The Unturned Stone

We are sad to report the passing of friend and patron Vickie Begley. The Unturned family sends their sincere condolences to Vickie’s family and friends.

We are sad to report the passing of Sioux-Dog, our longest serving executive and most reliable chaser of sticks, squirrels and rabbits. When I started here in the fall of 97, Sioux was on the job everyday patrolling the site for varmints, monitoring snacks and lunch and leading ‘dogger breaks’ which invloved stick-toss or furry naps in the sun. He was a very good dog and is sorely missed.

Last week the Unturned Stone had a company day. We reviewed our new policies manual and the schdeule for the very busy spring and summmer seasons. We have trail projects in Mount Mitchell and Stone Mountain State Parks as well as a small private trail that will lead into a very exciting project, building a strucural stone cabin deep in the woods.
The last time we all met, we made a company wide wager on how many timber terraces would be required to get us out of the last section of the Ledge Spring Trail at Pilot Mountain. Guesses varied from 60 to 350. Mike came closest (without going over a la Showcase Showdown) with his guess of 155. He was rewarded with a wind chime built by Fred of left over bits from the year long project. A worn out diamond blade is suspended from a saw chain. Toasted drill bits dangle delicately in the breeze. Nicknamed the “tetanus chime”, it is more a tornado warning system than wind chime, but when shaken, it does sound lovely. Congratulations, Mike.

After our meetings, we welcomed some of the crew from Peter Jensen & Associates, another trail company that has been working recently in Hanging Rock State Park. Bocci, disc golf and volleyball were all popular, as was drinking beer and eating grilled things and cookies. The front lawn was devoted to the unfortunately named game cornhole (sometimes also called bag toss.)

At dusk Fred pulled out her juggling pins and illuminated the yard with spinning fire. Before becoming a trail-builder, stone mason and business owner, she spent time busking on the street.

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Fred staffs our Home Show booth at the Asheville Civic Center last night during the Home Builder’s Association meeting. It was a thin crowd for us, as the beer and barbecue were on the floor above ours. Come find us on the bottom floor, near the tractors from now until Sunday evening. Just follow the blasting sounds of Fleetwood Mac and Jimmy Buffett courtesy of the home theater folks next door. It has to be the biggest TV ever.

Getting this thing together has been very punk rock/DIY- all the way down to the stickers. Jill is shown here helping out assembling the postcard portfolios. We learned that the technical term for schwag is collaterals. Our schwag-o-lateral includes stickers, postcards, brand new business cards and three different portfolio books.

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Abe models some of our wearable schwag.

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We have just added a new page

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about job site safety.

The trail crew ventured to the Asheville area this week to help the stone crew stage and begin a set of stone steps as part of a trailhead at a mountaintop home. The whole posse posed for a band photo in front of a huge drystone retaining wall being built behind the house.

Miriam and Dave begin laying edging along the sidehill trails. This huge stone will be two-thirds buried, to ensure the longterm stability of the treadway or walking surface. The stone was flown in using a high-line and winch system.

Greg and Dave continue the edging.

The Unturned Stone Inc. has just become a member of the Biodiesel Alliance

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, a non-profit group attempting to build support for the new fuels revolution. Visit their site for a wealth of biodiesel information.

One of the unexpected side effects of switching to biodiesel has been the smell. We are usually working quite close to our equipment as we set boulders or surface trail. The biodiesel is less toxic and smells considerably better than straight diesel. At the end of the day, you might crave french fries, but that’s better than having a splitting headache.

Over the course of the last two months, TUSI has grown to thirteen employees. Ian started earlier this week and the newest recruit, Jody, will begin on the trail crew in early June.

Today was the first time that everyone from both crews met. We feasted on fried green tomato BLT’s at Early Girl Eatery download adam and eve dvd the wanderers download download time bandits in Asheville and then bowled a few frames at Sky Lanes. Scott, bowling as Wolff, rolled the high game of 187. Greg topped out at 20 miles per hour and Pythons rolled the slowest ball at a lazy 5 mph.
Many thanks to Fred and Wolff for sponsoring this event. It was great to meet everyone: Mike, Mike, Scott, Carmen, Daniel, Miriam, Ian, Jody, Dave and Greg.

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The Unturned Stone has officially made the switch to biodiesel to run all of our equipment. In addition to lower emissions, it’s biodegradable, causing less impact if any spills on the job. This was a main motivator for us to make the switch, as we so often work in parks and nature preserves.
We purchase our biodiesel from Blue Ridge Bio Fuels, whose web site has great resources for people interested in the bio fuels revolution.

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