Dredging at Grand Lake St. Mary’s

by R.D. Gainar CEBS – Lake Management Committee Chairman

Your Lake Management Committee is committed to evidence-based management practices but is also careful to consider comments made by residents.  Questions continue to be raised comparing the dredging activities Read more

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Lake Management Plan

by R.D. Gainar, CEBS LMC Chairman

For those of you who were unable to attend the Lake Depth Control Sub-Committee meeting on October 28, 2013 describing the Dredge Plan, you also missed a presentation and discussion of our Lake Read more

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March Lake Level Control Sub-Committee Meeting

Lake Level Control Sub-Committee Meeting Minutes March 12, 2014

Members present include Dave Emick, Tim Langer, Gil Kendrac and Chairman Rick Gainar. Also present were Dell Rogers and Ed Baitt.

Meeting called to order at 2PM at the Association Read more

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Lake Depth Improvement Sub-Committee Workshop Report

Workshop was open to the membership.

Guests were from Lake Erie Ship Repair & Fabrication, LLC of Jefferson, OH. Mr. Joseph Crane (President) and Mr. Justin Gee (Vice President) shared with us the history of the company and presented Read more

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February Lake Level Control Sub-Committee Meeting

Lake Level Control Sub-Committee Meeting Minutes February 12, 2014

Members present include Walt Samson, Tim Langer, Todd Gress and Chairman Rick Gainar.

Meeting called to order at 2PM at the Association Office.

Items discussed:

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Letter from Marty Hilovsky of EnviroScience

Dear Friends and Residents of Roaming Shores:

My name is Marty Hilovsky and I’m President of EnviroScience, a Stow Ohio environmental consulting firm. For the past ten years I’ve had the privilege of working for your community doing a Read more

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The Annual Fall Turnover Algae Bloom

by Richard D. Gainar, CEBS Chairman, LMC

Did anyone notice the huge algae bloom during the last week of October? That’s because the lake “turned over”. “Turnover” is an annual phenomenon in deep, stratified lakes like ours. Cold, dense Read more

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November Lake Management Committee Report

Lake Management Committee Report by Richard D. Gainar, CEBS Chairman, LMC

The Lake Depth Improvement Sub-Committee workshop meeting was held on October 28 in the Clubhouse to discuss the details of our Dredge Plan. Members of this committee made Read more

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November Lake Level Control Sub-Committee Meeting Minutes

Lake Level Control Sub-Committee Meeting Minutes November 13, 2013

Members present include Gil Kendrac, Dave Flaum, Dave Emick, Todd Gress, and Chairman Rick Gainar. Also present was RRA Board Member Dell Rogers.

Meeting called to order at 2PM at Read more

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Sept & Oct Lake Mangement Committee Report

Lake Management Committee by Richard D. Gainar, CEBS Chairman, LMC

August and September were very busy months for the Lake Management Committee (LMC). As you may remember, three sub-committees were created in August in order to 1) attract more Read more

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