A cold snap

Last night we got some unusually cold weather for May, with the temperatures down to 27° or 28°. There was not a lot of frost because the air was so dry. We will have to wait a few days to see what it killed. Or maybe we may have to wait longer to see what it did to fruit trees that had bloomed and set fruit.

On Wednesday and Thursday a CSX crew was installing the new crossing gates on Cullen Street. The gates are still lacking arms.

A Titan Construction crew was erecting scoreboards at the ballfields at Brookside Park. The one below had extra long legs.

It was for Roth Field and had to be high enough to fit over the outfield fence.

Dirt continues to arrive and be spread on the fields.

The crews doing the sidewalk ramps along SR 114 are either finished or almost finished pouring concrete along Clark Street. They still have Cullen and Grace Street sidewalks to finish.

The Spring Trail was canceled but there is something new in Milroy Park, the Senior Trail. 

It is not for senior citizens but rather the graduating seniors from RCHS. On Friday the wind was testing the hanging ability of those who put out the exhibit.

On Friday morning JCEDO had its fourth weekly community roundtable.  The first presenter was Lori Feldt from the Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center. She recommended some on-line resources, especially backontrack.in.gov. She urged small businesses to let their customers know what they are doing and noted that the Paycheck Protection Program is still alive and still has funds available. Next Helen Brincefield, who Rensselaer remembers as Helen Heinig, outlined steps small businesses could take to effectively use social media to reach customers.

Then it was time for those attending to make comments. The Jasper Newton Foundation raised $29,000 in seven day through their Giving Tuesday promotion. Most of the money was raised for specific non-profits. The Jasper County Airport will be having a ground school instruction coming up and said that they have had several rentals of their recently-purchased plane. Some restaurants will be opening next week for indoor service with limited seating. The Memories Alive Weston Cemetery Walk is still being planned for September 19. REMC has helped Roselawn get lighting up and operable at their ball fields. It also is one of four groups that is sponsoring eight scholarships to an entrepreneur and enterprise class that Ivy Tech will offer on-line this summer.

A few days ago I noticed the door was open to the building that JCEDO is remodeling and I peeked in and took a picture.