Rose Lupton
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OMEGA PARK MARINA TRASHED AGAIN
Does the anyone care about our part of lake Cumberland? We have been trashed with debris for years and no one seems to care about this area of the
lake. We are tax payers and deserve better water conditions. Why are the corp worker standing around with nothing to do when they should be here
cleaning up out part of the lake!! There is a barge that removes this debris just setting idol on the main lake. WE NEED HELP!!
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![[*]](./images/xpsilver/default_icon.gif) posted on 8-30-2010 at 10:09 AM |
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If you wish to contact the Corp of Engineers:
US Army Corps of Engineers
Resource Manager's Office
855 Boat Dock Rd, Somerset, KY 42501
(606) 679-6337
OR
Contact: Marshall Jennings, CELRN-CO-WOL-R
(606) 679-6337
Nashville, TN
marshall.t.jennings@usace.army.mil
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| posted on 8-30-2010 at 10:43 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Rose Lupton
Does the anyone care about our part of lake Cumberland? We have been trashed with debris for years and no one seems to care about this area of the
lake. We are tax payers and deserve better water conditions. Why are the corp worker standing around with nothing to do when they should be here
cleaning up out part of the lake!! There is a barge that removes this debris just setting idol on the main lake. WE NEED HELP!!
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I'd like 2 see pics of Omega and it would help if you Omega folks would post more often.
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Where is Omega?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Modockin
Where is Omega? |
Roughly 15 miles above the powerplant near Burnside in the Cumberland River portion of the lake.
There are a lot of issues there while the lake is at this lower level with debris and current every time there is a heavy rain, like a couple weeks
ago.
I really don't know what the solution is for the debris coming down the river up there. When you get 6" of rain in a couple days, there is debris
from bank to bank for a few days all being pushed downstream at a fast pace. You need to remember the entire 100 mile long lake came up ~8' during
the last rains. A big percentage of that water that raised the lake came past London Dock and Omega Park on its way to filling the lake. It brings
with it trees, roots, limbs, sticks, and other debris from the river banks along the way.
I really don't know what you can do about any of that until the lake settles again and then clean up all over again.
I guess the best solution was to have the marinas in smaller side creeks, rather than in the main river flow, but that it about impossible with the
lake lower. Those creeks are now too shallow.
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Rose Lupton
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Omega Park Boat Ramp and Marina
After many emails and phone conversations, the corps (Tom Hale) is supost to send the chipper barge to clean up our part of the lake on Tuesday or
Wednesday. LEX18 in coming from Lexington to suport our cause. Folks need to get involved if they want things done. Sitting back and conplaining
doesn't make it happen!
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Omega Park residents incensed over conditions at Buck Creek Dock
Commonwealth Journal
August 31, 2010
Omega Park residents incensed over conditions at Buck Creek Dock
By CHRIS HARRIS, CJ Staff Writer
Commonwealth Journal
Somerset —
“Omega” is the last letter Alphabet, and Bible readers have come to associate it with the end of time. For some who live near Omega Park, the
perceived lack of attention to the state of the recreation facility there must make it seem like it’s at the very end of the earth. Residents of the
Omega Park area are incensed by the current state of the Buck Creek Boat Dock, which is covered in debris. Planks of wood, old tires, and other
miscellaneous pieces of junk litter the water out into the middle of this narrow stretch of the Cumberland River. Rose Ann Lupton lives only a couple
of miles away, in a residential area off of Omega Park Road. Originally from Ohio, Lupton and her family have been visiting Lake Cumberland for 12
years and even moved down here — one advantage of the decision being proximity to the beautiful lake waters. However, the recreation area — which
contains one of the numerous boat ramps in the county — isn’t fit to enjoy, she said. “I’m speaking for the community,” said Lupton. “We want a place
for our family to swim, for our grandchildren to play in the lake.” Around the time the lake level was lowered to ease pressure on ailing Wolf Creek
Dam, the Buck Creek Boat Dock moved from its old home at the end of Ky. 769 down in the southeastern part of the county a few miles west to Omega
Park. Things really seemed to get bad out at Omega Park in May of 2009. An accumulation of heavy rains caused the Cumberland River to rise rapidly,
and debris flowing downstream got clogged up at the end of the marina. According to Tom Hale, Lake Cumberland Operations Manager for the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, which maintains the lake and Wolf Creek Dam, the location of the dock presents a challenge. Most marinas are built away from the
main channel in a cove or creek, which buffers the effect of strong water flows. However in the Omega Park area, the water flow can be much more
forceful. The owners at the time, Gigi and Willy Zink, struggled to clean up the mess, and when heavy rains wreaked havoc again in January and May of
this year, the situation at the marina became more or less permanently problematic. “We’ve had this marina almost 27 years, and we’ve never had any
problem,” Gigi Zink said in May of 2009. “This time, it really got us. ... Mother Nature really did us in. ... It’s a disaster.” However, Lupton
suggested it’s been going on longer than that. “This has been going on way before the marina came,” said Lupton. “We’ve talked with everybody and
their brother, and we can’t get any response.” Since those earlier catastrophes, the ownership of the marina has changed hands. According Hale, Steve
Watson and Albert Obest are the current owners of the Buck Creek marina. They could not be reached for comment on Monday. In 2009, Gigi Zink said that
the marina’s insurance company wouldn’t provide the money to clean up the mess — “They won’t pay for anything,” Gigi said, “they say it’s an ‘act of
God” — and that while she believed that the Corps should do more to help their business, she wasn’t getting much satisfaction from them either. Hale
told the Commonwealth Journal on Monday that the Corps would offer assistance if requested by the marinas owners. “It’s just goes a lot quicker if
they would let us know they need something,” said Hale. “If we know that someone is needing assistance, we try to set it as a priority. They don’t
have to ask, but usually people call and ask.” Lupton said on Monday she contacted the Corps of Engineers herself and was given Hale’s phone number,
but didn’t seem optimistic about hearing back. “(The Corps are) full of broken promises,” she said. “They brag about have a million dollar barge that
chews up the debris” — but Lupton says she’s never seen it used at Omega Park. That “barge” is “The PRIDE of the Cumberland,” a boat christened in
2005 with the purpose of removing wood and trash debris on the lake. Hale said that after the January flooding, the “PRIDE of the Cumberland” tried to
go out and clean up the area, but the water flow was too strong and the boat’s operators had to wait until the waters settled down a bit. “As soon as
it went down, we took the boat up there and made it available to help,” said Hale. “In May (when severe flooding took place again), we were not asked
to go do anything. We usually try to address the areas that need the most attention. We worked quite a bit around Waitsboro and the Pitman Creek
areas, and did some work around some other private facilities.” Hale said that part of the current problem in that area is that last week, the lake
rose about seven feet in elevation, from around the target level of 680 feet above sea level to 687 feet. “After that rain occurred ... we got quite a
bit of rain downstream,” said Hale. “We’re letting the water out gradually. When that water came up, there was debris that came through, but nowhere
near the load that came through in May.” Whatever the case, it’s too much for Lupton’s tastes. “It just breaks my heart,” she said. “The Corps does
everything for the rest of the lake, but they do nothing for us. We’ve begged them to come clean it up, and we just can’t get anywhere. We pay our
taxes and we want it cleaned up.”
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| posted on 8-31-2010 at 07:29 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Rose Lupton
Folks need to get involved if they want things done. Sitting back and conplaining doesn't make it happen! |
Rose:
I applaud your efforts.
If promises aren't kept locally---escalate your issues to Washington DC -COE HQ.
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Hang in there Rose, hope you do well in your cause.
Pretty good at drinking beer....
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FYI the corps has kept their promise. The Pride of Cumberland is in our area today cleaning up the logs. Thank you Tom hale and Brett Call from the
corps of engineers!!!! Omega Park folks thank you as well.
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| posted on 8-31-2010 at 02:32 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by boathouse
| Quote: | Originally posted by Rose Lupton
Does the anyone care about our part of lake Cumberland? We have been trashed with debris for years and no one seems to care about this area of the
lake. We are tax payers and deserve better water conditions. Why are the corp worker standing around with nothing to do when they should be here
cleaning up out part of the lake!! There is a barge that removes this debris just setting idol on the main lake. WE NEED HELP!!
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I'd like 2 see pics of Omega and it would help if you Omega folks would post more often. |
This is NOT a current picture but I think it was taken this spring. Not even sure who took it. Sorry.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Rose Lupton
FYI the corps has kept their promise. The Pride of Cumberland is in our area today cleaning up the logs. Thank you Tom hale and Brett Call from the
corps of engineers!!!! Omega Park folks thank you as well. |
For getting the job done this award is hereby persented to member Rose Lupton for dedication, persistence and caring for the lake.
PS: I hope the Pride of the Cumberland can do you folks some real good up there. Good luck with the clean up.
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Here are a couple pics I took last month, before the latest flood.
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Notice the top deck/flying bridge floating by itself to the left. At least it's tied to the dock.
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WLEX-TV (Lexington) did a story on their 7 PM newscast today about this. They showed the "Pride (?) of Cumberland" picking up logs one at a time
and spewing truckloads of wood chips all over the water surface. I suppose if the stay in that area long enough, the folks at Omega will be able to
walk across the lake on the tons of wood chips.
I've said it before and I say it again.. This little boat, even when it is actually "working" is woefully inadequate for the job.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by WaterWings
| Quote: | Originally posted by Rose Lupton
FYI the corps has kept their promise. The Pride of Cumberland is in our area today cleaning up the logs. Thank you Tom hale and Brett Call from the
corps of engineers!!!! Omega Park folks thank you as well. |
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Thanks-COE- Tom & Brett
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Captain Bob:
I agree that the Pride of Cumberland chipper is woefully inadequate.
I am sure that there are boaters who will complain about the new sea of chips.
Other than this chipper boat and shoreline clean-up by volunteers & local, state prision workers, I am not sure there is a quick way to cleanup
flood debris.
The location of the docks ON THE RIVER at Omega Park will always have unique clean-up problems after river flooding.....
Does anyone have new suggestions, ideas ????
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Raise the lake back up where the swells will not be as bad up there...
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Thanks for all the support. I was told that the chips will sink in a few days. Tom and Brett are good guys just trying to do their jobs. We just
need to speak up instead of sitting around grumbling. Now we need to get Glenn Maxey out here before the holidays to take care of the ramp and the
road to the lake. I'm calling him again today. Lots of Ohio families come to enjoy the lake and you know what that means.......... revenue for
Somerset.
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