"March 31 will be recorded as Fountain Lake’s ice-out date for 2010, according to Bill Malepsy, the city’s lake ice observer since 1969. This is the 41st year he has performed this public service.
He said the last slivers of honeycombed ice melted away about 7:30 a.m. today in the small bay near Cedar Avenue. Strong winds and some warmer weather resulted in the last remnants of ice stubbornly ending up in this part of the lake to the west of the Oakwood Peninsula and Wedge Street.
Last year’s ice-out date was recorded as April 3."
