BY SHERRY LYNN GROS FREELANCE WRITER FOR HIGHLAND PARK MOBILE AL Catastrophic Failure at around 4 PM on August 30, 2021 Optimist Lake Dam Suffers Critical Injury This article is an update to yesterday’s article. I guess I could feel…
The Dam at Optimist Lake after Hurricane IDA
By Sherry Gros Freeland Writer for Highland Park Mobile AL 08/30/2021 Good Monday morning. The dam is overtopping at 7:15 am. The lake is at its high water mark, as high as it can get, and the water is rushing…
January 2020 SWIM Report for Optimist Lake
By Sherry Lynn Gros, President, LHPca and Freelance Writer for the Highland Park Subdivision Sorry this is so late in coming out. I received it end of February 2021 but by that time I was enjoined by the neighboring HOA…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ———–BREAKING NEWS – Gros Vows to Take it to Federal Court. Will Seek Tens of Thousands in Damages Against Lakeview HOA
In what some say is a bold move by the “unsanctioned” HOA Board of Directors of a neighboring subdivision Allen Helms, Mike Damoff, Arlene Davis, Ed McCusker, and Ed Williams wrested the Highland Park Community Association out of Highland Park…
DOES MIGHT MAKE RIGHT Part II
by Sherry Gros Freelance Writer for HIghland Park Mobile AL 08/14/2021 Did you know: 1) When you attend a group your IQ drops 15 points. 2) Angry people overestimate their intelligence. 3) Your IQ drops another 15 points if you…
GRANTS ON HOLD ~ CLOUDS ON TITLE
By Sherry Gros Freelance Writer Highland Park Mobile AL 08/12/2021 Can there be any more roadblocks trying to get a grant for this piece of land? While the lake sits as a dry silt bed pocked with puddles over the…
2021 Dam Safety Site Inspection
By Sherry Gros Freelance Writer for HIghland Park Mobile AL 08/11/2021 Highland Park Community Association would like to thank Avalisha Fisher and Michael Catrett of Driven Engineering, Semmes Alabama for providing us with our Dam Safety Site Inspection for the…
Bringing Dams Across America into Standardized Safety Compliance
By Sherry Gros Freelance Writer for Highland Park Mobile AL 08/11/2021 Today I sent off an email to Congressman Jerry Carl of the 1st Congressional District to bring to his attention that his constituents would ask him to co-sponsor the…
The Highland Park Neighborhood Code
By Sherry Gros Freelance Writer for Highland Park Mobile AL 01/10/2021 In the next few days I will be catching up with the more “corporate” aspect of the news that has been piling up since February. The dismissal of “The…