<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>Hi Jessica,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>I am disappointed that the Cherry Festival Director doesn't consider the Annual Boardman River Cleanup during the Cherry Festival worthy or valuable enough to participate in the Cherry Festival Community Share program. This event has been a part of the Cherry Festival for many years and now all of a sudden, it's not? <br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>We have taken tons of trash out the downtown section of the Boardman since 2004. Consider what the river would look like for our visiting tourists to see during Cherry Festival if we had not done this work for so long. The Cherry Festival has gotten their money's worth and more.<br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Members of the USCG, the Traverse Area Paddle Club, the GT Audubon
Club, the Bethlehem Lutheran Church and many members of the community participate in this annual event. They will be disappointed to be excluded from this being volunteers and denied a chance to serve our community in this way. <br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>We will do our river cleanup as usual on the 11th of July and we will do it for free because we feel that this is a service that we are <span style="font-weight: bold;">uniquely qualified</span> to do. Anyone and walk a beach and clean it but we have the tools and expertise to do river cleanups and that is how we will serve our community paid or
not.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>I would like to have an opportunity to talk to the Director personally about this exclusion from the BRCS form the Community Share program. Please share this email with him.<br></span></div><div> </div><div>Norm Fred<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.brcleansweep.org/">BRCS</a><br></div><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida
Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Jessica Schlimme <jessica@cherryfestival.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Norman R. Fred <nrfred@yahoo.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, May 21, 2014 10:50 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> 2014 National Cherry Festival <br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv4378150176">
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<div class="yiv4378150176MsoNormal">I wanted touch base with you as we are placing our community share groups. After speaking to our Executive Director, Trevor Tkach. We will not need to place a share group to clean the boardman river.
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<div class="yiv4378150176MsoNormal">We would be willing to pay your organization to help clean the beaches- both Clinch Park Beach and West End Beach. Is this something that your group would be interested in helping with this year? Thinking we would need help Opening Weekend
on Saturday and Sunday (7/5 & 7/6) also Friday and Saturday (7/11 & 7/12).</div>
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<div class="yiv4378150176MsoNormal">I know you have a big team to help and we could definitely use all the help to focus on keeping the beaches and areas clean!</div>
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<div class="yiv4378150176MsoNormal">I look forward to hear back from you!</div>
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<div class="yiv4378150176MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">Jessica Schlimme<span style="color:#1F497D;"></span></span></div>
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<div class="yiv4378150176MsoNormal"><b>National Cherry Festival </b></div>
<div class="yiv4378150176MsoNormal">250 E Front St. Suite 301 | Traverse City, MI 49684</div>
<div class="yiv4378150176MsoNormal">P (231) 947-4230 Ext. 107 |C (231) 735-1587 |F (231) 947-7435</div>
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<div class="yiv4378150176MsoNormal">The 88<sup>th</sup> Annual National Cherry Festival</div>
<div class="yiv4378150176MsoNormal">July 5-12, 2014</div>
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