I had two big mess-ups in the Clifton-Clyde Tribune this week. The story on Albert T. Reid was supposed to jump from the bottom of the front page to page four where I was going to have a sample picture of his, but I failed to jump it. So the story is cut off in the middle and I will run it in its entirety next week.
On Brenda Odgers plunge story, I did remember to jump the story to page 3, but I put it under the jump headline of "Tribune" and I misspelled page as "paeg." I often use pre-created text boxes for the page creation process on the computer and I am supposed to change them, but unfortunately, I occasionally forget.
I was wondering why I got the Washington County News B section and Clifton-Clyde Tribune done so early today. I guess it was because I did them so sloppily.
Sorry for the confusion. Please tell your friends.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Washington pool effort
The Washington City Council approved the retainment of a financial advisor to work with them and a committee on the new pool project. The advisor is to look at the funding effort from every angle and give the committee and council advise on the best way to proceed. It seemed like the right thing to do. In fact, city attorney Jason Brinegar said if the council didn't hire a financial advisor, they just as well drop the effort.
I understand not everyone likes the idea of a new pool with amenities in Washington. I suppose the city could just replace the existing pool with a newer rectangle hole in the ground. Whether we like it or not, however, we must progress. We can't put in a new drive-in movie theater when everyone else is putting in indoor movie complexes.
It often seems like the up or down vote hangs with the generation of voters who no longer have children or even grandchildren in the area. Their kids or grandkids are living in the city enjoying indoor water parks and other recreational opportunities. We are a small town, but I'd like that generation to understand that each generation of Washingtonians should be allowed certain amenities during their upbringing. The committee isn't asking for a major waterpark – it is a pool with amenities and it will allow for years of family entertainment in our little town.
I understand not everyone likes the idea of a new pool with amenities in Washington. I suppose the city could just replace the existing pool with a newer rectangle hole in the ground. Whether we like it or not, however, we must progress. We can't put in a new drive-in movie theater when everyone else is putting in indoor movie complexes.
It often seems like the up or down vote hangs with the generation of voters who no longer have children or even grandchildren in the area. Their kids or grandkids are living in the city enjoying indoor water parks and other recreational opportunities. We are a small town, but I'd like that generation to understand that each generation of Washingtonians should be allowed certain amenities during their upbringing. The committee isn't asking for a major waterpark – it is a pool with amenities and it will allow for years of family entertainment in our little town.
KU game
Of course, when KU really puts a thumping on a team, I'm stuck in an important (but long) city council meeting and I haven't yet seen one second of the game. I was a little worried that Texas Tech might be hot coming off their win over Texas, plus, I was worried KU might experience a let down after getting revenge on K-State.
Not so.
I wish I could have seen the performance that I was only able to read about. If they play the sort of game they played against K-State and Texas Tech, they could go deep into the tournament and I don't think any other team's A game could match KU's A game.
Not so.
I wish I could have seen the performance that I was only able to read about. If they play the sort of game they played against K-State and Texas Tech, they could go deep into the tournament and I don't think any other team's A game could match KU's A game.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Story ideas
We really have no trouble finding story ideas for each week's issue of the Washington County News or Clifton-Clyde Tribune... our story list is mostly unmanageable the way it is. But that doesn't mean we won't add more ideas to our list and maybe even prioritize some we may not have known about. If you have a story idea for either newspaper, or even a general comment about a type of story of which you'd like to see more, please leave a comment below or e-mail me at newseditor@sbcglobal.net. I'll try to post a "Story ideas" request each week so you can send something in whenever you think of something.
Hog commentary
The comments on the topic of hogs was kind of buried under a "For this week" post from Feb. 4, and I know people have had trouble finding it since the printed version was in the newspaper. So I posted the two existing comments below so folks can read them and post new comments here rather than under the Feb. 4 post. - Dan
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aneighbor said...
I just discovered this blog spot. I am assuming anyone can post their comments here. So here goes.
We live out south of Haddam and are being gradually surrounded with hog confinement facilities. The few of us in this area are concerned about what our summer is going to be like with the horrendous odor from these operations. It may be impossible to sit on our front porch in the evening and enjoy ourselves. It may be impossible to hang our laundry outside to dry in the breeze. I guess there surely will be a breeze, but I am sure it will not be very pleasant and our clothes will not smell nice.
We are at retirement age and the thought of spending our senior years in constant stench is very upsetting.
We believe the owners/operators of these facilities are not concerned about the odors as they do not live near their operations and will not be effected when the south summer wind blows.
February 24, 2008 2:10 PM
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HFH said...
Welcome to the club "aneighbor". We here a few miles northeast of Morrowville have put up with what you note for at least 20 years.
A couple of our so called neighbors have polluted our "clean air" for that length of time and perhaps even longer. And, of course, as in your case they both live far away from the stench that they create.
I do not make my living at the expense of my neighbor’s quality of life as these people do. One lives southeast of Washington and collects thousands and thousands of dollars worth of antique motorcycles far from the stench of his hogs. The other lives near the golf course in a new home that surely cost many hundreds of thousands of dollars. They both in fact do make their living at the expense of their neighbor’s quality of life!
My advice to you is that you should leave D.T. to his perfect world here in Washington County Kansas and get the heck out of here. That is my intention.
February 28, 2008 9:55 PM
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aneighbor said...
I just discovered this blog spot. I am assuming anyone can post their comments here. So here goes.
We live out south of Haddam and are being gradually surrounded with hog confinement facilities. The few of us in this area are concerned about what our summer is going to be like with the horrendous odor from these operations. It may be impossible to sit on our front porch in the evening and enjoy ourselves. It may be impossible to hang our laundry outside to dry in the breeze. I guess there surely will be a breeze, but I am sure it will not be very pleasant and our clothes will not smell nice.
We are at retirement age and the thought of spending our senior years in constant stench is very upsetting.
We believe the owners/operators of these facilities are not concerned about the odors as they do not live near their operations and will not be effected when the south summer wind blows.
February 24, 2008 2:10 PM
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HFH said...
Welcome to the club "aneighbor". We here a few miles northeast of Morrowville have put up with what you note for at least 20 years.
A couple of our so called neighbors have polluted our "clean air" for that length of time and perhaps even longer. And, of course, as in your case they both live far away from the stench that they create.
I do not make my living at the expense of my neighbor’s quality of life as these people do. One lives southeast of Washington and collects thousands and thousands of dollars worth of antique motorcycles far from the stench of his hogs. The other lives near the golf course in a new home that surely cost many hundreds of thousands of dollars. They both in fact do make their living at the expense of their neighbor’s quality of life!
My advice to you is that you should leave D.T. to his perfect world here in Washington County Kansas and get the heck out of here. That is my intention.
February 28, 2008 9:55 PM
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Dairy fire
The Linn, Palmer and Greenleaf Fire Departments were called to Linn Willow Creek Dairy today (Feb. 28) around 11 a.m. for a fire in their shop. The shop is the structure on the far south edge of the dairy complex. The fire seemed to be under control quickly as there was no smoke by the time I got out there soon after the call went out. I’ll try to update the story if details come available.
Update
A skid loader caught fire in the shop and they were able to pull it out. There was no damage to the building.
Update
A skid loader caught fire in the shop and they were able to pull it out. There was no damage to the building.
New Washington City Administrator search is on
The Washington City Council will advertise to fill the position of Washington City Administrator, which will be vacated in late April by Tim Schook, who will resign to take a job in Arma.
The council had a special meeting to discuss the impending vacancy at noon today, Feb. 28. There had been some rumor of suggestions that the City ought to try to do without the position and have department heads take up extra responsibilities. I figure, once you give each department head some extra pay to fulfill those duties, you won’t be saving much money and some responsibilities will start falling through the cracks.
It is imperative that the council hire a qualified, experienced individual to fill the position. Every applicant should be judged with the utmost in scrutiny to make sure we will not miss a step in continuing forward progress in the community. There’s too much good going on right now to trip up with a bad hire.
The council had a special meeting to discuss the impending vacancy at noon today, Feb. 28. There had been some rumor of suggestions that the City ought to try to do without the position and have department heads take up extra responsibilities. I figure, once you give each department head some extra pay to fulfill those duties, you won’t be saving much money and some responsibilities will start falling through the cracks.
It is imperative that the council hire a qualified, experienced individual to fill the position. Every applicant should be judged with the utmost in scrutiny to make sure we will not miss a step in continuing forward progress in the community. There’s too much good going on right now to trip up with a bad hire.
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