Very dangerous!

As always, using the lake is at your own risk but right now is not the time to fish. The ice is honeycombed and part of the lake is open. Stay off and stay alive!

New spring hours start Friday

New spring hours will be Wednesday through Sunday 

from 9 to 2, closed Monday and Tuesday. 

The new hours will start this Friday.

More begging. We have to get these!

Your Sunday Smile.. (an oldie but a goodie)

  A man is walking by a mental institution. There is a tall fence around the property but inside he hears people yelling 13, 13, 13. As he walks further there is a small hole in the fence so he looks through out of curiosity. A stick jams through the hole, poking him in the eye. The yelling starts again... 14, 14, 14.

A Saturday smile from Bonnie Marron

Subject: Confessional Box

I went into the confessional box after years of being away from the Church.

Inside I found a fully equipped bar with Guinness on tap.

On one wall, there was a row of decanters with fine Irish whiskey and Waterford crystal glasses.

On the other wall was a dazzling array of the finest cigars and chocolates.

Then the priest came in.

I said to him,

"Father, forgive  me, for it's been a very long time since I've been to confession,

but I must first admit that the confessional box is much more inviting than it used to be."

He replied: "You idiot, you're on my side”

No angry emails please!

Since we had only three candidates for the three open board seats does that mean we have electile disfunction? 
(Sorry, I thought of that while driving and couldn't resist the post)  Ken

Not bad job!

Try before you buy!

Castaway Park contraband

 This picture below was sent to me by Barb Appelhans. Take a look at the fishing regulation D. I wish we had caught the person with these! They simply dumped them out after fishing.
Ken

From the WASHINGTON EXAMINER

A Tuesday smile on a slow week

Larry Ohlendorf sent several old ads to share with you folks. Here are three of them. Hilarious!

Here we go again! It is beggin' time...

 It is that time of year again. You should have received your election ballot as well as a proxy for the annual meeting. We need a combination totaling 467 members either in attendance or having turned in proxies. Without the 467 we can not conduct the meeting, meaning the new board members can not be sworn in and we must mail out proxies again, costing you about $2,500.00. That is a waste of your dues so please take the little time to fill out the proxy and drop it at the office or in the mail. We need your help as we do each year.
Thanks,  Ken

A Sunday Joyce Meyer quote

Battles are fought in our minds every day. When we begin to feel the battle is just too difficult and want to give up, we must choose to resist negative thoughts and be determined to rise above our problems. We must decide that we’re not going to quit. When we’re bombarded with doubts and fears, we must take a stand and say: ‘I’ll never give up! God’s on my side. He loves me, and He’s helping me! I’m going to make it!’ ~ Joyce Meyer

Starting next Wednesday

Candlewick Anglers at it again!

I don't think many realize all the work the Anglers actually do. They not only love to fish our lake but they have tournaments, teach others about fishing, and supply the manpower for projects like the one pictured. 
These tree branches have a couple purposes. When the weighted branches sink they give cover for the smaller fish to avoid the predators but they also are great fishing spots because the large predators lurk around them waiting for bait fish to venture out plus as cover for the larger fish.
Thank you Candlewick Anglers!
Ken

Just so you know

As AQUA moves the lift station below the dam you will see some pumping. This is not going into the environment. It is simply bypassing the station during the construction phase. All is well.
Ken

Tuesday the 23rd about five

Obviously we can't get in their way, but the North Boone Fire Department will be conducting ice rescue training on your lake. This is one way we try to give back to the

larger area, allowing training on our lake. Should an

actual water or ice emergency happen it could very well be here on the largest lake in Boone County.

Board meeting notes... February 16, 2016

The AQUA update... Joel (from Aqua) indicates relocation of the lift station is progressing ahead of schedule and this week roads will be effected by the work. The relocation is expected to be completed before possible heavy spring rains for better containment.

Finance Commission reports write offs in the amount of $102.44. Accounting adjustments $854.41.

Our standing at the end of January is Operating cash of $772,225.78, Operating investments of $439,312.17, Reserve investments $3,525,960.64. Total investments $3,965,272.81 and Total cash of $4,737,498.59

We are currently under budgeted expense by $283,402.11 and over revenue budget $35,733.78, meaning we are “to the good” by $319,135.89 fiscal year to date.

Lake Management reports more fish structure is being added this week, there will be a walk of the creek leading into the dip March 3 at 3:30. Spring algae will be monitered. Five year boat inspections are being considered.

Events reports March 19 will be the Spring Craft fair. Lunch with the Easter Bunny is planned for March 12 at 11 a.m.

The Recreation Commission would like to have a town hall to discuss outpost plans and get input. Two trees are to be purchased for the dog park with existing remaining budgeted funds. Polar Plunge is planned for April 1, Glo-Go run is planned for September 24. Back yard bird feeding classes are planned for Thursday March 31 and Sunday April 3.

The Roads Commission is starting up and a charter for the commission was passed. Meetings will start soon.

Your Maintenance Department besides their normal duties have replaced toilet, vanity, faucet, and floor in the East gatehouse, repainted signs for parks and information (they look great), worked on the pool repair plan, installed a footrail in the Savanah Oaks clubhouse, and of course salting and plowing.

Outpost replacement update, There is one architect so far and bids are being taken by others. There is to be a general meeting March 6^th with residents to present how far planning has come for the new Outpost and get ideas form the attendees.

Your board discussed having a Town Hall meeting to for general input from residents when the new board memers ares seated. Date to be announced.

The office is having an Agreement for Deed presented occasionally. A new attorney generated procedure was read setting the perameters of what is considered necesssary to allow those properties not to be considered rental property. The rule passed.

The board set a special meeting date of Monday, March 7^th at 6 p.m. For a short meeting to pass the 2016/2017 budget.

Be sure to watch for official minutes printed in your Candlewick Paper.

Wooooh, Two from Poplar Grove???

As usual, Einstein got it right!

1. I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details.
2. Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
3. My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
4. The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.
5. Every one who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe-a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.
   
6. The scientists’ religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.
7. There is no logical way to the discovery of elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.
8. The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
9. The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious; It is the source of all true art and science.
10. We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
11. Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.
12. When the solution is simple, God is answering.
13. God does not play dice with the universe.
14. God is subtle but he is not malicious.
15. A human being is a part of the whole, called by us Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest-a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole nature in its beauty.
16. Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.
17. The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.
18. Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
19. Only a life lived for others is a life worth while.
20. The human mind is not capable of grasping the Universe. We are like a little child entering a huge library. The walls are covered to the ceilings with books in many different tongues. The child knows that someone must have written these books. It does not know who or how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. But the child notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books—-a mysterious order which it does not comprehend, but only dimly suspects.
21. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.
22. What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility. This is a genuinely religious feeling that has nothing to do with mysticism.
23. The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the germ of all art and all true science. Anyone to whom this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and lives in a state of fear is a dead man. To know that what is impenetrable for us really exists and manifests itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, whose gross forms alone are intelligible to our poor faculties - this knowledge, this feeling ... that is the core of the true religious sentiment. In this sense, and in this sense alone, I rank myself among profoundly religious men.
24. The real problem is in the hearts and minds of men. It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.
25. True religion is real living; living with all one’s soul, with all one’s goodness and righteousness.
26. Intelligence makes clear to us the interrelationship of means and ends. But mere thinking cannot give us a sense of the ultimate and fundamental ends. To make clear these fundamental ends and valuations and to set them fast in the emotional life of the individual, seems to me precisely the most important function which religion has to form in the social life of man.

Next Tuesday's Board agenda

Another Meet & Greet for our residents... FYI

AQUA ahead of the game on lift station move

AQUA is way ahead of schedule on the relocation of the lift station below the dam due to the warm winter. It appears they will be able to start some of the final preparations next Monday. The sooner the better. They want this completed prior to possible heavy spring rains.
There will be some disruption of road lanes but it will be well signed and should not last more than one week. After the road work is finished the surface will be temporary due to the time of year but it will be kept in good repair by AQUA until the final surface is placed.
Ken

The next volley is fired

Budget hearing is over

 Those attending could be counted on less than two hands excluding board members. I feel free now to announce the dues increase for next year will be $5.00. That is not per month, that is total and I am very proud your management and board have been able to once again minimize the financial impact on your families. The increase is less than one half of one percent.
Ken

A Sunday consideration on change

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” 
― Rob Siltanen

A smile sent by Bonnie Marron

During a visit to my doctor, I asked him, " How do you determine whether or not an older person should be put in an old age home?" 

"Well," he said, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the person to empty the bathtub." 

"Oh, I understand," I said. "A normal person would use the bucket because it is bigger than the spoon or the teacup.."

"No" he said. "A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?" 
ARE YOU GOING TO PASS THIS ON, OR DO YOU WANT THE BED NEXT TO MINE?

 A short neurological test

1- Find the C below.. Please do not use any cursor help. 
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

2- If you already found the C, now find the 6 below.
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
69999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

3 - Now find the N below. It's a little more difficult.
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

This is NOT a joke. If you were able to pass these 3 tests,
you can cancel your annual visit to your neurologist.
Your brain is great and you're far from having a close
relationship with Alzheimer.

Congratulations! 
SENIOR CITIZENS ARE T H E NATION'S LEADING CARRIERS OF AIDS! 
HEARING AIDS

BAND AIDS

ROLL AIDS

WALKING AIDS

MEDICAL AIDS

GOVERNMENT AIDS

MOST OF ALL, MONETARY AIDS TO THEIR KIDS!
Not forgetting HIV (Hair is Vanishing)    

       Give me the grace to see a joke,
To get some humor out of life, 
And pass it on to other folk.

From the Washington Examiner

How are these not alike?

 I went to the dentist across Hiway 76 a couple years ago because a crown had a hole in it. When it was finished I was in for about $5,000.00. The practice was taken over by Riverside Dental so I decided to try again since I had a crown come off during our last board meeting of all times. I set the appointment telling them all I wanted was the crown replaced on the tooth. They are very nice people, as were their predecessors. The appointment was set and I came in to have the crown set back in place. I was told to get in the chair for exam and x-rays. I told them all I wanted to have was the crown put back, no other dental work. They refused without the exam and X-rays so I left. I was in no pain anyway so I planned to go elsewhere.
 Think about this. Let's say you set an appointment for an oil change. You arrive and are told you can only have an oil change after they connect your motor to the diagnostic machine and charge for that to be sure the engine is in good shape. Laughable, right? What the heck is going on with these people? You would never go for the second example but the first is accepted practice?  I don't get it....
Ken

Common Core (new math) makes sense to me

Click the link below to see how great this works. A real time saver, right?

https://www.facebook.com/RosemarySteinMD/videos/1080564268661316/?fref=nf

Oil price now killing the rail car induistry

Once in high demand, North Dakota oil-by-rail shunned on East Coast 

 

In 2012, Plains All American bought a shuttered Virginia refinery for $300 million to use as a terminal and storage hub, betting that East Coast refiners would need to look beyond their own rail yards to satisfy their thirst for cut-price inland crude in coming years.

Instead, shale production from North Dakota has been shrinking and those refiners have resumed buying imported crude. The 140,000 barrel-per-day rail terminal at Yorktown, Virginia has been sitting idle, according to two sources familiar with its operations.

The most recent weekly report from energy industry intelligence service Genscape reported no traffic at the facility, which the sources said was expected to remain dormant through next month. Refiners have been booking an armada of vessels to carry North Sea and West African crude to U.S. shores, the biggest import binge in years that will all but displace Bakken shale.

Spot shipments of crude by rail have all but vanished. Rail car lease rates have slumped to half what they were a year ago and oil-by-rail traffic has dropped 17 percent in the first few weeks of 2016, according to the latest data from the Association of American Railroads.

 Current monthly lease rates for the newest, safest tank cars have slid to roughly $700 from $1,300 early last year and as high as $2,450 in 2014, according to Tom Williamson, owner of Transportation Consultants.

The older model tank cars, Williamson said, are going for as low as $300 a month. At those prices, the lease payments are not enough to cover the cost of building the cars, Williamson said.

Keep your eyes open

 Let's all help Public Safety catch these kids (assumed) who have decided it is fine to spray paint faces and such on our buildings and signs. If we get them now it may stop future worse problems as the kids grow up. We are spending your money to clean this up so it is in all our best interests to take care of this. See something, say something. This is our community.
Ken

BOCO this Saturday!

Chad and Matt hard at work

 A little over a week ago Matt and Chad decided it was time for a skating rink for Candlewick kids to enjoy so these guys from our Maintenance Department shoveled an area 100 by 150 feet clear of snow. This is located near the boat launch by the Rec Center. 
 One more reason Candlewick is a great place to live. Have fun kids!
Thanks to Dale Mediema for the nice pictures.