Perspectives

Is this a scare tactic? There has never been a case of CWD recorded in medical history that affected a human being yet.

When deer get sick and weak they have a good chance to survive, because they don’t have to fight for food now.

Going back some 25 years, I was a member of AARP; that is, until 15 years ago when they made a sudden sharp left-turn politically. Approximately two years later, I read in a national news magazine that AARP had lost around 6 million members in that two-year period of time. Guess I wasn’t the only one who noticed. Obama compensated AARP by forking over $100,000 of taxpayers money for several years. I have no idea if those payouts still continue, but wouldn’t bet the farm that they don’t.

Autumn has officially arrived. Here in TIMESLand we have some beautiful colors to prove it. Country roadsides and city streets keep getting prettier and prettier each day. Expect the colors will peak this weekend and next, but hope they last a long, long time.

Thursday Mike came in with the mail and said “The Peshtigo Times is in color now.”  
Never afraid to be loudly wrong, I said, “No, they don’t print in color.”  
He handed me the proof and I felt a mix of emotions, but not shock.
I knew newspapers, especially small ones, have had a struggle to be profitable in the last 15 years or so.