Tough news
The Army Corps of Engineers has issued a new water release forecast for the Jamestown area. The news is not good.
Two things come to mind:
1. Jamestown is going to beat this.
2. I am very glad my arms are in much better shape than last year, because it's likely there's going to be some sandbagging to do.
Posted by: Logan C. Adams on March 12, 2010 at 9:50 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Tags: flooding, sandbagging, water
Helping the Beerbower family
You might have noticed this story in The Sun today about efforts to help an Edmunds, N.D., family repair their home. There is a Facebook group dedicated to this effort, which you can find by following this link.
Posted by: Logan C. Adams on March 12, 2010 at 1:01 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Tags: beerbowers, edmunds, facebook, family, help somebody
Check us out on Facebook
As of this writing, The Jamestown Sun has 557 fans on Facebook (Try saying that five times fast).
Become a fan by following this link, and bring our fan count up to a number that doesn't lead to so much alliteration.
Also, this blog has its own Facebook page. Check it out, too.
Posted by: Logan C. Adams on March 11, 2010 at 12:35 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Tags: facebook, housekeeping, links, shameless self promotion, sun
Should we do more restaurant reviews?
The post I made earlier this week invited readers to review La Carreta, Jamestown's newest restaurant, sure got a lot of responses. A dozen different readers spoke their mind on the contents of their stomachs, and it was really cool to read. You can read those reviews here.
This has me thinking: Should we do this more often? What if every Monday I picked a different restaurant in town and you all got your chance to pass judgement over it? I think it might be fun.
UPDATE: It's settled then. Come back Monday morning and we'll have a discussion on a Jamestown-area restaurant to be announced then. All viewpoints, positive or negative, meat-and-potatoes or foodie, are welcome.
Posted by: Logan C. Adams on March 10, 2010 at 5:00 PM | Comments (8) | Permalink
Tags: comments, food, la carreta, reviews
Inglourious parodies
I loved the movie Inglourious Basterds, and a lot of people are showing their appreciation through the highest form of flattery. Here, ranked in descending levels of quality, are three such parodies. The first one is embedded because it's not too inappropriate, while the second two are a bit worse, so they're just linked. I wouldn't call them not safe for work, but watch at your own risk.
#1. Inglourious Plummers
#3. Boston Terrier Basterds.(Not for cat lovers)
Posted by: Logan C. Adams on March 10, 2010 at 11:58 AM | Comments (1) | Permalink
Tags: dogs, inglourious basterds, parody, video, video games
Prairie Paws Rescue pet meet and greet
From Kaye John, president of Prairie Paws Rescue:
Prairie Paws Rescue will have a "Pet Meet and Greet" on Saturday, March 13 from 10am-2pm at Jamestown Tractor Supply Company (TSC) located at 1100 5th Ave SE. All the pets available through our rescue will be there to meet potential adopters. Currently in our rescue, Pekinese puppies and mom, small breed and large breed dogs, a rabbit and one cat. Prairie Paws Rescue pets have medical work completed prior to adoption for a donation to cover the costs. To see who is available for adoption or for more information try awww.prairiepawsrescue or (701) 320-4553.
Posted by: Logan C. Adams on March 10, 2010 at 8:10 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Tags: cats, dogs, events, help somebody, prairie paws rescue
Spotlight in the Sun: Back from Kenya
Here is this week's edition of Spotlight in the Sun, featuring Dr. Jackie Mangnall, chair of Jamestown College's nursing program, discussing her students' recent trip to Kenya.
Posted by: Logan C. Adams on March 09, 2010 at 4:57 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Tags: jc, kenya, nursing, spotlight in the sun, students, travel
Follow The Sun: Nice try
Our Follow The Sun series has attracted a lot of attention (and more submissions than we can print, it seems). This was on my desk when I arrived at work Monday. All it said on the attached note was that it features two Jamestown readers in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on Feb. 23. There was no phone number or any other contact information.
We require identification for the Follow The Sun photos, and since none was provided, this photo isn't going in the paper. If you recognize the feet and legs in this picture (one is hairy, and one has painted toenails) let us all in on the gag.
Posted by: Logan C. Adams on March 09, 2010 at 7:35 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Tags: beach, follow the sun, newspaper, photos, sand
School House Rock for grownups
I meant to post this a while back, but forgot to. It's rap music video featuring a battle between conflicting economists John Maynard Keynes and F. A. Hayek (who are both actually quite dead). It's an interesting way to explain the debate and also kind of funny.
I didn't hear any explicit language or see anything Not Safe For Work, but it's still pretty loud so don't blast it in your workplace.
Posted by: Logan C. Adams on March 08, 2010 at 2:10 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Tags: comedy, economics, hayek, keynes, video
Your thoughts: La Carreta
Morgan and I ate at La Carreta tonight and enjoyed our meal at Jamestown's new restaurant, which seems to be the talk of the town lately. I invite anyone who's eaten there so far to post about their experience the comments section.
It was funny how my girlfriend insisted on ordering in Spanish. Our waiter responded in kind and then expected me to know the language as well, and I felt foolish. Next time this happens, I hope we get a waiter who's like "Sorry miss, I'm from Fargo" or something.
Posted by: Logan C. Adams on March 07, 2010 at 8:56 PM | Comments (14) | Permalink
Tags: comments, discussion, food, girlfriend, la carreta, your thoughts
Google, Kansas? Yeah, You betcha!
I grew up an hour's drive from a city known at the time as Topeka, Kan. That city, it seems, has changed its name to "Google, Kan.," in the hope of attracting ultra-high-speed Internet access from Google.
For those of you not familiar with the city, Topeka is only a bit smaller than the entire Fargo-Moorhead metro area, give or take a few ten-thousand people.
Now, Duluth, Minn., is one-upping them with this parody in which the "mayor" declares that all first-born Duluthians' names be changed to "Google Fiber." I cannot get over this as I grew up near the first city and now work at a paper that is a part of the same company as Duluth's newspaper and which often prints news from Duluth.
Here's the video from Duluth:
Thanks, mom, for tipping me off to all this.
Posted by: Logan C. Adams on March 04, 2010 at 8:10 PM | Comments (1) | Permalink
Tags: duluth, fiber, google, internet, kansas, minnesota, topeka, video
More visitors!
The Jamestown Sun was visited by a group of students in the Washington Elementary after school program this afternoon. They watched news staff work on pages, saw the press churn out printed items and had a look at where we keep our 700-pound rolls of newsprint.
Posted by: Logan C. Adams on March 03, 2010 at 4:36 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Tags: children, newspaper, photos, students, visitors, washington after school
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