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BCFT's Latest Project:

Re-Striping the Van Matre Senior Center Parking Lot

Ed Schild and George Bethke

Saturday, May 13, 2006, 17 members of BCFT and a local striping contractor joined forces and re-striped the parking lot of the Van Matre Senior Center at Cooper Park. The paint was donated by the manufacturer (Valspar) and a local merchant who asked to remain anonymous.

JoAnn Rodish & John Beach

BCFT members provided the elbow-grease.

Local striping contractor Bob Henington

An important member of our team was local striping contractor Bob Henington, who owns and operates Stripe-a-Lot. We contacted him to ask for technical advice and to find out where we could obtain stencils for the handicapped parking spots, but he offered to donate his time and the use of his equipment to help us get the professional results we were looking for. Thanks, Bob!

From left: Sharon Shirley, John Beach, Larry Shirley

Ken Blade & Jay Schapiro

Chuck Barnes

Henry & Lea Chodacki

Mike Rodish

Jim Bond

Frank Kaye helping striper Bob Henington with handicapped spaces

Taking a lunch break (photo by Linda Seay of the Senior Center)

Lunch was very generously provided by the Van Matre Senior Center -- thank you, Joan Statler and Linda Seay! It really hit the spot!

Front row (L-R): Chuck Barnes, Henry Chodacki, Sharon Shirley, Lea Chodacki, JoAnn Rodish, Suzan Kaye, Ed Schild
Back row (L-R): Larry Shirley, Jim Bond, John Beach, Mike Rodish, Frank Kaye, Jay Schapiro, Ken Blade, George Bethke
(Not pictured: Barb Streed & Kit Kaufman)

photo by Linda Seay

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Mayor Ed House's Views on BCFT

(January 2, 2006)

Mayor Ed House recently released A Comprehensive Overview of the City of Mountain Home, Arkansas, a 71-page document which "attempts to detail and identify the general function of the City of Mountain Home from 1997 to 2006" (quote from the Executive Summary on Page 1).

Most of the document deals with the responsibilities of elected officials, the administration of city departments, the history of the town and the many accomplishments that have been recorded over the past several years.

On Page 33 -- between "The 62/412 Bypass: To Annex or Not Annex" on Page 32, and "Volunteerism in Mountain Home" on Page 34 -- is the Mayor's opinion of BCFT: