Category: Trella Diaries

Monday, March 16, 2009
38-58° cloudy
Sharon of Marion Landscaping & associate here at 4:45 to give estimate to redo lawn around pergola to shed & from driveway – $2,000 + tax! – Also looked at steps to river – seemed to baffle them. Took photos on my camera that I will email to them.
Dave Hempstead – a voice from the past – stopped when he waw me working at cleaning entry area – spend all morning & hauled 3 cart loads to compost pile & burning pile & one to still unload (ran out of pep)
Dave Hempstead offered to remove the large tree blocking river – and to help Marion Co. Park District at TNPreserve. He has in river behind his house mergansers, wood ducks – Turkey – Deer – Removed 208 raccoons in last year – They feed corn & that attracts them.
Gale brought Chinese food for supper – Gave her the small hand vacuum to use at H Hall – helped me finish tree list – Too the donor form for over $250 required by law. Linda Condry & Mary Donaldson at archives office today learning Past Perfect – Such a change from Lynda Williams & her sloppy entries.

Sunday, March 15, 2009
60° sunny
Cleaned lower part of bathroom closet! Who needs 4 bottles of window cleaner – when I have Carpet Plus clean them? Found a small vacuum cleaner I didn’t remember.
Compile list of about 35 trees & shrubs species across river at TNP – Sent to Karen Kelley to forward to Harry Condry.
Sent email to David about having upper lawn made over by professional & a ramp instead of steps by greenhouse – He wants to build it.

Saturday, March 14, 2009
54°
MCHS 5 hrs.
To Heritage Hall about 11:00 to resource Center – Made invoice for MCHS Publications in gift shop now and added books to bring most titles up to 3 copies. With 20% discount the inventory is now over 800 – due the Publications Fund – Keith Kohler has locked up the former dark room so I couldn’t get the 5 copies of Jim Thorpe & Oorang Indians billed to gift shop.
Jim Carpenter in – copied the 40th Anniversary pictures to my flash drive. Probably too late for Marion Star to use.
Stitt in to do research & he pulled out the bound copies of Marion Star for Angela Dutcher to research Tues.
Got to Terradise Nature Preserve about 4:00 – Too late to see the cleanup crew.

FInished Don’t Know Much About History – Davis

Friday, March 13, 2009
MCHS 4 hrs
Dow Jones 7223
Email from Josh about Cinci St. Patrick Day parade tomorrow – 14 or so DeLoreans will participate in tribute to being manufactured in Northern Ireland.
Angela Dutcher – OSUM student of Dr. Moran who sent regards – She has assignment on how 1930’s depression affected Marion – Told mine – No college – Daddy had 30% pay reduction at Bindley Wholesale Grocery. Will meet her Tues at 9:15 to see bound Star – 1930 & 1941.
Did a study of committee structures current – obsolete – responsibility. Sent to Jan & Gale.
TV problems – Bottom of screen blocked with black box – Lost all my digital stations trying to fix it.

Thursday, March 12, 2009
15°
Royce cleaning – including glass cage of shells.
To County Office Building for Marion Co. Parks meeting – Tom Bostic helped me in & Dick Cooper going out! – Contract signed for environmental survey – Gary ___ sat by me & his company gave ½ of cost. He knew me & enjoyed the 40th Anniversary articles. Also contract for landscaping of Education Center off Holland Rd. work day at Terradise Sat.
To H Hall – Jerri made 5 copies of collections management policy for committee study – Gale gave me permission to bill museum shop for MCHS published books instead of consigning them that was impossible to track.
She had a run-in with Keith Kohler about the Sports Exhibit – Not up long enough – lack of publicity.
The Old Blockhouse Marker won’t have his help to erect!

Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Cold 35° windy
MCHS 2 hrs
Checked IRA Pension supplier. IOt was originally Midland Mutual now Reassurance American Insurance. – set up in 199? From my original Keogh IRA – no report after 2005. RALI also has my Single Premium Life Ins from sale of Normandy Property & other funds.
Sent info to Diane Mault.
Dave Matyak came over about 1:30 to 3:00 – chatted in living room – He cleaned ashes from fireplace & distribute them on flower beds. Told me about losing 10 orchid plants – froze in sunroom. I showed him the blooming Clivia that he gave me last summer.
Completed report to Exec Committee on the Leadership Training class then lost the file?-
Hadn’t saved it – but recapped it again & sent to Jan Augenstein & Gale – made copies for Exec Committee.
Email from Kenny Finch about his broken foot & procedures he is facing.
Cleaned the deck & table – removed pink poinsettia to kitchen & cleaned up fallen leaves.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Josh Birthday 32
To Le Salon at 2:00 for Perm – Marcia on duty after Feb 19 kidney stone operation with lots of complications. $52.50.
To HH in Resource Center – couldn’t access Picasso on computer to download 40th Anniversary pix.
Jan Augenstein – pres – presiding – back from Arizona (since Nov.) – $6,400 in checking account – membership dues still coming in – Gave Diane Mault my income tax packet – She asked for name of my pension supplier so she can check why I don’t have a statement.
Set up meeting with Randy Winland – Jan &* gale to revise collections mgt policy – Changed Victorian Your date to June 7 – too much going on in April.
Bananas & grapes at Meijer & home by 78:00.

Monday, March 9, 2009
Flood across river & on S side of pond.
Wrote note of thanks to Mrs. Neumeister who quilted my family pictures quilt. Sent to Kathi to forward to her.
Gale here for supper of salmon patties, sweet potatoes, bean salad & coffee – peach marmalade. Kathi called & talked to both of us & reminded me she will ome for a viost for her 50th class reunion in September.
Gale forot the Board seminar because she didn’t check her date book! –
Email from Jackye telling of March 12 sun and moonrise! – Sent to David H & Dave D. Dave D sent photos of 10 in. snow last week and then 87°

Sunday, March 8, 2009
.6 in. rain river bank full
Daylight Saving Time
Wrote report of 40th Anniversary meeting – Sent to David, Gale & Nancy Graely – Secy.

Saturday, March 7, 2009
66° wind 25-30 mph
A year ago 0 snow – blizzard!
To HH about 11:00 to Marion aArrea genealogy Society meeting – Gale & son Joe & Pal Augenstein finishing moving newspapers and the Dowler Files of city plats to the back room. Not available for research until end of April. Jim Carpenter in Resource Center – He has lost his $500 digital camera – but not before he downloaded the 40th Anniversary photos to a disk – he transferred them to my computer at Resource Center.
Spent time sorting material found in a box that appeared on table by comput er. One is my list of Historic Markets – also found Heritage tour books to user for 2009 Victorian Tour info.
Jim showed me the Jim Busch glass negatives pictures of Mawrion that he has scanned on archives computer – He rode with me as I drove in South & Central Marion to find houses for sale for tour – Found about 10 – not all suitable.