A big thank you to members of the grounds team: Larry Arp, Hiram Wolgemuth, Steve Nelson and David Burrous. They showed up on St. Patrick's Day to "shave" the ornamental switch grass and carry it out to the western prairie where Larry chopped it up with a riding lawn mower donated by Jane White. (Anybody want to volunteer to take photos in the future? 😀 )
The Building and Grounds Team has been busy for the last two months building a foundation and fabricating a gazebo in the Cove for your enjoyment. See our progress here.
Thanks to Larry Arp, Steve Nelson, Hiram Wolgemuth, Chris Rathweg, Paul Brynteson, Hans Jordan, and David Burrous.
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| Pavers have to be carefully placed. |
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| Rafters |
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| Moving rafters from David's garage to the Fellowship |
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| Moving rafters. |
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| Fabricating rafters and covering with roofing sheets. |
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| So many pavers. 80 lbs apiece. |
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| Tamp tamp tamp. |
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| 2' X 2' pavers. Heavy! |
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| Preparing a solid base of recycled concrete and sand. 5 1/2 tons! |
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| No need to join a rec center. We get our exercise. |
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| Sand, sand, and more sand. |
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| Larry loves to play with the machinery. |
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| Get it level guys! |
Saturday, September 27, 2025 was our annual grounds clean up day. A big thank you to the following for their help:
Robyn and Chris Rathweg
Joan Mulcahy and Hans Jordan
Hiram Wolgemuth and Joseph Reid
Larry Arp and Larry LaVerdure
Susan Redick and Rex Loker
David Burrous
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| Part of the crew enjoying a well-deserved break. |
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| So many little leaves. |
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| More leaves. |
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| A newly-planted cherry tree in the orchard. |
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| Lots of additional seating during coffee hour. |
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| Respite: a picnic table under the gazebo in the playground. |
Big thanks to the Grounds Team for continued work on the gazebo foundation in the Cove: Larry Arp, Hiram Wolgemuth, Hans Jordan, Steve Nelson, Paul Brynteson, and David Burrous.
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| Get it level Paul! |
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| Mens' toys come in all different sizes. |
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| Dig, dig dig. |
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| Conference. |
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| Footers are in. Paver base is spread. Next week, spread sand and install 2' X 2' concrete pavers. |
Grounds team spent several hours the last two weeks installing an underground drainage system and concrete footers for the gazebo which will be installed in the Cove. Soon, coffee hour in the shade!
Big thanks to Larry Arp, Paul Brynteson, Steve Nelson, Hiram Wolgemuth, & David Burrous.
The Grounds team planted an orchard this week on the Fellowship grounds to the south of the barn on the west side of the property.
Big thanks to Hiram Wolgemuth, Larry Arp, Paul Brynteson, Steve Nelson, and David Burrous for their hard work. Our grandkids are going to love this!
6 fruit trees: 1 each of apple, pear, peach, and cherry and 2 plums!
The Building and Grounds team erected a gazebo on the playground on the south side of the Fellowship.
A big thank you to: Chris Rathweg, Eric Williams, Larry Arp, Hans Jordan, Bruce Wyman, Paul Dart and David Burrous.
The team of volunteers spent +-90 hours over the last month constructing the gazebo from a kit.
