This utility box historic photo box actually popped up in late June, but the pictures got filed. It has been a busy summer and here they are. The image is of the Northwestern Bank which was once the Seymour Bank and goes back very far in Chippewa’s history.
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.
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.
Spring Street between Rushman and State Street as well as the bridge on Columbia Street have been covered with loose gravel.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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