An update on projects: The cemetery pipe fence west of us 5 miles on Evergreen had a tree down on 100 feet of it. I volunteered to replace it freewith used well pipe I had in the MN place. Two rails replaced of three, and coming along slowly but surely.
The new addition to the Wolf Creek Cemetery, where I volunteered this spring to be sexton, is surveyed and we pay the bill and have it registered in the next few weeks. I am digitizing the old cemetery records to make it easier to figure out ownership and occupancy.
The latest project is an upgrade in fluorescent lights to LED lights in the hallways at the Cushing Community Center -- around the museum upstairs.
The 14th annual River Road Ramble had a sunny day and a great turnout, and so likely we will do a 15th one.
Here on the Farm, our pumpkins and squash crops failed, the melons almost failed, the apples are good. Too much rain seemed to be a problem
The other project underway is scanning the old Sterling, Eureka and Laketown township records. We started with Sterling and have done about 100 record books so far, with probably 50 -75 left. I try to do 20 per month.
This is the setup -- a special foot pedal copy camera and a computer and someone to turn the pages and push the pedal. You can read about the project on the latest Sterling Eureka and Laketown Historical Society newsletter.
Newsletter Oct 2019
Working on a video for the End-Of-Season SELHS lunch, Oct 24, 2019 noon potluck at the Wolf Creek Church. The program is about local Country Western singing stars from the 1940s-60s, Hank and Thelma Holland. Thelma Bergstrom grew up along the River Road.
You can test the video underway at this link
Hank and Thelma
I do a daily post of what is happening on Facebook with photos from the Farm. You can look at it without being a facebook friend (I think).
https://www.facebook.com/russell.b.hanson
