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Postscript to the Ice-Out Contest
Every good story has a great ending. Most of you expected naming three winners of the contest provided the end for Ice-Out 2006, and that could have been so. There's more. Since the ice went out the weather has been extremely windy and unseasonably cold. Not the kind of weather for being out in a boat on Joe's Pond. Today, though, was beautiful. Warm, a little windy, but the kind of weather that says let's get a jump start on summer. The fishing access was busy with people putting in their power boats.
There was a problem - an accident waiting to happen. Although the area in the picture above looks serene, there was hidden danger lurking just beneath the surface of the water. Nobody had been out to retrieve the pallet. It was out of reach and out of sight, just beneath the water's surface, with a hundred feet or so of rope stretched directly across where boats were coming into the pond, ready to snag a propeller or damage a hull.
Fortunately, Homer Fitts alerted us to the situation. Kevin Johnson wasn't at home, but within a short time Fred Brown, Tom Dente and Ray Richer were all on hand to do what they could. But none of them had a boat in the water yet. As they were trying to decide what to do, a couple of men drove in to launch their boat. When asked to help, they quickly agreed. The two men, Ray Letourneau of Danville and Jason Gogan of Walden, wrestled the cumbersome, heavy, water-logged pallet and block alongside their boat and deposited it on shore. No small feat.
Thanks to Homer for recognizing a potential problem, and a special thanks to the two obliging strangers for helping out. The perfect ending to a great day -- and Ice-Out 2006.
Every good story has a great ending. Most of you expected naming three winners of the contest provided the end for Ice-Out 2006, and that could have been so. There's more. Since the ice went out the weather has been extremely windy and unseasonably cold. Not the kind of weather for being out in a boat on Joe's Pond. Today, though, was beautiful. Warm, a little windy, but the kind of weather that says let's get a jump start on summer. The fishing access was busy with people putting in their power boats.
There was a problem - an accident waiting to happen. Although the area in the picture above looks serene, there was hidden danger lurking just beneath the surface of the water. Nobody had been out to retrieve the pallet. It was out of reach and out of sight, just beneath the water's surface, with a hundred feet or so of rope stretched directly across where boats were coming into the pond, ready to snag a propeller or damage a hull.
Fortunately, Homer Fitts alerted us to the situation. Kevin Johnson wasn't at home, but within a short time Fred Brown, Tom Dente and Ray Richer were all on hand to do what they could. But none of them had a boat in the water yet. As they were trying to decide what to do, a couple of men drove in to launch their boat. When asked to help, they quickly agreed. The two men, Ray Letourneau of Danville and Jason Gogan of Walden, wrestled the cumbersome, heavy, water-logged pallet and block alongside their boat and deposited it on shore. No small feat.
Thanks to Homer for recognizing a potential problem, and a special thanks to the two obliging strangers for helping out. The perfect ending to a great day -- and Ice-Out 2006.
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