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June 17, 2007
Sea Monster Invades Local Park
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| A sea monster invaded Caper Acres on Friday and marked
a significant milestone in the Nico
Project. In December of 2005 Nico Cardoza passed away
in his sleep. He was 16 months old. Family and friends wanted to do something
to mark his life, and the Nico Project addition to Caper Acres was born. In 2006 we raised nearly $120,000 with a half-dozen fundraisers, T-shirt sales, and random cash donations. A month and a half ago we began construction on the project, and a completion date between June 30th (our target) and July 4th seems probable. The sea monster sculpture comes in 7 pieces. There is a head that you can climb through and on top of, a tail to climb on, and 5 humps. Artist Robin Indar is adding tile embellishments, and the sea monster will be stained and possibly airbrushed for design accents. The sculpture pieces are designed to give the appearance that the sea monster is coming out of the surface. In a little more than a week a rubberized surface will be poured that surrounds the sculpture and simulates water. In the center of the play area, where a boat play structure resides, the poured surface will look like an island. Here are web pages showing the construction process and sponsors of the project. |
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| Project volunteers put in huge amounts of time and effort
raising money last year. Even with that effort we needed professional skills to pull this project together. There are a number of companies that have stepped
up in the last 6 weeks to help us keep this project on track and on budget.
They deserve significant recognition as we could not have gotten to this
point without their help. Guillon Inc Construction - playground perimeter and seating walls New Urban Builders - anchor walls and entrance forming and concrete Northstar Engineering - survey Ed Brown Trucking - trucking and crusher dust Jess Sarrao Construction - concrete pads for sea monster 7/11 Materials - road base Baldwin Contracting Company - top-soil Mathews Ready Mix - concrete Link Engineering - heavy equipment leveling, compacting the play area Mountain Valley Express Co. - time and equipment for "anchor barbs" Alpine Landscaping - poured anchor seat walls, stamped entrance way Universal Precast - donated 5 sea monster "humps" |
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Posted by Lon at June 17, 2007 12:00 AM