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Carpifier at the Carp Fest Awards Ceremony

Carp Fest Final Totals

Carp Fest is over with 29 fish landed up from 13 last year. Dylan Mihojevich with the smallest fish at 10.5 lbs., Jim Benzo with the largest at 22.1 lbs. and Ron Jensen with the most with 13 fish. Hans Kribbel won the chainsaw raffle. Don Roberts won the 50/50 raffle splitting $95. His half he donated to fish stocking. More to come on the Awards Ceremony soon.

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Important Documents

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2026 Budget
Final Approved Bylaws
Fish Survey June 1st 2023
Highland Lake Rules and Regulations
Open Burning Ordinance
Boating Regulations
Lake Aquatic Plant Survey

Grayslake Weather

Weather info for Grayslake

Up Coming Events

Highland Lake Garden Walk

Please join us for the First Annual Highland Lake Garden Walk on Saturday July 18th from 9:00am to 12:00pm. Here you will be able to tour 7 unique resident gardens throughout the lake. Admission is free and donations are welcome with fund going to support our lake community. Maps will be provided at the starting garden at 34441 N. Circle Dr. Round Lake. Friends and family of Highland Lake home owners are welcome. Please do not bring your pets. Should you have any questions please contact Coleen Benzo by email at [email protected]

June 22nd Board Meeting

Please join the HLPOA Board for our next board meeting this Monday, June 15th at 7PM. Meeting will be held at the Avon Township Building.

AGENDA
Call To Order

Roll Call

Approval of May Minutes

Treasurer’s Report - Gregg Denig Payables

Old Business - Carp Fest report

New Business - Garden walk plans/Survey of residents

Reports of Committees - Property Maintenance/Swim Raft repairs completed
Environmental & Lake Health - Decided to treat EWM and Curly Leaf Pondweed next spring

Community Operations - Garden walk (Coleen Benzo, Alice Leafblad and Andy Havely)- July 18 new date

Communications

Community Comments (3 Minutes)

Carpifier Trailer Video

No better way to get pumped for Carp Fest 2026 by watching this years trailer.

Highland Lake Algae

Some residents have noticed that the lake is experiencing an algal bloom. I consulted with our contact at the Lake County Health Department and colleagues I work with at the botanic garden as to what types of algae we are seeing. It is a mix of filamentous green algae and blue-green algae (also known as cyanobacteria). It is always wise to be careful about blue-green algae. Boating and fishing (and catching carp) are not particularly problematic activities, but you should wash exposed skin after contact with water containing blue-green algae and definitely do not let dogs drink or swim in water with blue-green algae.

In the past week or so I have noticed other water bodies with significant algal blooms so I do not think there is anything in particular wrong with Highland Lake. We have had a period of warm, sunny weather and the algae have taken off. All we can do is wait for them to die off, and maybe a good storm to mix up the water. The best thing we can do to minimize algal blooms is avoid over fertilizing, and especially avoid using lawn fertilizer containing phosphorus.

Pat Herendeen

Andrew and Eugene Goszczycki Passing

On behalf of Jerry Goszczycki, the HLPOA is very sorry to announce the deaths of Jerry’s father, Andrew Goszczycki, and his brother, Eugene Goszczycki. Andrew passed away on April 10, 2026 and Eugene passed away on April 14, 2026. The Goszczycki family has been a member of Highland Lake community since 1979, residing on Lakeside Drive.

A funeral Mass will be held at St Gilbert Catholic Church, 301 E Belvidere Rd, Grayslake on Saturday June 20 at 12:00 noon, followed by a reception at Reflections restaurant, 38564 N Edgewood St, Lake Villa, IL 60046. Please RSVP to Jerry by June 3 at his email address: [email protected]

LRS Phone Scam

Please be aware that someone is impersonating LRS claiming that the individual has a past due bill and threatening to cancel garbage service. It is a scam. If you are in doubt please call LRS directly (844-633-3577).

Time to Pay Your 2026 Community Dues

Pay your dues. Annual dues are $150

Payments can be made electronically through the Zelle electronic payment system. This allows you to transfer the payments directly from your bank account into the HLPOA account. If you are set up with Zelle through your bank, simply send your $150 dues payment to our Zelle account linked to our Zelle email address [email protected]. This will direct your payment to HLPOA State of the Lakes bank account.

Of course we are still accepting check payments. Click here to print the dues payment form. If you prefer to pay by check, please make your $150 check payable to HLPOA and mail to:

HLPOA Box 101
Grayslake, IL 60030-0101

If you have any questions, please contact Gregg Denig at [email protected].

If you would like to make an additional donation, Write "Capital Projects (Lake, Parks), Fishery, or General" on the Zelle message line or check and add to the $150.

News Archives

Bingo and Chili Supper Good Times

Ice Carousel 2/18

The Ice Carousel put smiles on several residents faces as it worked as planned.

E-Bike Information

Learn more about E-bikes and current regulations. Click here for more information.

Marc Rosemeyer’s Pot Roast Recipe

Take a pot roast and trim all the excess fat off. Season well on both sides with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. In a dutch oven heat 1 tbs of olive oil and brown on both sides. Add 1 large sliced onion, 1 sliced sweet pepper, 1 12 oz can stewed tomatoes and 1 can diced tomatoes. Add 1 tbs each of basil, thyme, and oregano. Cover and bake in a pre-heated oven at 325 for 1 1/2 hours. Add 2 or 3 medium potatoes submersed in the liquid and cook until tender. If to saucy, cook the final step, uncovered. You want the sauce to be thick.

For other recipes checkout Ron Jensen's corn bread. click here and Hans Kribbel Famous Highland Lake Chili. Click here.

If you would like to share your favorite recipe for our cook book please
send me your recipe to [email protected]

Sincerely

Ron Jensen

Several Dead Geese Reported

Several dead Canada geese have been reported on Highland Lake and other lakes nearby. Both the County and IDNR are suspicious of the highly pathogenic Avian flu as the cause. Do not handle or attempt to capture waterfowl or other wild birds that are dead or displaying signs of illness.

Due to risk of infection to other animals, dogs and other pets should be kept away from the carcasses of birds that may have died or display signs of illness.

For more information go to this link from the Illinois DNR. https://www.illinois.gov/news/press-release.30768.html

2024 Fish Stocking Completed

In addition to the 200 Large mouth bass stocked in late September, 1,100 walleye and 600 perch were released from Downey Park on 11/15. See the video below covering the stocking.

Fish Stocking 9/24/24

200 large mouth bass 6 to 8 inches were released from Chic Park this week. All were healthy. Make sure to release all fish in this size length.

Highland Lake Olympics Pictures

The first time Highland Lake Olympics was a fun time for our residents with over 30 people in attendance. The weather cooperated too.

Carp Electrofishing Wednesday May 29th

A total of 159 carp were removed from the lake weighing over 1 ton. Average length almost 29 inches and average weight 13 lbs. 5 oz. Special thanks to Andy Plauck and his team at IDNR, Pat Herendeen, Ed Venner and his buddy Trevor Mock from Island Lake, Evan and Chase Mittelstaedt, and Joe Bigalke.

The disposal of carp was potentially the biggest challenge (solved this time by Joe Bigalke)

Highland Lake (Lake County Fish Survey)

The report on the Highland Lake fish survey that was conducted in June last year. Click here to see the survey.

New Highland Lake Resident Rules and Regulations

The Highland Lake rules and regulations for the residents is now posted. Click here to view what is new.

Important Boat Regulations

Effective 11/21/22, boats will be limited to a maximum speed of 4 mph and any new boats purchased and placed on the lake can be no longer than 20ft. Click here to view the new regulation. These new regulations were approved by your board on 11/21/2022.

Open Burning Ordinance

Permanent Open Burning Ordinance will be in effect, starting June 1, 2022. To find out more about these ordinances go to the Lake County website at https://clean-air-lakecountyil.hub.arcgis.com/ To see the ordnance click here.