April 2009

Work continues on the creek last areas worked were Elbertsen, Foster and Richards land. On a good day if you wish you may be able to see some of the work that has actually been done and what we consider “major.” The reason we call it major work is that we have pushed the creek back to about where it was and also have put more curves back rather than a “straight” shoot. As you may or may not be aware in doing this, building in curves rather than just digging down and making it deeper, actually slows the flow during times of higher water.

As previously noted work started around D. Browns property. We were notified that some were concerned as it appeared that some of the rock structures “blew out” already. This is true, however, you have to keep in mind that we will be going back and checking to see how things hold. As with any new structures, you may think they are secure, then the ground may shift a little from the weight thus moving parts a little. This happens with new homes, i.e., settling in. As indicated, we are keeping an eye on things.

The next schedule section is Section 3 which is Billie Hendrix and Mike Monroe property. The contractor will start by staging rock in section 3. Actual structures may start as soon as Wednesday/Thursday of this week. Section 4 is Benson. All work is weather dependent but obviously things are moving forward.

Our fund raisers continue – breakfast, raffles, dinners, etc. We plan to attend the Antique Car Show this year as we will take the Air Stream down and this will be the last big push on selling tickets for the Air Stream. We will continue selling tickets through the end of August with the drawing to be held in September of this year. Unfortunately the economic situation did not help us with this raffle, however, we still have managed to raise over $2,000 with the final count to be done as indicated, end of August.

Next fund raiser – Breakfast “Eggs Your Way” at the Plymouth Fire Hall on April 18TH.