JDLC1936 #10---HUMANITARIAN
On April 22 2015 our good friend and fellow geocacher Jim Clark (JDLC1936) lost his short but courageous battle with cancer.
A friend of us all and stranger to none is the best way I can describe Jim. He lived life to the fullest and made a lasting impression on all of us.
This series was created and is dedicated to the memory of Jim Clark and the footprint he left on the geocaching community.
Each cache is named after something that we can all remember Jim for. This cache is named after the type of man that Jim was outside of caching.
That word to describe Jim is ........
HUMANITARIAN
Below is a log from GLF33M4C...
Got it today. I helped get a house recovered from the flood on K St. SW. We worked for 3 months so it could be reoccupied. The house next door still sits as it was after the flood. It has a fenced yard and had an ice machine in the yard that floated in during the flood. . As soon as we were allowed into the area the damaged contents were removed. We had a portable generator and two power washers. The flood was 7 foot deep at the house, the first floor had 48 inches of water. Mud was flushed from the first floor and it took two days to pump out the basement. Everything that was under flood water was washed down with chlorine and flushed. We ran fans and dried the house out. We power washed the clothes washer, drier and central air conditioning compressor and flushed and dried the motors and controls. Saved them! A new high efficiency gas furnace and the ducts had to be replaced. All wiring outlets and switches that were flooded had to be replaced and a new service panel were installed per code. Those old houses needed them anyway. The subfloor was stable and didn’t buckle so we saved that. Removed all kitchen cabinets and counters and replaced. Removed the old 12 inch baseboards and opened up bottoms of lathe and plaster walls, dried them and saved the walls. Saved the staircase framing and built-in book cases. The flooded areas could only be occupied during daylight hours. The areas were closed after dark. The city water system was saved and the high bridge on 380 connected both sides of the river. Things would have been much worse without water and a way to cross the river.
**THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES**.
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N42° 00.776 W91° 44.383
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***If you haven't had a chance to read the recent interview conducted with JDLC1936, you can read it HERE....
JDLC1936 INTERVIEW
The Caches that make up this series are:
1. JDLC1936 #1---PITCHFORK
2. JDLC1936 #2---KELLER
3. JDLC1936 #3---SUSPENDERS
4. JDLC1936 #4---MUSTACHE
5. JDLC1936 #5---"CACHE WHILE YOU CAN"
6. JDLC1936 #6---FRIEND
7. JDLC1936 #7---ADVENTURER
8. JDLC1936 #8---JDLC1936 #8---July 17, 2009—GC1W1W2
9. JDLC1936 #9---January 27, 2015---GC5KVMW
10. JDLC1936 #10---HUMANITARIAN
11. JDLC1936 #11---JOKESTER
12. JDLC1936 #12---DETERMINATION
13. JDLC1936 #13---DIET WILD CHERRY PEPSI
14. JDLC1936 #14---CARPENTER
15. JDLC1936 #15---SEMINOLE VALLEY
16. JDLC1936 #16---ROCKWELL
17. JDLC1936 #17---HONEY
18. JDLC1936 #18---APIARIES
19. JDLC1936 #19---ENGINEER
20. JDLC1936 #20---BENCHMARKING
21. JDLC1936 #21---GENEAOLOGY
22. JDLC1936 #22---CELLPHONE
23. JDLC1936 #23---GEORGE WASHINGTON
24. JDLC1936 #24---LEGEND OF ZELDA
25. JDLC1936 #24---GEO CRUZE
26. JDLC1936 #26---PUZZLES
27. JDLC1936 #27---I REMEMBER WHEN...
28. JDLC1936 #28---250 MILES
29. JDLC1936 #29---15,000 FINDS
30. JDLC1936 #30---FTF'S
31. JDLC1936 #31---PHOTOGRAPHER
32. JDLC1936 #32---EVENTS
33. JDLC1936 #33---MEMORY
34. JDLC1936 #34---LOGS
35. JDLC1936 #35---NOTES
36. JDLC1936 #36---CORNSTALKS
37. JDLC1936 #37---STORYTELLER
38. JDLC1936 #38---"OLD BUGGER"
39. JDLC1936 #39---FIGHTER
40. JDLC1936 #40---RIP JDLC1936
***A HUGE thanks goes out to the Clark family for allowing this series to be placed and the use of the photos that Jim took while caching.***