Kayaking Devils Lake
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2006
Kayak Event
Mr. Silen
from Depoe Bay - winner of the Devils Lake Kayak Mini-Regatta on August
26. The event was a fundraiser for a watercraft wash station on Devils
Lake - one tool to prevent the spread of invasive species. See below
for thank yous. read News
Times story
Devils
Lake Kayak Mini-Regatta
Watercraft Wash Station Fundraiser
Saturday, August 26, 2006 - Union 50 Club
After the
Event:
Devils Lake Kayak Mini-Regatta went swimmingly well. Two participants
fell in the lake - one before the event even started trying to rescue
a towel that the wind blew into the lake. The fog just cleared in time
for the 10am event. Racers received whistles in case the fog rolled
back in. Mr. Silen won first prize of a decorated oar. Second and third place
finishers won nautical wall hangings. Thanks to Nancy and Bob McKnight for
allowing PADL to use their 5 kayaks, Diane and Jim Kusz for the safety boat,
artist Frank Aicher for the T-shirt design (the kayaking dog with a lifejacket
is just too cute), Imprints, Chris Christensen at Trillium Natural Foods
for donating root beer, Barton
Howe
at the News
Times,
Dave and Niki Price at Oregon Coast Today, the News Guard,
Judy Cleveland for timing the race, Smokey Aschenbrenner, Union 50 Club,
and Paul Robertson for emceeing and judging along with the PADL chair. Thank
you to
participants
and donors. PADL
Chair Susie Fischer
Before the
Event:
The Preservation
Association of Devils Lake invites the public to a Kayak Mini-Regatta
on Saturday, August 26 at the Union 50 Club (1115 SE 1st, turn east
at the D River traffic signal, blue building) The event will start
at 10:00
a.m. and go to about noon. Donations appreciated.
PADL members Bob and Nancy McKnight have generously provided the use of their
5 kayaks. Others with kayaks (especially from around the lake) are encouraged
to bring them. Come try kayaking. Meet other kayakers.
The event will be a fundraiser for a watercraft wash station on Devils Lake. The station is one tool to prevent the spread of invasive species and raise awareness. There will be information about invasive species at the event.
Paul Robertson has a kayak and will help emcee with Susie Fischer. This is not a Devils Lake Water Improvement District (DLWID) event. At present DLWID has priorities that include the grass carp. In the future, if PADL is successful at fundraising it is hoped that DLWID will have time to help with the watercraft wash stations.
Participants must sign a waiver.
Non-kayakers
are invited to watch from the Union 50 Club and the D River Open Space.
The Union 50 Club will have displays about invasive species. Root beer floats
will be sold.
T- Shirts by local artist Frank Aicher: A limited number of event T-shirts by local artist Frank Aicher will be sold. He has 3 kayaks. He kayaks with his 70 pound dog and drew a dog in the kayak wearing a lifejacket. $10 each.
Prizes include a decorated oar and two nautical wall hangings.
Susie Fischer,
PADL chair 994-6178.
Kayak photo by Paul Robertson
Want
to know more about Watercraft Wash Stations? Read the Wash
Station Handbook from Maine and L.L. Bean - stations are one
tool to stop the spread of invasive species. Click below to download
the
handbook.
download
pdf
Lake Tahoe is pursuing boat wash stations www.trpa.org
Want
to know what muscles you use when you kayak? Read the web page
by the Center for
Disease Control and Prevention. Click below.
www.bam.gov/
Memorial
Day - Labor Day - Guided
lake kayak tours (Sat,
Sun, Wed at 7:30 a.m.).
Cost is $15 per adult and $10 for children 6-14 (18 & under must be
accompanied by an adult.) Call Devils Lake State Park at 541-994-2002 to
pre-register.