Mountain Lake Park Cleanup

September 6, 2008

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About 30 volunteers from the Friends of Mountain Lake Park and seven gardeners from the Recreation and Parks Department continued to work on the cleaning up of Mountain Lake Park on Saturday morning September 6, 2008. One group of volunteers cleared ivy and berries from the area north of the Ninth Avenue entrance. Another group cleared brush and undergrowth from the northeast corner of the park, opening much more of it to foot traffic. The FMLP Hospitality Committee --Yvonne Don, Colleen O'Neill and Helen Lantz organized a homemade lunch for the workers at the end of the morning.

FMLP would like to thank Rec & Park Section Manager Chuck McMackin and his gardeners Aaron, Ko and Charity for their work at the cleanup. Thanks also to roving Section Manager Dan Spillane and his crew --Russ, Joe, Gerald, Miguel-- for their hard work.

Another big thanks to Brian Hildebidle and Vanessa Stevens from the Presidio Trust not only for the generous use of the Trust's large dump truck for hauling brush but also their ongoing personal support and time to the improvement of Mountain Lake Park.

Many thanks also to Martha & Brothers at 3rd and Clement for supplying fresh coffee and to the Presidio Golf Club for lending us a golf cart to carry the coffee and water to the workers throughout the morning.

Vanessa Stevens from the Presidio Trust positions their big truck for hauling cuttings.	Vanessa Stevens and volunteer Ian Lendler supervise filling the truck. All the cuttings will be composted and used in the Presidio.		Yvonne Don and Rob Vanneman widening the path from the dog run to the Presidio wall.
Ryan Diamond, Sheila Nelson and Sebastian Green spread chips on the path -- with a little help from dog Kenna Serra.	Volunteer Steve Lee brings water and coffee to volunteers. The cart was lent for the morning by the Presidio Golf Club and the coffee supplied by Martha and Brothers at 3rd & Clement.	Open Space where dense brush was before.	Volunteer Luke Zehner pulling out brush.
Volunteers work to control ivy and berries near the Ninth Avenue entrance to the park.	Jose Larios cuts ivy back from trees near the Ninth Avenue entrance.	Yevgeny Korovitsyn and grandson clearing ivy.	Volunteer Karl Kehl (left) and gardener Aaron Hilliard hauling away cuttings.
FMLP served lunch to all the workers at the end of the morning.		Hot dogs accompany potato salad, tomato pie, baked beans and peach shortcake homemade by Colleen O'Neill.	The Presidio Golf Club generously let FMLP use a golf cart for beverage service all through the morning.
Bertram Lee, Rob Vanneman, Neng Gamundi and Kiria Parmar enjoy talk in the shade during lunch.	Rec & Park gardeners join volunteers for the lunch break.	Brian Hildebidle from the Presidio Trust and Kate Scanlan, president of the Friends of Mountain Lake Park.	Sebastian Green sitting in the shade after a hot morning of work.
Ko (foreground) and Russ know how to rest up from the labor on a hot day.

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