Girls meet every two to four weeks at the discretion of the
troop leader, and are welcome to join any time during the year by
paying the $25 registration fee, or grant money will be provided
on a no-questions asked basis to cover all fees.
You can register at any point in the year, but typically it is in
August/September timeframe.
Annually, the Girl Scouts participate in a Court of Awards
ceremony, cookie sale campaign, and various service unit events,
as well as other area and council events. Girl Scouts is open to all
girls in kindergarten through 12th grade.
Program information is available at www.girlscoutsrv.org.
For local information, contact service unit manager Lisa
Baumann at 320-582-2623, or [email protected].
Lake Mary Homeowners Association
Lake Mary Homeowners Association and all other lakeshore
homeowners in the state of Minnesota have been challenged
with addressing the threat of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS).
Fortunately for Lake Mary, it has only been infested with
one AIS weed, known as curly-leaf pondweed, and it is the
association’s goal to keep it that way. Past experience in
Minnesota has shown that elimination of curly-leaf pondweed
from lakes is not realistic.
Therefore, Lake Mary Homeowners Association is faced with
very expensive methods of control, and is teaming up with
PLM Lake Management Corp. to determine the best and most
cost-eff ective way to treat. With limited amount of funding
available from the state and government levels, the group has
go� en creative with diff erent fundraising events. One-hundred
percent of all money raised goes to lake improvements.
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Thirty-fi ve members of the Lake Mary Homeowners
Association participated in training with the Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources to be volunteers for the clean-
in, clean-out program. The training was put to good use this
summer at the sportsmen’s landing on Lake Mary. The public
and many cabin owners on the lake have been educated on how
important “Clean, Drain, Dry” is to help prevent the spread of
AIS. The association’s goal is to continue to educate the public
on all recreational use of the lake. Experts have determined
the best line of defense for AIS is inspecting watercra� at the
landings. Please help do your part and remember to be “Clean In
and Clean Out.”
The organization fosters an increase in lake quality in an
environmentally safe manner, and monitors Lake Mary’s water
quality. For more information, contact Joe Hartung at joe.
[email protected].
HLWW High School Aft er Prom Party
The HLWW A� er Prom Party organization was formed in
fall 1988, to provide a safe form of entertainment for Howard
Lake-Waverly-Winsted High School juniors and seniors and
their dates on prom night. The fi rst a� er-prom party took place
in 1989, and has seen a steady increase in a� endance every year
since then. The students enjoy an all-night party with food, fun,
wonderful prizes, and entertainment.
This is a volunteer group that hosts many annual fundraisers,
which include bingo during Good Neighbor Days, bake sales at
the Howard Lake annual cra� and art expo in November and
the Business Expo in the spring, a concession stand at home
football games, and an annual fall garage sale.
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