Streets safe in Preston??

I went to the doctor again yesterday, Friday. This time to Dr. Beckstead. Again, my blood pressure was high, 152/80.

Last week the mill in Preston burned. Don-Mike & Nick got some good pictures, but they're on THEIR computers. I told them I needed them to put them here on the blog. But, I found another blog to share who has some great pictures of both the mill fire & the cougar caught behind the U&I Furniture in Preston, complete with quite a good story on the cougar. Here's another source also, The Preston Citizen. You'll need to dig a little on the Citizen website to find the mill fire, but it's there.

Fire at Big J's

If you live in the Preston area, you know that Big J's was gutted in a fire the first part of October. If you don't live in the area, you may be surprised to hear it. I found a really cool blog called Preston Idaho Digital News. It is one I follow. They have some pictures of the Big J's fire on their blog. I have included that link here. I have mentioned it in passing, but never specifically said, "Big J's burned."

Don-Mikel is an employee of Big J's. Bob & Nancy Egbert, the owners of Big J's & Pizza Villa in Preston & Richmond, Utah, were so well insured that their employees' payroll is covered by their insurance. If the employee does not get another job, their salary is paid by the insurance.

More Big J's stuff

Don-Mike worked last week &has worked so far this week helping clean up after the Big J's fire. Today he's cutting the combination locks off the employee lockers in the bathrooms. The combinations were filed in the office.

There are so many little things you don't even think about that are lost in fire.

Today I walked into the kitchen & found a sheet of paper with Don-Mike's writing on it. He had documented an accident at the light on State & Oneida from several years ago. There was no date on it & so I assumed that it had just happened. I asked him about it & he said it happened several years ago.

My house is like a black hole. Little things get lost & every so often something will regurgitate to the top & you're wondering, "Where did that just come from?"

Talk about being led

Don-Mike was telling us yesterday that Nancy (Egbert, owner of Big J's) had just backed up all of her computer stuff LAST WEEK & it was stored off site. Which is a good thing, because the computers are "toast" because of the fire.