Right after I came home my power went off. Evergy thought it would be an hour and a half. It took two and a half hours to get the power back on. This could have been bad, but the same storm that caused the power outage cooled temperatures down twenty degrees to downright tolerable.
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Death of the daily
I haven’t read the Parsons Sun in a few months since I had no reason to go to Cherryvale, the nearest place to pick up a copy of a daily that hadn’t been ruined by the Dumholtzes. I picked up a copy on my way to the job fair today. I never got a chanceContinue reading “Death of the daily”
The other other drought monitor
Nothing has changed at droughtmonitor.unl.edu. The spring has not changed since Tuesday. There is one other method of determining how dry things are locally. For the first time, I have dipped into my stored water supply to water my plants. Some people like me do collect rainwater as a supplement to rainfall. It also helpsContinue reading “The other other drought monitor”
Job Fair Friday
The soybean oil plant is holding a job fair Friday and Saturday. With a starting wage of $20/hour all five sessions should be busy. They are looking to hire 50 people and will have to go through 500 suspects to get to 150 prospects to interview. Hardly anyone not in skilled trades makes $20/hour aroundContinue reading “Job Fair Friday”
Internet comes and goes
One of the bad things about living in a rural area is the lack of internet. Theoretically there are several providers of internet service. Getting it installed is one problem. Having dependable service is another. Getting a provider to stay more than a year is a bigger problem. In the last seven years five internetContinue reading “Internet comes and goes”
Animal Shelter is a dump
Three former workers at the local animal shelter have accused the manager of ordering euthanized animals dumped in the river. There is a picture of dead dogs in a freezer circulating around local media. It remains to be seen if the charges are credible, but it is disturbing.
Hay Weather
The weather has been decent this summer. There has been enough rain to make grass grow with enough dry spells to cut the grass and make hay bales out of it. The ideal hay cutting and baling weather is hot, dry and going to stay that way. That is what we will have the restContinue reading “Hay Weather”
Polishing up the resume
With the new soybean processing plant opening up next year, people are polishing up their resumes. I will be among them. For $4.50 an hour I have to at least look into it. The company is holding a job fair in early August and they want resumes.. I never made a resume before 2020 andContinue reading “Polishing up the resume”
Wage increases
It has taken a while, but local wages are finally getting of rock bottom. With Wally World offering $14 an hour, local industries can no longer pay 10 to 12 dollars an hour for hard fast paced work in sweatshop conditions. There is a new soybean oil processing plant opening up next year that willContinue reading “Wage increases”
Jury Duty again
I just got a notice in the mail from the county about jury duty in two weeks. Hopefully it will be a false alarm just like every other summons I have received since I moved here.
Footyfried 