thank you..and more

I was told the manager and board are pursuing the idea of letting North Boone students fulfill their required community service documented hours for graduation by helping out here in Candlewick. The follow-through on this issue was great and should benefit our community as well as help the students. Thanks to the manager and board.

I also would like to thank all of you who offered prayers and best wishes plus offers of help around the house during my stay in the hospital last week. It is gratifying to know Candlewick is such a caring community wanting to help one of it's own. I am feeling a lot better so hopefully the problem is taken care of.

Another possibility for cooperative benefit of our property owners would be handling the leaf situation. Any of us in wooded areas are inundated with leaves during this time of year and we have no easy way to dispose of them. How about the possibility of working out a bulk contract with one of the vacuuming services as they do in Belvidere? I am not suggesting a free service for those in need but a fee based deal in which those wishing to participate could pay a flat fee and have their leaves in the ditch on a certain pre-planned day for vacuuming by the service. We already have a garbage contract so this it would seem falls right into lockstep. This would keep the ditches clean as well as keep a lot of the leaves from ending up in the lake, adding unneeded nutrients. Worth a shot for next year? Let us know as well as mentioning it to the board.

If there is enough interest possibly the Pride group could check it out and make a board proposal.

Ken Dillenburg