Look for us on Tuesdays
Read Everything in a Single Scroll
Want to tell us something or ask a question? Get in touch.
Rough Cut Lumber
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
-
Shiny flies
Earlier this week we visited Trego School, to see the results of the salmon snagging fieldtrip. After the fish were had been cleaned and packed away for children to take home, I saw many bluebottle and greenbottle flies, as well as a few paper wasps, flying about outside of the school, sucking up fish juices. Read more
-
HEPA Filters and Wildfire Smoke
As I stepped into Trego School on a warm smoky afternoon, I developed a sudden admiration for HEPA filters. About a month ago, I wrote about the school’s new HEPA filters, purchased as part of their Health and Safety plan. As it turns out, HEPA filters are excellent for wildfire smoke. HEPA filters are good Read more
-
Weird Words: Jargon
Most professions seem to have their own specialized language that the uninitiated have difficulty understanding. The word for this, because of course there is one, is jargon. the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group” Merriam Webster definition for Jargon The hair stylist talks about “clarifying” shampoo. To me, “clarifying” is Read more
-
Lincoln Electric Cooperative held Annual Meeting Saturday
The meeting began at eleven with well over the required numbers, despite the heat and increasing smoke. In order to have a quorum, 5% of members were required to attend, which meant that 238 Lincoln Electric Cooperative members needed to arrive and register. Most people appeared to be staying in the vehicles, the stands far Read more
-
If LCHS District were a County
After the article on searching Lincoln County data, the question came in: “What if North Lincoln County was its own county?” The answer is available, but it takes the sort of personality that enjoys digging through data. Here’s a few facts that would describe the thought experiment that would be county 57. County 57, sharing Read more
-
Breathing Smoke
Smoke seemed to fill the air over the course of Saturday, with the mountains becoming increasingly difficult to see. According to the CDC, breathing in smoke may have several immediate effects: trouble breathing coughing wheezing headaches scratchy throat stinging eyes These, among other unpleasant side-effects are caused primarily by the very small particles in smoke. Read more
Trego's Mountain Ear 