Thursday, February 15, 2018

El Dorado County's Sheriff Department combining under one roof






 
The El Dorado County Sheriff Department is planning a new facility for all of their departments. The planned location for the new building is at 200 Industrial Drive in Diamond Springs, California. I had the privilege of attending a community meeting Sheriff John D. Agostini held at the  El Dorado Hills Fire Station 85. The focus of the meeting was about this new facility. Sheriff D' Agostini talked at the meeting about what the new facility is, what it will have, the cost of the project, and the need for this new project. He talked about the current 22,000 square foot office which was too small even on day one of its opening in 1970. The current facility has leaks in the roof and requires buckets on the floor to contain the leaks every year, even on Sheriff D'Agostini's inauguration in 2011. Because of this, they have been planning the new sheriff facility  since 1984, which is a very long time. The good news is, they are finally planning the ground breaking ceremony on March 30th 2018 at 11:00am. The project construction costs of this new project is estimated to be $48 million dollars and the completion is estimated to be in October 2019. The contractors for the new project are Broward Builders from Woodland specializing in schools and law enforcement buildings and Clark Sullivan Construction from Roseville which has a lot of experience on commercial buildings. This new facility will contain office and administration space for the Sheriffs, a morgue, a shooting range, and a storage: for evidence, vehicles and special operations. The project if completed would be a big help for the sheriff department because it would consolidate all of the departments into one building instead of all over the county. It was interesting hearing everything he was saying about the new place  and looking at the plans for this facility. 

              Sheriff D' Agostini brought to our attention the need of a traffic light on Missouri Flat and Industrial Drive.  As a citizen of this community, I believe the sheriff's department and the county need to work together to create the traffic lights needed to keep our community safe. So please encourage the country to put in a light on Industrial Drive and Missouri Flat so the department can safely get in and out.   



              Because of my interest in the project, and my participation in the meeting, when my father happened to meet Sheriff D Agostini a few days later, he gave my dad a challenge coin to give to me as a gift. It's an honor and it will be something that I will treasure.
This meeting was filmed by Sierra TV Channel 2: sierratv2@blogspot.com
                    The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
                                                                Proverbs 18:10 (ESV)
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Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Shall we gather at the river and then stop at the log cabin in small town Oklahoma?



               
                    Do you want to visit Oklahoma, stop at a store in a log cabin  in a small town, and look at and maybe buy some fun items. If you are, Discovery Outpost is the place to visit. It is a new business in the small town of Medicine Park, Oklahoma. At the new outpost, they offer Children's Books, Toys, and some fun treasures in their little cute log cabin. My family found out about this new shop because they are part of the International Association for Creation, which my brother is in contact with through the Genesis Apologetics ministry. The new outpost celebrated their grand opening on Friday February 2nd, which was a pretty steady day of traffic for them. The store is open three days of the week: Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It is located at 208 E Lake Drive in  Medicine Park, Oklahoma, 12 miles northwest of Lawton and Fort Sill. Medicine Park is a small resort town on Medicine Creek in the Wichita Mountains. It was built in 1908 for tourists wanting to escape the heat with a new swimming hole, now called Bath Lake. At one time, it was considered the Jewel of the Southwest from the 1910s to the 1930s. Today, it is still a small resort town with two big lakes next to town: Lake Lawtonka and Elmer, the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, the number one in the country,  and Mt. Scott, a 2,464 foot mountain which you will see views of the whole area. I hope that if you visit Medicine Park, Oklahoma that you can stop by the new Discovery Outpost and discover some adventures at the cabin.
    For more information about the store, Discovery Outpost has a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/discoveryoutpost/
The town of Medicine Park has a website for more information about the town: https://www.medicinepark.com/
                                                                                                                                                                                       Whatever you do work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord not for men.          
                                                                       Colossians 3:23
                                   
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