A beautiful day for Pete & Madonne Rainville's Open House - A steady stream of visitors came and were not only treated to seeing the new barn and equipment, but were also treated to Hamburgers, Cheesburgers, Milk, Potato Chips and Ice Cream. Contributing to these refreshments were Lely + Godin Mechanical, Poulin Grain, Norbco Equipment, St. Albans Coop and Northwest Vets. There were a number of Farmers there as well as local non farmers. Also coming to see the new facility were a number of firefighters who were on the scene the night of the fire.
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The view of Pete & Madonne's Farm from the Webb Farm down the road
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New flowers have been planted beneath The Four Girls Dairy sign
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Pete & Madonne greet a couple of visitors
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Lee Minor enjoys a light snack - His buddy Bob Hoben rushed out of the photo before I snapped it
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Hamburgers, Hot Dogs & Cheeseburgers are being cooked on the grill here with milk and potato chips on the side
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The young lady above is kept pretty busy
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Meanwhile, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream in tubs or cones of Chocolate, Vanilla & Strawberry are available here
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Madonne answers questions in the Robotic Area
Channel 44 News had a video on Pete & Madonne's open house tonight. They said that Pete & Madonne hope to be using the Robot in about a week or so:
http://www.fox44.net/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?clipId1=4026932 (http://www.fox44.net/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?clipId1=4026932)