Monday, August 14, 2017 – Weeding & Cleaning V.C. & Women’s Gdn., Storm Damaged Tree Removal, Brown House

Another full day of work on a beautiful day with mild temperatures. We started with a general cleaning at the Visitor’s Center and women’s Garden by weeding all of the flowerbeds and blowing all of the sidewalks. We try to clean the Visitor’s Center and Women’s Garden every Monday morning first thing.

Next we were off to Old Main Street and blew all of the sidewalks from the Family Living Center all the way south to Parley Street. This area is also a high profile area with lots of visitors so we try to clean it once or twice a week like the Visitor’s Center and Women’s Garden.

While we were blowing the sidewalks at the corner of Main and Parley Street we noticed the big “Boom Truck” was parked next to the tree that was split in two last Thursday night in the “Microburst.” Last week’s storm was very strong and half of the tree was down on the ground but the other half was still upright. However with the large fracture down the middle it is very unstable and dangerous and must be removed. 

While the tree removal crew gave support, Richard Hancock was in the bucket with the chain saw cutting down the remaining half of the tree from the top down. By this afternoon the tree was completely down and gone. Good work men, Parley Street is now safe again.

After lunch we finished our work day at the “Brown House” which is where Elder and Sis. Sims live. The Brown house yard, bushes and flowerbeds have been an ongoing project for the last month. Now that the front yard has been planted and the grass is coming up, the house and grounds look much better.