BREEZY POINT ICE FEST CANCELED

The 2008 Breezy Point Ice Fest has been canceled. Chairman Mike Weiboldt said the committee met Wednesday and decided that the ice was too thin and the chance it would thicken enough in two weeks was too much of a risk. The Ice Fest was scheduled for Saturday, January 12th. Weiboldt said the ice in front of Breezy Point Resort on Pelican Lake was about eight inches thick with about three inches of slush on top of that, not nearly enough for the snowmobile radar run or the power ice auger contest. He said the DNR wanted to see at least 16 inches of ice for the event. The major events of the festival were canceled last year too, for the same reason. Weiboldt said the land-based events went on as planned last year but they weren't enough of a draw for the event. Weiboldt said the committee is looking forward to next year where they'll be "back with a vengance, bigger and better than ever."