Necessary Roughness

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Archive for August, 2007

Vets’ Clubs Can’t Smoke After All
Thursday, August 30th, 2007

10TV.com reports that veterans halls have been issued the first fines under the statewide smoking ban.
Back in March, Ohio’s Health Department stated they would seek rule revisions that would allow smoking in veterans’ halls and private clubs.
Guess they weren’t seeking those revisions hard enough.

Hotel Report: Holiday Inn Denver Airport
Monday, August 27th, 2007

I stayed a night at the Holiday Inn Denver-International Airport Area while waiting for my 6:30AM flight.
The staff was very friendly right off the bat, offering me a Platinum upgrade and calling my room to make sure everything was ok.
My room was upgraded to a Board Room, which is a room-and-a-half. The half-room [...]

Divine Service in Gillette
Sunday, August 26th, 2007

Before driving back down to Denver, I attended the early service at Trinity Lutheran Church in Gillette, WY.
Trinity is home to another blogger, Rev. Jared Tucher, but I actually spoke more with the senior pastor, Rev. Scott Firminhac.
The Service was LSB Divine Service I, but they are going to use Divine Service IV in the [...]

Lutheran Carnival LVII: Simply Links
Sunday, August 26th, 2007

Dan the Geologist and Elle have been busy preparing for the upcoming addition to their family, but Dan has taken time to host the 57th edition of the Lutheran Carnival.
Thanks, Dan, for getting all the links together and hosting it on your site.

Gillette has a good number of hotels; just not very many available ones. Some companies have rented out entire hotels to house their crews. I was able to get a room at the Best Western Tower West Lodge.
The queen bed I slept in was quite old: one actually sank into the bed, especially if sitting [...]