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Moose Lake Park Board prepares for summer events |
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 The Moose lake Park Board met on Monday, April 2, 2012 at 6:30 pm in the Moose Lake Park Pavilion. All Board members were present. Mayor Ted Shaw, Council member Jim Michaelski, and Mark Vahlsing, City Administrator, were also in attendance.
The Park Board members were introduced to Joe Rhein, City Engineer, Bolton and Menk.
A presentation was made by Dean Westke, regarding the Water Cross, Snowmobile Race scheduled for the weekend of June 2 and 3, 2012. This year the snowmobiles will be unloaded at the Park prior to the event. Mr. Westke talked about how the group has grown in the past several years. He is expecting between 70 and 90 snowmobile participants. He has also been in contact with Mark Skelton, Municipal Liquor Store discussing the Beer Garden. The Beer Garden will be located at the Bandstand area. All beer will be provided through an arrangement with the Municipal Liquor Store.
The Impala and Corvette Car Clubs will also be present at this event. There will be food vendors on site. The Snowmobile group is responsible for carrying liability insurance for all events. The hours for the Water Cross are: Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm; Sunday, 12 Noon until 5 pm. Entrance fee for spectators is: $10 for one day; $18 for two days. Children 12 and under are free, but must be accompanied by an adult attendee.
Anyone who is staying at the Campground will be admitted free of charge. Any litter on the park grounds will be pickup up after the event by the event organizers.
The Roy Peterson Park project is on target. On April 17th and 21st, the current Railroad Tie retaining wall will be removed. Rory Butkiewicz of DB landscape Development has volunteered to help oversee this project. The retaining wall will be removed by a crew from C.I.P. Joe Rheim, City Engineer will also be available for input. The new playground equipment will hopefully be installed around the beginning of June. The Public Works Department of the City of Moose Lake will be involved in the park project. The new basketball pole and hoop will be installed, as well as a seal coat applied on the court area. The plan is to have the park project finished by the 4th of July. A Grand Opening Party is being planned.
Jeffrey Altilla and Rory Butkiewicz were at the meeting to discuss the Relay for Life Memorial Walk being considered for placement at the Lakeside Park. Several possible sites were considered, as well as the structure and placement of the walk. It was suggested that Mr. Altilla prepare a detailed design and plan for this project, along with how it will be funded through Relay for Life.
The plan to construct a Cabin at the Campgrounds, sponsored by the Girl Scout Silver project, will need to be presented to the Moose Lake City Council. The Council had placed a moratorium on the project until more specific plans can be made to the Council. The Park Board will make this presentation at the May City Council meeting.
The next Park Board meeting will be held on Monday, May 7, 2012 at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers.
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Star Gazette new deadline |
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The deadline for submissions to the Star Gazette will be Mondays at 4:00 p.m. from this point forward.
Please consider this when organizing your articles and advertisements as we are trying to alleviate our workload that we’ve been experiencing on Tuesdays, which makes it very difficult for us to put the whole newspaper together in a timely fashion and still get home at a decent hour.
We wish to thank all those people in advance for their courteous respect for helping us move forward with better efficiency and getting their materials in by the new deadline.
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