Brrrr!

It was 39 degrees this morning in Peola Valley. A reminder that one month ago to the day it was 109 degrees. The big rains of last week (9 1/2" in three days) have really brought a lot of things back to life, but it will be next spring till we know the real loss from the heat and lack of rain.

Stuff

After a long dry summer we had 4" of rain on Thursday. Don't know how many of the plants it will help, but it was good to see it raining.

The Mt. Echo (Ironton newspaper) had an article about Taum Sauk. Seems that a number of new students have been enrolled at the Arcadia Valley schools. The parents of those students are employed by Ameren or one of their contractors. I talked to someone that drives on Highway AA (the road to the Taum Sauk plant) each day to get to work and they said that it was common to see 40 trucks heading towards the plant. But Ameren says it still has not decided whether to rebuild the reservoir. What do you think?

Big Production Value

Even when I'm in Lesterville I don't get KSDK and I'll be in Springfield, so how about some of you adding a comment to this post next Wednesday about this program.

AmerenUE Sponsors KSDK-TV , Channel 5 Special Presentation: “A New Beginning…Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park ” at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12

Program Offers Full Story on What Happened to Missouri’s Popular Park After Breach at AmerenUE Taum Sauk Plant Upper Reservoir Released A Billion Gallons of Water-- Sending Trees, Boulders, Silt, Debris Down a Mountain into Park

Random Notes

After the hottest August ever it was good to wake up to 48 degrees this morning. For the next six weeks we will spend the weekdays in Springfield working on our new studio and the Pottery in Lesterville will only be open on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday until we close on October 14. I won't have internet service in Springfield until September 18, but I'll check my email a few times a week at the library.

As to local news, on our last trip to Farmington we passed 8 large semi dump trucks heading to the Taum Sauk site. I assume that they are stocking up on fly ash for the rebuild. I've heard that Fred Weber is asphalting the rode to the top of Proffitt Mt. So lots of $$$ are still being spent at the Taum Sauk site.

I saw Laurie and Ronnie Mayes in the Ice Cream Shop yesterday. They said that they were OK and Laurie said that she was going to need some new coffee mugs. Think I can handle that.