Sign Installation Report – July 2011

The LMWCC board contracted with sign maker The Jant Group for 35 road grade type signs which were delivered in May 2011. Subsequently, 16 signs have been installed so far as per above.  The additional signs will be installed after the Board secures sign posts in September. So take some time and look them over. The intention is to make more individuals aware of our organization and hopefully boost membership participation as well. If anyone has an idea of other sights that could benefit from installation of a sign, please contact any board member.

BRIDGE                                Signs Installed                    Needs posts or Stake

Bridge below weir            1 sign only                           needs post or stake

6 Mile                                   2 signs

9 Mile                                   2 signs

18 Mile                                 2 signs

Poggensee                         2 signs

Fox                                        2 signs

DeWitt                                  1 sign only

Johnson                              1 sign only

Indian                                   1 sign only

M37                                      no signs installed

M63                                      2 signs                     

Carrierville                          No signs                               needs stakes

Luther                                  No signs                               needs stakes

The board also has developed car stickers and refrigerator magnets that are now available for interested Council members, and anyone else for that matter. We plan on sending the car stickers with the annual dues renewal and will sell the magnets and additional stickers for a nominal fee for those who want them. The web site information is on both the signs and stickers.

Tim Phillips, President LMWCC

The board of trustees was informed at the October meeting of the intentions of emeritus trustees, John Gorys and Kaye MacDonald to retire from their roles on the board. Since the council’s inception in 1996, both men have proved indefatigable in their efforts to fulfill the mission of the Little Manistee Watershed Conservation Council to conserve and restore the Little Manistee River and its watershed.

Kaye MacDonald has been the coordinator of all volunteer efforts undertaken by the council in its fifteen years of existence. He has coaxed, cajoled, and recruited members and nonmembers alike to insure that our numerous volunteer projects are adequately staffed. It is impossible to imagine that the Council’s work would have been as successful as it has without Kaye’s efforts. Fortunately Todd McClain has offered to join the board and assume Kaye’s responsibilities. John Gorys has been the lifeblood of the Council. He and the late Howard Roberts provided the impetus for the founding of the organization in 1996; John served as the first president of the Council; he has organized the annual members’ meeting and gathered and solicited items for the auction and raffle which are our major fund-raising vehicle.

Currently John is serving as the Council’s “Administrative Assistant” meaning that he does whatever needs to be done to insure that the work of the Council continues to be effective. Evelyn Furman, longtime recording secretary and coordinator of the “Salmon-in-the-Classroom” program is also stepping down, leaving the board with another very difficult job of finding a replacement for all that Evelyn has done over the years.