June 2025 News
2025 LAKE TREATMENT COMPLETED THURSDAY 6/19 LINK
Schmidt’s Aquatic LLC treated our lakes in the early afternoon of Thursday June 19th. This link has all the details of the treatment plan and map LINK
ELECTION INFORMATION FOR QLIA BOARD
The Annual Meeting of Teal Lost Land and Ghost Lakes Improvement Association Inc. will be held July 12th at the Town of Spider Lake Hall at 10 a.m.. There are three board positions up for election. They are the President, Secretary and Director at Large. The following candidates have submitted their names for inclusion on the ballot:
– Kevin Kroll – President
– Lisa Carpenter – Secretary
– John Wittenberg – Director at Large
– Steve Fiala – Director at Large
CANDIDATE INFORMATION FOR QLIA BOARD POSITIONS:
PRESIDENT (UNCONTESTED) : KEVIN KROLL
Hello, my name is Kevin Kroll and I am running for QLIA President. My background has always been about helping people without fail. HVAC in the beginning, to turning our Reel Livin’ Resort into a destination for folks of all ages to experience everything the quiet lakes have to offer.
My passion carries through to everything I do. I look forward to working with the association to continue the ongoing efforts to preserve and protect our waters from the milfoil invasion as well as draw everyone together in pursuit of our common goals of clean and peaceful lakes.
SECRETARY (UNCONTESTED): LISA CARPENTER
Hello! My name is Lisa Carpenter, and I’m asking for your vote as Secretary of the QLIA. A little about me: I’ve been coming to Lost Land Lake for over 20 years and was fortunate enough to semi-retire and make the Northwoods—specifically Lost Land Lake—my full-time home. I have a 21-year-old son who practically grew up here. He’s been snowmobiling on his own since he was 3 and spent countless summers, holidays, and school breaks at the lake with his grandparents, who also live here. To say we love it here in Hayward is probably an understatement! (Now if I could just convince him to move a little closer to his momma…)
Now for a bit about my background and experience:
I’ve spent my entire career in an office environment. Right out of high school, I started working for an accounting firm, where I stayed for 12 years. By the time I left, I was managing the front office, typing tax returns and audits (yes, back when we typed them by hand!), handling correspondence, and working in the computer room doing payroll and data entry.
After that, I joined a small law firm where I was hired as the “zoning girl.” I handled all municipal paperwork and filings for our development clients. We were the go-to firm for development projects, and I played a key role in helping bring hundreds—possibly thousands—of them to completion. When the market shifted in 2008, I transitioned into real estate, working closely with two attorneys to handle correspondence and real estate closing documents. Even through the crash and COVID, I regularly managed 100–150 open files at a time.
I remained with that firm for over 26 years until my recent semi-retirement and move to Hayward.
As you know, being a good secretary takes a lot of skills—especially being organized and paying attention to detail, two qualities that I pride myself on (sometimes to a fault!). Since stepping into the QLIA Secretary role to fill a vacancy left by the previous secretary’s resignation, I have consistently demonstrated my ability, professionalism, and integrity. I’d be honored to continue serving and would appreciate your vote. Thank you for your support!
DIRECTOR AT LARGE: JOHN WITTENBERG
Quiet Lakes Neighbor: As a Teal Lake property owner I’m asking for your support in my candidacy for Director-at-Large on the QLIA Board this July 12th.
I am dedicated to: protecting our lakes, engaging more members, expanding our financial resources, and building a long-term plan to preserve these incredible natural resources. Our families have built a lifetime of memories on these waters. Now it’s our turn to ensure they endure as a legacy for future generations.
With a long-standing personal connection to the Quiet Lakes, I’m committed to year-round proactive involvement in lake planning and initiatives. It’s time to move beyond year-to-year planning and embrace a more strategic, long-term approach to managing our lakes and river—addressing challenges like Eurasian Milfoil, enhancing fish habitats, and those lake challenges we have not yet identified.
Here’s some of my priorities & commitments:
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Protect what makes the Quiet Lakes special by staying vigilant on legislation that safeguards our waters, woods, and way of life. I support lake speed limits and Town policies that help preserve our ecosystem.
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Increase transparency and member engagement by holding Executive Board meetings at Town Hall to encourage participation.
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Develop a long-term lake management plan to protect our waters and support our future – for all our lakes & include the Teal River Flowage.
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Form a QLIA Aquatic Invasive Species Committee to inform us on best practices and integrate closely with our consultant and the DNR.
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Pursue additional funding sources, including federal and private foundation grants, to supplement limited State DNR funds.
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Provide consistent, year-round support for planning, grant writing, and DNR coordination—especially in the off-season when much of this work occurs.
As a retired law enforcement leader with a background in strategy, grant management, and community engagement, I bring experience, commitment, and action-orientation. I would be honored to serve and help preserve the future of our lakes. Thank you for your consideration – proactive lake management is the key to preserving our little slice of Heaven and our property values.
DIRECTOR AT LARGE: STEVE FIALA
My name is Steve Fiala and am running for re-election of the Director at Large position. I have been vacationing on Lost Land Lake every summer for 66 years (since 1959) and this is, by far, one of my favorite places in the world. My wife and I have lived here May – October on Green Point for the past 13 years. I went to UW-Stevens Point and graduated with degrees in Water Resource Management and Natural Resources.
I was involved in extensive hands-on training in water sampling, fisheries analysis via electroshocking, and in plant & soil management. I worked my entire career in the specialty chemical industry. I have always felt that my educational training and career have allowed me to bring value to the QLIA. I have been honored to serve on the QLIA Board since 2019 and appreciate contributing my time to maintaining the pristine conditions that we all love about our quiet lakes. Creating a more unified sense of community is more important than ever. I want this to be a quiet lake forever – something that we all can enjoy and leave for future generations.
NOTICE OF QLIA ANNUAL MEETING – ELECTION DAY – JULY 12TH, 2025
MEETING AGENDA LINK
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The Annual Meeting and voting will take place at the Town Of Spider Lake Town Hall.
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The hall opens at 9:00am and the meeting will start at 10:00am sharp. VOTING WILL BE ALLOWED UNTIL 10:00 am when the meeting starts.
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VOTING WILL CONTINUE AFTER THE speaker, Matt Berg has finished his presentation for us and our President Norm Bratteig has made his opening remarks.
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If you want to vote early and skip the meeting, we suggest you get there as early as possible BEFORE the meeting starts. We cannot process voting while the speakers are presenting.
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IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND, use the absentee process that is already in place. Request a ballot by emailing Perry Cowan at pncowan@gmail.com.
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Addressing the QLIA membership, at approximately 10:00am will be Matt Berg from Endangered Resource Services who is responsible for the EWM bed mapping on our lakes. This service is critical to your association.
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PAID MEMBERSHIP ALLOWS YOU TO VOTE Please, If you have not paid your annual membership dues of $50, do so before the meeting. This will save all of us a lot of time. Waiting until the meeting causes several delays.
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If you are renewing your membership, you do not need to fill out the form. WE HAVE MADE PAYING MEMBERSHIP DUES EVEN EASIER You can now pay annual membership dues or make donations directly on our Website: quietlakes.org. Just click on the join/renew tab and use a credit card or Venmo to make your payment. Here’s a link directly to dues payment LINK
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Please do this before the meeting to help us out. If you want to mail a check the address is: PO Box 214, Hayward, WI 54843 your check must arrive by July 9th to be recorded in our system. Please be sure to renew your membership well before the meeting. We would really appreciate it!
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Your QLIA Board appreciates and values your membership and participation.
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HERE IS THE AGENDA FOR OUR ANNUAL MEETING LINK
EWM Awareness Event – O’Brien’s Cozy Point on Teal Lake
June 28, 2025, Noon- 4:00 pm
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The O’Brien and Parmenter families would like to invite the members of the Quiet Lakes Improvement Association to an informational, educational awareness and fundraising event for our Quiet Lakes.
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Natalie Erler, Sawyer County Conservation Specialist and AIS Coordinator will be here to discuss invasive species threats from other nearby lakes, threats to our own lakes and awareness of the overall invasive species issues we face. Natalie is the Conservation Specialist and AIS Coordinator for Sawyer County
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Natalie understands our concerns about chemical treatments and the need to be conservative, but not too conservative that we lose the ground we have gained. We have concerns about neighboring lakes such as Long Lake which has a very bad Zebra Mussel issue.
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Stop by, enjoy the beautiful lake views, have a cold beverage and come with a hardy appetite for some barbeque and all the trimmings. and try your hand at Badminton, “Corn-Hole” or bags, Croquet and Bocce Ball.
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Several fundraising activities are planned offering gift certificates, a 60/40 cash split the pot, snow cones and more planned to raise money.
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All of the proceeds go to keeping our Quiet Lakes clean and clear, something that impacts us all! 12605 North Tews Road, Hayward, WI
If you have any questions regarding this email, please email us at 3quiet.lakes@gmail.com
