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75th Annual Meeting of Lincoln Electric Coop
Like last year, the meeting took place at Lincoln County High School, and could be attended by car. Unlike last year, in person attendance was…
Harvested as part of thinning to reduce fire danger. $0.75 per board foot.
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(406-882-4835)
or
Sam
(406-882-4597)
Stahl and the 1910 Burn
“Although forty years have passed since the time of the great forest fires in North Idaho the date is not easily forgotten. On August 20, 1910, a forest fire raced unchecked for one hundred miles in two days, to…
Piebald Deer
A few years ago, we had a small piebald whitetail buck on the place. He grew large enough to have spikes, then wandered off and didn’t return. There can be a lot of reasons for a small buck deer not to return – wolves, coyotes, cougars and even human hunters – but one of my students from TSJC kept reminding me that the piebald coloring pattern is often associated with health problems. Our little guy didn’t show health problems – but he was pretty much isolated. I suspect he was rejected by some of the tough old does for looking…
How to Not Gerrymander
I noticed that New York’s legislative attempt to gerrymander 3 more democrat seats in congress has been called out of line by the court. Gerrymandering is a bizarre form of election chicanery – you basically try to put as many of the opposing party members in as few districts as possible while keeping your party in districts that are usually non-competitive, with 52 or 53 percent of those districts being your party. Getting rid of gerrymandering would be simple – but we have rules that enshrine gerrymandering on racial lines. I can’t even disagree with them. But when you enshrine…
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Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. -Benjamin Franklin
Stahl Well Above Normal
We’ve made the first of April – and this is the time when it is possible to look at the data and say, “Our snowpack is well above normal.” The measurement on March 31 was 41.8 inches of water, 116% of average. NOAA’s seasonal temperature outlook leads us to infer that this Spring will melt…
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Thoughts on Standardized Tests
I read that MIT is reinstituting standardized testing for admissions. I didn’t think much on standardized tests – the ACT and SAT specifically – when I was in high school. I did well, racked up some high scores, and went on my way. I made no attempt to understand what it was like for the guy with a low score. Three people that crossed my path made me stop and examine what it is like – none of them failures in life, but each put in a bind by accomplishing more with a high work ethic than high test scores. …
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