HomeMy WebLinkAboutRe: sign LYLE GODFREY
206t?NORTH SHORE DRIVE
ORONO,MN 55323 ���°EI���
612-473-3984 FEB 2 9 z000
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CITY OF ORONO
P.O BOX 66
CRYSTAL BAY,MN. 55323-U066
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I WAS ASKED BY GARY DE SANTIS OF SAIL4RS WORLD TO CONFIRM TI�CONSTRUCTION
OF Tf�CURRENT ROADSIDE SIGN AT SAII..ORS WORLD.
IN 1973,FOR THE THEN PAUL'S LANDING,I DESIGNEU AND BUII,T A WOODEN HANGING
SIGN THAT HUNG IN TI�CURRENT APPROXIMATE 12'x 8' STEEL RECTANGLE FRAME.
THIS SIGN WAS A CUSTOM WOODEN SHAPE WITH'THE IMAGE OF'THE "ONAWA"
SAILBOAT ETCHED IN'I'O'�HE WOODEN PANELS AND'1�SCRIP'I'ED WORDS FISHING,
SAILING AND CANOEING WRITTEN BENEATH'THE WOOD CARVED SAILBOAT.
TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE THIS SAME 51GN DIMENSION EXISTS AT SAILORS
WORLD TODAY WHICH HAD A TEMPORARY PLY WO(7D SIGN THAT REPLACED THE ONE 1
CONSTRUCTED.
IN ESSENCE THE SAME SIZE DiMENSION OF THE S1GN REMAlNED THE SAME TODAY AS 1T
WAS SOME 25 YEARS AGO.
SINCERELY;
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