Random News

I was in Lesterville for a few days to attend the monthly meeting of the Education Enrichment Fund. Looks like we might start handing out money in July.

Those of you that are frequent readers of this blog may remember that when the reservoir broke that there was an old farm house across the highway from the park that became an island during the flood. The Walker home was built on a small hill and it was high enough not have any water enter the home. I learned that the home was hit by lightening a few weeks ago.

Speaking of lightening hits, I talked to Laurie and Ronnie Mayes about their new house. They hope to move in sometime in July. I also saw Gil. He looked a little worse for wear, but was in good spirits and felt his cancer treatments were going well.

On my way home to Springfield I was traveling west on Highway 32 towards Salem. This is a very curvy road with few places to pass. Two vehicles came up behind me and after a short while the first car came around me on a blind curve in a double yellow no passing zone. The car had an official state of Missouri plate. A mile later the second vehicle, a pickup with a U. S. Goverment plate ,passed in another no passing zone. Nice to know our public servants are so interested in getting to work.

There is general apprehension about how the summer is going to be in Lesterville. The high cost of gas and soft economy have folks wondering how many people are going to change their travel plans. Pam and I had planned a trip to NC and another to NM and they are both on hold. Think I'll explore closer to home this summer.