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Harvested as part of thinning to reduce fire danger.
$0.75 per board foot.
Call Mike (406-882-4835) or Sam (406-882-4597)
“Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other”
-Benjamin Franklin
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Trego School Surplus Sale
Trego School is selling surplus items by silent auction through the 20th of August. So, if any of this looks interesting, stop by before 3:00 PM this saturday and put in a bid! Books, chairs, national geographic, computers and more! Read more
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Bears and Object Recognition
We had a bear on the porch Saturday morning. We know this because it took the black garbage can from the porch, pulled the lid off, and strewed scraps of wood, cloth, paper and diet soda empties across the drive. I had heard of bears that recognized the shapes of garbage cans – and this Read more
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Historical School Enrollment
I extracted this data shortly after I wound up on Trego’s school board. It’s important to remember that Fortine is only six miles distant, as the enrollment figures below show it has steadily increased enrollment. The data includes enrollments over time and 2010 census numbers for ages 5 to 14. Students from Trego (district 53) Read more
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Federal Firearms Offenses
The United States Sentencing Commission released a 40 page document titled “What Do Federal Firearms Offenses Really Look Like?” It’s available at this link It begins with the explanation “The Commission’s prior research shows that firearms offenders are generally younger, have more extensive criminal history, and are more likely to commit a new crime than Read more
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Chance of an IRS Audit by County
I saw this map on Ace of Spades blog – and decided to find the source article. It’s at projects.propublica.orgit. I’d been reading an email from Jon Tester on how great the Inflation Reduction Act is . . . though he didn’t stress that it will more than double the number of IRS agents at Read more
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Thinking back on Rosenhan
Psychology has a difficult time with scientific methodology. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual – the bible for diagnosing mental illness, personality disorders, etc. is a document where consensus has been important. The ed psych folks – with IQ tests and the g factor – do tend to have a record of replicable research. It’s hard Read more
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