By Dick Nachbar Numerous reports during the past several years have indicated a major decline in the population of monarch butterflies. Pesticide use and habitat loss, such as milkweed eradication, have been blamed.
This old adventurer and many others now endure TV advertisements for prescription pharmaceutical products we can only wonder at and about… We don’t know how to pronounce the names of these labelled prescription drugs but we are heavily warned about allergic reactions and multiple side effects. Of course, we don’t know what ingredients these drugs might contain and whether or not we have some unknown allergy to worry about.
Recently we learned that James Webb Space Telescope successfully reached its destination, far out in space well beyond our Boss Star, our sun. Lots of NASA talent and dollars launched this instrument on its journey last Christmas; now, it is sending back photos from its destination showing the early days of our universe.
Our House of Representatives’ Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on our nation’s capitol held its 6th public hearing in unscheduled and surprising fashion this past week on June 28, 2022. Congress was in recess for the July 4th holiday and the young lady witness was former top aide to ex-president’s chief of staff. Focus of attention was internal White House activity for several days leading up to the attack on the capitol. Witness’s testimony supplemented her four previously private interviews of some 20 hours.
Select Committee of our House of Representatives completed its third televised report last week concerning January 6, 2021, violence in our nation’s Capitol. Biggest news focused on role of vice president counting electoral votes for president and vice-president in Senate’s chamber.
This commotion began more than 17 months ago when our Washington DC Capitol of our somewhat united States was violently assaulted with intent to overturn democratic election results (journal entry Jan. 8, 2021). Last week a special Congressional House of Representatives investigative “Select Committee” presented its introduction to its more comprehensive reporting expected in about a half-dozen additional televised presentations beginning this week. According to some recognized national thinkers, this stuff is bigger than 1973’s Watergate hearings.
We’re bumping up against June’s Summer Solstice following long Winter and short Spring. This old adventurer and his longterm bride, sweetheart and best friend are seeing their first summer season develop here at Majestic Pines, their comprehensive senior camp since September of last year, nearly North of Highway #2 in this fine city at once-grand rapids of dandy river Mississippi.
Our calendars recently announced Memorial Day weekend, bracketed by High School graduations across our land. About this time exactly six decades ago, this old adventurer began his own journey into the world-at-large with fresh diploma in hand. He can’t help thinking about then and now.
A driveway from Mal Bay Road to Big Bass Lake displays historic signage announcing “Est. 1979”, “Idaho Avenue” and family name routed onto Moose horn found near Babine River’s “Rainbow Alley”, British Columbia. “Idaho Avenue” street sign, scavenged by young truant son decades ago far from Highway #2, reflects some 35 years of fulltime Idaho residence with longer family ties to our Northland here since the early ‘50’s.
On the heels of recent rough weather and on the eve of fishing opener, our Good Lord and good community made a good day for a good man and his family - Tom ‘Mr. D’ Drazenovich Field Dedication took place, just North of Highway #2 here at those oncegrand rapids of our dandy river Mississippi.