LO51 �S�@ When Health Dept.,..flnallyyfi.
<br /> closed I..,.,.isle for a brief period,
<br /> Editor: It was primarily because of a coo-: L
<br /> j The Sunday June 26,1888 edition troveray over wbeth_K4r' w
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<br /> of the Modesto Bee contained an could barbecue outaldaJ
<br /> article In the Metro Section titled `
<br /> Although tb J►as'.aoldr. �.
<br /> ..lslagd�opylaR r deap�ta Coad ,aMthT�e t�l?�.i.. p. i'`:
<br /> tions. ,',waa -
<br /> Nelson and gives tbsrongIm
<br /> ro+ir0�hypRoItiltt
<br /> prevloull•`owners,
<br /> pressloo+Af my`poaltion in the ererpomplalned of harras;mept. .
<br /> island controversy. <;.A6co�gg to the'=ptweet Awwri
<br /> M a(orpser long-time owner til,attaroe ud a .Wil ont.N(}Ufen l 5 7
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<br /> Lost Isle,l wish to make some •saidiths I}ad alone tial 2bj4'ikland'h ' '
<br /> clarification to the article. First, was Wortht:S00,000,wel)+b4.our:` 1
<br /> Lost Ialp;s located nine miles nor* investment, I•woo,or'' bat
<br /> thwest Af, Downtown;Stockton .qsr�{� t Judgei. arabthis,- 1 I '
<br /> rather thad"west of Lodi" ro And U it Is;to baluabl -
<br /> i tial Isle was a'succeasful Dust-
<br /> neat whensold t, since w why are the Present Da
<br /> e°•�difficuUysWlingltl',s; r '
<br /> are carrying financing for the bus-
<br /> iness, Y
<br /> it certainly Is not unreason- 1 U was former:owners .:
<br /> able that we would not,Want to see ms anew watet SY )�
<br /> the island facilities deteriorate. much of the rewiring. � �% �)
<br /> want
<br /> 'assure you we d9,not Mdtithe se tica
<br /> 3y..
<br /> get the island tuck".as .detertoratLig D p, 's' V�
<br /> some have implied.
<br /> Although the San Joaquin Healthw CO is of a t)plpoito�
<br /> DItricts's Carl Borgman did Io- harbor.
<br /> deed complete about animals Although tbeprasegL.oRner
<br /> roaming the island when we owned ..complain of their'oeat of lejaPlees' I /
<br /> It, the animals were a popular attorney fees ta�4t;lel_ . 4", b~
<br /> feature of Lost Isle.This Is a rustic ;:10,000 becauselvil heC f0�, t-S
<br /> setting and most visitors are from brought about by no Usautance and
<br /> a city atmosphere.For many,this. the Present ownen',te�uporarl ;••
<br /> was a first opportunity to get close restraining order. a -
<br /> to animals, And we installed new The article slays tbe'gr'andlury
<br /> septic tanks and leach lines to res ..inspected L)at.Igo and found
<br /> illy the sewage problem .gotbing o4 of'Utw Actua113� the
<br /> mentioned a'
<br /> by Borgmaa grand fury YlslfOd the Wand twice.
<br /> Although John Cammack, the'v'And#.w 4 only after their second
<br /> present owners'attorney,bellevea'ay mot'eIx :ll !'sllatgrmucd,
<br /> I am trytog to driv j the present. after:many;repa(rt;k gpd. much 1 f ,s'•'
<br /> owners crazy, I can assure you I cleanup had been effected that the ,
<br /> have never harrassed them. We grand Jury was sat llej�, ,gp.,n,
<br /> only ask'that they keep the faciti- LOIK,410'b+uiorbad numerous
<br /> ties clean,in good repair and pryf'other'Lroblema not•covered In the
<br /> perly Insured. In September'of' articlersAA. huge garbage dump
<br /> 1986,wi 1parned there was no fire covered over with dirt and planted
<br /> Insurance on the Island (later we with flowers'to hid the class and
<br /> learned)t#od not been Insured for cans'bear the'surface; Mature
<br /> over,a ear). AtythaQ time, the trees dead-or dying; Erosion up
<br /> ...
<br /> present;4)woers agrood,W abtain almost"t0�the'foundalloas of the.
<br /> Insurance 4nd to m,Fte•specUleQ Wand home;and moral r
<br /> repairs hof the facl4ty;By January All wo alessating 14 ,.'
<br /> of 1987 we'found the 4uaurance had present gwneri of LosC Wei live up
<br /> not been obtained and the specified".to the tet•mspf their
<br /> -` repairs not made.Ir,Wa�put fhe.'keep the Wand fac111U�
<br /> property Into foredosur%*4, lty;,onol repair. $eyond'Utat,W
<br /> was cancelled at last minuts,Fish em the bp;ft Jp'
<br /> when Insurance w tamed.But. sea a deavors�-"
<br /> over a.'year later many! of.•Ihe BW a4d Gegrgla4 �' a
<br /> agreed-upon repairs 'R�oj�y' rM'• 5�x +'` ' '' . ,
<br /> been accompllshed`,' ' r,,�f,"1�
<br /> Is It unreasonablepthst'1 mould!•
<br /> want the property kept Insured U4, . f•, #, ` i+
<br /> In reasonable ropalr?,.,,
<br /> The refgrence toot three-tncb� v
<br /> thick file on Lost Isis at the Health
<br /> Department probablh a not-rea-
<br /> sonable.for a business that has
<br /> been oOeq.for 20(years.;At.the q',.. t.'r•; `,};
<br /> same Umgi the Health peek. was '
<br /> bent oo oasingdownLost late, It
<br /> was alta doing tutUi,with several
<br /> of Stockton's most prWaigent les-
<br /> Water,f9; the:ItlSp04ystem ;.
<br /> was Indeed 4 a if4a4: 1R a 'a'a
<br /> was approved by ZpaRb Dept. 3
<br /> when installed juAt s Unt replao-
<br /> ed untU two years after.we Gold
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