Saturday, October 6, 2007
New Auction Site
http://crapinmyhouse.blogspot.com.
Friday, October 5, 2007
Papa Murphy's Chippewa Falls
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Poll Results: Are you happy with the wages in the Chippewa Valley
Are you happy with the wages in the Chippewa Valley
yes
2 (11%)
no
15 (88%)
I've also extended the poll for a later date.
Programmer Analyst
Job Duties:
• Evaluates user request for new or modified computer program to determine feasibility, cost and time required, compatibility with current system, and computer capabilities.
• Consults with user to identify current operating procedures and clarify program objectives.
• Reads manuals, periodicals, and technical reports to learn ways to develop programs that meet user requirements.
• Formulates plan outlining steps required to develop program and submits plan to user for approval.
• Prepares flowcharts and diagrams to illustrate sequence of steps program must follow and to describe logical operations involved.
• Designs computer terminal screen displays to accomplish goals of user request.
• Converts project specifications into sequence of detailed instructions and logical steps for coding into language processable by computer.
• Enters program codes into computer system. Enters commands into computer to run and test program.
• Reads computer printouts or observes display screen to detect syntax or logic errors during program test, or uses diagnostic software to detect errors.
• Replaces, deletes, or modifies codes to correct errors.
• Analyzes, reviews, and alters program to increase operating efficiency or adapt to new requirements.
• Writes documentation to describe program development, logic, coding, and corrections.
• Writes manual for users describing installation and operating procedures. Assists users to solve operating problems.
• Recreates steps taken by user to locate source of problem and rewrites program to correct errors.
• Trains users on program and provides technical assistance.
• Installs and tests program at user site. Monitors performance of program after implementation.
Job Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Knowledge of Access, XML, Java, ODBC Languages, Net programming.
About Systems Seminar Consultants:
Systems Seminar Consultants, Inc provides placement services to our training and consulting clients. As a placement company, our unique size allows us to provide a personalized approach to recruiting and staffing. We will work with you every step of the way providing insight and assistance to give you that extra advantage to secure the job of your dreams.
To apply, send resume to careers@sys-seminar.com
or call one of our recruiters at (608) 278-9964.
Quality Technician
Key Responsibilities of the Position
• Complete dimensional, visual and functional lot release on incoming and outgoing product in accordance with sampling plans and take action in accordance to documented procedures when potential quality problems are identified
• Analytical testing, includes testing to determine % Solids utilizing gravimetric methods.
• Utilizing aseptic techniques to avoid contamination of in-process materials.
• Utilizes precision pipettes, graduated cylinders, and other types of basic lab equipment to precisely measure fluids for testing/solution preparation.
• Chemistry lab practices for preparation of hazardous, volatile solutions in a fume hood environment.
• Control and properly document non-conforming product
• Coordinate, perform and maintain PPC calibration procedures
• Provide quality systems training and assistance to PPC employees in quality decisions and measurement techniques
• Complete capability studies and gage R&R analysis
• Prepare appropriate inspection records and measurement reports
• Identify and recommend continual improvement opportunities for quality systems
• Keep work area clean.
• Report incidents and injuries to team leader/manager immediately.
• Recognize close-call incidents and safety hazards and take action to eliminate them.
• Use equipment properly and follow the safety features/operating procedures.
• Wear applicable personal protective equipment.
• Follow applicable safety, quality, and environmental programs, policies, and procedures.
• Actively participate in continual improvement, corrective action, and customer satisfaction.
Required Qualifications
Education / Experience
• Technical degree in related field, or equivalent mix of education and experience.
• Entry level/college level Chemistry Lab Experience is preferred.
• Familiar with FTIR and Fluorospectrometer analyzers preferred.
• 2-3 years quality related experience
Skills / Competencies
• ASQ certification or equivalent experience (CQT)
• Knowledge and experience working in a cGMP environment.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Basic computer literacy.
• Ability to read and interpret blue prints.
• Ability to apply SPC (Statistical Process Control)
• Can not be color blind; must be able to distinguish different colors
Taco Johns Revisited
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
KMart Customer Service
The woman in front of me was taking forever so the whole wait wasn't worth the amount and I just left. I wasn't happy. It happened the same day I gave my burrito to my son and went without dinner that night. lol
I used to not complain about such things but I've found that people are getting more rude by the year. I'm just not going to put up with it any longer.
I don't really blame KMart because the poor guy was just blasted by all the hungry shoppers that day. He could have asked if I was waiting in line for an actual customer service issue instead of shopping though. The problem I had were with the rude women who just clamored at the desk to get their things purchased. How rude they were.
Operations Supervisor in Eau Claire
Apply for it here.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Taco John's in Chippewa Falls
I accidentally ordered the wrong thing because their menu isn't very clear. I got some gross meat and potato burrito. What's worse? The last time we went they forgot my guacamole. So, this time he told me he'd give me a freebie guac on the side. We get home. There's no guacamole AGAIN.
So, I won't be going there again. Just like the McDonalds here, I've had it. There's two places I won't return to because every time I go they never get the order right. They offered to correct it but I didn't get it. I think you might remember the Chippewa Falls McDonald's saga. After messing up my order I sent them a letter and whoever wrote back to total defense and was extremely RUDE about the whole thing and didn't even offer to make amends.
Now Wendy's is a place I'll go back to. When the lettuce in my salad at Wendy's was a little icky looking and I didn't notice until I got home they sent me a coupon to exchange the salad without even asking me to come back. That's service and that's where I'll go from now on.
Now it's too late for me to go get dinner and I'm not eating that gross meat and potato burrito. I mean, I admit to accidentally ordering it, but they should really fix their menu so it's easier to read.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
School Software Consultant
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Traffic and Speeding on N aka Elm Street
Would you folks please learn how to slow down? Just because the speed limit increases to 55 down the road doesn't mean you can travel at that speed before then. It's still a residential area.
Technical Support Specialist
The State's Alcholol Problem
Perhaps it's trying to keep warm in the cold or maybe it's trying to stay trendy with your friends. Maybe it's boredom because there is nothing else to do. All I see are people wasting what little they make here and trying to drown their problems in a glass of booze.
Think about it, do we really need so many bars? In downtown Chippewa Falls alone, I can think of at least 4 bars within just a few blocks from each other and the the blocks aren't that long. Heck, we even have two neighborhood bars on either side of the hill.
So, I think they're right and it is a problem. Where to stop it? I have no clue. I stopped social drinking after I turned 21 because it was no longer fun to sneak into the bars. Unfortunately for many, it's not as easy.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Eau Claire Paying Its New Employee $92K While Cutting Other Jobs
They claim they're going to take it out of the property taxes so whenever this guy gets a raise either your tax might go up or someone else gets fired because how can the County pay someone that much when the wages for others are so low? In order to raise money for government officials you must raise taxes somewhere because that's where the pay comes from.
So, those who make very little don't have to pay into the state or federal system except with their blood, sweat and tears. Then the ones in the middle must take the burden because they don't have a lot of write-offs. The wealthy also need to pay, and they do pay a lot, but it doesn't hurt them as much as it hurts the little guy like me.
It's no wonder why there are so many people not making it here and going to the State for money. Get more and better jobs people. We all can't feed cows and work at restaurants all our lives. We need tech jobs, and I don't just mean industrial tech jobs. I mean real tech jobs like the way it used to be with Celestica, Silicon Graphics and Cray. California and Texas gives them great candidates who study other things than agriculture and they get tax deductions for doing certain things. As far as I'm concerned, Doyle chased them right out with his proposals. Bring the tech companies back and bring back good paying jobs like the person in the article will get and you'll get your high paying tax base back and companies will make more money by investments. It's common sense.
Read about the new job here.
Telecommunications Field Tech
Bridge St. Station
Some people are a little wary of the prices, but who wouldn't be when the wages in town are so low. Don't complain to the restaurants, complain to your boss!
Bridge Street Station
212 N. Bridge St.
Chippewa Falls, WI
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Chippewa Ford Closing
Sunday, September 16, 2007
The Chippewa Herald
Garage Sale on Locust Lane
Open Today-Tomorrow - 8am to 5pm... 3612 Locust Lane (near UBC & Presto)
IF IT'S NOT MARKED it's a quarter!!
* Baseball Cards (Two HUGE books - a couple of Long Boxes - LOTS of LOOSE
cards... MAKE AN OFFER - I just want to get rid of them!!)
* Engine Blocks ($150 for 2 of them, one on an engine stand)
* Tools - $5 to $20 ... loose tools 25 cents each or 5 for a buck!!
* 3 yr old great 35 MM Camera w/ batteries & Film
* Boy PREEMIE CLOTHES (some neutral)
* Fisher Price Jungle Climber w/ slide (OUTDOOR TOY) (interested parties
never came through) $100
OBO
* Fisher Price Wave Climber w/ slide (OUTDOOR TOY) $65
* Bouncing Horse Toy $30
* Few Baby Items
* CHILDRENS BOOKS
* Clothes Infant to size 8/10 and adult (size 16 to XXL) and such (A lot of
18m to 3T)
(not really marked - 25 cents each unless otherwise marked - added to MORE
AND
MORE)
* House Hold Stuff (Mugs out now, more being added through the day)
* Umbrella Stroller never used $5
* Knick Knacks ...
* Wedding Cake Topper
* Bride Groom Glass
* Baskets with Fake Flowers for Decoration
* FISHER PRICE LITTLE PEOPLE TOYS (More added later today)
* TUG BOAT SAND BOX (on hold)
If it's not marked, make an offer... No reasonable offer refused -
everything must go (or it's being donated) ... New stuff out each day...
Today is the last day until Next Weekend - and then it'll be a HUGE Sale!!
Home Coming Moved at Chippewa Falls High School
More information available at http://cfsd.chipfalls.k12.wi.us/
REM by Amanda Steiger
Available at Chippewa Publishing
Rem by Amanda Steiger
When Sophie finds a broken, abandoned android in the city dump and takes him home to repair him, she is amazed at how life-like, how human he seems. His name is Rem. His programming is the most sophisticated she has ever encountered.
Why, Sophie wonders, would anyone abandon such a remarkable android?
Hungry for answers, she probes deeper into Rem's past and unearths a sordid history of abuse, betrayal and unlikely love. Against her better judgment, Sophie finds herself falling in love with Rem. When his old owner appears and tries to reclaim him, she is unwilling to give him up.
Unique among androids, Rem has the power to choose…and soon, he will have to make the most painful and difficult choice he has ever faced.
-- EXCERPT --
In her basement workshop, she laid the android on a padded table. She adjusted the bright overhead lamps and examined his damaged right eye. A spider-web of fine cracks covered the entire surface. It would need replacing. No problem, she had plenty of spares. Carefully, she cut the eye out of the socket and slid a new one into place, inserting the optic wire into the small hole in back. The color wasn't an exact match, but it was close enough that no one would be able to tell from a distance.
She wondered how he'd gotten so badly damaged. Could be that he'd just gotten old and worn out, his owners had thrown him away, then some punks had found him and trashed him for the fun of it. "Sick bastards," she muttered. Lightly, she touched the android's cheek. Though cool, it was as smooth and yielding as real skin. "Never mind. Pretty soon, you'll be as good as new."
It took a while to clean the gunk out of the deep gash in his stomach. She scraped away the worst of it with a chisel and wiped the exposed cables with a damp cloth, careful not to further damage the frayed and severed wires. That done, she took her toolkit from underneath the table, opened it, and got out a set of magnifying goggles, which she strapped onto her face and switched to the times-100 setting. She picked up a slender, pen-sized fuser and went to work.
When she finally took off the goggles and glanced at the old, battered digital clock on her wall, she was not really surprised to see that four hours had passed. Time always slipped by when she was working. She took a few minutes to get some instant soup from the kitchen before returning to her workshop, sliding the goggles back into place.
Another four hours later, she leaned back, wiped the sweat from her brow, and studied her handiwork. Not bad. All the superficial damage had been repaired. Now, all that remained was to see how much data had been left intact in his CPU. Unless his previous owner had flushed his brain before throwing him out, he might still have his old memories. A little chill of excitement ran up her spine.
© Amanda SteigerRights Reserved
Cover art by: Stella Price
Edited by: Jana J. Hanson
Proofed by: Marge Conrad
Genre: Sci-Fi
Rating: General
Word count: 6,600 words
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Chippewa Falls Pure Water Days & Heritage Fun Fest 2007
Chippewa Falls Pure Water Days & Heritage Fun Fest a YouTube video starring Jim Schuh
Monday, July 16, 2007
Iced Coffee and Internet Service
I used to drive through almost every morning and buy coffee, but since I’ve been writing from home I haven’t needed to. Well, their coffee is just as good inside as it is on the run.
The Internet service was easy to access. It wasn’t the fastest in the world, but this is a problem with their provider and not the coffee shop itself.
One reason why I enjoy going to 4:30 am as opposed to other places is because it’s more homey and has a friendlier atmosphere. It’s almost boutique like with the items for sale around the shop and the management and employees are always friendly to chat with.
I recommend visiting here for coffee while either on the run on sitting in.
Visit the 4:30 AM Coffee House at
608 N Bridge St
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
(715) 720-6165
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
The Fill Inn Station
104 West Columbia Street
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
715-723-8282
715-723-6551
www.fillinnstation.com
Monday, April 16, 2007
Chippewa Falls Public Library
Chippewa Falls Public Library
105 W. Central Street
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
715-723-1146
The library supports both winter and summer hours. For more information on the hours, please check the website at http://www.chippewafallslibrary.org/

