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An old hickory tree had blown down not far from the house. I cut it up into manageable pieces and placed them in the bottom of the beds. I then covered them with soil we had dredged out of the pond. This is a combination of clay and sand. On top of that, I added about of foot of good dirt from a several years-old compost pile. My wife topped this all off with store bought potting mix and peat moss. We now just must wait for temperatures to stay high enough to keep from freezing new little sprouts. Our next project was burning the grass and weeds off the north side of the dam. A light breeze was blowing from south to north, so we started a fire on the north edge and let it burn slowly up the face. We are going to plant wildflowers in this area. My wife purchased several bags of wildflower seed.
Some are perennials and others are annuals. Hopefully, the combination will grow faster than the grasses we burned back. The objective is to have the perennials take over the area in a few years to provide wildlife cover and pollen for the bees that will be located nearby. Our final project of the day was to check on the beavers and their projects. They are doing a good job of cutting down excess willow trees that line the banks of the lake in places. My only objection to them is occasionally, they decide the lake is losing too much water and go plug up the drainage tube with branches, mud, and grass. The lake is drained by a thirty-sixinch cement pipe running through the dam for about a hundred feet. When the beavers are feeling water insecure, they plug the first six feet or so of the tube. If we would happen to get a rain when the tube is plugged, in less
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LAND TRANSFERS March 24, 2022 14231 Sycamore Road, RJ401 LLC to HDWLR LLC, $1,450,000 to $1,450,500. 213 E. Woodland Avenue, John A. Sholes to Yesenia Quinteros, $125,000 to $125,500.
APRIL 06, 2022 Ground in Wapello County, Monroe County Land Co., to Ray L. Eash and Amanda Eash, $1,123,500 to $1,124,000. 1219 Castle Street, Wesley E. Higdon and Myra J. Higdon to Swift Pork Company, $57,500 to $58,000.
$105,000 to $105,500 (Contract). 130 W. High Street, Agency, Jeff Adam and Leah Adam to Chelsea Griffiths and Cody Carter, $155,000 to $155,500. March 16, 2022 406 Minnesota Street, MLP Properties LLC to David N. Morris, $75,000 to $75,500.
214-216 W. Fifth Street and 213-215 W. Fifth Street, Fred VerSchuure and Cindy VerSchuure to 414 E. Manning Avenue, 926 Russell Street, John A. Alex Coleman, $127,100 to Donna L. Manro to Dennis Wapello County has over 500 active warrants. WarSholes and Rose E. Sholes $127,600 (Contract). E. Thompson and Carol rant Wednesday’s are designed to help law enforceto Odel Batte Hernandez, M. Thompson, No Amount ment locate wanted persons, with the public’s help. $67,000 to $67,500 (Con443 Osceola Street, AnListed. Do NOT attempt to apprehend these individuals. tract). tonio Dixon to Jessica Instead, call the Ottumwa Police Department at K. Cortes, $102,300 to 422 Bryan Road, Con(641) 683-0661 or Wapello County Sheriff ’s Depart215 W. Park Avenue, $102,800. stance J. Miller a/k/a ment at (641) 684-4350 if you have any information Michael Joseph McKay a/ Constance Miller to Andrea on their whereabouts. Your tips can be made anonyka Michael J. McKay and March 17, 2022 E. Barker and Douglas mously. Susan M. Wolf to Amanda 724 Ray Street, Terilyn E. Barker, $155,000 to L. Lewis, $125,000 to Jacob to James R. Wilmot, $155,500. $125,500. $15,000 to $15,500.
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Roll With It As a young puppy, we tried to take June with us as often as I could to make her a traveling dog. One Saturday morning, I had to run to the dump, and I wanted June to ride along. Melissa said that was a bad idea. “There are too many scents at a landfill for a three-monthold dog to handle,” she warned.
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19686 Hwy. 2, Approx 2 miles, West of Bloomfield • Mon. - Sat: 8:30am - 5:00pm VM: 641-664-1187 waited as I got back on my feet. “You’ve had it now, dog!” I charged her way, reaching for her collar. At the last second, she took off running, and I went down on my right side. The next time, I slipped and fell on my behind. June began taunting me, running in a line back and forth in front of me. Finally, I started running at an angle on her third pass to cut her off and tackle her. As I dove on top of her, her tail whipped across my face, as she slipped through my arms again. This time I slid face-first through the garbage slurry.
The man in the landfill’s giant compactor cab was laughing at me. “Fine, June! You want to be a junkyard dog? You can “Oh, you worry too much,” just stay here and live at the dump! I don’t care!” I I insisted, “June Bug, do you want to go for a ride?” got in the truck, slammed June was excited and ran the door, and started to drive away. to the back door. I was driving the dump truck. Annie started crying, June sat in the middle, “Dad! You can’t leave and our daughter Annie June here. I love her.” I rode with us in the pascould see June chasing senger seat. us down the path in the side mirror. I stopped and I removed the end gate stood outside the driver’s at the landfill and then backed the truck into posi- door. June ran up to the truck, stopping about ten tion. I pushed the button feet back. I wasn’t sure if to lift the bed and dump she was going to get in the truck. June watched out the back window, quite the truck or wait to see if I would chase her some entertained with it all. I more. pulled the truck forward and got out to replace the end gate, leaving the door With a rigid arm pointing open as it would only take to the open door, I told a moment. A moment was her, “Get in. Now!” June knew I wasn’t kidding and all June needed to make hopped up in the cab. She her break. sat up straight and faced I saw the dog jump out of forward, looking out the the cab, run about twenty windshield, never turning my way. feet, and sniff everything around. “June, get back in the truck!” She did not. I pulled on the scale, waiting for the light to turn “June, get in the truck right now!” She still didn’t green, then pulled over obey. “Fine! I’ll put you in and parked. I went inside the building to settle the truck.” my tipping fees. When I June laughed, “Oh yeah? returned to the truck, June kept looking ahead. FinalCatch me, Dad!” She ly, about a hundred yards rolled in the mud, then down the road, June took off running. I was in hot pursuit but no match for this young dog. I almost had her when June cut and turned sharply. I tried to match her footing but slipped and slid on my left side in the landfill goop. June (giving me a chance)
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turned my way and gave me a couple of kisses on the cheek, even with landfill gunk smeared on my face. I tried to stay mad at her, but I just couldn’t do it - and never could. …met me at the door… didn’t like baths…cow dung…murky muck… To read the rest of this story, please visit ottumwapost.com. Author’s note: Last week, I dropped an absolute bomb of bad news by announcing our dog June’s passing. I can’t say enough how Melissa and I appreciated the outpouring of compassionate comments and condolences. The people who shared stories of their own pets’ passing assured us we were not alone in such a devastating time of loss. People who had never met June said they felt they knew her personally from my stories and Melissa’s photos. Many folks said they would miss hearing about June in our adventures. The other day (three weeks ago), my sister Judy posted a meme on my social media wall, which read: “Sorry for saying ‘the other day,’ when I meant 1997.” The meme summed me up in a nutshell. The column I write for newspapers is titled, Just the other day. The stories are all true. Some of them happened just the other day, meaning a few days ago, and sometimes meaning 1997 (or earlier), but they all happened - well, just the other day. June has been the subject of many columns, but she has inspired many stories that I’ve yet to tell. Fear, not my friends, June’s tail (tale) will continue in the happy, spirited fashion in which she lived her life.
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