June 10, 2008,  While trying to constantly promote the area sometimes its appropriate to report bad news too. Such is the case with the regional flooding that is occuring as a result of the extremely heavy rains that didn't even fall in our area but north of us in a wide belt across the state west to east. But due to our rivers all draining south and west here it is. We are having record high crests by about 2 feet or so with some levee breaks but fortunately no lives lost or people injured to our knowledge  as several towns have been evacuated (but not Bicknell). It is making it extremely hard on our farmers trying to get crops planted and tended to with an already late planting time and now another delay of weeks to plant or replant flooded fields. Many thanks to our local fire departments as well as the National Guard troops and the local inmate work force and many volunteers who helped evacuate and fill and place sandbags. More on this story in a few days. Ron Ackman