Friday 11 July 2008

Friday Night Quickies

Storms batter Rochester area. A line of storms moved through southeastern Minnesota on Thursday afternoon, bringing high winds, hail and rain. The storm forced people to find shelter and led to the evacuation of the Winona County Fair. 1:32 p.m.: A line of storms stretched from Red Wing to southeast of Cannon Falls was reported moving southeast at 55 miles per hour. The storms are capable of producing quarter-size hail and winds in excess of 70 miles per hour. 2:40 p.m.: The window washer who was briefly stranded on the side of the Hilton Building in downtown Rochester is reported down and safe.

Wales: FARM life has turned full circle for a former milk producer who looked to the past when opting to grow fruit and veg. The 55-year-old bachelor can recall the early 1960s when he sat in his dad's veg van as it trundled its twice-weekly deliveries to shops in Llandudno. All the grocery shops have since disappeared and in the late 1960s Mr Williams senior stopped growing vegetables to concentrate on full-time dairying. But in 2005 Emlyn, now the sole partner, looked at his Arla milk cheque and realised it was time to sell his 120 loss-making Holstein- Friesian cows. "I bought myself one of those water purifying systems and set myself up a window cleaning round," he said. On another news site: The Assembly Government re-launches its flagship Farming Connect scheme tomorrow to provide farmers with advice on business development and diversification. One of its Farming Connect heroes is a Llandudno Junction farmer who quit dairying for window cleaning because it paid more!


Knife-wielding window cleaner may face jail. A Millom (NW UK) window cleaner who brandished a kitchen knife in front of a female police officer at his daughter’s 21st birthday has been warned he could go to prison. Mr Gibson said: “The last time he had a drink was on Boxing Day 2006 when he was arrested for disorderly behaviour so as soon as he had this coke with the Bacardi in it, he went loopy.”

More Exclusive contracts for Window Cleaners: Powerminster Gleeson Services has won its first major contract for its new Estates Management Plus service to provide a complete estates management service to three developments of apartments across South Yorkshire. The contract with West Yorkshire based Hazel Homes will cover 50 properties within three apartment complexes – Primrose House in Hillsborough, Sheffield, Windsor Court in Barnsley and Manse Farm Mews in Cudworth. Powerminster Gleeson Services will provide maintaining external lighting and fixture repairs in communal areas, maintenance of lifts and CCTV, grounds maintenance, re-decoration, window cleaning and communal cleaning for these developments.

Top Prize - A Window Clean: The downtown courtsquare was vibrant Friday afternoon as people crowded the streets to watch the bands perform, eat some of the area's most popular barbecue and shop among the various vendors situated on the square during Murray's 21st Freedom Fest. Following the opening ceremony and the singing of the National Anthem, the winners of the Flying Flags contest were announced. The contest was sponsored by Kopperud Realty. The winner in the business category was the Calloway County Public Library. The prize, valued at $250, was a window cleaning, an advertisement with the Murray Convention and Visitor's Bureau and a patriotic frame.

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