Work Party #3, 2011
Saturday, 25 June 2011
The third work party of the year is usually has two objectives:
- Continue the repairs and maintenance that needs to be done on the buildings and grounds, and
- Start the new construction projects that are needed to improve the club.
This work party was no exception. There were quite a few members participating in the work party, although we could have used another 3 to 5 people to be able to complete all of the work Saturday morning. Lunch was sandwiches from Ebner's Meats, soda, and adult beverages. The work included:
- Mowed grass. Acres of it, with thanks to Jim Casey and his Kubota.
- Removed rocks from the grass along the west side of Molalla Forest Road, and leveled the ground to make mowing easier (and less noisy).
- Sprayed blackberries.
- Cut more blackberries.
- Cut out four trees by the clubhouse chimney in preparation for chimney repairs.
- Raked wads.
- Painted yardage numbers on trap pads.
- Pressure washed exterior of caretaker's house.
- Tried to make life miserable for moles and gophers in our new grass, if we were unable to kill them outright.
- Maintained the trap machines, and cleaned the trap houses.
- Picked up and removed trash from the 50 and 100 yard ranges.
- Started new construction on the east 50 yard range, with thanks to Mitch Magenheimer for loaning and operating his track hoe.
- Archery shed roof cleaned and repaired.
- Dug a trench across the south side of the Alice Faist Memorial Park (with a trencher and a lot of hand digging around the trees) in preparation for laying a water line for sprinklers.
- Installed a water line, with an isolator valve and 3 frost-free spigots, and connected the line to the pump house.
- Fixed leaks.
- Dug a trench from the clubhouse to the pavilion for the installation of electrical power to the structure.
The following people participated in Saturday's work party. A new member is signified by an asterisk following the member's last name. Jim Burdett, Jim Casey*, Bill Doak, Joe Dula, Mark Fleming*, Lee Frazier, John Hazekamp*, Doug Howard, Dennis Kenagy, Kasey Kunz*, Mitch Magenheimer, Scott Peck*, Tom Philo, Bob Ray, Debra Sheehan*, Paul Shuey, Jason Slangan*, Bob Sutton, Steve Timberman, Mike Williams, and Bob Yow.