OUR PLACE
Lake Geneva Public Works can’t handle the load.
Oh, not the work out on the streets or cleaning up messes like right after Venetian Days. No, at those things the department excels. It’s the meetings.
Since the dead people have been added to their agenda requirements (cemetery committee) there’s been sort of a slowdown in getting things handled decision-wise at the meetings. That makes sense if you think about it. The department is considering having two meetings a month or possibly having one meeting and then another immediately following a few days later…so everyone can get a breather, so to speak. In providing the report on Venetian Days (which only a day later Flat Iron Park is so clean it’s like the carnival was never even there!) somebody in the audience did say something of merit about that celebration the Jaycees put on. Why doesn’t the city council put a financial reporting requirement on approving a conditional use permit next year? That would be just great, for the city to get an actual accounting of how much in revenue was collected, how much went out in expenses, and to whom. Not to mention how much might have been left over after everyone got their share. Expect that point to be brought up next year, as the comment came from a citizen who is quite vocal in discussing almost all city business.
Maxwell Street Days.
This event is usually much better advertised than it has been so far this year. Maybe it’s the Covid or maybe it’s just that there are so many other events that have popped up this year already, which also might be an effect attributable to the virus. Friday, the 27th through Sunday the 29th the stores, many of them, will have their wares out on the sidewalks, selling at terrific discounts. As always, in Southern Wisconsin, the success of this great sales effort will be weather-dependent. The Walworth County Fair begins on September 1st, only a few days after Maxwell Street Days, so the summer will continue to be jam-packed with activities.
Old problems which are not placed on the immediate agenda anywhere.
1. There is no movement to check the underbelly of the Riviera Pier Complex, penetrate the concrete wall surrounding the base, and send divers in to check out the condition of the nearly hundred-year-old wooden posts that hold the entire structure up (a photo of the steam pounding driver putting in the wooden piles appears in this issue, circa 1932).
2. The Starry Stone Wart has been ignored. Useless washing machines have been brought forth to no effect. Trinke Estates has not been required or required to have allowed, dredging of the major infestation site located in their lagoon. The GLEA is ‘discussing’ dredging. What are they going to do, as the summer wears on, dredge under the ice of winter? Nah, they’ll decide to kick the ball down the road for another year, no doubt. Meanwhile, the Starry continues to grow and develop along the bottom of the lake in, as well as outside, of that lagoon.
3. Nothing has been done in many years to improve the conditions of one of the lake’s most scenic and well-used beach areas. That area is commonly called Big Foot Beach, with the ‘Paradise Road’ of South Lake Shore Drive running right past it. 4. Nothing has been done about the heavy growth of trees and brush that have come to hang over the utility lines running north and south along South Lake Shore Drive, running through and from Lake Geneva to the Town of Linn.
The 172nd Annual Walworth County Fair 2021 is back on September 1st.
The fair will run through the 6th, and the fairgrounds will be alive with fairgoers, plus food and entertainment everywhere. Fair food will be eaten, rides will be running, games will be played, animals will fill the barns, and, for the first time ever, beer and wine will be sold and consumed all over the grounds. After being closed last year due to the pandemic, anticipation and excitement are high. There will be nearly one hundred acres of fair fun for the entire family to enjoy, and there is so much for all to enjoy. Admission to the fair is $10.00 per adult and $5.00 per child, and that’s per day of attendance, however, the season pass may be the way to go if you are planning on going several days. Season passes are $40 for adults and $15 for children. The grandstand will have entertainment at additional costs.
Wednesday, September 1st at 7 p.m. the grandstand will have Flat Track Motorcycle Races for a $5.00 admission fee,
Thursday, September 2nd, the popular Truck & Tractor Pulls occur at 7 p.m. General admission to that is $5.00.
Friday, September 3rd, at 7:30 p.m., the All-Star Monster Trucks Show also admission is $10.00, and the grand finale, the Demolition Derby, is a $10.00 admission fee.
Saturday, September 4th, at 7:30 p.m., Justin Moore will take the stage, and Sunday tickets range from $25.00 to $45.00, depending on the seats selected,
Sunday, September 5th, For King & Country, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for that will range from $25.00 up to $45.00. The Walworth County Fair is a big deal and has been so for almost two centuries. This year seems to be the biggest year and deal ever.
Person of the Week
Herner’s Hideaway in Genoa City. Maro O’Neil a great woman and former nurse.
