Little Sweden USA

A blog about Lindsborg

It’s a bit more than 3 weeks until Lindsborg celebrates Midsummer’s Day the weekend of June 16th, and if you have any questions about the event, see the following:

Full details are available at the Midsummer’s Day blog, where a comprehensive press release, detailing the schedule, list of vendors, and more has just been posted. Check it out, and we’ll see you in Lindsborg the 3rd weekend in June.

The Smoky Hill River in Lindsborg peaked at a height of 23.07 feet at 6pm on Monday, the 7th of May. That’s technically a couple of feet above flood stage.

The first photo below was taken on the morning of the 7th, and the rest were taken right around 5:30pm. There was no damage, thankfully, but there were constant crowds dropping by to see the river at its highest level in years.

If you enjoy these, there are a bunch more at my Flickr Lindsborg Flood of 2007 set.

Lindsborg flood

Lindsborg flood

Lindsborg flood

Lindsborg flood

Lindsborg flood

Lindsborg flood

Lindsborg flood

Lindsborg flood graph

You can click the graph above to (maybe) see the current river conditions in Lindsborg. The Mentor gauge is always active, and is usually very similar to Lindsborg in terms of water flow.

Hello everyone,

Eugene Fleharty will be at the Courtyard Gallery for
the “Third Saturday, Meet the Artist” event tomorrow, May 19, 2007. Eugene is an award winning woodcarver of life-like American waterfowl decoys, shore birds and song birds. His love of nature is evident in the painstaking detail with which he carves each feather and applies acrylic color to faithfully represent the species.

Be sure to visit the Sandzen Gallery on the Bethany Campus while you are in town. In addition to their many fine ongoing exhibits, from now through May 27th you will want to catch the The 109th annual Midwest Art Exhibition, featuring paintings by a number of area artists.

May is Beef Month, so while you are in town shopping and visiting galleries this weekend, be sure to drop by Scott’s Hometown Foods. There, on Saturday the 19th, from 11am until 1pm, Scott’s is holding a Burger Bash! Come and celebrate Beef Month with an all-beef burger, chips and soda, all for just one dollar!

And if you’re one of those who enjoys a hands-on approach to the arts, you’re in luck! In early June the Red Barn Studio is offering two workshops. On June 2nd, from 9am until 4pm, Linda Baranski will teach her very popular “You Can Cover Anything in Mosaics” workshop. On Saturday, June 9th, Pam Rees will hold a workshop, “Beginning Linoleum Cut Print Making” from 1-4pm. Contact the Red Barn Studio at 227-2217 for more information.

Looking ahead, be sure to mark your calendars for the weekend of June 16th as Midsummers returns to Lindsborg. This annual celebration to welcome summer is an extremely popular holiday in Sweden, and we’ve been holding our own celebration in Lindsborg for the past 31 years. At Midsummers you will have the chance to enjoy a variety of Swedish dances, review the arts and crafts fair and chow down on a large selection of goodies. There is an extensive children’s program as well, so plan on bringing the entire family! More information is available at midsummersday.org.

Till next week, this is Mike Rodriquez with the Lindsborg update.

>Listen to the podcast of the Lindsborg Update from the 18th of May 2007 simply by clicking the previous link. The Lindsborg Update is a podcast of a weekly bit I do on a local radio station, KSAL 1150AM. The Lindsborg Update usually airs on Fridays, a couple of minutes after 12:30 PM. Btw, if you use an RSS aggregator, and iTunes, you can automatically load this podcast into iTunes from within the aggregator.

Hello everyone,

This weekend it’s time for the annual Millfest Celebration! The past comes to life Saturday and Sunday, May 5th and 6th, at the Old Mill Museum in Lindsborg with Millfest 2007. This unique event celebrates the Kansas heritage with tours of the 1898 Smoky Valley Flour mill, demonstrations of traditional arts, great food and lively musical entertainment.

Part of what makes this weekend special is the chance to tour the old mill while it operates. The flour mill only operates once a year, so the public is encouraged to take this opportunity to see the mill in action. Tours start every 10 minutes. Mill tours are limited to those age 13 and above, due to safety reasons, but there is a special viewing area for those 12 and under. Also, once the machinery is turned off at 5pm, guides will provide a special tour for those under age 13.

This year Millfest is featuring its largest musical lineup ever, including bluegrass, country, gospel and more. On Saturday performers include Allen Macfarlane, Princess Harris, and the duo of Lynn Young and Anne Crane. On Sunday Crystal Creek will perform, along with Thad Beach, the Lindsborg Youth Choir and a return performance by Princess Harriss. The music ends with the Hieberts, Dulcimers, etc. group.

Lindsborg’s Millfest features more than music and the mill; there is a Pioneer Arts Festival featuring pottery, wood carving and wood working, rope making, quilting, bobbin lace, wheat weaving and home-made jellies.

Other attractions include viewing of vintage tractors and steam engines, a Pioneer Toys display, covered wagon rides and a chuckwagon display. On Sunday, Steve’s British Motorcycle Museum will have a display of vintage motorcycles.

And bring your appetite to Millfest and chow down on Buddy’s BBQ and homemade ice cream and old-fashioned root beer.

That’s all this weekend, May 5th and 6th at the Old Mill in Lindsborg.

Tickets for Millfest are 2$ for adults and 1$ for children over age 6.

Till next week, this is Mike Rodriquez with the Lindsborg Update.

Listen to the podcast of the Lindsborg Update from the 27th of April 2007 simply by clicking the previous link. The Lindsborg Update is a podcast of a weekly bit I do on a local radio station, KSAL 1150AM. The Lindsborg Update usually airs on Fridays, a couple of minutes after 12:30 PM. Btw, if you use an RSS aggregator, and iTunes, you can automatically load this podcast into iTunes from within the aggregator.