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Month: March 2019

A Flood of Community Support

A Flood of Community Support

I live in a small city called Lodi (pronounced Low-Die! Get it right people!). It’s an old city. It was founded as a village in the Pleasant Valley District. At the time, Wisconsin was still a territory and hadn’t attained Statehood. The city’s founder, Isaac Palmer picked the location because of the water potential provided by Spring Creek. A saw mill and later a grist mill were both powered by Spring Creek. Lodi was literally built around Spring Creek. Our…

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The Day of the Dozen Alarms–A Daylight Savings Story

The Day of the Dozen Alarms–A Daylight Savings Story

A few weeks ago: I put on my watch and looked at the time, “Holy crap! Girls! We gotta go! Grab your boots! Lyd? Zip up your backpack! Wait on that. Is your lunch in there? No? Go grab it Sweetie! It’s go time!” My wife and daughters stared at me with confused looks on their faces. “Hun?” Annie asked, “The girls have maybe another forty minutes before they need to leave for school. Chill out.” I stammered. I looked…

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