#Christian County Fairgrounds

[uniqueartisanconnoisseur]

Carl and the Ferris Wheel!

Keith and I both love the Ferris Wheel. It has been my favorite ride since I was a kid. Since Keith and I have been together, when we have the opportunity to ride the Ferris Wheel we take advantage. “I love seeing the view of the town from the top,” Keith said when we took a ride last weekend during the Pawnee Prairie Days. When we think of Ferris wheels, we think of our friend Carl Davis…

[spaciousreasoning]

Just Another Thursday

After Thursday breakfast with the usual egg and cheese sandwich — using ham this time instead of bacon — we did some more organizing in the garage. We recently added a yard waste bin to our collection, so some of the moving around was so we could create space for that bin alongside the regular trash and recycling.

There was a collection of firewood along one side of the garage. We moved it to the other side where there was some space below shelves which were already full. Then we swept up all the wood debris — and put it in our new yard waste bin — then juggled some other things.

That included our bicycles, which have been sitting unused in the three months since we arrived. All the tires are flat, so we’ll need to pump them up before we use the bikes again, but the pump is also hanging in the garage, so we won’t have to look or go far.

The Lane County Fair opened this week. (The Oregon Country Fair was a couple of weeks ago, but we opted not to spend the money and the time to visit something described as a Fourth Avenue Street Fair on acid.) The county fairgrounds is located near downtown Eugene, but we will most likely not be attending for a couple of reasons. One is the crowds. The other is the people.

We did venture downtown briefly, but not near the fairgrounds. We had planned to drop off some broken furniture at the waste disposal site, but an accident on the route forced us to take a different path. So we went first to the Assistance League in downtown Eugene to drop off donations of some clothing. Since we were so close and parking can be difficult, we walked to where the “Great Blue Heron” statue was installed in 2012.

The 16-foot sculpture by artist Jud Turner is made of 50 percent recycled materials and 50 percent new steel. It was unveiled on Oct. 18, 2012, two days before Eugene’s 150th birthday, at the intersection of E. 13th Ave. and Alder St. The work was commissioned by the University of Oregon and the City of Eugene.

On the way back to the car, we passed the house that had been used in the filming of “Animal House as the site where the Delta Tau Chi fraternity lived. It’s now a cannabis dispensary. We also saw bits of Bushnell University, a private Christian school originally established as a divinity school in 1895. It adopted its current name in 2020.

We did manage to visit the waste disposal site on our way home, where it cost us $13 to drop off the broken bits of the bathroom shelf that we had been kicking around the garage. The decision to take them to the dump was made during our clean-up in the garage earlier in the day.

For dinner we had mashed potatoes—made by boiling and whipping actual potatoes—and pulled pork, which we had bought this week at Costco. Accompanied by a small salad, it was a delicious meal. We used Rodney Scott’s barbecue sauce for a little extra flavor for the pork. We’ve had that on hand since coming back from our trip east in early 2023, which included a visit to Charleston, South Carolina, and a stop at Scott’s shop there.

Following dinner, we engaged in our usual evening of streaming entertainment, ending with a most interesting episode of “Midsomer Murder.” While only one murder occurred in the episode, there were plenty of shenanigans in the village, including some kinky sexual fun. Naturally, the reviews on IMDb were all quite high.

[brookston]

Holidays 5.16

Holidays

Academy Awards Day

Ask for Athletic Day

Bike to Wherever Day

Biographer's Day

Border Guard Day (Poland)

Chive Day (French Republic)

Drawing Day

European Maritime Day

516 Day

HAE (Hereditary Angioedema) Day

Honor Our LGBT Elders Day

International Celiac Awareness Day

International Day of Light

International Day of Living Together in Peace

International Day of Protest Against Shock Treatment

International Day of the Boy Child

Let’s Get Creative Day

Love A Tree Day

Martyrs of Sudan Day (Episcopal Church)

Mass Graves Day (Iraq)

Middlesex Day (UK)

Moonwalk Day

Moose Hide Campaign Day (Canada)

National Biographer’s Day

National Check Your Wipers Day

National Classic Movie Day

National Day (South Sudan)

National Dengue Day (India)

National Denim Day for the CURE Foundation (Canada)

National Do Something Good For Your Neighbor Day

National EBT Day

National Horse Rescue Day (Australia)

National Piercing Day

National Public Transportation Career Day

National Waiters Day

Nickel Day (US)

Ohio Players Day (Dayton, Ohio)

Pencil Day

Red Hill Holiday (Russia)

Ride a Unicycle Day

Romani Resistance Day

Sea Monkey Day

Sing "Row Row Row Your Boat" in Rounds Day

Sneeze Without Embarrassment Day

SPLA Day (South Sudan)

Sun Bear Day

Sylvia Asteroid Day

Teachers’ Day (Malaysia)

Try Not To Be As Stupid Today As You Normally Are Day

200k Day (Ukraine)

Ubald (Jesus, Pennsylvania)

Wear Purple For Peace Day

World Agri-Tourism Day

World Barrett’s Day

World Bloodless Surgery Day

World Chartreuse Day

World Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG) Awareness Day

World Day of Heavy Metal

World Education Support Personnel Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Gluten-Free Beer Day (Portland, Oregon)

Hires Root Beer Day

International Ezerjó Day (Hungary)

International Pickle Day

Mimosa Day

National BBQ Day

National Coquilles St. Jacques Day

National Strawberry Milkshake Day

Root Beer Day

Spaghetti-O's Day

Independence & Related Days

Batavian Republic (Established in Holland; 1795)

Boshka (Declared; 2007) [unrecognized]

British Columbia (Admitted as a Province; Canada; 1871)

Intercontinental Republic of the Americas (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Lombardic Republic (Established; 1796)

New Somerset (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Sikkim State Day (India)

3rd Thursday in May

Brown Bag It Thursday [3rd Thursday]

Global Accessibility Awareness Day [3rd Thursday]

Hummus Day [3rd Thursday]

International Vyshyvanka Day [3rd Thursday]

Mental Health Action Day [3rd Thursday]

National Apéritif Day [3rd Thursday]

National Notebook Day [3rd Thursday]

Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]

Weekly Holidays beginning May 16 (2nd Full Week)

National Foul Ball Week (thru 5.21)

National Transportation Week (thru 5.33)

Festivals Beginning May 16, 2024

Asheville Beer Week (Asheville, North Carolina) [thru 5.26]

Beer Garden (Jackson, Wisconsin) [thru 5.17]

Bergkirchweih (Erlangen, Germany) [thru 5.27]

Calavaras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee (Calaveras County Fairgrounds, California) [thru 5.19]

Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Lewes, United Kingdom) [thru 8.25]

Greek Festival (Paramus, New Jersey) [thru 5.19]

National Morel Mushroom Festival (Boyne City, Michigan) [thru 5.19]

Orange City Tulip Festival (Orange City, Iowa) [thru 5.18]

Pasadena Strawberry Festival (Pasadena, Texas) [thru 5.19]

Paso Wine Fest (Paso Robles, California) [thru 5.19]

Rooster Days (Broken Arrow, Oklahoma) [thru 5.19]

Rose’ Revival and Other Cool Whites (Kirkland, Washington)

Saint Petersburg International Book Fair (Saint Petersburg, Russia) [thru 5.19]

San Diego International Fringe Festival (San Diego, California) [thru 5.26]

TETWP Beers For Boobs (Twin Falls County, Idaho)

Feast Days

Aaron (Coptic Church)

Abda and Abdjesus, and companions (Christian; Saint)

Abdas of Susa (Christian; Saint)

Advanced Tree Hugging and Arborial Sex Day (Pastafarian)

Aleksandr Laktionov (Artology)

Alfred Pellan (Artology)

Andrew Bobola (Christian; Saint)

Beige Fraggle (Muppetism)

Bismarck Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Brendan the Navigator (Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church)

Carantoc (a.k.a. Carannog; Christian; Saint)

Caroline Chisholm (Church of England)

Domnolus (Christian; Saint)

Eir’s Blot (Pagan)

Gemma Galgani (Passionists Calendar)

Germerius (Christian; Saint)

Hadrian (Positivist; Saint)

Honoratus of Amiens (Christian; Saint)

John of Nepomuk (Christian; Martyr) [Bohemia, Czech Republic]

John Sell Cotman (Artology)

Laura Wheeler Waring (Artology)

Margaret of Cortona (Christian; Saint)

Martyrs of Sudan (Episcopal Church (USA))

Peregrine of Auxerre (Christian; Saint)

Possidius (Christian; Saint)

Say Goodbye to Bad Relationships Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Simon Stock (Christian; Saint)

Skinny Dipping Day (Pastafarian)

Studs Terkel (Writerism)

Tamara de Lempicka (Artology)

Ubald of Gubbio (Christian; Saint)

Woody Herman (Humanist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because Wikipedia launched.)

Premieres

Agent in Place, by Helen MacInnes (Novel; 1976)

Annie Get Your Gun (Broadway Musical; 1946)

Beer The Movie (Film; 2006)

Breaker Morant (Film; 1980)

But Seriously, Folks…, by Joe Walsh (Album; 1978)

The Day of the Locust, by Nathanael West (Novel; 1939) 

The Eighth Day, buy Thornton Wilder (Novel; 1967)

Fame (Film; 1980)

Godzilla (Film; 2014)

Great Lion of God, by Taylor Caldwell (Novel; 1970)

The Great Train Robbery, by Michael Crichton (Novel; 1975)

The Iceman Ducketh (WB LT Cartoon; 1964)

I’d Love to Take Orders from You (WB MM Cartoon; 1936)

(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again, by Elton John and Taron Egerton (Song; 2019)

Just Dogs (Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1932)

Le Triomphe de L’Amour (Court Opera; 1681)

Little Gravel Voice (MGM Cartoon; 1942)

Live at Leeds, by The Who (Live Album; 1970)

Lucky Pigs (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1939)

The Magic Shell (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1941)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (Film; 1956)

Moonlight Becomes You, by Mary Higgins Clark (Novel; 1996)

Okey Dokey Donkey (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1958)

Oops!… I Did It Again, by Britney Spears (Album; 2000)

Pet Sounds, by The Beach Boys (Album; 1966)

Pink Aye (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1974)

Que Sera, Sera *Whatever Will Be, Will Be), by Doris Day (Song; 1956)

Shrek (Animated Film; 2001)

The Soft Machine, by William S. Burroughs (Novel; 1961)

Star Trek: Into Darkness (Film; 2013)

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (Film; 2002)

Summer Wind, recorded by Frank Sinatra (Song; 1966)

Sweet Liberty (Film; 1986)

Swimmer Take All (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1952)

Tai-Pan, by James Clavell (Novel; 1966)

Tennessee River, by Alabama (Song; 1980)

Top Gun (Film; 1986)

Two Gun Goofy (Disney Cartoon; 1952)

Today’s Name Days

Adolf, Johann (Austria)

Adam, Cvjetko, Ivan (Croatia)

Přemysl (Czech Republic)

Sara (Denmark)

Esta, Este, Ester, Esti (Estonia)

Essi, Ester, Esteri (Finland)

Brendan, Honoré (France)

Adolf, Johann Nepomuk (Germany)

Botond, Mózes (Hungary)

Adamo, Margherita, Oderzo, Tiziano, Ubaldo (Italy)

Edijs, Edvīns, Inese, Inesis (Latvia)

Andrius, Ubaldas, Vaidmantas (Lithuania)

Sara, Siren (Norway)

Andrzej, Honorat, Jan Nepomucen, Jędrzej, Szymon, Trzebomysł, Ubald, Wieńczysław, Wiktorian (Poland)

Natan, Paisie, Sila, Teodor (România)

Svetozár (Slovakia)

Honorato, Simón, Ubaldo (Spain)

Ronald, Ronny (Sweden)

Brand, Branden, Brandi, Brandon, Brandy, Brannon, Brant, Brenda, Brendan, Brenden, Brendon, Brenna, Brennan, Brent, Brenton (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 137 of 2024; 229 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 20 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Huath (Hawthorn) [Day 5 of 28]

Chinese: Month 4 (Ji-Si), Day 9 (Geng-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 8 Iyar 5784

Islamic: 8 Dhu al-Qada 1445

J Cal: 17 Magenta; Threesday [17 of 30]

Julian: 3 May 2024

Moon: 61%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 24 Caesar (5th Month) [Hadrian]

Runic Half Month: Ing (Expansive Energy) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 59 of 92)

Week: 2nd Full Week of May

Zodiac: Taurus (Day 27 of 31)

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Holidays 5.16

Holidays

Academy Awards Day

Ask for Athletic Day

Bike to Wherever Day

Biographer's Day

Border Guard Day (Poland)

Chive Day (French Republic)

Drawing Day

European Maritime Day

516 Day

HAE (Hereditary Angioedema) Day

Honor Our LGBT Elders Day

International Celiac Awareness Day

International Day of Light

International Day of Living Together in Peace

International Day of Protest Against Shock Treatment

International Day of the Boy Child

Let’s Get Creative Day

Love A Tree Day

Martyrs of Sudan Day (Episcopal Church)

Mass Graves Day (Iraq)

Middlesex Day (UK)

Moonwalk Day

Moose Hide Campaign Day (Canada)

National Biographer’s Day

National Check Your Wipers Day

National Classic Movie Day

National Day (South Sudan)

National Dengue Day (India)

National Denim Day for the CURE Foundation (Canada)

National Do Something Good For Your Neighbor Day

National EBT Day

National Horse Rescue Day (Australia)

National Piercing Day

National Public Transportation Career Day

National Waiters Day

Nickel Day (US)

Ohio Players Day (Dayton, Ohio)

Pencil Day

Red Hill Holiday (Russia)

Ride a Unicycle Day

Romani Resistance Day

Sea Monkey Day

Sing "Row Row Row Your Boat" in Rounds Day

Sneeze Without Embarrassment Day

SPLA Day (South Sudan)

Sun Bear Day

Sylvia Asteroid Day

Teachers’ Day (Malaysia)

Try Not To Be As Stupid Today As You Normally Are Day

200k Day (Ukraine)

Ubald (Jesus, Pennsylvania)

Wear Purple For Peace Day

World Agri-Tourism Day

World Barrett’s Day

World Bloodless Surgery Day

World Chartreuse Day

World Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG) Awareness Day

World Day of Heavy Metal

World Education Support Personnel Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Gluten-Free Beer Day (Portland, Oregon)

Hires Root Beer Day

International Ezerjó Day (Hungary)

International Pickle Day

Mimosa Day

National BBQ Day

National Coquilles St. Jacques Day

National Strawberry Milkshake Day

Root Beer Day

Spaghetti-O's Day

Independence & Related Days

Batavian Republic (Established in Holland; 1795)

Boshka (Declared; 2007) [unrecognized]

British Columbia (Admitted as a Province; Canada; 1871)

Intercontinental Republic of the Americas (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Lombardic Republic (Established; 1796)

New Somerset (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Sikkim State Day (India)

3rd Thursday in May

Brown Bag It Thursday [3rd Thursday]

Global Accessibility Awareness Day [3rd Thursday]

Hummus Day [3rd Thursday]

International Vyshyvanka Day [3rd Thursday]

Mental Health Action Day [3rd Thursday]

National Apéritif Day [3rd Thursday]

National Notebook Day [3rd Thursday]

Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]

Weekly Holidays beginning May 16 (2nd Full Week)

National Foul Ball Week (thru 5.21)

National Transportation Week (thru 5.33)

Festivals Beginning May 16, 2024

Asheville Beer Week (Asheville, North Carolina) [thru 5.26]

Beer Garden (Jackson, Wisconsin) [thru 5.17]

Bergkirchweih (Erlangen, Germany) [thru 5.27]

Calavaras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee (Calaveras County Fairgrounds, California) [thru 5.19]

Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Lewes, United Kingdom) [thru 8.25]

Greek Festival (Paramus, New Jersey) [thru 5.19]

National Morel Mushroom Festival (Boyne City, Michigan) [thru 5.19]

Orange City Tulip Festival (Orange City, Iowa) [thru 5.18]

Pasadena Strawberry Festival (Pasadena, Texas) [thru 5.19]

Paso Wine Fest (Paso Robles, California) [thru 5.19]

Rooster Days (Broken Arrow, Oklahoma) [thru 5.19]

Rose’ Revival and Other Cool Whites (Kirkland, Washington)

Saint Petersburg International Book Fair (Saint Petersburg, Russia) [thru 5.19]

San Diego International Fringe Festival (San Diego, California) [thru 5.26]

TETWP Beers For Boobs (Twin Falls County, Idaho)

Feast Days

Aaron (Coptic Church)

Abda and Abdjesus, and companions (Christian; Saint)

Abdas of Susa (Christian; Saint)

Advanced Tree Hugging and Arborial Sex Day (Pastafarian)

Aleksandr Laktionov (Artology)

Alfred Pellan (Artology)

Andrew Bobola (Christian; Saint)

Beige Fraggle (Muppetism)

Bismarck Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Brendan the Navigator (Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church)

Carantoc (a.k.a. Carannog; Christian; Saint)

Caroline Chisholm (Church of England)

Domnolus (Christian; Saint)

Eir’s Blot (Pagan)

Gemma Galgani (Passionists Calendar)

Germerius (Christian; Saint)

Hadrian (Positivist; Saint)

Honoratus of Amiens (Christian; Saint)

John of Nepomuk (Christian; Martyr) [Bohemia, Czech Republic]

John Sell Cotman (Artology)

Laura Wheeler Waring (Artology)

Margaret of Cortona (Christian; Saint)

Martyrs of Sudan (Episcopal Church (USA))

Peregrine of Auxerre (Christian; Saint)

Possidius (Christian; Saint)

Say Goodbye to Bad Relationships Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Simon Stock (Christian; Saint)

Skinny Dipping Day (Pastafarian)

Studs Terkel (Writerism)

Tamara de Lempicka (Artology)

Ubald of Gubbio (Christian; Saint)

Woody Herman (Humanist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because Wikipedia launched.)

Premieres

Agent in Place, by Helen MacInnes (Novel; 1976)

Annie Get Your Gun (Broadway Musical; 1946)

Beer The Movie (Film; 2006)

Breaker Morant (Film; 1980)

But Seriously, Folks…, by Joe Walsh (Album; 1978)

The Day of the Locust, by Nathanael West (Novel; 1939) 

The Eighth Day, buy Thornton Wilder (Novel; 1967)

Fame (Film; 1980)

Godzilla (Film; 2014)

Great Lion of God, by Taylor Caldwell (Novel; 1970)

The Great Train Robbery, by Michael Crichton (Novel; 1975)

The Iceman Ducketh (WB LT Cartoon; 1964)

I’d Love to Take Orders from You (WB MM Cartoon; 1936)

(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again, by Elton John and Taron Egerton (Song; 2019)

Just Dogs (Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1932)

Le Triomphe de L’Amour (Court Opera; 1681)

Little Gravel Voice (MGM Cartoon; 1942)

Live at Leeds, by The Who (Live Album; 1970)

Lucky Pigs (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1939)

The Magic Shell (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1941)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (Film; 1956)

Moonlight Becomes You, by Mary Higgins Clark (Novel; 1996)

Okey Dokey Donkey (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1958)

Oops!… I Did It Again, by Britney Spears (Album; 2000)

Pet Sounds, by The Beach Boys (Album; 1966)

Pink Aye (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1974)

Que Sera, Sera *Whatever Will Be, Will Be), by Doris Day (Song; 1956)

Shrek (Animated Film; 2001)

The Soft Machine, by William S. Burroughs (Novel; 1961)

Star Trek: Into Darkness (Film; 2013)

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (Film; 2002)

Summer Wind, recorded by Frank Sinatra (Song; 1966)

Sweet Liberty (Film; 1986)

Swimmer Take All (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1952)

Tai-Pan, by James Clavell (Novel; 1966)

Tennessee River, by Alabama (Song; 1980)

Top Gun (Film; 1986)

Two Gun Goofy (Disney Cartoon; 1952)

Today’s Name Days

Adolf, Johann (Austria)

Adam, Cvjetko, Ivan (Croatia)

Přemysl (Czech Republic)

Sara (Denmark)

Esta, Este, Ester, Esti (Estonia)

Essi, Ester, Esteri (Finland)

Brendan, Honoré (France)

Adolf, Johann Nepomuk (Germany)

Botond, Mózes (Hungary)

Adamo, Margherita, Oderzo, Tiziano, Ubaldo (Italy)

Edijs, Edvīns, Inese, Inesis (Latvia)

Andrius, Ubaldas, Vaidmantas (Lithuania)

Sara, Siren (Norway)

Andrzej, Honorat, Jan Nepomucen, Jędrzej, Szymon, Trzebomysł, Ubald, Wieńczysław, Wiktorian (Poland)

Natan, Paisie, Sila, Teodor (România)

Svetozár (Slovakia)

Honorato, Simón, Ubaldo (Spain)

Ronald, Ronny (Sweden)

Brand, Branden, Brandi, Brandon, Brandy, Brannon, Brant, Brenda, Brendan, Brenden, Brendon, Brenna, Brennan, Brent, Brenton (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 137 of 2024; 229 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 20 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Huath (Hawthorn) [Day 5 of 28]

Chinese: Month 4 (Ji-Si), Day 9 (Geng-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 8 Iyar 5784

Islamic: 8 Dhu al-Qada 1445

J Cal: 17 Magenta; Threesday [17 of 30]

Julian: 3 May 2024

Moon: 61%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 24 Caesar (5th Month) [Hadrian]

Runic Half Month: Ing (Expansive Energy) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 59 of 92)

Week: 2nd Full Week of May

Zodiac: Taurus (Day 27 of 31)

[styrofauxm]

CO Wildfires Evacuation Info

Updates: https://www.boulderoem.com/emergency-status/

Info on where to evacuate, and where to go: https://www.cpr.org/2021/12/30/boulder-county-fires-where-to-evacuate-and-how-to-help/

Info on how to evacuate for wildfires: https://www.readyforwildfire.org/prepare-for-wildfire/get-set/emergency-supply-kit/

In case the websites aren't working:

Map of evacuation orders (red is mandatory, yellow is prepare to evacuate):

https://bouldercounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=13ab214fe2bb4da5a850df0ca0f00fc5

Evacuation centers

These centers will provide overnight shelter unless otherwise noted.

YMCA Arapahoe Center 2800 Dagny Way Lafayette, CO 80027 303-664-5455

North Boulder Recreation Center 3170 Broadway Boulder, CO 80304 303-413-7260

Rocky Mountain Christian Church 9447 Niwot Road Longmont, CO 80503 303-652-2211

1st Bank Center 11450 Broomfield Lane Broomfield, CO 80021 303-410-0700

Longmont Senior Center (Not an overnight shelter) 910 Longs Peak Ave. Longmont, CO 80501 (303) 651-8411

NOTE: The South Boulder Recreation Center is closed, and everyone has been evacuated to YMCA Arapahoe Center.

COVID-positive evacuees only:

Mount Calvary Lutheran 3485 Stanford Ct Boulder, CO 80305 (303) 499-1444

People with large animals:

Jefferson County Fairgrounds: 15200 W 6th Ave Frontage Rd Golden, CO 80401 NOTE: The Boulder County Fairgrounds animal evacuation site is FULL.

Lost and found pets

If you lost or found a pet, this Facebook page has been set up to help connect people with their pets.

Where to donate

The Boulder County Wildfire Fund is collecting donations for evacuees.

Where to find the most current updates

Follow the latest information from the Boulder Office of Emergency Management here.

(Everything from the map link to here was copy-pasted from the CPR website. Below is from the Cal Fire website.)

Emergency Supply Kit Checklist

Face masks or coverings

Three-day supply of non-perishable food and three gallons of water per person

Map marked with at least two evacuation routes

Prescriptions or special medications

Change of clothing

Extra eyeglasses or contact lenses

An extra set of car keys, credit cards, cash or traveler’s checks

First aid kit

Flashlight

Battery-powered radio and extra batteries

Sanitation supplies

Copies of important documents (birth certificates, passports, etc.)

Don’t forget pet food and water!

Items to take if time allows:

Easily carried valuables

Family photos and other irreplaceable items

Personal computer information on hard drives and disks

Chargers for cell phones, laptops, etc.

Always keep a sturdy pair of shoes and a flashlight near your bed and handy in case of a sudden evacuation at night.

[fatehbaz]

Sources for thousands of Detroit residents without water access for years; Detroit lead poisoning; history of how Nestle conquered Michigan water; and how Flint residents pay the state more in utility fees in a single month for water access in a single household than Nestle pays the state in an entire year to extract 130 million gallons of water.

A response to this:

I hope these sources might help.

Just for geographic context:

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Nestle, which earns over $7 billion in annual bottled water sales, pays a once-a-year $200 administrative fee to extract over 130 million gallons of water from Evart, while people are poisoned and die in nearby Flint, where a single months’ water utility bill is over $200.

[Source: Jessica Glenza. “Nestle pays $200 a year to bottle water near Flint -- where water is undrinkable.” The Guardian. 29 September 2017.]

Flint became synonymous with lead-poisoned water after government officials, looking to save money, switched the city’s water supply from Detroit city water to water from the corrosive Flint river. Once the city had switched, the number of children with elevated lead exposure doubled; residents reported unexplained rashes and losing hair. An unpublished study recently found fetal deaths in Flint increased by 58% during the crisis. [...] Despite having endured lead-laden tap water for years, Flint pays some of the highest water rates in the US. Several residents cited bills upwards of $200 per month for tap water they refuse to touch. But just two hours away, in the tiny town of Evart, creeks lined by wildflowers run with clear water. The town is so small, the fairground, McDonald’s, high school and church are all within a block. But in a town of only 1,503 people, there are a dozen wells pumping water from the underground aquifer. This is where the beverage giant Nestle pumps almost 100,000 times what an average Michigan resident uses into plastic bottles that are sold all over the Midwest for around $1. To use this natural resource, Nestle pays $200 per year. Now, Nestle wants more Michigan water. In a recent permit application, the company asked to pump 210 million gallons per year from Evart, a 60% increase, and for no more than it pays today. [...] In a state where officials denied Flint’s water was poisoned with lead; where Detroit residents choose between heat and water; where the water-borne, pneumonia-like legionnaire’s disease killed a dozen; and where gastrointestinal bugs spread among residents who lacked (or didn’t trust) water, Nestle’s request seemed like salt on a wound.

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While thousands in Detroit have no water access, even people with water access have high rates of lead poisoning; in one Detroit zip code in 2017, 22% of tested children exhibited lead poisoning.

[Source: Karen Bouffard and Christine MacDonal. “Detroit kids’ lead poisoning rates higher than Flint.” The Detroit News. 14 November 2017.]

Detroit had Michigan’s highest proportion of children test positive for lead poisoning in 2016 — 8.8 percent of kids tested — including one ZIP code where 22 percent were found to have lead poisoning. Data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services show children are being sickened by lead in counties from Manistee to Hillsdale and St. Clair, though the rates of lead poisoning in Flint continue to improve.

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In 2020,  Michigan institutions and judges continue to allow Nestle to pay minor administrative fee of $200 per each water extraction facility, as Nestle extracts over half a million gallons every single day from single individual wells (ie: just one annual fee of $200 for the Evart well).

[Source: Garret Ellison. “Nestle wins legal challenge to Michigan groundwater extraction.” MLive. 28 April 2020.]

A state administrative judge has upheld a permit that allows global food and beverage giant Nestle to boost the amount of Michigan groundwater it extracts for sale under the Ice Mountain bottled water brand. In a decision dated April 24 [2020], Judge Dan Pulter ruled that Nestle’s plans to withdrawal 576,000 gallons of groundwater per day from the headwaters of two cold water trout streams in Osceola County will not negatively impact the surrounding natural resources. Concerns were raised about potential impacts to Muskegon River watershed and the tiny $200 annual paperwork fee Nestle pays per facility to extract millions of gallons of Michigan groundwater to sell for profit. [...] Much of the broader opposition was from those upset that Nestle could source groundwater at essentially no cost while people in Flint were drinking water contaminated by bacteria and lead, and low-income residents of Detroit were having their taps shut off for non-payment.

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Nestle pumped over 2.5 billion gallons from a Mescota County well; Nestle has now pumped over 1 billion gallons from the Evart wells; the Osceola well now supplies millions of gallons a year.

[Source: Garret Ellison. “Nestle in Michigan: Unpacking the water battle backstory.” MLive. 26 December 2016. Updated 20 May 2019.]

Nestle made a deal [...] to drill four high-capacity wells at their 600-acre private hunting preserve in Morton Township [...]. The water is pumped 12 miles west to Stanwood. [...] The Sanctuary wells pumped more than 2.5 billion gallons between 2005 and 2015. [...] Nestle pumped at 400 gallons-per-minute until Mecosta County Judge Lawrence Root ordered it stopped in 2003 [...]. When Judge Root ordered the pumping stopped, Nestle looked north for another supply. The company found a willing partner in the city of Evart, which has sold Nestle more than 905 million gallons of Twin Creek spring water [...]. Evart wells have accounted for roughly a quarter of Nestle's total Michigan supply since 2005, but in 2014 Nestle discovered traces of perchlorate in its water. The toxic chemical, which is linked to thyroid problems in women and children, came from the Evart well field, which became contaminated with decades of Fourth of July fireworks ash. [...] When Nestle shut down one of its Evart wells because of the pollution, it looked to offset the capacity loss by increasing the pumping rate of an older well it owns in Osceola Township, [...] Nestle did not really use it much until 2011. Since then, the well has supplied more than 45 million gallons. Almost 70 percent of that total volume was pumped in 2015 alone.

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To gain uninhibited access to water extraction sites, Nestle merges with local government institutions and deliberately targets rural, isolated, or “economically-depressed” communities.

[Source: Franklin Frederick. “Nestle: Multinationals as the New Colonial Powers. A tale of Many Cities.” Defend Democracy Press. 22 December 2019.]

In 2002 Nestle hired John Hedley, an ex-MI6 agent – British military   intelligence – as Head of Security. Among other things, Hedley was   responsible for organizing an operation to spy on civil society groups critical to Nestle in Switzerland, mainly the ATTAC group. When this operation was unveiled by a Swiss investigative journalist that denounced it in the Swiss TV, Nestle had to face a court case and was condemned by the Swiss justice for it. In Wellington County, Nestle Waters Canada has permission to extract 4.7 million litres of water a day in wells at Hillsburgh and Aberfoyle and according to Mike Balkwill from Wellington Water Watchers, “the company has applied to renew those permits, while it extracts water without the consent of Six Nations, on whose territory it operates, and despite public opposition from several indigenous organizations.” [...] The situation is the same in Florida where although the local water authority considers that the water system is in recovery from over-exploitation, Nestle still wants to pump water from Ginnie Springs. The common pattern emerging from these and other cases – in the State of Michigan or in the small city of Sao Lourenco in Brazil – also shows that [...] in many places Nestle “merges” with the local authorities, as in Maine where a Nestle manager was on the State’s environmental protection agency board [...]. Recently, the ex-Nestle’s Head of Public Affairs, Christian Frutiger, was appointed Vice-Director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation – SDC, the Swiss Government Agency responsible for Development Aid programmes – where he will be responsible for SDC’s  Global WATER program! [...]

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The source of America’s corporate water crisis can be traced back to 1976 when Perrier, now owned by Nestle, opened an office in New York. By 2016, bottled water sales had surpassed soda as the largest US beverage category [...]. Nestle Waters’ 2018 worldwide sales exceeded $7.8 billion. [...] Ultimately, the debate’s particulars lead back to a question at the heart of the issues: should water be commodified and sold by private industry, or is it a basic human right? Former Nestle chief executive and chariman Peter Brabeck labeled the latter viewpoint “extreme” and  called water a “grocery product” that should “have market value.” He later amended that, arguing 25 liters of water daily is a “human right,” but water used [for purposes other than drinking, bathing, etc.] shouldn’t be free. [Source: Tom Perkins. “The fight to stop Nestle from taking America’s water to sell in plastic bottles.” The Guardian. 29 October 2019.]

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Tens of thousands of Detroit residents have been without water access since 2014; Detroit water contaminated with giardia, shigellosis, lead; Detroit administrators refused until the pandemic to even declare the water shutoffs a “public health issue,” and Michigan officials blame poor people for spending money on “luxury cell phones” instead of their water utility bills.

[Source: Nina Misuraca Ignaczak. “Detroit Water Shutoffs and a Crisis of Public Health.” Belt Magazine. 9 March 2020.]

The water crisis in Detroit began in earnest in 2014, during the city’s bankruptcy proceedings, when the DWSD abruptly shut off water service to tens of thousands of Detroit residents for nonpayment. [...] But activists have been fighting for years to get the city to recognize water shutoffs as a matter of public health. [...] Since the start, Bouier and other water activists have been fighting a narrative that assigns blame primarily to those impacted by the shutoffs. Early on, officials perpetuated the idea that residents were simply lazy and irresponsible. One official suggested that Detroiters should go down to the Detroit River with a bucket to fetch water. Then-emergency manager Kevyn Orr suggested that customers would rather pay for “luxuries” like cell phones than water. [...] As of early March [2020], activists had renewed their calls to the governor to enact a moratorium [on water utility shutoffs in Detroit], linking poor sanitation to an increased risk of Coronavirus. “Michigan residents have particular reason to fear the  spread of coronavirus because the ongoing deprivation of tens of thousands of people from basic access to water and sanitation […]” the group’s statement reads. “Residents deprived of water in their homes have been sharing or borrowing water at an alarming  rate – 80% in one study – creating a transmission path for coronavirus, as  well as hepatitis A, shigellosis, campylobacter, and giardia, all of which have been plausibly linked to the shutoffs by health officials.”

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John Graves Simcoe

For those who don't know much about John Graves Simcoe, I am going to be posting some fun things, as a Canadian who has lived his entire life in towns/places impacted by Simcoe himself. These are from his time in Canada, since I assume those who have seen TURN have a very vague idea of what he did in the Revolutionary War (even though it's very inaccurate).

John Graves Simcoe (25 February 1752 – 26 October 1806) was a British Army general and the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada from 1791 until 1796 in southern Ontario and the watersheds of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior. He founded York (now Toronto) and was instrumental in introducing institutions such as courts of law, trial by jury, English common law, and freehold land tenure, and also in the abolition of slavery in Canada.

His long-term goal was the development of Upper Canada (Ontario) as a model community built on aristocratic and conservative principles, designed to demonstrate the superiority of those principles to the republicanism and democracy of the United States. His energetic efforts were only partially successful in establishing a local gentry, a thriving Church of England, and an anti-American coalition with select Indigenous nations. He is seen by many Canadians as a founding figure in Canadian history, especially by those in Southern Ontario.[3] He is commemorated in Toronto with Simcoe Day.

First Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (known today as; Ontario.)

The Constitutional Act 1791 divided Canada into the Provinces of Upper Canada (Ontario) and Lower Canada (Quebec). The Act established separate governments and legislative assemblies for each province. Lower Canada was the French-speaking eastern portion, which retained the French civil law and protections for the Roman Catholic Church established when Britain took over the area after its defeat of the French in the Seven Years' War. Upper Canada was the western area, newly settled after the American Revolutionary War. The settlers were mostly English speakers, including Loyalists from the Thirteen Colonies, and also the Six Nations of the Iroquois, who had been British allies during the war. The Crown had purchased land from the Mississauga and other First Nations to give the Loyalists land grants in partial compensation for property lost in the United States, and to help them set up new communities and develop this territory.[18]

Simcoe was appointed Lieutenant-Governor on 12 September 1791, and left for Canada with his wife Elizabeth and daughter Sophia, leaving three daughters behind in England with their aunt. They left England in September and arrived in Canada on 11 November. Due to severe weather, the Simcoes spent the winter in Quebec City. Simcoe finally reached Kingston, Upper Canada on 24 June 1792.[17]

In a proclamation on 16 July 1792, he renamed several islands at the mouth of the archipelago at the head of the St. Lawrence river for the victorious Generals at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham (Amherst Island, Gage Island, Wolfe Island, and Howe Island).[19]

Under the Constitutional Act, the provincial government consisted of the Lieutenant-Governor, an appointed Executive Council and Legislative Council, and an elected Legislative Assembly. The first meeting of the nine-member Legislative Council and sixteen-member Legislative Assembly took place at Newark (now Niagara-on-the-Lake) on 17 September 1792.

Following Simcoe's work precipitated by the Chloe Cooley incident, the Assembly passed the first Act Against Slavery in the British Empire in 1793, and the English colonists of Upper Canada took pride in this distinction with respect to the French-Canadian populace of Lower Canada. The Upper Canadians valued their common law legal system, as opposed to the civil law of Quebec, which had chafed them ever since 1763. This was one of the primary reasons for the partition of 1791. Simcoe collaborated extensively with his Attorney-General John White on the file.

The principles of the British Constitution do not admit of that slavery which Christianity condemns. The moment I assume the Government of Upper Canada under no modification will I assent to a law that discriminates by dishonest policy between natives of Africa, America, or Europe.

— John Graves Simcoe, Address to the Legislative Assembly[20]

Slavery was thus ended in Upper Canada long before it was abolished in the British Empire as a whole. By 1810, there were no slaves in Upper Canada, but the Crown did not abolish slavery throughout the Empire until 1834.

Simcoe's first priority was the Northwest Indian War between the United States and the "Western Confederacy" of Native Americans west of the Appalachian Mountains and south of the Great Lakes (the Shawnee, Miami, Wyandot, and other tribes). This conflict had begun in 1785, and was still raging when Simcoe arrived in 1792. Simcoe had hoped to form an Indian buffer state between the two countries, even though he distrusted Joseph Brant, the main Indian leader. Simcoe rejected the section of the Treaty of Paris (1783) which awarded that area to the US, on the grounds that American actions had nullified the treaty.[21] However, the French Revolutionary Wars broke out in 1793. The government in London decided to seek good terms with the United States. Simcoe was instructed to avoid giving the US reason to mistrust Britain but, at the same time, to keep the Natives on both sides of the border friendly to Britain. The Indians asked for British military support, which was initially refused, but in 1794 Britain supplied the Indians with rifles and ammunition.[22]

In February 1794, the governor general, Lord Dorchester, expecting the US to ally with France, said that war was likely to break out between the US and Britain before the year was out. This encouraged the Indians in their war. Dorchester ordered Simcoe to rally the Indians and arm British vessels on the Great Lakes. He also built Fort Miami (present-day Maumee, Ohio) to supply the Indians. Simcoe expelled Americans from a settlement on the southern shore of Lake Erie which had threatened British control of the lake. US President Washington denounced the "irregular and high-handed proceeding of Mr. Simcoe."[23] While Dorchester planned for a defensive war, Simcoe urged London to declare war: "Upper Canada is not to be defended by remaining within the boundary line."[24] Dorchester was officially reprimanded by the Crown for his strong speech against the Americans in 1794.

Simcoe realised that Newark made an unsuitable capital because it was on the Canada–US border and subject to attack. He proposed moving the capital to a more defensible position, in the middle of Upper Canada's southwestern peninsula between Lake Erie and Lake Huron. He named the new location London, and renamed the river there the Thames in anticipation of the change. Dorchester rejected this proposal, but accepted Simcoe's second choice, the present site of Toronto. Simcoe moved the capital there in 1793, and renamed the settlement York after Frederick, Duke of York, King George III's second son. The town was severely underdeveloped at the time of its founding so he brought with him politicians, builders, Nova Scotia timber men, and Englishmen skilled in whipsawing and cutting joists and rafters.[25]

Simcoe began construction of two roads through Upper Canada, for defence and to encourage settlement and trade. Yonge Street (named after British Minister of War Sir George Yonge) ran north–south from York to Lake Simcoe. Soldiers of the Queen's Rangers began cutting the road in August 1793, reaching Holland Landing in 1796. Dundas Street (named for Colonial Secretary Henry Dundas) ran east–west, between York and London.

The Northwest Indian War ended after the United States defeated the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. They made peace under the Treaty of Greenville. While still at war with France, Britain could not afford to antagonise the US in the Jay Treaty of 1794, and agreed to withdraw north of the Great Lakes, as agreed in the Treaty of Paris (1783). Simcoe evacuated the frontier forts.

Legacy

In the winter of 1779, the first known Valentine's Day letter in America was given by then Lieutenant Colonel John Simcoe to Sarah 'Sally' Townsend.[31]

Simcoe Street in Oyster Bay, New York is named after him for his destruction of a vast apple orchard and reconstruction of a hill fort on the site.[32]

Act Against Slavery passed in 1793, leading to the abolition of slavery in Upper Canada by 1810. It was superseded by the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 that abolished slavery across the British Empire.

Simcoe named London, Ontario and the River Thames in Upper Canada.

He named Lake Simcoe and Simcoe County to the west and north of Lake Simcoe in honour of his father.

Simcoe named his summer home Castle Frank for his first son Francis Gwillim, who was preceded by eight daughters. (It is in what is now named Cabbagetown, a neighbourhood in downtown Toronto.)[33]

The Ontario Heritage Foundation placed a plaque in Exeter's cathedral precinct to commemorate his life.

Simcoe's regiment is still called the Queen's York Rangers, now an armoured reconnaissance regiment of the Canadian Forces reserves.

Many places in Canada were named in honour of Simcoe:

The town of Simcoe in southwestern Ontario

The Simcoe Fairgrounds in Simcoe.

Civic Holiday, a statutory holiday celebrated throughout Canada under a variety of names by region,[34] was established in honour of Simcoe by the Toronto City Council in 1869.[35] Other Ontario municipalities and then other provinces soon took up the holiday as well, leading to its Canada-wide status, but without any attribution to Simcoe. In 1965, the Toronto City Council declared the holiday would henceforth be known as Simcoe Day within Toronto.[35] Attempts have been made to have the official provincial name—still Civic Holiday[34]—amended, but none have succeeded.

Governor Simcoe Secondary School in St. Catharines, Ontario

Governor Simcoe Public School. Grades K – 8, in London, Ontario. The now closed and demolished school was located at the corner of Simcoe and Clarence Streets.

Three parallel streets in downtown Toronto, John Street, Graves Street, and Simcoe Street, are all located near the fort where Simcoe lived during his early years in York and were named for him. Graves Street was later renamed Duncan Street.

Simcoe Street, Simcoe Street United Church, and Simcoe Hall Settlement House in Oshawa.

Simcoe Street in New Westminster and Simcoe Park was named by Colonel Moody in reference to the surveying of the area after the city of Toronto.

Simcoe Street, Simcoe Street School and the Simcoe Street School Tigers Bantam Baseball Team of Niagara Falls

Simcoe Island, located near Kingston, Ontario

Simcoe Hall, located on the St. George campus of the University of Toronto

John Graves Simcoe Armoury, located on Industrial Parkway in Aurora, Ontario

There are two places named for Simcoe with the title Lord, but Simcoe was not made a Lord in his lifetime. They are the following:

Lord Simcoe Drive in Brampton, Ontario

Lord Simcoe Hotel, which operated from 1956 to 1981

Captain John Kennaway Simcoe, the last member of the Simcoe family, died without issue in 1891 and was survived by his widow beyond 1911

In Popular Culture

A fictionalised version of John Graves Simcoe is a primary antagonist in the 2014–2017 AMC drama Turn: Washington's Spies, portrayed by Samuel Roukin.[37] He is portrayed in the series as a cruel and ruthless sociopath.

Despite the strong fictionalisation of the namesake TV-show character, several biographical aspects of the latter's historical counterpart appear to have been adapted for and transferred onto the fictional character Edmund Hewlett. For instance, Hewlett's romantic ambitions regarding Anna Strong in the series resemble Simcoe's courtship of Sarah Townsend, sister of Culper Ring spy Robert Townsend, for whom he wrote a poem that is thought to be the first verifiable valentine on the North American continent.[38] It is presumed that Townsend, much like the fictionalised portrayal of Anna Strong on Turn, may have gathered and passed on intelligence gleaned from her unsuspecting suitor to the Culper Ring.

Similarly, Hewlett's close bond with his horse Bucephalus (presumably named after Bucephalus, the horse of Alexander the Great) which overarches all four seasons, appears to have been inspired by history: in 1783, John Graves Simcoe sent a series of letters to New York in order to find the horse he had ridden on campaign, Salem. Salem was located and Simcoe subsequently paid the considerable sum of £40 to have him shipped to England and thus returned to him.[39] Shortly before his departure to Upper Canada almost a decade later, it is reported he was greatly concerned for Salem's welfare in his absence, therefore making arrangements for the latter's care and upkeep.[40]

source; Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Graves_Simcoe)

Now for some images, taken by me in Chatham, as well as Queen's Park in Toronto.

Now, some fun facts about me, related to Simcoe:

I was born in Chatham/Chatham-Kent

I go to high school in Simcoe County

I'm debating going to college in Toronto (to become a history teacher)

I've been to the Simcoe County Museum, where they have a bust of Simcoe and a whole wall of information about him (from what I could see- I was there on a WWI field trip and didn't really get to explore)

Every where I've lived/been to school, has been impacted by John Graves Simcoe.

In reality, he was not that bad a dude. TURN just TURNed (ha, get it) into the psychopathic antagonist they wanted. Alright, this has been fun but I need to go study Canadian law, piece homies.

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Can you write something about Gail and Holly going to a county fair or meeting at the fair or something? I dunno. Just seemed like a cute idea I'm too depressed to write.

Gail was bored.  

It wasn’t that she didn’t love fairs.  She did.  She loved the corn dogs and the cotton candy, the corn on the cob, and kettlecorn.  She loved fried oreos, and funnel cake, and being able to eat everything to her heart’s content.  She enjoyed kicking other people’s asses at the games and wasn’t satisfied until she had been on every ride.  

But for the first time in 26 years she was bored.  She blamed it on the company.  When she originally agreed to go with the rest of the rookies to the fair that year Traci was supposed to bring Leo.  But Leo had gone home that day with a fever so the young detective was on Mom duty.  Chris had already gone back to Timmons for Denise and Christian.  Oliver was spending the day with his girls.  

Which left Gail with Dov, Chloe, Andy, and Nick.  

Watching Chloe hang all over Dov and Nick and Andy pretend like they weren’t sleeping together was beyond painful.  It was both cruel and unusual.  She was only about 15 minutes into the night and she was already thinking of excuses that could get her out of staying.  She was also trying to figure out a ride home.  She thought about throwing herself from the top of the ferris wheel.  Supposedly that was frowned upon.  

Just when Gail was about to give up all hope and step in front of a lemonade vendor to put her out of her misery she heard a familiar voice not far from the ring toss.

“Rach, this was your idea.  I knew Lisa would bail on us but you were the one who suggested going to the fair.  Yeah, I know, I know.  Give Ben a kiss for me.”

It was like an answer to her prayers when Gail saw her favorite bespectled brunette.   

“Hey lunchbox.”

Gail wasn’t sure why her stomach flipped at the way Holly’s face lit up after she hung up her phone and saw her.  She wasn’t used to people being that happy to see her.  And it didn’t hurt that Holly had a nice smile, a really nice smile, that Gail was pretty fond of receiving.  

Since that first day at the morgue, the two had been hanging out fairly regularly.  Holly had even convinced her to go to the batting cages and Gail had taken Holly as her plus one to Frank and Noelle’s wedding.  Sure, they had shared a brief kiss in the coat closet that Gail had been replaying in her head on a semi-regular basis and which may have been the biggest contributing factor as to why Gail hadn’t invited Holly to the fair with her pack of losers but now that Gail saw her, she realized that was a really stupid reason to suffer alone.

“Hey, I didn’t know you’d be here.”

“Yeah, Princess Price and Girl Guide McNally came up with this plan for tonight.”

“Where are the other officers?”

“And you’re ditching them?”

“Obviously.  I originally only came for Leo, Traci’s son, but since those two couldn’t be here I was about to eat a tomato just to get a ride out of here.”

“Well, since Rachel and Lisa both bailed on me, how about I give you a ride home instead of an ambulance to the hospital.”

“I suppose that could work.  But you know since we’re here, we could probably spend at least a little time doing fair-y stuff.”

“That sounds like a bad gay joke.”

“I’m going to ignore your judgmental tone and introduce you to the way awesome people enjoy the fair.”

“Lead the way.”

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“I thought you don’t do sports?”  Holly asked as they stared down the milk jugs across from them.

Gail gave the softball in her hand a couple of tosses.  “I don’t.  I want you to win me that shark.”

The blonde pointed to the great white hanging above their heads.

“I thought you were the almighty gamer.”

“Like you said I don’t do sports and this is the only booth with a shark.  Come on, Nerd, I know you can do it.”

Holly struggled not to melt under the puppy dog eyes her friend was giving her.  When Rachel had suggested going to the fair that night, she had only agreed to get her mind off kissing Gail.  But after her other friends (predictably) bailed and the blonde had shown up, Holly had spent the entire struggling not to get swept up in the excitement.  Gail Peck in a county fair was like a kid at Christmas.  The normally enigmatic blonde had happily dragged her from one ride to the next, waxed poetically about the merits of each snack booth, and had already won multiple stuffed animals that she had randomly handed out to kids throughout the fairgrounds.  If Holly’s crush wasn’t already overwhelming it was now at epic proportions.

So if Gail wanted a shark, then Holly was damn sure going to win it for her.  

“Is this because I’m a lesbian that you’re assuming I can throw a softball?” Holly loosened up her arm.

“No my assumption that you own an inordinate amount of backpacks and fleeces is because you’re a lesbian.  My knowledge of your throwing abilities comes from you being the star pitcher of your softball team.”

“And here I thought you didn’t listen when I talk.”  Holly enjoyed the blush the hit pale cheeks in under the obnoxiously bright lights.

It took her 4 tries and a whopping ten dollars but Holly knocked over those rigged cartons.  After the teenager manning the booth retrieved the coveted shark, Holly looked around at the various kids begging their parents for more money.

“So who is going to receive the shark?”

Gail was already had the shark tucked tightly under her arm.

“I think this one I might keep.”

Holly knew she shouldn’t read into it.  That her friend was probably just a huge shark fan.  But Holly couldn’t help wondering if it had anything to do with her winning it.  She wasn’t brave enough to ask.

“Alright, we’ve done every ride in the fair, eaten my weight in fried food, and won your shark.  Is there anything else we need to do?”

“The ferris wheel.” Gail said decisively, already heading in the direction of the long line.

But Holly froze in her tracks.  “Ummm...how about we skip one ride?”

“What? No.  We have to do it.  What’s a fair trip without the ferris wheel?”

“A safe one.” Holly muttered to herself.

“Oh don’t tell me you’re afraid of heights.”

Holly swatted at the hand that was poking at her.  “I’m not afraid of heights.  I’m afraid of rusty, swinging seats that get stuck 200 feet in the air.”

“Please, Lunchbox, we have to do it.”

Holly hated that pout and the influence it had on her.  She prayed to the gods that

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Holly was full of surprises.  It wasn’t just the fear of heights but the fact that she would face that fear just because Gail asked her to.  It was kind of like the shark.  

Gail had won prizes throughout the night.  Seemingly randomly handing them off to whichever kid was nearby and not throwing a tantrum.  It wasn’t random.  Gail usually spotted the kid who was quietly standing there while their sibling(s) got all of their parents’ attention, or the ones who parents had clearly spent all their cash just getting into the fair and a wristband for their kid to enjoy.  So as nonchalantly as she could, she made sure that those kids got to bring something home from the fair.

Except for the shark.  

As soon as Gail spotted the great white hanging above a game that she knew Holly could win, she decided that she wanted it.  The fact that Holly actually won it for her meant that this one was coming home with her.  Call her selfish (everyone does) but she kind of wanted something to remember how awesome her night had been.

It wasn’t until they were being locked into the swinging cart and Holly’s knuckles actually turned white as they gripped the handle bar that Gail finally stopped her teasing.

“Hey, Nerd, if it’s really that bad.  We can get off now.”

“What? No. I’m good.  Totally good.”

“Your eyes are closed and we haven’t even started moving.”

“Well you know my vision isn’t good anyway so really what’s the point of having them open.”

Holly let out a small shriek that Gail struggled not to laugh at when the ride suddenly came to life.

The death grip from the bar was suddenly on her arm.

“Hey, Hol.  It’s okay.  The ride isn’t going to be that bad.”

“Yep.” Holly managed to get out through clenched teeth.  

“Come on, Hols, it’s no fun if you don’t at least try to enjoy the view.”

A shot rang out and Holly jumped as the first firework lit the sky.  

“Now you’re missing the fireworks.”

Gail watched in amazement as Holly slowly opened first one then both eyes.  

“See it’s not that bad.”

“Nope, not bad.  Just very very high and very very old.  Did you know that the original Ferris Wheel, is also referred to as the Chicago Wheel?  And that it was designed and constructed by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. in 1893. It was 80.4 metres tall and was the tallest attraction at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.”

Gail couldn’t help it.  She couldn’t look away from Holly’s rambling lips as the colors of the sky played across her tan skin.  She couldn’t stop herself from cutting off Holly’s ramble with a kiss.  It wasn’t brief like the coat closet but it wasn’t as long as Gail would’ve liked before she realized what she had done.  

“Sorry you just had to stop talking.”

“I won’t say another word.” Holly promised, already leaning in.

Gail kissed her again, slower and more tentatively than the first.  And her lips didn’t leave Holly’s until they were back on the ground.  Finally stepping off the ride, Gail gathered her shark and took Holly’s hand, ready to make good on that ride home.  

Yeah, she really loved fairs.

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Anne Wilson Scores Six DOVE Awards Nominations

Capitol CMG artist and songwriter, Anne Wilson, has just scored six DOVE Award nominations for her major label debut album, My Jesus, including breakout tracks “My Jesus” and “Mamas (feat. Hillary Scott).” The Gospel Music Association’s DOVE Awards honors outstanding achievements and excellence in Christian and Gospel music. “I am absolutely blown away that I’ve been nominated for SIX Dove Awards,” says Wilson. “God is beyond kind and faithful. I’m so grateful for all who have supported me so far on this journey and especially those in my GMA family. I cannot wait to continue to make music that glorifies God and points people back to HIM!” Anne has been nominated in the following categories: - Song Of The Year – “My Jesus” - Songwriter Of The Year (Artist) – Anne Wilson - New Artist Of The Year – Anne Wilson - Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song Of The Year – “My Jesus” Anne Wilson - Bluegrass/Country/Roots Recorded Song Of The Year – “Mamas” Anne Wilson, Hillary Scott - Pop/Contemporary Album Of The Year – My Jesus Anne Wilson Anne’s debut album, My Jesus, hit the #1 spot on multiple charts include Billboard’s Top Christian & Gospel Albums, Billboard’s Top 200 Christian & Gospel, Billboard’s Top Albums. The album’s title track, “My Jesus,” earned Anne her first RIAA Gold Certification and a 2022 Billboard Music Award nomination for “Top Christian Song.” The album also made CCMG history, scoring the biggest debut week in over 15 years by a Capitol Christian Music Group-signed new artist.

Her single, “Mamas,” was released this past Mother’s Day weekend and features one of her personal musical inspirations, Hillary Scott. The moving music video about the importance of a mother’s love has amassed over 8.5 million Facebook views to date. Anne’s latest single, “Hey Girl,” is out now and impacting Christian radio on 9.16. Be sure to check out Anne on the road as she joins The Healer Tour this Fall with Casting Crowns and CAIN. The Healer Tour Dates: - 9.22                        El Paso County Coliseum                                      El Paso, TX - 9.23                        Rio Rancho Events Center                                      Albuquerque (Rio Rancho), NM - 9.24                        GCU Arena                                                                Phoenix, AZ - 9.25                        Honda Center                                                           Orange County (Anaheim), CA - 9.26                        The Dollar Loan Center                                          Las Vegas (Henderson), NV - 9.29                        ExtraMile Arena                                                       Boise, ID - 9.30                        The Pavilion at the Oregon State Fairgrounds    Salem, OR - 10.1                        Angel of the Winds Arena                                       Everett, WA - 10.2                        Spokane Arena                                                          Spokane, WA - 10.6                        MetraPark Arena                                                       Billings, MT - 10.7                        Budweiser Events Center                                         Loveland, CO - 10.8                        Amarillo Civic Center                                                 Amarillo, TX - 10.13                     Truist Arena at Northern Kentucky University      Highland Heights, KY - 10.14                     Giant Center                                                                Hershey, PA - 10.15                     Schottenstein Center                                                 Columbus, OH - 10.20                     Petersen Events Center University of Pittsburgh  Pittsburgh, PA - 10.21                     Harrah’s Cherokee Center                                         Asheville, NC - 10.22                     Greensboro Coliseum                                                Greensboro, NC - 10.27                     Amway Center                                                            Orlando, FL - 10.28                     First Baptist Church of Woodstock                          Atlanta, GA - 10.29                     Florence Center                                                          Florence, SC - 11.3                        Cable Dahmer                                                        Kansas City (Independence), MO - 11.4                        Alliant Energy PowerHouse                                     Cedar Rapids, IA - 11.5                        Denny Sanford PREMIER Center                             Sioux Falls, SD - 11.6                        Target Center                                                              Minneapolis, MN - 11.7                        Baxter Arena                                                               Omaha, NE - 11.10                     Bell County Expo Center                                            Belton, TX - 11.11                     Real Life Amphitheater                                              San Antonio (Selma), TX - 11.17                     Ford Center                                                                  Evansville, IN - 11.18                     The Family Arena                                St. Louis (St. Charles), MO – On Sale 8/25 - 11.19                     Landers Center                                                            Southaven, MS - 11.27                     The Bell Auditorium                                                   Augusta, GA - 11.28                     Pensacola Bay Center                                                 Pensacola, FL - 11.30                     Prudential Center                                                        Newark, NJ - 12.2                        EagleBank Arena                                                         Fairfax, VA - 12.3       ��                Rupp Arena                                                                   Lexington, KY Read the full article

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Interview With A Saint

Interview conducted on late night walk through residential neighborhood in upstate NY. Subject is anonymous citing active thought mandates.

Interviewer: When did these— what did you call them— dizzy spells first start?

Saint: They called them dizzy spells. As a child I used their diagnosis as a way to tell my mother when it was happening.

Interviewer: The dizziness.

Saint: I never actually felt dizzy. I felt detached.

Interviewer: Detached from what?

Saint: Everything. I was at the county fair and suddenly struck by a physical sensation of separation from everything around me. The crowds of people. The noise of the fairground. The space I inhabited. It felt like my mother could not reach me even though she was right there shaking me by my arms in a panic. She asked if I thought I was going to faint.

Interviewer: Were you prone to fainting?

Saint: I never fainted. My mother thought I was physically hurt in some way. She was worried I was sick.

Interviewer: What age was this first documented?

Saint: I was 8 years old. We went to the first aid booth at the fair. I remember they made me sit down and they questioned me. It was like a lucid dream. I felt aware of myself. Awake. Everything else felt imaginary. Everyone around me was part of something I was watching but they were unaware. As if I had stepped outside of myself.

Interviewer: Prior to diagnosis what indicated to your mother that you were unwell? Did you have symptoms or otherwise express how you felt?

Saint: The feeling overcame me all at once. It was terrifying. I had no power over it back then. I started crying and called out for my mother. They told her I had had a dizzy spell and to bring me to the hospital for testing.

Interviewer: What kind of testing?

Saint: Bloodwork. My mother did not tell me as I had an explicit fear of needles. I would try to run. Hide under tables. I would scream. They had to hold me down. A silent muscular man restrained me while two women took vials of my blood. They talked about me in the third person. I felt violated. Helpless.

Interviewer: What were the test results?

Saint: They said I was borderline anemic. I remember my mother sometimes pan frying liver to eat for the iron. The smell of it sickened me. I knew it was not anemia.

Interviewer: Where else did these episodes happen?

Saint: Usually in public. Shopping malls set it off. School sporting events at night under the lights. Sometimes it happened during sleepovers. If I stayed up late deeply engaged in make believe I might realize I was slipping into an episode.

Interviewer: Did anyone else known about this?

Saint: I would sometimes tell my friends or else ask to call home to be picked up. I was often homesick so no one asked questions.

Interviewer: When did you first become aware of the ability to engage with these episodes?

Saint: After I started actively healing trauma I developed certain abilities.

Interviewer: How old were you?

Saint: I was 33. A decade prior the episodes had suddenly stopped. I was initially triggered when they returned but soon adjusted. The awareness I was safe and in control of myself allowed me to begin experimenting. About a year into it I experienced what I would call minor miraculous events. Moving objects using energy. Warping sound with my mind.

Interviewer: Did others witness these events?

Saint: Yes. My children heard how it impacted music playing through a speaker. I told them I was feeling an urge toward ecstatic dance when we all heard the music in the next room drastically slow down. It felt like a great pressure change in my head as it happened.

Interviewer: Did your children also witness objects moving?

Saint: Not directly. During a reading from an Eastern spiritual book we lost a beautiful embroidered bookmark an old Christian friend had given me. I went to bed with the empty book on my bedside table. In the morning I opened to the reading and it was of course still empty. I prayed. I closed and opened the book once more to the reading and the bookmark had reappeared.

Interviewer: Have you observed other phenomena?

Saint: Small things that could be seen as a coincidence or mistake in perception. Like a red rubber band that was stuck in an impossible knot I tried to untangle three times. I gave up and closed it in my fist sensing God was teaching me something. When I opened my hand there was a perfect circle in my palm. One autumn I consistently found a singular red flower or red fruit growing in an otherwise dead field or bare tree as I increasingly reached this witness state in nature.

Interviewer: Have you experienced unspoken communication?

Saint: My children and I have communicated telepathically. Sometimes for hours we engage in testing our ability to share thoughts. They can also do it independent of me. Focus and method seem to be important factors in the success of our transmissions.

Interviewer: Have you received messages from nonhuman sources?

Saint: I periodically receive direct nonverbal transmissions as a series of tones under specific circumstances I identified through intuitive response. Certain hours at classified locations. I interpret these messages through art.

Interviewer: Have you seen these other beings?

Saint: As a child I frequently visualized God to self soothe. As an adult I see flashes of ultraviolet light in my field of vision during revelation. I also instinctively observe live astronomical activity.

Interviewer: Were there any major changes in your life preceding the first episode at 8 years old?

Saint: Yes. We started attending a church in a farm community. I asked to be baptized. I developed a fascination with Jesus Christ. I prayed nightly for salvation.

Interviewer: You said you had visions of God as a child?

Saint: Yes. That is when the apocalypse visions first started. I would see the return of Christ manifesting as a blinding portal in the sky. I was not afraid. I surrendered to the overwhelming warmth and love pouring into the Earth. These visions continued into adulthood and intensified.

Interviewer: Have you experienced an opposing spiritual force? Dark energy?

Saint: I have interacted with demonic entities in various forms. Spiritual practitioners across various religions and other beings with severed spiritual connections. Psychic attacks.

Interviewer: Can you describe a psychic attack?

Saint: Once after a kundalini practice I became trapped in an experience of solipsism. I called my housemate and my therapist. I knew every word they said before it was spoken. This confirmed my fear I was God and everything only existed inside of my mind. It took all night to believe my children were real and I wasn’t dying.

Interviewer: How did the therapist respond?

Saint: She told me to think about what could happen. She was implying I could lose my children. Or my mind. My housemate argued with my therapist on the phone against taking me to a hospital. We knew I would be admitted if I talked to anyone. Permanently.

Interviewer: How did it resolve?

Saint: I slept all the next day. When I woke up I was mortified over how reckless I had been. I followed up with my therapist to mitigate any concerns. She said it was an existential crisis. I downplayed it as a lack of sleep and work stress. She knew I had started a factory job. I apologized for overreacting and calling her in the middle of the night. I never saw her again.

Interviewer: Do you ever use your abilities for personal interests?

Saint: I return any power I receive or experience to God. Not that I have never taken advantage of it. It is because of my experience trying to wield it for my own benefit that I now honor my limits. Anything I have manifested for selfish reasons has come at too high a cost.

Interviewer: Can you be specific?

Saint: Anything I ever wanted I have received one way or another. Things not ordained for me came with severe pain and destruction. I cannot say more. It risks reopening energetic connections. I have to block certain thoughts to maintain a psychic barrier to parasitic entities.

Interviewer: Is there anything else you would like to share?

Saint: The documented episodes I had as a child were not my first experiences of psychic or supernatural abilities or phenomena. It started when I was very young. I remember witnessing myself blowing bubbles in a state of samadhi on the back step of the efficiency apartment my mother and I lived in when I was 3 years old. I remember a gold miniature Holy Bible my grandmother displayed in a knickknack case built into the stairs. I had no idea what it was. Talk of God was restricted in her home due to Catholic Church trauma. I remember gazing up into the stairwell and seeing a pink and blue sky of clouds streaming golden light over me as I played with the tiny book. I could always see people‘s intentions. I identified unsafe people who later revealed evil behaviors. I think there are many more people out there like me. Gifted. Called. We are programmed to forget who we are because we are a threat to Them. By taking an inventory of personal spiritual events I think a lot of us would realize how powerful our connection to God is.

Interviewer: Thank you for your willingness to anonymously speak about your experiences. Thank you also for your interpretation of the nature and meaning of these events and phenomena. It is a valuable contribution to our growing collection of witness accounts for the impending planetary shift.

Saint: Thank you.

(Interview With A Saint • 2021)

All Content © 2024 Nicole White Swinton

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After more than a year of large-scale fairs, festivals and events being a no-go because of the coronavirus pandemic, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, and it’s actually the sun, in case you’ve forgotten what it looks like.

There are things to go and do this summer all over Southern California, from family favorites like the OC Fair and Pageant of the Masters to music festivals such as Hard Summer and BeachLife. While many of the events happening will be modified, and in many cases with smaller audiences than before the pandemic, there are still ways to get out and celebrate.

There’s one big caveat here: If we learned anything in the last year, it’s that plans can change fast. Be sure to check refund and cancellation policies before plunking down your cryptocurrency. And you will need to stay on top of COVID-19 precautions, which are also a moving target. Your best bet? Checking with the events’ websites and social media pages for the latest updates and pricing. Be advised that tickets for many events are required to be purchased in advance.

And even though events are being scheduled well into the fall, we’re capping our list as events through the end of September for now.

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May

San Bernardino County Fair

The SBC Fair is back for three weekends, but you will need to purchase tickets online in advance. This year, the admission price gets you access to the entertainment and includes the carnival rides. You can also nosh on fair food and see livestock exhibits.

When: May 29-31; June 4-6; June 11-13

Where: San Bernardino County Fairgrounds, 14800 7th St., Victorville

Information: sbcfair.com

June

Home Grown Fun

The San Diego County Fair is scaling back for 2021 with a smaller event that has the spirit of the fair. Expect a Ferris wheel, carousel, food, agricultural-themed exhibits and more.

When: June 11-July 4 (Closed Mondays and Tuesdays)

Where: Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar

Information: sdfair.com

Palm Springs ShortFest

The annual festival of short films had more than 5,500 submissions. The schedule will be released in early June. 

When: June 22-28

Where: Camelot Theatres, 2300 E. Baristo Road, Palm Springs

Information: psfilmfest.org

The Redlands Bowl Music Festival will start its season online before moving to in-person events this summer. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival 

The Redlands Bowl will start its season online before moving to in-person programming. The lineup has not yet been announced. 

When: Select nights June 25-Aug. 13

Where: Redlands Bowl, 25 Grant St., Redlands

Information: redlandsbowl.org

Summer Roots Craft Beer and Music Festival

Brew Ha Ha Productions will debut a new festival featuring reggae and rock bands and craft beer. Performers include Fortunate Youth, The Expendables, Pacific Dub, Arise Roots, Eli-Mac, Bikini Trill and Roots of Mine.

When: June 26

Where: Oak Canyon Park, 5305 E. Santiago Canyon Road, Silverado

Information: summerrootsfest.com/ 

July

Festival season in Laguna Beach

This seaside enclave will again draw hordes of visitors as Laguna Beach’s three summer art festivals are back. The Festival of Arts will boast work by more than 100 artists, hands-on art demonstrations and live music. The Sawdust Art Festival spotlights the creations of Laguna Beach artists, with more than 200 locals represented. Laguna Art-A-Fair is a juried competition of more than 100 artists from around the world.

When: Festival of Arts, July 5-Sept. 3; Sawdust and Art-A-Fair, July 2-Sept. 5

Where: Festival of Arts, 650 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach; Sawdust, 935 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach; Art-A-Fair, 777 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach

Information: foapom.com; sawdustartfestival.org; art-a-fair.com

  Pageant of the Masters

One of Southern California’s signature events returns with nightly displays of tableaux vivants, or living pictures, featuring volunteers in elaborate costumes and makeup posing to recreate classic works of art. This year’s theme is “Made in America: Trailblazing Artists and Their Stories” and works depicted will include John Trumbull’s portrait of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks,” as well other iconic paintings by Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt and Norman Rockwell. Pageant tickets include admission to the neighboring Laguna Beach Festival of Arts.

When: July 7-Sept. 3

Where: Irvine Bowl, 650 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach

Information: 800-487-3378; foapom.com

Midland, shown here at the 2018 Stagecoach Country Music Festival, will headline Mission Fest in San Juan Capistrano in July. (File photo by Matt Masin, Contributing Photographer)

Mission Fest

Headlined by country band Midland, this fest will also include performances from Devin Dawson, the White Buffalo, Daring Greatly and The James Kelly Band.  Expect wine, local food, vendors and activities.

When: July 10

Where: The OutPost at Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park, 27174 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano

Information: missionfest.com

OC Fair

Cute baby animals, carnival rides and vats full of deep-fried wonderment — there’s nothing like a county fair. While the dates, hours and prices will be familiar to veteran fair-goers, organizers plan to have capacity limits, fewer rides and booths and a new layout of the fairgrounds to avoid crowding. Admission tickets must be purchased in advance online. The 2021 Toyota Concert Series will present shows at Pacific Amphitheatre most nights of the fair. Concert tickets are sold separately but include fair admission.

When: July 16-Aug. 15 (Wednesdays-Sundays)

Where: OC Fair & Event Center, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa

Information: ocfair.com; pacamp.com

In this Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019 file photo, a festival goer is silhouetted before a Ferris wheel against the sky at dusk next during Hard Summer Music Festival at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. The festival plans to return in July, but with a new home at the NOS Event Center in San Bernardino. (File photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Hard Summer Music Festival

Insomniac’s big EDM/hip-hop crossover festival moves from Fontana to San Bernardino this year with artists including Future, 2 Chainz and Dillon Francis. Note that it’s open to guests 18 and older only. 

When: July 31-Aug. 1

Where: NOS Event Center, 689 S. E St., San Bernardino

Information: hardsummer.com

August

Uptown Jazz Festival

The 10th annual event went virtual in 2020, but in 2019 attracted nearly 10,000 jazz fans. The city announced in May that the event would return in August, but lineup information has not yet been revealed.

When: Aug. 21

Where: Houghton Park, 6301 Myrtle Ave., Long Beach

Beyond Wonderland

Insomniac’s massive EDM fest announced in April that it was moving from June to August. The lineup includes Tiesto, Kayzo, Dillon Francis and more. Attendees must be at least 18.

When: Aug. 27-28 

Where: NOS Event Center, 689 S. E St., San Bernardino

Information: socal.beyondwonderland.com

The Orange International Street Fair draws hundreds of thousands to downtown Orange for the three-day event.

September

Orange International Street Fair

It’s simply not Labor Day weekend in SoCal without this massive food and beverage festival, which began as a celebration of Orange’s centennial in 1973 and grew into a sprawling event attracting half a million visitors. Booths run by nonprofits will offer a vast array of food items, from egg rolls and gyros to cheesesteaks and brats, plus craft beer and wine. The 3-day event will also have arts and crafts booths, kids’ activities and continuous live entertainment. 

When: Sept. 3-5

Where: Area surrounding Chapman Avenue and Glassell Street, Orange

Information: orangestreetfair.org

Same Same But Different

This year’s festival will feature Big Gigantic, STS9 and J. Worra and is going bigger with its production, with larger stages and LED screens and lasers. There will be limited attendance and guests will have to either be vaccinated or have a negative COVID-19 test before entering.

When: Sept. 9-12

Where: Lake Perris State Recreation Area, 17801 Lake Perris Drive, Perris.

Information: ssbdfest.com

BeachLife Festival

The event’s second edition has moved from May to September and will include sets from Jane’s Addiction, Counting Crows, Ziggy Marley & Stephen Marley performing the music of their father Bob Marley, Fitz and the Tantrums, Cage the Elephant and more. This year will mark the debut of the Speakeasy stage, curated by Pennywise’s Jim Lindberg and celebrated South Bay chef David LeFevre will curate the chef lineup for the stage-side pop-up restauramt. 

When: Sept. 10-12

Where: Seaside Lagoon, 137 N. Harbor Drive, Redondo Beach

Information: beachlifefestival.com

God’s House of Hip Hop 20/20 Summer Fest

This Christian hip-hop, Latin Christian hip-hop and gospel hip-hop festival will finally make its debut after having to cancel its inaugural plans in 2020. Performers include Alex Zurdo, Derek Minor, Flame, WHATUPRG, Angie Rose, Canton Jones, Manny Montes and more. 

When: Sept. 17-18

Where: Banc of California Stadium, 3939 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles

Information: 2020summerfest.com

A classic street rod drives up Euclid Avenue in downtown Ontario on Friday evening, Sept. 20, 2019 during the opening night of the 7th annual Route 66 Cruisin’ Reunion. The event is expected to return in September. (File photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

Route 66 Cruisin’ Reunion

Celebrate Route 66 with classic cars, tribute acts and family fun in Ontario. The event usually draws more than 1,000 vintage rides and lots of car lovers.

When: Sept 17-18

Where: More than 22 square blocks along Euclid Avenue in Ontario

Information: Route66CruisinReunion.com

So Cal Hoedown

In April, the festival announced a move from June to September. The fourth edition of this punk-leaning fest will include the Horrorpops, Face to Face, Fishbone and more. 

When: Sept. 18

Where: Port of Los Angeles, 3011 Miner St., San Pedro

Information: socalhoedown.com

Idyllwild Renaissance Faire

Travel back in time to “The Shire of Idyllwild” for this mountain community Renaissance festival with vendors, entertainment food and more. 

When: Sept. 24-26

Where: Camp Emerson, 53115 Idyllbrook Drive, Idyllwild

Information: idyllwildrenfaire.com

Ohana Festival

The fifth edition of the festival will be headlined by Kings of Leon on Friday, fest curator Eddie Vedder on Saturday and Pearl Jam on Sunday. Other performers include Brandi Carlile, Spoon, Cold War Kids, My Morning Jacket and more. 

When: Sept. 24-26

Where: Doheny State Beach, 25300 Dana Point Harbor Drive, Dana Point.

Information: ohanafest.com

Other events to be determined 

LA County Fair

The Los Angeles County Fair, which usually opens Labor Day weekend and runs for weeks at Fairplex in Pomona, plans to hold a smaller celebration in 2021 but hasn’t announced dates. Information: lacountyfair.com

Long Beach Greek Fest

The Long Beach Greek Fest has announced that it will bring back the food, dancing and more on Labor Day weekend at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church but hasn’t released specifics. Information: lbgreekfest.org

Vans U.S. Open of Surfing

Organizers say this popular annual event will return this year, but have yet to announce dates. Besides featuring the world’s best surfers, the U.S. Open also offers skateboarding and BMX competitions in a temporary arena south of the Huntington Beach Pier. Information: vansusopenofsurfing.com

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  -on May 25, 2021 at 12:21AM by Staff report

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John Paulding Historical Museum

Paulding County Historical Society

600 Fairground Dr.

Paulding, OH 45879

The John Paulding Historical Society, Inc. was charted in 1977 inspired by the committee formed to plan Paulding County's 1976 U.S. Bicentennial celebrations. The first building was erected on Fairgrounds Road in 1984, and the main museum was officially opened in 1984 on 6.5 acres across from the Paulding County Fairgrounds in Paulding, OH, on land where the old sugar beet factory once stood. In 1993, a second building, now known as Barn One, was added, but the museum quickly outgrew that structure, too, so the main building was expanded in 1994. Soon after, in 1996, Barn Two was added, giving the museum a total of three buildings.

Paulding County is fortunate to have a quality historical museum and active society that collects, maintains and preserves a collection of historical significance to the history of the settling and growth of Paulding County. The Museum Country Store Gifts and items of local flavor are available for sale in the store. Featured items include Ohio Bicentennial T-Shirts and Sweatshirts in children and adult sizes; and new children's toys. Proceeds benefit the JPHS.

A new feature that has been added to the John Paulding Historical Society’s museum is a small chapel built in Barn One. The stained glass windows in the chapel come from old Paulding County churches such as the Haviland Baptist Church and the Woodlawn United Methodist Church in Oakwood. Inside the chapel are an organ from the St. John Catholic Church in Payne, the pulpit from the Blue Creek Grange Hall, and pulpit chairs from the First Christian Church in Paulding.

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EVACUATIONS

CalFire announced that the mandatory evacuations in Oceanside will not be lifted today and will be reassessed Saturday morning due to continuing red flag wind conditions and smoldering fire areas.  Evacuation orders are still in effect and the map area has not changed since last night at 10:00 p.m.

SHELTERS

The shelter at Oceanside High School has reached capacity.

People seeking shelter should go to the gymnasium at Palomar College.  The address is:

1140 W. Mission Rd.

San Marcos, CA 92069

This is a pet-friendly facility for small animals (e.g., cats and dogs).

The Del Mar Fairgrounds is open for large animals.

CURRENT MANDATORY EVACUATIONS:

Areas north of North River Road to Camp Pendleton

Areas east of Douglas Drive to Fallbrook and Oceanside City limits

Areas east and north of Oceanside Municipal Golf Course

Areas east of Melrose between N. Santa Fe Bobier

Areas east of N. Santa Fe Drive

Areas east of College between North River Road and the 76

A reverse 9-1-1 call has been placed for those residing in the mandatory evacuation areas as well as the Oceanside Police Department using vehicles and a Public Announcement System.

MAP

DONATIONS

People wishing to make donations of cash, check and credit card can visit the Country Club Senior Center in Oceanside on Monday.  Additionally, people may donate to

sdfoundation.org

to help fire victims.

Please do not fly drones anywhere near the fire impacted areas so that aircraft can safely conduct their operations.

Public Information Access

http://www.SDCountyemergency.com

http://www.fire.ca.gov/

http://www.readysandiego.org

Radio (600AM, HAM Radio, etc)

Website:

http://www.ci.oceanside.ca.us

Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/CityofOceanside

Television (KOCT Ch19)

Twitter: @cityofoceanside

Hashtags: #oceanside #LilacFire

CALTRANS UPDATE

Cal Trans update on the Lilac Fire. Fortunately, there have been no changes this morning. Fire is currently at 4,100 acres and 85 structures have been burned. Evacuated areas are currently not allowed to return to their homes. Roads currently closed are:

ROAD AND FREEWAY CLOSURES

Gopher Canyon Road is closed from East Vista Way to Little Gopher Canyon Road

Old River Road at Little Gopher Canyon Road through Golf Club Drive

Camino Del Rey is closed at State Route 76 to Old Highway 395

Old Highway 395 closed from SR_76 to West Lilac Road

West Lilac Road from Old Highway 395 to Camino Del Rey

SR-76, from Old Highway 395 to Via Monserate (CHP estimates closure through Friday morning)

South Mission Road is closed at Winterhaven Road to southbound traffic all the way to SR-76

SB-15 to Old Highway 395 off-ramp is closed

Camino Del Rey at the Old Highway 395

Camino Del Rey at West Lilac

Camino Del Rey East of SR-76

SR-76 is closed between I-15 and East Vista Way

Mandatory evacuations are in effect for (the most recent listed first):

The area south of N. River Road, North of Oceanside Blvd. West of Melrose Drive and N. Santa Fe, and East of Old Grove Road and Douglas Drive

The area east of Douglas Drive, West of Wishire Road, North of N. River Road and South of Camp Pendleton Eastern Fence Line

The area south of Reche Road, North of Burma Road, North of Burma Road and East of the Camp Pendleton Eastern Fence

The area South of North River Road, North of Bobier Drive, East of Melrose and North Santa fe, and West of East Vista Way

South of Reche Road, west of I-15 (6:30 p.m., Thursday)

East of Green Canyon Road and South Mission Road (6:30 p.m., Thursday)

North of SR-76 (6:30 p.m., Thursday)

South of Burma Road

East of Wilshire

North of North River Road

West of South Mission Road

East Vista Way and Mission Road

South of North River Road

West of East Vista Way

North of Bobier Drive

East of Melrose and North Santa Fe

SR-76 west of I-15 and north of Gopher Canyon Road

East of Village Way and Mission Road

Douglas to Oceanside's eastern city limits and all areas north of N. River Road

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton said residents in the San Luis Rey area are under an evacuation warning. No order has been given at this time.

The area South of S. Santa Fe and South of N. River Rd., West of Old Grove Road and West of Douglas Drive, North of Oceanside Blvd. and North of SR-76 is also under a voluntary evacuation.

EVACUATION SHELTERS

EL CAJON: Bostonia Park & Recreation Center (1049 Bostonia Street)

ESCONDIDO: East Valley Community Center (2245 E. Valley Parkway)

OCEANSIDE: New Venture Christian Fellowship (4000 Mystra Drive)

OCEANSIDE: Oceanside High School (1 Pirates Cove Way) - reached capacity Thursday night.

SAN MARCOS: Palomar College (1140 West Mission Road)

CARLSBAD: The Forum at Carlsbad (1923 Calle Barcelona) is a temporary shelter

CARLSBAD: Stagecoach Community Park (3420 Camino De Los Coches) - reached capacity Thursday night.

As of 9:30 p.m. Fallbrook High School was no longer an evacuation center. Residents were moved to East Valley Community Center in Escondido.

As of 11 p.m., the Stagecoach community Park in Carlsbad was at capacity and no longer accepting evacuees. Evacuees for both were being directed to East Valley Community Center in Escondido.

ANIMAL EVACUATIONS

The Del Mar Fairgrounds and the San Diego Polo Fields in Del Mar are open for large animal evacuations. After dark, all evacuations will be sent to the fairgrounds.

People bringing animals are asked to bring hay, halters and buckets if possible.

People who need assistance evacuating large animals should call the county's Department of Animal Service's 24-hour emergency dispatch at (619) 236-2341 or the San Diego Humane Society at (619) 243-3466.

The Del Mar Fairgrounds Animal Evacuation Center is currently fully staffed with volunteers but a spokeswoman for the center said people who wish to volunteer on Friday can show up beginning at 6 a.m.

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In addition, they are asking for donations of feed and bedding (shavings, etc) for the animals that are being sheltered from the fire (more than 100 have been brought in on Thursday).

People making donations or seeking to house their livestock at the center are asked to enter the East Stable Gate, which is the first gate off of Jimmy Durante Boulevard. For more information on how to volunteer visit

here

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FRIDAY SCHOOL CLOSURES

Schools were issuing closures for Friday. Some were not immediately threatened by the fire, but were shuttering school doors due to poor air quality or out of concern for their students.

Bella Mente Montessori Academy

Bonsall Unified School District

Carlsbad Unified School District

Classical Academy and Classical Academy High School

Coastal Academy

Epiphany Prep: Escondido campus (charter school)

Escondido Charter High School

Fallbrook Union Elementary School District

Fallbrook Union High School District

Guajome Park Academy (Vista)

Heritage K-8 Charter

Julian Union Elementary School District

Julian Union High School District

Momentum Learning juvenile court and community schools (operated by the San Diego County Office of Education): Youth Day Center, Breaking Cycles, Innovations Academy of Empowerment, North County Technology Academy

Mountain Empire Unified School District

North County Academy

North County Trade Tech High School

Oceanside Unified School District

Pacific View Charter School

San Marcos Unified School District

Spencer Valley School District

Temecula Valley Unified School District

Vista Unified School District

Warner Unified School District

The Children's Paradise Preschool locations in Vista and Oceanside will be closed.

OTHER CLOSURES

Legoland California will be closed Friday out of consideration for employees affected by the recent fires.The aquarium and hotel will remain open.

The County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) is closing the following Oceanside and Fallbrook facilities on Friday, Dec. 8 due to the Lilac Fire:

North Coastal Family Resource Center, Aging and Independence Services, and Child Welfare Services located at Union Plaza Court in Oceanside

North Coastal Public Health Center located at 3609 Ocean Ranch Boulevard in Oceanside

Fallbrook Community Resource Center at 202 West College Street

The VA Oceanside Clinic is closed and all appointments are canceled for Friday, Dec. 8.

FRIDAY COLLEGE CLOSURES

Cal State San Marcos

Palomar College

Mira Costa College (all campuses)

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Due to the fire, several North County Transit District (NCTD) routes were halted. A full list of routes affected can be

found in the Breeze section

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The county was reminding people seeking information about the fire to call 211 and that 911 should only be used for emergency situations. In addition, officials are stressing that the 211 line is only for people directly impacted by the fire and that residents of other areas should not be calling that number.

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Weekend events around the area

Ribbon cutting for the new State Fair Trail will take place Saturday morning at 10 in front of the Water Treatment Center at 23rd and Severance. After the ribbon is cut there will be remarks from Parks and Facilities Director Justin Combs and Vitality Team chair Steve Drach. The new trail, funded through a state grant, extends from the 23rd and Severance roundabout west through the Kansas State Fairgrounds ending at Main Street between the two Sunflower buildings.

Warriorfest is Saturday in Sterling... The Sterling Chamber of Commerce hosts the event in downtown Sterling to welcome back Sterling College Students and acquaint them with downtown Sterling. Events get underway at 9:30 with Warrior teams in the downtown area with fun activities, Sterling Express train rides, and some two dozen vendors and informational booths. The Warrior football team, which hosts Ottawa Saturday night at 6, will hve an autograph session at 10:30. The Soccer teams also have games Saturday, the women at 1 against Central Christian College and the men at 3 against Kansas Christian College.

The big event of the weekend around mid-Kansas is the 50th annual Hillsboro Arts and Crafts Fair. Some 240 vendors will be on hand for the fair from 9-4 centered on the downtown area, which typicially attacts over 30 thousand people, more than ten times Hillsboro's population... and that in a slow year. It's one of three big events taking place Saturday in Marion County... Marion's Art in the Park and Craft Show will be taking place Saturday from 9-5 and in Peabody they are having their fall festival, which will along with craft vendors will include kids activities, music, and more.

Quivira National Wildlife Refuge is having their annual Monarch Mania Saturday from 9-12 at thieir Enviornmental Education Classroon, located in the center of refuge seven miles north of the refuge headquaters in Stafford County... you can access it off 4th Avenue going west out of Hutchinson. Particpants can borrow an insect net to pursue and capture as many monarch butterlies as possible, which Refuge staff will tag and release...some of the monarchs tagged at Quivira have been reported in Mexico. there will also be face painting, crafts, and an outdoor butterfly pavilion with live butterflies for up close viewing.

Family Community Theatre's Children's Academy will present Mother Goose Has Flown the Coop, A Mystery on Fairy Tale Island, this weekend. The first performance takes place Friday afternoon at 4 at the Dillon Nature Center, and the second Saturday afternoon at 2 at the Hutchinson Zoo. Admission is free, and everyone is asked to bring their own lawn chairs or blankets for seating.

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Gem & Jam Festival Returns This February

After taking a year hiatus for 2019, fan-favorite festival Gem & Jam Festival is excited to announce its return and with it the phase one lineup.  The three-day music, art, performance, and gem & mineral festival will be returning to the beautiful, desert setting of Pima County Fairgrounds, January 31 through February 2, 2020.  This past Spring Gem & Jam announced that it indeed would be returning and that planning was well underway.  The news continued last week when Tipper, Big Gigantic, The Floozies, and Twiddle were announced and would be joined by over 30 additional artists as part of phase one.

Gem & Jam's 13th annual performer lineup includes: Billy Strings; Desert Hearts Takeover, featuring Mikey Lion, Marbs, RYBO and Lubelski; TH3, featuring Michael Travis, Jason Hann and Kyle Hollingsworth (String Cheese Incident) and Matt Hill (The Floozies); Manic Focus; Dirtwire; Desert Dwellers; Thriftworks; Bluetech; Buku; Christian Martin (Dirtybird, TAT); Kyle Hollingsworth Band; Marvel Years; Mersiv; SoDown; Ana Sia; Balken Bump; Cofresi; Cycles; Daily Bread; Eminence Ensemble; Kitchen Dwellers; Late Night Radio; Megan Hamilton; Mystic Grizzly; Nobide; Saqi; Supertask; Tenth Mountain Division; Adem Joel; Autonomix; The Bennu; Dollarsine; Endoplasmic; The Flying Skulls; Funkstatik; Glass Cannon; Gonzofuze; M-Q; Party People; Safi’s Lab; Scott Nice; Since Juleye, and Smokovish. The lineup will continue to grow as we enter 2020, hosting a flurry of talent across 3 stages, plus special late night sets, gem and mineral exhibits, art galleries, painters, dancers, daytime workshops, and much more.

“We are beyond excited to be able to bring Gem & Jam back for an epic three nights in the desert," says festival co-producer Josh Pollack. “We have the best fans out there and cannot wait to share all we have planned for 2020.”

Located on 640 acres and just 20 miles south of downtown Tucson, the Pima County Fairgrounds is surrounded by nature and resides in a desert environment, creating an expansive setting perfect for Gem & Jam. The multi-stage music and arts festival will be offering increased capacity and camping options, including onsite RV camping with hookups, car camping, and walk-in camping. Additionally, Gem & Jam will be expanding on its experience with world-class visuals, unique stage designs, artist galleries, live paintings, experiential installations, daytime workshops, gem and mineral vendors, and much more.  General Admission tickets are on sale now for $159, plus fees. Camping options are available starting at free walk-in camping with a $20 parking fee, car camping and RV options with hook ups. Hotel and ticketing options, and payment plans are available. For all ticket options visit, www.gemandjam.com. Gem & Jam Festival is an all ages event.

Gem & Jam is produced by Fog City Productions, Legion of Bloom Music, and Mammoth Music Group. Visit www.gemandjam.com for the most up-to-date information. 

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Hernando Bloodmobile Schedule June 28 - July 11, 2019

Help save lives by Donating Blood at a Mobile Location

LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, Inc. has been the sole supplier of blood products to all 5 of the hospitals in Citrus and Hernando Counties for over 30 years.  We are also the sole blood supplier to the UF at Shands and the VA Hospital in Gainesville, FL. As one donation can potentially save 3 lives, the blood donors of Citrus and Hernando Counties literally “give the gift of life”.  Our centers and bloodmobiles are open 363 days a year and it only takes about a half hour of your time to donate. Anyone 17, or 16 with parental permission, weighing a minimum of 110 pounds and in good health is eligible to donate. A photo ID is also required.

June 28 - July 11, 2019 Bloodmobile Schedule for Hernando County:

Friday, June 28 Walmart 1485 Commercial Way 11:00a.m. to 6:00p.m. Dickey’s 19390 Cortez Blvd 10:30a.m. to 5:30p.m. All blood donors receive a coupon for a free sandwich Saturday, June 29 Spring Hill United Church of Christ 4244 Mariner Blvd. 9:30a.m. to 2:00p.m. Walmart 13300 Cortez Blvd 2:30p.m. to 5:00p.m. Lowes 7117 Broad St. Brooksville 9:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. Sunday, June 30 Christian Church in the Wildwood 10051 Country Rd 8:00a.m. to 1:00p.m. Walmart 7305 Broad St 2:00p.m. to 5:00p.m. St Frances Cabrini 5030 Mariner Blvd 8:00a.m. to 2:30p.m. Walmart 1485 Commercial Way 3:00p.m. to 5:00p.m. Monday, July 1 Walgreens 1300 Mariner Blvd 10:00a.m. to 12:30p.m. Walmart 1485 Commercial Way 1:00p.m. to 7:00p.m. Sams Club 13360 Cortez Blvd 10:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. Tuesday, July 2 Walmart 13300 Cortez Blvd. Brooksville 11:00a.m. to 6:00p.m. Walmart 7305 Broad St 11:00a.m. to 6:00p.m. Wednesday, July 3 Sams Club 13360 Cortez Blvd 10:00a.m. to 5:30p.m. Walmart 1485 Commercial Way 11:00a.m. to 2:30p.m. Red, White & Brews Anderson Snow Park 1360 Anderson Snow Rd 3:00p.m. to 9:00p.m. Thursday, July 4 Walmart 7305 Broad St. 9:00a.m. to 1:30p.m. Hernando Sportsman’s Club 17045 Commercial Way 9:00a.m. to 2:00p.m. Hernando County Fairgrounds 6436 Broad St. 3:30p.m. to 10:00p.m. Great Life Church 14494 Cortez Blvd. 5:00p.m. to 11:00p.m. Friday, July 5 Walmart 13300 Cortez Blvd. 11:00a.m. to 6:00p.m Dickey’s 19390 Cortez Blvd 10:30a.m. to 5:30p.m. All blood donors receive a coupon for a free sandwich Saturday, June 6 Walmart – Bushnell 2163 W CR 048 12:00p.m. to 6:00p.m. Lowes 4780 Commercial Way 10:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. Sunday, July 7 Faith Evangelical Presbyterian Church 200 Mount Fair Ave. 9:00a.m. to 1:00p.m. Cornerstone Baptist Church 13171 Tara St. 11:30a.m. to 3:30p.m. Walmart 1330 Cortez Blvd. 4:00p.m. to 7:00p.m. Walmart 7305 Broad St. 2:00p.m. to 5:00p.m. Monday, July 8 Walmart 1485 Commercial Way Spring Hill 1:00p.m. to 7:00p.m. Sam’s Club 13360 Cortez Blvd. Brooksville 11:00a.m. to 6:00p.m. Tuesday, July 9 Walmart 13300 Cortez Blvd. Brooksville 11:00a.m. to 6:00p.m. Walmart 7305 Broad St. Brooksville 12:00p.m. to 6:30p.m. Bene’s Academy 698 S Broad St. Classroom #2 12:00p.m. to 6:30p.m. Wednesday, July 10 ICTC 16090 Flight Path Dr 8:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. Sumter Correctional 9544 County Rd 476-B 7:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. Thursday, July 11 Clover Leaf Farms Heather House Clubhouse 900 N Broad St 9:00a.m. to 3:00p.m.

LifeSouth Main Office is Available Seven days a week

Also, you can donate at the LifeSouth Community Blood Center, 12395 Cortez Blvd., Brooksville, FL 34613 from Monday thru Friday ~ 9 am to 5 pm, Saturday ~ 8 am to 2 pm, or Sunday ~ 10 am to 4 pm. You can visit www.lifesouth.org and click on the “Find a Drive” tab. Enter your zip code to find any donor center or blood drive near you. Read the full article