Launching Minne's summer adventure

June 5, 2014 at 2:38AM
Sara Mageli, 15, holds on to a rope connected to Minne, a floating fiberglass sculpture, during the launch in Powderhorn Lake, while neighborhood children watch, on Wednesday morning. Minne will remain in Powderhorn Park through September.
Sara Mageli, 15, holds on to a rope connected to Minne, a floating fiberglass sculpture, during the launch in Powderhorn Lake, while neighborhood children watch, on Wednesday morning. Minne will remain in Powderhorn Park through September. (Star tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Minne the Lake Creature drew some curious stares Wednesday as she checked out her new home in Powderhorn Park in south Minneapolis — with a little help from Sara Mageli, 15. This is the second year the Minneapolis Parks Foundation has asked Minne fans to pick a summer place for the once peripatetic floating sculpture. She'll remain in Powderhorn through September. Learn more at mplsparksfoundation.org.

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