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GREEN TURTLE BAY RESORT & MARINA
NEWS
FEBRUARY 2021 | V.26 | I.2
Nau iNEWS FEBRUARY 2021 | V.26 | I.2
WHAT’S INSIDE
3| Around The Resort
4| Kentucky Lake Cofferdam Nears
Completion
6| February Condo Special
7| January Birthdays & Anniversaries
Jade and Earth Spa
8| CYC Newsletter
9| Calendar Of Events
10| Yacht Sales
11| February Boat Works Special
12| Boat Of The Month
PUBLISHER/EDITOR
Becky Auten
CONTRIBUTORS
Vida D. Gary
Bill Gary IV
Vebbie Griffith
Suzanne McElwain
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Construction of new four-bedroom condos.
(We are not taking reservations until completion)
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Maintenance and improvement of condos.
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Some condos upgrading to screened-in porches.
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Snow!
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Bald eagle across from Boat Rentals. 3
-Shelley Byrne, WATERWAYS JOURNAL
Work continues on the addition of a second chamber at million pounds, Getty said. The shells form part of both the
Kentucky Lock, with completion of the downstream cofferdam cofferdam wall and the new permanent lock wall. The first
contract sometime in February projected to temporarily had been set August 6, 2018. The contract has been in place
ease navigation delays that have been common over the since 2016.
last several months.
LOCK CHAMBER EXCAVATION
The earliest possible completion date for the entire project, Progress continues to be made on the lock excavation
at the Kentucky Lake reservoir of the Tennessee River, is in contract, which began in September 2018, as well.
2025, said Don Getty, project manager for the Nashville
Engineer District. “That’s excavating out the soil and the rock necessary for
us to start placing concrete for the remainder of the lock,”
“That’s assuming everything goes well,” Getty said. The Getty said. In essence, contractors have built the upstream
Kentucky Lock project includes adding a new lock twice one-third of the new lock and still have the bottom two-
as long as the existing 600-foot-long lock at the dam to thirds to go.
reduce the significant bottleneck caused by high Tennessee
River traffic levels and the current lock’s size. One of the next major steps in the lock excavation contract
will involve dewatering the area to prepare for finishing
The Corps of Engineers has an 80 percent confidence level the lower portions of the lock excavation.
in completion no later than 2028. Both figures take into
account expected periods of high water. Construction on “That will probably happen late this spring or early this
the project began in 1998, and the total cost is expected to summer,” Getty said. The lock excavation contract is
be $1.2 billion when completed, requiring an investment scheduled to finish in the first part of 2022.
of $562 million above which have been received so far
and have not yet been awarded as part of contracts and FUNDING
contingencies projected through the projected construction Keeping up with the Kentucky Lock Addition Project’s
timetable. projected timeline requires a continual commitment in
federal funding. “Kentucky Lock has been blessed with
Work at the Kentucky Lock in 2020 and into 2021 has focused receiving all the funds we’ve needed and asked for the
primarily on two ongoing contracts: for the downstream last five fiscal years,” he said, meaning that there are
cofferdam and for the lock chamber excavation. not expected to be any delays between contracts. For
Fiscal Year 2021, the Corps asked for $110.1 million, all
COFFERDAM CONSTRUCTION to go toward the effort of awarding the downstream lock
Downstream cofferdam construction has been the most monolith contract. The award would allow a larger base
problematic from a construction standpoint due to high contract with options and is expected to continue funding
water over the last two years, Getty said. until the next round of appropriations.
On February 2, 2020, the contractor, Johnson Brothers, “Kentucky Lock is in great financial shape, and the future
used a gantry crane to lift in the last of 10 concrete shells looks bright as far as getting enough funds to finish it up
lowered to the prepared bed. The last one weighed 1.3 efficiently from a financial standpoint,” Getty said.
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FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS
1| Mark Parchciarz Pier 5
1| Andrea McNaughton Pier 6
4| Lynn Young Pier 6
10| Keith Whitler Pier 5
11| James Hunt Pier 5
12| Bill Seabold Pier 4
14| Beth Hall Jetty 3
14| Cheryl Elikofer Pier 5
14| Terry Lindley Pier 12
14| Patty Freeman CYC
15| Ginger Whitler Pier 5
17| Tim Capps Pier 12
17| Ed Jones Pier 12
18| Chris Klohr Pier 12
19| Kimberly Deberge Jetty 1
20| Pat (Patricia) Jones Pier 5
24| Margaret Kline Jetty 2
24| Steven Gough Pier 5
24| Doris Stout Pier 6
26| Phil Mayleben Pier 4
27| Jared Florence Pier 7
FEBRUARY ANNIVERSARIES
2| Bob & Faye Simmons Pier 6
10| Chris & “Sam” Lurker Pier 5
12| Jim & Patty Worley Jetty 3
14| James & Vicky Russell Pier 4
14| Matthew & Jodie Paddick Pier 8
16| Steve & Robin Gausebeck Jetty 3
18| Russell & Michele Edwards Pier 5
19| Pat & Sylvia DeVault Pier 5
20| Mike & Katy Belt Pier 7
22| Mike & Vicki Agee Pier 11
IN MEMORIAM
The friend of so many, Emory Pence, whose
birthday is February 12th, whom I catch myself still
trying to call from my iPhone “favorites”.
- Bill Gary IV
If we have missed you, please email Sarah Quarles at
squarles@greenturtlebay.com with your information.
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CYC NEWSLETTER
2021 OFFICERS It is now February and the club is open again. There are many of us who have already
COMMODORE
experienced snow, and others who have experienced warm weather. I hope no matter
Suzanne McElwain where you might be now, that you are having a safe but good time. We have been lucky
mccbold@bellsouth.net this winter to have The Thirsty Turtle Tavern open for both lunch and dinner.
VICE-COMMODORE
Tim Grace In addition to organizing parties and activities for the CYC members and their guests, the
timothylynngrace@hotmail.com CYC Board has donated $2,500 to several charities in Livingston County. These charities
include Helping Hands/Food Pantry, Family First/Snack Pack-Back Pack Program and
REAR-COMMODORE
Pam Hancock Project Graduation for Livingston County High School. This endeavor is just one of the
pamroehr57@icloud.com many ways that our CYC Board helps in our community of Grand Rivers as well as in the
County.
FLEET CAPTAIN
Jeff Copeland
copeland.jk@sbcglobal.net The CYC Board is working on the new activities for this year. Beginning in April, events will
include a fashion show with lunch, the Blessing of the Fleet, Pirates’ Market, Fire Extinguisher
SECRETARY
Sarabess Forster-Carnahan
Check-Up*, a Bourbon Tasting Evening, a Martini Tasting Evening, Raft Ups, excursions to
sarabess1305@gmail.com other marinas, A Night on the Beach, dancing lessons, a Flag Retirement Ceremony, a
Dinner With James Bond, and, of course, the 16th Annual Regatta.
TREASURER
Terry West
westview69@hotmail.com We are looking forward to an exciting new season of fun and camaraderie.
HISTORIAN
*Since the “Silent Killer on the Mississippi” article last month concerning the Hunt family
Suzy Pence
emoryandsuzy@gmail.com and their encounter with carbon monoxide poisoning, the CYC Board is attempting to find
methods of detection that could be offered the same day as the Fire Extinguisher Check-up.
2021 DIRECTORS
Mindy Adams (3 years)
God Bless and Stay Safe
mendybadams@gmail.com
Suzanne McElwain | Commodore
Daryl DeGuire (3 years)
1crna4u@gmail.com
Ashley Thurman (3 years)
cat.thurman@gmail.com
Jack Fares (2 years)
jfaresarcher@gmail.com
Deb DeGuire (2 years)
debdeg7@gmail.com
Martha Riddle (2 years)
newhome4446@yahoo.com
Danny Cope (1 year)
dannycope51@gmail.com
Jimmie Cope (1 year)
jimmiecope727@gmail.com
Marti May (1 year)
martimay16@gmail.com
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Winter Blues at The
Turtle with music by
Ethan Torsak
CYC Valentine’s
Super Bowl Dinner with music
viewing party CYC Open
by The Cruisers
at The Turtle
Board
Meeting
CYC Open CYC Open CYC Open
CYC Open CYC Open CYC Open
CYC Open
Dry Stack Opens CYC Opens 5
Days Per Week
St. Patrick’s
Day Celebration
CYC Board
Meeting
NOTE: Events subject to change because of COVID restrictions 9
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