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Nominating Convention
PURPOSE: To nominate legislative candidates for the state legislature, and to elect delegates and alternates to the North Dakota State Republican Convention to be held the end of March. Anyone interested in being a delegate or alternate should attend.
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egistration is underway for the 2012 Sheyenne Valley Soccer League season for youth players age 5 (by Jan. 1, 2012) through sixth-grade. With more than 100 players on co-ed teams, the recreational league emphasizes basic skills such as conditioning, ball handling and strategy, along with teamwork and sportsmanship. Weather permitting, this years season is set to begin the week of March 19 and conclude with the Kohls Cup, scheduled for May 26. Game days are Saturdays at the soccer eld in Valley City, with practice times and dates set by each team coach. To register, mail $35 per player to SVSL, c/o: James Adams, 849 Hanna Ave., Valley City, N.D. 58072. Scholarships are available based on need. Registration fee includes t-shirt for preK/K players. Add $20 for players in rst through sixth grade who do not have a jersey. Royal blue/gold jerseys are required for
Skoal Room of the VCSU Student Center. 5:30 p.m.: American Birkebeiner (40th anniversary); 6 to 7:30 p.m.: Gold Rush with Charlie Chaplin. Open to all. More info: Philip Deger, 701-845-7528 or philip.deger@vcsu.edu
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VOLUNTEERS: Sheyenne Valley Soccer League is in need of volunteers to coach, assist coaches or help with concessions. No previous experience is required as training is available. To volunteer, contact Russ Kau man, 701-845-9194 or via email at russmisti@yahoo.com FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact James Adams at 701-490-2533 (james.m.adams@gmail.com) or Lance Jenison 845-6219, 845-1517 (jenison@csicable.net).
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District 24 Republicans Nominating Convention starts at 7 p.m. at the Valley City Country Club. Purpose: To nominate legislative candidates for the state legislature and to elect delegates and alternates to the North Dakota Republican Convention. The Whoever Can Come Band jam session runs from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Barnes County Museum in downtown Valley City. Free for participants and audience. More info: Wes Anderson, 701-8450966. First Annual VCSU Winter Fun Fest continues with events throughout the day: 10 a.m. - Nordic ski races at Valley City Country Club golf course; 1 p.m. - Snow soccer in the field next to the VCSU Student Apartments on Viking Drive; 2
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Youth Sports Complex. Open to all. More info: Philip Deger, 701-8457528 or philip.deger@ vcsu.edu Texas Holdem Tournament at the VFW in downtown Valley City. Registration at noon, followed by tournament play. For people 21+. Barnes County Senior Center Activities: 12:30 p.m., lunch (roast beef, mashed potatoes/gravy, peas and onions, strawberry shortcake). The Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit, Key Ingredients: America By Food, is currently at the Barnes County Historical Society Museum in Valley City, now through March 11. The free exhibit is open to the public MonSat 10AM-4PM and Sundays 1-4PM. Formal tours and other hours by appointment. More info: Wes Anderson, 701-8450966
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Traveling Exhibit, Key Ingredients: America By Food, is currently at the Barnes County Historical Society Museum in Valley City, now through March 11. The free exhibit is open to the public MonSat 10AM-4PM and Sundays 1-4PM. Formal tours and other hours by appointment. More info: Wes Anderson, 701-8450966.
More info: Karla, 701-8455138 or visit www.mops. org Valley City Rotary meets every Tuesday at noon at the Valley City VFW Club. Sandy Kjelvik of Discovery Benefits presents the talk Operational Efficiencies and Leadership at 3 p.m. in the Skoal Room of the VCSU Student Center. The free talk is part of the VCSU Division of Business and Information Technologys Business Talks Spring 2012. The Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit, Key Ingredients: America By Food, is currently at the Barnes County Historical Society Museum in Valley City, now through March 11. The free exhibit is open to the public MonSat 10AM-4PM and Sundays 1-4PM. Formal tours and other hours by appointment. More info: Wes Anderson, 701-8450966
call Amy Pederson at the Valley City Parks & Rec office, 701-845-3294. Valley City Kiwanis Club meets every Wednesday at 12:04 p.m. at the Valley City VFW Club. Barnes County Senior
Center Activities: 9:30 a.m., Bone Builders Exercise; 11:30 a.m., lunch (meatloaf, baked potato/ sour cream, beets, juice, bar); 1:15 p.m., pinochle and whist. Open Mic at Duttons Parlour in downtown Valley
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District 24 Republicans Presidential Caucus runs from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Valley City Country Club and Enderlin VFW. North Dakota Winter Show Activities: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. - View Big Boy Toys; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Commercial Exhibits; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Ag Challenge and Worlds Largest Crop Show; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Country Hoedown Day featuring Smokehouse; 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Chuck Wagon Lunch; 10 to 11:30 a.m. - Tiling Seminar; 11:30 a.m. - Dust Control and Soil Stabilization seminar: noon to 1 p.m. - Current Ag Issues seminar; 1 p.m. - ag seminar on local and national issues; 1 to 2 p.m. - Meet Brian Hefty, host of AgPhD television show; 3 p.m. - Old Time Tractor Pull; 7:30 p.m. Pick-up Pull. More info: 800-437-0218. Barnes County Senior Center Activities: 11:30 a.m., lunch (beef tips, noodles, coleslaw, tomato juice, fruit), noon to 1 p.m., movie Super Size; 1:15 p.m., pinochle. Sheyenne Valley MOPS (Mothers of PreSchoolers) meet the first and third Tuesdays of each month from 9 to 11 a.m. at First Church of the Nazarene in Valley City. Childcare is provided through the MOPPETS program. MOPS is open to all moms with children from infancy-kindergarten.
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North Dakota Winter Show Activities: noon Crop Show entry deadline; 1 p.m. - Crop Show Judging; 4:30 p.m. - Set up for Chili Cook-off; 5:30 p.m. Chili Cook-off; 7 p.m. - Community Olympics. More info: 800-437-0218. Hannaford City Council meets the first Monday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Hannaford City Hall. Region 1 Tournament - high school girls basketball - is March 5, 6, and 8 at NDSCS-Wahpeton. Barnes County Senior Center Activities: 10:30 a.m., exercise; 11:30 a.m., lunch (pork roast, mashed potatoes/gravy, mixed vegetables, fruit); 1:15 p.m., whist. Buffalo Senior Citizens meet every Monday at the Community Center, Buffalo, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Smithsonian
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or March and National Nutrition Month, set a goal to make half of your grains whole-grain. For most individuals, five to six ounces of grains is recommended per day. Some people may need to increase their total grain consumption while others will need to substitute whole grains for already consumed refined grains. Research has shown that whole grains lower your risk for diabetes, heart disease, cancer, stroke, and obesity. Whole grains are not hard to find once you know a few simple facts. First, whole grains are those that include the bran, endosperm and germ. There are not that many grains that we consume as whole grains. Look at the food label for clues as to whether the food does indeed contain whole grains. Usually, just looking for the word "whole" is a good start - for example, "whole wheat" or "whole oats." Besides wheat and oats, there are several other grains that are whole grains - corn, popcorn, brown rice, barley, wild rice, buckwheat, bulgur and quinoa. Grains are called refined grains when only certain parts of the seed are used. Look at the food label for 100% whole grain," "100% whole wheat," or "100% whole oats. A phrase like multi grain," "wheat bread," or "made with whole grain doesnt mean the product is made entirely with whole grain. The color of the product is no help either. Sometimes brown coloring is added to a refined grain product to give you the impression that its whole grain. Other times, a white variety of whole grain wheat is used, making the whole grain product white. If several grains are listed in the ingredients list, check to see if they are all whole grain. Whole grains lose 25 percent of their protein along with 17 other nutrients when theyre refined. Even if refined grain products have been enriched by adding some vitamins and minerals, they are not as healthy as whole grains. Remember, too, that a product made with whole grain may also have other ingredients that make it less than ideal. A product can be made from whole grain and also contain large amounts of sugar, unhealthy fats or sodium. Read the food label and ingredient list to make sure you are getting the most out of your families food dollars. Can you find the healthier options based on these main ingredients from traditional grocery store purchases? Pick the top three from the list of six below: A. 12-Grain Bread ingredients: enriched unbleached flour, water, light brown sugar, yeast B. Multi-Grain Bread ingredients: water, enriched unbleached flour, crushed wheat, light brown sugar, wheat bran, rye meal, rolled oats, wheat gluten C. Whole Wheat Bread ingredient: whole wheat flour, water, brown sugar, wheat gluten, yeast, wheat bran. D. Whole Grain White Bread ingredients: water, enriched flour, whole wheat flour, sugar, brown rice flour E. Quick Oats ingredients: 100% natural whole grain rolled oats F. All-Purpose Enriched Flour ingredients: bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin, mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid G. Whole Wheat Flour ingredients: whole wheat flour (Answers: C, E, G)
Nadeau is an extension agent with the Barnes County Family Nutrition Program. Reach her by email: ashley.nadeau@ndsu.edu
ow can y o u save $60 a year with no work at all? By switching your snack By Andrea Winter choices. W h e n you compare a serving of chips to a serving of baby carrots, the carrots win on nutrients and cost. One serving of chips is 40 cents while one serving of carrots is only 18 cents. This means that in one year, if you ate a serving of carrots five days a week instead of a serving of potato chips, you would save yourself $60. Eating healthy can be affordable and easy on your pocketbook. No matter if you buy canned, frozen or fresh fruits and vegetables, new research shows that they are all nutritionally comparable, which means you can buy whatever is on sale, seasonal and fits into
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Casey Kjera is an NDSU student dietitian working with Sharon Buhr of the Young Peoples Healthy Heart Program at Mercy Hospital. Your Health is coordinated by Mercy Hospital.
ave you ever made a salad or a pan of bars for a social event? If you havent, you must know someone who loves By Sue B. to cook or bake and is quick to volunteer Balcom to provide food for a public-spirited event. I know I love to do that. Mostly because theres only two of us in the house and we cant eat as much as much as I can bake. So I have to give it away. So what would be the problem if I wanted to sell the wonderful things I bake? Wouldnt it be cool to cook and bake and can to my hearts content and then make some money doing what I love to do? Oh no enter the food police. Okay, you got me I have been reading Joel Salatin books again. He makes a valid point about local food. We can donate all the food we want to families, churches, schools and other organizations; once we start
would bike to the Schlittenhard farm or the Elhard farm and buy a quart of cream to bake kuchen. Those days are gone forever, methinks. As a small business owner, I would do my level best to keep my customers happy and that would include not making them sick with my produce or meat. If they did, it could put me out of business in a heartbeat So, if Im feeding my children and grandchildren food I grow, raise or prepare with the intent of making them healthy instead of sick why would you think I wasnt concerned about my customers health also? There are risks in living, people. And there are those who would shudder to see all the dirt I lick off my hands when I garden. Wow, I dont peel carrots or potatoes if I grow them myself. I trust a small local butcher before I an enormous federally inspected plant any day. Why? Because I would take the time to talk to the butcher maybe he would call me by name and know how I like my steaks cut. BALCOM: 9
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through the remodeling and being able to stay open has been his biggest challenge so far. Im looking forward to it being over, he added. The remodel is not just limited to whats pleasing to the eye; the City Lights menu is also slated for a total remodel with the sports bar side of the business to feature an expanded burger menu plus a larger selection of appetizers. A new fine-dining menu will include the new pasta dishes plus some vegetarian and gluten-free options. Were working toward fresh entrees, Bergan said. Something real innovative and unique. Something totally different that Valley City doesnt have. With a staff of up to 24, hes hoping that top-notch service is part of an overall satisfying dining experience. You shouldnt have to go to a bigger city to get a good dining experience for a reasonable price, Bergan stated. City Lights is on the southwest edge of Valley City, just south of I-94 off Exit 290. Food is served MondaySaturday from 5 to 10pm, with the lounge open until midnight. Reservations are encouraged and catering services are available; call 701-8459733.
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If you want your local business to be there for you, you need to be there for them. We did a survey on farmers markets a few years ago. One respondent said that farmer market tomatoes cost $2 a pound so they had to drive an hourand-a-half to a Walmart Supercenter so they could get them cheaper. Seriously? Did they not understand the cost of gas, their time and perhaps all the money they spent on things they didnt need making that trip to save 50 cents a pound on tomatoes? Wow? And, how about the fact that the cash deposited at local super stores travels out of the state at an alarming rate and the farmers market dollar gets circulate up to three or more times around the community in which you and your farmer lives? Give it some thought. Ask me some questions
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dike, move more houses, raise bridges, widen the flood plain, build a water treatment plant, move more houses, raise the flood plain elevation, increase and expand the cost of flood insurance. The process also raises many more questions than it answers: n What will happen if the West Stump Lake Ditch operates and lowers the elevation of Devils Lake several feet? n Will the Tolna Coulee Control Structure ever operate? n If either the West Stump Lake Ditch or the Tolna Coulee Control Structure operates and lowers the overflow elevation to 1,446 feet msl, will the other outlets ever be needed? n If the elevation of the lake is lowered, will they drain more wetlands in order to get more water in the lake? n If the Tolna Coulee elevation is lowered, will the SWC and the Corps revise the Operating Plan and allow the stop logs to be replaced in order to prevent further floods downstream? n How high will the dikes in Valley City and Lisbon have to be in order to contain flooding in the Sheyenne? n How will downstream cities deal with the addition of over 3,000 cubic feet per second from Devils Lake? With a potential dry spring there is still time for a comprehensive study of the entire Devils Lake basin. Such a study should be done before any more projects are started.
Richard Betting is a member of People to Save the Sheyenne. He lives in Valley City.
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SIMONSON: from 10 Rig your combos with the lures you will use so you can begin fishing upon arrival at the spot you plan to fish. Know what species you will encounter, and be ready to fish for them, purchasing the proper bait before hand. Scout It Out. It is important for new anglers to have fun on the ice, and fun means catching fish. Talk to your usual fishing buddies or the local tackle shop owner to find out where the fish are biting, or use your experience from this season and others to target readily biting fish. Steady action produces an enjoyable time on the ice, even if the average size isnt all that big. While one big fish may produce an incredible memory, a three-hour trip filled with 30 good-sized specimens will also be memo-
rable. Target fish that bite all day, like perch for a steady bend in the ice rods. Or target evening bites, focusing on the two-hour window when crappies tend to bite the best through the ice. For these fish, dont arrive at your honey hole too early, as the slow time leading up to a night bite just causes inexperienced anglers to get fidgety and cold.
Remember the Moment. Dont forget to bring a camera and include the pictures of the outing, whether you knock the fish out or only catch cold. Take photos of you and your significant other enjoying the moment together, using the auger, baiting the hook and just having a good time. Whether you skunk or catch 60, make it a memorable experience. Write the results down in
your fishing journal as to what worked and what didnt and how your significant other reacted to the finer points of ice fishing. Just like how you use your past experiences to try to figure the fish out, these notes will gauge further interest your spouse or significant other might have in other trips on the icein our outdoors.
Nick Simonson grew up in Valley City.
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Where Do We Put Moises on the IQ Scale? With this information, how many politicians are ready to teach school at any level? They have no idea what its like. Where on the IQ scale would you put our idiot Moises who shot the ministers daughter? I think he would be around 90 on the IQ scale. At this level people may be able to follow some instructions but not complicated ones. Removing a clip is no big deal, but remembering there might be a round in the chamber reaches the difficult level. Any state that allows people in this category to conceal and carry is asking for deep doodoo and firearm deaths. In a Pennsylvania incident, a young man knocked on the door of a house where he thought his girlfriend lived. The door never opened for him but he was shot through the door and killed. But that was perfectly OK. Pennsylvania has a Shoot First law to cover a person inside his castle house. At least in Dodge the parties would go out in the street and slap leather on each other. Right now, the National Rifle Association is pressing individual states to recognize all out-of-state conceal-and-carry pistol permits. As an example of weak state requirements, Florida has presented conceal-and-carry permits to 1,400 people already guilty of felonies and another 200 with outstanding arrest warrants. Just the kind of armed people we should all welcome in our communities. The Cheap Teacher Bill. The Republicans are also trying to eliminate seniority GADFLY: 13
GADFLY: From 13 as the prime reason for keeping teachers on staff during layoffs in Minnesota. They are trying to come up with all kinds of complicated teacher evaluation systems utilizing gains on standardized tests and other secondary criteria to use in cutting staffs. This bill has nothing to do with a quality education system. This is strictly an anti-labor, anti-union bill that tries to destroy the only organization that knows anything about education, the teachers. Good teachers are not their priority, cheap teachers are. I have been a high school teacher, a personnel director, an elementary principal, a high school principal, and a director of employee relations (negotiations with teachers, secretaries and aides, maintenance, food service a total of 28 years at negotiation tables). I have taught administration courses at North Dakota State University and Tri-College. I also taught a senior education course at Concordia. I have hired thousands of teachers and other education employees and have supervised thousands, spending 36 years at it. I have a big dog in this fight. Teaching Is Half Science And Half Art. Schools are not producing widgets to exacting specifications on an assembly line. I repeat, teaching is half science and half art. Lets look at a sixth grade class of about 30 students using
the Bell Curve, which divides us up according to IQ. That class of 30 started out at kindergarten already missing one child because his intelligence quotient was so low he might have to be institutionalized. By third grade level, the class would have lost two more students who would have to be placed in special classes. So now you have 30 students left with IQs between 60 and perhaps 135. In a district the size of Fargo, we may have one student in K-12 with an IQ between 160-175. Alfred Einstein was estimated to fit this category, although he was never given an IQ test in his life. We have to remember that Einstein was considered a dolt by members of his own family at the age of three, and later several of his teachers wrote report cards that basically said he would never amount to much. In that only one student out of a million has an IQ between 176 and 200, there probably isnt one in North Dakota. In the class of 30 there would be over 20 in the 85 to 115 range, many capable of earning a masters degree if at the high end. We have a lot of idiots out there who think teaching is easy money with the whole summer off. Get real and start using your IQ. Scientific and artful teaching is one of the great complex challenges in this world. It takes intelligence and experience. I thought a letter from a teacher in the Star Tribune pointed out why experience is so important:
House Republicans, have I got a deal for you! Im available to do your taxes (April 15 is fast approaching!), perform that knee surgery you need, represent you in court on that thing that happened, manage your stock portfolio, and design that addition to your house. Im here to help, Im enthusiastic and, best of all, Im cheap! What? I dont have much experience performing any of these jobs? In most of them, I have none at all. Why do you ask? But teachers dont need any experience? Some Other Aspects Of Teaching 30 Students. Beyond the span of IQ levels in this class of 30, there are some other fascinating social and economic factors to consider. Fourteen of these students qualify for free lunch and breakfast. Six are from families, double or single parents, who are at or below the poverty level. One student is homeless and lives in a van. Four are enrolled in English as a Secondary Language because they come from four different foreign countries. One student has a 125 IQ but has cerebral palsy, requires a wheelchair, and speaks to the teacher through a computer. Two are taking drugs to contain their Attention Deficit Disorder diagnosis. One student is in speech therapy because of a severe stuttering problem. If you think I have made up an unusual class you know nothing about schools and education.
Perhaps you would like to teach in Covington, Kentucky. Every year about one-third of the students change schools and one-fourth of the teachers quit. Slightly under 25 percent of the students are classified as disabled. The district has a deficit of $2.6 million. It has 400 homeless students. Each school has a family resource center where students can stock up canned food for the weekend and also borrow a clean school outfit from a large clothes closet. Cheap teachers would fit right in at Covington. Or perhaps as a cheap teacher you could teach at a 5,000 student high school in the middle of Brooklyn, N.Y. Half of the students have been born outside of the country. Each year, 250 immigrants enroll at some time during that year. Separate classes are taught in four languages and the entire school curriculum is taught in Spanish. From the third floor of this high school, a student can see Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. He might not have any idea what they represent. Some cheap teachers wouldnt know either. Lousy Administrators Usually Mean Lousy Teachers On Board. If you have lousy teachers in your school it means that you have lousy administrators at the school or in the district who are not doing their jobs. Ineffective teachers should have their weaknesses exposed and given a reasonable time to improve with concrete
suggestions from administrators and mentors. Teacher unions are there to protect members from unwarranted dismissals, nothing more. It is up to administrators to evaluate and document the ability and effectiveness of teachers so they can be discharged legally if necessary, nothing more. Teaching is a tough business these days. Cheap doesnt cut it. Lines from Iris DeMents song Wasteland of the Free reveals why: We got preachers dealing in politics and diamond mines We got politicians running races on corporate cash We got CEOs making two hundred times the workers pay But they fight like hell against raising the minimum wage We got little kids with guns fighting inner city wars, so what do we do, We put our kids behind prison doors, and we call ourselves an advanced civilization We got high school kids running around in Calvin Klein and Guess Who cannot pass a sixth grade reading test, but if you ask them They can tell you the name of every crotch on M-TV While we sit gloating in our greatness justice sinks to the bottom of the sea Living in the wasteland of the free, living in the wasteland of the free.
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ing taxes and money it Classified could be.Box The articles are Ad. PROOF. from very learned men mostly and should be read Size: 1 column before voting. x 6 tall. They say the cities will lose Local Control. I Rate: learned at the meeting that 70 percent of our school $6.50/column money comes from the inch state, which probably has $39 per run a tight control on that and $78 total justification now. requires More work will probably be required by the schools Run Dates: getting all their to adjust two Weeks funds from the state, but March 3 once they get it there is March 10 no indication they can not continue as they are now. Possibly some knowledgeable reader of the paper can give us more information on both the schools and others that get money from local property taxes as to how and where their control of the money will be removed or lessened? Possibly the fear that even after allotting the money, the Capitol will still be looking over their shoulder even more for the other 30 percent? That might be a burden for the school staff or the other facilities. There is also the fear that other services like fire and police might have a harder time getting the money they need for certain items if they can not go to the local tax people to justify their expenditures. Instead they will have to lobby in the Capitol with the added expenses involved? Now THAT could be a problem. Who knows more about what these local services need than the city auditor or the commission? Lets hear from those in favor of keeping the BUSCHING: 16
he Junior - Senior High Barnes County Student Exhibition is now installed in the Valley City State University Art Gallery. The exhibition of student works includes numerous clay sculptures, drawings and paintings from students enrolled in the award winning art department at Valley City Public School. The exhibition runs through March 16. The VCSU Art Galleryis located on the third floor of McCarthy Hall and is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Elevator service is available.
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Pictured above is a mixed media artwork done in India ink and tempera paint called Distressed. It was created by Brittany Erickson. Erickson is a 12th-grader. (Photo/submitted)
From left, Alex Pommerer, Sean Blaskowski and Ryan Janish reently earned their black belts in taekwondo. (Photo submitted/Cathy Janish)
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BUSCHING: From 14 property tax going in a simple way so our senior citizens and our apathetic voters or those that have no time to wade through ALL the pros and cons can have a better idea what the REAL problems will be rather then the ones that might happen. It may be that FDR was right in saying that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Will the sky fall as I have heard some seem to have expressed it if the property tax is abolished? If so, who will it fall on and how badly will they be hurt? Will they be eliminated by the state, and if so, why would that be if they can justify their existence? Can we all wait til June to vote again? More people in VC have voted in the last year than in any year I know of. Maybe it could become a trend.
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