marina beach house

Letter: Do it right, and do it soon

Oct 18, 2018

To the editor: Here’s more from the sidelines. First off, after last week’s paper I wish to address the negative feelings on all of the already-approved projects. Let’s quit kicking the sleeping dog and move forward regardless so people are allowed to have their opinions on anything they want. So...

Halvorson: The Play Park

Oct 18, 2018

Some of my favorite memories are time spent at the play park. We lived just a few blocks away and spent many fun filled days on the swings and rings. Looking back I always pictured the play park as being larger than it is today. The other day I came across some pictures of my grandparents taken...

Beach house demolished

Oct 11, 2018

An excavator owned by Glander Excavating pulls a section of roof from the beach house at the Lake City Marina swimming beach on Tuesday, Oct. 9. In May the City Council tasked City Administrator Rob Keehn with developing a plan to replace the structure and bringing it back to the council with cost...

Letter: Trouble Spot’s identified

Sep 19, 2018

I’m back with more comments from the sidelines and with too much time on my hands. I won’t beat around the bush but after seeing my fourth person this year - two kids on bikes and two older women at separate trouble areas in one of many sidewalks, they need real attention. One serious accident is...

Beach house poised to proceed

May 9, 2018

The Lake City City Council came out of a workshop meeting Tuesday, May 8, with an apparent consensus that could bring an end to a long-simmering battle over replacing the marina beach house. If the compromise survives a vote at Monday’s regular council meeting, the current structure is likely to...

Ohuta Park and Marina Beach workshop is May 8

May 7, 2018

The Ohuta Park and Lake City Marina beach area will be the focus of a city council workshop meeting on Tuesday, May 8, at 5 p.m. in the second floor conference room at City Hall. It will not be televised. The meeting is a follow-up to an April 24 meeting where the council considered questions...

Letter: I write because I care

Jan 31, 2018

To the editor: I was asked why at my advanced age I care enough to continue writing letters to the editor. The answer is simple: because somebody once cared. They cared enough to provide Red Cross swimming lessons, even for the skinny kid from the north end of town, each year from age age to the...

Letter: Beach rejuvenation possible, if we get off our duffs

Jan 24, 2018

To the editor: The light at the end of a cold winter is the anticipation of warm sunny days at our beautiful beach. Unfortunately control of the beach is in the hands of people who obviously view it as a nuisance, an afterthought, when it should be one of Lake City’s premier attractions. Travel...

Looking ahead: Councilmember's 2018 priorities include a vacation rental ordinance, beach house

Jan 3, 2018

During my second year on Council, I hope to continue representing the citizens of Lake City. I would like to see the Council address an ordinance for Vacation Rentals and to work with the Marina Board to finalize what will happen to the bathhouse at the beach.