Date: 04/03/2009
Number: 1
"April 3 will be recorded as Fountain Lake's ice-out date for 2009, according to Bill Malepsy, the city's lake ice observer since 1969. This is the 40th year he's been performing this public service.
He said the last slivers of honeycombed ice melted away about 4:30 p.m. Recent rains, strong winds and some warmer weather resulted in the last remnants of ice stubbornly ending up in the part of Dane Bay to the east of the Pleasant Avenue peninsula. Malepsy said he has been checking this particular area at least three times a day since Wednesday.
The average ice-out date through the years, according to Malepsy, is still April 15.
Last year's ice-out date was recorded as April 16."
Thanks to The Albert Lea Tribune
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