Hanover fires continue
Seven fire departments responded to a fire at the pallet factory in Hanover this morning, shortly before 5 a.m. The brick structure burned, except for the walls, including several wood pallets. More in this week’s Washington County News.
Livestock winners at the Washington County Fair
Large animals Sheep – Logan Singular, Linn Livewires (repeat winner – 2008) Goat – Levi Gauby, Busy Bee Halter mare – Lindy Singular, Linn Livewires (repeat winner – 2007 and 2009) Halter gelding – Gabryelle Gilliam, Farmington Swine – Tyler Simmons, Happy Spirit Dairy – Taylor Klipp, Happy Workers (repeat winner – 2009) Beef – [...]
Washington fireworks rescheduled for Saturday
Fireworks are a go for Saturday July 10th around 10 p.m. in Washington. The rain date Sunday July 11th around 10 pm. See discussion on the previous fireworks post for more information.
Updated brackets
The updated girls softball and boys coach pitch tourney brackets have been posted on the Backroads Sports page. You can go to the page by clicking on “Backroads Sports” on the right sidebar under Blogroll.
Remember this?
Just a couple seasons ago, we were having the same amount of precipitation falling from the sky as we have been in the last few weeks. It’s just that it was in the frozen form.
Softball/baseball tourney brackets
I have set up another site to allow for the posting of the summer baseball and softball tournament brackets. That site can be found by clicking “Backroads Sports” under the Blogroll on the right sidebar, or by clicking this link. http://backroadssports.wordpress.com/
Washington fireworks display postponed
Sounds like the fireworks display in Washington has been postponed because of the rainy weather (I got 3.80 in my gauge today). We’ll let you know when they’ve been rescheduled.
4-H pre-fair judging
That daunted event, 4-H pre-fair judging, is today. I have three kids involved. Two for buymanship and one for his Lego craft (a Star Wars tie fighter of course.) After a hugely busy spring, we decided to cut out clothing construction. I admire the kids who are able to keep up with all the activities [...]
State can’t live by their own rules
I can see both sides to the smoking ban debate. I do not care for the nanny-state result of this ban, with government looking out for our best interests. But I also know smoking is harmful and avoiding it at all costs is probably a good thing. However, if the state is going to subject [...]
Government in action
As of July 1, we should all praise how involved government is in our lives. If it weren’t for them, evidently we’d all be dead since we’re totally inept. I don’t know how we made it this far. New rules that come into effect on July 1 (of which I’m aware): • Smoking ban in [...]
