Wow...first thing you see...the Mission. How awesome is that? That is pretty cool...a little crazy that it is growing like that. This whole area up here has been growing like that...and those homes and things in Kellogg aren't even that much for those California people... This place will keep growing pretty fast for a while. Icckkkkk....
This was a really good article - and prompts me to write about several things. The first is the picture of the Mission - all of those trees to the west of the mission - dad planted and it was really weird and he planted that lawn - for years when he mowed it in the spring we had to rake by hand -he taught me a good lesson - which was to make a big job like raking a 3-acre lawn a game - his game for raking was like a military game - rake all of these little piles of leaves which are little platoons of marines and they are going over here to attack this bigger pile of "japs" (sorry - that is what he called it) and then before we knew it we had 100 little piles into one big pile and we lit them on fire --- can't remember who won war... I was about 6 when we did that - I'm thinking he bought a riding lawn mower shortly after that....
ON the development of the Silver Valley - I think it is an interesting story and shows what development money can do for a region...unfortunately - there are down sides to this - mainly the area is quickly - very quickly headed into a housing shortage for workers and many people who have owned their homes no longer can afford to pay the taxes on their homes - get that? - They own their homes and the tax base is more than they have ever paid before - being....It is a sweet little area if I may say so.....Just a side note - Grandma/pa sold their home at the mission - Panoramic View - all the buildings - #1 historic site in the state...etc and so on for about 220K 8 years ago....
It would probably go for double that today, with the right agent. Someone would buy it, then build a few more units on it. I'm glad that didn't happen, obviously.
Thanks for the story about Grandpa and the killer jap leaves. As offensive as him saying that might appear to some people, the fact that his children and grandchildren married Japanese speaks volumes. It was a different kind of soldier then, in a different kind of war.
I thought the land was sold a long time ago... Wasn't it under agreement that Grandma can stay there as long as she wants? What happens when she's gone?
The land/house etc was sold in a living trust right before GP died. GM gets to stay there until she either croaks or wants to leave...my bet is she will want to leave...before she croaks....anyway - the trees seem to have taken a lifetime to grow yet I don't think they are all that big
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Wow...first thing you see...the Mission. How awesome is that?
That is pretty cool...a little crazy that it is growing like that. This whole area up here has been growing like that...and those homes and things in Kellogg aren't even that much for those California people...
This place will keep growing pretty fast for a while. Icckkkkk....
There was an article in the CDA press about that article, tells you how impressive the CDA paper is. I'm glad you posted it I was wanting to read it.
This was a really good article - and prompts me to write about several things. The first is the picture of the Mission - all of those trees to the west of the mission - dad planted and it was really weird and he planted that lawn - for years when he mowed it in the spring we had to rake by hand -he taught me a good lesson - which was to make a big job like raking a 3-acre lawn a game - his game for raking was like a military game - rake all of these little piles of leaves which are little platoons of marines and they are going over here to attack this bigger pile of "japs" (sorry - that is what he called it) and then before we knew it we had 100 little piles into one big pile and we lit them on fire --- can't remember who won war... I was about 6 when we did that - I'm thinking he bought a riding lawn mower shortly after that....
ON the development of the Silver Valley - I think it is an interesting story and shows what development money can do for a region...unfortunately - there are down sides to this - mainly the area is quickly - very quickly headed into a housing shortage for workers and many people who have owned their homes no longer can afford to pay the taxes on their homes - get that? - They own their homes and the tax base is more than they have ever paid before - being....It is a sweet little area if I may say so.....Just a side note - Grandma/pa sold their home at the mission - Panoramic View - all the buildings - #1 historic site in the state...etc and so on for about 220K 8 years ago....
It would probably go for double that today, with the right agent. Someone would buy it, then build a few more units on it. I'm glad that didn't happen, obviously.
Thanks for the story about Grandpa and the killer jap leaves. As offensive as him saying that might appear to some people, the fact that his children and grandchildren married Japanese speaks volumes. It was a different kind of soldier then, in a different kind of war.
I thought the land was sold a long time ago...
Wasn't it under agreement that Grandma can stay there as long as she wants?
What happens when she's gone?
The land/house etc was sold in a living trust right before GP died. GM gets to stay there until she either croaks or wants to leave...my bet is she will want to leave...before she croaks....anyway - the trees seem to have taken a lifetime to grow yet I don't think they are all that big
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