Monday, February 23, 2009

February 23, 2009 - Monday

02/23/09 MONDAY
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Todays Gazette is brought to you by the folks that are proud to be an
American. Everyone else can go back to where ever they came from.
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The current temperature is -13 degrees.
The "feels like" temperature is -13
Yesterdays H/L temperature was 16/-5
Normal H/L temp for this date is 25/7
It was 59 degrees on this date in 1958
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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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Here we are, going into the fifth week of Raumin Gone and still there
is no sign of a sold sign, on any of our sailboat fuel storage
facilities.
Simonsons new building on the corner of Hill Avenue and 12th street is
still under construction. The parking lot of the proposed new Subway
Sandwich, Gas and Convenience Store continues to be cluttered with the
equipment of out of town contractors.
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Rumor has it that local officials are entertaining the idea of
installing a "hydraulic blade" on the end of one of Grafton's Motor
Patrols. The idea is a fantastic one, if I say so myself. As a matter of
fact, in that regard, I can say that Raymond Nord, Elmer Sondeland and I
installed just such a device on a city motor grader back in the very
early 60's. AND, I should add, it worked absolutely the way the
salespeople said it would,..... perfectly........... almost.
At the time, we (the street department) were able to plow a normal
snowfall off city streets without leaving that gosh awful ridge of snow
across anyones driveway.
However, heavier snowfalls created an overload situation that the newly
added hydraulic blade couldn't handle. That, combined with the fact that
it took significantly more time to open the streets, gave our city
leaders sufficient reason to abandon, what seemed at the time, a very
good idea.
For the sake of those, including me, that must remove those gosh awful
snow and ice ridges from the end of our driveways. I hope that the
recent rumor of the addition of such equipment to our snowplowing fleet
is true,... and, that it works.
Who knows, we may even see a picture of the miraculous new device in
this weeks edition of the Walsh County Record. At any rate, If there is,
or isn't, any substance to the 'rumor', a short story and a picture in
the record would be great.
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I believe the following note from Celeste, echo's the thoughts of most
North Dakotans. She wrote; >>>>>>
I love that message from the Eric Anderson about North Dakota and it
warms my heart when I hear other people talk about our beautiful state
because I would not trade it for the world. I'm so proud to be a North
Dakotan and be from small town America where people are friendly and
will help you out in a heartbeat if you need it. HOORAY FOR NORTH
DAKOTA! BLESSINGS, CELESTE <<<<
Thanks a million for caring and sharing Celeste. Although I believe
most folks, in most states, could share the same message. I, like
Celeste, will always be partial to North Dakota and small town USA.
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It's times like these that adds credence to quotes the likes of George
Bernard Shaw. "A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always
depend on the support of Paul." Or so it seems to me.
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~~~~~~ WALLEYE DINNER ~~~~~~
======= HERITAGE VILLAGE =======
FRIDAY, FEB 27TH FROM 5PM TIL 7PM
ADULTS $11.00 Child under 10 $5.00. FOR TAKE OUT ORDERS,
CALL THE VILLAGE AT 701-352-3280 ALL PROCEEDS TO BE USED FOR THE
PRESERVATION OF HERITAGE VILLAGE AND JUGVILLE.
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If you can't go to the game, and, if you're to far away to get KXPO on
your radio. Andrea shared the following solution.
She wrote; >>>>>
Subject: Local Sports On-Line
Hi Guys! Please spread the word ~
Local Sports Play-by-Play
ON-LINE
www.network1sports.com
click on "Today's Broadcasts" and find North Dakota
Also, join Live Chat with others listening on-line
~~~~~~~~~~~ Enjoy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~
Andrea Johnston
General Manager
KXPO 1340 AM & KAUJ 100.9 FM
p 701.352.0431
AND,... Thank you for shopping local for the good of our community!
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Thanks a million for caring and sharing Andrea. I'm guessing, next
week there will be several of our "distant" members listening to the
state hockey tournaments on line.
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GOTTA GO WORK ON MY DASH
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"Life is to short for long answers." GLM


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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