Comments Re: the Channel

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Brian -
I lived on the channel when that happened and it was a completely screwed up job. Lois and Gwen tried but failed with the project.

They used an old drag line that was worthless and basically removed nothing. A large backhoe could have done a wonderful job but one of those and an operator were not hired.

I do know that the mouth of the channel needs regular maintenance to keep it dug out because Linn Duesterbeck's dad stuck a rock point out past it (Illegally) when he lived on the corner lot. And after that was done the sand washes around it and fills the mouth of the channel in!!

Another problem is they never re-dug open the other end of the channel to keep flow going through it so it doesn't become so stagnant. Just a little history on the channel for you.

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Brian:
I was told by the fine folks at the DNR that the permit won't be a big deal. The cost is the problem. Can you (RKLD) help us out?

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Dear Brian
Tell them to do the same thing I had to do when I lived there, START taking up a collection from all the property owners on the channel.

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Brian;
What a joke, why don’t they go around their own neighborhood and collect money like they did when it was done before?

Apparently they are the only ones interested in doing the project because anyone who has lived there for any length of time knows no one is going to help fund dredging.