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We went to the MFS company picnic at Stolley Park. After we ate lunch, Monte played in the horseshoe tournament. Click the photo to see him in action! | ||
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We rode the train. |  |
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My favorite part was the free cotton candy! |
Who says Chapman isn’t a happening place? Click the photo:
Chapman Days had a street dance from 8:00 to past midnight, featuring the band Mohanna With Red Shoes.
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Click this photo to see the Bushel Barrel Drummer! | |
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Marlin Wells, Chris Killin, and Monte chat before the parade starts. | |
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Both Mom & Dad were given corsages to wear, but Dad took his off before I could get his photo. Mom was also given a necklace.
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After the parade, the folks were content to hang out at home. Monte and I went back downtown, where Monte filled out a card to vote on his favorite vehicles in different categories. His favorite vehicle of all the categories was the GTX. We ran into our friend Sherry, whom we know from the Central Nebraska Writer’s Network. (None of us have attended CNWN meetings for a couple years, though I keep thinking I’ll start going again.) Funnily enough, we last saw Sherry a year ago at the 2007 Chapman Days. |
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Monte and I came home for a while, then made a run to the Fire Department to get some BBQ sandwiches for supper. Yum!
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Chapman held its 2nd annual Chapman Days today, featuring a car & motorcycle show, kiddie carnival, crafts, food, music, and two parades. A little after noon, Mom, Dad, and I went downtown to the Methodist Fellowship Hall, where the Methodist and Baptist ladies were serving pie & ice cream. I had to drop off three pies (which I let Wal-Mart bake.) |
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Dad had ventured downtown earlier by himself to eat a hamburger served in a different building, so he was ready to eat pie. I thought Mom and I should go get hamburgers for ourselves, but since we were already in the Fellowship Hall, with lovely pie choices in front of us, I quickly decided we could eat dessert first. Our slices of peach pie were so big, neither of us was hungry for a hamburger after that! The folks chat with Henry Schlieker. |
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We looked at some of the classic cars, checked out the crafts in the Town Hall, then found a shady spot to watch the 2:00 parade. Our neighbor Dorothy Knight offered Mom a chair beside her. |
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The Chapman School band started off the kid’s parade. Go Eagles! |
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Dennis Lynch Sr. was the emcee, and he declared these participants as being the cutest in the parade. He may have been a tad biased, since they’re his granddaughters, but I agreed with him. Their ladybug costumes & float really were the cutest. We Aurands remember the years past when D.C. Lynch Shows set up their full carnival in downtown Chapman. More than twenty-five years later, the carnival is back–but just the kiddie rides. |
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The 3:00 adult parade came next. Click the photo to watch a video of the Grand Marshall! |
Dad’s had DirectTV for about a month now, though he’s still been watching the cable channels instead of satellite. Yesterday we bought a new TV to go in the kitchen, a 19″ flat panel, and it’s the only TV not hooked up to cable. I got it hooked up to the satellite, and Dad has spent half his time watching it instead of the TVs in the parlor.
Maybe now he’ll cancel the cable subscription. 
In the meantime, I’ve been enjoying the free-for-three-months movie channels. Perhaps a little too much…
We hired a couple guys to tear out the section of chimney from the roof to the attic floor; they got that done last month. Today the chimney guy came and put an insert from the attic floor down to the wood stove, and put in a new chimney to the roof. He also reconfigured the pipe from the stove to the wall. Now we’ll be able to sleep better this winter knowing the house is much less likely to burn to the ground!
