4 NEBRASKAland • AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2017
Windmill Last Stop
Dear NEBRASKAland,
I so enjoyed the article about
the windmills in the June issue
by Jeff Kurrus.
I was raised on a farm in
northcentral Iowa. When
we got running water Dad
decided to have the windmill
taken down, and I was going to do it. We
agreed on a price of $50 and, at the age of 15, this was huge.
I climbed to the top to begin my work and realized I was
afraid of heights. All I could do was hang on. So I went down
and started removing the numerous bolts and nuts.
While we were having lunch, we heard this crash. It had
blown over onto our garage. I have never seen my dad so
angry.
While visiting my father in a nursing home, he was 92, I
reminded him I had never received my pay, and he gave me a
big smile.
He had remembered.
Ron Reece
Lincoln, Nebraska
Denise Wiese of Doniphan took this photo of a Baltimore
oriole sitting on a wire fence south of Grand Island.
"Following a long, rainy Monday, a rainbow brightened skies and lifted spirits at Lake Zorinsky," said Tiara Brown of Omaha.
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