April 10 2012 Cove Community meeting

~ view toward the head of the Cove ~

The Cove Community Association meeting was held 10 April at 6:30 and was a pot luck supper. We always have plenty of food, have never run out and, indeed, always bring home food for the next day or three.
Generally, we have one supper a year and that's at our annual membership meeting in September. Last night, we wanted to honor and thank Red Marrs, our Cove Volunteer Fire Chief for the last couple of decades. He's done a fine job but stepped down in November and Daniel Miller was elected new chief.

Red is at the head of the table, Clinton Bell, our Treasurer, is standing while Charles and Cassie Horn are on the right and Daniel Miller, left, holds one of our little ones. Cindy Gillespie, CCA President, is standing at the blackboard.

As you can see we have two tables loaded with food, most of it homemade but, always, with some chips for the little folks. They seem to balk at cole slaw, pasta salad and cowboy beans. -smile-
After we ate, we had a short meeting and talked about neighborhood watch posts. Each week someone  volunteers to be eyes and ears for the community although all of us are always watching out for each other. Hillary was wrong; it doesn't take a village, it takes a community!

We also talked about our books, The Cove at Maiden Spring, that we're selling to raise money to repair our leaking roof. The books are 8.5x11 soft cover, 66 pages and loaded with photos and historical notes on the Cove and Maiden Spring. They cost $20, plus shipping, and if you're interested, please send us at e-mail at the address upper right. If you'd rather pick up your copy, send us an e-mail and we'll make arrangements.

~ two Cove homes ~

Dave Bricker is in the book; here, he's picking ramps at Clinton Bell's farm. It was a spring activity Dave and I, Sandra, both enjoyed...especially, after we got the ramps home and I fried them with garlic, onions, potatoes and sausage.
The last order of business was discussing our Trail Ride on 19 May from 1 to 5 p.m. It's going to be on horseback, you supply your own horse and equipment. We'll end the day, where we begin, at the Cove Community Association and will have prizes and food for everyone. The cost is $25 per person and, please, no dogs or stallions and all horses must have current Coggins test. Again, we're raising money to repair the Cove Community Association roof.
That about wraps it up; any comments or questions, let us know.