Being the Editor In Chief of a premiere Hermann news outlet like Hermann Hearsay is a very tough job! Why here it is way after midnight, and I'm still up publishing an article for Thanksgiving Day! But this is the line of work I have chosen! ***Sigh***
In this business, you've got to be ever-vigilant in order to get the news story precisely when it is first breaking. For example, in an effort to check out the downtown entertainment scene in Hermann on Thanksgiving Eve, I explored a number of the watering holes and restaurants downtown. This is a task that only the Editor In Chief can do. My staff reporters, Jimmy Oldsun and Lois Lame, have been given a day off for the Thanksgiving holiday and they've already headed out of town to spend time with their families.
I'm afraid that on this particular night there wasn't much unusual to report. Elmer, Jethro and Ima were sittin' at the bar on their usual barstools (#2, #3 and #4) in Sharp's Corner, each sippin' on a tall pilsner glass of beer and watchin' the small color TV hangin' up in the corner behind the bar. I believe it was Elmer who ordered up a 'Herbie Burger' with extra onion. (If you've never had a 'Herbie Burger', folks, treat yourself someday and order up a sack full of 'em to take home. Mighty, mighty lip-smackin' good!) Dennis, Rueben, Henrietta and Ellie Mae were down at the Eagle Hall throwin' washers and tellin' tall tales. I had a diet Coke and talked with them for awhile but I could tell I was distractin' them from concentrating on their washer pitchin'. So, I bid them farewell, and I strolled on down to 4th Street. I may have been captured on that new webcam at the intersection of 4th and Market Streets which is monitoring the comings and goings of all of us Hermannites. But I wasn't knee-walkin' drunk, so I ain't gonna worry too much about it. Most of the folks in Wings-A-Blazin' seemed to be younger folks that I didn't even know. They all seemed to be havin' a lively time eatin' hot chicken wings and drinkin' cold beer. I sat at the bar and ordered one of their fried cheesecakes with a raspberry syrup topping. Sinful! Absolutely sinful! (Stop by sometime and tell Robert I recommended it to you.) Then I dropped in to see Jill at Jillsie's and we talked for a spell. She was fixin' to close, so I left and went on down to visit with Wayne and Connie at The Bank. Wayne suggested that I try Bonterra Winery's cabernet savignon which is produced with organically grown grapes out in California. Well, I felt a bit guilty not orderin' one of our fine Hermann wines, but I went ahead and accepted Wayne's recommendation anyway. That Bonterra win is fruity with a nice bouquet and a nice finish. I savored it slowly as we discussed Mizzou and Nebraska football. It was gettin' past Wayne and Connie's normal closing time, so I didn't get a chance to have a second glass of that Bonterra wine. Wayne sure didn't steer me wrong though! I'm definitely gonna have some more of that stuff!
And that's about all I found that was happenin' on Thanksgiving Eve in downtown Hermann. If I missed anything of any importance, I'm very sorry folks! But rumor has it that there are gonna be hundreds of webcams installed all over Hermann at the intersections, at the entrances to all the restaurants and taverns, and maybe even inside the restaurants and taverns. If that actually happens, it will save me a heck of a lot of time and trouble reporting on Hermann nightlife! I think it'll be a cool idea too! Before headin' out on the town, we can all check the live webcams first to see if there are any barroom brawls goin' on that we might want to steer clear of and we can see if any of our friends are out on the town and just where they might be! Yep, a real cool idea!
Well, it's already Thanksgiving Day. So, on behalf of all the staff here at Hermann Hearsay and our pet cat, Tiger, let me wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving!
Clark Kant
Editor In Chief
