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Harvested as part of thinning to reduce fire danger.
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“Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other”
-Benjamin Franklin
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Do you get the Government you pay for?
The area represented by the Lincoln County High School district has 31.8% of the county’s population, and provides 45.5% of the tax dollars that fund county government. Libby, where most of the county government occurs, has 50% of the county’s population, and provides 36.1% of the taxes that fund county government. I guess it’s a… Read more
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Measuring Temperature
There was a meme out a while back, pointing out the differences between Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin. Measuring was a challenge in those early days – heck, measuring was a challenge to me after I had completed college classes on the topic. Somewhere in the Glen Lake Irrigation District files of “as built” projects, my Read more
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Thinking About Student Loans
As I watch a couple of congresswomen pushing for student loan forgiveness – one owes “over $70,000” and complains about it being “mostly interest”, while the other owes $17,000 and wants her loans forgiven. Congresscritters are paid $174,000 annually. Now I don’t have any experience at being paid $174,000 per year. Despite that lack of Read more
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A Chance to do Right
It began on a Fall afternoon in the mid-eighties. I was at my desk in the science building when a dark-haired young woman lurched into my office, squealed like a pig, fell across my desk, and pushed a piece of paper at me. I took the paper, and read “Please help me. I am not Read more
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A Higher Standard for Kim Potter
Some folks write that the verdict in Kim Potter’s manslaughter case was too harsh. I kind of understand the folks who figure two manslaughter convictions for the same killing could be a bit excessive. I understand that she really did intend to tase (instead of shoot) the guy. I understand the guy she shot contributed Read more
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Time to Look at Snow
In the last half of the seventies, the Monday after Christmas was committed. I would meet Jay Penney at Graves Creek, get into the Snow Survey crummy and then we would measure the snow depth at Weasel Divide, Stahl Peak, and Graves Creek. It’s so long ago that none of our measurements remain in the Read more
Trego's Mountain Ear 