86º with bright sunshine here in Clarinda, IA at 5 pm on Monday. Cools to in 50's at night, but warms up to mid to upper 80's for the rest of the week. Makes a lot of sweat if you are cutting brush/trees!
Yesterday I took out another tree on our side of the fence along the north line, west end of the 80. I coat the stumps with Tordon RTU that will kill the stump.
Last evening, after mowing the lawn, I went down into the Railroad Cut and discovered another dead tree that had fallen. Took the Chainsaw on the mower and went and cut it up and laid the pieces up on the bank to help make mulch and help with erosion.
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Saturday was the annual "Shenfest" in neighboring Shenandoah, Iowa
CLICK HERE for KMA report This year is the 100th year anniversary of the radio station KMA and they had pancake breakfast served in the street in front of their offices by the local Fire Department and had tours of the station. We heard a lot of interviews of old radio personalities on the radio while driving to Shenandoah and later toured the Shenandoah Museum downtown where a lot of history of KMA and KFNF - both early radio stations owned by seed nurseries in Shenandoah. KMA by May Seed & Nursery and KFNF by Henry Fields Seed & Nursery
When coming out from our tour of KMA we visited with Tom Beavers who was on KMA many years ago and we had been acquainted with. He talked of several Clarinda people and also spoke of his wife passing this last winter.
Before going to the museum we had sat on a bench to rest and visited with Bill & Sarah Annan, customers at the elevator some 30-50 years ago, stopped by and we had a good visit.
Where we visited with the Annan's with right near the childhood home of Don & Phil Everly's home that was moved to that location many years ago. Both have passed now. A lot of history is HERE if you want to read it.
The old Johnson Bros. feed mill building in Shenandoah has been made into The Market at The Mill and they had quite a few vendors there. I think there was talk of making some of the upper floors into living space. HERE is an article about the building. We worked some with competitor Carol Johnson at Johnson Bros and he helped me get rid of some grain in the final days as we got out of the elevator in 1994.Beside The Market at the Mill were quite a few old tractors on display. We got to visit with several old elevator customers who had their tractors there.
We watched the parade from 2 pm to a little after 3 pm. Only had one horse at the end of the parade.
There were at least a half-dozen High School Bands in the parade, one from as far away as Creston, IA
Kids, and some not-so-young kids, were all along the street scooping up the candy that most of the paradors threw.
Don Ferguson, from Ansley, Nebraska, became a close friend of ours, along with his wife Doris, when we moved into the Kenwood RV Park in Texas in 2010. He and his wife Doris had farmed near Ansley for many years and upon retiring in 1995 they started coming to Kenwood. He didn't know a stranger and was active in a lot of the "goings ons" in Kenwood. Doris passed away in 2020 after spending many years in a nursing home in Broken Bow. Don moved into a nursing home in Broken Bow that same year and didn't return to Kenwood. He passed on September 16, 2025. We had stopped in Broken Bow many summers to see him and his family over the years. He will be missed.
One evening last week we drove to Villisca, IA and got to visit with our friend Mary Jo Herzberg. She, and her husband Oliver, were instrumental in our going to Texas when we retired and had spent a lot of time with her and Oliver over the years.
Some of Phyllis' flowers by our front door.
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