We had a great End-of-Year party this afternoon at the Joe's Pond Association pavilion. It was a beautiful day, absolutely perfect for getting together with friends to cook out and usher out the summer season for JPA. Members of the Board and the usual faithfuls worked hard to make it another memorable gathering and those of us who were there thank them for their hard work. The food was delicious and plentiful - nobody went away hungry, I'm certain. The business meeting was the shortest on record, I believe - just under 30 min. A lot of ground was covered, but since there were no issues and everyone wanted to party, Tom kept things moving right along. We took some pictures. Slide Show

While we're sorry the summer season is over, those of us who can hang around into the fall or who live here year around still have wonderful days of sunshine and beauty to look forward to here at Joe's Pond. It's unfortunate that the nice weather arrived too late for many people who scheduled their vacation time earlier in the summer.

I talked to Kevin Johnson today at the party and he said the bottle pick-up went very well on Saturday. Lots of folks had their returnables ready for the youngsters to pick up and Kevin said they are very appreciative of the good response.

I didn't get a report on how the Poker Paddle for the Danville senior meals program went - perhaps someone can let me know so I can post something here.

Fred has finished another course on web design, so you will probably notice a few changes in the web site in the coming weeks. I think this will be the last course he'll take for a while. With wood coming about once a week, he'll be busy stacking and within a few weeks it'll be time to bring our winter supply into the garage. I have to wonder how much drying went on this summer - even though the wood for this season has been outside supposedly drying for at least a year, with so much rain the process may have stalled a bit. When he isn't working on the wood or other usual chores, we'll be adjusting the web site pages. I'm not sure yet what's in store - I do know we will be color-coordinating and updating, hoping to make the site more user-friendly and useful. We will certainly be interested in any suggestions you have.

I'll post the minutes of our meeting within a few days. You'll find them in the JPA pages listed on home page of the web site.