That's what I've been thinking too Bunnyhop. We know that the Collins are good friends with Chief of Police Smock so I am thinking they might know more than they are saying. Cindersoot says the lake area is small and not much room to put a gazebo. But, why the island? Why wanting to speak with someone with a paddleboat? Why not a bench at the front of the park? I can understand a memorial, but you would think the people who actually LIVE at Meyers lake would have a say if they wanted so many trees cut down and construction with a walkway being built to the island. A Bench seems much more practical and fitting. I just don't know what to think. . . Bizarre is a beginning.
Just a side note, don't want to bore y'all to tears, but. . . in my neck of the woods it's already spring. I mean I have baby bluebirds already. I've been feeding birds for over 20 years. I have red birds/cardinals, blue jays, sparrows (native), goldfinches, buntings (painted and Indigo), red-breast groesbeaks, etc. Across the road from my house (I live on a dirt road), it is forest, lots of trees, vines, perfect habitat for a lot of little creatures. Several years ago the road commissioner decided to widen the road a bit on that side and they cut a bunch of trees down and not in a neat or organized manner. They brought in some huge equipment and just ran over the trees basically. It was spring, right at the time when all the birds were raising little ones. It was horrible! The smell of death lingered for quite a while. I knew it was all the birds nests and squirrel nests and who knows what else was run over and killed. I was sooooo angry, but there was not a thing I could do about it. Was not my property, but it was quite devestating to the wildlife. Ugh! Still raises my blood pressure when I think about the idiot who had such a bright idea! :banghead:
