Author Archives: Chris
Fair Food Shindig Carries On Dispite Downpour
The day started with 1/2″ of rainfall on Chippewa’s Northside, then a lull before more emphatic rain late morning. Fair Food is on offer at the Fairgrounds but the choices are more limited than originally advertised. https://www.nwsfa.com/events/2020/fair-food-shindig-august.
Owners of classic GMC motor homes are also rallying this weekend.
Kwik Trip’s Parking Lot Open for Cars
It has been a few weeks of work, but Kwik Trip on Grand Ave has needed more parking for a long time. Here is a digest of the work’s progress.
Loose Gravel on the East Side
Spring Street between Rushman and State Street as well as the bridge on Columbia Street have been covered with loose gravel.
Food Trucks at CVCA Heyde Center
Fair-like food was available on a fair weather evening in August. Island Vibe and Rock n Roll to Go Plus sold sweet treats to young and old. This event is part of a concert series at the CVCA Heyde Center auditorium.
Updated Calendar: Aug 17-Aug 30
Red Cross Blood Donation and Antibody Testing
By chance, I checked the Red Cross site and found a Power Red appointment was available as part of a blood drive at Chippewa Valley Bible Church on South Ave. It was in 20 minutes and I was interested in the free antibody test, so I dropped everything, signed up and drove down. I had just learned from the site that Power Red was like a double donation of hemoglobin with plasma and platelets cycled back into the body.
I checked in with Stephenie, who had to read my temperature and then I sat and read Red Cross documents in a stackable chair in a huge, mostly empty church hall. When I finished, Stephenie sterilized the materials, read my temperature again, then pulse rate and prepared a hemoglobin test.
This was the main hurdle for me since I had been anemic as recently as 2 years ago. The first poke drew a score of 12.8 g/dL, lower than the 13.0 required for males. She poked a finger on the other hand and this time, it was 12.9. Still too low. So no donation from me. She gave me a deferral and a polite “better luck next time.” Other drives are coming up and the results of SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing is included with all blood donations.
Stillson Elementary For Sale
The building that many students started their formal education in since 1938 is for sale at an asking price of $745,000. See the listing below and review my history blog for more info.
Listing at Peter’s Real Estate.
Voting in Downtown Chippewa Falls
It was easy to forget that today was a voting day, because the primary choices were slight and polling places quiet. The library was open, but voting was moved from the Courthouse to the West Hill.
Utility Box Graphic on Bridge and Willow Streets
The latest historic utility box graphic in Chippewa is of a team of horses with wooden beer barrels in front of Jacob Novak’s Saloon on the 600 block of North Bridge Street.
The following in another photo of J. Nowak’s Saloon at 623 North Bridge Street. Courtesy of Chippewa County Historical Society.
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