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News you can use, abuse
f you spot a po-
Ilice car parked
alongside the road
checking for Speeders,
assume another po-
lice car is lurking just
around the bend. Ra-
dar traps work on the
same principle as deer
that dash across the
road in front of your
car. Always assume a
second deer is poised
and waiting in the bushes to
test Whether you’ve gotten too
cocky after avoiding that first
deer.
If you can’t unpeel a ba—
nana by peeling it from the
stalk end, flip it around and
peel the skin from the black
end. That’s what monkeys do,
and they’re banana-peeling
fiends.
Here’s a coronavirus tip
for autumn and winter: If you
wear glasses that are prone to
fogging up when you enter a
store while wearing a mask,
cup your hand over your mouth
and exhale by blowing into
your hand, through the mask.
That prevents the warm air
from escaping through the top
of your mask and fogging your
glasses. It looks odd, but in a
world of COVID—19, economic
recession, racial unrest, cli-
mate change, the election and
murder hornets, who will care?
“At 4:30, the Lord said to
me, ‘I am going to give your
president a second win.’ You
will be the president again.” —
Denise Goulet, senior associate
pastor at International Church
of Las Vegas, addressing the
current president of the United
States last Sunday.
Denise didn’t specify president
of what, but this is still a tough
prediction to wiggle out of if
Joe Biden wins. I’ll make a pre-
diction: If Biden wins, Denise
will find an elegant way out of
God’s prophesy, similar to the
retreat made by a self-made
prophet I knew in the 1990s
who called himself Moses and
hailed from the Red River
Valley in Texas. Moses made
predictions based on numerol-
ogy and his interpretation of
the Bible, including one fore-
cast that Mount Rainier would
explode on a specific date. He
stood on a street corner in
downtown Olympia for weeks
By KIRK
ERICSON
with a sign with that
date on it. The day
after Mount Rainier
didn’t explode, I asked
him what happened.
He laughed and said he
reran the numbers, re-
read the relevant parts
of the Bible and con-
cluded that it had been
ordained by God that
he, Moses, was fated to
provide the wrong date
for Mount Rainier’s explosion.
He said he would be predicting
a new date soon.
Here’s another election
prediction. It comes from
Travis Ridout, a political sci-
ence professor at Washington
State University, as reported
in The News Tribune. This is
a forecast that predicts that
something will definitely hap-
pen, can’t say precisely what,
but expect something.
Ridout said, “ ‘It could be an
interesting time for a fresh—
man Democrat to be in Con-
gress.’ He said he thinks ‘the
odds are pretty good’ that the
Democrats hold the House,
and that ‘there’s probably at
least a 50—50 chance of a Demo-
cratic Senate as well.’ If both
those things happen, and if Joe
Biden wins the White House,
that could mean ‘some massive
legislative efforts.’ ”
This is for people who use
desktop computers and have
progressive eyeglasses, which
are lens that have gradations
of correction from the top of the
lens to the bottom. If the words
are blurry when you’re look-
ing at the screen and you find
yourself tilting up your chin to
keep the screen in, focus, fold
a Post—it Note several times to
create a wedge that you can fit
atop the bridge of your nose.
Rest the wedge against the
nose pads and bridge of your
frames so it lifts your lenses
just a bit, allowing you to see
through the lower part of the
lenses, which are designed
for closer-up reading. It looks
goofy, but like exhaling into
your hand, who will care? Also,
I haven’t run this past the
American Optometric Associa-
tion.
Stretch daily.
I Contact Kirk Ericson at
kirk@masoncounty.com.
Make your voice heard
arly last week, Ma-
E son County elections
staff delivered more
than 43,000 ballots for the
Nov. 3 general election to
the postal processing plant
in Tacoma for distribution
to county residents.
Most people got their
ballot in the mail Oct. 15
or 16.
As of Monday night,
more than 5,400 — about
12.5 percent had been
returned to the county.
It is good to see our
residents take on the seri—
ous responsibility of voting
with such enthusiasm.
According to the Mason
County Auditor’s Office,
nearly 1,800 new voter
registrations have been
received in the past six
weeks.
That is welcome news.
There are fewer more
sacred traditions here in
the United States than ex-
ercising one’s right to vote.
Voting gives everyone
an equal voice in our fu-
ture.
The presidential and
gubernatorial races cer—
tainly draw the most atten-
tion during campaigning,
but here in Mason County
— like elsewhere in our
country it is the local
races such as those for
county commissioner that
can have a far greater im-
pact in our daily lives.
Those races can be every
bit as spirited and fero—
cious as thebigger races.
While you might only
see the president or gov-
ernor on television, those
running in our local races
live right here in our com-
munity, where we see them
frequently. Many of us
have known them before
they ran for office, or know
members of their family.
Local races matter.
Our letters to the edi-
tor section has been filled
with commentary for and
against both incumbent
Randy Neatherlin and
challenger Ted Jackson in
the campaign for the Ma—
son County commissioner '
seat representing District
1.
It has been encouraging
to see the community en—
gaged in spirited and lively
discussion.
Just as important as the,
races, are ballot measures,
such as Fire Protection
District 11’s bond measure
to help it purchase a new
primary fire truck or Fire
12’s emergency medical
services levy. These im-
portant races give you a
chance to have your say in
your community.
To those of you who
have cast your vote al-
ready, we say thank you.
To those who have not, we
encourage you to ensure
that you do.
Casting your ballot is
your chance to stand up
and speak to those who do
or would represent you.
Make your voice heard.
Vote .
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AND A STARBUCK‘S
FINALLY
A REAL TOWNI
SINCE WHEN DO
FRANCHISES
DEFINE WHAT A
TOWN IS?
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