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I’ve seen it sitting around. On store shelves and Asian restaurant counters. Cajun and Creole restaurants have it. Even Noodles & Company has it sitting out on every table. Sriracha hot chili sauce.
I always left it alone. I’m not really much on hot things anyway. I like jalapeno poppers and spicy chili, but that is where I usually draw the line.
I mean how good could anything that shade of red be? Continue reading
As parents, many of us cringe at the thought of dragging out play-dough and all of the small tools and contraptions that go with it. We think about the mess it will leave behind and we tell our kids “not today.”
But play-dough has a valuable place in our children’s lives. When toddlers mash, squeeze, and roll play-dough they develop the muscles they need later to hold a pencil. When preschoolers use a recipe to make their own play-dough at home they learn science, math, and cooking skills. For all children (and adults) play-dough provides an opportunity for creativity and endless possibilities. Continue reading
Pizza–I love pizza. I blame it on the fact that I grew up during the golden age of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. One had to eat pizza to be totally radical. Now I am able to eat even the most horrific foodstuffs that resemble da pizza pie.
Not all pizzas are created equal. On the high end of the spectrum, you can have top dollar pizza at an authentic Italian restaurant–chicken Alfredo with broccoli cannot be beat! In the lower area, you have toast with ketchup and processed food cheese product. We are luck that our locally owned pizzerias are in the upper middle class, well above what one would expect for such a small city.
I went to the Linton City Council meeting tonight. It was something I used to go to, but I haven’t been in a while. It was nice to be able to go again, to see where things are headed and what our community needs.
Here’s the long and short just the short of what was covered. This is only as accurate as my interpretation. For the exact details, feel free to get in touch with the mayor’s office:
The A.M. Risher Memorial Pool (the “Linton pool€) needs a new liner. The Lintonian liner is now about 7 years old. A new one, according to Nigel Lehman, will cost about $51,000. The council went ahead and moved forward to get the liner replaced for the next pool season.
The Fire Department Holding Corporation wants to purchase the property adjacently north of The Lintonian fire station from Regions Bank. After ten years, the City of Linton will own the property—there will be no new tax debt for this, because the money is already bonded. The council moved to go ahead with the purchase of the property.
The budget hearing was on Friday, September 10. Nobody from the public came. The council approved the budget of around $3.3 million.
The IHCDA+INDOT Stellar Communities program, a state program funding comprehensive community development projects, is accepting submissions. The submitting deadline is October 1. The council wants to go ahead and submit a letter to the program to try to be included.
The Linton Police Department is worried about the increase in usage of “synthetic cannabis,€ more commonly known as K2 or Spice. This is an herbal chemical product that mimics the effects of cannabis. These drugs do contain synthetic cannaboids. The city council wants to move ahead making an ordinance banning the sale of these drugs. City attorney Tim Shonk will look into drafting an ordinance.
The Linton Fire Department will be testing out the city’s fire hydrants next week. Do not be alarmed if you see some hydrants randomly spraying water. Any hydrants not working properly and in need of repair will be painted orange. This lets the fire department quickly determine in an emergency what hydrants do and do not properly work.
The grant for new LED street lights is going well. There will be 260 replaced lights. The grant has chosen to go with the GE Cobra Head lighting. Highway lights will be replaced with 157 Watt (400 Watt incandescent comparable) LED lamps. The regular streetlights will have 95 Watt LED lamps. They are testing out some LED ‘security light’ style lamps tomorrow, and are expecting great results.
Sample LED lamp shown at the meeting
What a weekend! Almost 3,000 people watched our live stream of the Linton Music Festival! CRAZY!
If you missed any of the 2010 Linton Music Festival, check out our video archives at ustream.
Thanks to some help with the Linton Music Festival’s sponsor Node 1 Technology, we are able to bring you an exclusive live stream of the show.
The fun will start around 5:00pm today. Friday night was awesome! Time for everyone to get some sleep. We’ll start again tomorrow around noon-ish! Saturday in the park, much louder than the Fourth of July! We’re two-thirds through the 2010 Linton Music Fest! The Internet machine starts up again Sunday afternoon, around 1:50, with Curtis Jackson.
You know what, though? Come early–get some lunch! I had a Gyro today, and it was delicious; tomorrow it might be something from that egg roll vendor! YUM!
See you there!
If you can’t make it, well… at least you can still watch it here!
