Window To
Parker City, Indiana
January 2022 - September 2023
Events and Happenings
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NOTICES
A Parker City Weather Station
Park Monument Bricks
Parker City Official Web Site
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2023 CCR
New Hydrant N Market 6/17/24
Garden Planting 5/10/24
NOW 7/5/24
Replacing Pressure Pump at the Plant 6/29/24.......Fiber Optics Boring OOPSY 6/17/24
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Another Close Call (5-7-24)
Upper atmosphere rotation From Frankton to Yorktown thru Muncie and north of Selma Parker City area to Union City.
Heavy rain along the track. Nothing reported on the ground otherwise rain wrapped.
Brightest Rainbow I Ever Saw
Produced a super rainbow north of Winchester speedway then.
Practice Run Downtown Saturday
Projection Box Set Up at the Park Monday --- --- Shelter House Floor Little Eclipses.
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Indy Speedway Balloon Launching ----- Did We Catch One Passing Our Sun Image?
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Muncie and several other cities in totality path launched balloons also. ---- I'm checking into it with them.
The Earth and Moon Would Fit Nicely Inside the Sun
Interesting Information Display Board
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What Do You Think?
Did You Miss Out on a Great Postcard Souvenir?
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Cancelled by post office and Date Stamped with special message. Only post office in Indiana permitted to do this.
You were here.
Looks Nasty Coming Our Way
But wasn't. Just twilight through thick clouds. 4-2-2024.
1.5 inch Rain + .9 Inch More
and .6 in 15 minutes, but catch basins are swirling. 4-2-2024
Eclipse Projection Box is Ready for Clear Skies. 3-29-2024
Wall Cloud Visible in the South East 3/14/24.
From the park over but beyond my house.
They Are Getting Closer.
A Learning Experience
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I Need Help
No Snow Yet
Keepin It Soft
Time Flies
Annual "Job Security"
First Serious Frost 10-23-23
Good Choice of Trees at the Park
Its Friday Evening. Dont Shut Off the Power
Sunset "Under" the Clouds
Sunrises Are Cool to Watch Too
Annual Rummage in the Park. Providing Dumpsters Not a Good Idea.
Ill never forget the year we provided 7 or 8.
Perfect Weather
People From All Over the World Travel to See This 4 Minute Event.
and Randolph County is very near the center of the path on April 8, 2024
and we will have a viewing setup at the park that day.
On October 14 of this year there will be a practice run setup at the park.
October 14 will be a partial eclipse covering only 65% of the sun.
A Sudden Stop Turned Off The Lights
All Fixed After 2.5 Hour Wait
Needed a Towel After Being Out
Garden in Full Bloom
Sunflowers Were Slow Starters THEN
We All Remember the Smoke
Made Pretty Sunsets Though
Love That Soft Water
Annual Water Quality Report
Sidewalk Leak for a Change
And a Smooth Patch for a Change :)
Last Day of School Elementary Recess at the Park
A Rainbow Over the Garden Spot in Randolph County
Now If I Could Do That, Repairs Would Be Cheaper
Garden Boxes Waiting For Plants and Seeds
Speaks for Itself
9 Hour Power Outage
Poles leaning on both sides of railroad between Main and Franklin after storms.
Replacing Tanks with the Big Toys
Finally Some Snow
Foggy New Years Eve
Not Bad as Expected for December
Remember the Friday Before Christmas?
4 below zero, wind chills 30 to 40 below. Yes we remember it!!!
Costume Contest, Parade downtown
Our Spook
That Time Again
First One Came Early
The Moon Passing Jupiter
2 Nights Later
Weak Hurricane Outer Bands on the Horizon
Autumn Foggy Mornings Lately
What Would Cause This?
A Complete Service Rebuild
In All My Time, Watched
driver Juan first time here back that very long trailer in one continuous motion in perfect position for the dump.
Was Hoping a New 10 Element 2 Meter Beam
(the small one) would put a better signal into the Cincinnati repeater guys sending and receiving Slow-Scan-TV.
Helped but not enough. Maybe their receiver isnt sensitive enough or they have a lot of desense. Lol.
Slow-Scan-TV From the
Space Station is much better.
Early June Tornado Warning
just north of town possibly just a rain wrapped little funnel if at all.
New Dollar General Coming Along
right next to our Family Dollar. (Go figure)
High School Prom Accident Awareness
And the "pretend" accident victim got a ride to the park.
Water Softening Salt Came in
an oversize truck. Our order only took about a third of the truck trailer.
2022 Easter Egg Hunt
See The Rest
Gas Line Trench (Not so Bad)
First Street Off The Pavement
Coming in From The North
No Comment - Well no scraper needed though.
Gas Line Replacement on the Weekend
And in Snow Flurries
But These Guys Dont Care
Dont Think I See Toilet Bowl on the YES.
Guessin From Out of Town Where There is No Pickup
Seems cameras are getting to be a necessity everywhere now.
Would love to know who's porch to return it too.
May get my wish sooner than expected.
Wooded Corner Lot Main St and 32
has been cleared for a new business.
Found This When I Pulled In
Sure didn't leave it that way though.
Water Tower Empty and Power-Washed Out
then during refill a water main broke in the middle of highway 32 and N Market which resulted in the tower and town going dry.
Also Resulting in This
More Large Tanks
Looked Bad but Stayed West to Northwest
First Scoops of a 15x15x7 foot Hole
looking for a Water Plant drain.
Found it Plus a Sewer Gas Trap
that was partially plugged and 500 pounds of concrete on it. Built a new one out of PVC pipe then.
Yep it was plugged.
Would be a Bright Sunny Day Except
for all the planes.
Keepin Updated
Winter 2/3rds Over Before it Happened
Nice to Have a Blower and Operator in the Family
I Think Ill Walk
because it is uphill backing out.
Some of These Took Weeks to Melt
A Messy Leak on a Nice Day
and didnt have to spoil new paving this time.
Even More Messy