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August, 2005
Engraved plaques are installed. |
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Greetings
The Welcome sign is
completed at the most heavily traveled spot in town.
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Watering Hole
The Clark Memorial
Horse Trough is completed.
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July
Digging for Daisies
40 Rotary Club members
and other volunteers spend a Saturday morning planting Day Lilies and
digging irrigation trenches. |
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June
Tom Clark Horse Trough
Dedication
114 relatives and
descendents of the Clark family came from all over the country, including
a former U.S. Secretary of the the Interior.
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May
Pony Express
The
flying horse is visible by night.
Sculptor Ted
Gall approved the use of his work by the Rotary Club of
Ojai-West, which in turn voted to adopt the running steed as it's new club
logo.
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April
22nd
Earth Day
Montessori School
students plant the first tree.
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March
1st
Spring Cleaning
Rotarians begin fulfilling
their commitment to maintain the park, even before it is completed. |
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February
29th
Bring up the Lights
Installation of
illumination begins. |
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February
26th
Bridge over Del Norte
Rotarians gather
on a Saturday morning to build the footbridge.
Reggie Wood,
foreground, of West Wood Construction, provided essential guidance.
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February
5th
Official
Unveiling
Dignitaries and
press see the site for the first time.
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February
3rd 2005
The
Centerpiece arrives
The 9-thousand
pound sculpture by Ted Gall is settled onto its pedestal by Rotarians
Dick Clevenger, Richard McArthur, and Les Gardner, as onlookers cheered. |
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After the plumbing goes in, the grounds won't be dry and dusty any more.
Local
horticulturists contributed flowers and greenery to the site. |
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January,
2005
A New Year
dawns...
The main shelter has sprung up from the guidelines pictured
below.
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...And a second shelter near the parking lot also rises.
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measures to minimize pollution from runoff during construction. |
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Mid-November, 2004...
Right: Craig
Fraki, City Project Coordinator, explains to Rotary members
plans for the footbridge behind him.
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| The outer
periphery wall takes shape.
When the city's work is completed,
Rotary covered the wall with an
attractive rock facing.
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A line in the sand...
The main park
shelter is positioned, measured, and laid out. |
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"Pegasus"
future home.
The pedestal for the
stallion statue is laid. |
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October, 2004
Don't tread on me...
Fencing
protected passersby from the construction, and vice-versa.
Here, the
foundation for the outer perimeter wall is begun. |
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July 2004
The Groundbreaking
Ceremony.
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June, 2004 -- The Work
Begins
The park site was a dusty, weedy,
barren lot...
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November,
2003
Hope
becomes a Plan
Left: Past Rotary-West
President Austin Cline first proposed turning an abandoned lumber
yard into
a city park.
Right: Architect Tom Bostrom (at
right) and member Les Gardner were joined by other
Rotary-West Rotarians at the first Ojai City Council meeting at which plans
were presented.
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