UPDATES

These messages came from Evelyn and Ray Richer tonight. On the sign that was vandalized at the head of Sandy Beach Road:

Forgot to mention, the left side of the sign where the slats were hit and broken from the sign has damaged spacer bars. They are permanently part of the left post and middle divider. Those have to be replaced and that means nearly the whole sign will have to be disassembled and the new pieces milled. Nearly all the West Shore slats are damaged and need to be redone. The Sandy Beach side of the sign is okay. (Thankfully the sign top is not damaged!)

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Here is an update on the recently discussed sludge found in the pond:

The official (or semi-official) word came from Neil Kamman (DNR) who Ray took out to examine the area and the “growth”… he stated that it was indeed “nature happening” and the reason that this decaying material (with some algae in it) was floating on the surface is either it was “kicked up” from the bottom by turbulent activity, or a natural gas bubble (from decaying matter) was released to the surface loosening it from the bottom. It is nothing to become alarmed about, and he took some samples to examine but feels Joe’s is a healthy pond even though it has ‘disgusting’ matter in some of its shallow areas… this is the same material that Kelli and Ray found two years ago on the bottom while scuba diving looking for possible invasive plants. She was not alarmed at the find of this very ‘gross matter’… and Neil was also not surprised at the find… Neil said he could write up an official statement if we wanted, but we told him that we felt he needn’t bother this time as it was such a common find… and he assured us there was nothing to be concerned about…