Sarah Helmick State Park in Polk County makes a nice destination for a ride or drive, even in winter. Winter or summer, the park on the Luckiamute River is never crowded.
Drugs within 1,000 feet …
Written January 6th, 2013 by
The day after Christmas, a Benton County deputy pulled over a 22-year-old man in the town of Monroe, in southern Benton County. The sheriff ‘s log says the deputy cited the driver for having neither a driver’s license nor insurance. And while he was at it, he also gave him a citation for “unlawful possession […]
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Be a friend to wild birds
Written January 5th, 2013 by
Here’s a timely reminder about something we can do for the wild birds in our Oregon backyards this winter, even though on a day like Friday afternoon it seemed, for a brief time, like spring.
Weather extremes? Well…
Written January 4th, 2013 by
When not much else is going on, it’s always fun to talk about the weather and how unusual it has been. On New Year’s Day, for example, the Albany paper had a story about the “extreme weather,” so-called, of 2012. On closer examination, it was not all that extreme. Yes, it was a pretty wet […]
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The cliff deal is no solution
Written January 3rd, 2013 by
Congress and the president may have avoided pushing the country off the fiscal cliff. But they didn’t solve the deeper problem. The problem is that the government is spending one dollar for every 60 cents it takes in, and then it has to borrow the rest. In the long run, that has to destroy the […]
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A sunny start to 2013
Written January 2nd, 2013 by
Thinking about the start of the new year: May it be as sunny as Day 1.
Watching the debt grow
Written December 28th, 2012 by
The national debt is fascinating to watch. I’m talking about how fast it grows, and how our elected leaders profess to be unable to slow it down, let alone stop it and shift into reverse. Their failure so far, even in the face of what almost everybody says will be the disaster of the fiscal […]
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