TEN MILE LAKE ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING

by Al Griggs, Vice-President TMLA

AT OUR 2004 ANNUAL MEETING, we are particularly pleased and honored to have as our featured speaker Dr. Howard Mooers from the University of Minnesota at Duluth. HOWARD MOOERS CURRENTLY HOLDS the chair of R.L. Heller Professor of Geology in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. Dr. Mooers received his Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, in 1988 with emphases in glacial geology and hydrogeology. For the past 12 years much of Dr. Mooers' research has focused on the glacial sediments and landforms of the Itasca and St. Croix moraines which include the Mississippi Headwaters, Leech Lake, and the Boy River Watershed. Most recently Dr. Mooers and his associate David Stark (M.S. also with the University of Minnesota), utilizing funds from a Mississippi Headwaters Grant obtained for the Ten Mile Lake Association by John Alden, completed a study of the groundwater and surface water of the Ten Mile and Birch lake watersheds. In his presentation Dr. Mooers will review some of this recent work along with some of the area's glacial and hydrogeologic history.

THE MORNING WILL BEGIN as usual at 9:30 a.m. with an opportunity to have some coffee and view exhibits presented by the various committees of TMLA. You will be able to watch a wonderful video about lakescaping at the E & E table, pick up a book about building birdhouses, browse among the History Committee's books and artifacts, and find a number of useful brochures and informational handouts.

THE OFFICIAL MEETING WILL start at 10:00 a.m. with a quick business meeting and presentation of brief reports from the TMLA committees. Then the meeting will be turned over to Dr. Mooers, followed by what we expect to be a stimulating question-and-answer period.

THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL MEETING promises to be one of the best ever, given Dr Mooer's presentation and all of the developmental activities going on in the Ten Mile Lake area. I urge each and every Ten Mile Laker to attend if at all possible!