Road Work

Our Oak Point Road reconstruction project is to resume this coming Monday. I had a chance to talk to Art Chase, Operations Manager for the Department of Public Works who's in charge of the project. The plan is to do one lane at a time, finish that part up and then do the other lane. They will be milling the existing blacktop and putting that down as a base. Then they will be putting down two new courses of bituminous. They plan on two inches of a base course, then 1.5 inches of a wearing course on top. Anderson Bros from Brainerd are the general contractors for the project. Art said that the project is scheduled to take three weeks. The whole project is over $3 million and is funded by Stimulus Monies.

Notice of Valuation

Most of us have received in the last two weeks our "Notices of Valuation" from the Cass County Assessor. You should read this notice real carefully. Most values stayed the same, or had a slight increase. Actually these values should be going down in my opinion. I would suggest that you call your local Assessor and have them come for a review. Most of the local assessors have not been inside of our homes in quite a few years. We were able to lower three of our lots at Oak Point Estates by asking for a review.

Benefit for Reggie Thiel

A benefit is planned for Reggie Thiel for Sunday, May 2, 2010 at the Walker Area Community Center. In September of 2009 Reggie underwent a heart transplant operation at the U of M Fairview Hospital. Reggie has been limited in his abilities to work as either a fishing guide or as a realtor because of his sickness. All proceeds will be used to help the family with medical expenses.

Deer on the Road

The deer are coming out to the road in the late evening now to eat some of the tender first blades of grass. My wife even saw a fawn already. Drive carefully. Pictured is a Bald Eagle that can be seened most evenings down by the "Narrows".

Ice Out

The official Date of "Ice Out" on Leech Lake was April 6 a new record.