President's midsummer letter

Happy July to all Lone Lakers!

We had a great Fourth of July weekend on Lone Lake. While practicing social distancing, two LLPOA events: the Lone Lake Triathlon (LLT), hosted by the VanSlooten family and the LLPOA Boat Parade went off flawlessly.

The Lone Lake Triathlon was organized by Matt VanSlooten, featuring a 1/4 mile swim to Dancehall Point and back to the beach, an eleven-mile bike ride, and ending with a four-mile run despite the hot pavement. The fourteen triathletes did well as about twenty spectators cheered them on.

LLPOA president Steve Frazier awarded medals to the winners of the men's, women's, and team competition.

2020 Triathlon medal winners

Men's winners

  1. Gold medal: Joey Lawson

  2. Silver medal: Dirk VanSlooten

  3. Bronze medal: Chris Schwartzbauer

Women's winners

  1. Gold medal: Hudson VanSlooten

  2. Silver medal: Rebecca Rowe

  3. Bronze medal: Barb Sporlein

Team winners

  1. Gold medals: Bob Lawson, Tom Johnson, Matt VanSlooten

  2. Silver medals: Meghann Manders and Kim McKinney

Pictured above are the winners. Special thanks to all of the VanSlooten family for being spotters and helpers in the LLT; Next year consider this family healthy event and join in on the fun on July 4th!

Starting at noon, the annual Fourth of July LLPOA Boat parade had fourteen entries this year. The boat parade went east with the Olmsheid family (lot 110) leading and the VanDeusen family (lot 148) acting as judges and photographers. The trip around the lake took just over an hour on the hot and breezy Saturday. Families all around the lake were in the water and on their docks for the parade.

Winners of this year's LLPOA boat parade

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Speedboat---the "Hippie" owned by the Gmach/Mann families(lot 68)

Dock---"Red/White/Blue" owned by Paul and Kristi Feist (lot 105)

Pontoon---the "Flying Eagle" owned by Scott and Beth Holum(lot 39)

Honorable mention goes to the "high dive tower: by Jay and Kristin Olson family (lot 6.1) and the "USA cuties in a tube" being towed by a pontoon (we didn't get their name....let us know please)

The winners will get bragging right and be able to proudly display the traveling trophies.

Thank you to all the families that decorated their boats and docks and did such a wonderful job to make this year's 4th of July celebration such a great success!

Thanks also to all the families, friends, relatives, and others who made the time to watch from their docks, boats, cabins, and rafts; This truly is a wonderful lake celebration. Find photos of both events on our LLPOA website at lonelake.org.

See you on the lake.
Steve Frasier, LLPOA president