05/10/06 WEDNESDAY grp. 7 of 20
REALLY EARLY EDITION
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The current temperature is 55 degrees.
Yesterdays H/L temperature was 75/47
Normal H/L temp for this date is 67/41
The unofficial Gazette moisture meter registered .24" of Tuesdays rain.
The low on this date in 1981 was 25.
The five day forecast is for four days of unseasonably normal seasonal
weather, with one day of unstable air laden with high humidity.
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"Profanity makes ignorance audible."
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L O C A L news & stuff,.. mostly stuff.
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The Westside Drive Inn opened up Tuesday afternoon at 4:00 pm. We drove
by a few times and watched as more and more cars pulled up to the
electronic "outercom" to give their orders.
Finally, my willpower gave way to the crazy sounds coming out of my
stomach. I pulled up to the speaker and there it was. The first item on
the menu,.. the WagonMaster. I didn't have to read any further. I told
Pat, order me one of those, a basket of potato gem and a medium milk.
Pat ordered a Mac salad, with two forks, a burger and sprite.
As the young lady was reading back our order, "for accuracy", I
realized the voice coming through the speaker was that of our
granddaughter Jennifer Hartje. As she finished repeating our order, Pat
replied thank you Jenny, followed by Jenny's response of "thank you
Gramma".
Our order was delivered within a few short minutes by another pretty
young lady, Amber Evenson. The food was fantastic as was the service.
For some reason eating out at the West Side Drive Inn a drive inn, makes
one feel young again.
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One of the units in the C&L Manor housing complex was struck by
lightning Tuesday afternoon. Reports are that the lightning bolt blew a
hole in the roof and raised more heck and caused more damage than a pack
of squirrels on a nut hunt.
It is also believed that a young man working on lawns nearby, was
knocked down by that same lightning bolt. Early observations are that
the youth hasn't obtained serious injuries although he was being held
overnight in the hospital, just to be certain.
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A good seedbed and a proper job of planting are the foundation to a
high-yielding, quality crop of sugarbeets.
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I am surprised at the number of requests for the picture of Jeff's
paddle fish. Some folks, it seems, have heard of paddle fish and think
they are really UGLY creatures, although I'm guessing other paddle fish
might argue that concept. Then there's those that haven't even heard of
paddle fish let alone see one. That's the group Jeff's picture can best
relate to.
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Speaking of Jeff. Wednesday, May 10 is the day Jeff celebrates the
anniversary of his first spanking. Dr. Les Eaton had the "privilege" of
that event. I'm not sure, but I think I was the second one,...and
third,...and fourth etc, etc, etc.
Jeff started running, almost before he could crawl. By the time he was
3, he could take apart a trike faster than I could put it together. When
Jeff was 7 he could put a bike together almost as fast as he could tear
it apart, and, by the time he was 15 he was overhauling V/8 motors so he
could make bald tires for swings in the park. (so he said)
Then, one day, Jeff decided to channel all that energy into obtaining
and raising a fantastic family, volunteering copious amounts of time and
energy helping family members, and members of his community.
Happy birthday Jeffrey Gary Moe, you have given your mother and me
significant reason to be proud. We love you very much and hope you can
enjoy the anniversary of your birth, as much as your mother and I. Dad
& Mom
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Speaking of family. I am extremely pleased with the participation of
the Gazette family with this years Grafton High School / American Legion
Baseball fund raising program.
"Our" Gazette families participation amounted to "almost" 25 percent of
the total calendar draw contributions. For that I must say "thank you",
to each and every member of the Gazette family, from the bottom of my
heart.
The Grafton Baseball Board would also like to thank EVERYONE for
helping support Grafton H. S. / American Legion Baseball programs.
Checks were made out and mailed to the first weeks winners. They are;
Gary Sevigny $50
Julie Lutovsky $50
Al Presteng $50
Denise Sevigny $50
Gene Fayette $50
Don Burns $100
Congratulations to this weeks lucky baseball winners.
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I just received the following note on Nessa Schrank. >>>
Gary, Just a note to let you know that Nessa will have her second
surgery Thursday May 11.Things haven't been the best since her
last surgery as she has been in Altru Hospital most of last week. We
need to keep Nessa in our thoughts and prayers Howard & Rose
Wendelbo <<< Thanks a million for the update on Nessa.
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GOTTA GO WORK ON MY DASH
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The Gazette works best, when the folks that read it, write it. Or so it
seems to me.
Write if you can, call if you can't, and, tell your loved ones they are,
before it's too late.
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