| | Skaneateles Evening and Skaneateles Sunrise Rotary Clubs | |
| | | Celebrating 100 years of "Service Above Self" to our community, and to our world | |
| | | The Plaque - stands ready for the finished structure and dedication | |
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| | The Structure - Precut at David Lee's shops on Port St & assm'd on site | |
| | | WHERE - Skaneateles Conservation Area - Old Senica Tpk. | |
| | | Gravel road in and ready for heavy equipment, and slab with footings | |
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| | Setting for structure next to the pond | |
| | | 4/23 - David Lee & Dick Kokosa planning the day & setting up teams | |
| | | 4/23 - David Lee & Robin Jowaisas discussing details | |
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| | 4/23 - "He de bos" - Dick Kokosa, Umes Patil & Duane Weaver | |
| | | 4/23 - Ralph Jurgensen & Duane Weaver "You want us to do what with that?" | |
| | | 4/23 - Break time - Dana Coye, Ralph Edmonds, Doug Smith & Jim Dorris | |
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| | 4/23 - Stripping bark - Duane, John May, Robin & Umesh | |
| | | 4/23 - These logs are for the six main supports -John & Duane debarking. | |
| | | 4/23 - Robin "This beats the Community Center excises room" | |
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| | 4/23 - Robin & John "Ah, how did you rate the good tools" | |
| | | 4/23 - Ralph & Doug "I have 10 fingers now. Let's count them later" | |
| | | 4/23 - David, Dick & Duane working out the details a few notches. | |
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| | 4/23 - David Lee "On the count of three, lift" | |
| | | 4/23 - Umesh & Dick working on support timbers. | |
| | | 4/23 - Robin - "Not a bad days work starting with one log" | |
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| | 4/23 - Robin & David measuring twice and cutting once. | |
| | | 4/23 - John making the cut with Umesh inspecting & Duane lending support. | |
| | | 4/23 - Robin making a chainsaw sculpture. | |
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| | 4/23 - The last task of the day! - Robin Jowaisas | |
| | | 4/27 - "Hey; keep the cut on the inside of line" - Ward Vuillemot | |
| | | 4/27 - Dick Kokosa keeping to DN tolerance (Dead Nuts) | |
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| | 4/27 - Our Navy at work - Robin Jowaisas & John Paddock cheking the lines | |
| | | 4/30 - Doug Smith (2nd L) - "You mean to tell me we gotta work to?" | |
| | | 4/30 - Mike Wahlrad - "I've got them all working; so, can I have coffee too?" | |
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| | 4/30 - Dave - "I'll hold it in place while you make the cut" | |
| | | 4/30 - Art Fellerman & Mike Clark - "According to the assembly manual ..... | |
| | | 4/30 - Mike Clark, Mike Wahlrab , Mike Krebs & Art Fellerman | |
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| | 4/30 - Dave Labourdett - "I don't think that will move it" | |
| | | 4/30 - "Nope, needs to be 3" less in diameter. Try again" | |
| | | 4/30 - John Hennessy - " I'm sure you had 5 fingers on that hand this morning" | |
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| | 4/30 - Dave Labourdette - "Now that I have it started, how do you shift it?" | |
| | | 4/30 - Dave - "Mike, you gonna bother to tell the others that pizza's here" | |
| | | 4/30 - John - "Just place one or two small nails here" | |
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| | 4/30 - Dan Roche - "Come'n, I said stand it up, not stand up on it" | |
| | | 4/30 - Ar & Mike, The advisors - "Now, thats more like it" | |
| | | 5/7 - No kidding, Scott, you went to school where? | |
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| | 5/7 - The early Sunriser ready to go. Rhett & Aaron Weiss, & Paul To... | |
| | | 5/7 - Billy, will you look at the size of the support? | |
| | | 5/7 - De boss team reviewing the day's schedule. | |
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| | 5/7 - Dick Poppa - Checking it twice | |
| | | 5/7 - The Support Team - Jim Messenger & Lee Overstrum tailgating. | |
| | | 5/7 - That's Aaron Weiss on the controls giving us a lift. | |
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| | 5/7 - John Paddock - De Judge and logistic checker. | |
| | | 5/7 - Dick tightening the joist fasteners. | |
| | | 5/7 - John Hennessy removing a temporary support with Rhett Weiss supervising. | |
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| | 5/7 - Moving one of the five joist out of the fab area. | |
| | | 5/7 - John checking the load. | |
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| | 5/7 - Loading the uprights | |
| | | 5/7 - John double checking to see we have all the tools required on site. | |
| | | 5/7 - Double check the tiedowns before the trip to the site. | |
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| | 5/7 - Unloading at the building site. | |
| | | 5/7 - Unloading the uprights. | |
| | | 5/7 - Dan Roach setting up drill jig with Brad McLennan lending a hand. | |
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| | 5/7 - Placing the first upright on the support. | |
| | | 5/7 - Deadeye Dan hitting the mark. | |
| | | 5/7 - Lee Bennett checking the alignment. | |
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| | 5/7 - Bill Stevens & Dan Roach drilling bolt holes. | |
| | | 5/7 - David Lee offloading a load of the joist. | |
| | | 5/7 - The photographers; Ward & Ralph, getting in the picture. | |
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| | 5/7 - Second upright being place. | |
| | | 5/7 - Mother Goose checking out the action across the pond. | |
| | | 5/7 - Five of the six uprights in place | |
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| | 5/7 - It's "Lincoln Log" time. And it fits!! | |
| | | 5/7 - Dick Poppa, John Paddock, Bill Stevens & Lee Bennett | |
| | | 5/7 - Continuing assembly of the pieces | |
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| | 5/7 - Town Supervison & Rotarian Bill Pavlus stopping by to thank the crew. | |
| | | 5/7 - Day's end. With Ellen Leahy of the Skaneateles Press observing. | |
| | | 5/9 - Day's beginning - BDC (Before Dave's Crew) | |
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| | 5/9 - 11 AM - Now that's progress - David and his crew | |
| | | 5/9 - Amazine sight! 4-workers on site, and 4-workers working :-D | |
| | | 5/9 - Mother & Papa Goose cruising by for inspection. | |
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| | 5/9 - 11:30 AM - ADC - (After Dave's Crew) Heavy work done! | |
| | | 5/12 - The Boy Scouts have the tables completed | |
| | | 5/12 - Start of a morning of cutting more beams. | |
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| | 5/12 - Bill & John making the long rip. | |
| | | 5/12 - Results - 4 hip joist. | |
| | | 5/14 - The load of coffee and donuts arrive along with the metal roofing. | |
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| | 5/14 - Sue Keefe & Roberta Williams - "Coffee's on" | |
| | | 5/14 - And the crew seem to not have gotten the word! | |
| | | 5/14 - Paul Frickey & Dick Kokosa sizing roof sheeting | |
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| | 5/14 - Ralph Edmonds - "Will this hold up to Skaneateles snow loads?" | |
| | | 5/14 - The Rutan family crew on the job - Dave, Bill & Doug | |
| | | 5/14 - John Paddock on the 16 lb sledge (well, it seemed the heavy) | |
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| | 5/14 - Dick Whalen ready to fix it with the saw, if the hammer won't work. | |
| | | 5/14 - Dick creating more saw dust for the dog run. | |
| | | 5/14 - Doug & Ward starting to hang the roof sheeting. | |
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| | 5/14 - Ron Bond & Roberta keep the roof crew in materials and good cheer. | |
| | | 5/14 - Roberta - "Your goota be kidding; what length do you need?" | |
| | | 5/14 - Doug - "I need another at 8 foot, 2 and 3/64 inches long" | |
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| | 5/14 - Roberta on the "Monster Saw" | |
| | | 5/14 - Roberta - "a little up; now a bit west; almost; slightly down on the top" | |
| | | 5/14 - Look'n gooooood, but just a little too long on a few boards | |
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| | 5/14 - Bill trimming off a few extra inches left by Doug, John & Ward | |
| | | 5/14 - End of a very busy and productive day. | |
| | | 5/20 - Clean up time at David Lee's shop | |
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| | 5/20 - and some cleaning up on site | |
| | | 5/20 - Roof sheeting about completed. We are 95% of the way there! | |
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| | 5/26 - From across the pond | |
| | | 5/26 - Getting it straight | |
| | | 5/26 - Proj Mgrs, Ralph Edmonds & Dick Kokosa placing the plaque | |
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| | 5/26 - Okay! Good Job. Is it party time now? | |
| | | 5/26 - Completed with the magic of Photoshop | |
| | | 6/10 - The day prior to the dedication ceremony. | |
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| | 6/11 - Putting the final touches and cleaning up prior to dedications. | |
| | | 6/11 -And how many ways can a job be done? ONE | |
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| | THREE - Let us know if you can think of more ways. | |
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