First of all, I got the braces off! And my teeth are absolutely fabulous!! Seriously, they are. Flossing is kind of interesting, in that I have permanent retainers on behind my teeth - they're just tiny bits of wire cemented onto my teeth. In order to floss where the retainers are, I have to use a floss threader and poke it between my teeth at the gums and pull the floss through. It was a bit goofy at first, but I've gotten used to it.
And the things I've been able to eat!! The raw carrots and corn on the cob are my favorites, although the celery hasn't been too bad either. Mostly it's so nice to be able to eat and not have to worry about mung being stuck all over my teeth/braces afterwards. Sure, there's the occasional bit of debris, but at least I can carry on a conversation (when I don't have food in my mouth!)!
Other than that, I've been working on the vege garden quite a lot and trying to toilet train our three-year old. Each has its good and bad points.
She now seems to have embraced the toilet, less than a week before preschool starts - she is adamant that she will not wear pull-ups or plastics pants over her panties. She's wearing panties and pants or shorts like the other kids, and that's that. "I won't pee," she says. She actually starts crying if I try to make her wear the plastic pants over top - apparently they're crunchy, they put lines on her legs and they make her bum feel sweaty. I can see how that could happen. She even wants to wear panties to bed, but I make her put the pull-up on. Just in case. She's usually dry when she wakes up, which is awesome, but guaranteed, the day I let her wear panties to bed, will be the day she'll pee twice in the night! Not that I'm being pessimistic or anything, but after toilet-training two other kids, I'm very familiar with how Murphy's Law works!!
The garden. Well, it has been a productive growing season. Once again the spuds taste great, and this year, the carrots turned out fabulously and we have been eating them regularly, and I've been freezing them too - I think I have 11 pounds in the freezer at the moment, and quite a bit more still in the garden. I peeled and sliced 37 carrots the other day (6 lbs) and got a blister on my thumb! The peas were great, the beans seem to be a bit slower to grow than last year, I think I might've planted a different type by mistake. But there's a lot of those, so I think I'll be freezing some of those shortly too. Good eating this winter.
This year, I tried a different experiment. Last year's was squash and that was a dismal failure. This time, I tried corn. And although the plants grew well, there's something wrong with my corn. It's all white and shrivelled looking. I have no idea if it's past being ready, because the silk only just turned brown. But it looks weird. Maybe I didn't fertilize it enough. Or maybe it was the lack of heat at a crucial stage in development. Who knows. I think I'll try it again next year, maybe with a different type of corn. Might even grow it in the greenhouse for a bit and see if that makes a difference.
Oh yeah, the greenhouse - that has been a saga and a half. I ordered a greenhouse from Home Hardware on April 3rd. It'll be in in 2 weeks they said. Not so. After calling them repeatedly and getting the run-around, do you know when it arrived?? In time for my birthday. In June. Not good. But then, we had a problem with regulating the heat inside the greenhouse - apparently, shade is required to keep the plants from cooking. Totally makes sense, but I had no idea. So the greenhouse was another experiment - along with the tomatoes which were supposed to be growing in it - which failed. However, once I get this shade business sussed out, I'm sure it will be fabulous. Also, greenhouses require constant attention - according to The Greenhouse Expert, a wonderful book I found, which has pointed out to me, the extent of my mistakes in the greenhouse. The greenhouse doesn't get the attention it needs with me living 10 km away from it. Thank God for the well and water timers, eh? Turns out, water cools it down as it evaporates. I had no idea.
Clearly, this gardening etc., is an on-going learning experience.
But I have to share my biggest success with regards to my various experiments - I made jam and it's good!! I made strawberry jam and what was supposed to be plum jam, but it turned out I bought some funky new fruit called a Pluot, which is a plum-apricot hybrid. But it's tasty. I took photos, which I'll add in later, of the cooking and the finished product. So now, I have 12 little jars of jam in the pantry. Made by me! Fabulous!!
Today's project, since it's raining, is to pickle some beets. I have 5 giant ones ready to be cooked. The smaller, sweeter ones are still in the ground, but I"m not picking any of those today - the garden will be a mud pit after the awesome thunderstorm we had last night! Maybe tomorrow. Or maybe I'll just pick beans and peas tomorrow.
As always, thanks for reading!
Friday, September 4, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Hooray the Fort is gone!!
To those of you in Fort St. John, I know the Fort has been gone for a week, but I'll still happy to see that eyesore finally gone.
However, now that the City has finally figured out who exactly owns the building, or rather, the site of the former Fort Hotel, I wonder, when is it going to be cleaned up? Or at least properly fenced.
It's funny, in a bizarre way - at 5 p.m. on day of the fire, I drove past the Fort, and shook my head at the general deplorable state of the building, and decided I should send an email to one or more of our city councillors, asking when that sad excuse for a fence was going to be replaced with something more substantial. An hour later, my hubby arrived home from work, and told me the Fort was on fire.
But the sad excuse for a fence is still there. And now, the site is probably even more of a public safety hazard. The former hotel is now a pit filled with sodden, charred rubble. God only knows what is buried in the depths of the foundation.
For more than a year, the Fort Hotel has been abandonned. For the past 6 months, it hulked on the corner in the centre of the city, a half-demolished blight on the community. How long are we going to have to look at the blackened remains of this building, surrounded by what is purported to be a fence - what is really a hodge-podge of scraps of plywood and 2x4's - while the City again tries to either buy the property and clean it up, or get the owner to do so?
Tourist season is starting folks - at least get a proper fence around it, before our reputation goes down the gurgler. Communities in Bloom awards notwithstanding, no one is going to want to come to our city, with that pile of crap in the middle of downtown.
However, now that the City has finally figured out who exactly owns the building, or rather, the site of the former Fort Hotel, I wonder, when is it going to be cleaned up? Or at least properly fenced.
It's funny, in a bizarre way - at 5 p.m. on day of the fire, I drove past the Fort, and shook my head at the general deplorable state of the building, and decided I should send an email to one or more of our city councillors, asking when that sad excuse for a fence was going to be replaced with something more substantial. An hour later, my hubby arrived home from work, and told me the Fort was on fire.
But the sad excuse for a fence is still there. And now, the site is probably even more of a public safety hazard. The former hotel is now a pit filled with sodden, charred rubble. God only knows what is buried in the depths of the foundation.
For more than a year, the Fort Hotel has been abandonned. For the past 6 months, it hulked on the corner in the centre of the city, a half-demolished blight on the community. How long are we going to have to look at the blackened remains of this building, surrounded by what is purported to be a fence - what is really a hodge-podge of scraps of plywood and 2x4's - while the City again tries to either buy the property and clean it up, or get the owner to do so?
Tourist season is starting folks - at least get a proper fence around it, before our reputation goes down the gurgler. Communities in Bloom awards notwithstanding, no one is going to want to come to our city, with that pile of crap in the middle of downtown.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Oh the books my children have discovered!
The older kids have discovered a couple of series of books, which has turned them into avid (or perhaps rabid?) readers. Fabulous! Only one problem. I read them, and cringed.
Most notably the series Amie has discovered, Junie B. Jones, made me cringe and want to run for the red pen. Yes, it brought out the nit-picking editor in me. I get that the books are written in the same way the kid talks, and thinks . . . but geez! Some proper English would NOT be unwelcome!! Even my husband, who is much more laid back about grammar etc, than I am, can't stand those books. They are funny, and cute. I can see why so many kids like them . . . but they drive me nuts.
Brenden discovered Captain Underpants. The grammar and use of English is much better in those books, and I'm really happy that they've perked up his interest in reading (he'll read a whole C.U. book in an evening), but they're GROSS!! Okay, okay, they're designed for boys, and boys like gross stuff, I know. I think it might just be a little over the top.
I suppose not everyone can be like me, and get hooked on Nancy Drew when they're 7 years old. Of course, even those wholesome books drew disapproval from my mother, way back in the 1970's. I was told I wasn't old enough to read them yet. Funny, I was reading them. And I liked them. I'm trying to be a little more relaxed about our children's choice of reading material than Mum was, but it's hard when they make me cringe. The point is, the kids are reading and enjoying it. While the books are not what I would have them read, necessarily, but they're not bad, as such.
Maybe one day, some bright day in the future, my daughter will say to me "Hey Mum, I've got this Nancy Drew book and it's great!! Can we go to the library and get some more?"
Most notably the series Amie has discovered, Junie B. Jones, made me cringe and want to run for the red pen. Yes, it brought out the nit-picking editor in me. I get that the books are written in the same way the kid talks, and thinks . . . but geez! Some proper English would NOT be unwelcome!! Even my husband, who is much more laid back about grammar etc, than I am, can't stand those books. They are funny, and cute. I can see why so many kids like them . . . but they drive me nuts.
Brenden discovered Captain Underpants. The grammar and use of English is much better in those books, and I'm really happy that they've perked up his interest in reading (he'll read a whole C.U. book in an evening), but they're GROSS!! Okay, okay, they're designed for boys, and boys like gross stuff, I know. I think it might just be a little over the top.
I suppose not everyone can be like me, and get hooked on Nancy Drew when they're 7 years old. Of course, even those wholesome books drew disapproval from my mother, way back in the 1970's. I was told I wasn't old enough to read them yet. Funny, I was reading them. And I liked them. I'm trying to be a little more relaxed about our children's choice of reading material than Mum was, but it's hard when they make me cringe. The point is, the kids are reading and enjoying it. While the books are not what I would have them read, necessarily, but they're not bad, as such.
Maybe one day, some bright day in the future, my daughter will say to me "Hey Mum, I've got this Nancy Drew book and it's great!! Can we go to the library and get some more?"
Friday, April 17, 2009
Signs of the (economic) times
Clearly the recession has hit Fort St. John, although in not too dramatic a fashion. If one isn't very observant, one might miss it, but it hit me in the forehead a few days ago.
I'd already noticed the number of want ads in the paper falling off sharply. The Friday edition of the Alaska Highway News, a few short months ago, carried pages of job listings, in fact, the want ads pretty much had their own section. But now, we're lucky if there is more than one page of jobs. Ouch.
On Monday, I saw a sight I hadn't exactly seen before. Three men "dumpster diving" in the same dumpster. I've seen people going through the dumpsters before, that's not new. In fact, when we lived in Totem Court apartments, I used to actually put out our pop/beer cans in a separate bag for the regular who came by our bin. Often left it outside the bin, so he didn't have to climb in there. But seeing three guys, at once, going through the same bin, was something I didn't think I'd see.
Wednesday, I saw something else, in practically the same location, which said to me that times must be tough. A busker at PriceMart Foods. Again, buskers are nothing new to me, they were all over the place when I lived Christchurch, but I have never, ever seen one in Fort St. John. For anyone who doesn't know, a busker is someone who sings or plays music (or both) on a city street, hoping for donations. This guy I saw was pretty organized, he had an amplifier and the music was not too bad ... only problem, he didn't have his guitar case open, so the money he'd collected was sitting in a sad little pile on top of the case.
Clearly another sign of the times - I don't know how long he'd been there, but he hadn't collected much. Unfortunately.
On the one hand, I feel bad for this guy - and the three I saw combing through the dumpster - but on the other hand, I'm so grateful that it's not me having to do that. Apart from the fact that I would never have the guts to try busking, I would hate to even imagine the dire straits which would have to befall our family, to drive me to that. Then again, what's a guy to do? If there's no jobs, he's been made redundant (or whatever), and can't find work, he's gotta do something to survive.
I sincerely hope the turnaround our Prime Minister keeps talking about is imminent, but I rather doubt it. If spending is the key to getting out of this mess, its not going to happen any time soon. I, for one, don't want to spend anymore than is absolutely necessary - so how can the governments of North America expect people who are out of work, or worse off economically than us, to spend money?
This is one time, I think the cliched catch-phrase, Catch 22 really does apply.
I'd already noticed the number of want ads in the paper falling off sharply. The Friday edition of the Alaska Highway News, a few short months ago, carried pages of job listings, in fact, the want ads pretty much had their own section. But now, we're lucky if there is more than one page of jobs. Ouch.
On Monday, I saw a sight I hadn't exactly seen before. Three men "dumpster diving" in the same dumpster. I've seen people going through the dumpsters before, that's not new. In fact, when we lived in Totem Court apartments, I used to actually put out our pop/beer cans in a separate bag for the regular who came by our bin. Often left it outside the bin, so he didn't have to climb in there. But seeing three guys, at once, going through the same bin, was something I didn't think I'd see.
Wednesday, I saw something else, in practically the same location, which said to me that times must be tough. A busker at PriceMart Foods. Again, buskers are nothing new to me, they were all over the place when I lived Christchurch, but I have never, ever seen one in Fort St. John. For anyone who doesn't know, a busker is someone who sings or plays music (or both) on a city street, hoping for donations. This guy I saw was pretty organized, he had an amplifier and the music was not too bad ... only problem, he didn't have his guitar case open, so the money he'd collected was sitting in a sad little pile on top of the case.
Clearly another sign of the times - I don't know how long he'd been there, but he hadn't collected much. Unfortunately.
On the one hand, I feel bad for this guy - and the three I saw combing through the dumpster - but on the other hand, I'm so grateful that it's not me having to do that. Apart from the fact that I would never have the guts to try busking, I would hate to even imagine the dire straits which would have to befall our family, to drive me to that. Then again, what's a guy to do? If there's no jobs, he's been made redundant (or whatever), and can't find work, he's gotta do something to survive.
I sincerely hope the turnaround our Prime Minister keeps talking about is imminent, but I rather doubt it. If spending is the key to getting out of this mess, its not going to happen any time soon. I, for one, don't want to spend anymore than is absolutely necessary - so how can the governments of North America expect people who are out of work, or worse off economically than us, to spend money?
This is one time, I think the cliched catch-phrase, Catch 22 really does apply.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Two-month hiatus, but I'm still here ...
I must apologize to my regular readers for the two-month absense - but with two kids having birthdays at the end of November, then Christmas, then recovering from all that, I haven't had much time to blog . . . that and all my Scrabble games on Facebook have kept me pretty busy!!
Good news is, Cold Cuts hasn't been rejected yet, so I'm still holding out hope. My next project, Dead of Winter, appears more dead in the water, as I'm a bit stuck on exactly what is wrong with it. Maybe it's nothing . . . it is just a first draft, after-all . . . but I have a sneaking suspicion that something is not right.
So, in the meantime, I've been scrapbooking up a storm, and I actually feel like I got something accomplished, like I might even be catching up . . . except that I was 6 years behind when I started scrapping in the first place!! Brenden's book is definitely starting to look full - to the point where I'm going to have to put in those extender thingies soon . . . if I can find the "safe place" I put them in!
Oh yeah, and I currently have a serious hate on for Murray GM. They've had my truck for 12 days now, they finally got around to fixing the problem I brought in for, on Saturday, only to discover that they had broken my transmission - it apparently won't shift out of first gear now!! <insert much swearing here> I truly hope, for their sake, that they won't even think of charging me for that! The gears were changing perfectly when I brought it in. But this is obviously what happens when it takes them 10 days and 3 "technicians" to do a job that SHOULD HAVE taken only 6 hours.
However, I'll stop ranting now, before I scare away all my faithful readers! Thanks for reading and keep warm . . . it's another frigid day out there!
Good news is, Cold Cuts hasn't been rejected yet, so I'm still holding out hope. My next project, Dead of Winter, appears more dead in the water, as I'm a bit stuck on exactly what is wrong with it. Maybe it's nothing . . . it is just a first draft, after-all . . . but I have a sneaking suspicion that something is not right.
So, in the meantime, I've been scrapbooking up a storm, and I actually feel like I got something accomplished, like I might even be catching up . . . except that I was 6 years behind when I started scrapping in the first place!! Brenden's book is definitely starting to look full - to the point where I'm going to have to put in those extender thingies soon . . . if I can find the "safe place" I put them in!
Oh yeah, and I currently have a serious hate on for Murray GM. They've had my truck for 12 days now, they finally got around to fixing the problem I brought in for, on Saturday, only to discover that they had broken my transmission - it apparently won't shift out of first gear now!! <insert much swearing here> I truly hope, for their sake, that they won't even think of charging me for that! The gears were changing perfectly when I brought it in. But this is obviously what happens when it takes them 10 days and 3 "technicians" to do a job that SHOULD HAVE taken only 6 hours.
However, I'll stop ranting now, before I scare away all my faithful readers! Thanks for reading and keep warm . . . it's another frigid day out there!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Not quite done with political opinions
I thought that since the election was over, and the votes were counted, that I was done spouting political drivel and opinions, but I have one more thought. Next week, after the inaugural council meeting, I'll probably have another as well. Hee-hee.
Anyhow, today's thought was prompted by the front page article in the Alaska Highway News, which quoted parts of Mayor Eglinski's and Councillor Simpson's farewell speeches.
Poor Karen Simpson, I think she really wanted to continue on Council, apparently she was in tears following the election, and was again during her speech. Not that I blame her, she did a good job and obviously enjoyed the role she was playing in the community, for the community during her 9 years on council.
Jim Eglinski's speech was quite amusing, in my opinion. "You have elected a dubious new mayor." The AHN quoted him as saying. "I say to the citizens and council of Fort St. John: be vigilant with your new leader." - Sounds like a variation on caveat emptor. He apparently doesn't think that Bruce Lantz is going to be a good leader.
Leadership does require certain qualities, which not everyone possesses. I don't think I have them, one of the reasons why you will never see me running for any kind of political office. I think that to be a good leader, you have to be able to roll with the punches (yeah, I know, a cliche, but please bear with me), and not take offense at the dung that gets heaped on your head. Leaders get blamed for everything that goes wrong - take the Enerplex for example. Some people have called it the Eglinski-plex and said that it was Mayor Eglinski's pet project and that he's to blame for that has gone wrong, or been perceived as wrong, with it. Yet he is just one of 7 members of council. All the council members collectively, democratically, made the decisions surrounding that particular project. And indeed, all projects.
Yet Eglinski didn't appear to take offense, when he was so accused. Will Bruce Lantz, be as even-tempered and patient with his accusers when his time comes, as it no doubt will? Or will he try to shift the blame to others, instead of accepting the fact that not everyone agrees with all decisions a government makes? That, I think, is the nature of politics - you can't please everyone all the time.
However, pleasing people or not, you still need to be a good representative of the community you lead. You need to be able to keep a calm demeanor in the face of accusations from the public, when faced with disagreement from both voters and fellow council members. Taking offense is not an option. Keeping one's smart-ass comments to oneself is also a good idea. That would be an extremely tough one for me! But some people are under the misguided notion that they are funny, and that everyone wants to hear these comments. Again, not an appropriate trait for a leader.
Still, we will see what happens. As always, I will hope for the best. It would be a shame if Mayor Eglinski's caution to the people and council of Fort St. John proves to be necessary. Especially in light of the fact that hardly anyone cared enough about the future of our city to vote.
Anyhow, today's thought was prompted by the front page article in the Alaska Highway News, which quoted parts of Mayor Eglinski's and Councillor Simpson's farewell speeches.
Poor Karen Simpson, I think she really wanted to continue on Council, apparently she was in tears following the election, and was again during her speech. Not that I blame her, she did a good job and obviously enjoyed the role she was playing in the community, for the community during her 9 years on council.
Jim Eglinski's speech was quite amusing, in my opinion. "You have elected a dubious new mayor." The AHN quoted him as saying. "I say to the citizens and council of Fort St. John: be vigilant with your new leader." - Sounds like a variation on caveat emptor. He apparently doesn't think that Bruce Lantz is going to be a good leader.
Leadership does require certain qualities, which not everyone possesses. I don't think I have them, one of the reasons why you will never see me running for any kind of political office. I think that to be a good leader, you have to be able to roll with the punches (yeah, I know, a cliche, but please bear with me), and not take offense at the dung that gets heaped on your head. Leaders get blamed for everything that goes wrong - take the Enerplex for example. Some people have called it the Eglinski-plex and said that it was Mayor Eglinski's pet project and that he's to blame for that has gone wrong, or been perceived as wrong, with it. Yet he is just one of 7 members of council. All the council members collectively, democratically, made the decisions surrounding that particular project. And indeed, all projects.
Yet Eglinski didn't appear to take offense, when he was so accused. Will Bruce Lantz, be as even-tempered and patient with his accusers when his time comes, as it no doubt will? Or will he try to shift the blame to others, instead of accepting the fact that not everyone agrees with all decisions a government makes? That, I think, is the nature of politics - you can't please everyone all the time.
However, pleasing people or not, you still need to be a good representative of the community you lead. You need to be able to keep a calm demeanor in the face of accusations from the public, when faced with disagreement from both voters and fellow council members. Taking offense is not an option. Keeping one's smart-ass comments to oneself is also a good idea. That would be an extremely tough one for me! But some people are under the misguided notion that they are funny, and that everyone wants to hear these comments. Again, not an appropriate trait for a leader.
Still, we will see what happens. As always, I will hope for the best. It would be a shame if Mayor Eglinski's caution to the people and council of Fort St. John proves to be necessary. Especially in light of the fact that hardly anyone cared enough about the future of our city to vote.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Where the hell were the voters?
Man, this municipal election totally stunk. Seriously - 28% voter turn-out in Fort St. John - yet Hudson's Hope had 70% turn-out, and Dawson Creek, which has 5,000 less people than FSJ had a 40% turn-out? What is going on? Okay, it was snowy and the roads were icy . . . but they were in Dawson and the Hope too.
This annoys me. Obviously. Whatever the results of the election, it was all part of the democratic process, but how can you have a properly democratic process/election, when nobody shows up to vote? I hope they realize, that if they didn't vote, they have absolutely NO right to complain about what goes on in city council.
Of course, the people who will complain the loudest, no doubt will be the ones who didn't vote. I mean, isn't that always the way?
As for the actual results, I supposed I'm mostly pleased with how it turned out. Most of the people I voted for got elected. It's kind of funny though, three of the councillors elected got more votes than either of the mayoral candidates. What does that tell you? Not necessarily that people think that either Jim Eglinski, or mayor-elect Bruce Lantz will do a bad job . . . but rather that more people have more faith in some of the councillor choices, than our choices for mayor.
I tend to think so too.
I'm not saying that I thought Jim did a bad job as mayor. He didn't do as badly as some people would have you believe. Besides, he was only one of 7 people on city council. He only had one vote. He just happened to be the guy who everyone blames. Such is the life of a mayor. And Bruce Lantz is, politically, an unproven entity. You know who I thought would make the best mayor, out of all the people who ran for Fort St. John City Council? Bruce Christensen. After reading the interview with him in the paper and listening to him on the radio, it's clear (to me anyhow) that he would make a good mayor. And he was one of those who got more votes than the mayoral candidates. He got approximately 300 more votes than Bruce Lantz, who is our next mayor. Of course, Larry Evans got even more votes, but I think he does a great job right where he is. As a city councillor.
So we'll see how the city fares over the next three years. I can, and will, complain whenever council does something I don't like - as is my right, since I voted. But I tell you right now, we'd better get a new fire hall, and soon. That is one piece of capital spending that is absolutely necessary. Oh yeah, they'd better hurry up the people who own the Fort Hotel - that thing is an eyesore and needs to be demolished asap. A controlled burn, or a few sticks of dynamite could've fixed that months ago.
Thanks for reading, as always.
This annoys me. Obviously. Whatever the results of the election, it was all part of the democratic process, but how can you have a properly democratic process/election, when nobody shows up to vote? I hope they realize, that if they didn't vote, they have absolutely NO right to complain about what goes on in city council.
Of course, the people who will complain the loudest, no doubt will be the ones who didn't vote. I mean, isn't that always the way?
As for the actual results, I supposed I'm mostly pleased with how it turned out. Most of the people I voted for got elected. It's kind of funny though, three of the councillors elected got more votes than either of the mayoral candidates. What does that tell you? Not necessarily that people think that either Jim Eglinski, or mayor-elect Bruce Lantz will do a bad job . . . but rather that more people have more faith in some of the councillor choices, than our choices for mayor.
I tend to think so too.
I'm not saying that I thought Jim did a bad job as mayor. He didn't do as badly as some people would have you believe. Besides, he was only one of 7 people on city council. He only had one vote. He just happened to be the guy who everyone blames. Such is the life of a mayor. And Bruce Lantz is, politically, an unproven entity. You know who I thought would make the best mayor, out of all the people who ran for Fort St. John City Council? Bruce Christensen. After reading the interview with him in the paper and listening to him on the radio, it's clear (to me anyhow) that he would make a good mayor. And he was one of those who got more votes than the mayoral candidates. He got approximately 300 more votes than Bruce Lantz, who is our next mayor. Of course, Larry Evans got even more votes, but I think he does a great job right where he is. As a city councillor.
So we'll see how the city fares over the next three years. I can, and will, complain whenever council does something I don't like - as is my right, since I voted. But I tell you right now, we'd better get a new fire hall, and soon. That is one piece of capital spending that is absolutely necessary. Oh yeah, they'd better hurry up the people who own the Fort Hotel - that thing is an eyesore and needs to be demolished asap. A controlled burn, or a few sticks of dynamite could've fixed that months ago.
Thanks for reading, as always.
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