Any of you who have visited the airfield after a significant rain storm are aware that there was frequently mud flow out onto the runway that then left behind silt that was difficult to clean up without having our street sweeper vendor come out, at significant expense.  Most of that mud would come from the dirt areas under the fence line at the edge of the runway, which was essentially level with the runway.  After much consideration by the Board, we decided to undertake a project to create swales to catch runoff and allow it to percolate into the soil rather than run out onto the runway.  The excavation to create these swales required removing the exiting fence posts.  Rather than attempting to re-implant the same posts and plastic fencing that required yearly replacement, it was decided to also take this opportunity to upgrade the fences to much more permanent chain link.  Due to generous donations from Bob Kelly who covered the cost of the creation of the swales, and Alan Williamson who donated the fencing materials, as well  as a great crew of volunteers to provide much of the labor installing the fences, all of these upgrades were performed at no net cost to the Club!!  And all work was completed in time for our Desert Warbirds and Jet Jam events!

Special thanks to David Ginsberg, Reg Modlin, Bob Nelson, and new members Mike Franz and Gary Smith, among others, who helped put up the fencing!