April 28, 2008 - Monday

Todays Gazette is brought to you, in part, by the tax refund paid to us
with money, borrowed from the chinese, so we can buy more stuff from
Wal-Mart........ that was made in China.
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The current temperature is 42.
Yesterdays H/L temperature was 48/21
Normal H/L temp for this date is 62/36
It was 91 degrees on this date in 1952.
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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 BP gas station is officially closed this morning. Rumor has it that
it will remain so til the new "Real" Subway Sandwich Store reopens in
that location in a couple months or so. I also understand that location
will also continue to be a gas station as well.
It appears that the BP "free" coffee clutch crew will be taking up
residence in Mylo's former body shop across the street, just east of
Mac's Bottle Shop.
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Work began this morning on the Leistikow Park Campground expansion.
Already one can get a good idea of what that project will look like when
completed.
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Every day more and more pieces of pipeline equipment can be see around
town. The Stagging area is starting to take shape and the south piece is
already being used for newly arriving equipment.
I'm not sure what has happened to the "crows net" issue. It almost
seems like the area that was once fenced off, now has a mountain of
beautiful black Red River Valley topsoil piled there.
Maybe the crows aren't planning to migrate here this year. Or, maybe
crows quit migrating altogether, so it's okay to work close to their
nests.
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I talked to Rocky Point resident Bill Hill yesterday and he told me
there was still more than enough snow up there to build a snowman. I
asked him if the fishing was going to be good at Arnesen's again this
year and he said, "absolutely". Of course,.... he didn't mention how the
catching would be.
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Some folks say it's best to let a sleeping dog lie. Assuming of course,
that the dog isn't rabid,..... or,..... in the nursery.
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TODAY - TOMORROW - & one more day
That's all the time we have left to get in on this years American
Legion / High School Baseball calendar drawing.
Help the Legionaires help our youth.
I still have several (many) American Legion Baseball
Calendar Draw tickets looking for a lucky winner. Ticket holders will
have a chance to win $50 on the 22 weekday drawings and $50 for each of
the 5 Saturday drawings.
(only 400 total tickets will be sold,.... if we can even
sell them all.) Another way to look at it,.... is, all of the kids
involved with baseball end up winners with each ticket sold. Only 3 days
left to be included in the May Calendar drawing. Please consider helping
the Legionaires support and maintain the American Legion / high school
summer baseball program.
Simply drop me a note and let me know your check is in the
mail. I'll put your name on a "lucky" ticket and then I will make
certain your ticket gets into the drum in time for the drawing.
P.S.
Some folks have already figured out if all the tickets aren't sold,...
they'll have a lot better chance at winning.
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The only thing you get when you let a sleeping dog lye,...... is a lazy
dog.
Or so it seems to me.
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=== DATES -- TO -- REMEMBER ===
Grafton's Spring Wine Walk on May 1st.
The OPTIMIST'S OUTING at Fair Oak's Golf Club May 2nd.
The ELMWOOD SPRING THEME LUNCHEON May 3rd.
Spring 2008 Job Fair May 7th.
Spring Cleanup week May 5 thru 9.
Who says there's never anything to do in a small town? And,.... I
haven't even mentioned meals on wheels, Senior Citizens Bingo or the
school lunch menu yet.
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As I am writing this, Pat is cooking some apple cinnamon pork chops we
got from the Country Smokehouse yesterday. If they taste just a little
bit as good as they smell,..... I probably won't need to eat any supper.
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GOTTA GO WORK ON MY DASH
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"To know what is right, and then not do it. Is the worst form of
cowardice."


Write if you can, call if you can't, and, tell your loved ones they
are,..... before it's too late.