2008 Webster Lake Ice-Out Contest

Einstein Takes his Spring Swim

Winning Time:    March 12th at 6:30 PM

Winners:                              Time                    Ticket No.
1st Place $1,500
            Jules Lusignan             5:00 PM          3119

2nd Place $1,000
            Jules Lusignan             4:00 PM          3118

3rd Place $500
            David Chaffee                        3:47 PM          625

4th Place $250
            Rita Janik                    3:39 PM          2671

5th Place $250
            Brian Wood                3:30 PM          1098

We want to extend a special thank you to Jules Lusignan of Century 21/Lake Realty who made a commitment to the WLA to purchase a block of tickets and if he won he would donate the prize money back to the WLA.  This means the WLA will receive an additional $2,500 in proceeds from the contest. Thank you Jules for your continued support of the WLA.  We would also like to thank JV Mechanical again for their sponsorship of the contest.

The ice on the main part of the three ponds went out on Saturday March 8th  while the coves remained frozen the last couple of weeks. The record rainfall for February certainly had an effect on an early ice-out.

The first year for Ice-Out Einstein was successful and we want to thank everyone for their support. We are pleased to report that we sold 1244 tickets or $6,220 in sales.  We received $1,000 sponsorship from JV Mechanical for a total of $7,220. 

When we started planning the fundraiser back in September we set a stretch goal to sell 1000 tickets. We far exceeded everyone’s expectations. Members of the WLA purchased approximately 40% of the total tickets sold. The remaining 60% of sales came from the community. It has been very rewarding to witness the involvement from not only the WLA, but also the cooperation and excitement from the community. Everywhere you went; people were talking about Ice-Out Einstein.

We were very encouraged to receive ticket sales from Florida, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Indiana and as far away as California and Washington. We are already discussing ways we can expand the fundraiser next year.

Jim Winslow, Brian Houlihan, Ken Mroczek, Tim Hill, Steve Washburn and John Real, the Ice-Out Committee members, wish to thank everyone for their support.