The Mound Westonka Blog - around Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota: Recent Comments

Comment on Shirley Hills Super Team Day

Tommy Gray — Sun, 27 May 2012 18:00:41 GMT

Love this David! I do remember that day! What an awesome time in our lives. I wouldn't change how or where we grew up here in Mayberry (Mound)! The teachers, the people, the family's & the Era! All hold a special place in our Hearts! We were very lucky in my opinion. Thanks for posting this David.

Comment on Loon sighting

gml4 — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:23:16 GMT

We see loons regurlarly around here... until Memorial Day, and the pickup of boat traffic scares them away (I believe).

Comment on Andrews Sisters Memories

DG — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:21:26 GMT

You might want to contact the Westonka Historical Society or local auther Tom Rockvam with your finds.

Comment on Andrews Sisters Memories

karlee — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:39:41 GMT

I just chanced upon this blog entry. I grew up in Mound and years ago my parents remodeled our home. They found many black and white photos in between the walls. Many were of famous people. A Christmas card from the Andrews sisters was also in this pile of stuff. We discovered our home use to be the cabin of the Andrew's sisters uncle, I believe.

Comment on Fish Kill Creek

Dr Rob Moore — Sat, 16 May 2009 12:55:00 GMT

This site is intelligent and gives me the feeling that the folks there really care.

I wanted to test to see if this site will honor my input.

Once I know, that is, if you give permission, I'd like to be an active contributor and supporter of what you are doing.

Dr. Moore

Comment on Fish Kill Creek

Christine Walgrave — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:39:44 GMT

Amen to that !! I fish off the dock where I live all year long and hooked a big ugly carp last weekend. Sad to say it is the biggest fish I have ever caught. ICK
Happy fishing Everyone !!

Comment on Langdon Bay Creek Update

Jack Legus — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:41:51 GMT

Back in the 1940's,as a kid, I used to
lay down by the the water running out of a culvert and catch little minnows that would swim by. When I had enough of this I would go over to Pete Sollies store and he would give me a slice of meat or two and afterwards I would go the the next store and watch the blacksmith making something on his anvil.
There also would be a time or two when the Andrews Sisters would come to town in their 3 Cadillac convertibles and their secretary would have a Cadillac sedan. The sisters would also go roller skating upstairs at the building by cooks bay. Some of the guys would roller skate with them but I was too shy.I graduated from Mound in 1948 so I have a few memories of the early days in Mound and it was a wonderful place to grow up in. I hope I can return this summer to see how everything has changed.

Comment on Langdon Bay frozen over

Anne Hunt — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:54:44 GMT

I would like to know what people think of merging the Mound and Minnetrista police departments? We could eliminate the cost of one chief and hire more experienced police officers. We could skip the new facility in Minnetrista and spend the money on training officers who may be capable of doing more than writing speeding tickets.

Comment on Langdon Bay frozen over

gml4 — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:21:37 GMT

http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/u163/linkert/?action=view¤t=5e2697dc.pbw

Here's some pics from Emerald Lake this last week.

Comment on Thank you for not running into me...

DG — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:32:44 GMT

I'd say it doesn't occur more often than not. In one of my recent entries about traffic and cross-walks, I was writing because someone didn't make the slightest effort to slow down when my son and I were using the cross-walk where the Dakota Trail crosses Shoreline. I thought when people were in a cross-walk, traffic is supposed to stop.

Every once in awhile, I'll see someone driving in a way that I consider wreckless. But we all have our own opinions about how to use public roads.

I'll just agree with you, I am partially at fault. Mound's streets belong to the people wanting to get somewhere in a hurry, and there isn't anything I can do about it. I'm sorry.