Updates and flint knapping

Work continues on the Mt Calvary Road/US 231 intersection. The edge of the hill on which the Cemetery rests has been trimmed and a retaining wall is being added.

 Below is a view from the other side. The Cemetery sits on a sand ridge.

 Paving seems to be compete.

More sand or stone was being delivered to the construction site of the assisted living complex south of Fountain Stone. A truck full of stone seems to be a lot of stone, but the volume looks less impressive when it is smoothed out.

 Truckloads of stone are being delivered to the dog park construction site on Bunkum Road. Below is the site early on Tuesday.

 A bit later in the day after more stone had been delivered, the blue pipe had become a culvert. Stone was still being hauled on Wednesday morning.

Other parking lots that are having work done are those of the Rensselaer Library (seal coating) and St. Augustine Church (repaving). Work on the St Augustine parking lot has been delayed because the milling machine is not yet available.

On Tuesday a combine was harvesting the beans along Sparling Avenue.

 One place that will not be involved in the harvest this year is the large grain elevator in Remington. It has ceased operations.

 On Tuesday evening the Jasper County Historical Society's program was on Indian artifacts and flint knapping, the process in which the Indian artifacts were made. Giving a demonstration was a 16-year old from White County who has been flint knapping for eight years. Watching him work the rock gives one an appreciation for the skill of stone-age tool makers.

Flint and chert differ from location to location and people who study Indian stone tools can identify not only the culture from which they came but also the site of where the stone was mined. Jasper County has some flint but it is hard to work so little was done with it. There is an outcrop of better stone around Attica and many arrow heads found locally are from that material. Some of the items found locally are from other sources, some quite distant.

The Historical Society had a dress rehearsal of the Weston Cemetery Walk on Sunday and everyone who has parts to play seems to be ready for the public performance, which will be on Saturday at 2:00. Those attending will be divided into groups and each group will start at a different station and then rotate through the other seven stations. At each station there will be a reenactor who will tell fascinating stories of rich men, poor men, tragic deaths, triumphant lives, pioneer families, anonymous graves, majestic tombstones, and much, much more.

Tickets cost $10 and are available at Willow Switch, Brown's, and Jordans.