September 2008
FLOOD!
Aw! It wasn't so
bad. I mean... to quote Francis Scott Key, "our flag was still
there" and so was the Hootch; but flooding from Tropical Storm Fay was
close-enough of a call to for us to pause and reflect.
UPCOMING VVA BIG BEND CHAPTER 96 MEETINGS
September 18, 2008 - October 16, 2008 - November 20, 2008
September 18, 2008 - October 16, 2008 - November 20, 2008
On these dates the Board will meet at 6:15 p.m. , and Members will meet at 7:30 p.m.
The Board also meets at 6:30 p.m. on the first Monday of each month.
The Board also meets at 6:30 p.m. on the first Monday of each month.
REMEMBER TO BRING CANNED GOODS FOR HOMELESS VETS!
Mary Yeomans now AVVA National V.P.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Time marches on... We are within sixty days and counting down for the Traveling Wall and our anniversaries... 25 years as a VVA chapter, 20 years in the Hootch. There's still lots of work to be done. If you feel inclined to serve on any of the Traveling Wall committees or want to help with the plans for our anniversary at the Hootch, step up and be counted.
Tropical Storm Fay left the area around Lake Ella, including the grounds around the Hootch, a mess. We need to have another work day, just to concentrate on the outside and grounds. I think all of the cleanup could be accomplished in four or five hours, if we have five or six people show up. Stay tuned for a date to be announced.
If you missed the benefit show at the Comedy Zone on September 3rd, you missed a good time. It was a hoot! Joe West not only donated his time as a comedian to help raise funds for the Traveling Wall, but he also worked hard pushing ticket sales. Thank you, Joe... for all you did. The final total isn't in yet, but the approximate total raised by this event was $1,300.
"Well"
as they say... "that's a deep subject... a hole in the ground..." and
speaking of holes in the ground, the city's got a contractor going
around Fred Drake Park digging a deep hole, piling landscaping blocks
in it, and making a "decorative wall" that generally follows the
outline of the peninsula except that, with no purpose discernible to
me, its southern ends loop in towards each other and almost meet at the
central sidewalk near the street. This landscaping wall stands
anywhere from about a foot to eighteen inches or more above existing
grade when capped, and cuts right through where the left wing of the
Traveling Wall is slated to stand. The photo to the left shows the landscaping wall in the area of concern, in a mostly incomplete state, as-yet lacking the top three courses of stone. While some may extol the virtues of C-4, we hear that just wouldn't be nice.
This too shall pass... Rick is discussing our options with the Tallahassee Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Affairs.
VVA Chapter 96 Web Site
Do you want to see the photos in this Free Fire Wire in COLOR? Read it on our web site. The web site also has extensive information about the upcoming Traveling Wall event. Send a link to it to your friends.. or, what the heck... why be different than anyone else? Just send the link to everyone in your address book. Here 'tis: http://vva96.org/wall.htm An extensive gallery of photos of flooded Lake Ella can also be seen at: http://vva96.org/fay/fay1.htm and http://vva96.org/fay/fay2.htm The VVA Chapter 96 main web site is at: http://vva96.org