Nine Outta Ten Ain’t bad

W.W. Schell Park, Summer 2005

Here is a joke for you. How many soil samples have to be slightly above allowable levels to bring the construction of Schell Park playground to a screeching halt?

One would be the correct answer. Out of ten soil samples, one came back with slightly elevated levels. Levels of what we aren’t sure. I might have been slightly elevated levels of peanut butter; sadly, we weren't given the specifics. Which chemical compound in the soil they are measuring, we really don’t know, but the magic number to trigger this was over 200 part per million, (PPM). One of the samples there was 226 PPM of peanut butter, while the rest passed.

What does this mean? This means that the failing sample will be reanalyzed, and as long as on the re-testing it does no exceed 400 PPM of peanut butter, the park will be completed.

The testing is supposed to be completed by Friday, so we will keep you in the loop. It does lead one to ask, if the acceptable number is really 400, why wouldn’t they just set the limit to 400, rather than 200 initially, and cause all this anxiety?

There was a meeting today regarding the Hogan’s Creek Greenway. I will let UJ fill everyone in on those details since the information is far more likely to get out from his site.

Lastly, Councilwoman Lockett-Felder has agreed to hold ribbon cutting ceremonies at both Liberty Park and Oakland Park. These will be some time in March. Stay tuned for more information. With any Luck, SPAR and the mommies club will hold an event at the opening so all of our little rug-rats can break the new equipment in.

Oh, and don’t be shy to sign up to help clean the medians on March 4^th. With any luck we will have some yummy grub out there.