February 2006

TCC Officers and Members of the Land Management Committee, I am sending this out for your review, comments, and subsequently use by the Secretary in his heads up message for the February Activity Weekend. The Kudos for this announcement message are derived from my notes and recollections made during my visits to the landsite.  Since you may have been at the Landsite at times when I was not present please add items not covered herein. The purpose of the "Other Landsite Maintenance, Repairs, Replacements, and Minor Improvements," segment is to remind members about the many small things, that they might not otherwise have occasion to think about, that are accomplished on their behalf just to keep the Landsite usable for them and their clubs.  Feel free to add your own lists. Please directly e-mail me at nbmurdoch@earthlink.net   any additions, corrections, or changes that may have escaped my attention, including any of my club/independent affiliation annotations missing or in error.

SPECIAL KUDOS:

• To all the candidates who stepped up to the plate and ran for TCC elected positions this year and congratulations to the following winners:
  • Seth Cortigene, TCC Independent, Chairman
  • Bob Whittaker, Trinity River Bears, Secretary
  • Hal Pryor, TCC Independent, to fill the vacated Treasurer position
  • Ed Burleson, Heart of Texas Bear, Land Management Committee
  • Peter Reid, Heart of Texas Bear, Land Management Committee
  • Mark Adamson, TCC Independent Delegate
  • Hal Pryor, TCC Independent Delegate

DONATION KUDOS:

• To Steve Reigel, TCC Independent, for donating a load of fire wood for the fire pit.
• To Hal Pryor, TCC Independent, for acquiring and donating a used commercial stainless steel ventilation hood for future installation in the kitchen.
• To Tom Simmons, TCC Honorary, for donating two work tables with hardware drawers and an overhead fluorescent lighting fixture for the Kitchen/Shower area utility shed.

KUDOS:

• To Lobo, Chain of Command, for donating and installing a replacement circuit breaker to protect the Kitchen ice machine.
• To Stan Morris, TCC Independent, for donating and installing a replacement ceiling fan for the Restroom.
• To Ken Witt, TCC Independent, for exterior painting on the Walk-In Cooler, interior and exterior trim painting of the Shower Building, and Restroom Building floor and ramp painting.
• To Stan Morris and Ken Witt, TCC Independents, for clearing of brush along a 300 ft. stretch of the recently surveyed Landsite property line.
• To everyone who brought their aluminum cans to the can crusher at the Walk-In Cooler last year for crushing, bagging, and recycling.  Their efforts netted more than $110.00 for the TCC General Fund.
• To Tom Bolt, Heart of Texas Bear, and Mark Adamson and Dale Arndt, TCC Independents, for donating their time and effort and using their pickup trucks to transport the crushed aluminum cans to the recycling center in Rockdale for cashing in.
• To Tom Simmons, TCC Honorary, for cleaning out and rearranging the electrical side of the Kitchen/Shower area utility shed.
• To Ken Witt, TCC Independent, for a Friday night dinner of meatloaf and baked beans with bacon complimented by cole slaw from Bob Whittaker, Trinity River Bears.
• To the following Heart of Texas Bears for cooking a delicious Saturday evening chili dinner for everyone:
  • Ed Burleson
  • Mickey Ferguson
  • Steve Rison
  • John Cowart.
• To the following individuals for providing the listed complimentary dishes to the HOT Bears chili dinner:  
  • Ken Witt, TCC Independent, peach cobbler
  • Ray Moore, Austin Gay Nudists, white Cake with chocolate frosting
  • Tom Simmons, TCC Honorary, tamales
  • Dale Arndt and Mark Adamson, TCC Independents, salad and tomatoes.

OTHER LANDSITE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS, REPLACEMENTS, AND MINOR IMPROVEMENTS ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE NEW YEARS WEEKEND.

• Overhead light lamp in the Walk-In Cooler replaced.

SUGGESTED TASKS FOR THE FEBRUARY ACTIVITY WEEKEND:

• Continued work on clearing brush from and permanently marking the property line.
• Someone on Saturday morning to take a front wheel from the green tractor with a worn out tire that no longer holds air to Cameron Tire in town for replacement.  (See the undersigned for money from the petty cash fund for the new tire.)
• Installation of the Restroom exhaust fan.
• The swimming pool needs attention to ameliorate the effects of inattention over the winter months.
• The tall tree trunk remaining near the Fire Pit after the top was blown down and removed earlier needs to be felled and cut into fire wood.
• If Tom Simmons is able to come to the February Activity Weekend, he may be looking for some help running a new electrical line to, an installing a service panel in, the Restroom to support the upcoming installation of an air conditioner and hot water heater.
• Leaves continue to accumulate in the activity areas of the Landsite that will need to be raked up and used for mulch for flower beds or to fill in behind rock retaining walls.

As always, looking forward to seeing everyone.

Dan Murdoch