Crowd pleasers and weather predictors

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Events like the annual watermelon festival and other warm weather festivities will be cooler and more tolerable in the future, temperature-wise. Kristy Anderson, director of Jefferson County Emergency Management (JCEM) on Thursday, Feb. 20, informed the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners of the receipt of a grant for the acquisition of two Power Breezers. Power Breezers are described as portable mounted cooling systems that serve as evaporative cooling units to cool large spaces without wetting people or equipment. They are supposedly a cost-effective alternative to air conditioning, capable of cooling spaces up to 3,000 sq. feet, and reducing te