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June, 2005 NEWS

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ANDOVER LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION



Officers and Directors 2005 Official Meeting Notices

ALMA

President: Tom Byron 742.8162 Vice President: Gordon Stratton 742.6996 Secretary: John Benda 742.5606 Treasurer: Peter Klock 290.8972 Assistant Treasurer: Georgette Conrad 742.8805

ALPOA

President: Naida Arcenas 742.6583 Vice President: VACANT Secretary: Art Wood 742.1231 Treasurer: Lynn Scull 742.9494 Assistant Treasurer: VACANT Officer Shirley Stolzenbach 742.4406 Officer: John Nichols 742.9316 Officer: Alan Westerberg 742.1678 Officer: Linda Derrick 742.1284 Officer: Christian Zimmermann 742.0334 Officer: Neal Alderman 742.5265 Officer: Susan Bristol 742.0282 Officer: Paul Botticello 649.2969 Officer: Drew Hyatt 742.6863

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SECURITY NUMBER 742-9288

Andover Lake Property Owners Association (ALPOA)

Semi Annual Meeting Tuesday, June 28, 2005 at 7 PM

And

Annual Meeting

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 @ 7 PM Meetings held @ the Old Firehouse

Andover, CT

1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call of Officers 3. ALPOA’s Secretary’s Report 4. ALMA Treasurer’s Report 5. ALPOA Treasurer’s Report 6. Approval of Dues & ALPOA/ALMA budgets for Fiscal Year 2005/2006 7. ALMA Report 8. Presidents’ Report 9. Committee Reports (Beach, Membership, Walkway Bridge, Newsletter) 10. Old Business 11. New Business/Planning & Development Plan/Andover Lake 12. Adjournment



Presidents’ Reports ALPOA President’s Report

By Naida Arcenas

The ALMA and ALPOA Boards are off to a great start this year with many projects on the agenda. The weather gave us a scare for Memorial Day weekend but it held out long enough for the lines and raft to be put in. Thanks !!!! needs to go to several members who made this so successful on such short notice. Alan, Roger, Christian, Art, Drew and Jim with The Fire Dept Dive Team. All of you were wonderful and should be commended! I’m sure that many children and families appreciated all the work you did when the weather did a sudden hot trend. There is still much work to do to continue to monitor for the lake, conduct beach activities and improve the recreational areas. More permanent stairs need to be purchased for the walkway, the lifeguard building will hopefully see changes to incorporate a changing room and new beach sand will be purchased to level the area between the lifeguard chairs and the water. We will have a Fourth of July Boat Race and a Beach Bash. Our popu-lar Swim Lessons will commence under the direction of Linda Flavell on July 11th. Several fund-raising op-tions are being pursued to continue with our growth and development. One of these is a newly designed Tee-shirt. These Tee-shirts with a new Andover Lake Logo will be on-sale at all events – please support this sale as the monies collected will defray lake costs. We are also seeking volunteers willing to participate or help in any of the projects. Please contact any board member to find out more info on dates and what is needed for help. It could be raking, painting, banging nails, selling Tee-shirts or helping with our parties. We would be thrilled to have helpers and we are a fun group! Lastly, another date to mark on your calendar is the Andover Planning and Zoning Board meeting on June 20th which will be a public discussion on new zoning regulations for Andover, which includes changes that will possibly affect limitations on build-ing within the lake district. Have a Great Summer…

ALMA President’s Report By Tom Byron

Representatives from both the ALMA & ALPOA Boards have continued to work with the Andover Fire Department on the potential design and location of dry fire hydrants around the lake. John Roache of AFD has put in a great deal of time and effort on this and has prepared an informative presentation. He will be joining us at the June 28th ALPOA semi-annual meeting. The Wetlands Commission still needs to review the application. Also, we are con-sidering whether or not to grant easements so that AFD can readily maintain the hydrants. If ease-ments are deemed advisable, this would be a “Fundamental Matter” under the by-laws and would require a vote by both boards and the membership. A meeting for this purpose would be advertised in advance. No installation work is scheduled before this Fall. We have been notified by CT DEP of their intention to inspect our dam. No date has been set as yet. The cost will be $525, which is substantially less than what we budgeted for a private firm to do the job. We continue to pursue the issue of our liability in-surance refund. You will recall that the amount of-fered by our previous carrier, at the time we switched insurers, was well below what we felt the number should be. We have pursued this as far as we can on our own and, on advice from our insur-ance agent, Treasurer Peter Klock, has referred the matter to the CT Insurance Department. We will keep you posted. I hope you all enjoy a safe & happy recreation sea-son. Please remember to do what you can to keep harmful substances out of the lake to reduce the risk of pollution, algae blooms & invasive species. Have your septic system pumped on a regular basis & avoid the use of phosphorous-bearing fertilizer. For a more complete guideline of “do’s & don'ts”, please see Gordon Stratton’s article from previous Newslet-ters. If you no longer have previous issues, please contact any Board member for a copy.


The ALPOA Treasurer’s Two Cents

By Lynn Scull

Membership forms and dues are coming in at essen-tially the same rate as last year, which is what we budg-eted. I am heartened to see a number of new members and several returning members. Your board continues to contact new owners and also those who own property in the area of the lake and are not members. As it costs about $90,000 per year to do all the things necessary to maintain the lake and pay the bills associated with that maintenance, we are trying to make sure everyone who lives on or near the lake (who benefit from it’s beauty and impact on property values) pays their fair share. I have been most pleased by the outpouring of financial support for the Walkway. Two checks dropped out of several application forms, one of which was for the bridge over the dam. We have put a significant dent in the Walkway Fund deficit. Another dent is about to be put in that shortfall by the tee shirts we have just re-ceived. Drew Hyatt, with input from both ALPOA and ALMA boards, produced the artwork for the tee shirts. It is a picture of the walkway and dam-end of the lake just after the walkway’s installation last Fall and looks stunning on the tee shirts, You may already have seen the artwork (in a black & white version) on the cover of this issue. We will make them available at the beach (probably on weekends), swim lesson sign-up and at the Semi-Annual meeting. The shirts sell for $15.00 and we are about 20% to breakeven, having had the shirts exactly 4 days as of this writing. I will provide a cur-rent Walkway Fund report at the Semi-Annual meeting, which I hope many of you will attend.

WHO YA’ GONNA CALL? By Anna Galvin

Now that the warm weather has finally arrived, ALPOA members can be seen out on the Lake in their boats, new 2005 ALPOA stickers firmly affixed to either side of the bow. Unfortunately, our Lake is so beautiful it invites trespassers to use it as well. When you see a boat without current stickers, who ya’ gonna call? Now that the dam walkway is complete, members can be seen walking across it, admiring the view as they pass. Unfortunately, our Lake is so beautiful, and our walkway so accessible, it invites trespassers to fish and swim off of it. When you see this, who ya’ gonna call? Now that it’s Summer, cars mysteriously appear on the roadside and at dead end streets surrounding our beautiful Lake. Just whose cars are they….and who ya’ gonna call? The answer is Jennifer, our new ALPOA Security Guard! She will promptly visit the trespassers, offer them a membership application and advise them that Andover Lake is private property. She can be reached by calling 742-9288. Please keep the number handy and don’t hesitate to call her in the daylight hours. If there is a serious problem with noise or vandalism after dark, the resident State Trooper can be reached at 742-0235.

So remember, who ya’ gonna call? JENNIFER, ALPOA SECURITY GUARD @ 742-9288




Fresh Native Vegetables! Visit our Produce Stand.



Benefit Dinner to Support the Permanent Stairs

For the Bridge Over the Andover Lake Dam October 1, 2005 6 PM

Hosted by Art Wood, Anna Andrews, Michael & Katie at 335 Lake Rd.

Enjoy a fine French meal and support the bridge at the same time

Menu

Appetizer Assorted Canapes

Soup

French Onion Soup

Entree Chicken Cordon Bleu Gratin Dauphinois

(Potato Casserole with Gouda, Garlic and Thyme) Green Beans Almandine

Dessert

Fresh Apple Tart Coffee, Tea, Espresso

BYOB

$50 per person (all proceeds benefit the bridge)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------—————-- Register early!! Space is limited!

Name(s): __________________________________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________________________________ Phone Number:



Summer Events at the Lake

ALPOA Beach Bash DATE: Saturday, August 6 (Rain date: Sunday, August 7) TIME: 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. MUSIC: Live JAZZ FOOD: Cook-out and beverages by ALPOA + BYODish (pasta salad, green salad, beans, dessert) Children’s games, bonfire and s’mores COST: FREE to ALPOA members RSVP: To Linda Derick at 742.1284 or [email protected]

Dam Walk-over Fund Raisers

Saturday, September 10 from 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. Contra-dancing with a live caller. All ages welcome. No experience necessary. “Reel” men do contra-dance! Or just come to listen to lively music and enjoy the home-baked desserts and beverages that will be served. Send your $25.00 donation to and get tickets from Linda Derick at 742.1284 or [email protected]

SWIM LESSONS SIGN UP

Registration for swim lessons will be held on

Saturday, June 25th from 10 AM—12 PM for MEMBERS ONLY, and from 12 PM—1 PM for NON MEMBERS at the Old Andover Firehouse on Center Street

Session I - July 11 - July 22 (Monday - Friday) Session II - August 1 - August 12 (Monday - Friday)

(BEACH HOURS are listed elsewhere in the Newsletter)

IT'S DECORATE YOUR BOAT DAY ONCE AGAIN!

THE FOURTH OF JULY PARADE

It's time for the annual, traditional ALPOA boat parade. The call is out for all who want to decorate their boats and join our parade around the lake. Meet promptly at 2 PM on the island for the judging of the most appropriately decorated boat. Of course, prizes will

be awarded. Then parade across the lake for the thousands of waving onlookers celebrating the Fourth with us. Questions? Call Neal Alderman at 742-5265.

BOAT RACK RESERVATIONS

Any current year member wishing to reserve a spot on the boat racks at the Island Street right of way should call Neal Alderman at

742-5265. There are lots of spaces still available. Each space holds one canoe or rowboat. Why leave your boat on the ground? Please note that if you had one last year you must reserve it again this year or it will be assigned to someone else.

BOAT RACES

After a reasonably successful season last year, we are going to have sailboat races again this year. These are very informal with no

classes and no prizes. The races will start at the foot of the Island Street ROW and each race will be one lap around the lake. We will try to have at least two races each day. Come and see what you can do against your friends and the other sailboats on the lake. The

races will be the second and fourth Sundays in July and August, weather permitting (10 & 24 July and 7 & 21 August). Questions call Neal Alderman 742 5265

WATCH the Website for information on the Fall Walk/Run/Cycle ‘Round the Lake!



Alan/Lehmann Alderman Alexander Allbee/Estes Anderson Apmann/Bazzani Asmuth Auger Auglis Ayer Bailey Bain Ballard/Labrec Baver Beauchamp Beckwith Belanger Belliveau/Lang Belmont Benda Berry Berry Bosk/Hallisey Botti Boxall Brault Brennan Brennan Bristol Bronke Bryce Bucci Burke Burke Burke Butler/Ledger Byron Cahill Campo Capoldo Carbonneau Carola Caron Carrara Carroll Carso Carso Chiffer Choquette Christensen/Stone Clark Coffin Conrad Corl

Coughlan Coulombe Cox Crompton/Elliott Cudahy Cunningham Cunningham Daly D'Ambrosio D'Amour D'Anzi Davis Denizkurt Depatie DeRico DeSimone Desjardins DiPasquale D'Italia Donohue/Chill Drabicki Dube Dube/Lombardo Dwyer Eckert/Erlandsen Ezerins Farley Farr Fazzino/McMeekin Feeko Fischer Fitting Fitzsimmons Flamino Fornabi/Autorino Fraleigh Froehle Gagne Gaidry Gallnot Galvin Gaudino Genden Geoghegan Giannelli Gillette Goding Golemba Gostanian Gray Grenier/Kerr Gruner/Victoria Hangland Harford

Harlow Hartan Hatem Heneghan Hetherington/Coy Hewett Hodge Hoisington/Alibrio Horn Hussey Hyatt Izzarelli Jaskulski Jaworski Johnson Jones Kamins Kappenman Kearney Roberts Keleher Kelly Killian King Kirk Kirkpatrick Kirkpatrick Kliminsky Klock Knapp Knopf Koczka Kolb Kuzmickas Kwasnicki LaFleur Lagasse Lanagan Landerfin Lawson/Spaderna LeClair Leger Lenkiewicz Linden Lindley Lindroth Little/Whitemore Litwinko LoBianco/Marciniec Loomis Lund Luntta/Arcenas MacDonald/Paleski Madore Maguire

Maneggia Marshall Matyia Maynard/Heise McCann McCann McGee McMahon McNeal McNeil Meinzer Meyer Miemiec Miner Minicucci Missal Missell Mortensen/Botticello Munroe Murphy Murphy Murphy Nichols Nosal Nystrom O'Brien O'Brien/Waldman Oliver/Louden Parks/Derrick Pasay Perez Person/Tabor Pesco Phelps Pintavalle Pisch Pittsinger Plausse Poland Popper Porch/Feeney Purcell Raes Rainwater/Hogan Randazzo Reader Remesch Rezman-Tomasello Robbins Rodegher Rogasky Rounseville Rumley Sadowski

Sakelarakis Salamone Salline Sarisley Schimmel Schober Scull Sendley Setterstrom Sharlow/Zamoider Simpier Skoog Skoog Smith Smith Smith Souza/Cesario St. Jean St. Pierre St. Pierre St.Pierre Stanley Stein Stolzenbach Stone Stratton Swokla Sylvain Symons Tamburro Tillinghast Timreck Toce Tulman Turgeon Tworkowski Upton Vale Vieten Vincek Vitarelli Wallace Wantek Warner Weathersbee Weir - Robinson Wells Werner Westerberg White Willard Williams Willis Wolff

Wood/Andrews Xenophontos Yeomans Yerke Yeterian Ziff Zimmermann Zocco/del Rio

Please excuse any misspellings, we try to read everyone’s handwriting, but aren’t always successful!

2005/2006 Membership Listing as of 06/07/05


THE LAKESIDE GOURMET By Dory Alderman

Polenta Pizza

Polenta, made from corn meal and water, is a simple dish that’s enjoyed by many cul-tures. It’s eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It can be served right from the pot or spread out thin, cut into shapes and sautéed or grilled. I use polenta as the base for an unusual pizza that is started ahead of mealtime, then topped and served when you are hungry. My favorite toppings are a bit trendy, but any of your favor-ites will do. 5 a cups water 1 ½ teaspoons salt 2 cups cornmeal 2 tablespoons olive oil 2-3 cloves garlic, minced 5-½ ounces goat cheese, approx. black olives, cut in halve 6 sun-dried or 2 fresh tomatoes, sliced 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary or basil, crushed 1 cup mozzarella cheese, approx. In a large saucepan bring the water and salt to a rolling boil. Slowly whisk in cornmeal. (The water should not stop boiling.) Turn heat to the lowest setting. Cook, covered, 20 minutes. Scrape into a greased or sprayed 12-inch pizza pan. Cool; cover and refrigerate or use right away. Brush the top with olive oil and scatter with garlic. Dot on the goat cheese, tomatoes, herbs, and the mozzarella cheese. Bake in a preheated 375-degree oven 20 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and the polenta has warmed though. Cut into 12 wedges. Serves 4 as a main dish.

WE SELL PROPANE




PLEASE SLOW DOWN!!

Lake Road and Lakeside Drive are

narrow and dangerous!

We value the lives of our children and pets, so

PLEASE be CAREFUL when driv-ing around the Lake.

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Plumbing and Well Pump Services

860-742-1638

Andover, CT

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Ethics and Fishing By Dianne Grenier For the ALPOA Anglers

Ethics is a set of moral values or principles of conduct that govern our behavior. It is this guiding philosophy that helps us deal with good and bad, and right and wrong. Everything that has happen in our lives, and everyone we’ve ever met, has helped form our basic mo ral values and principles of conduct. Everything we do is influenced by these values ~ including Fishing. Following is a list of some of the principles that make for an ethical angler. Take a minute and reflect on your Fishing Ethics. Observe all Angling laws and regulations as defined in the DEP’s Angler’s Guide

Laws and regulations governing fishing change every year and are published in the Anglers Guide issued with each fishing license, or is available on line at http://dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/fishing/fishinfo/angler.htm Take a few minutes and review the Anglers Guide each year when you get your new fishing license.

Practice safe angling and boating.

Wear a Personal Flotation Device (PFD or Life Jacket). Don’t drink and boat. Take a safe boating course and “Fish School” class. Dress properly for weather conditions.

Respect the rights of other anglers and property owners.

Keep noise levels low. Do not trespass on private land. Do not damage personal property. Keep a comfortable distance between fishermen when fishing.

Value and respect the aquatic environment.

Take precautionary measures necessary to prevent the spread of exotic plants. Bleach your boat between launching into a different body of water. Do not use illegal live bait. Know what is legal bait and what is not. Read the DEP Angler’s Guide. Don’t release live baitfish into non-native habitats. Don’t introduce harmful bait specimens into local waters.

Keep fishing area clear of litter.

Properly dispose of trash and waste including old fishing line, lure packaging, styrofoam bait containers as well as food and drink litter.

Do not clean and leave fish remains on the shore or in the lake. Avoid spilling, and never dump, any pollutants into the water.

Keep only the fish needed.

Practice “Selective Harvest” – Keep only the fish you will eat or trophy fish to mount. Carefully handle and release the others to be caught another day.

Use tackle and techniques which minimize harm to fish when engaging in “catch and release” fishing. Promote and practice ethical behavior.

Set an example for all to see. Report wildlife violations call: 1-8000-842-HELP.

Continuously enhance your fishing skill and knowledge

Learn more about fish, fishing and aquatic environment. Enroll in a DEP CT Aquatic Resources Education Course ~ Fish School.

Share your fishing knowledge with others.

Take a kid fishing. Introduce others to the joys of fishing and the great outdoors. You’ll both be glad you did.

Notice to Members and

Lakefront Owners:

For those wishing to install floats, rafts or docks on the Lake, install or rebuild walls, etc...at the water’s edge, it is required that you get permis-sion from ALMA and then also get approval from the Andover Inland Wetlands and Water-courses Commission. The requirements generated by ALMA should be reviewed by going to our web-site at www.andoverlake.com. That is the best way to assure that you are getting the most up-to-date specifications.

Thank you.



BLEACH YOUR BOATS AND WATER TOYS, PLEASE!

When you take your canoe, kayak, water floats, etc…, to another lake or beach, be sure to bleach them well before putting them back in Andover Lake. Bleaching is the only way to ensure that no weeds, bacteria and other contaminants will be removed and not infect beautiful, CLEAN, Andover Lake.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter!

BEACH HOURS

Weekends: 10 AM to 7 PM May 28th - June 19th 10 AM to 8 PM June 25th - August 14th 10 AM to 7 PM August 20th - Labor Day Weekdays: 1 PM to 6 PM June 13th - June 20th 10 AM to 8 PM June 21st - August 12th 10 AM to 7 PM August 15th - Labor Day

Open Swim begins @ noon on lesson days



ANDOVER LAKE Permit for Island Use

(Required for use of the Island between 9 PM and 9 AM)

In consideration of a $25 deposit, _________________________________, is hereby issued a permit for the use (Name of ALPOA Member) of the Andover Lake Island from 9 PM on _____________________, 20_____until 9 AM the following day. The permittee agrees to the rules and conditions below and assumes responsibility for all persons in his/her party and for any activities in which they may engage while on the Island. Failure to abide by the rules for Island use will result in forfeiture of the deposit and may also result in denial of future request for Island usage by the permittee. Signed: ___________________________ Date: _______________________ (Permittee) Signed: ___________________________ Date: _______________________ (for ALMA/ALPOA)

Rules Governing Andover Lake Island Use

To reserve the Island, call Lake Security at (860) 742-9288 at least 48 hours in advance.

The Permittee must be an adult (over 21) ALPOA member in good standing. Membership ID must be shown upon request. Limit on guests is the same as for Andover Lake Beach. A maximum of 15 people is permitted on the Island at one time. Permit hours are from 9 PM to 9 AM. The Island must be cleaned up and all trash and other items removed by 9 AM. Refund of deposit is subject to successful inspection. Profanity, excessive noise or activities dangerous or annoying to others are not allowed. Alcoholic beverages and glass containers are not allowed. Fires must be small and contained within the fireplace provided. Swimming and other activities are at one’s own risk. No animals are permitted on the Island except for seeing eye and/or hearing assist dogs.


ALPOA NEWSLETTER

ALPOA P.O. Box 54, Andover, CT 06232-0054

Standard Rate U.S. Postage

PAID Andover, CT Permit No. 7

To: Resident Andover, CT 06232

June 2005

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