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- The Marcus Welby of law, by Lance Heisler | Lampe Law Group
July 31, 2010 | 7:45 pmGrowing up in North Dakota during the 50s and 60s, I was privileged to experience something that's all too rare now - the old-fashioned family doctor. "Doc" delivered babies, set broken bones, treated pneumonia, and helped Grandpa with his newfangled hearing aid. Doc knew the community, the families, and the individuals whose basic medical needs he treated from birth through the end of life. Some of you who grew up in that time, and perhaps in smaller communities, may remember a Doc of your own. . . . → Read More: The Marcus Welby of law, by Lance Heisler | Lampe Law Group
- Kitty Mania at the Prairie’s Edge Humane Society, by Sandy Vesledahl
July 28, 2010 | 10:51 pm
Let’s talk about cats, cats and more cats! Why?? Because Prairie’s Edge Humane Society is full of cats and we have many more arriving daily. As of today, there are 44 cats on the adoption floor with more awaiting their surgeries so they are ready for adoption. There are cats in every corner of the shelter who need homes! We are in desperate need of homes for these cats. We cannot emphasize this enough. So we are having a cat sale and we are calling it Kitty Mania ! Kitty Mania is this weekend, beginning Thursday, July . . . → Read More: Kitty Mania at the Prairie’s Edge Humane Society, by Sandy Vesledahl
- On Watermelons and Widgets, by Tom Swift
July 12, 2010 | 11:50 am
The free market does many things well, but we know it does not do everything. Even market fundamentalists concede that the public must build roads, put out fires, police streets, and provide national defense. Most people, at least those to the left of the Tea Party edge of political spectrum, accept that the government must also be involved in education, disaster relief, and health care. That is, certain services must be rendered — necessary services, universal services — whether or not those services are financially profitable. If your house is on fire, you do not have time to . . . → Read More: On Watermelons and Widgets, by Tom Swift
- Vintage Band Festival Contra Dance, by Dan Bergeson
July 12, 2010 | 10:56 am
Okay, so most of the news about the Vintage Band Festival so far has been about the bands. But there’s a number of other events during the weekend. Like the VBF Contra Dance, for instance. The Vintage Band Festival Contra Dance will feature music by The Dodworth Saxhorn Band of Ann Arbor, Michigan and will be led by dance instructor/caller Robin Nelson. Dancing will begin at 8:30 p.m. with a “Grand March” led by 60 costumed members of the 1st Wisconsin Infantry Brigade, followed by a variety of period dances including polkas, contra dances, schottisches, reels and waltzes. . . . → Read More: Vintage Band Festival Contra Dance, by Dan Bergeson
- The Animal-Cruelty Syndrome, by Tom Swift
June 27, 2010 | 8:00 am
Even before I read the first word of this article I had a visceral reaction to it. The accompanying photographs — my eyes tend to skip over photographs in magazines — affected me in a manner that is difficult to articulate. I knew, immediately I knew, I was not going to like what I was about to read. In fact, for that reason I put the piece aside. Not now, I thought. Maybe tomorrow, I said to myself. But, then, I couldn’t not read it, either. If you have not done so already, I hope you will read . . . → Read More: The Animal-Cruelty Syndrome, by Tom Swift
- Puppies! Puppies! Puppies! by Kathy Jasnoch
June 27, 2010 | 7:54 am
June may be Adopt A Cat month here at Prairie’s Edge Humane Society and we have lots of wonderful cats, but we also have PUPPIES! We have a male Newfoundland mix named Chong who is 6 months old, he was a stray so we don’t know a lot about him. He loves to play! We also have three Australian Cattle Dog mixes who are two months old. Marcia, Bobby and Cindy were born at the shelter and spent some time in one of our fabulous foster homes. They are now back at the shelter and ready to find . . . → Read More: Puppies! Puppies! Puppies! by Kathy Jasnoch
- Relay for Life of Rice County, August 6th, Rice County Fairgrounds. By Sandy Vesledahl
June 23, 2010 | 9:35 pm
The American Cancer Society Relay for Life is a life-changing event that gives everyone in communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. At Relay for Life, teams of people camp out at local parks or fairgrounds and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event. Because cancer never sleeps, Relays are overnight events. Relay for Life of Rice . . . → Read More: Relay for Life of Rice County, August 6th, Rice County Fairgrounds. By Sandy Vesledahl
- Critter Cam live from Prairie’s Edge Humane Society, by Sandy Vesledahl
June 16, 2010 | 9:04 amNow Showing! Live Kittens playing! You can now watch our adoptable animals at Prairie’s Edge Humane Society (PEHS) live 24/7 on the new Critter Cam installed in conjunction with KYMN Radio. Thanks to the fine folks at KYMN radio we now have a live feed of our adoptable animals showing on our website and KYMN’s website, Tim and Jeff are AWESOME! Currently the Critter Cam is featuring kittens available for adoption. Watch them play, sleep, eat, and everything else they do 24 hours a day 7 days a week! It’s better than anything you can see on TV! . . . → Read More: Critter Cam live from Prairie’s Edge Humane Society, by Sandy Vesledahl
- Save the Northfield Depot: fundraising help needed. By Lynn Vincent
June 11, 2010 | 11:34 am
A BIG Thanks to all of you who came to last Monday’s Volunteer Organization Meeting, and to those who contacted us saying you wanted to help but could not make the meeting. We have pretty full support for Communications and Design and Build sub-committees, and we got a web graphic designer to help with the site. Alice Thomas is facilitating the Communications group, and Steve Edwins is facilitating the Design and Build group. What we are missing and really need are Fund Raising people. We have two grant writiers, but we need folks who are committed to the . . . → Read More: Save the Northfield Depot: fundraising help needed. By Lynn Vincent
- Photo albums: 2010 Prairie’s Edge Humane Society Walk for the Animals, by Bridgette Hallcock Photography
June 11, 2010 | 8:09 am
Thank you to all of those who came to Alexander Park on a beautiful Saturday morning in May to help support Prairie’s Edge Humane Society! I have placed all of the fun photographs on my Bridgette Hallcock Photography Facebook page so that everyone can see how much fun we had! See the two 2010 Walk for the Animals albums here and here. If you would like a print, please contact me, as the proceeds will benefit the animals at PEHS.
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Locally Grown site traffic report for September: a record for unique visitors, comments
By Griff Wigley, on October 11, 2008, 10:06 am
LoGroNo (Locally Grown Northfield) traffic for September was up over the previous month, according to Google Analytics:
- 22,911 Visits; Previous: 21,680 (+5.68%)
- 6,921 Absolute Unique Visitors; Previous: 6,321 (+9.49%)
- 54,907 Pageviews; Previous: 54,748 (+0.29%)
The number of unique visitors was just shy of 7,000 for the month, our highest ever.
#1 blog post for September was Presidential election 2008: candidates, campaigns, issues.
Participation: Number of people commenting during the month: 107. Previous: 130.
Number of comments posted during the month: 1211 (highest ever). Previous: 966.
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but I’d have a hard time during the sabbatical not paying attention to see if that was actually the case. I think the more places in Northfield...
Suddenly the side bar does not load unless I go into comments or into previous topics. What’s up with that?
Mine is loading properly today, Jane, but I was having the same problem last week, plus a couple of others, all of which did seem to correct themselves.
But i have wondered if it is possible for someone to “mess with” the LG site, since there have been a lot of reports of small problems… links not working, etc…
What about it , Griff?
Jane/Kiffi,
No problems with the LG platform (WordPress) or server (TigerTech) in many weeks, that I know of.
We do occasionally get this notice, however:
Hi, sidebar not loading here, either… no loading in IE but does in Firefox. In IE: Just the stories appear and white space to the right. No status.
The post about 5th bridge
http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/5752/
slideshow not loading, just dead space.
From a kid of mine who looks at LG from a far distant coast… “the sidebar in LG not loading; I think it’s an ‘Explorer’ problem”.
So looks like it might be the browser, not the user, as Griff implies. (Griff : you are always suspect of the non-technocrat, and with good cause, in my case)
Well, Griff, I think you need to replace the user on your end that is messing up the sidebars for eveyone on our end. (Just think of it as another “unique visitor” opportunity for October.)
When I’m using IE 7 (not my usual browser of choice), the comments on the right usually do not appear on the main page. However, the comments do appear on the right if I am on one of the individual blog pages.
On firefox, everything seems to work fine.
The other new and cute thing is double comments–makes it seem like there are more comments–is this a trick to get more comments on for October?
Alas, I didn’t know about the IE7 problem. It happens with me, too. I’ll alert Sean.
It would be good to put a part two or three in the longer than 200 posts under one topic.
Alas, we’re still have problems with the LG template/theme, so we’ve put up a canned theme for now so that comments appear in the right sidebar on the homepage.
Patience appreciated.
We’re getting closer. Sean has a new theme installed. It’s working (two right sidebars now) for FireFox, Google Chrome, and Safari. We’re still having trouble with Internet Explorer 6 and 7 — only one sidebar shows. I’ll post another update by 6:30 PM if it’s still not fixed. Or sooner, if it is.
This may not be your biggest worry, but the sidebars are pretty narrow. When I look at the site on a wide monitor, it’d be nice to have the page fill the width of the monitor, so the sidebar comments would be easier to read.
Also, is this really the font you want?
The site is now (basically) working, though it is certainly missing some polish and whiz-bang features.
Please post here if you notice any problems.
Patrick, I agree that the sidebars are a little tight, and I’ll think about how we can address that in the future. The font — Georgia — is intentional, and picked mainly because it’s a really easy font to read. It’ll get you through those long discussion threads much faster!
Patrick/Sean, I put up a new blog post for feedback on the theme, so let’s continue the discussion there.
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