Not An Easy Goal
I think this is very cool. Setting goals can be a neat, important and interesting endeavor. One goal I have never heard about until now was, or still is, catching a fish each day. So, over 100 days ago, Mark Shoemaker, age 13 from Geneseo, set a goal of catching at least one fish everyday. So far he has caught 14 different species of fish. He and his family live near the canal, but it still is a big challenge because he is depended on the “fish!” His first day he caught a big bass (C-photo). Mark is also involved with school, football, cross country and basketball so sometimes he has to get up early to fish or at night to catch that one daily fish. One early morning he went out in his pajamas, in the dark and in the rain just to keep his streak going. Now that, folks, is one very determined fisherman. Obviously, Mark is one heck of a fisherman!
Mark Shoemaker, 7th grader, Geneseo, set a goal of catching one fish every day. He has now passed 100 days of catching at least one fish daily. The first fish he caught on Day 1 was a big bass as shown in the photo.
U.S. Postal Service
In this crazy world, I guess it doesn’t surprise me about robbery and attacks on Letter Carriers plus the increase of stealing mail. When I carried mail, sometime after the earth cooled, the only thing we had to worry about were dogs and some punk(s) knocking down rural mailboxes. Although, anymore no place is safe from “stick up’s.” I ‘m sure it is more dangerous in heavy populated cities. Keep in mind that such increases of crime are reflected in the increase in postage. Unrelated to crime, but what also is reflected is the increase of that stamp is at the pump. Also, those Long Life Vehicles (LLV) are way past their reliability and usefulness. The large fleet of LLVs are being replaced and we’re talking big bucks. So, while a stamp is getting close to that 70 cents mark, there are a lot of good and bad factors to be considered on a postage increase. It’s a balancing act, for sure!
Airplane Humor
Jerry Myhre, Geneseo, used to fly a passenger plane for Geneseo Airlines. He was a pilot for the economy flights. There wasn’t any movies shown, but he flew low over a few drive-ins.
Orville Wright said to his brother, Wilbur, “You were only in the air for twelve seconds. How could my luggage be in Cleveland?”
To bad about the kamikaze pilots. They had to do all their bragging ahead of time.
Wind Turbines
Except for dotting the country side with what I think are ugly structures, wind turbines are a good thing for the environment. I’m sure way down the road they will be taken down and replaced by something different. For farmers, allowing them to be installed on their farmland means extra income.
I read recently in the Successful Farming publication that renting out their property can add some extra income. A farmer in Emden, Illinois, is not allowed to say exactly how much he receives per each turbine, but it is somewhere between $10,000 and $15,000 per turbine, per year. Not a bad piece of change for not taking up a lot of ground. As to solar panels, a farmer in Woodson, IL, has 15 acres of solar panels. He said the income is more than farming those acres. Interesting!
Kaiten
Most of us know what a “kamikaze” (Divine Wind) was during WW2 when fighting the Japanese. Some Japanese pilots would jump in their airplanes, loaded with a bomb, and attempt to crash their plane into the enemy’s ships. Happily, they would die for the emperor. The Japanese had one of the better torpedoes (Type 93 Long Lance) of WW2. They modified a torpedo in which the pilot sat inside and could steer the torpedo directly into the hull of the ship. It was called, “Kaiten” meaning “Turn to the Heavens.” Once inside the torpedo the pilot had no way to exit. His fate was sealed. A Japanese “mother ship” would carry 4 such modified torpedoes. One Kaiten did manage to sink the U.S. Navy ship, the Mississinewa. Overall, Kaitens were not very successful and had little military value.
Wild Game Feast
Again, Boy Scout Troop 131 did an outstanding job providing a great wild game dinner last Saturday evening at the Moose Lodge. It is one of their annual fund raiser events and the food was outstanding. The silent auction was nice, too! We got the winning bid for a half hour flight in Kent Johnson’s Piper J-3 Cub airplane. So, our grandson, Caden, who loves airplanes, will enjoy the flight. He’ll be on cloud nine, so to speak! We also had the high bid on a food basket from Lisa’s Place, Atkinson.