Board Member representing 4.7% of County Proposed County-Wide Grading of Businesses on Mask Compliance
How does someone representing 4.7% of the county end up proposing something for the entire county (with 14.3% of the voting power)? To examine that, we’ll look at the County Board of Health. But, if you’re more interested in what Mr. Seifert had to say about giving businesses A/B/C/D ratings, watch the video or read…
It is tact that is golden, not silence. -Samuel Butler
Hungarian Lentil Stew for a prosperous New Year
The tale of how my family gained some close friends, as well as a recipe learned from them.
Thoughts on Invertebrate Houseguests
Just last night, my wife asked me to identify a spider that was perched on the wall of our shower. A small thing, its body was only about 3 millimeters long, or about 1/10 an inch. It was an immature spider…
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Vaccination by the Pyramid
The term “population pyramid” goes back to a time when plotting populations by age really did produce a triangle, with a large base of young people and each older age cohort narrowing, until there were very few at the top. As diseases became more controlled, and birth control entered the picture, the population pyramids changed…
Lincoln County Board of Health Informative Meeting- Part 2
The County Board of Health met Wednesday, December 16th for an informative meeting. It wasn’t just an informative meeting though- it contained a proposal (one which the board anticipates discussing at the next meeting). The proposal (by Jim Seifert of Troy), while at the end of the meeting, was sufficiently surprising that we included it…
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Bismarck’s Belief
“There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.” Otto von Bismarck, 1907 Three fourths of my neighbors voted for Trump, and I figure even more believe that Biden won through some form of chicanery. As I look at media comments, I see fears of what will happen -…
Trego's Mountain Ear 