LAKE ELSINORE: Boat launch construction to start soon
03.07.11
With the hiring of a contractor last week, the city is ready to
embark on one of its grandest public works projects in years ----
the construction of a large boat launch and associated
features.
City officials say the $8.3 million project may rank as the
biggest capital improvement Lake Elsinore has tackled on its own
since building its minor-league baseball stadium, The Diamond, in
the early 1990s.
With six ramps, 260 parking spaces accommodating vehicles and
boat trailers, two 200-foot long floating docks, the launch to be
installed on the lake's northwestern shore will dwarf the city's
Seaport Boat Launch on the northeastern side. The latter offers 90
spaces, four ramps and a metal dock.
Source: North County Times
Aircraft artist
10.07.11
A small “elephant’s graveyard” outside Paul Gordon’s business at
the Helena airport is a clue to his work. Skeletons and bones
resting there once flew — they belonged to airplanes. Inside his
small blue hangar, as in a dinosaur museum, they rise again,
acquire wings, skin, instruments and ultimately fly away thanks to
Gordon’s skills and passion.
Gordon, now 60, had no idea even by age 30 that he’d one day
restore antique airplanes. A nurseryman’s son from outside New York
City, he built model planes like many kids and once even got to
ride in a small airplane. The only other clues to his future of
planes and flying were a love of locomotion and a talent for
mechanical engineering. By 19, he was a motorcyclist. By 20, he was
welding. He worked on boats — commercial fishing, river rafting —
both making his living and tinkering with them. Finally, recession
in the 1980s convinced him he needed a trade. He landed at the
aviation mechanics school in Helena.
Source: Helena Independent Record
Iroquois Auctions
10.07.11
Presented by Iroquois Auctions preview 8-10 am
Takes place on 7/10/2011
At , Route 49 & Marsden Road , Bernhards Bay, NY, 13028
Massive Unreserved 1 Owner Estate Auction 2 Oneida Lake front homes contents moved to 1 home
Go to auctionzip.comID#3542 for 1000+ photos No buyers premium Ford 350 XLT Centurion truck, 2001 Honda Civic LE, 1997 Standard Mitsubishi Eclipse, mint Howard grand piano, 22 ft. sail boat, + 5000 other tools, antiques and more. All items sold as is, where is All statements made day of sale take precedence over other advertised material A note to our buyers: The late Sal DeSimone was an impressive collector of all types of antiques, tools & 1,000's of other objects. His wife Nilda has decided to sell both lake front properties and move to California with relatives. This will be an 8-10 hour auction so plan to stay late. You wont believe the quantity, quality & variety here to be sold to the highest bidder. Sal was an exceptional individual who loved his friends and the hunt of collecting with them; he will surely be missed in our community. Barb Stevens will be available to show this beautiful lake front home during the auction. Brief listing: Estate Ford 350 XLT Centurion truck Extended Cab with power stroke diesel engine w/ dual wheels & comm. cap, estate 2001 Honda Civic LE, estate 1997 red Standard Mitsubishi Eclipse GS-T convertible, estate 1954 gas eutz Ruggerini Italian bobcat style loader Set. #0332/603439, Ferris 0 turn IS 3000 lawn mower, 22 ft Havencraft fiberglass sail boat, Kawasaki LTD 650 motor cycle, John Deere & Honda riding lawn mowers + others, Areins snow blower, mint Howard grand piano ser. #43670 (c-171), ex. 1820's dovetailed 9' work bench, 1890's highly carved 89 " tall carved lion head 4 door oak cabinet, highly carved 2 drawer claw foot lion head 4 door bev. glass moh. cabinet, 1890's oak pier mirror, highly carved oriental ship model w/ dragons, nice 1890's round glass china cabinet, 5,000 33 1/3 records, 40" Sanyo flat screen tv, 1890's square oak table, 4 complete modern to 1950's bedroom sets, oak 3 door ice box, 9 different 2 art cast iron jardinieres, over 10 oak, moh. & maple dressers w/ mirrors, oak ladies roll top desk, 1800's 65" wine press, carved wood lions, old iron wheel wagon, utility trailers, guns to include antique cap lock musket, 20 gauge shotgun, Stevens arms shotgun, Stevens 12 gauge pump shotgun, Marlin model 25 .22 cal. Rifle, boxes of ammo,1000's of ex. usable tools to include 3 ton Viking engine lift, 11 gas & elec. Chain saws, 20 elec. Sanders, 3 chop saws, metal floor saw, hydraulic tools, many air tools, industrial drills, elec. Nail gun, 3 welders, 2 table saws, floor planer, gas water pump on wheels, 10 circ. Saws, automotive parts & tools, socket & wrench sets, many boxed hand elec. Tools, 2 3'f ton floor jacks, Johnson outboard motor + others, 100+ boxes of work shop contents, 24" aluminum ladders, 500 + boxes of housewares to include pots & pans, microwaves, toasters, irons, linens, Ox yokes, wall and mantle clocks, guitars, 1000's of ooks, Singer comm. Pedal sewing machine, 5 neon beer signs many beer adv. signs, trunks, accordion, drum sets, player piano w/ many piano rolls, 60 table & floor elec. Lamps, patchwork quilts, stereo equipment, 1900 newspapers & mags 2 working computers, swords, ruby glass, set of china, comm. 10" Univex Italian Boston stainless elec. Slicer + 5000 other unadvertised antiques, tools, collectibles and housewares. One of the best genuine estate auctions of the year in central New York
Source: Antiques and the Arts Online
Warren Coco of Go-Devil has donated an 18-foot aluminum 
His business will take a major hit, he said, but right now, he's as busy as ever because of the ownership change. "We are in high demand (for) trailer work. Everybody is getting their boats ready for a possible take out," he said.
