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Winkels <br /> Original Message 111 <br /> From: Rose Winkels [mailto:rose.winkels@gmail.com] <br /> Sent:Wednesday, February 26, 2020 7:20 PM <br /> To:Adam Edwards<aedwards@ci.orono.mn.us> <br /> Cc: LLRC Long Lake Rowing<longlakerowing@gmail.com> <br /> Subject:Orono Parks Commission - LLRC Boathouse <br /> Orono Parks Commission, <br /> My husband, our five children and I have been living in the Orono/Long Lake/Maple Plain area for the <br /> past 25 years. We do not own a motorboat,we do not fish, and we do not live near a lake. My husband <br /> grew up near water and it was always his dream to own a boat and live next to the water, but that never <br /> worked out for us. We drove by Long Lake often, but never found a way to engage in the lake and enjoy <br /> it.Then our youngest daughter Ava, after trying numerous sports,tried rowing with LLRC and she fell in <br /> love. <br /> She would get giddy just driving past Long Lake and could not wait to get out on the water and just be- <br /> just be one with the water. Rowing has become her passion and she feels a tremendous devotion to <br /> Long Lake. She is so proud to say that she is part of Long Lake Rowing! It has not all been easy,there has <br /> been lots of hard work, and she has had to work harder than rowers from most clubs because we are <br /> such a young club that does not have the facilities that most clubs have. <br /> Ava has recruited friends from school and the community to join the rowing team.These are people that <br /> have never had a connection with the water. She also convinced my husband and Ito join LLRC. So my • <br /> husband did not get his dream of owning a motorboat and living on the water, but instead we are <br /> rowing on Long Lake three days a week and thoroughly appreciating all that the lake has to offer. It has <br /> given us the opportunity to use the lake that we had been driving past for 25 years but did not have a <br /> way to engage with. <br /> Ava was recruited by the University of Kansas to row on their D1 Collegiate team. She was so proud to <br /> tell the coaches,teammates, and all of her fellow classmates that her heart is in Long Lake. LLRC opened <br /> a door to the lake that Ava, her friends that she has recruited to be on the team and my husband and I <br /> would never have gotten without rowing. <br /> The next step is to build a boathouse for LLRC so that the club has a home to invite the community into <br /> and share this beautiful life long sport of rowing. We personally feel a commitment to the club,to the <br /> lake itself and the community surrounding the lake and we hope that the Orono Parks Commission will <br /> support LLRC in it's efforts to build a boat house that will promote the lake and bond the community <br /> together. <br /> Thank you in advance for any support that you can provide! <br /> Rose Winkels <br /> • <br />