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  • NASA’s Psych mission may reveal mysteries of Earth’s interior -Jim Bell

    NASA’s Psyche mission to a metal world may reveal the mysteries of Earth’s interior Jim Bell, Arizona State University French novelist Jules Verne delighted 19th-century readers with the tantalizing notion that a journey to the center of the Earth was actually plausible. Since then, scientists have long acknowledged that Verne’s literary journey was only science fiction. Read more

  • Thinking About Garbage

    Thinking About Garbage

    The green box issue – cutting down access to garbage removal services – in Lincoln County has me thinking about garbage.  Basically simple facts about garbage over a lifetime – there have been a lot of changes since 1960. In 1960 there was a dump on Forest Service Land for Trego residents – less than Read more

  • To steal today’s computerized cars, thieves go high-tech- Doug Jacobson

    To steal today’s computerized cars, thieves go high-tech Doug Jacobson, Iowa State University These days, cars are computer centers on wheels. Today’s vehicles can contain over 100 computers and millions of lines of software code. These computers are all networked together and can operate all aspects of your vehicle. It’s not surprising, then, that car theft Read more

  • Kittens

    Kittens

    There were no kittens in my early life . . . Navy housing, and the first opportunity was when the folks bought a home on 2 ½  acres in the Puget Sound area.  Sweetwater Creek along the back of the little place, and a small barn – like our one Guernsey cow, our cats were Read more

  • What is a Windbreak?

    Windbreaks have been around for well over 500 years, and they are a pretty simple technology. A wind break reduces the wind speed over a certain area, protecting crops/structures/livestock from wind. Windbreaks can be designed to shelter areas from winter or summer winds. Design matters. A well designed wind break will reduce wind speeds around Read more

  • Happy Hundredth

    Happy Hundredth

    It’s not every day, or even every year, that you turn a hundred. Happy hundredth birthday to Mary Louise Peters! Read more