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Langdon Bay Update
This entry was posted on 12/1/2006 2:33 PM and is filed under uncategorized.
Langdon Bay, Mound, Minnesota, is now 100 percent frozen over. I am not a weatherman, but I think the ice is here to stay. I noticed Cook's Bay is still open though.
I have received some on and off blog comments about the last 5 or 10 minutes of the October 24th Mound City Council meeting. You can watch all the past years meetings at: LMCC the Lake Minnetonka Communications Commission.
12/5/2006 9:21 AM
Jeff Andersen wrote:
My opinion on this is that if you are so concerned about your fiduciary responsibility towards the City of Mound and liabilities that may occur concerning Council actions that what was displayed at the end of that meeting could be looked at as campaign violations. Using the Council meeting as a way to self promote your political agenda or to promote others who may be running for office and using a public forum to do so is at best unethical. Here we witnessed a Council Member using his seat and public air time to promote not only himself but his political partners. Maybe we should have the City Attorney look into whether or not that was legal to do so. This is exactly the sort of unethical behavior that needs to stop. These individuals need to be held accountable for their actions if they are so concerned about liabilities that may occur while sitting as a Council Member. Or is it that they are above the law? Reply to this
12/6/2006 7:58 PM
Ray Salazar wrote:
I witnessed the outbursts that occurred on 10-24-06 prior to the close of business at the council meeting. Needless to say it was embarrassing to see this type of unprofessional behavior. Mayor Meisel attempted to preclude the vexated inquiry initiated by Mr. Osmek. This was not the forum , nor the time for this type of question and/or fair to ask/or discuss as the sole function of the city council is to take care of business for the city and it's citizens. Furthermore, the method of inquiry was out of line and demonstrated an unprofessional behavior and "Staged" for the camera. Reply to this
1/16/2007 9:29 PM
Richard Hawks wrote:
I like many citizens was incensed by the behavior of our "duly elected" council members who are supposed to represent the people of our city. It will be interesting if nothing else to see the "political" maneuvering and secret agendas of the new council, as they proceed, and to see how they "get down to business and let the past be the past". Reply to this
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Lake Minnetonka Facts
Lake Minnetonka was formed by melting ice blocks in glacial moraines 15,000 years ago. The Lake is 929.4 feet above sea level at its outlet, Grays Bay dam. Its greatest length is 10.9 miles (Halsteds Bay to Grays Bay). 30 feet is its average depth. April 12 - 17 is the range of its average ice-out dates. - from the Hennepin County Library.
Fact of the Day:
Lake Minnetonka Cities
There are 14 cities on Lake Minnetonka. They are: Deephaven, Excelsior, Greenwood, Minnetonka, Minnetonka Beach, Minnetrista, Mound, Orono, Shorewood, Spring Park, Tonka Bay, Victoria, Wayzata, and Woodland.
Mound Minnesota's name
"Mound derived its name from the Indian mounds once found within the present day limits. They were not built by the Dakota Indians but were made by prehistoric Indians...." - Melvin Gimmestad, from the book, Historical Backgrounds of Mound, Minnesota.
Tonka Toys
Mound was known as the "Trucking Capital of the World." Tonka Toys was once located in the present day Balboa building near the intersection of Shoreline and Wilshire.
Lois Lane and Hercules
Lois Lane and Hercules both once lived in Mound. Noel Neill appeared in the TV show "Superman". Kevin Sorbo starred as Hercules in the TV show of the same name in the 1990s.
Saint Bonifacius
This city was named for its Catholic church. Saint Boniface was the Apostle of the Germans. Bonifacius in Latin means, of good fate or fortune.
City of Minnetrista
"The City of Minnetrista is located on the western bays of Lake Minnetonka and the agricultural rich plains and idyllic woodlands of southwestern Hennepin County.....The 32 square miles is home to 5,250 residents who enjoy the rural residential and lakeside settings." - from the City's web page.
Busy Corners
The corner of Lake and Central Avenues used to be the center of Mound. Lake Avenue is now called Bartlett Boulevard and Central changed to Commerce Boulevard. Kirby's Bait Shop is located on Busy Corners.
The Island
Island Park is also known as Phelps Island, and once was called North Shore Park. Phelps is the largest island on Lake Minnetonka, and some say it was originally a peninsula. There was a lot of dredging done in Lake Minnetonka's past. It lies East of Cook's Bay and West of Spring Park Bay. Island Park merged with Mound in 1960. It is still called "The Island".
Early Lake Minnetonka
In 1822 Joe Brown, a drummer boy at Fort Snelling and the Commandant's son Will Snelling discover Lake Minnetonka. The two 14 year old boys canoed up Minnehaha Creek and found its source. It appears that relations with the Dakota Sioux at the time required that the Lake remain off limits. It wasn't until the 1850s that its existence becomes general knowledge. In 1852 Simon Stevens and Calvin Tuttle built a dam and sawmill on Minnehaha Creek some distance East of Lake Minnetonka. The next year a hotel is built nearby. In 1854 the Cook House is built in Mound. The 1850s are the beginning of significant settlement around Lake Minnetonka.
