The Work Has Begun!
Monday, May 25, 2009
Happy Memorial Day to everyone. We started our day at 8:00 with a big debris removal project in Newton county. The couple's home was destroyed by a tornado on May 10, 2008. They had many beautiful oak trees. Over a dozen were knocked down by this tornado. Jim and Tom cut these trees and the rest of us carried wood to a two huge piles. Another group sorted and loaded metals onto a trailer to be recycled. These metals used to be the siding on this couples home. We were only able to work outside today for a half day due to rain. Hopefully we can finish this project tomorrow and start inside projects on Wednesday.
Back to Work!Wednesday, May 27, 2009
We are back to work! Today we worked in Newtonia. There is a civil war battlefield there with some very dedicated men taking care of it and the history of the community. The field took a pretty hard hit from the tornado and today we cut downed trees and collected limbs to burn. I think we had 8 burn piles going today. Yes, there was poison ivy but it was not as prevalent as yesterday. We are praying we took care to prevent anyone getting a rash. After we finished working today the gentlemen here took us on a tour of a civil war cemetary and a civil war home they are restoring. We are returning there tomorrow to clean up the cemetary and some other places around town. They like us so much they invited us all to dinner tomorrow night! Is that hard to believe?
Great Day for the PyrosThursday, May 28, 2009
Today we returned to Newtonia to work. Alex, Landon, Tommy and Caleb helped the mayor and his son take up a floor. Jessica and Danielle finished the burning at the Civil War mansion in Newtonia. They helped several gentlemen with that job. The rest of us returned to the Civil War cemetary to clear brush and burn it. All the pyros in the group had a great day. We have cut and burned a lot of brush this week. Tonight for dinner we were invited to attend a pot luck at the community building in Newtonia. There was some fabulous food and we met some great people. They were all so appreciative of our work. The Neosho newspaper was at the dinner and interviewed several of us. Tomorrow we return to Newtonia to help a young couple with yard clean up. It is hard to believe that tomorrow is already Friday and we will return home.
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