The Lagoon Sign is back

[vineline]

Good morning FNN:
I would like to share this special story with all of you.
Last year our Lagoon sign blew away in a very bad wind storm.
The sign blew away, broke into pieces, and it appeared to be lost forever.
Fortunately our lead mechanic Dave Quast, and his assistant Johnny Gilabert had different ideas.
They picked up all the pieces, put it all back together, refurbished, repainted and remounted the sign.
The finishing touch was added by Mike Tomaselli, the original sign maker who repainted to center piece trout.
The sign is important to Irvine Lake because it is a piece of our history, it marked the day the kids Lagoon was opened,
and it is dedicated to the special volunteer who built the lagoon, Mr. Frank Aguilera of Orange.
The sign is beautiful again and back where it belongs in front of the Kids Lagoon.
A special thank you to Dave and Johnny for all the good work and for not letting it go.
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(L)Johnny Gilabert - (R) Dave Quast

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Pictured above is Frank Aguilera builder of the Childrens Lagoon. Frank was very happy to see
his sign back in front of the Childrens Lagoon.
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Dave Quast and Frank Aguilera share a special moment in front of the Childrens lagoon. I think I
saw a tear in Daves eye..It meant a lot to Dave to get Frank's legacy back on display.


Thank you,
Vineline

[Rooster]

Now that's some quality work there. Major props ! Looking forward to seeing it in person soon!

[TaperSteve]

That's so awesome!

Those two.... Dave & Johnny are top notch and do an amazing job at the lake.

I saw the sign up at the mechanic shop and Dave told me the story about the sign and all it means to the lake. He told me about all the great volunteer work Mr. Aguilera did around the lake helping build all the roads and what not. Great.... great thing there!

TS

[5150fishn]

Dave and Johnny did an incredible job with the sign. It looks as good as new! Those are some quality dedicated employees!

[trollmiester]

what a refreshing nice sign,good job by all.

[troutdog]

That is awesome, glad to see an important part of the lake's history back in pristine condition...excellent job! :Cool:

(now Hitts won't get lost when he finally makes it back to the lake! :LOL:)


TD

[Shewillbemine]

Ooh nice! Wish I were there to see it put up--just missed it.

Btw, heard you're going to start selling 10 packs of admissions tickets with a discount, of course. Finally!