Linda Gallion
Finally! David Hodsdon has proclaimed this year’s ice out date to be March 27th. That was the day when all the ice was completely gone from the coves and inlets around the lake. That makes Linda Gallion (picture at left, from last year’s Annual Meeting) the winner of our 2020 Ice Out Contest! Her’s was the closest guess (March 24th) without going over. Linda has been a long time CLA member and served as Treasurer for ten years from 2005 to 2015. Congratulations Linda! Hope you enjoy your tee shirt! Many thanks to all who participated in our first Clary Lake Ice Out Contest. Here are their guesses:
2020 Ice Out Contest Guesses
Ice Out was determined to be March 27th. The closest guess wins!| Name | Guess |
|---|---|
| Jane Chase | 03/14/20 |
| Rick Gallion | 03/14/20 |
| Jack Holland | 03/17/20 |
| June M. Lordi | 03/23/20 |
| Linda Gallion | 03/24/20 |
| ICE OUT: | 03/27/2020 |
| Lee Prager | 03/28/20 |
| Paul Devlin | 03/28/20 |
| Steve Cowles | 03/29/20 |
| Malcolm B | 03/29/20 |
| David Knight | 04/01/20 |
| Carolyn Curtis | 04/02/20 |
| Gareth Bowen | 04/03/20 |
| Leslie Gillette | 04/04/20 |
| Terry Crummett | 04/07/20 |
| Kate Seba | 04/09/20 |
| Arlene Wing | 04/12/20 |
| Karen Stutzer | 04/14/20 |
| Dan Burns | 04/16/20 |
If you think it took a longer than usual for the lake to become ice-free this year it is because it did! I don’t think the ice was really ready to melt off, but a heavy rain event on March 13th which dropped 1.20 inches of rain followed by strong winds the next day got rid of a lot of ice on the north side of the lake. There were actually people ice fishing the previous weekend. After that initial melt-off, the ice seemed to take forever to melt out of the coves on the south side, and down by the boat launch.