Culver

USPS Rant

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Our old P.O. Box 88
Our old P.O. Box 88

Well it was a tough decision, but we’re dropping our Post Office Box.  Easterday Construction has had P.O. Box 88 as long as I can remember and possibly since before I was born!  We have some old letterhead that goes back to before any elaborate addresses were even required in Culver.  Our office was in the State Exchange Bank Building and the lumber yard was on Slate Street.  Apparently that’s all the Culver postman needed to know at that time!

For years and years, our mailing address was P.O. Box 88 and our delivery address was “The Corner of Lake Shore Drive & Slate Street”.  Then when 911 service came around the Town assigned us a street number.  402 North Slate Street…  never mind that we’re on the west side of the street and all the other numbers on the west side of the street are odd.

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Community Garden – End of the 2009 Season

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Letter to the Editor from the September 24, 2009 Culver Citizen

Thank you Barb and Connie for your community service.  Easterday Construction Co., Inc. was glad to help.  On a personal note, it was fun to drive by each day and see the changes as well as to see who I might recognize out there helping.  Congratulations to all involved for the successful effort.

Lake Maxinkuckee Film Festival

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Film Reel Entrance to the Lake Maxinkuckee Film Festival September 5, 2009

This past Labor Day Weekend was the 2nd annual  Lake Maxinkuckee Film Festival.  I understand that this was the brain child of Dan Bickel, owner of the Lakeside Cinema and Edgewater Grille.  Dan tells a little about his vision for the Lake Maxinkuckee Film Festival here.  He got a group together to put this on as a charitable event.  Carol & John Zeglis are involved, so our “Record” became a “Reel of Film” to welcome attendees.  The plan was to roll out the red carpet and make the Film Reel an arch for attendees to walk through.

If you want to read more about the Film Festival, there were pictures in the Pilot News here and an article in the Culver Citizen here as well as the Pilot News front page picture below.

Carol Zeglis commissioned this display piece and we designed it to be durable and reusable.  It is made of a solid expanded foam interior encased in plywood.  It disassembles into two half circle pieces and it has two separate base pieces to stabilize it.  When assembled, the individual pieces are pinned together.  It has a recessed edge on one face for the installation of rope lighting. We provided a ground fault interrupt circuit cord for use with the lights.  Unfortunately, the display is rather heavy and assembly requires several individuals working together.  It has been a hit in its two recent incarnations despite setbacks with installations.

Picture from front page of Pilot News 9-11-09

Culver Garden Court Annexation

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Pilot News Article on the South Main Street properties

Culver is moving ahead with annexation of the property on South Main Street where we hope to build a Garden Court next year.  (Previously discussed here and here.)  Annexation is not necessary for the Garden Court, but it will facilitate the installation of water and sewer lines that will serve the new Garden Court as well as open the surrounding area to further development.  This is a positive step forward for the Culver community!  I sincerely hope that Mr. Roberts reconsiders his position and joins the petition for annexation.