PRESRT STD
ECRWSS
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
PERMIT NO. 5
Foley, ALA
36535
Inside Lake Forester
Presidents’
Article,
Page 2
Puzzle,
Page 2
Lake Forest
Tennis,
Page 5
Lake Forest
Golf,
Page 5
Lake Forest
Garden Club,
Page 6
Volume 31, No. 1
LakeForestDaphne.com
January 2021
The Lake Forester
The Lake Forester
Your Community...Experience it!
Your Community...Experience it!
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
*E
CR
W
SS
Re
sid
en
tia
l C
us
to
m
er
Da
ph
ne
, A
L
36
52
6
Happy New Year!! Goodbye to 2020 and hello to 2021! All of us hope everyone and their families enjoyed the Holidays! 2021 brings us new and hopeful times as we move into a new year and a new Yacht Club! The Yacht Club is com-ing along quite nicely and nearcom-ing completion. Visit www.lakeforest-daphne.com for current updates. We have great things planned and are getting super excited for the Grand Opening. In the meantime, do not forget about the great food
available at the 19th Hole. Chef Clint and his team are working on the new menu to take the Yacht Club forward in a positive direction for 2021. We will be focusing on fresh seafood and Southern favor-ites. We are very excited about the new items that will be featured on the menu. Chef Clint will start featuring some of these new items from the Yacht Club Menu at the 19th Hole soon. Keep watching for information via email blasts and Facebook posts.
Lake Forest Yacht Club
Lake Forest Yacht Club
1st Place - 557 Ridgewood Drive with 425 Facebook likes
2nd Place - 277 Rolling Hill with 297 Facebook likes
3rd Place - 103 Pagan Circle with 176 Facebook likes
Holiday Lights
Contest Winners
LAKE FOREST DIRECTORY
A Covenant Restricted Community
Visit our website
www.lakeforestdaphne.com
Office Hours 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Administration Office 626-0788
General Manager 626-0788 19th Hole 626-4520 Golf Pro Shop 626-9324
Yacht Club 626-9329 Horse Stables 251-210-8819
Tennis 648-3952 Icon Management 239-561-1444
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
John Lake (2017-2023),President
[email protected]
David Duiett (2016-2021), Secretary
[email protected]
Mike Morgan (2018-2023), Sergeant at Arm
[email protected]
Ed Kirby (2016-2021)
[email protected]
Gary Gray[email protected]
Jesse Oswalt[email protected]
Dale McGinnis[email protected]
Food and Beverage Director
Kevin Williams ~ [email protected]
Editor
Michael Albrecht ~ 648-3952
Articles should be emailed to
[email protected] no later than the 10th of each month.
Call if you have any questions.
LAKE FORESTER
A monthly newsletter for all LFPOA members NEED AN AD PLACED? ~ CALL Frank at 923-8129
Well another year has come and gone. In spite of all the things that made this year a year
to be remembered, we in Lake Forest have shown ourselves to be one of the most vibrant and caring communities on the Gulf Coast. Let’s take a look back at our accomplishments.
The year started off with preparing for the election of three new board members. This election was managed by former board
pres-ident and retiring board member Mary Ann Hampton. She worked diligently to make sure that it was safe and faithful to what the citizens of Lake Forest wanted. The election brought in Gary Gray as our new Treasurer, Dale Mcginnis, working on finding methods of improving our facilities, and Jesse Oswalt, working to repair our Lake and as liaison with the new American Legion post that will be based in our community. This American Legion post, named after a Lake Forest res-ident Colonel Glenn D Frazier will be of invaluable assistance in many of our projects. I am sure you will be hearing more about them.
One of the first hurdles we had to overcome was finding a way to hold meetings which would be inclusive and allow people an opportunity to participate. This was done with the help of Icon Management and our legal counsel, Patrick Collins. With the inclusion of Zoom, this should in the future, once we can start having in person meetings, be a nice feature for residents to stay involved — even if they don’t want to come to the physical meetings. I personally look forward to having in person meetings, but safety first for all involved. At the time of this writing, I was informed that most of the ICU facilities in our area were at max capacity. Let’s pray for our neighbors who might be in need.
Another massive task was to find a way to open our facilities safely under the new guidelines set forth by the health department, beginning with the pools. With the work of all board members, community input, and Icon Management’s extensive knowledge of how other commu-nities were doing this, we came up with a safe and effective means of opening our facility. This is an ac-complishment we should be proud of.
Opening our golf courses and tennis facilities was the next hur-dle — coming up with proper safety regulations and making sure that all followed them effectively. Again we must thank the management for this task.
With the leadership of our culi-nary department, we were able to open the 19th Hole with an expand-ed menu, including specials that people could order and take home, which at times helped given the situation of the lockdowns and/or social distancing. They did an awe-some job and have continued to do an awesome job. I’m pleased to take the opportunity to thank them.
Renovations of our bayfront facili-ty commenced in October. This will be the shining jewel for Lake Forest; it will be another location where we will be able to show that Lake Forest is a vibrant community that cares about its members — some-thing that will be open to everyone.
If you haven’t had an opportunity to go down and look at what has been
done, please check out the website. You will be impressed by the transformation and this just in time for our 50th anniversary as a community.
On top of having to address how we would respond to COVID, we were also hit by one major hurricane and one minor. Both of these events left many with damaged homes and no elec-tricity. So much happened during these storms, but it also showed the resilience of our community. Let’s look back at how these storms were responded to. So many people got out with chainsaws to help clear the roads. People worked with neigh-bors to clean trees out of homes and yards. We even had one of our neighbors, Wesley Wright, worked out a method whereby citizens could go and have meals together at the Ridgewood pool. Then when the power was starting to come on for so many, the city of Daphne stepped up and assisted in the purchasing of gas for generators for those who did not have power. Wesley Wright stepped up and helped with getting the gas and generators from those who had power and no longer need-ed their generators, to those who did not. It was inspirational to see so many work together through this hard time. Seeing some of the pain that people went through watching some of the people helping others even while they were being hurt that is what communities are about, and that is what I was so proud to see. We even had organizations such as the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints come and help clean out yards and take trees off of homes. They distributed water and food to those who needed it. When I look back at Sally, I don’t look at a natural disaster. I look at a community that addressed problems and came together to find solutions — people who are willing to give of themselves to help those whom they never knew.
After all of these disasters, Lake Forest, you still found ways to overcome it. With the help of our Special Events Committee, chaired by David Duiett and committee members Victoria Phelps working along with West Wright we put on our 2nd annual trunk or treat pro-gram. This became not only a Lake Forest event, but a community-wide event. So many people got joy out of this event. We showed South Alabama that Lake Forest is an amazing community, a community of people who care, a community of people who are willing to overcome and make things better. When you look back on this year, look back at the accomplishments and the thing you as a community were able to do. Look back at the good. Look back at the friends. That is truly what 2020 was about. I was blessed by so many people in this previous year. I would be remiss if I tried to name all of their names. We have an awesome board in Lake Forest. So many of them give of themselves, taking off and working towards the better, not complaining but finding solutions.
In the next few months, we will see so much more with the opening Notes from the President LFPOA January 2021
Written by John Lake
“A YEAR IN REVIEW”
John Lake
President, LFPOA
SEE YEAR
,
PAGE7INGERSOLL’S
Air Conditioning
& Heating
www.ingersollac.com
762 Nichols Ave.
Fairhope
928-9392
REF AL #50520 – HVAC AL #83090
• SERVICE ON ALL MAKES & MODELS
• FREE ESTIMATES ON
NEW INSTALLATION
Save Money With Our Low Cost Maintenance Plans
CALL NOW TO SCHEDULE YOUR
FALL/WINTER CHECK UP!
SUPER CROSSWORD
EMCEE RIVALRY
ACROSS1 Moves like a dog’s tail 5 Sicilian erupter 9 Not too swift 16 Slack-jawed feeling 19 Question to an unknown caller 21 Portable grill 22 See 38-Down 23 Start of a riddle 25 In favor of 26 Downhillers, e.g. 27 “-- -haw!” (rodeo yell) 28 Magazine agent’s success
30 Total failure 32 Riddle, part 2
36 Run -- (buy drinks on credit)
37 Title for Lancelot 39 Sleep study acronym 40 Big vases
41 Riddle, part 3 49 Cab Calloway catch-phrase
50 Lovingly, to a musician
51 Common folks 55 Similar to 57 Actor Kilmer 58 Peppery 59 Boxer Clay, later 60 Riddle, part 4 69 PC combo key 70 Water, in Vichy 71 A, in Italy
72 “Zip- -- -Doo-Dah” 73 Riddle, part 5 81 Author Rand 82 Fall Classic mo. 83 12, on a sundial 84 Small kid 85 Clorox, e.g.
87 Having no 131-Across 91 Sarajevo locale 96 Riddle, part 6 99 Some vipers 102 -- -pah-pah
103 Gen. Lee’s side: Abbr. 104 Half-pint
105 End of the riddle 111 -- Stone (hieroglyphic discovery)
114 Gretel’s brother 115 Metal source 116 Painter’s undercoat 117 A Gershwin brother 118 Riddle’s answer 125 Sci-fi author Stanislaw 126 Email, e.g.
127 Some overcrowded houses
128 Historic span 129 Smiled villainously 130 See 74-Down 131 Top of a car
DOWN
1 It follows “//” in a URL 2 “Feels so nice!” 3 Loses one’s hair 4 Not guaranteed only to float
5 Merman of song 6 British prime minister May
7 Small peeves 8 Enzyme-name suffix 9 Transparent
10 Dwells 11 Shikoku sash 12 Is no longer 13 Here, in Le Havre 14 Sandbar
15 Indian language
16 Public scandal 17 Like Afghans 18 Act of exiting 20 Clic -- (Bic brand) 24 Drain-clearing stuff 29 Shocks
30 Quick race 31 Sewing case 32 Baby buggy, to Brits 33 Tolkien meanies 34 Fish in a Pixar title 35 Doctors’ gp. 38 With 22-Across, spaced out
42 “If -- a Hammer” 43 Mouselike animal 44 1970s Chevy 45 “Curses!”
46 Shed skin or feathers 47 Doctors’ gps.
48 Curse
52 Resident of Riyadh 53 Page of “Juno” 54 Album’s first half 56 Make -- in (begin working on)
58 “Grand” hotel 60 1983 comedy with Mr. T
61 Gasoline additive 62 Wading bird 63 Sickly 64 Label 65 Color shade 66 “Say again?” 67 Rock’s Brian 68 Boat mover 74 With 130-Across,
home of a Scottish “monster”
75 Say again 76 Old lovers 77 “Say it -- so!” 78 -- Field (Mets’ home) 79 Drifting sort
80 English prep school 86 Aides: Abbr. 87 “Hmm, I guess so” 88 Grandiosity 89 In the past 90 Magazine or book divs.
92 Wall -- (financial district employee) 93 Nearly massless particle
94 Lacks entity 95 “-- boy!”
97 Vie for the love of 98 Lurches from side to side
99 For a spell 100 Generous type 101 It’s west of Colombia 106 Bursts (with) 107 Of the past
108 Ski cottage 109 Like pop flies 110 Co.’s top dog 112 Hall’s pop partner 113 Slightly built 116 Admiral Graf -- (German warship) 119 Mao -- -tung 120 Sugar-name suffix 121 Big rabbit feature 122 Peak: Abbr.
123 Siouan tribe member 124 Abbr. on a bounced check
PUZZLE ANSWER
G
ULF
C
OAST
M
EDIA
THE COURIER • THE ONLOOKER • THE ISLANDER • THE BALDWIN TIMES
www.GulfCoastNewsToday.com
901 N. McKenzie Street Foley, AL 36535 251-943-2151
COMPLETE BALDWIN COUNTY CALENDAR
CALL FOR
HOME
DELIVERY!
fun things
fun things
to do!
You
always
know
CHEF CLINT’S CORNER
Herb Roasted
Lamb Rack
YIELD: 8 servings ACTIVE TIME: 20 minutes TOTAL TIME: 1 hour Ingredients
1. For lamb
» 2 (8-rib) frenched racks of lamb (each rack 1 1/2 lb), trimmed of all but a thin layer of fat
» 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
» 3/4 teaspoon black pepper
» 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
2. For herb coating
» 1/2 head new garlic or 3 large regular garlic cloves, minced
» 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
» 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh thyme
» 2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh rosemary
» 1/2 teaspoon salt
» 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
» 1 1/2 tablespoons ex-tra-virgin olive oil
3. Special Equipment
» an instant-read ther-mometer
Brown lamb:
1. Heat a dry 12-inch heavy skillet over high heat until hot,
at least 2 minutes. Meanwhile, pat lamb dry and rub meat all over with salt and pepper. Add oil to hot skillet, then brown racks, in 2 batches if necessary, on all sides (not ends), about 10 min-utes per batch.
2. Transfer racks to a small (13- by 9-inch) roasting pan.
Coat and roast lamb:
3. Put oven rack in mid-dle position and pre-heat oven to 350°F. 4. Stir together garlic,
herbs, salt, pepper, and oil. Coat meaty parts of lamb with herb mixture, press-ing to help adhere. Roast 15 minutes, then cover lamb loosely with foil and roast until thermom-eter inserted diago-nally into center of meat registers 120°F, 5 to 10 minutes more. Let stand, covered, 10 minutes. (Internal temperature will rise to 125 to 130°F for medium-rare while lamb stands.)
5. Cut each rack into 4 double chops.
Wild Mushroom
Risotto
YIELD: Makes 6 first-course
servings
ACTIVE TIME: 1 hour TOTAL TIME: 1 hour Ingredients
» 9 1/2 tablespoons but-ter, divided
» 1 1/2 pounds fresh wild mushrooms (such as porcini, hen of the woods, chanterelle, or stemmed shiitake); large mushrooms sliced, small mushrooms halved or quartered
» 7 cups (about) low-salt chicken broth
» 1 tablespoon ex-tra-virgin olive oil
» 3/4 cup finely chopped leek (white and pale green parts only)
» 1 1/4 cups arborio rice (8 to 9 ounces)
» 1/4 cup dry white wine
» 1/4 cup dry white vermouth
» 1/4 cup grated Par-mesan cheese plus additional for serving (optional)
1. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in heavy large skillet over medi-um-high heat. Add 1/4 of mushrooms and sprinkle with salt. Sauté mush-rooms until tender and beginning to brown, 3 to 4 min-utes. Transfer mush-rooms to medium bowl. Working in 3 more batches, repeat with 6 tablespoons butter, remaining mushrooms, and salt and pepper.
2. Bring 7 cups chicken broth to simmer in
medium saucepan; keep warm. Melt re-maining 1 1/2 table-spoons butter with olive oil in heavy large saucepan over medium-low heat. Add leek, sprinkle with salt, and sauté until tender, 4 to 5 minutes. Add rice and increase heat to medium. Stir until edges of rice begin to look translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Add white wine and ver-mouth and stir until liquid is absorbed, about 1 minute. Add 3/4 cup warm chick-en broth; stir until almost all broth is absorbed, about 1 minute. Continue
adding broth by 3/4 cupfuls, stirring un-til almost all broth is absorbed before add-ing more, until rice is halfway cooked, about 10 minutes. Stir in sautéed mush-rooms. Continue adding broth by 3/4 cupfuls, stirring un-til almost all broth is absorbed before add-ing more, until rice is tender but still firm to bite and risotto is creamy, about 10 minutes. Stir in 1/4 cup grated Parme-san cheese, if using. Transfer risotto to serving bowl. Pass additional Parmesan cheese alongside, if desired.
Chef Clint
A FULL YEAR
OF YOUR
COMMUNITY’S
NEWS IN
PRINT AND
ONLINE FOR
$
42
*
SERVING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1890.
Name:
Address:
City:
State: Zip:
Phone:
Email:
DON’T DELAY - CALL TODAY
G
ULF
C
OAST
M
EDIA
THE COURIER • THE ONLOOKER • THE ISLANDER • THE BALDWIN TIMES
251-943-2151
and ask for our subscription department.
Fill out this form and bring to Gulf Coast Media – 901 N. McKenzie St., Foley, AL 36535 or call our office today. Subscription rates: In-county annual, $42.00 plus local sales tax; six-month, $25.00 plus local sales tax; senior citizen annual, $40.00 plus local sales tax; six-month, $23.50 plus local sales tax; and out-of-county
annual, $81.00, six-month, $40.50.
Stop by the Lake Forest Pro Shop for great deals on
everything you need to master the game. Balls and tees
are always in stock, along with equipment you need to
score a hole in one. For more information, call 626-9324.
GOLF PRO
SHOP
News
Submitted by Brian L. Barker, PGA
Head Golf Professional
Well, another year has just flown by, and I would like to wish ev-eryone a very Happy New Year! The cool-er tempcool-eratures final-ly arrived in the later part of November and beginning of Decem-ber creating some very comfortable playing conditions. This was obvious with the in-crease in rounds over the last two months of 2020.
The 2020 Men’s Open Club Champion-ship was held on No-vember 21st and 22nd with the winners and scores as followed: Club Championship – Nathan Bennett, 77-72-149; Senior Club Championship – Robert Parmar, 83-73-156; Su-per Senior Champion-ship – Gray Englebert, 83-76-159; Overall Net – Rob Doughty, 67-74-141. Congratulations to
all the winners! 2020 was a huge suc-cess in many aspects at Lake Forest Golf Club. There have been nu-merous improvements on the course itself, throughout the year, with the removal of many trees (thank you Sally), which will im-prove the playability and overall aesthetics of the course. I would like to give a shout out to Kal, Jake, and their team for all of the con-tinuous hard work that has gone in to obtaining the course conditions we currently enjoy. Golf revenues were up from the previous year, and 2021 is shaping up to be an even bigger suc-cess. We have already received contracts for many tournaments that will be held on Mon-days throughout the upcoming year. So, if the course seems a bit busier on those days that you would normal-ly look out the window and see no one, do not
worry, it is only the start of what will be a BIG year for rounds and revenues.
In the year ahead, the golf staff and I have some very exciting plans to continue many of the programs that were revived in 2020 at Lake Forest. Junior summer camps and the return of the ALNWFL PGA Junior Tour will be major focuses for us as these golfers are the fu-ture of the game. Thank you all for your contin-ued support!
We want to ask every-one to please be aware of the golfers on the course and our hours of operation. Hours of operation are currently 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. During these times there should not be any walking, jogging, or pets on the course. We ask that you please obey these rules as they are for your own safety. Thank you and may everyone have a Happy New Year and a great start to 2021.
Tennis
Tennis
News
News
AT THE LFRC
Congratulations to Lake Forest resident and captain of the men’s BATA team, Mitch Davis, for lead-ing our 3.5 team to the Fall/Winter BATA 3.5 season Championships. Way to go. The last match they played was a hard fought battle. All 4 courts were tight with each team winning 2
of them. It came down to the last match with Mike Abeln and Tracy Miller playing for it all. They lost the first set 3-6 and then dug deep and won the last two 6-3, 6-4 giving Lake Forest a final score of 43-41 for the champi-onship.
Come out and join the guys on Saturday
mornings at 8:30 AM for some doubles so-cial play. If you are interested just stop on by or email us for any questions. If you are interested in playing on our men’s 3.5 BATA team for 2021 email us at [email protected].
Happy New Year Ev-eryone from the Lake
Forest Racquet Club. Hope everyone is stay-ing safe and healthy. We start January with lots of momentum at our racquet club. We added a bunch of new adult memberships in January. The men’s so-cial play on Saturday’s is bringing it along with the ladies round robin. Hopefully not to far
away we will be able to go back to somewhat of a normal and have our adult beginner classes again.
The racquet club is open for singles and doubles member play and private and group lessons. It is required you email court res-ervations to lftennis@ lakeforestdaphne.com
so we can have it ready for you. The pro shop is open for restroom use only during court res-ervations. YOU MUST WEAR A MASK WHEN ENTERING THE TEN-NIS PRO SHOP. Come out and get one of the greatest forms of exer-cise on the planet…. TENNIS. Let us know how we can help.
LAKE FOREST MEN’S TEAM WIN THE BATA CHAMPIONSHIP
Hablamos Español & Falamos Português
Best Wishes For A Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2021!
www.MobileBayRealEstate.com
Cell: 251-554-5370 Offi ce: 251-298-7745 [email protected]
713 Dauphin St, Suite B Mobile, AL 36602 Property Management Available
27+ years Lake Forest resident! 15+ years in the Baldwin
and Mobile County Real Estate Markets!
Lake Forest Garden Club
Lake Forest Garden Club
Please visit and sign up
lakeforestlistings.com
and We Wish You A Very Happy New Year!
J
AMESS
ASINR
EALTOR 251.295.4515M
ARCUSC
URREYR
EALTOR 251.307.0140251-943-5667
16541 HWY 98, FOLEY
“Where your loved one never leaves our care”
Serving the Eastern Shore area
We will beat any advertised
price in Baldwin County!
Basic cremation starting at $795
Lake Forest Garden Club December Meeting
Submitted by Jane Spicciani
Publicity chair Lake Forest Garden Club, 251-423-0700
Bundled up like tightly wrapped Christmas surprises, 13 people and a lap dog showed up at Daphne Central Park ready to learn about saving seeds and the tender care of nurturing them to adulthood. Linda Crowell, one of our local master gardeners shared with the participants a deep passion for growing plants, (the cheaper way)
from seeds. Tomatoes are a plant that can easily be raised from seed with the right amount of patience and wa-ter amongst other things, Linda told a story of enjoying a particular heir-loom tomato at a restaurant and then saving some seeds to take home in her napkin that then became a ma-ture plant able to produce their own heirloom tomatoes.
Club members are encouraged to bring a flower for the ‘What’s
bloom-ing in my yard’ section of the meet-ing. This month the winner was Dana Sawyer's butternut camellia. To see each brave bloom was delightful.
We would appreciate your help in 2021 to nominate a Lake For-est subdivision yard for the Club's Landscape award. Taking the time to create and maintain a yard is ben-eficial to us the homeowner, also to see what it does to our neighbor-hood spirit is amazing. Just keep that
in mind during the next year, that you can nominate your own yard, a neighbor or a friend, or any yard that looks great.
On Jan. 7 at 10 a.m. the next meet-ing will take place at Daphne Central Park, with the topic of African vio-lets. You are welcome to join in this educational and social opportunity. In case we change location, text be-fore coming to confirm location.
Tommy Nix and Keith Hobbs are keeping their yard in pristine form by clever design and frequent main-tenance. When Peggy Sheffield and I went to visit in December we could see the Poinsettia pots carefully spaced between their fox ferns mak-ing a gorgeous display.
The Zoysia lawn receives frequent treatments to keep it looking just right; then off to the sides, there are at least 3 layers of shrubs that line the sides. 8 trees fell due to the recent hurricanes that are opening up more areas for sun-tolerant plantings. A Gingko tree has recently been plant-ed, that will take some time to gradu-ally add it’s height and yellow leaves to the front of the property. Adding
color close to the house there is a per-fectly sized maple tree, that gives the deep red color that we long for here in the Gulf Coast region.
Tommy Nix brought us around the back to show us why they do not plan to leave this home any time soon. A fountain surrounded by ajuga gives way to a place for the birds and oth-er wildlife that are welcomed to their wooded backyard paradise. With the sunroom set up high, the overlook is charming as the peaceful setting is enjoyed by these homeowners.
If you would like to nominate an outstanding yard in Lake Forest please contact Peggy Sheffield at 251-604-5154 or Jane Spicciani at 251-423-0700.
Lake Forest Garden Club Quarterly Landscape Award
Lake Forest
Women’s Club
Michelle Sulcer, store owner
1201 HWY 98 Daphne
251-626-2377
www.badcock.com
Like us on Facebook!
Proudly serving the Eastern Shore for 36 years!
• Appliances
• Home Electronics
• Lawn & Garden
• Furniture
• Accessories
Happy New Year!
of our bayfront facility and the celebration of our 50th anniversary as a community. The election of new board members will hopefully continue along the great
strides we have made. Let’s look back at what we accomplished and let’s look forward to what is to come. Great-ness is on the horizon for Lake Forest. We do not need to be afraid, but just look towards the greatness we are as a community that is
valuable and worthy of the respect of all. Until next month, I hope that everybody stays safe, enjoys the celebration with family and gets to know their neighbors.
Thank you, John Lake
YEAR
CONTINUED FROM 2
