Popular Post jerry1939 Posted August 29, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 (edited) In 1994 Audrey & I built a home in the country outside of Marshalltown, Iowa. Have since retired & moved. Marshalltown has one of the prettiest Courthouses in the State. About a month ago an EF3 tornado went almost straight down Main St. The Courthouse lost it's steeple, all or parts of chimneys and decorative pieces on top. It was built in 1882 and the original molds were kept. They will be able to restore most of it. When 1 or more chimneys crumbled, it set off the sprinklers on all 3 levels, but no one knew it for a while. JBS/Swift pork packing plant is 1 of the 3 largest employers. 2 walls of the cooling room were blown off. They hauled 24 million pounds of cut up pork to the landfill. 24 million is 1/2 the normal tonnage that the landfill usually takes in annually. At the tail end of the tornado path, the National Weather Service stated that it was just slightly over a half mile wide. In addition to the pork, the landfill will be taking in all that debris also. I cut an image of the damaged Courthouse and glued/stapled it to a 11" X 14" flag. We donated it to the Community College and they agreed to permanently display it. 13.9 hours on the meter to cut it. jerry Edited August 29, 2018 by jerry1939 added text. WayneMahler, amazingkevin, jollyred and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldmansbike Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 I like that it is unique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 Thank you for an interesting story and thanks for a wonderful thing you did for the city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjR Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 11 minutes ago, Rockytime said: Thank you for an interesting story and thanks for a wonderful thing you did for the city. Agree 100%! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 Very nicely done. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweb Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 Jerry, that is really nice and especially with the history behind it, RJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 Jerry not only is the story quite interesting and the court house cutting with the American flag an outstanding reminder to the people in Marshalltown and the people of Iowa of the destruction that was dealt to them by the tornado, but I see only one thing is all of this that is false. Are you asking yourself, "how could Dick know that I have stated something falsely, when he probably has never even seen or possible never heard of Marshalltown ?" If you are, then you are correct that I have never even heard of Marshalltown, Iowa until just now. But the falsehood still remains and that is in your title to this post when you said , "Nothing Special". Obviously this piece is very meaningful and special to all the town's people and it has become a reminder to all who view it. Thanks for your understanding of the importance of finding a way to honor part of our National history with your work. Dick heppnerguy Scrappile 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 Jerry that is an outstanding piece that you have created. The town with be forever indebted to you for your generous donation. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 Perfect work Jerry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 Thanks for sharing the History and your work with us ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobscroll Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 Thank you Jerry for the interesting story and showing us the plaque you did, You did a beautiful job on the project!!! Thank you for posting, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 very nice job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry1939 Posted August 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 12 hours ago, heppnerguy said: Jerry not only is the story quite interesting and the court house cutting with the American flag an outstanding reminder to the people in Marshalltown and the people of Iowa of the destruction that was dealt to them by the tornado, but I see only one thing is all of this that is false. Are you asking yourself, "how could Dick know that I have stated something falsely, when he probably has never even seen or possible never heard of Marshalltown ?" If you are, then you are correct that I have never even heard of Marshalltown, Iowa until just now. But the falsehood still remains and that is in your title to this post when you said , "Nothing Special". Obviously this piece is very meaningful and special to all the town's people and it has become a reminder to all who view it. Thanks for your understanding of the importance of finding a way to honor part of our National history with your work. Dick heppnerguy Both my Religion & my Morals tell me to be a humble person. As I stated quit some time ago the heading "Bragging Rights" grates on me. You are certainly free to think & feel what you want. That is your right. I will continue to think of my work "as nothing special". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 52 minutes ago, jerry1939 said: Both my Religion & my Morals tell me to be a humble person. As I stated quit some time ago the heading "Bragging Rights" grates on me. You are certainly free to think & feel what you want. That is your right. I will continue to think of my work "as nothing special". Jerry, I hope you didn't see my remarks as a correction toward you. I was just my way of saying this is a very Special piece, indeed. Because the city accepted it in that manner and was honored to make a permanent place to hang it for all to reflect on it. I agree with you on being humble and I too lean that direction. I often get remarks here about being to hard on myself. It is for that very reason. I also do not care much for 'bragging rights' but would rather just see something like " my latest work" to be the heading. This is not my site and I do not wish to try and change the wonderful and hard work of Travis. I appreciate the time, care and efforts of Travis way too much to try and put my own personal ideas in his way. Why my statement on your title came to mind, is we had a man in Heppner, where I lived before my recent move to Arizona, that served on the city council there. He also was an officer in the Army and worked on a highly classified position in military intelligence. This man came down with Parkinson disease and had to quit his city position. The military asked him to come back and help them with his knowledge on something that this man could not share with others. I had such an admiration for this man that I took it upon myself to make him an intarsia plaque of a soldier saluting at the tomb of the unknown soldier. I found out later that he decided it was too important for him to have on a personal basis and gave it to the city hall to hang on the wall there for all to remember the soldiers who gave there lives for all of us. I was very humbled by this. He told my wife that he thought it was too fitting not to give it a public place for all to see. I was only trying to say, in my seemingly crazy way, that I saw your piece in the same light that this fellow councilman of Heppner viewed the plaque I gave to him. I am sorry if I offended you in any way, my intent was only to show my admiration for your work and the honorable way you choose to share your talent Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPscroller Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 Great job and story Jerry. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 Great work and a wonderful commemoration for the town. Thanks for sharing the work and the history behind it, Jerry! God Bless! Spirithorse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfie Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 Nice work thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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