Legacy of a Lake: A.E. Staley’s Call for Water has Provided Decatur’s Economy
with its Lifeblood for 80 Years
by Mike Frazier, H&R Staff Writer (August 28, 2007)

http://herald-review.com/special-section/news/lake/article_7dbf49be-44af-52dd-870d-dbb3720ccda6.html

Evolution of the Lake 
by Jan Mathew, Decatur Magazine (December 2005)

www.decaturmagazine.com/business-lake_decatur.htm

On the Waterfront
by Lynn McClure, Decatur Magazine (February/March 2005)