It was brought to my attention recently that emails to bob@hawksnestowners.org and info@hawksnestowners.org were bouncing back to the senders. It turns out that our switch to a new hosting company was the cause of the problem. It has now been rectified, (so I’m told), so if anyone has had their emails to this site returned to them, try it again, and I’ll respond.
Bob
We would like to express our most heart-felt thank you to all of the Hawks Nest owners who sent cards, e-mails and well wishes, made phone calls, and gave us their overwhelming support during the days surrounding Ray’s death and Dorothy’s bypass surgery and recovery. It is comforting to know they touched their winter friends as much as their family and friends here in Wisconsin.
We are happy to report that although Dorothy misses her husband of 59 years terribly, physically she is recovering from her surgery and doing very well.
Thank you again so much for all your thoughts and prayers.
The family of Ray Kolnik
Weeks: 3, 6, & 11 – one bedroom
Weeks 1, 2, 6, 9 & 10 – two bedrooms
Call Bob @ 906-225-5063
For those who wish to and are able to attend, the services for Ray Kolnik are as follows:
The visitation will be Friday, June 19 at Toynton Funeral Home, 328 Kenosha Street, Walworth, Wisconsin, 53184, from 4 to 8 p.m.
The funeral will be at Immanuel United Church of Christ, 111 Fremont Street, Walworth, Wisconsin, 53184, Saturday, June 20 at 10 a.m.
For Ray’s obituary, go here: http://gazettextra.com/obits/2009/jun/18/raymond-kolnik/
It is with a great amount of sadness that I pass on the news I received this evening that former long time Hawks Nest Director and Treasurer, Ray Kolnik, died unexpectedly today. As if that weren’t bad enough, his wife, Dorothy “Toots” underwent cardiac bypass surgery also today.
At the moment, plans for services, etc. have not been made due to Dorothy’s necessary hospital stay as well as the fact that their only daughter is in Indonesia, and it will be difficult for her to get home quickly. When more information becomes available, I will pass it along.
Anyone who knew Ray knows how much he loved the Hawks Nest and that he was intent on making it a better place of all of us. We all owe him a great debt of gratitude for his many years of service and dedication.
Condolences can be expressed to the family c/o Tim & Laura Kolnik, North 784 Bollinger Rd., Sharon, WI 53585.
Well, former Navy ship. This week the Ship, USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, a 522 foot 17,250 ton former troop transport ship with a long career, most recently tracking missle launches for both the Air Force and Navy, was intentionally sunk about 6 or 7 miles off Key West in 140 feet of water. For those with GPS’s, the coordinates are: 24.27 N, 81.44 W, between Western Sambo and Sand Key, and south of Hawks Channel marker #32
The idea was to provide an artificial reef, mainly for reef research, SCUBA divers, and so they say, snorkelers, (in 140 feet of water, you have to have better lungs than I do to get anywhere close). Apparently, this is the second largest artificial reef in the world, and was 12 years in the planning. If you read the papers down there, this was a really big deal, almost as big as the scandal with the wife of the Supertendent of Schools.
Here is a video of the sinking, start to finish just over two minutes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwDdUpxqTzk. Other videos, including on-board footage can be found at www.sinkthevandenberg.com, and more at www.keysnews.com. The sinkthevandenberg.com site was planning to stream the proceedings live on the internet, but the demand was so great that it caused the web hosting company’s computer to crash. Luckily, I don’t have that problem here.
According to the coverage, the sinking was a total success, in other words the ship settled to the bottom keel-down, which was the plan. An earlier sinking a few years ago up at Key Largo didn’t go as well, with the ship landing on its side, but fortunately, along came a hurricane, I don’t know which one, maybe Rita, and believe it or not rolled the ship into an upright position. Clean living, I guess.
Unit #405, Weeks 6, 8 & 9 in 2010 for rent. Please call Agnes Phillips at 386-860-6797 or write philshef@earthlink.net
Hi All
In case anyone has weeks in june or july that they are not using please call me at 219-308-8282. I have week 2 and 3 in case anyone is looking for them for 2010. We will consider buying a week during this time also.
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Atul Kumar
Week 33, unit 502 and Week 34, unit 402, $1,100 per week plus utilities. For info, please call 954-445-2480.