The Bright Side
South Lakeshore Drive is eroding along the stretch of Geneva Lake in Buttons Bay.
The DNR, State of Wisconsin, City of Lake Geneva, and the Town of Linn all have some claim and responsibility for the area. Who owns and is responsible is the question. Depending on who you ask, and why you ask, or when you ask, all those will give you different answers.
Last Monday Tom Earle and Neil, with the public works department in the city of Lake Geneva, along with city administrator David Nord, attended a Zoom meeting with five members of the DNR to get some answers. The meeting had no conclusion but the DNR was receptive to having another meeting after some more information is gathered, A temporary fix had to happen even though the DNR frowned upon any help with the dangerous erosion issues in hopes of getting through until a more permanent fix is established. The public works department did what it said it could, and filled the areas of the crumbling road with gravel, however, the gravel is only a temporary fix and is not expected to last very long, much less the whole winter, depending on the winter’s severity.
The Ice Castles are coming back!
The ice winter wonderland is returning to the Lake Geneva area, and will offer beautiful winter appeal; with slides, caves, crawl spaces wild lights, lit up fountains, and more. New measures will be in place, such as; lower capacity and social distancing. Markers will be placed throughout tunnels and crawl spaces and will have one way in and one way out to help avoid face-to-face contact. Staff and guests older than 2 will be required to wear face masks. If the weather cooperates, workers will begin growing and harvesting 10,000 icicles each day, starting this month, so construction can begin.
It is set to open January in 2021. Each icicle is hand-placed by professional ice artists, to make the frozen fairyland come to life. Plans for the 2021 castle will be downsized and built on a more-shady spot of the golf course inside the Geneva National Resort. The winter playground will sit on one acre of bare land, which will make it roughly 30 percent smaller than last year.
Cartoon Of The Week by Terry O’Neill
