TBW Daily Diary

Cold and rainy and not a single customer . . . Mike Billo and Lonnie Kerr are back from a glorious vacation in Hawaii. And what awaited them? . . . Some months back a gas leak developed in the 800 block of Green and the gas found its way into the Billo/Kerr home. Emergency repairs were made and the street was patched over to await a permanent fix in the spring . . . My beauty sleep was interrupted this morning at 7 a.m. as the permanent patch was applied. Then Mike dropped by at noon to check the property only to find the gas leaking in again. To make it short, the roller used to flatten the new macadam was heavy enough to again rupture the gas line, and up came the new patch so repairs could be made. Does this mean that I will be awakened tomorrow morn at 7 a.m. again? . . . For those of you searching for an end-of-school teacher's gift we might suggest our large silvered ceramic apple, $18 . . . The weather gave a soggy start to the annual strawberry festival in Buckhannon, WVa., but when I last looked in the carnival was open and all the rides spinning. Don't know when the parades begin, but you can check for yourself at http://tbprariedog.camstreams.com/ (Double click the picture for a full-screen view) . . .