Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 02/13/2003

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Ranger Pankratz and Attendant Courteau sold 280 park passes in the first hour and 45 minutes the event was open. The large success of the event did result in some wait time during the early morning hours. It is wonderful to know that ^noka County Parks can once again be part of an event that is so appreciated and well attended. The fourth annual Snow Day was full of fun family activities and was enjoyed by both participants and staff. Mother Nature while not cooperating, also did not prevent people from enjoying the variety of fun (non snow dependant) winter activities available to us here in Anoka County and the rest of Minnesota. The staffs from Linc Lakes and Anoka County Parks & Recreation Departments look for~vard to offering many future Snow Day events (with or without snow), Bunker Beach During the month of January work has continued at the site. It has slowed down some with the cold weather that has arrived. Gladstone construction poured a concrete slab that will be the area where pool-operating equipment will sit. This was a major step because now they can continue to work on installing this equipment. Pouring concrete in these temperature is always a big project. Planning for the big spring rush is the next big step in the process. Things that will need to be done this spring include: pouring new pool deck areas and walkways, finishing the pool surfaces, installing the water slides and play features, and irrigation installation. These are just a few of the big steps do in order to be ready to go this spring. The goal is to open this facility to the public June 6, 2003. Anniversaries January The following employees celebrated lheir anniversaries in January: Eon Cox - 30 years, Molly Danielson - 11 years, Jim Larson - 2 years, Jady Lis - 6 years, Pete Mort - 7 years, and Ron Ostgard - 2 years, Congratulationsl Vince Bce - Feature Employee Vmce Bce has been a Parkkeeper for Anoka County for nearly 20 years. During that time, he has en~ oyed kke variety of the work, being outdoors, the g~eat people he works with, a~d meeting and s e~v-ing the public. His friendly demeanor and positive approach have sez~red hi'm 'w'e11. Vince has performed some ~rondezTul carpentry work in various parks and his pride shows in his o~aftsmsmship. Prior to working with Anoka County, Vince held a few ~tifferent positions. He %Torked for a stage lighting company and for ten years worked as a hot tar roofer. Other odd jobs include caz-zing namnes onto tombstones, working in a sitver mine, and panning for gold. The mtn_tag and construction training c,.me about from a tl~ee year stay in Denver, Colorado. Pie has done just about i. 2_ every~hJ_~g from ~k to Z including flying an airplane and d~iving a Z~.mboni. Vince has performed some ~vonderful carpentry work in various parks and his pride shows in his craftsmanship. While in Colorado much time was spent playing in the mountains. Nowadays, Vince spends his leisure time with h_is wife of 24 years, Carol, traveling, taking chances at casinos, and spending time at their propeFoies up nor~h. Carol has been ~vorking many years at Olson Plumbing. _A_ recent trip destination yeas the Peace Garden State to see the actual Peace Gardens in no;~k central ~ortk Dakota. V/ncc has a garage full of old saw blades that he transforms into a canvas for his landscape paintings. Vince loves to hu~t and fish and has hunting land and a trout stre~.m on vchictz to practice these hobbies. He also has a garage full of old saw blades that he transforms into a canvas for his landscape pszutings. Vince has alvcays loved to cl~aw and p~,i~t. Congratulate Vince Bce on b_is tx~renty years of dedicated service on behalf of Anoka County. Page 4