Wildlife Report. We received the following report regarding wildlife eating chickens:
Just want to let you know that endangering wildlife is still lurking in the Illahee area. A sole large coyote was lurking under the nut orchard looking for a chicken breakfast today as I drove out at 6:30.
On Monday a month old chick disappeared from a small enclosed wire four by four pen located inside, a six foot chain link fence behind the garage. No evidence of why was evident. Today Vickie went out and found another chicken had met his demise, at the mercy of a raptor. A large hawk was sitting on top of the chain link guarding his partially devoured chicken, that he had partially pulled through the wires.
These chickens were rescued after my 4-5 year old farm hen had hatched six chicks on a Wednesday. On a Sunday morning she was found to be the victim of some unknown type of predator. The chicks were captured with an old salmon net as they hid in the corn field.
Illahee Road Report. The report on the road repairs came out earlier today and is as follows:
Work to repair Illahee road begins August 18th. If we have wonderful fall Northwest weather work should be complete October 17th. This date will be adjusted if weather conditions are such that work can not progress.
Please be aware that heavy truck traffic will increase during the work. I have notified Central Kitsap School District's transportation staff, and they will work with Brownsville Elementary to notify parents in the vicinity of the increased truck traffic. If you have friends who walk on Illahee, or have students that walk to Brownsville Elementary, please caution them about the increased traffic. It's also a good idea to suggest to friends to sign up for The Road Report. Updates for this project are posted there, as well as details concerning all our work on County-maintained roads. Sign up at www.kitsapgov.com/pw/roadwork.htm or call The Open Line at 360-337-5777.
We truly appreciate your patience and understanding as we've worked through this project. It has taken a lot of cooperation on the part of many different people and agencies to get where we are today. Projects like these usually take years, rather than months to complete. We are fortunate to be able to move along this quickly.
If you have questions or need more information please let me know.
Sincerely,
Doug Bear
Illahee Fire Link. We gave a brief report of the fire that occurred early Tuesday morning. The link to the article in the Kitsap Sun is: Fire in Basement of Illahee Home Sends One to the Hospital
Community Plan Survey Post Card. Illahee residents received a post card in today's (8/7/08) mail with a heading "What Does Your Illahee Look Like." It asks you to visit a website and take a survey. Even though this is a county generated survey, we've received calls about the applicability of some of the questions along with those who have had difficulty logging on to the website.
Survey Applicability. As you have probably gathered, if you accessed the website, the survey was adapted from a previous survey. We think from last years Keyport survey. Some had expressed earlier that the Keyport survey was too long and and needed a good review if it was to be used in Illahee, but it didn't happen. Some distinctive Illahee questions have been included, usually at the end of the page. Our recommendation is to ignore the questions that aren't applicable and concentrate on the rest of the questions. We can ask the county how they want people to respond when they come across questions that don't appear relevant to Illahee.
Website Access. HERE IS the link for those having problems logging on.
Jim Aho
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