Fire Reports Nov 19, 2009
4:07 p.m. - Hazardous condition, grain silo has collapsed, reported at S. Louisiana Dr.. 5:55 p.m. - Medical emergency reported at N. Louisiana Dr.. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Berlin's vibrant rebirth Nov 10, 2009
Now five euros is lucky to get me a beer, and the lobby of the Radisson hosts an eight-story-tall exotic fish tank the size of a grain silo with an elevator zipping right up the middle. As a booming tourist attraction, Berlin welcomed more visitors than Rome in 2009. (CNN -- International)
* [SOCIETY] How the other half gives Oct 27, 2009
Buffetts engagement with Africa began serendipitously in the late 1990s, when he began coming to South Africa on business as a partner in a company that sold grain silos. Back home, flipping through television channels, he caught a program on cheetahs. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Alfalfa Farm in Topsfield part of growing wine industry in Massachusetts Oct 1, 2009
Alfalfa Farm s landmark grain silos along Interstate 95 at the Topsfield-Danvers town line. (Jim Wilson/Globe Staff) By Globe Correspondent / October 1, 2009. (Boston Globe)
Follow-Up: iPhone Service Irks Users Sep 25, 2009
"This sounds like a joke, but it is an actual fact: I get better reception and service for my iPhone in a grain silo in my grandmother's rural Indiana farm than I do in my bedroom in Los Angeles. Seriously," wrote another person. "Recently I was in the emergency room with mother for 12 hours. I had no cell service. Now I have an iPhone 3G and a Blackberry Curve, both with ATther worked. Yet the lady next to my mother and a woman across from us both had perfect service. One used Sprint, the other... (CBS News)
Ladder truck extends capabilities Aug 30, 2009
We once had to rescue a man who slipped and was trapped atop a grain silo, he said. This new truck would have made that rescue a much safer job for us and him. (Port Lavaca Wave, TX)
Stoystown man dies in silo Aug 26, 2009
Washington County Coroner Tim Warco says the dead man is William Wright, of Stoystown (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Crews Attempt to Rescue Pa. Man Trapped in Silo Aug 25, 2009
Emergency crews are trying to rescue an injured man trapped in a grain silo on a southwestern Pennsylvania farm. A Washington County 911 supervisor says the call came in shortly after noon that the man was trapped some 35 feet above ground in the silo. (Fox News)
Explore the Battlefields Aug 24, 2009
Thereafter, two old grain silos next to the old milking shed were built up and made into four en-suite rooms with a stairway joining the top two rooms. Unfortunately, the walls of the milking shed were crumbling and the idea of turning it into a chapel and dormitory for school groups was dashed, so the iron roof was removed and used to build a gazebo which has since been used as a chapel for wedding ceremonies. (iAfrica.com)
Where empty larders find overflowing hearts Aug 8, 2009
It was during the darkest days of the Great Depression that the Mormon church organized its novel system for providing for its neediest members: a vast network of ranches, factories, canneries, grain silos, trucks, thrift stores, employment centers, and food distribution centers. Mormon culture tends to discourage, but the church does not prohibit, its members from accepting government assistance. (Boston Globe)
Corn husking contests keep an old farm tradition alive (3) Jul 12, 2009
Similar to today's farm shows, machinery vendors showed off their newest equipment, an overalls company promoted their product by making a pair large enough for two grain silos to model, and Van Liere remembers his father paying 1 for an airplane ride for him and his brother. Minnehaha Historical Society marker chairman, Bruce Blake, says the 1938 National Corn Husking Contest was unlike any event the state had ever hosted. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
Grain terminal: $200 million project starts at Longview port Jun 30, 2009
kelsograd wrote on Jun 29, 2009 12:15 PM:" Does this mean the old grain silos will be torn down? They look as if they are derelict. ". TDN Bad Boy wrote on Jun 29, 2009 12:21 PM:" I for one am glad to see the Port of Longview finally do something to get the business back from Kalama. Cannibalizing the Port of Kalama? You gotta be kidding. Kalama took the business away from Longview in the first place. This is good for the Port of Longview and good for Longview. While I hate to see the Longshore... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Oregon Recreation Report Jun 27, 2009
Last modified: Friday, June 26, 2009 2:38 PM PDT. Make plans for an ocean coho fishing trip. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Former Minutemen member held in killing Jun 26, 2009
Homeless and traveling through Wenatchee, Lopez Partida was killed in 1997, stabbed seven times, apparently as he slept on the ground next to a grain silo. Police in Wenatchee found a blood-soaked shirt near where Lopez was killed. (CNN -- World)
Layoffs likely not needed for county workers Jun 26, 2009
In all, five grain silos were assessed. Central States Grains projected 51 employees operating the silos at salaries totalling $2,188,000 and would appreciate the mill value to $57. (Hartford City News-Times, IN)
Elkton schools plan to use biomass fuel Jun 26, 2009
Elkton could install something similar to a grain silo, which would feed the pellets into the boilers. Kruse said the pellets most likely will come from suppliers in Douglas County. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Six men arrested for theft at grain elevatorEach is held in lieu of $30,000 bail Jun 21, 2009
Klamath Falls Sheriff's Office deputies arrested six young men early Friday morning who were attempting to steal tools from the Noonan Elevator grain silos at Highway 97 and Keno Worden Road. Authorities responded to a report of a suspicious incident. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
'Transformers' blasts back: Another Michael Bay direct hit Jun 19, 2009
The columns are about four stories tall, as thick as grain silos and made out of wood and plaster. After it succumbs to the power of explosives and crane cables, a school-bus-sized slab has to be removed. (USA Today)
Looking back at the Flood of 08 Jun 17, 2009
lost two concrete grain silos to the floodwaters at about 3 a.m.. The Hancock County Health Department provided tetanus shots for workers in Dallas City, Warsaw, Hamilton and Niota, Ill. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
East Africa: Region Turns to Agro Processing Jun 16, 2009
Kenya has increased import duty on grain wheat from 10% or $50 per tonne to 25%, and zero-rated VAT on taxable supplies of grain silos. It also exempted on duty and zero-rated VAT on insulated tanks used for the transportation of milk and scrapped tax on spare parts for agricultural, horticultural and forestry machinery for soil preparation. (allAfrica.com)
Tornado-flattened Nebraska town rebuilds spirit May 20, 2009
The tornado toppled dozens of hopper cars from a freight train on the west edge of town; demolished grain silos and farm buildings; tossed school buses and vans, ripped off roofs and caved in walls at Norris Schools, and flattened homes into piles of rubble. By the time it was over, the twister had left a 52-mile trail of destruction stretching from Daykin to Palmyra. (USA Today -- Weather)
Hot summer to aid India monsoon Apr 17, 2009
While overflowing local grain silos and more abundant global harvests will make this year's crop less vital than the past several years, the economic significance has grown this year as the government -- now being elected in nationwide month-long vote -- will depend on the rural sector to offset an urban slowdown. As such, the US Climate Prediction Center's forecast last week that the El Nino weather pattern may not hit in 2009 was good news for the whole of India. (India Times)
• Rep. Simpson impressed byGlenns Ferry biodiesel facility Apr 13, 2009
5 acres with more than 1,000 feet of railroad siding, scale house, eight grain silos and loading and unloading facilities for both trucks and railroad cars through a grain elevator. The existing building will house a 16-million-gallon per year biodiesel plant already under construction by Green Star. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
• Fairfield's ag textures inspire art exhibit opening tonight Apr 3, 2009
The new work stands in sharp contrast to his earlier oil paintings of grain silos in Fairfield and Hill City that he set against busy, colorful quilt patterns. "That's one of the things that makes Chris' work unique," said Courtney Gilbert, who curated the exhibition. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
• Project asks you to consider modern farming - and your own eating Mar 20, 2009
This series of watercolors depicts the architecture of farming: barns, grain silos and the other structures that dot the agricultural landscape. Binion places these buildings against white backgrounds, eliminating their surroundings. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Man of contrasts Feb 26, 2009
The silo references a grain silo, he said, a shape that has fascinated him on his many trips across Montana. These grain silos and grain elevators all attract me. (Helena Independent Record)
Budget crises force closure of academically successful Isabel School Feb 15, 2009
From her side of the building, she can see nothing but prairie and farms, grain silos and cows dotting the land like freckles on a face, the sky and the land coming together like closed lips. This place is so incredibly beautiful, she said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Man rescued from silo (175) Feb 10, 2009
Published: Thursday, February 5, 2009 12:51 PM CST Stepping into a grain silo Monday morning is something Ed Nowlin will always remember as not just a mistake, but a stupid one. We had a plug and I was trying to go in and was struck by a moment of stupidity, he said. (Atmore Advance, AL)
