Home Shows:
No more home shows until this Fall 2016! We have learned that the Log Home Show is returning to Kansas City the Spring of 2017.
Log Raising:
We had hoped to have a log raising this Saturday Dec 3rd near Columbia, MO but the weather does not look like it will be cooperating. If you would like to go see the logs being stacked on this home, the crew will be working at the site until about December 9th. You can go to the site during the weekdays by appointment. Call 573-896-5122 or 800-654-9253 or email (sales@oakloghome.com) to set an appointment and for directions.
Construction Seminar Schedule for 2016:
No more seminars in 2016. Watch for the 2017 schedule to be released next month!
Click herefor information on our one day construction seminars.
Open Houses:
The Halls are Decked at Pennsylvania Oak Log Homes! Come to their Open House on December 3rd from 10 AM to 4 PM. Located at 131 Oley Furnace Road in Fleetwood, PA. For more information, and directions, call 610-790-7479.
Remember that the GLH Model Home Center on I 70 in central MO is open 7 days a week until Thanksgiving! We have three houses there that you can tour! We will be closed on Sundays from Thanksgiving until March 1st.
Answer to Trivia Question: It is likely (although cannot be proven) the phrase originated at fair grounds in the late 19th or early 20th century. Like today, there were booths set up with overpriced, nearly impossible to win games for fair goers to try. But rather than win stuffed animals, the prizes were usually for the adults and cigars were a common prize given out to winners. So when you lost, the game workers would belt out "Close, but no cigar!" to encourage people to try again.
Quote of the Month: "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." —Author Unknown