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Hope you all can read the text. Click on image for a larger version. And again, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family from Doug and Wanda Wiken.
***** Stay tuned for a whole new Year...even if Donald Trump is still President---- Doug Wiken
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Douglas and Wanda Wiken
Click on image for a larger version. Obvious that I buy too much stuff at Shopko.
*** Stay tuned, I am working on a post concerning the proposed new Platte-Winner Bridge -- Doug Wiken
On the first day time went back to standard time, we woke up to a wet frozen snow that stuck to windshields, doors and the rest of the car. Started it up until the defrosters started working and that layer could be slid off. That was enough "winter" before official winter arrived, but this morning we saw two more inches of snow, but this time it was fluffy and swept off relatively easily.
Streets and highways were another thing in the early morning however. County and State had spread some sand and salt but that left a few inches of slush. Every time we met a vehicle, we had to run the windshield washer to see ahead. Then on the road were idiots driving with lights off and only a little hole of snow off the windshield. None of the snow brushed off. They were like camouflaged snow drifts blending into all the other whiteness. Anyway, by this afternoon the county had the slush of the highway north of Winner. So traffic was back to "normal". I was driving right at speed limit or a bit more or less when I was passed like I was standing still. Anyway, below is a photo of snow on cars this morning.
This snow brushed more or less right off with no difficulty. The frozen stuff the day before was a whole 'nother can of worms however.
***Stay tuned for hopefully cheerier news...not too likely with Trump still in White House--- Doug Wiken
I had no luck getting a photo of the eclipse in Winner, SD. The weather was dark enough here because of black storm clouds that some people thought the eclipse had happened at 10 AM. I guess it was closer to noon, but because of clouds I never saw it let alone photographed it.
Today, I talked to Jeremy Clay at Winner Farmers Union Insurance office. He gave me a copy of the photo his son Jacob Clay took yesterday with a cellphone. I think it was taken near Colome which was apparently not quite as clouded up as was Winner. In any case, below is a somewhat cropped copy of his image.
I have the Welding glass for a helmet in the right combination for my camera, but nothing could I find that would be relevant to the Solar Eclipse. I guess the Winner Advocate may be here this afternoon. Maybe somebody else got a photo. Some days in the area, the difference between a good photo and a mediocre or uninteresting photo is just a matter of minutes as the light changes. Anyway, hope you enjoyed this view of a little history in the Winner area even if I did not take the photo.
*** Stay tuned, maybe I will have better luck with a camera in the future. In the meantime, Thanks to Jacob Clay---- Doug Wiken
I had a pleasant surprise a few days ago. I got a package in the mail from a friend with a couple small surprises inside. Chuck Noble is a retired Boeing engineer and usually returns to hometown Winner, SD every summer to the farm where high quality hay is raised. He now spends more time with his wood-turning hobby after retirement from Boeing. He does wood turning. He made use of wood from an apple tree that died in his yard and made some small tops he calls executive desk toys. Below is an image of a couple of the tops with a US Quarter included to give an idea of the size.
I slapped the text over the image and covered about half of the quarter. The text includes: Chuck Noble, Bellevue, Washington. Northwest Woodturner. Phone (425) 747-7092. E-mail: [email protected].
I have played a bit with them and noticed the coloring and the pattern in the paint. I hope you can see that in the image. He uses a technique I had never heard of before...chatter work. The tool vibrates a bit like a tuning fork and leaves small indentations in the wood allowing the pattern in the ink or paint only on the surface and not in the indentations.
Well, if you have an executive in the family who needs a handmade toy or a youngster who wants to give a top a spin and maybe learn about rotational and maybe gyroscopic kinds of action, give Chuck a call. I don't know what he is charging however.
*** Stay tuned for less fun--- Doug Wiken
The clouds and wind rolled through the area. Temperature dropped from around 107F down to 76F in a couple hours. Wind was blowing 31mph and gusting toward 50. Shook this big old farm house. Rain came down in sheets for a few minutes, but apparently only about 0.06 inches. Sky still looks rough off to the south and there was a brief partial rainbow. First one of those I have seen for a few months. More details at National Weather Wyly Field Winner, SD.
Below is an image of the rainbow. Contrast has been increased. Click on image for larger view.
Glad we got a little moisture with probably little damage from wind in immediate area.
***Stay tuned for perhaps something on the worthless Trump Administration--- Doug Wiken
Runnings systen is building a new and large store in Winner, SD just north of existing Shopko store parking lot. Empire Construction appears to be doing most of the work with some also being done by local contractors. Despite some rainy weather and days with a lot of wind, the building will soon be enclosed on all sides and with the roof completed. I guess the next thing will be to pour a concrete floor in the building. Anyway, below is a photo of the partially completed building with a building crane in the sunset.
I believe building completion time and new store opening is currently projected for October 2017. This has been interesting to watch now and then.
***Stay tuned, but keep an eye on the GOP as they destroy US Healthcare in the interests of tax breaks for the dear starving and ailing millionaires and billionares.---- Doug Wiken
We have been digging through some old boxes and envelopes. One box had some political papers from the days I worked for the SD Democratic Party as a fundraiser. In the box were some SD state maps with greetings from Gov. Richard Kneip and also one with greetings from Gov. Bill Janklow. But perhaps more interesting was the campaign poster for Jim Abourezk's US Senate campaign in perhaps 1972, Guess that makes it about 45 years old. Does not seem like it should be that long ago, but image of it is below.
Well, that is tonight's stroll back through history. I found color slides I took something like 10 years earlier, but have not had time to convert them to digital images yet. I also found an old doll stroller that my wife had at age three. I suspect I best not say how long ago that was. Unlike toys of today, it is all metal and steel wheels are well worn.
The US Senate could use a few Jim Abourezks these days.
*** Stay tuned for less old and more new....maybe--- Doug Wiken
The Winner, SD weather and for that matter most SD weather this spring has been a bit strange going from near unseasonable lows to near record highs. The recent 90F plus degrees caused flowers of all kinds to burst into blossom. Below is a my wife's old peony plant.
Another with nearly all white blossoms had about a dozen blossoms, but the pink above seemed a bit more interesting.
** Stay tuned for less flowery posts ---- Doug Wiken
Runnings has operated out of a relatively small building compared to the other buildings used by the chain, That is changing. The business will likely be moved into a new building now being constructed NW of the existing Shopko store. I think they expect to be in the new building by October if the weather cooperates. A few rains have slowed the operation a few days. My image may not give a good idea of the size of the building. It must be something like 150 by 400 or more feet. I think a story in the Winner paper with info from Russ Church, the local Runnings manager, indicated the building would be in the neighborhood of 60,000 square feet, but I am not sure about that. Below is a photo I took today not too long after they got all of the roof girders erected.
Click on image for a somewhat larger version. I will follow up this with more images on another day. Many of us hope when this store opens, it will bring more people to Winner who will also shop in other local stores so that this becomes a win-win for Winner rather than more dog eat dog business.
*** Stay tuned for something besides local business news--- Doug Wiken
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