Articles from the July 25, 2018 edition

Updated Jul 25, 2018

A WELCOME SURPRISE As I sat down Tuesday morning to start this column a nice northeast breeze was blowing. About 9 a.m. it brought in a welcomed shower. I went out and watched it for awhile. I was hoping that the shower would reach my place. It has been extremely hot with my temperature gage reading 99 degrees at 4 p.m. Sunday. When you have such a dry spell watering with city water doesn’t do much more than keep the plants alive. I noticed the raccoons are looking poor, no water to drink or berries to eat. Several of the m...