By Carol Walker
What a difference a few days make, as a blanket of snow is now beginning to settle on the 193 acres of land burned in the Storm Hill Fire. Kudos to all the firefighters who worked in pretty steep conditions to contain the fire. We appreciate you.
I was thinking that as fast a fire spreads, so too the word spread equally fast as people began conjecturing about how it started, who’s responsible, what people saw, where was it headed, etc. Even all the children in my Sunday school class were bustling with stories, even pictures on their phones of the fire. I hear there is a responsible party and John Johnson made it clear at the council meeting Monday night that it was NOT him or his towers that sit at the top of the hill. I just wanted to get that word out to all who might have thought about the towers.
Much like word of mouth, news spreads quickly in our technological world today. At the death of Prince, as Facebook and Twitter conveyed the news there was almost an immediate response as landmarks all over the country and world gave off a purple haze. The Empire State Building, the Chicago Skyline and the Eiffel Tower are just a few of the places that lit up the sky to honor their Prince.
In Hill City, though we are not devoid of people with technological expertise, word also spreads in the old-fashioned way as the sad news of the passing of Donny Butterfield created a murmur across the town. Though I did not know the man, I heard person after person talk about what a kind, generous person he was, a trucker who lost his life way too soon. His trucker buddies got the word out and on the day of his memorial in a packed high school theater, there was quite a sight outside, as a line of mammoth trucks lined Railroad Avenue during the service. Later they traveled Main Street, honking their horns in tribute to their friend.
On a lighter note, I was thinking about the news of 1976 prices on food at the Hill City Café last Friday. Many people found their way to the café celebrating its anniversary all day on Friday by knocking back the prices. Breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as coffee breaks were enjoyed by a whole lot of people, giddy at the outlandishly low prices.
I heard someone was in there five times during the day, taking advantage of things like 65 cents for a burger, 10 cents for coffee, 40 cents for a piece of pie and double that for pie ala mode. We went over for the supper hour and business was bustling, though the waitresses were beginning to droop, having been there since the wee hours of the morning. Thanks, Patty and crew, for making it a memorable day.
Words travel like wildfire, whether it is from person to person or on the internet. Just like the Storm Hill fire actually brought about some good — the cleaning of the flammable underbrush — it is always awesome to see transmission of words from person to person used for good.
What a difference a few days make, as a blanket of snow is now beginning to settle on the 193 acres of land burned in the Storm Hill Fire. Kudos to all the firefighters who worked in pretty steep conditions to contain the fire. We appreciate you.
I was thinking that as fast a fire spreads, so too the word spread equally fast as people began conjecturing about how it started, who’s responsible, what people saw, where was it headed, etc. Even all the children in my Sunday school class were bustling with stories, even pictures on their phones of the fire. I hear there is a responsible party and John Johnson made it clear at the council meeting Monday night that it was NOT him or his towers that sit at the top of the hill. I just wanted to get that word out to all who might have thought about the towers.
Much like word of mouth, news spreads quickly in our technological world today. At the death of Prince, as Facebook and Twitter conveyed the news there was almost an immediate response as landmarks all over the country and world gave off a purple haze. The Empire State Building, the Chicago Skyline and the Eiffel Tower are just a few of the places that lit up the sky to honor their Prince.
In Hill City, though we are not devoid of people with technological expertise, word also spreads in the old-fashioned way as the sad news of the passing of Donny Butterfield created a murmur across the town. Though I did not know the man, I heard person after person talk about what a kind, generous person he was, a trucker who lost his life way too soon. His trucker buddies got the word out and on the day of his memorial in a packed high school theater, there was quite a sight outside, as a line of mammoth trucks lined Railroad Avenue during the service. Later they traveled Main Street, honking their horns in tribute to their friend.
On a lighter note, I was thinking about the news of 1976 prices on food at the Hill City Café last Friday. Many people found their way to the café celebrating its anniversary all day on Friday by knocking back the prices. Breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as coffee breaks were enjoyed by a whole lot of people, giddy at the outlandishly low prices.
I heard someone was in there five times during the day, taking advantage of things like 65 cents for a burger, 10 cents for coffee, 40 cents for a piece of pie and double that for pie ala mode. We went over for the supper hour and business was bustling, though the waitresses were beginning to droop, having been there since the wee hours of the morning. Thanks, Patty and crew, for making it a memorable day.
Words travel like wildfire, whether it is from person to person or on the internet. Just like the Storm Hill fire actually brought about some good — the cleaning of the flammable underbrush — it is always awesome to see transmission of words from person to person used for good.