Peg Ostrander
Earl Koskinen
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36 records, oldest first2011
Jan 8
Jan 10
The cabin, Skein Lake
May 8
Opening weekend, May 7 and 8. Earl had the water on by Thursday.
One mouse nest in the silverware drawer. The screen on the lake-side bedroom window is torn at the corner. Ray patched it; needs replacing.
Dock: three deck boards soft at the shore end. Ray replaced them Sunday morning with 2x6 cedar from Lakeland Hardware, $41.16. He says the cribs underneath are the real problem.…
2017
Sep 17
R. has a new truck. A Ford F-150, gray (they call it Magnetic), four doors, bou…
…ght yesterday at Sauk Trail Ford with thirty-eight miles on it. He drove three, read the window sticker of each from top to bottom, and settled the price standing up. No trade and no loan.
Earl Koskinen's boy has the old one, the 2001. R. drove me around the block in the new one, slowly.
Sep 23
Leaving Tuesday for seventeen days.
Gus, to Ellen's on Sunday:
- carprofen, 34 tablets counted out (two a day, with food), plus four spare
- his bed, the ramp, the blue bowl
- 15 lb of his food
- Dr. Aylward's number, and a note saying Ellen may decide anything that needs deciding
House: Marlene has the key and the mail. Furnace set to 60. Water heater…
Oct 22
Closed October 21-22. HOSE OFF the new spigot, done. The dock rolled out by Ear…
…l and Travis on Saturday. The Lund to Pike Bay on Friday. Chimney needs sweeping before next fall.
2020
May 2
Going north tomorrow, to stay. What goes, in two vehicles:
The truck (Ray, the dog): the Bernina in its case, wedged with quilts; the cutting mat; two tubs of fabric; Ray's hand tools and the small lathe; Birdie's crate; the chest freezer's contents in three coolers.
The CR-V (me): Sigrid; 40 lb of flour and 10 of sugar; the pills, ninety days of everything for both of us, i…
Jun 28
Skein Lake Association, annual meeting, yesterday. 31 households present of 52.
Ray is treasurer. Per Ray, what he was handed:
- One chequebook, one shoebox, one ledger in pencil going back to 1998.
- Balance $4,812.67.
- Dues are $75 a household. 44 paid for this year so far.
- What the money goes for: the loon nesting raft, the water testing every August, the boat-landing signs, the fish-stocki…
2022
May 8
OPENING THE CABIN. Per Ray, dictated up north on opening weekend, me typing.
BEFORE WE COME
1. Call Earl two weeks ahead with the date. He turns the water on the Wednesday or Thursday before and walks through.
2. Call Rod at Pike Bay about the boats. They come back Memorial Day weekend, not at opening.
3. Call Kivela if the propane gauge read under 30 per cent at closing.
FIRST HOUR
4. Walk r…
May 30
The dock, Memorial Day weekend. When Earl and Travis rolled it in, the left whe…
…el folded under: the axle bracket had cracked through.
Rod at Pike Bay had the part: a new axle kit with both brackets and both wheels. $236.00.
The frame warranty does not cover wheels. I asked.
Boats are in.
2023
Jul 6
There was a quarrel on the porch last night, after the children were down, and…
…I am up early because of it.
It began with David, who had a spreadsheet. He has added up what this place costs us in a year (the taxes, the insurance, Earl, the propane) and proposed, reasonably, that we rent it out for four or five weeks in August and September through one of the websites and let it pay its own way…
Oct 6
Break-ins on the lake, the first week of October. Three cabins: the Trost place…
…next door to the west, and two on the north shore. A window forced at each. Taken: a chain saw, two outboard motors, liquor, a television. Nothing of ours was touched.
Deputy Sara Kivi came yesterday and walked round with Ray:
1. Cameras. Even cheap ones.
2. A light on a timer inside, and one outside on a sensor.
3.…
Oct 7
For Marianne Trost: who to call up here if something is wrong at her place. Wri…
…tten out at her kitchen table from memory.
- Bev and Arnie Gustafson: 715-555-0107. Call Bev first for anything.
- Earl Koskinen: 715-555-0114. Evenings, after 6. He does not read texts.
- Our cabin: 715-555-0126. Our house in Madison: 608-555-0103.
- Darrell Maki, for a car: 715-555-0111.
- The clinic in Woodruff (…
2024
Mar 15
Ray says: ice out on Skein Lake yesterday, March 14. Earliest in the log, by ni…
…ne days.
ICE-OUT, SKEIN LAKE. Date the lake is open from our dock to the island.
2004 - April 21 (from Gordon Sundquist's calendar, the year we bought)
2005 - April 16
2006 - April 12
2007 - April 22
2008 - May 1
2009 - April 24
2010 - April 3
2011 - April 27
2012 - March 23
2013 - May 12 (latest)
2014 - May 8
2015…
Jun 29
SKEIN LAKE ASSOCIATION - annual meeting, Saturday, June 29, 2024, 10:00, town h…
…all. Notes taken by me at Ginger Stauber's request; Jack Niemi is away. To be given to Jack.
Present: 44 households of 53 members. Ginger in the chair.
1. Last year's minutes: approved as mailed.
2. Treasurer (Ray): balance on June 28, $7,118.40. Dues are $85; 50 households have paid for 2024, three have not and w…
Oct 19
CLOSING THE CABIN. Per Ray, dictated on the porch, me typing. In this order.
1. Boats out first. Pike Bay meets us at the landing. Call a week ahead.
2. Dock: Earl and his boy roll it out the last week of October. Chock the wheels. Bench comes off, goes in the boathouse.
3. Water. Breaker 14 OFF (well pump), panel in the hall closet. Open every tap. Drain valve is in the pump house, red handle…
2025
Apr 11
Open the cabin
Jun 29
Ray says, association meeting yesterday:
- 46 households present.
- Balance $7,902.15. Dues $85, unchanged. 51 paid.
- Spent: water tests $425, stocking $600, newsletter $270, loon signs $95.
- Loons: one chick, on the island raft.
Road, separately: $230 a lot for Earl's plowing and grading last winter. Paid to Tom.
Jul 20
Arnie Gustafson had a stroke yesterday morning, July 19. For anyone who asks:
- He was last himself at 6:10, per Bev. She telephoned us at 6:40. The ambulance came from Woodruff in nineteen minutes; from there he went to Wausau by helicopter.
- Hannah was there before I was and did the right things in the right order.
- He had the clot medicine inside the time allowed.
- As of last night: he ca…
Sep 3
Close the cabin - EARLY this year, because of Portugal
Sep 28
Portugal, October 9 to 19. Lists.
Before we go:
- Close the cabin EARLY, October 4 and 5. Boats to Pike Bay on the 3rd; I have telephoned Rod. Earl blows the lines on the 6th.
- Ray's cardiology visit is moved from the 14th to the 28th.
- My mammogram is the 21st.
- Birdie to Ellen's on the 8th, on our way to O'Hare, with her food measured out.
- Marl…
Oct 5
Closed October 4 and 5, two weeks early, by Ray's list, in order. Additions for…
…the bunkhouse, which the list does not have yet:
12. Bunkhouse: heater OFF at its thermostat and at its breaker. Mattresses stood on edge, away from the walls. Sheets, pads and pillows home. Window locks. The keypad stays on the door; its batteries come OUT for the winter and go back in May.
13. The dock handrail: t…
Oct 5
Closed the cabin two weeks early, with the leaves barely turned, because we fly…
…to Lisbon on Thursday. It felt wrong to drain the lines in a warm wind. The young loon was still on the bay this morning, alone, in gray.
Bev and Arnie will be one of three lights on the road this winter, and for the first time I asked whether they would be all right. Bev said their daughter has been at them to move…
2026
Apr 3
Open the cabin - and it is the opener
May 3
Opened the cabin yesterday, our twenty-third season. We came up in the RAV4 on…
…Friday; the truck is at Gary's. Earl had the water on. One window screen chewed, no mice in the traps, and the generator has run itself every Tuesday all winter.
The loons are back, both of them. I heard them last night from the bed, with the window open an inch, and R. heard them too.
Jim Hrdlicka came for the ope…
Jun 30
Rhubarb jam, yesterday: four batches, 26 half-pints, all sealed. The rhubarb ca…
…me on Sunday morning with Arnie, on foot, with his cane, by himself.
Six jars go back to them. Two to Marianne Trost. Two to Earl.
Sep 2
Earl's winter contract - $810, due the 15th
Sep 11
Close the cabin this weekend
Oct 3
Koskinen Property Care - winter 2026-27 · $810.0
Not paid yet. Earl put it up $30. · Koskinen Property Care - winter 2026-27
Oct 4
A cold clear morning, 38 at seven, the first frost on the garage roof. Church;…
…R. ushered, though it is not his Sunday, because one of the first-Sunday men has a cold.
We go up north on the 16th to close. I have telephoned Earl and Pike Bay. R. has agreed to look for his passport before we leave and not after; it has to be renewed before Norway, and he has known that since January.
Hannah com…
Oct 4
Before we close the cabin (we go up Friday the 16th; close the 17th and 18th).
DONE
- Earl: telephoned. He blows the lines Monday the 19th. His winter bill is $810.00 this year, up $30, due November 15.
- Generator serviced.
- Chimney swept in September.
TO DO THIS WEEK
1. The dishwasher: its year of warranty is nearly up, and the wheel on the lower rack has been sticking since August. Telephon…
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| First name | Earl |
|---|---|
| Last name | Koskinen |
| Company | Koskinen Property Care |
| Job title | Caretaker |
| Gender | Male |
| Comments | Text does not work; call after 6 p.m. |
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- number: '7155550104' variant: Mobile
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q063 What's Earl's number? I need to call him about blowing out the lines.