Distinguished Lake Tippecanoe Honoree 2011

This is the portion of the annual banquet where we reveal the identity of the Distinguished Lake Tippecanoe Honoree.

In 1994 LTPO established an annual award to be presented to a Lake Tippecanoe resident in recognition and appreciation for his or her service for the improvement of Lake Tippecanoe and the community. The honoree is selected from nominations made by members of our LTPO. The nomination form is distributed to all members of the association by way of the monthly newsletters and a deadline is set for their submission. Although there is an official nomination form, the nominations over the years have been also been made by letters, notes and orally.

Once the nomination deadline passes, all nominations are reviewed and debated by a standing committee of LTPO. Following extensive review and discussion, an initial vote is taken. Sometimes the initial vote results in the immediate selection of the honoree and, on other occasions, additional discussion, debate and voting has been needed to reach a consensus, the culmination of which is the final selection of the Honoree and, even better, a general gossip/cock-and-bull roundtable discussion between old friends as we all are to each other here on God’s Lake.

To be eligible to be considered as the Distinguished Lake Tippecanoe Honoree, the candidate can be nominated by any member of LTPO and must meet several criteria:

1. Must currently reside full or part time On Lake Tippecanoe
2. Must have been a lake resident for at least five years
3. Must have made a positive impact on the quality of Lake Tippecanoe
4. Must be a member of Lake Tippecanoe Property Owners, Inc

Since 1994, 15 of our members have been awarded that honor:

Tonight, I have the duty and honor of announcing this year’s honoree, the 16th in a series of an extraordinary bunch of people, who have given much to this lake and its community and who have truly made a difference in the lives of all here, and in the lives of those who will follow us as stewards of God’s Lake.

As a remembrance of the appreciation and thanks of LTPO for the efforts of our honoree and the services they have performed, and in addition to the acknowledgement by us of their contributions to Lake Tippecanoe and its future, LTPO presents our honoree with a custom made, solid gold rendition of LTPO’s trademarked logo. If you check out this evening’s attire of the prior honorees in attendance tonight, I expect you will see at least a few of the logos being worn, and if so, please thank the wearer for adding so much to the furtherance of LTPO and the lives of us all here on God’s Lake.

In addition to the gold logo, LTPO also will make a $500 donation, in the name of the honoree, to a charity of the honoree’s choosing. Last year’s honorees, Richard & Marsha Smith designated two recipients, the Tippecanoe Watershed Foundation and Calvalry Baptist Church to each receive ½ of the donation, thus furthering two of the purposes of LTPO, the preservation and protection of the lake, and to improve the quality of living at Lake Tippecanoe.

The name of the honoree this year, as is the tradition of the award, has been a closely guarded secret, divulged only to the Honoree Committee and to a few selected others as necessary on a “need to know” basis; all of whom have been sworn to secrecy. Keeping the secret, while still eliciting a little background information for the presentation is often a bit tricky and a degree of subterfuge is occasionally necessary.

The time has now come to divulge the identity of the 2011 Distinguished Lake Tippecanoe Honoree…

But first, a little background information is necessary.

Tonight’s honoree was nominated in an unusual way. Instead of a nomination of a single person, the Committee noticed that while several nominations were received for various people, there was a common thread shared by several of the nominees – and that was a family connection… In fact, I will divulge a little insider information from the Committee – this year’s honoree comes from a pool of nominees that have been nominated several times in the past years, and after some discussion within the committee, was thusly determined to be the consensus honoree.

Unlike some previous honorees, quite a bit is known of this honoree’s early years, having been a part of Lake Tippecanoe from as far back as 1916, when the long history of our honoree first began with the building of a summer cottage on what is now known as Frazier’s Landing West, naming it after an old Potowatomi Indian chief. Since that beginning, there has never been a summer when our honoree hasn’t had a presence at God’s Lake. In fact, instead of the usual course of a “summer laker’s” life, wherein after a few years the presence fades, tonight’s honoree has not only thrived, but even after nearly a hundred years here, has actually increased its presence at the lake to the point where there is hardly any activity on Tippy that doesn’t include our honoree.

As you might have guessed by now, if for no other reason than the span of nearly a hundred years, our honoree is not exactly a “who” our honoree is more of a lot of “who’s” that make up a “whole”, as in a “whole bunch of people” bringing front and center what lake living is all about — a family history spanning several generations with one common thread, the love of God’s Lake, and the involvement of family in creating a legacy whose history has unceasingly and forever intertwined with the history of Lake Tippecanoe.

 OUR 2011 DISTINGUISHED LAKE HONOREE IS THE DUNGAN & TYNAN FAMILY

 DUNCAN FAMILLY

The Dungan family experience began with the building of Musquabuck Lodge by Samuel & Pearl Dungan in the summer of 1916, and continued over the ensuing decades with the coming of his son James “Duane” Dungan & his wife Hazel Dungan every summer thereafter until 1962.

Sam & Jean Dungan spent summers here and honeymooned on God’s Lake In 1942, becoming permanent residents in June of 1962.

Their children are:

 Nancy & Mike Tynan, who still spend as much time as possible at the lake.

Dorene Weaver Schiemann who raised two daughters, Becky Weaver Seiler and Peg Weaver Schreiber on little Tippy & although Dorene no longer lives on God’s Lake, Tippy made an indelible impression on Dorene such that she could not give up the lake life, so she and her husband Don Scheimann now have to “settle” for Lake James in Steuben County.

Sam Dungan III and his wife Laurie who live in Hawaii with their sons Lachlan and Aidan, but don’t feel too sorry for them being stuck in Maui, they still have the opportunity and joy of visiting Lake Tippecanoe every summer.

 TYNAN FAMILY

Joseph and Grace Tynan enjoyed coming to Lake Tippecanoe for vacations beginning in the early 1930’s and in the 1950’s bought a cottage on Frazier’s Landing with relatives Harold and Mary Tynan Behrman.

 Joe & Grace’s children are:

Mary Virginia (Tynan) Linder& Charles Linder

Mike & Nancy (Dungan) Tynan — yes the same Mike & Nancy Tynan I mentioned earlier.

 Joe & Nancy (Conant) Tynan — by the way, Nancy’s mother, Myrna Conant lives on Oswego Lake & is active in the Lake Tippecanoe Women’s Association that does so much for the lake and also volunteers for the annual Fish Fry.

 Kathleen Tynan

John & Martha Tynan

Patrick Tynan

Jeff and Terri (Cox) Tynan

The Next Generation!

Ryan and Sam Tynan, (Jeff & Tern’s children, Nancy and Mike’s grandsons, the Generation on Tippy)

 Elizabeth and Emma Tynan, (Scott & Lynette’s children, Nancy and Mike’s granddaughters) who are competitive skiers on the national level

 Andrew and SuzanneTynan, (Nancy and Joe’s son) and their son, Max (who live on Lake James in Angola, IN)

 Sam and Bridget Tynan, (Nancy and Joe’s son) and their children: Luke, Maggie and Grace (who are residents of Omaha NB.)

Elizabeth and Amr Solimin (Mary Virginia and Chuck’s daughter) and their children: Adam, Gabe, Zack and Sami) who live in Tampa FL. but come in the summer to enjoy our fresh water lake.

LAKE CONTRIBUTIONS:

Although we cannot begin to list all of the contributions the members of the Dungan-Tynan tribe have made to Lake Tippy, here are some of the highlights over the last 95 years:

 Sam & Jean Dungan

• Fish Fry— 1970’s to 1993, the year of Sam’s death.
• Sam was active, and on the board of LPTO for many years
• Started the “Carry-Out Booth” idea fo the Fish Fry
• Sam was the Bingo caller at Tippy Country Club for a number of years

Nancy (Dungan) & Mike Tynan

• Fish Fry Helpers — 1980 to 1992, took over Fish Fry “carry —out” in 1993.
• Members of the Tippy Ski club in the ‘50’s -‘60’s &
• Co-chairs to re-start the Tippy Skiers in 1995
• Mike judged the flotilla for three years

Jeff & Tern Tynan

• Jeff and Terri have been in charge of the Fish Fry Carry Out, 1995 to 2011.
• Jeff volunteered for Lake Tippy cleanup day for many years
• Jeff Chaired the LTPO Buoy placement for 10 years, a thankless job
• Jeff was Bingo Caller at Lake Tippy C. Club following his grandfather, Sam.
• Tern was co-Chairperson for the Dinner Dance for many years.
• Tern volunteers for Freshman Academy Rafting Experience on Grassy Creek
• Jeff and Tern have been landing directors for many years

Mary Virginia (Tynan) Linder

• Served as Landing Director for the north Kalorama Road
• Charter member of the Tippecanoe Ski Club

Joe Tynan

• LTPO Landing Director
• Fund Raising Chairperson for Tippecanoe Watershed Foundation, getting a significant contribution from the “Tynan” Family for professional not-for-profit development expertise for the Foundation.

Patrick Tynan

• Involved in the background of LTPO with good/new ideas and suggestions
• Volunteers for the Freshman Academy, rafting experience on Grassy Creek

This Family “DONE ITALL”, with the leadership roles coming from parents and grandparents.

Matriarch, Jean Dungan, is a testament to the generations of the Dungan-Tynan Family, and I would ask her to please come forward to accept the family’s award as I present to you the Distinguished Lake Tippecanoe Honoree for 2011,

The Dungan-Tynan Family

Thanks Jean Dungan, and the Dungan-Tynan Family!

We Owe You Guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!