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Page A-4 Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, Oct. 2020 TIMES 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 . WOW! A WENDY'S AND A STARBUCK‘S FINALLY A REAL TOWNI SINCE WHEN DO FRANCHISES DEFINE WHAT A TOWN IS? Slulton-Masoumnip illme The Shelton—Mason County Jour- nal is a member of the Wash— ington Newspaper Publishers Association. 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