Ely Echo The Ely Area Ambulance Service was a top subject discussed at the regular Fall Lake Township meeting. Supervisor Rod Gruba said a lot of concerned citizens attended the recent meeting in Winton regarding the $261,000 shortfall in funding.
Dear Editor, We All Deserve Better We elect our congressional representatives to be our voice; they are elected to represent our interests and support the things their constituents want and need. This is their job. During his time in office, Pete Stauber has failed this simple test. Time and time again, Stauber has voted against the very interests of those he purports to represent. His record of NO votes on bills that would help his constituents by advancing the interests of consumers, labor and industry in the 8th District is exhaustive. In fact, Stauber seems utterly devoid of any interest in doing anything that would improve the lives of people in our district. In his four years in Washington, Stauber has been among the most unproductive members in the entire congress, failing to pass a single piece of significant legislation into law.
Abortion. I have tried to write about this topic a dozen times.
The worrywarts of the world are among us. I say worrywarts of the world simply because the worries over immigrants and “losing our way of life” isn’t solely an American problem. Italy recently elected a neo-fascist party into power and Sweden, of all places, voted for a far right party worried over the same issues. Thank you social media, the internet and the failure to “check your sources” as I’ve harped about in past columns. In this country, book bans, the talk of critical race theory and replacement theory are all the rage for those folks who’ve lost their minds to anger and suspicion.
Bare Bones Night. In the back alley of a community theater, Rob waits patiently until finally, from within, a skeleton, SCOTT, emerges.
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I listened to a podcast recently (choralosophy.com, Episode 110) in which one of my favorite Braver Angels staff, Monica Guzman, discusses her book about fostering friction in a classroom. In the classroom, says Guzman, you are looking for truth, and you want students to search for it–together. This can create conflict, and a healthy classroom should expect and welcome this.
Cowboy Cookies I found this recipe many years ago in the American Profile insert of the Lake County News Chronicle. I have seen similar recipes with different names.
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People, check your sources. I always say that when a new outrageous claim or source of information comes across the bow of public thought.