Opinion

OPINION

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Accountability. We hear about how we should be accountable for our actions.

Formal Events

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Three big things happen each winter: We celebrate the New Year, watch basketball, and go to formal dances. Women understand these events.

Aquifer Day is Feb. 8

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A Stewarding Our Aquifer Field Day will examine how playas, the under-appreciated natural ephemeral wetlands abundantly dotting the region in a density as great as one per square mile, can play a critical role in the water future of the area.

Considerations for quitting students

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Fewer expressions bring greater disappointment, trepidation and remorse than “I quit.” Vince Lombardi helped create the anxiety of “I quit.” You know the quips: “Winners never quit, and quitters never win.” Or, how about this one “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it is whether you get up.” And, before I get branded as hard-nosed and insensitive, there are times when attending university, an employment circumstance or any other engagement where quitting is appropriate. Mistakes are made.

Cleanliness Campaign

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I’m often shocked to see dirty public bathrooms with phone numbers scribbled on the walls. Did you know that half those phones are disconnected? People have gone to the bathroom for thousands of years.

It’s Cold Outside

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Can people in warmer climates adjust to lower temperatures? Yes, I know it’s cold because it is winter. If it were hot, we would worry that there’s a hole in the ozone layer.

Editor’s Message

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“When a new product goes into public use and the FDA identifies a serious problem in a certain age group, one of the first prudent actions to be taken (by FDA and the public) is to no longer administer that product in the particular age group at risk. In June 2021, the FDA and the CDC held urgent meetings and concluded the mRNA vaccines cause heart damage or myocarditis in young persons. A warning was given to the public.” (Dr. Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH) The FDA stated in its warning that it was “announcing revisions to the patient and provider fact sheets for Moderna and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines regarding the risks of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and pericarditis (inflammation of the tissue surrounding the heart) following vaccination. For each vaccine, the FACT Sheet for Healthcare Providers Administering Vaccine (Vaccine Providers) has been revised to include a warning about myocarditis and pericarditis and the Fact Sheet for Recipients and Caregivers has been revised to include the information about myocarditis and pericarditis.”

Pet Talk

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Many of us create a short list of New Year’s resolutions in January, promising to improve ourselves or pay it forward for others. How about making resolutions to make your furry family members have a more quality life?

Library Lines ...

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Mix all ingredients, along with smashed brains of moose, deer, caribou, etc.” begins the Laplander Coffee Bread recipe out of the cookbook, “Alaska’s Choice: Palmer-Pioneer Home of Palmer, Alaska.”