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Park Progress      Slow but steady          Photos on this page by: The Daily Record, Barbara Bicchieri, Gregory Maes, Sarah Maes, and Jean Putnam.

November 12th, 2009 - Future Site of Friendship Park
left to right Brad Case, Director of Parks and Recreation; Sarah Maes, Sage Green Garden - Park Design; Debbi Fouts, Former Director of Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute; Donna Nylander, Chair of Washoe Tribute Group; Dianna Tozer, Arts Commission; Nancy Lilquist, Former Mayor of Ellensburg; Timothy Bishop, Former Executive Director of the Downtown Association.
Some local fund raising efforts: Two young sisters, Cailyn and Courtney Rogers at the ages of 7 and 11, had a yard sale and raised 50 dollars toward the statue. And for the following two years repeated the effort for a total contribution of 150 dollars.
Washoe Tribute Group member Anne Denman, fund raisers extraordinaire Courtney and Cailyn Rogers, with their little brother.

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	2010 Friendship Park Ground Breaking.		2010 Trenches for water and electricity.		2010 Curb Forms
					Bill Cattin spent many many hours working at the park this summer. Thank you Bill.
	2010 Cement
	Ellensburg Cement Products truck arrives and sets up. Thank you for your donation.		Tristan Celmer, Bill Cattin and Taylor Wilson move the cement into the forms.		Bill Cattin, Jesse Sivak an Taylor Wilson work on the finishing. Thanks guys for your volunteer work.
	2010 Plant Bed Preparation — Rocks, Rocks, Rocks!
	Whittaker Maes, Sarah Maes, Joe Lorenz (CWU Anthropology faculty), Sarah Williams, Sarah Borer, Josh Braun, Alfred Keller, and Issak Bergman. (Not pictured is Barbara Bicchieri).		Sarah Williams and Joe Lorenz picking rocks.		Sarah Borer and Joe Lorenz and the beautiful green monster Artemis.
	2010 Plant Bed Preparation & Planting — The Next Saturday
	Luca Bicchieri.		Whittaker Maes, Luca Bicchieri, and Sarah Maes.		Sarah planting trees. Luca in the background.
	Michael Walker with Birkin Owart and Sage Bicchieri in the background.		Luca Bicchieri, Whittaker Maes, Michael Walker, Sage Bicchieri, and Birkin Owart.		Barbara (Sam) Bicchieri.
	2010 Planting — The Third Saturday
	Sarah Williams and Spencer Arnold planting a Flowering Plum tree.		Whittaker Maes, Suzanne Blakeney, and Sarah Maes admiring the new Crab Apple.		Suzanne Blakeney, Jean Putnam, Sarah Maes, Enrique Guzman, Sarah Williams, Whittaker Maes, and Spencer Arnold. (Not pictured is Barbara Bicchieri and Mike Pearson).
	2011 NW EcoBuilding Guild Light Prep.
	NW EcoBuilding Guild members pouring foundations for the lights in April.
	2011 Curbs — Unfortunately, we found it necessary to redo the Curbs.
	A big Thank You to Juan Gonzalez and his crew at Gonzales Masonry for their work on the curbs and the pavers.
	2011 Paver Istallation.
	Completed Pavers.
	Thank You to Juan Gonzalez and his crew at Gonzales Masonry.
	2011 Benches.
	Sage Bicchieri and friend.		Juan Gonzales and Gregory Maes.		Marco Gonzales, Gregory Maes, and Juan Gonzales.
	2011 Plants and Irrigation — Unfortunately, we also found it necessary to replant the arborvitae, since we had "winter kill" and lost all but two.
	A very big Thank You to Greg Stern of Landscape Inspirations for the irrigation system and replanting the arborvitae.
	2011 NW EcoBuilding Guild Light Installation.
	A big Thank You to George Bottcher and the NW EcoBuilding Guild, and Rick Catlin of Catlin Electric. In the photo is Tom Logan and George Bottcher.
	2011 Next Spring we'll finish the planting and apply mulch as we continue our efforts to raise funds for the Washoe Sculpture.

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