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| Uploaded: June 3, 2022 What have I done now???? Just what I needed! I went and got myself elected Chairman of the Board of Directors for our local Elks Lodge. Nothin' like walkin' right into a bunch of headaches with eyes wide open! Seriously, the Elks Organization has and continues to do a lot of good and charitable work both in the local communities where individual lodges are located and nationally through the Grand Lodge organization. So, I'm both pleased and proud to be elected to the Board Chairmanship and will do my best to further the goals and aspirations of our Greater Spokane Elks Lodge #228. We are over 125 years old and striving to continue our legacy in the Greater Spokane area. One Elks Lodge issue has been the irregularity of our supposedly monthly Bulletins/Newsletters. Some of the irregularities were a result of Covid lock downs and restrictions as there wasn't much happening in the way of meetings or other activities anyway. A computer crash and internet provider issues complicated matters as well. In light of those issues, Deanna Fisher, a stalwart of our office staff, said, "I can do the newsletter if someone will show me how." Since it only makes sense to have more than one person able to do things like getting the newsletter out, guess who also volunteered to 'show' her how to put together a newsletter? Well, since then she and I have successfully managed to edit two months of newsletters and working on a third. Since only one Elks member was able to navigate Mailchimp, our distribution vendor, the next issue was getting someone else up to speed on getting the electronic newsletter editions to those who choose that method of delivery. Yep, same story, different verse! I now have a personal Mailchimp account and am learning the ins and outs of distributing email blasts and links to my personal newsletters to a few family email addresses. By the way, if anyone reading this would like to be notified when one of my erratic newsletters is uploaded, let me know and I'll add you to my email list and provide you a direct link to the latest edition. After all this, I now better understand how this volunteering can easily turn in to a full time job, to which I have become allergic after being retired for nearly 20 years! Now turning to matters here at home. The major focus of our work around the ranch the past few months, has been continued cleanup of the aftermath of the logging we had done last year. The logging income, while a welcome addition to the household budget, will be mostly dedicated to some new equipment and tools to make the place look a little less like the mess it's in now. A few weeks before the announced end of the logging project and removal of the logging equipment, I had a conversation with the owner of the logging company. I told him that I recognize there will be differences of opinion between landowners and loggers about what constitutes proper cleanup after a logging project. What I didn't expect was how wide that difference of opinion was going to be in our situation. Provisions of our contract called for cleanup and burning of the slash both during and after the logging operation. For now, let's just say that the slash piles did not burn completely because they contained too much dirt, among other issues, and discussions are ongoing about when and how much more burning and cleanup will be done by the logging company. We have been told they will do no more burning until fall, even though there are no burning restrictions in effect so far this spring and DNR fire danger is 'low' in this area. In the meantime, we will keep plugging away at sprucing up within sight of the house as our little tractor, grapple, stump grinder, and other equipment will allow. Not much else going on around the ranch, as the weather has been cold, windy, and wet all spring. We have already broken all records for the longest stretch without a 70 degree day this year. Anyway, been too cold for golf, and most other outdoor activities, so looking forward to some warm, dry weather! Will have some exciting news in the next edition, so tune in again. This month's hillbilly wisdom comes from a list called "Grandparents say the wisest things" that Ann found on the internet. "You can tell a lot about a person's character by how they treat the waitress." Well, it's time to shut down here, so. . . . . 'Til next time, Keep 'em shootin' straight, shoot 'em often, and above all, BE SAFE!!! THE OL' HILLBILLY Copyright 2022 - All Rights Reserved |