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The final entries are in for the Ely Echo Shagawa Lake Ice Out Contest, sponsored by Grand Ely Lodge. Now all we need is for spring to arrive and bring us back to open water.
Our optimist entry this week came from Nadine Thibault of San Mateo, CA who picked April 6 at 3 p.m.
Soon-to-be-a-mom Hailey Worth of Ely submitted April 10 at 9:50 a.m.
Sam Curtis of Townsend, TN emailed in April 13 at 10 a.m.
Dave Kromer of Ely picked April 14 at 2:48 p.m.
We had some tax day folks who like April 15: Anne Lincicome of Ely at noon; Frank and Pat Decker of La Verne, CA and Bear Island Lake at 3:45 p.m. and Tonya Zegar of St. Paul MN at 5 p.m.
A pair of Ely ladies like April 16, Patty Trembath at 6 a.m. and Diane Kromer at 3:37 p.m.
All the way from St. Johns, FL, Leslie Hutchins told us ice out will be on April 18 at 2 p.m.
Pete Ahlfs of Blaine MN April 18 at 3:03 p.m.
Three guessers picked April 18, Carlie LaLone of Proctor MN at 3:18 p.m., Cheryl Hatfield of Duluth at 3:40 p.m. and Melissa Zeitz of Ely at 6:06 p.m.
Holly Mathers of Ely April 19 at 2:22 p.m.
Four Ely people picked April 20, Pat Stock at 10:45 a.m., Mary Larson at 1:50 p.m., Jim Peterson at 4:20 p.m. and Dennis Burns at 9 p.m.
A total of seven guesses had April 21 as the date, Deb Bradt of Ely at 10 a.m., Greg Arntz of Britt MN at 12:40 p.m., Olivia Roberts at 1 p.m., Paul Hutchins of St. Johns, FL at 1:30 p.m., Jeff Arntz at 3:30 p.m., Martie Sparks of Las Vegas, NV at 4:17 p.m. and Sue Peterson of Ely at 4:21 p.m. Peterson picked 4:20 p.m. on 4/21. Sneaky.
April 22 was popular with Tiffany Zemke of Ely at 11:23 a.m., Sheila Kauppi of East Bethel, MN at 1:15 p.m., and Mark Potter of Cedar Rapids, IA at 1:35 p.m.
Four entries had a date of April 23, Kevin Pelto of Brainerd, MN at 8:21 a.m., Christian Murray of San Mateo, CA at 11:18 a.m., Prudence LaLone of Ely at 11:47 a.m. and Anne Grignon of Ely at 3:30 p.m.
Council member Jerome Debeltz of Ely likes April 24 at 2 p.m.
Deciding April 25 was a winning day were Marian Pelto of Baxter, MN at 8:31 a.m., Brian Johnson of Ely at 9 a.m., Montgomery Thibault Murray of San Mateo, CA at 10:07 a.m., Jan Patka at 1:11 p.m. and Linda Frisell of Ely at 2:37 p.m.
Saturday is a good day, especially if ice out is on April 26 according to John Newman at 9 a.m., Keith Zorman of Mountain Iron at 10:17 a.m., Steve Korbel of Lonsdale, MN at 11 a.m., Alexandra Bender of Rochester, NY at 3 p.m. and Bethany Soderlund of Breezy Point, MN at 3:04 p.m.
Maybe ice out will be on April 27, so says Pam Newman at 9 a.m., Brooke Johnson of Lonsdale, MN at 10 a.m., Greg Jonas of Ely at 11 a.m. Dawn Anderson of April 27 at 3:15 p.m.
Jodi Rasmussen of Prescott, WI April 28 at 10 a.m.
If you like April 28, then you’ll like these picks: Sarah Jonas of Ely at 1:30 p.m., Anthony Vancura of Prescott, WI at 3 p.m. and Dick Sparks at 3 p.m.
A foursome of April 29 guessers were Sherry Pearson of Ely at 7:12 a.m., Madison Jonas of Ely at 1 p.m., Lindi Zemke of Ely at 1:03 p.m. and Paul Kauppi of East Bethel, MN at 2:35 p.m.
April 30 is the right date for Jeff Boozell of Pequot Lakes, MN at 2:36 p.m., Dave Szurek of New Brighton, MN at 2:45 p.m., Candie Herberg of Ely at 4:30 p.m. and Tim Laitinen of Ely at 6:29 p.m.
May Day is the day for Braden Jonas of Ely at 2:16 p.m.
Robert Saunders went with May 2 at 11:35 a.m. and it will be 11:11 p.m. Lynn Laitinen of Ely.
A pair of May 4 pickers were Ed Kirkpatrick of Saybrook, IL at 11:14 a.m. and Justine Carlson at 1:11 p.m.
Going with May 5 was Makayla Barton of Prescott, WI at 9:31 a.m.
May 6 is just right Justin Zemke of Ely at 3 p.m.
Ice out will be high noon on May 9 according to Dave Roth.
And our pessimist pick goes to Jayden Zemke of Ely who chose May 12 at 10:46 a.m.
Ice out is official when a boat could leave Grand Ely Lodge’s dock and cross to the north side of the lake, chunks of ice notwithstanding.
