Green Lake Winterfest
Winterfest in Green Lake is Saturday, February 14.
Join us for winter fun like ice fishing, ice skating,
ice bowling, snow volleyball, live music, good eats and
much more.
It's not too late to book a room for the weekend.
Contact our reservations department at 800.444.2812
and ask about our winter specials.
Click for more Winterfest activities.
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Greetings,
Good news for the snow lovers out there: Green Lake
had four inches of snow accumulate last night. Today
is bright, white and the perfect winter temp of 20º.
Green Lake Winterfest will have great weather next
weekend.
This time of year is great for getting away. So pack
your bags and get going before it's all gone, Spring isn't
too far away, ya know.
Hope to see you soon,
Loni
hhnews@heidelhouse.com
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| Romantic Escape | | |  Celebrate Valentine's Day with your sweetheart anytime
in February. Get away for a night or a weekend and
show that special someone you care.
The Romantic Escape Package includes:
Overnight accommodations in a Standard room
Champagne and Chocolates delivered to your room
Dinner for two at Grey Rock
Breakfast for two in the Sunroom
Midweek packages starting at $159
Weekend packages starting at $199
Ask about adding an additional night to your stay to
save even more. Rates based on availability and
subject to change.Click for area events. | | |
| St. Valentine's Day | | |  One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who
served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor
Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers
than those with wives and families, he outlawed
marriage for young men: His crop of potential soldiers.
Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied
Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young
lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were
discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.
Valentine may have sent the first 'valentine' greeting
himself. While in prison, it is believed that Valentine fell
in love with a young girl, who may have been the
jailor's daughter, who visited him during his
confinement. Before his death, it is
alleged that he wrote her a letter, which he
signed 'From your Valentine,' an expression that is still
in use today.
Although the truth behind the Valentine
legends is murky, the stories certainly emphasize his
appeal as a sympathetic, heroic, and, most importantly,
romantic figure.Click for some Valentine's Day traditions | | |
| Winter Weather Report | | |  Green Lake, Wisconsin: 20º
Paris, France: 54º
Batna, Algeria: 64º
Boologooro, Australia: 78º
Karup, Denmark: 50º
North Pole, AK: -10º
Balsamo, Brazil: 90ºClick here for a Birds-Eye-View of Heidel House Resort | | |
| The History of Leap Year | | |  The Gregorian calendar year is intended to be of the
same length as the cycle of the seasons. However, the
cycle of the seasons, technically known as the tropical
year, is approximately 365.2422 days. Since a calendar
year consists of an integral number of whole days, a
calendar year cannot exactly match the tropical year.
If the calendar year always consisted of 365 days, it
would be short of the tropical year by about 0.2422
days every year. Over a century, the calendar and the
seasons would depart by about 24 days, so that the
beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere would
shift from March 20 to April 13.
To synchronize the calendar and tropical years, leap
days are periodically added to the calendar, forming
leap years. If a leap day is added every fourth year,
the average length of the calendar year is 365.25 days.
This was the basis of the Julian calendar, introduced by
Julius Caesar in 46 B.C. In this case the calendar year
is longer than the tropical year by about 0.0078 days.
Over a century this difference accumulates to a little
over three quarters of a day. From the time of Julius
Caesar to thesixteenth century A.D., the beginning of
spring shifted from March 23 to March 11.
When Pope Gregory XIII instituted the Gregorian
calendar in 1582, the calendar was shifted to make the
beginning of spring fall on March 21 and a new system
of leap days was introduced. Instead of intercalating a
leap day every fourth year, 97 leap days would be
introduced every 400 years, according to the rule given
above. Thus, the average Gregorian calendar year is
365.2425 days in length. This agrees to within a half a
minute of the length of the tropical year. It will take
about 3300 years before the Gregorian calendar is as
much as one day out of step with the seasons. | | |
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