Tonight at the Culver Town Council meeting the Culver-Union Township Fire Department (CUTFD) received permission to purchase a Neoteric Hover Craft. For those of you interested in some specs, here you go. These are from the Neoteric website: This is a nearly new rescue hovercraft, with only 8 hours of operation. The craft has inline seating for four, and comes with a siren, PA system, 400,000 cp searchlight, red and blue LED light bar, rescue lift system, and stretcher mount. The engine is a 65 HP model with fuel and oil injection.
Personally I was more interested in what they’re going to call the fire fighters that are going to be trained to drive this puppy. After the meeting I suggested the “Air Heads” which Fire Chief Mike seemed to like, but the more I think about it, I think there should be a town wide contest to name the team. As I cautioned Mike, “If you don’t come up with a good name, there will soon be one and it might not be what you want.”
To get the ball started, here are a few off the top of my head:
Okay, so do you have a better idea? Enter yours in the comments if you like.
Marshall County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) is sponsoring an educational meeting to discuss the broadband wireless internet service being utilized by Culver Academies as well as others in our area. The hope is that this is another way of getting broadband service throughout the county. If you have a need for broadband internet, you should attend this event to see if it fits your needs. It is being marketed as a co-op service so increased participation lowers costs!
If you’re interested in attending, contact Pam Davis at MCEDC.
The Cache Range Hood by Zephyr provides some storage above the range in a sleek range hood. A good choice for a kitchen with limited space.
I picture it as good place for utensils and small cooking items such as spices though you might want to consider which spices to put in here. Some may be heat sensitive.
Recently there were a couple of things that appeared in the paper regarding the proposed NextEra wind farm that I found interesting. Alfred Nyby of Culver wrote an entertaining Letter to the Editor titled “The End of Culver” (click on it to the right to enlarge it) proposing that the Concerned Property Owners of Southern Marshall County take their arguments to the logical conclusion and take on all boating on Lake Maxinkuckee as their next target. I had to chuckle as I had previously expressed my concern that they were exaggerating the concerns here. Alfred’s letter appeared in both the Culver Citizen and the Pilot News.
In the Pilot News, the Concerned Property Owners of Southern Marshall County placed a full page color ad titled, “What Have I Done?”. www.wind-watch.org/alerts/2007/12/27/what-have-i-done/ by Don Bangert While it was pretty heavy on the melodrama, I think this is a more straight forward approach. Taking on the role of educators and talking to the potential leasing property owners seems more likely to have the effect they desire and isn’t as over the top. If Mr. Bangert is an actual participant in a contract with a wind farm and regrets it, then his testimonial is worth considering.
It sounds like NextEra will not be going before the Marshall County BZA before next Fall. Hopefully by then some of the emotion and rhetoric will have died down and the pro’s and con’s can be evaluated on a factual basis. I’m not sure if that’s possible at this point, but Culver as a Community would look better if it is.