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New Addition to the Clubhouse

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If you have visited the Clubhouse recently, you may have noticed a new addition on the Fireplace. John and Jack McMillin donated a 256lb 10′ 4″ long marlin! The marlin was caught in Hawaii.

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Thank you very much for your donation John and Jack!

Holiday Season – Lake Management Style

love-the-lakeBy: Tim Langer – Lake Management Committee

This time of year allows me to reflect on the past year of the many great memories we each create here in Roaming Shores. Whether it’s jumping from a floating dock at one of the beaches, paddling your cardboard boat to victory, watching the wonderful fireworks over Beach 2 or laughing with neighbors while the sun sets behind the trees.   I give great Thanks to those committee members whom have donated precious hours to help better our community and lake through the Lake Management Committee. I urge others to consider getting involved with the Lake Management Committee and sharing your skills and talents in the coming year. From your RomeRock Association Lake Management Committee, we wish you a very HAPPY, MERRY and SAFE Holiday Season.

Remember to Love the Lake and Be Lake Responsible

Leaves a Falling

love-the-lakeBy: Tim Langer – Lake Management Committee

Fall in Northeast Ohio offers many beautiful and vibrant colors along the tree line. Often those colors create a scene that could easily be mistaken for paint on a canvas. Soon those beautiful colors paint the ground and so begins the yearly labors of picking up leaves before the first snow blows.

Some residents may be inclined to simply blow their leaves into the lake or culverts. When leaves are blown into the lake, the leaves accumulate on the water surface, especially in the backs of coves and along certain areas of our shoreline. As the leaves begin to decompose, the leaves will accumulate on the lake bottom around docks and places where people swim and fish.   The decomposition of the leaves is what eats up dissolved oxygen (DO), which degrades water quality. It makes for a very rotten, squishy, unpleasant lake bottom.

The decomposition of those leaves in the lake contributes to;

  • The depletion of dissolved oxygen (DO).
  • Nutrient overloading, which later leads to algae blooms.
  • Filling in of lake and cove areas.

What YOU can do:

  • Not blow leaves or grass clippings into the culverts, street or lake.
  • Mulch your leaves when mowing. Mowing more often will make it easier on you and allow your mulching mower to do the hard work. Think of the mulched leaves as tea leaves. When they are mulched into small pieces, the nutrients can be extracted much easier by water or rain and feed the soil reducing the need to use commercial fertilizer. And it’s free!
  • Bag your leaves each fall before they blow into the lake.
  • USE our COMPOST SITE. This is a great Roaming Shores resource!

With the help of all our residents and continuing to act a stewards of Lake Roaming Rock, our combined efforts will continue to maintain and improve our water quality.

Remember to Love the Lake and Be Lake Responsible

President’s Comments from November 2015 Board Meeting

By Tom Sopko
The following is a summary of the President’s Comments for the November 2015 Board Meeting.

  1. The Lawsuit filed against the Association by Neighbors for a Better Roaming Shores, Barry O’Connell, Joseph Petraus, and Pat Long.
    1. The Lawsuit Docket can be viewed at:
      http://courts.co.ashtabula.oh.us/eservices/home.page.2 And then following the prompts. In the Search Box for Company, insert “neighbors”. For the Start Date insert “March 20, 2014.” It should bring you to case: 2014 CV 00234.
    2. The case is listed as Closed, however, the Settlement Agreement may lead to further activity being reported on the docket.
  2. Dredging.
    1. 5790 cu yards removed so far for the year 2015.
    2. The excavator equipment, which can be used for more than dredging, can now be used from land to continue dredging if the weather and the Lake drawdown permits.
  3. Board Member – updated. One seat was vacated when a Board Member moved from the Community
    1. The Board interviewed four candidates.
    2. Several Ballots resulting in a tie. A coin toss was considered.
    3. Two leading candidates were interviewed after the November Board Meeting.
    4. John Lindemann is the new Board Member. Welcome aboard John.
    5. Matt Conway will be the Chairman of the newly formed Amenities Development Committee. (the official committee name to yet be finalized).
  4. Office – updated
    1. There will be a public presentation of the locations options. Scheduled for December 10, 2015, 7:30pm, Clubhouse.
    2. The Office on Route 6 had been the Office for about 46 years.
    3. Board is thinking long term and in the best interest of the Association.
  5. Collection of back Dues, Assessments and Late Charges.
    1. We continue to work with David King and Kaman & Cusimano on collecting back Dues and Assessments.
  6. The Friends and Neighbors October Dinner
    1. Well attended. Hope all the attendees had a good time.
    2. The Board considers Committee functions like the Friends and Neighbors Dinners important to bringing the Community together. Thank you F & N.
  7. Comments on Ohio Lakes Community Association, OLCA
    1. RRA is the host for OCLA in September 2016 Meeting
    2. 20 Lake Communities will be invited to Roaming Shores.

Lake Roaming Rock – A Communal Responsibility

love-the-lakeby Tim Langer – Lake Management Committee
Over the past year you may have noticed a number of articles in the Shores News and the weekly E-Blasts, which have a “Love the Lake” logo. Residents like you who volunteer their talents to the Lake Management Committee for the betterment of our community write those articles. We continue our mission to work to connect our community by 1) raising awareness about important issues, 2) offering good science based information, and 3) offering some easy ways to improve our community. 24 article and 2 seasonal brochures is an excellent start. THANK YOU to each of you who volunteer your talents in one-way or another!

Lake Roaming Rock is not public, so it is up to us the owners and residents of Roaming Shores to be responsible. We are the primary stewards of our great natural resource and our private ownership and access to Lake Roaming Rock does create its own challenges. Our goal is to continue to role out programs to help residents actively manage their properties both on lake and off. Please help us work together to protect our water for our enjoyment and that of future generations.

When you see “Love the Lake” articles and programs, we encourage you to participate. It is our hope that if we all contribute to the health of Lake Roaming Rock, our community will thrive. Please contact me (TimattheShores@gmail.com) if you would like to get involved, contribute or suggest an article, help with a program or have any questions. It is important that we all be responsible to help keep our lake and community beautiful.

Remember to Love the Lake and BE LAKE RESPONSIBLE.

The History of Roaming Rock Shores

The RomeRock Association is currently in the process of creating a video detailing the history of Roaming Rock Shores for the 50th Anniversary next year. Are you a long-time property owner? Know a prominent past member or employee? Would you like to share your stories? Please contact Jen Addair at the RRA Office (440-563-3170 or jaddair@roamingshores.org).

We are also looking for pictures and videos to share.

John Lindemann Appointed to Board of Directors

Following an exhaustive search, the Board of Directors have appointed John Lindemann of Lot # 130 to serve out the remainder of the term left by Dell Rogers.

Questionnaire:

Years as a Property Owner: 20 years in Dec 2015

Have you previously been on the Board of Directors? No

Reasons for desiring to be on the Board of Directors: I have in the past been on the Roaming Shores Village Council. During that time, one of the main issues was to have the Board and Council working together. I believe that relationship is much better today and I will work to continue that.

Hobbies: Skiiing, Golf, Tennis, Car Body Work

Involvement in Committees and Clubs: I have not had any direct involvement

With Sympathy: Emily Plickert

ROAMING SHORES — Emily Nicole Plickert, age 17, died on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, at University Hospital Geauga Medical Center.

She was born in Mayfield Heights, the daughter of Karla Drenski-Pierce and Christopher Plickert.

Emily was a Junior at Grand Valley High School in Orwell, Varsity Cheerleader, member of Roaming Shores Polar Bear Club and Youth Group at Believer’s Church. She enjoyed being with family and friends, spending time at “The Shop”, fishing, hiking, singing and dancing, driving back roads, tailgating Browns games, watching sunsets and taking selfies. Also spending daddy’s money shopping and listening to music.

She is survived by her parents, Karla (Jason) Drenski-Pierce and Christopher (Maureen) Plickert; sisters, Erica Kampf and Meadow Plickert; step-brother, Kyle Pierce; step-sister, Brittany Pierce; grandparents, Ron and Karolyn Drenski and Susan Plickert; aunts and uncles, Ron and Daisy Drenski, Kevin Drenski, Christina Kunka, Jamie and Bill Poyer, Brenda and John Timko, Kim Plickert and Mike and Sarah Plickert; and cousins, Chris, Sarah, Leslie, Katie, Austin, Aaron, Alex, Tyler, Logan, Anthony, Mandy, Brooke, Summer, Jenna, CJ, Jordan, Jazzie, and Sophia.

She was preceded in death by her great-grandma, Dorothy Mullen; grandfather, John “Papa John” Plickert; and uncle, Pat Plickert.

Visitation will be held at PAINE FUNERAL HOME INC., 140 E. Main St., Orwell, on Thursday, Nov. 19th, from 3 to 7 p.m. A private funeral service officiated by Pastor Joseph Cameneti will be held for the family on Friday.

A Public Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, Nov. 20th, at Roaming Shores Club House, 13 Roaming Rock Blvd., Roaming Shores, from 1 to 5 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made at the funeral home in care of Karla Drenski-Pierce.

Condolences at painefuneralhome.com and starbeacon.com.

Pavilions Improved

This Fall, all of the pavilions at Beach 1 & 2 received a major improvement. All of the pavilions at the beaches now have concrete floors. This will greatly improve the safety, aesthetics, and the usability of the pavilions.

Maintenance Cinder Bay

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This Fall, the maintenance department built a cinder bay. The cinder bay will house the cinders that the plow trucks use on the roads to improve traction. For years, the cinders have not been shielded from the elements. They would get wet, freeze, and use up the time the crew could be plowing to break up the chunks of cinders. These frozen chucks would also damage our equipment. Housing the cinders in the bay will greatly decrease the amount of time it takes to fill up the trucks and get them back out plowing.

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