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From: Rose Winkels <br /> To: Adam Edwards <br /> 1110 <br /> Cc: LLRC Lone Lake Rowing <br /> Subject: Orono Parks Commission-LLRC Boathouse <br /> Date: Wednesday,February 26,2020 7:19:59 PM <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 past 25 <br /> years. We do not own a motorboat,we do not fish,and we do not live near a lake.My husband grew up near water <br /> and it was always his dream to own a boat and live next to the water,but that never worked out for us. We drove by <br /> Long Lake often,but never found a way to engage in the lake and enjoy it.Then our youngest daughter Ava,after <br /> trying numerous sports,tried rowing with LLRC and she fell in love. <br /> She would get giddy just driving past Long Lake and could not wait to get out on the water and just be-just be one <br /> with the water.Rowing has become her passion and she feels a tremendous devotion to Long Lake.She is so proud <br /> to say that she is part of Long Lake Rowing!It has not all been easy,there has been lots of hard work,and she has <br /> had to work harder than rowers from most clubs because we are such a young club that does not have the facilities <br /> that most clubs have. <br /> Ava has recruited friends from school and the community to join the rowing team.These are people that have never <br /> had a connection with the water.She also convinced my husband and I to join LLRC.So my husband did not get his <br /> dream of owning a motorboat and living on the water,but instead we are rowing on Long Lake three days a week <br /> and thoroughly appreciating all that the lake has to offer.It has given us the opportunity to use the lake that we had <br /> been driving past for 25 years but did not have a way to engage with. <br /> Ava was recruited by the University of Kansas to row on their DI Collegiate team.She was so proud to tell the <br /> • <br /> coaches,teammates,and all of her fellow classmates that her heart is in Long Lake.LLRC opened a door to the lake <br /> that Ava,her friends that she has recruited to be on the team and my husband and I would never have gotten without <br /> rowing. <br /> The next step is to build a boathouse for LLRC so that the club has a home to invite the community into and share <br /> this beautiful life long sport of'rowing.We personally feel a commitment to the club,to the lake itself and the <br /> community surrounding the lake and we hope that the Orono Parks Commission will support LLRC in it's efforts to <br /> build a boa:house that will promote the lake and bond the community together. <br /> Thank you in advance for any support that you can provide! <br /> Rose Winkels <br /> • <br />