If it's Saturday it's time for more high school basketball. What could be better? More and more people in Morris are getting the vaccine. I got my first Moderna shot on Friday at Prairie Ridge. Little by little we can emerge from the storm of the past year.
In the meantime we can keep our spirits up by following prep hoops. And on Saturday the outcome was a win for the orange and black boys. Action was here at Tiger Center. The opponent was CMCS: Central Minnesota Christian School of Prinsburg. The Tigers defeated those Christians by 12, 67-55.
We took off after a stalemated first half (30-30 halftime score). We put up 37 second half points. Here's a toast for the Tigers.
Thomas Tiernan came to the fore with his 3-point shooting. The Tiger junior made four of six shots from beyond the arc. Fellow junior Jackson Loge made two 3's in three tries. Riley Reimers made his only long-range try, and Brandon Jergenson had our other '3'. As a team we were 53 percent in 3-point shooting.
Jackson Loge took more steps forward accumulating points - he had 31. Tiernan used his 3-pointer touch to put up 14. These two were complimented by Jergenson with eight, Reimers with seven, Toby Gonnerman with five and Durgin Decker with two. Loge was 11 of 16 in his field goal shooting, Tiernan four of seven.
The Tigers were sharp at the freethrow line with 13 of 16 numbers, 81 percent. Loge had seven successes from the charity stripe. Any time you guess Loge will lead in rebounds, it's a good guess. He led in this phase Saturday with his nine, one of which was offensive. Reimers was second-high with five boards, and as a team we had 24, five offensive.
Our assist total was 17. Jergenson was sharpest in this category with seven. Loge had two steals and he had all four of our blocked shots.
Water subject is fogbound
Some dude with a State of Minnesota position has responded to the most recent post I wrote about the Morris water treatment plant and the "new" Morris water. I have been through hell trying to ascertain the most reliable facts on this. After all I've been through, I cannot even tell you what condition my own household water has.
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I will share here the lengthy comment posted by the State of Minnesota fellow. In a nutshell, I think this dude "takes the long way around the barn." When your thoughts weave around this much, you're either confused or with the government.
Actually the situation is sad. Here is the comment, shared exactly as he left it. Odd how he starts out with hyperbolic flattery.
Morris Water is Better!
It was great to see your blog post on the new water treatment plant! As water treatment professionals, we have trouble getting citizens interested in water plants – at least until their clothes turn brown! Yes, there was confusion and poor communication! Blaine Hill and Morris came a long way in our eyes. While we may not agree on all the characterizations, we have convinced most to be honest about the new water quality, and what needs to be done to water softeners. We think Blaine knows that many people will want soft water and will keep their water softeners. We know that those softeners need to be adjusted. The city’s wastewater is already improved and Morris appears NOT to be planning to send police to inspect your water softeners. All is good!
Here are some facts, Brian, raised by your post. I admit that this is from my perch in Minneapolis, not beautiful Morris, but I have been checking around!
- Morris is at 5 grains. The water plant is now stable. The city seems to have worked the bugs out of the new plant. Water conditioning companies are regularly testing about 5 grains per gallon hardness (“grains” or gpg) in Morris – the city’s target.
- This is 1/8 the hardness of old Morris water! That means your water softener should use 1/8 the salt! That may be the reason your softener doesn’t appear to be using salt.
- Not soft. While Morris water is much improved, it is low in hardness and in carbonates and bicarbonates and lower generally in total dissolved solids – but not soft. Soft water has means less than 1 grain and water softeners make soft water. Water softeners typically produce soft water between 0.2 and 1.0 gpg.
Using Morris Water. Those who desire real soft water need to have their softeners adjusted for lower salt use, or replace them with new, efficient models. Time clock softeners are a bad idea, and should be replaced, but even time clock softeners can be set to use 1/8 the salt until they are replaced.
Those who choose not to soften will get by. We expect there will be little iron or manganese in Morris water, so staining should not be a problem unless you are on the end of an old, rusty main. Cleaning, particularly laundry, is not quite the same with 5 grain water, however. If you go without a softener, you will need warm water where you used cold, or hot where you used warm to be satisfied with the results.
Some will need even lower hardness than “soft.” The steam heating plant at UMM, critical manufacturing operations and some high efficiency cooling towers are examples.
Adjustments. Water conditioning contractors like myself think we know best – because we do this all day. But there are a number of plumbers who have developed good water treatment skills. Whoever you use, ask the hard questions. Is my softener set for the new Morris water? How much salt will I use for each regeneration? How much water will be softened after each regeneration?
Bottom line – the plant is in, a lot of money was spent, water bills are up, but Morris is no longer in the sites of the MPCA and the life of the Pomme de Terre River is less threatened by chloride from salt. Now - just minimize the salt on your sidewalks!
Jeff Hill
Chemist
Water Conditioning Master (MN)
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