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| December 6, 2004 |
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***********December 6, 2004***********
Yeah! It’s here… What you ask? The new Green Cove web
newsletter! What does that mean for you? We are going to try to
post a new entry every couple of weeks or more so you can keep up
with what is going on in Green Cove World. Since this is the first
newsletter, make sure your friends know to check it out!
In addition to news about what is going on here in Tuxedo I would
like to put up some “News Notes”. News Notes will be
news about campers, counselors, alumni, etc. The catch is that in
order to put up News Notes I will need the info and that is where
you come in. Let us know what you are up to. (Since this is on the
web, I’ll be careful not to give addresses, phone numbers,
email addresses, etc.) So, give us some feedback and/or news to
include about you and your GC friends. We’d love to hear from
you…email us! |
Hurricane Season
Hurricane Season hit hard in Tuxedo! Frances came through first with
her rain followed by Ivan with his wind. Frances brought in so much
rain that Green Cove looked like a different place! We got something
like 10” in 24 hours. The peninsula on the cold side was totally
covered! Lakeside was totally flooded with water up to the beds. The
lower level of the Mondamin tower was underwater too.
 Ivan
came with much less rain but strong winds…more wind than we
almost ever get in the mountains. It was almost hurricane strength
and we lost quite a few trees. We lost power and water for a few
days. There were probably 30-40 trees down in the Back 40. One big
oak in front of Junior Line fell and we had to cut another one that
was pretty damaged. We are going to plant some new oaks to replace
them before summer gets here.
Sorry…no pics from Green Cove during the hurricanes...
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Draining the Lake
The water is disappearing! About every 4 or 5 years they drain
the lake so people can repair docks, seawalls, beaches etc. It looks
pretty different around here, especially since the lake was so high
just a few months ago! The lake is down just over 15’ now.
The cold side at Green Cove is pretty much empty and the warm/beach
side is just a little stream. |
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Check out the cold side and beach! Liddell in red
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I even found an RC left from a Coke Dive! 
Check out the Canoe Docks!
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You riders may be interested in knowing what is going on at the
barn. One of the tall sides of the Little Ring has been taken out!
Yeah! It is going to look really good and keep it from feeling so
closed in. It is interesting to see how much bigger the little ring
feels with the wall shortened! Here are some pics: |
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Other News
We have been doing lots of traveling over the last two months!
So far we’ve been to New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette,
Shreveport, Alexandria, Tyler, Dallas, Houston, Birmingham, Albany,
Mobile, Raleigh, Charleston, Charlotte, and Concord (NC). As we
speak Robert (from Mondamin) is headed off to London, Paris and
Madrid to show camp videos and recruit campers.
Liddell Shannon is doing some work at camp this fall/winter and
is living at Delebar’s with me (Frances). She is headed out
to New Zealand in March and would love any tips from those of you
who have spent some time there…
Gus and Mills (camp dogs) are doing well although they really miss
having you all around in the summer.
Happy Holidays!
Frances
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