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-Benjamin Franklin
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Thoughts on Mandatory Retirement Age
I recall a time when mandatory retirement age became illegal. The age discrimination law passed in 1967 – the year I graduated high school. It didn’t personally affect me – I was 17. Still, I can think of a few reasons we might want to revisit the idea. The Dakota – the Sioux – as Read more
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A Billion to Increase Tree Equity
I notice that a small part of the huge “Infrastructure” bill is a billion dollars to plant trees to increase “tree equity.” I probably need a professional forester to explain the significance of “tree equity” to me – but looking at my small piece of the west, “tree equity” seems somewhere between impractical and impossible. Read more
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This Time Last Year
Trego School was continuing distance learning, we were hearing more about Chronic Wasting Disease, and learning about the many, many things that require a license. Additionally, we had Grizzly tracks- so it’s also that time of year again. Also, there was some reminiscing about dogs. Read more
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An Actor and a Negligent Discharge
I noticed that an actor named Alec Baldwin, working on a western movie, shot and killed a photographer and wounded the guy behind her. I got to thinking – in all his westerns, John Wayne never shot the cameraman. Clint Eastwood never shot a cameraman in all of his celluloid gunfights. Then again, neither ever Read more
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Trego School Raised Sub Wages
The Trego School Board met on Thursday, October 14th, and approved a new payscale for substitute teachers. Pay rate is hourly and based on education. Substitutes with a high school diploma earn 12$ an hour, while those with a Bachelor’s degree earn 14$ an hour. Substitute teachers with an elementary teaching certificate earn 16$ an Read more
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