Thank you - Volunteers!!

KUDO's to all who volunteer to make HYC a nicer club! 
 
So many projects have been accomplished lately that the work force volunteer's have begun to overlap. The hardworking member's who accomplished the dock replacement, dance floor, Ship's Store deck, and Ladies Shower room had many of the same members' who worked on more than one of these projects. Many thanks to all of you. 
 
The makeover of the Ladies Shower facility took a month less than the men's room and is hopefully finished as this goes to print. The job was much more pleasant as the odors emanating from the underneath’s of the ceramics weren't nearly as bad as the men's room. 
 
This unannounced project began with little notice as the team materialized only a day before the demo. Craig "Where's" Wicke and Jim Pascarelli provided some the heavy duty tools that made the tile removal a bit easier. The job still sucked but, we got through it in two and half days. Then came the prep. Then more prep. Then even more prep. I could go on but you would fall asleep. 
 
Suffice to say, after getting the old hollow tile walls covered by Steve "Sheetrock" Stock, Tim "Foxhole" Ryan and Richard "What's that odor" Tatz, came through with the tiling, painting, and plumbing. Anyone seeing Tim scrape and paint the lockers in the lower deck certainly noticed his torture. Surely he wasn't enjoying it as much as he let on. Never a word of complaint though. 
 
Richard Tatz was, as usual, performing on his even keeled approached to the tile job, even with the leftover roughness of a remodel job. The electrical work was accomplished by Wally "Sparkie" Agnew as needed, and when called upon. He loves being asked to do things for the HYC. 
 
Dave "Kaz" Stewart was motivated by his lovely wife Kaz, to do the same magic on the louver replacement he did on the men's room. Under the guise of a hot lunch, Kaz delivered food to him while he was working. (We really think she was just checking up on him).
 
Eric "Grout Miester" Beach appeared late in the days to do the grouting of the walls. We still aren't sure what he was listening to under those headphones. 
 
"Steady" Steve Hiestand once again rose up to fix all the inconsistencies of a re-model with his fine touch as the finish carpenter. Steve had the unenviable task of covering up all the things we couldn't during the rebuild. His efforts hide all the uglies. Thanks Steve. 
 
The new make-up benches were recovered by Ms. Tiffany Lopez who never quit smilin' during her efforts. 
 
Many thanks to all of you and to anyone else who offered support and advice during the efforts. Sorry we couldn't incorporate all of your wonderful suggestions. The room just wasn't big enough. Besides, the colors just wouldn't have matched. 
 
Sorry if I left anyone out. 
 
Happy showers! 
 
Tom Bashaw