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NewsStand | Community Calendar | Business | History | Town of Spafford | Archives | Home Spafford Veterans Memorial Park: Progress Report - May 2003 |
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Pictured from left to right: Roger Green of Liverpool, Committee member Frank Moran and Town Councilman Bill Vinzant testing the well; Committee Chairman Fred Chappell raising the flag; electricity and manhole installed; Paul Tanner of Ra Paul's Property Restoration grading the site. More volunteers not pictured: Brad Haines of BMH Site Services helping spread several loads of topsoil he delivered for the crescent-garden. Gianfranco Frittelli planting geraniums around the flag pole. Committee members, Johanna Frittelli and Joyce Barnett weeding the crescent garden. Linda Sanders watering the new plants. Matt O'Brian lending his sprinker, and irrigation advice. Fred Chappell, Frank Moran, Joe Vecchio, Woody Woodmansee taking turns mowing the lawn. The list of helpers goes on....We thank you all!
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Many members of this community and beyond donated their time and services to this worthy project. Several fundraisers, grants, and donations by community members. More on the History of this Project...
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4/12/03 Left to right: Fred Chappell, Bill Vinzant, Frank Moran |
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| Town Councilman, Bill Vinzant mentally prepares to mount his trusty backhoe. (His shirt says: "Warning! Have Attitude and Know How To Use It.") | Testing the lights on the new flagpole, Town Councilman, and Veterans Committee Chairman, Fred Chappell opens new electric box installed by Rusty Snell. |
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| The new 30' flagpole was purchased from H.C. Bainbridge in Syracuse, and installed by Gordon Ireland and friends. | Fred Chappell raising the Stars and Stripes. |
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| Neighbor Jim Henricksen inspects the work from the middle of Route 41. |
Gerard Marchetterre oversees the job. ^ |
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3 men, 1 hole. Left to right: My father, Roger Green, Frank Moran, Bill Vinzant |
Is there water down 'thar? Roger Green uses a mirror to find the pump in the well. |
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| 4/15/03 Manhole is delivered from Sunnycrest Concrete in Auburn. Installed by Roger Green and Frank Moran. New faucet installed by Roger Green. | Existing pump still works! Roger Green installed a new Gould's water holding tank from Midland Supply. |
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4/15/03 At day's end we have a new manhole and water faucet, lovely trench for the electrical and plumbing to an additional faucet at the other end of the park. Backhoe work by Bill Vinzant. Plumbing and electrical by Roger Green and Frank Moran. |
New footer for the monument by the sign. Monument is being made by N.C. Granite Corp. in Mount Airy, North Carolina. See pictures of the monument in progress, sent by Dale Marion of North Carolina Granite Corp. on 4/24/03. |
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| 4/17/03 Joe Vecchio in the ditch laying drainage pipe. Gianfranco and Committee member Johanna Frittelli are glad they're not in the ditch. Bill Vinzant prepares to jump. Roger Green is in the manhole, where he spent most of the day. Curt Ledermann also stopped by to lend a hand. |
Bill Vinzant on backhoe ^
At day's end, we had about 40 ft of drainage installed, two working faucets, and a new GFI electric outlet. |
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| 5/03 Town Highway Superintendant, Merrill Clark brings us truckload after truckload of soil. | 5/03 Paul Tanner from Ra Paul's Property Restoration in Skaneateles Falls grades the site. |
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| Next Paul Tanner and his crew raked and seeded the lawn area. | These Concolor Fir from Marcellus Nursery arrived 5/30/03 kicked off our planting phase. Bill Vinzant and his backhoe dug the holes. Chad King and Committee member, Joyce Green did the planting. |
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| This picture of the monument was sent by N. Carolina Granite Corp. before being shipped to us in New York State. | The monument was installed by John Schneide May 29,
2003. Photo courtesy of Committee member, Joyce Barnett.
More photos of monument being installed taken 5/29/03 by Joe Vecchio for the Borodino Bullett. |
Ryan Phillips slalom-skiied the entire 16 mile length of Skaneateles Lake on August 2nd, 2003, raising over $2,000 to donate to the Spafford Veterans Memorial. Photo courtesy of Johanna Frittelli. Read more: NEIGHBORS WEST ARTICLE, "Lake Challenge On One Ski" Read more: NEIGHBORS WEST ARTICLE, "Rally 'Round The Flagpole" |
Michael Grimm Services installing the walkway and bench footers this past October 2003.
Spafford Highway Dept. installing the two matching granite dedication benches on Nov. 10th. |
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Veteran's Day November 11, 2003
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Inscription facing Nunnery Road reads: "In grateful tribute to the men and women of Spafford who have served to preserve our freedom." ^
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PRESS State lawmakers roll out the pork barrel for county, published 5/28/02 in the Post-Standard. Borodino firefighters fuel effort to build veterans memorial, published 10/25/01 in Neighbors West. Written by Fred Chappell, Spafford Veterans Memorial Committee chairman. Spafford site is finalized for veterans' monument: "If you haven't done it, you feel like something's lacking." Published 5/10/01 in the Post-Standard. "Rally 'round the flagpole" (7/24/03) "Lake Challenge On One Ski" (7/2003) Progress Report: April 2003 Pictures of water and electric installation |
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| Spafford Veterans Memorial Committee members: Johanna Frittelli (organized a fundraising dinner at Cherrywood Inn in 2002), Joyce Barnett, Frank Moran (spearheaded the slalom ski fundraiser in 2003, Woody Woodmansee, Gordon Ireland (wrote the $10,000 grant request awarded by Senator John DeFrancisco), Joyce Green (wrote the $5,000 grant request awarded by Assemblyman Hal Brown, and our chairman - Fred Chappell. | |
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