I spent a morning this spring with Jerry Jones, a Country Place resident for many years, who volunteers his time to help keep our lakes in balance. I rode with Jerry over to Longview to pick up a hundred pounds of tilapia (see our Summer 2008 newsletter for more detail). Jerry is one of a group of volunteers who have helped make Country Place what it is today. Tom Perry has worked on the Fall Festival Hayride for years. Denise Jarrett worked with a group to help update our deed restrictions. Ann Horton spent hours researching the title work for Country Place. Ken Terrell donated his considerable carpentry skills to help make the bridges over dams 1, 2 and 3. For those of us who have moved here more recently, the standard set by these folks is a high bar. If you have some time and talent and you want to make a difference in the neighborhood you call home, call a board member and ask what needs doing here.