The Greentown Grapevine – 2004-11, 11:11

              The Greentown
The Howard County Young
Farmers are sponsoring a benefit hog
roast for Mark Hickman, local farmer
who was i n j u r e d i n a
truck/ automobile accident and
remains in a Fort Wayne hospital.
The dinner will be Saturday,
November 6, from 4: 30 to 730 p. m.
in the Eastern High School cafeteria.
Donations will be accepted.
Proceeds will go toward medical
expenses and other necessities for the
Hickman family.
The accident happened at the
beginning of the harvest season.
Volume 11, Issue 11 “ apoperf or ale people” November 2004
What Grows Here?
Area farmers came to the aid of the
Hickman family and harvested over
200 acres of corn in about 3 % hours.
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the soil in the lot and to make the
corner more attractive.
A science fiction writer might see
them as eggs or larvae of GIANT
insects. Elevator secretary, Karen
Kendall, says they remind her of snow
drifts. The mysterious white objects
which began appearing at Vermont
Feed & Grain October 1 are ag bags,
temporary grain storage. They are
used when the supply of corn is greater
than the bins will hold. The bins at
machinery. Each one is 200‘ to 250’
long and holds about 10,000 bushel.
Beginning October 20, grain has
been moving out by rail cars. As of
the end of October about 44 cars had
gone out. As room becomes available
in the bins, the corn will be moved
from the ag bags to bins. Most of the
corn will go to the east coast or south
to Georgia or the Carolinas. It will be
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Mike Phillips, Manager of Vermont Feed & Grain, and employee Jeff Cass are
dwarfed by ag bags.
Photo by Rachel Jenkins
from the elements. They are filled by
means of a specialized piece of common.
for the dryers to run as much as is
I 1 Benefit Hog Roast 1
“ East End”
Comes DOwn
The building at 824 E. Main Street
( northwest corner of Main & Maple
Sts.) was demolished October 2 1. For
several years it had been Jacob’s East
End Station, selling gasoline and
grocery and variety items. The lot and
building has been owned by Central
Indiana Oil Co. since June 2000,
obtained by a quit claim deed.
It was demolished in order to clean
The “ East End Station” a few days before it was demolished.
Four to six feet of soil was removed, the hole filled with clean soil,
and then covered with gravel.
Photos by Rachel Jenkins
Mighty jaws took the building down in about 15 minutes.