From My WindowIssue Date: October 18, 2018 Pumpkins and Preparation
By Jane Thibodeau Martin,
We are in the heart of autumn now. This past week the fall colors were truly spectacular " and it was every bit as amazing as I remembered. Sometimes memories reach our brain through the filter of "rose-colored glasses," and when we re-experience something after a long time, it is just not as good as we recalled. Not so with the Wisconsin woodlands annual show time.
The farmers around my rural home are bustling up and down our gravel road with loads an...
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Country CousinIssue Date: October 18, 2018 Snow in October?
The winter of 2018 is proving to be something of a "Fimble Vinter for TIMESland, to misuse a phrase from Norse mythology that turned out to be based on fact. We only had five months without snow this year - May, June, July, August and September. We almost didn't even make it through September.
The first half of the winter of 2018 didn't end until after the record-setting blizzard in April. The second half came early. Snow fell in the northern northern reaches of Marinette County during the first...
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From our readersIssue Date: October 18, 2018 Letter to the Editor:
The Coleman School District renovations with add-ons is estimated to cost $14,300,000.00 if the add-ons are approved. Originally $13,800,000.00 was approved by the taxpayers in April for the renovations and expansion. In that amount, Miron Construction inflated the price to include $750,000.00 to cover contingencies. We also have $581,000.00 in a fund designated for Capital improvements or repairs that the board is considering to use to pay for these add-ons. As stated in the Peshtigo Times last week, "Fund 46"...
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From our readersIssue Date: October 11, 2018 Letter to Editor:
They say that if you put a frog in a pan of water and slowly turn up the heat it won't know that it's in danger until it's too late. I fear that Marinette may become one of greatest environmental disasters in the nation with barely a peep from our State agencies and elected officials. We are in dangerous waters now.
Alarm bells unlike any we've heard before should be ringing with the newspaper reports of the County Board's approval of the Tyco/Johnson Controls request to build a water filtra...
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Country CousinIssue Date: October 11, 2018 Time to hibernate...
Autumn leaves are so beautiful this fall that they seem to glow even through the gloomy rain and fog. In the far northern reaches of TiMESland, they've already had some snow. If you don't get out this weekend for a fall color tour it'll probably be too late.
Winter is coming on fast. Every species has its own way of dealing with the cold months to come. Always thought snakes probably wintered underground, but just recently read that rattlesnakes gather in groups to sleep th...
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