Subject :
Navigation laws and regulations Q & A review

This is an invitation for everyone who uses Martha Lake, whether it be for swimming, floating, kayaking, paddle boarding, canoeing, water bicycling, boating of any kind, sailing, fishing, water SKIING, pontoon, cruising, etc.

Join us for an educational learning experience with guest speaker DNR warden, Tom Heisler. Tom is well experienced with addressing lake associations and lake groups for these kinds of presentations. This is a common service the DNR provides.

Tom will review pertinent laws and regulations to clarify lake users’ understanding. Everyone can benefit by refreshing their knowledge. We’ll be able to ask Tom any questions regarding the safe use of our beautiful lake.

PURPOSE:
To educate and inform all of us.

FORMAT:
A friendly discussion basis .

Therefore improving safety and awareness for all lake users

DURATION:
Two hours or less

MOTTO:
Safety, fun and learning.

Please mark your calendars and plan on attending this event for the sake of all friends and neighbors on beautiful Martha Lake

Thank you
Jim Trotter

Jim Trotter:

I am organizing a meeting on July 5 hopefully at the senior center to review navigational laws and regulations. I’m trying to promote this in a positive way that it’s going to be an open seminar based on learning and education. Bring awareness to everyone who use the lake for swimming, kayaking, boating, fishing, water, skiing, pontooning, etc. etc.

Our guest speaker will be Tom Heisler, our local DNR warden. Therefore, we will have an expert on the laws and anybody can ask any questions they would like. We let the authority educate us

Tom is very nice. Kathy and I met with Tom here at our home after a near miss incident last Labor Day weekend. He agrees with me that something needs to be done, but we want to avoid bringing the law on the lake and we reserve that harsh action if this meeting doesn’t work. Tom agrees this would be a smart approach, and he will do a wonderful job that will benefit all of us.

Shared by the Trotters.

Jim and Kathy Trotter had a meeting with Eric Snow, the town board chairman and the road crew boss to understand exactly what they’re doing on Trails End Drive .
We found out they really don’t have a plan (what a surprise) but if you look on the map Trails End Dr like every other town road has a service right-of-way for the town road crew to maintain.
They are clearing the road as wide as they can for ease of plowing and better drainage. The actual road will not be wider just the shoulder and ditch. They plan to continue from Martha Lake Road all the way to the end of the town Road, which is at the edge of Foeringer’s and Trotter’s property lines of Lots 6 and 7.
This is the beginning of planned roadwork all around Mercer.
A few pictures of the way it is 3/4/2024 showing how wide they’re cutting. It is a horrible shock and scar.
Seasonal town road load limits were enforced on February 28. We don’t understand how they can drive dump trucks that are clearly heavier than 5 tons loaded with logs on Trails End Dr or Martha Lake Road. That doesn’t make any sense because the laws apply to everyone.
They did get a jumpstart on these road projects because of such a mild winter and now, of course the frost line is thawing out a month early.

The Trotters expressed their displeasure in ruining the ambience, and it fell on deaf ears. These roadwork projects have been on the docket for many years and unfortunately they can just come in and do what they want to do. They don’t have to warn or even talk to the land owners, or even be neighborly. That’s the part that’s upsetting.















Photos provided by Jim Trotter