2010 Hastings Community Education Holiday Light Tour Video - Grand Finale
As you can see, it was a good time for all!
First blog post in a long time!
Boy, it looks like I haven't had a post on here for over a year. Many things have happened. I've lost my job at and I'm currently in the job search. I got let go at the beginning of July. It's funny. When I interviewed for the company I got let go from for that entry level job, I was going to college and said to Ron, the interviewer who would become my supervisor for the position, "I'm only going to be here through the Summer and then I'll move on to a better job." That was 24 years ago last March.
Boy, it looks like I haven't had a post on here for over a year. Many things have happened. I've lost my job at and I'm currently in the job search. I got let go at the beginning of July. It's funny. When I interviewed for the company I got let go from for that entry level job, I was going to college and said to Ron, the interviewer who would become my supervisor for the position, "I'm only going to be here through the Summer and then I'll move on to a better job." That was 24 years ago last March.
Since then, I have been going to networking events, and classes at the local Workforce centers. I've worked for 12 days at the Minnesota State Fair at a booth for a company called "Carpet Court". Good company. Anyone looking for any type of flooring (carpeting, tiling, wood flooring) and Silestone or Granite counter tops should check them out. They were good people to work for and they have some great products. I have also volunteered through the Minnesota Jaycee Charitable Foundation with their Bingo operation at their Hasting Eagle's site and a few days before elections calling for a political party for their get out the vote campaign. The phone calling experience was fun but that could be a blog post right there.
I had a about six phone interviews and three face to face interviews. Things have sure changed since I had to look for a job. In that time with that company I had to interview for the entry level position and a second time for the Buyer's position with the company. Now people apply on-line. You send it off and "Poof". Who knows where it goes. If they don't want you, you may not even get a response. This type of on-line job application process pits the applicant against at least a hundred other applicants. These companies have computer programs that would scan your digital resume and looks for the certain key words the company is looking for in their candidates. The resume has to be customized so the skill words the applicant has on it that relate to the companies skill words need to match as close as possible. On top of that, if the job description show that there are ten skill requirements and you only have nine? Forget it. In this job market there is a person that has all ten and, if you have nine of the requirements, then it's not you.
I've been mainly focusing more of my time networking then searching the internet for jobs. The way I get the networking process is that you have to help others out, but you can't just expect them to help you. It's where you get people thinking about helping me in my job search because, they want to help me since I've helped them out in their job search. I've heard some network presenters say that one should connect with five people per day. I have done that. I have quite a few people on Facebook (356 people) and Linkedin (186 people) as well as a few on Twitter. I just have to keep the network healthy. Increase the quality rather then working on increasing quantity of people. Of course, as I meet new people I'll connect to them on those sites. It's all to get at that hidden job market.
Boy, it looks like I haven't had a post on here for over a year. Many things have happened. I've lost my job at and I'm currently in the job search. I got let go at the beginning of July. It's funny. When I interviewed for the company I got let go from for that entry level job, I was going to college and said to Ron, the interviewer who would become my supervisor for the position, "I'm only going to be here through the Summer and then I'll move on to a better job." That was 24 years ago last March.
Since then, I have been going to networking events, and classes at the local Workforce centers. I've worked for 12 days at the Minnesota State Fair at a booth for a company called "Carpet Court". Good company. Anyone looking for any type of flooring (carpeting, tiling, wood flooring) and Silestone or Granite counter tops should check them out. They were good people to work for and they have some great products. I have also volunteered through the Minnesota Jaycee Charitable Foundation with their Bingo operation at their Hasting Eagle's site and a few days before elections calling for a political party for their get out the vote campaign. The phone calling experience was fun but that could be a blog post right there.
I had a about six phone interviews and three face to face interviews. Things have sure changed since I had to look for a job. In that time with that company I had to interview for the entry level position and a second time for the Buyer's position with the company. Now people apply on-line. You send it off and "Poof". Who knows where it goes. If they don't want you, you may not even get a response. This type of on-line job application process pits the applicant against at least a hundred other applicants. These companies have computer programs that would scan your digital resume and looks for the certain key words the company is looking for in their candidates. The resume has to be customized so the skill words the applicant has on it that relate to the companies skill words need to match as close as possible. On top of that, if the job description show that there are ten skill requirements and you only have nine? Forget it. In this job market there is a person that has all ten and, if you have nine of the requirements, then it's not you.
I've been mainly focusing more of my time networking then searching the internet for jobs. The way I get the networking process is that you have to help others out, but you can't just expect them to help you. It's where you get people thinking about helping me in my job search because, they want to help me since I've helped them out in their job search. I've heard some network presenters say that one should connect with five people per day. I have done that. I have quite a few people on Facebook (356 people) and Linkedin (186 people) as well as a few on Twitter. I just have to keep the network healthy. Increase the quality rather then working on increasing quantity of people. Of course, as I meet new people I'll connect to them on those sites. It's all to get at that hidden job market.
Belle Creek Fishing
Fished it this morning.
My goal today was to fish seven potential access points that I thought might be good. I used Google Earth to select the locations in the stream that were closest to the road, and used my GPS to get there by car.
Belle Creek Potential Acess Point #1GPS: 44o 30' 18.32"N, 92o 45' 0.88WThe first location was where the river crosses Hwy 19. I saw signs posted with "No Tresspassing". Moved on.Belle Creek Access Point #2GPS: 44°32'2.57"N, 92°44'10.30"WThen I went into the Town of Vasa and drove north on 7 and, stopped at the my second potential access point. The where the stream crosses 7 (bridge just south of Belle Creek Way). I fished the east side of the bridge. It was about 9 am.
Nothing was surface feeding so I practiced nymph fishing. Caught a one pound Brown using a #12 Bead Head Prince Nymph. The fish was caught in one of the darker holes. (Hey, I'm not going to tell you which hole - you'll have to find it yourself!) It seemed that a TU and/or DNR had spent some time and money on this stream. It seemed like the rocks and holes were created by humans. I spent 3 hours fishing this area. Good Casting, good Terrain and some wadeable areas for crossing even with hip waders (or even knee boots).
Belle Creek Access Point #3 & #4GPS: 44°32'19.49"N, 92°44'8.12"W and 44°32'36.17"N, 92°43'39.13"WThe next two areas I must have just drove by. I guess my GPS was just poweriung up as I drove by them. The third access point was suppose to be where the stream come close to 7 just south of Sunset Trail and the fouth access point where 7 goes north. This is like only 2000 feet north of 7 from Access Point #2.
Belle Creek Access Point #5 - Old BridgeGPS: 44°32'49.62"N, 92°43'31.21"WThe 5th Potential Access point I am now calling the Old Wooden Walk Bridge. There is good off road parking that my PT Cruiser was able to navagate. There was another car parked there but no sign of anyone fishing. I fished under the bridge and then moved downstream. I saw a school of fingerlings. It seemed that my line kept scaring them but they wouldn't leave the area. I finaly caught one and it was a Carp fingerling. Probably a Carp came up from the Cannon River and spawned near by.
Belle Creek Access Point #6GPS: 44°33'11.23"N, 92°42'42.06"WTwo spots I selected were on the Cannon Valley Trail bike path. One spot was where the path crossed the river and the other was the Belle Creek Mouth at the Cannon River. I was too tired, hungry and it was getting hot to hike down the Path to cover this location.
Belle Creek Mouth at Cannon River44°33'13.71"N, 92°42'2.07"WThis too required a hike and I decided to attempt this some other day. I figued if I wasn't going to hike down the trail to #6 I wasn't going to continue hiking the 1/2+ mile all the way to the mouth.
There is some good spots in the stream with access.Good for fly casting. I'm sure as the folage greens up and the bank grass grows for the summer the casting might be more difficult. If I'm in the area again, I would try Belle Creek again.
It is about an hour drive from where I live in Rosemount MN. I really don't know when I'll be back since there are some closer trout streams to where I live. Hey, I rather spend my time fishing then driving. So I try to stay close to home.
Note to self: Next time I fish in this area, bring sunscreen, lunch, more water and coffee.
My goal today was to fish seven potential access points that I thought might be good. I used Google Earth to select the locations in the stream that were closest to the road, and used my GPS to get there by car.
Belle Creek Potential Acess Point #1GPS: 44o 30' 18.32"N, 92o 45' 0.88WThe first location was where the river crosses Hwy 19. I saw signs posted with "No Tresspassing". Moved on.Belle Creek Access Point #2GPS: 44°32'2.57"N, 92°44'10.30"WThen I went into the Town of Vasa and drove north on 7 and, stopped at the my second potential access point. The where the stream crosses 7 (bridge just south of Belle Creek Way). I fished the east side of the bridge. It was about 9 am.
Nothing was surface feeding so I practiced nymph fishing. Caught a one pound Brown using a #12 Bead Head Prince Nymph. The fish was caught in one of the darker holes. (Hey, I'm not going to tell you which hole - you'll have to find it yourself!) It seemed that a TU and/or DNR had spent some time and money on this stream. It seemed like the rocks and holes were created by humans. I spent 3 hours fishing this area. Good Casting, good Terrain and some wadeable areas for crossing even with hip waders (or even knee boots).
Belle Creek Access Point #3 & #4GPS: 44°32'19.49"N, 92°44'8.12"W and 44°32'36.17"N, 92°43'39.13"WThe next two areas I must have just drove by. I guess my GPS was just poweriung up as I drove by them. The third access point was suppose to be where the stream come close to 7 just south of Sunset Trail and the fouth access point where 7 goes north. This is like only 2000 feet north of 7 from Access Point #2.
Belle Creek Access Point #5 - Old BridgeGPS: 44°32'49.62"N, 92°43'31.21"WThe 5th Potential Access point I am now calling the Old Wooden Walk Bridge. There is good off road parking that my PT Cruiser was able to navagate. There was another car parked there but no sign of anyone fishing. I fished under the bridge and then moved downstream. I saw a school of fingerlings. It seemed that my line kept scaring them but they wouldn't leave the area. I finaly caught one and it was a Carp fingerling. Probably a Carp came up from the Cannon River and spawned near by.
Belle Creek Access Point #6GPS: 44°33'11.23"N, 92°42'42.06"WTwo spots I selected were on the Cannon Valley Trail bike path. One spot was where the path crossed the river and the other was the Belle Creek Mouth at the Cannon River. I was too tired, hungry and it was getting hot to hike down the Path to cover this location.
Belle Creek Mouth at Cannon River44°33'13.71"N, 92°42'2.07"WThis too required a hike and I decided to attempt this some other day. I figued if I wasn't going to hike down the trail to #6 I wasn't going to continue hiking the 1/2+ mile all the way to the mouth.
There is some good spots in the stream with access.Good for fly casting. I'm sure as the folage greens up and the bank grass grows for the summer the casting might be more difficult. If I'm in the area again, I would try Belle Creek again.
It is about an hour drive from where I live in Rosemount MN. I really don't know when I'll be back since there are some closer trout streams to where I live. Hey, I rather spend my time fishing then driving. So I try to stay close to home.
Note to self: Next time I fish in this area, bring sunscreen, lunch, more water and coffee.
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