OPINION

Accountability. We hear about how we should be accountable for our actions. What about our elected officials? They make promises all through campaigns and tout how “they” can do the job better than such and such. Then they get in office and they turn out to be all hat and no saddle.

Formal Events

Three big things happen each winter: We celebrate the New Year, watch basketball, and go to formal dances. Women understand these events. Many guys, who consider formal dress to mean a tie without a sports team logo, do not.

Aquifer Day is Feb. 8

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. The field day is scheduled for Feb.

Considerations for quitting students

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.

Cleanliness Campaign

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. Facilities will be needed as long as folks drink water or take a long car trip.

It’s Cold Outside

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. But the ozone layer is invisible, so it would be really hard to find the hole. For winter amusement, many people ski.

Editor’s Message

“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.

Editor’s Message

I ran across this and had to share it. Author unknown. Have you ever wondered why people ask questions when the answer is glaringly clear? Example: Walk into a shoe store that sells only shoes, nothing else.

Pet Talk

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? 1. Walk Dogs Daily We can all pack on pounds during the holiday season.

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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.