So what is going on around Paquin Tower

Yes that is a good question what is going on around our vertical neighborhood these days?

I try to keep up on things as much as I can when I get the time and I guess here I found some time on a lazy mid day on a Saturday.

Where to begin?

The war of the Bed Bugs is being fought hard by our great team from Win Gate Pest Control and we all appreciate all of the efforts and hours they put into the war. Die you little bugs die!!

Spring and Summer are fast approaching and as such it is time to see if our new window screens will hold out against those ever pesky huge black flying wasps we have seen outside of our windows in the past. I hate those critters!

Maybe our Pest Control Guys can help out with that and with the invasion of the Japanese Beetles too perhaps that are invading the building from all angles they can get in through?

Oh Phil Steinhaus are ya reading here boss?

With Spring and Summer coming on it is time to get your air conditioners ready too by cleaning the filter and even spraying some Lysol Disinfectant Cleaner inside of your AC Unit to help kill off some of the mold and mildew from it setting over the Winter. I spray mine down heavily twice before I even think of firing it up.

Coffee and chat is going over better now that the PTRA has instituted a $5.00 a month coffee and chat club type of payment plan to make sure the program always has the supplies to keep it going.

The dining room is still being left a total mess every night by those insomniacs who just cannot sleep at night and many different discussions have been going around on what to do. Suggestions tossed out are closing the dining area from 11pm to 5:30 am once again to installing more cameras to flogging of the individuals responsible. Many have voiced approval of the latter but with all of the mess they create it gives Phil Reid something to do every morning as he takes all of the newspapers to the area recycle bin down the street. The point is though do those who leave the dining room in such a mess actually keep their own apartments that way too? EEEwwwyuk!!!!

The residents were informed that coming in May of this year they would finally have to pay for their basic cable even if they already had extended cable. The charge would be between $15 - $20 per month and paid just like you do your air conditioner payments each summer only you would be paying it each month. Some are already saying that others might not be able to afford their cable at all. Time will tell how badly they want to learn just how to run their own budgets.

Alot of people moving in and out but that is always the case around here isn't it?

If you hear the sounds of thunder on a clear blue day that is the sound of that really awesome Harley owned by the other Chuck firing up and getting ready to go for a ride. Oh how I love that sound echoing around the neighborhood!

The new CHA van schedule is great and is becoming a big hit with some of the regulars who like it better than it was and hope that it still can be improved upon to include Moser's in the future.

We are still waiting on those phantom stoves and refrigerators we keeping hearing about but maybe they are like the ghosts of Paquin Tower that ride the elevators just for kicks often times but cannot seem to go anywhere. They are somewhere in limbo just like the ghosts.

The R.A.B. Board is quite the hit this year with instead of using the computer room the Board has taken over the dining room for it's meetings and everybody seems alot happier with the move.

The maintenance guys around Paquin did some nice retrofitting and upgrading in the lobby and dining room of the light fixture covers which makes those areas alot brighter for sure. Thanks guys for all that you do.

With Spring coming to be sure to get into P&R to get signed up for your garden slot and get your seeds and plants ready to go as well as getting your planting boxes ready too. If ya folks would do as my grandma used to do with her's at the end of the growing season she would clean everything out right then,turn the soils,add fresh fertilizer and let that sit over the Winter to replenish what was lost the past season. They knew how to garden back in the day.

Some people are still smoking right outside of the front door even with a plainly posted sign right there on the column and it seems others are letting their dogs go poop as well right outside of the front door too. Ya gotta wonder why they want to mess up theirs and their neighbor's front door ways? Does their own unit look like that too?

Resident Services are ya hearing me here?

Soon there will be another First Aide and CPR Coarse going on so contact Richard Craghead for more info.

If you have any interesting stories do not be afraid to post them up and get involved. After all this is your building.

Till next time I get some news to post.

Peace out.