A
Newsletter
of
the
Town
of
Sturgeon
Bay
Lakeshore
Area



Spring
2010:
Volume
10,
no.
1
 Transitions


 by
Ruth
Sandor

Spring
Kick
Off
Social

 

Marilyn
Carolan
is
now
a
full‐time
resident
at
4607

Friday,
June
4,
6:00
PM

LFPR.
Her
husband,
Don,
passed
away
last
fall.


Enjoy
the
company
of
your
neighbors
at
the
Spring



Kick
Off
Social
at
the
home
of
Jim
and
Donna
Jan‐
Welcome
to
Karl
and
Barbara
Todd
to
3230;
to

ning,
2680
LFPR.
Bring
your
favorite
appetizer
to

Mark
and
Mitzi
Beno
to
2520;
and
to
Janet
and
Mi‐
share,
a
beverage
of
your
choice,
your
neighbors,

chael
Peters,
who
will
build
on
the
lot
adjacent
to

and
anyone
new
to
the
street.
Ice,
paper
products,

2520.


and
glassware
will
be
furnished.
Please
RSVP
920‐


743‐6573.

Anne
Junkerman
died
on
April
19,
2010.
She
and

Announcements
for
other
summer
social

her
husband
Carl,
who
survives
her,
owned
2980

events
will
be
sent
out
via
email
and
posted
on
the

LFPR
for
many
years.
Their
four
children
are
Peg,

LFPR
blog
at
lakeforestparkroad.blogspot.com.

Charlie,
John,
and
Peter;
some
residents
may
re‐


member
the
family.
In
1988
Anne
wore
dark

LFPCorp
Annual
Business
Meeting
 glasses
to
hide
her
tears
while
closing
on
the
sale

Saturday,
June
26,
9:30
AM
 of
their
beloved
cabin
to
Bela
and
Ruth
Sandor.


The
LFPCorp
annual
business
meeting
will
be
held
 

at
the
Stone
Harbor
Resort
in
Sturgeon
Bay
at
9:30
 West
Nile
Virus
Hotline


AM.
A
continental
breakfast
will
be
available.
The

A
statewide
hotline
to
track
the
West
Nile
Virus
in

Board
of
Directors
will
meet
at
8:45
AM
at
the
 Wisconsin
is
being
reactivated.
The
Department
of

same
location.
 Health
Services
urges
anyone
who
sees
a
dead
bird

Guest
speaker
Carolyn
Rock,
Natural
Resource

to
call
the
hotline
so
that
the
bird
can
be
tested
for

Educator
at
Whitefish
Dunes
State
Park,

will
talk

WNV.
The
hotline
number
is
800‐433‐1610.

about

environmental
leaders
of
Wisconsin.

 

The
business
meeting
will
include
elections
for
 Spring
Landscaping
Advice

president
(a
two‐year
term)
and
one
board
mem‐
From
the
Door
Property
Owners,
Inc.
newsletter:

ber.


“As
a
forester
for
years,
my
recommendation
for


 easy
planting
is
to
look
around
the
area
and
plant

Sturgeon
Bay
Composting
Site

 trees
and
shrubs
similar
to
what
you
see
in
the

Permits
for
the
Sturgeon
Bay
Composting
Site
 area.
These
have
been
tried
and
tested
by
mother

where
residents
can
haul
their
brush
or
garden
 nature
and
found
suitable
for
the
soils
and
hardy

waste
(but
not
invasive
plants)
and
also
get
free
 enough
for
our
winter
climate.”


composted
material
are
available
for
an
annual
fee
 

of
$25
from
Town
Supervisor,
Harry
Porter,
E5395
 LFPR
on
the
Web

County
Rd.
T,
Sturgeon
Bay,
920‐743‐2114.
 Check
out
the
Lake
Forest
Park
Association’s
blog


 at
lakeforestparkroad.blogspot.com.

COMBATTING
INVASIVE
PLANTS
 posted
on
the
LFPR
blog
for
other
options.
But

don’t
compost
the
plants
because
the
seeds
will

ON
YOUR
PROPERTY
 germinate.




By
Peg
O’Harrow,
Liz
Wallner,
and
Carol
Hollar‐Zwick
 Dame’s
Rocket:
Sunny,
grassy
areas,
wood
edges




 The
lovely‐to‐the‐eye,
fragrant,
tall,
phlox‐like
plant

“For
those
of
you
who
are
looking
for
yet
another
 that
produces
white,
pink,
and
purple
flowers
will

hobby,”
writes
Liz
Wallner,
“let
me
suggest
‘The
Art
 be
blooming
soon
on
the
beaches
and
damp
road‐
and
Fun
of
Invasive
Species
Removal!’
This
activity
 sides.
It
has
four
flower
petals
(phlox
has
five
like

can
take
place
in
your
very
own
yard,
you
can
do
it
 the
letters
in
its
name).

Dame’s
Rocket
produces

whenever
you
feel
like
it,
it
provides
excellent
 many
long
seed
pods.

Bag
the
plants
for
disposal;

physical
activity,
and
it
is
oh!
so!
satisfying.”

 don’t
put
them
in
a
compost
pile.




 


What
to
Look
For
and
Where
 Buckthorn
and
Honeysuckle:
Sunny,
grassy
areas



 Woody
invasive
plants
such
as
non‐native
honey‐
Forget‐Me‐Nots:
Wooded
areas,
roadside
 suckle
and
buckthorn
can
be
cut
off
and
treated

The
pretty
forget‐me‐nots
along
the
roadside
are
 with
the
herbicide
Rodeo
during
the
growing
sea‐
nonnative,
smothering
plants.
Liz
Wallner
writes,
“I
 son,
though
getting
rid
of
these
shrubs
before
they

know
you
all
love
these
beautiful
little
blue
gems,
 produce
the
next
crop
of
seeds
is
ideal.
Cutting

but
you
need
to
know
that
they
are
an
alien,
ag‐ these
shrubs
without
follow‐up
herbicide
treat‐
gressive
invasive.
This
means
that
very
soon
these
 ment
only
causes
denser
re‐growth.
Contact
Peg

flowers
will
be
all
you
will
see
in
your
woods
in
the
 O’Harrow
(see
p.
3)
for
a
supply
of
Rodeo.



spring.
You
will
soon
be
missing
all
the
lovely
native
 

plants
that
have
been
the
essence
of
your
wood‐ Phragmites:
On
the
beach
near
the
water

land.”


 For
the
past
few
summers,
LFPR
residents
have

Fifteen
feet
from
the
center
of
the
road
is
pub‐ formed
Saturday‐morning
work
groups
in
August
to

lic
property,
so
go
ahead
and
pull
a
few
while
 combat
phragmites,
the
tall,
aggressive,
nonnative

you’re
out
walking.
Bag
the
plants
for
disposal;
 grass
that
grows
in
stands
on
the
beach
near
the

don’t
put
them
in
a
compost
pile.

 water’s
edge.
The
groups
have
worked
on
each


 other’s
property,
Portage
Park,
and
on
the
public

Garlic
Mustard:
Wooded
areas
 beaches
of
the
access
roads
in
a
team
effort.
This

Liz
Wallner
is
battling
garlic
mustard
in
the
woods
 year’s
efforts
will
focus
on
maintaining
the
amazing

on
her
property.
She
writes:
“My
nemesis
is
garlic
 progress
made
on
the
public
beaches.
If
you
would

mustard
(no,
it
is
not
yellow)!
Peninsula
Park
is
ac‐ like
to
join
a
work
party,
watch
the
blog
for
dates

tively
trying
to
get
a
handle
on
this
noxious
weed,
 to
be
posted
later
this
summer.


but
it
is
an
uphill
battle.
If
you
go
there,
make
sure
 August
is
the
best
month
to
eradicate
phrag‐
you
don't
track
any
of
the
seed
back
to
your
own
 mites
on
your
property
because
the
plant
pulls
nu‐
woods.
Just
this
week
we
found
a
patch
in
our
 trients
down
to
its
root
system
to
prepare
for
win‐
woods
that
could
only
have
been
brought
there
by
 ter.
(The
purple
tassels
that
appear
then
also
make

animals.
It
is
really
important
to
recognize
these
 it
easy
to
identify.)
The
stems
of
the
plants
are
cut

bad
guys
before
they
take
up
residence
as
it
can
 and
the
herbicide
Rodeo
is
applied.
There
are
many

take
up
to
seven
years
to
truly
eliminate
them
once
 LFPR
residents
who
can
teach
you
DNR
best
prac‐
they
take
hold.
So,
I
have
been
on
my
hands
and
 tices
for
eradicating
Phragmites
without
harming

knees
this
spring,
but
my
woods
are
better
for
 the
aquatic
environment
in
which
it
thrives.


it.
Oh,
and
when
you
dispose
of
these
nasties,
take
 

them
to
place
of
proper
disposal.”



 Photographs
of
these
plants
are
on
the
LFPR
blog

To
dispose
of
plants,
put
them
out
in
trash
bags
 at
lakeforestparkroad.blogspot.com.
Under
“blog

labeled
“Invasives:
Garlic
Mustard.”
Garbage
crews
 archive”
on
the
right
side
of
the
page,
click
on

know
to
pick
them
up.
Or
see
the
DNR
handout
 “May”
and
then
on
“Invasive
Plants.”


Want
to
Get
Started
on
Invasives?

 


 

Your
neighbors
can
help!

 The
Ridges
Sanctuary
can
help!


Liz
Wallner
(3274,
743‐6314)
has
volunteered
to
 The
Ridges
is
now
coordinating
the
efforts
of
the

help
with
identifying
invasive
plants.
She
writes,
“If
 DCIST
(Door
County
Invasive
Species
Team).
They

anyone
would
like
me
help
identify
suspicious
 are
offering
site
visits
to
help
landowners
identify

plants,
I
would
be
glad
to
do
so.
I
am
not
an
expert,
 native
and
nonnative
species
and
develop
an
action

but
I
can
recognize
certain
plants
and
shrubs.
Don’t
 plan.



worry
about
trying
to
get
rid
of
everything
all
at
 To
schedule
a
visit
to
your
property,
contact

once.
Just
identify
one
invasive
and
work
on
that.”


 Marne
Kaeske
at
Ridges:
920‐839‐2802
or



marne@ridgessanctuary.org.

Peg
O'Harrow
(3108,
746‐1453)
has
the
street’s

Ridges
will
also
maintain
the
DCIST
website,

supply
of
Rodeo,
the
herbicide
used
to
treat
hon‐
posting
workdays
and
education
programs
at

eysuckle,
buckthorn,
and
phragmites.
Residents

map.co.door.wi.us/swcd/invasive/default.htm.


can
call
Peg
to
have
a
spray
bottle
mixed
to
the



correct
dilution.



 

Please
Log
Your
Hours!


Whether
on
your
own
or
volunteer
with
a
crew,
the
time
you
spend
controlling
invasives
means
grant
dollars!

Send
signed
hard
copies
of
your
hours
each
month
to
The
Ridges
Sanctuary,
PO
Box
152,
Baileys
Harbor,
WI

54202.







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A
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UPCOMING
LFPR
EVENTS
(details
inside)



*****

Spring
Social

Friday,
June
4,
6:00
PM






LFPCorp
Annual
Business
Meeting


Saturday,
June
26,
9:30
AM



*****

Mark
Your
Calendar

Fall
Gathering


Sunday,
October
10,
10:00
AM


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Harbor