During their Thursday morning meeting, the Hamilton County Conservation Board learned about the successful Halloween festivities at two of the Hamilton County Parks this month. Hamilton County Conservation naturalist John Laird said there were 500 kids in costume for the activities at Little Wall Lakr Park on October 11th while 400 youngsters in costume appeared at Briggs Woods Park on October 18th. There were prizes for the best dressed costumes at both county park events with candy distributed at the camp sites. A big thanks goes to the volunteers with the People Movers at the parks assisting the many visitors during the Halloween events this month.
There was a discussion on the purchase of two golf simulators for the Briggs Woods Golf Course clubhouse. Blake Barquist of Ag Force in Jewell presented information on the possibility of an expansion project to the Briggs Woods Golf club house to house the two golf simulators. The cost for the expansion will be under $200,000. No action was taken by the board with more discussion to take place at a future board meeting.
The date of November 13th at 10 a.m. was set for the stocking of 600 walleyes at Briggs Woods Lake. Monetary donations for the walleye project can be made by submitting the monetary gift through the Hamilton County Conservation Friends Account at the conservation office in Briggs Woods Park.
In one other matter the Hamilton County Conservation Board learned that the season is wrapping up for the county parks. All water to the cabins will close for the season on November 3rd. The Briggs Woods Golf Course will be closing for the season around the first week of November weather permitting.
The next scheduled meeting for the Hamilton County Conservation Board will be Thursday,November 20th at 9;30 at the conservation office in Briggs Woods Park..