful weather for the Ki-Chi- Saga Days celebration!  We set up our GLA booth in the park on Sat.  We had information on what we do and how everyone can help keep our lakes clean.  We also gave out free nonleaded fishing tackle and had GLA items for sale.  Debbie Legan of Shorview was the winner of a hooded sweatshirt in our free  drawing.

On Sunday we had our GLA pontoon in the parade.  Again, what a beautiful day!  We passed out candy and enjoyed seeing everyone come out for this event.  Thank you too all the volunteers that helped with these events.

Pam Standish
Secretary

A resolution to the channel issues between Big and Little Green has been a long time coming but is finally here. For those who are not aware a new channel has been dredged
to the east side of the old one. Dredging of the new channel was done via barge and back hoe the week of Aug 10th. The work was done by BVF Inc out of Cambridge
and funded by the Lake Improvement District. Also a few of the GLA members contributed extra funds in their annual membership fee to be used for the channel project.
These funds have been sent to the LID with there purpose noted. The old channel will remain as a spawning area for walleye. Due to the new channel location it is hoped that the sand bottom rather than rock will help keep the channel markers in place. This has been a major problem for years. The GLA would personally like to thank Rick Ekstrand for representing the association in this endeavor and spearheading getting the project started. This project may not have happened without his involvement. Thanks Rick!. For all of us who live on the lake and visitors that have sought safe passage between Big and Little Green we know what a fantastic accomplishment this is. As a final note, in the construction of the new channel rocks have been added to each side of the marked opening for fish spawning and structural support. If you observer the channel markers you will have no issues. If you stray out side the markers you will be replacing your prop. Enjoy the new access.

The Green Lake Association would like to thank Gary Maslowski, Mark Peterson and Wayne Gartland for building the 3 loon nests. We placed one on Little Green by Lakeside school, one by Camp Ojiketa and the final one by the Thompson farm. We hope this will boost the loon population on our lake.

The newly acquired Chisago City park, Camp Ojiketa is underway with much planning.  As a part of the Ojiketa Steering Committee, I’m pleased to announce that we have met with many community members and organizations to discuss future plans for this great green space. Many ideas have been discussed to keep this as a camping area with public access to the trails for all to enjoy. As you may be aware Chisago City has already announced some rental availability. Of course this is a work in progress.

Please know we are still continuing to look for any kind of input or ideas from the community. We welcome your thoughts and want to know what you may or may not want for this park site. Your opinion does matter and we do want to hear from you!

With that said, we are encouraging community members to comment on the Chisago City’s website at www.ci.chisago.mn.us. Go to Contact Us and click on email contract form. This data will be collected and reviewed by the city and committee members.

Thanks for your time and be safe on the lake!
Tanya Koester-Radmann, GLA member

The Green Lake Association would like to send a “Thank You” to the following members who volunteered their time and talents to building the duck houses:

Mark Peterson (Mark’s Sheds and Gazebos)
Gary Maslowski
Wayne Gartland

Mark, Gary and Wayne were on top of this project.  They met at Mark’s shop and built 12 duck houses in a couple of hours.

The houses were placed in several locations on Big and Little Green during the Lake Clean-Up on March 1.

Loon Nests – these will be assembled sometime late March or early April.
We will be placing these once ice is off and a pontoon in the water as these are floating nests.  More to come in the next newsletter on this project.

Thanks again for your time and talents!

There seems to be many questions regarding when memberships are due or if they have been paid.

1. April is our “Official Membership” month (however, we accept dues throughout the year).
2. Dues are paid in year received.  So if you paid in October, 2008 then those would be 2008 dues.
3. Listing of Paid Members will be in the June newsletter.  We are working on posting this on our website.

If you would like to be deleted from our mailing list or you know of someone whom would like to receive this newsletter, please call Julie @ 257-3877 so that I can get this updated.

PAID MEMBERS for 2009:
Hale, Alan
Krizan, Rocky & Kathy
Landeen, Frank & Cindy
Maxwell, Thomas
McCarville, Skip & Jean
Milam, Robert & Christine
Moe, Gary & Pat
Olson, Roger & Sherry
Paulus, John & Cathie
Shepard, Arlin & Maureen
Szymanski, Stephen & Colleen