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Date: Saturday May 3 2014 (Entire float demolished and dumped from 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM)

Attending: Rodney Taucher, Bill Seavey, Rich Bailey, Fred Kegley, Craig Minsky, Rick Deleary, Mike Kottke, Dennis Petkiewicz, Brent Sheldon, Steve Stefanchick. Thanks to all and for working 2 hours in the rain.


Date: Saturday June 27 2014 (Built and welded entire frame 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM)

Attending: Rodney Taucher, Bill Seavey, Rich Bailey, Bob Henderson,Mike Kottke, Dennis Petkiewicz, Brent Sheldon, Johnny from Custom Steel Fabricators. Thanks to all.




Date: Saturday July 12 2014 (Welded deck down, cut all walls and railings,installed two walls 4th axel added to frame. 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM)

Attending: Rodney Taucher, Bill Seavey, Rich Bailey, Fred Kegley, Bob Henderson, Craig Minsky, Rick Deleary, Todd Moran, Dennis Petkiewicz, Brent Sheldon, John Kamkutis, Steve Stefanchick. Thanks to all



Date: Wednesday July 23 2014 (Welded top deck down, installed all walls and railings,framed out bathroom and spiral stair opening, installed doors. 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM)

Attending: Rodney Taucher, Rich Bailey, Bob Henderson, Dennis Petkiewicz, Tony Diaz Johnny Carr. Thanks to all







Date: Wednesday September 10 2014 Bob Henderson Primered the bottom story of the float. 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM) Attending: Bob Henderson, Thanks

Date: September 13 2014 Painted entire float. 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM)

Attending: Rodney Taucher, Rich Bailey, Brent Sheldon, Harold Oehler, Fred Kegley, John Kamkutis, Tanya Brown, Russel Kruzel Thanks to all


Date: Saturday September 27 2014
Installed spiral stairs, painted top deck, welded up bar area and repacked wheel bearings
Attending: Rodney Taucher, Rich Bailey, Brent Sheldon, Steve Jones, Fred Kegley, Bob Henderson, Mike Kottke, Steve Stefanchick, Bill Seavey Willy and Johnny.
Thanks to all

Date: October 11 2014
Installed hand rail on stairs and finished painting float.
Attending: Fred Kegley, Steven Jones, Brent Sheldon

October 25 2014
Installed walls, Up stairs bench seats, painted hand rail, bathroom roughed in.
Attending: Rodney Taucher, Rich Bailey, Craig Minsky, Dennis Petkiewicz, Tony Diaz, Fred Kegley, Tanya Brown. Bob Henderson, Mike Kottke, Steve Lopez, Bill Seavey, Johhny and Alvarez Plumbing.
Thanks to all


October 28 2014
Finished installing all exterior down stairs walls
Rodney Taucher, Fred Kegley, Craig Minsky

October 31 2014
Installed electrical, Plumbing toilet, urinal, bathroom sink and upstairs walls
Alvarez plumbing, C&C Electric, Rodney Taucher

November 1 2014
Completed all welding, benches down stairs, Speaker mounts,Water holding tanks, Finished all interior down stairs walls, installed counter top with sink.
Rodney Taucher and Johnny Car.



November 6 2014
Installed generator and air conditioning and heating system. (Donated by Budgetheating.com) Attending: Rodney Taucher, Robert Candice

November 8 2014
Installed seat tops, painted seats and touch up exterior, bathroom tile installed. Molded interior of float, hung bathroom door, installed generator up top built railing around.
Attending: Rodney Taucher, Rich Bailey, Russel Kruzel, Dennis Petkiewicz, Fred Kegley, Bob Henderson, Mike Kottke, Steve Lopez, Steven Jones, Brent Sheldon, John Kamkutis
Johnny .
Thanks to all

November 15 2014
Painted interior of float, finished tile in bathroom, installed door stops, completed the installation of the heat pump air conditioner for bar area, second coat of paint on seats, completed the molding on the interior put final coat of paint gripper on floors up and down.
Attending: Rodney Taucher, Dennis Petkiewicz, Fred Kegley, Steve Lopez, Steven Jones, Brent Sheldon, Craig Minsky, Rick Delery Bill Seavey

Thanks to all



November 20 2014
Alavarez Plumbing completed all bathroom and sink installation. The float will carry 80 gallons of fresh water and has a 100 gallon sewage holding tank. We now have a sink in the bar area with running water. We also have a full functional full bathroom complete with a flush able toilet, urinal, sink and mirror. A huge thank you goes out to Alvarez Plumbing for donating their labor and fixtures.

January 10 2015