The weather forecast was for rain on Saturday, May 14 but it turned out to be a beautiful Seattle sunny day.
Friends of Hicks Lake wish to thank the 59 volunteers for their time and hard labor to place a smile on Lakewood Park / Hicks Lake. You performed a GREAT job, girls and guys.

Numerous gallon-size potted Elm trees were planted. Thank goodness for the following rain to give them a good start in their new location. A follow-up summertime watering plan needs to be devise to help them survive.

New lawn sod was installed where a vendor's truck ran over the curb and destroyed the grass. This has happened previously with this vendor driving over the curb and grass.

A truckload of branches, limbs were also removed from around Hicks Lake.

Several bags of litter were removed from around the lake.

Large amounts of vegetation were removed from around two large high Evergreen trees to help them survive.

A special thanks to all participants and to WCCDA who engineered and spent countless hours in preparation for the White Center annual clean up day. And do not forget the sponsors listed on the back of "I LOVE WHITE CENTER" tee shirts for their contributions to this event.

Even though there were a few glitches, it was an amazing job well done. Thank you all.

Dick Thurnau
Friends of Hicks Lake