Easterday Construction Co., Inc. was a sponsor for Friday night’s Culver Boys & Girls Club event. Becky and I attended and, as usual, had a good time.
It is impressive to see the amount of effort put into decorations and other accoutrements for the event. I know from personal observation how much time and effort board member Carol Zeglis puts into the event and I’m sure she is not the only one.
I borrowed the picture and logo above from the Culver Triathlon website. The organizers came before the Town Council to request help with closing the streets for an hour during the biking portion of the event on August 8th. According to their presentation, this is the second fastest growing triathlon in the nation and they are expecting more that 500 participants this year. I don’t know, but I would say a conservative estimate would be that each participant equates to two spectators. That would be doubling the population of Culver that day.
And here’s the rant…
I received a copy of the Marshall County Visitors Guide in the Culver Citizen last week. Then I received a copy in the Pilot News. Really!?! Yes, this is a rant…
Lets start with a little history… Easterday Construction Co., Inc. has been a member of the Culver Chamber of Commerce since well before I came to join the company. I served on the board for several years, during which time we were asked to budget for a page in the Marshall County Visitors Guide. I had the distinction of being the sole no vote on that item every year. I saw no value in it for the majority of our membership. The cost of this ad at more than 25% of the annual Chamber budget seemed ill-advised considering some of the other programs that we were successfully pursuing. Needless to say I was overruled. The arguments for supporting the guide were mainly two: 1) Culver was prominently displayed in the guide and 2) It was designed to reach an audience outside Marshall County to attract tourism. My rebuttals were that Culver was prominently displayed anyway since our town is the primary tourist destination for the County and that with the advent of the Internet, how often was a paper guide book of value?
I attended the dedication ceremony for the Fletcher Cemetery Veterans Memorial on Memorial Day last week. Despite an inordinately windy day, the rains held off and the ceremony was well received. Easterday Construction was contracted to provide the new memorial foundations, plaza and retaining walls. We donated the flag pole foundation and erection of the pole as well as some modifications to the sprinkler system.
As discussed previously here, we were a bit hesitant to take on the relocation of this priceless monument, but things came off without a hitch. (Move pictured here.) It looks good in its new location. It is now flanked by two new stone obelisks ready to receive the memorialization of future veterans.
Congratulations to the Fletcher Cemetery board for the completion of a great project. It will stand as a symbol of their respect for veterans for generations to come.
This is a project from last year. We relocated the Veterans Memorial Monument to a new base with a plaza and pedestal bases for additional markers. We donated the installation of a new flagpole including the new concrete flagpole base. If you can’t attend this memorial dedication, please remember our veterans in your own way.