Butter Michael or Not

OK...some of you may know that Iowa State Fair is famous for the Butter Cow. It has been a long standing tradition for I don't know how many years...you can read more about it here. This year, in honor of the 40th Anniversary of Neil Armstrong landing on the moon, they are doing a butter sculpture of him as well. Then, there was the sudden passing of the King of Pop (Michael Jackson), and they decided to immortalize him in butter too. Well...someone got mad and raised a stink about it. The state fair has now put it up to a vote - to butter Michael or not.

I'm not really a Michael Jackson fan, but Doug was SUPER excited when he first heard they would make the sculpture of Michael Jackson. Now, he is upset at the possibility that there may not be one. So...get to the point Rajean...if you would like to vote simply click here - http://www.iowastatefair.org/entertainment/butter-vote.php. This will lead you to the Iowa State Fair page where you would have to enter your vote, your email address, and zip code. I have already submitted my vote and haven't received anything from the fair website (if you are concerned about spam mail).

Thanks for your help...and hopefully, I'll be able to post a picture later this summer of the Butter Michael Jackson!

Here is my post from last year with a picture of the butter cow...http://drbergman.blogspot.com/2008/08/iowa-state-fair-day-2.html

Until next time...

Election Day

We did it. Both Doug and I voted this afternoon. We stopped by the voting location on our way into town after lunch. Luckily, there was no line. Then, we found out that we were not listed at the location, and had to go to another room for the "rural" voters. Luckily, there was no line there either. I signed in and received my ballot (we still use paper and pencil here). I headed for the table to begin the process when I overhear the register lady tell Doug that he must still be listed with the Ladora address. I took Dallas while Doug went back to the truck to get the vehicle registration with our current address so he could change it and vote. Dallas tried helping me vote...he kept grabbing the paper and trying to eat it! Then, he started babbling ... telling everyone who I was voting for. Thankfully, the majority of them didn't understand his language!

All in all, everything went well. Now, it is the waiting game to see the results.

Until next time...

Parkersburg Wins!

I want to thank all that voted for Parkersburg in the Henkel Helps Schools online voting. The winner was announce today, and A-P High won! I found a couple links to read about the results...here and here.

Until next time...

Vote for Parkersburg!

Hello Everyone!

Many of you probably remember me posting about the EF-5 tornado that hit Iowa on May 25th. The tornado destroyed about 1/3 of the town of Parkersburg, including the high school. The school has been choosen as a top ten finalist in a nation-wide contest for $25,000 to help the school. If you could please visit this website, choose Aplington-Parkersburg High School, and vote with your email address, I'm sure the people of Parkersburg will greatly appreciate it. The voting ends the 19th of October. I'll try to let you know the results when it is announced!

Thanks in advance.

Until next time...