Thursday, March 24, 2005 - The real construction of the bar portion, or actually the back bar, of the Spread Eagle Saloon commenced late Saturday (3/19) afternoon. The results of about thirty minutes of work are shown in the picture to the right.

Bar construction has been slow at best. There have been numerous delays which have delayed bar opening by several months. The most notable cause for delay has been a complete lack of funding for this endeavor, which seems to have been spawned by the President's interest in getting inebriated and the Nassau West Sheriff's Department's hardline stance against drinking and driving.

Nassau West President Kelly K. Bartram, who was on hand Saturday to see the bar construction in progress, was disappointed with the amount of work completed. "It's a good start," he stated, "but it's not much actual work done. What's the hold up?!"

According to the contractor in charge, the delay was caused because the circular saw to be used in the construction project had not been assembled by the time the workers arrived. As a result, they spent about two hours putting it together, which included a trip to the local hardware store to replace a broken screw.

When informed of the delay and the causes for the delay, the President responded harshly, "I'm not overly amused with the Craftsman brand right now. Apparently they decided, or maybe the Chinese that built this damn thing decided, that it would be funny to use both standard and metric nuts and bolts. They further found it humorous to put in the instructions that a particular screw needed to be very tight. Yeah, that's funny ... it broke. Damn Chinese - learn Engrish!"

During the process of getting the amount of work done that is shown in the picture, Bartram kept rambling on about possibly changing the name of the bar again (for the fourth time). The bar was originally to be named The Longhorn Saloon, which was abandoned because there are already several establishments with this very same name. The next name chosen was The Howlin' Cow Saloon, and finally the Spread Eagle Saloon. The last name receiving the most criticism (due to sexual connotations) and the most praise.

Bartram says that he's been rather undecided on the bar's name for quite some time. "I like The Howlin' Cow Saloon," he said, "but I also like the Spread Eagle Saloon, which, incidentally, has nothing to do with anything even remotely sexual. The Spread Eagle is to have several pictures and sculptures of bald eagles flying, obviously, a 'spread eagle'."