Memorial weekend was beautiful and the festivities I felt were a great reminder of how great our city is and a remembrance of the sacrifice given by so many in order to have it such a great place. Surely it was a day and time to remember fallen military, but also a day to celebrate public service members like firemen and women and a time to recognize volunteers local leaders who dedicate so much time to the youth and more in our community.

In fact given the 4 separate seasons here, Spring is often the least favorite among locals. The rain seems almost constant, the landscape looses its blanket of snow to expose all of the leafless trees and in the time before they grow back it looks pretty barren. But in time the colors return. First in a beautiful variety in the form of flowers and blooming tree blossoms. That color is usually shed to be replaced by a lush green. Despite it being one of the least favorite of the 4, Spring here in my opinion is still gorgeous.

The colors of blooming spring are gorgeous. Temperatures aren’t overly high. Usually ranging in the mid 40’s to 60’s. It may feel a little chilly, but when you compare it to a lot of the rest of the country at that time it’s not bad at all. In fact any time I feel a little bad about the weather here in Canton / Collinsville I look at the weather report from where we used to live in Idaho. When it’s raining here, it’s snowing still in Idaho (yes it snowed in Idaho last week) and when it’s 45 degrees here, it’s 30 or below there.

I’ve heard of people moving from California to Connecticut complain about the weather, so I suppose the experience is relative, but let’s face it you can’t compare southern California to anywhere else in the country  other than maybe Hawaii.

Another great thing about Spring is that as it warms up all of the Spring baseball and sports leagues start up again and parks and yards are filled with kids playing and fun. It’s a great time to go for a run, bike-ride, or drive to see and take in all of the beautiful sites, smells, and sounds.

2009 November Votes Cast for Candidates by Race

Result information was received from the Voting Information page on townofcanton.com

I’ll write more later about Sam Collins Day but I wanted to at least get some photos up. Our family had a great time from the open house tours in the downtown Collinsville axe factory, to the booths at the park, fireman’s breakfast, and Canton High School Football game, we had a great time. I picked up a lot of information and material for the site, so make sure to check out the updated events and photos page.

It’s disappointing to see such behavior at an otherwise quiet and friendly park. This kind of thing is extremely rare and whoever did this ought to really be ashamed of themselves.

At least learn how to properly spray paint. The figures and shapes sprayed were terrible, with 0 artistic value and barely recognizable. Practice on some plywood or something before you think you can go around tagging things.

Once again if you’ve heard or seen anything that could help police find this person(s) do not hesitate to contact local officials.

As we were leaving we saw an art & music show setup just outside of Downright Art and Music, if anyone has any information or photos on how that went, I’d love to get it posted. Visit the contact me page and shoot an email if you have any info on it.