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Year-end Update on New Canal Light
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Anne Rheams, deputy director for the Lake Pontchartrain Basin
Foundation (LPBF), provided the following update on New Canal Lighthouse in
New Orleans, Louisiana. The LPBF is the passionate nonprofit steward working
to restore the hurricane-battered beacon back to its former glory...
November 10, 2006
“What a day we had yesterday at the lighthouse! I have to say
that it was one of the best days I've had in my entire career. We held the
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cleanup day
with help from selected, skilled volunteers. I have never seen a group
work so hard and cooperate as a team like the young people of the U.S.
Coast Guard. Twenty young people, offered to us by CWO Brooks and
organized by Auxiliary member, Mike Howell, gutted the cinder-block
building, removed unwanted vegetation, and picked up countless bags
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Photo courtesy of LPBF
USCG volunteers prepare to gut
the Operations Building
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of trash - in one day! It really felt like the cavalry had
arrived.
When we raised the American and the USCG flags it was a very
emotional moment. Seeing those brand new flags above the battered, old
lighthouse gave us all hope that we can bring it back to life.
We had an overwhelming response from the media with all four of our local TV
stations, plus local print and radio coverage, and the national NBC and the
Associated Press. This exposure will go a long way toward raising the
necessary funds to get the work done.
Even though we are all exhausted from a great day's work, we are hosting a
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Photo courtesy of LPBF
Crowbars and sledge hammers were the
tools of choice for these USCG volunteers
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the lighthouse. So much good is happening. The community
has embraced this cause and we are seeing a light (pun intended) at the
end of the tunnel.” – Anne Rheams
Anne also note that the progress made to date on the
hurricane-battered New Canal Lighthouse would not have been possible
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of so many others,
including Patricia Dixon of U.S. Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit Miami,
Kathy Fleming of the St. Augustine Lighthouse, Cullen Chambers of Tybee
Island Lighthouse, U.S. Coast Guard CWO Daniel Brooks and USCG Auxiliarist
Mike Howell.
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USCG volunteers
re-sculpted the gravel
fill that had been
washed into piles
by waves
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Photo courtesy of LPBF
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The whole
USCG crew
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Dismantling the old generator in the Ops
Building
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Photo courtesy of LPBF
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Removing unwanted vegetation
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Taking out the paneling
in the Ops Building
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A well-deserved
lunch break on
Lake Pontchartrain
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Posted: 12/2/06 |
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