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Skin is the largest organ in the human body, but it’s easy to take it for granted. Unless we notice pain or itching or funny spots, most people don’t give it much thought.
Read moreMuch appreciation to those who attempted to get fair, reasonable zoning enacted in Bon Homme County the past several years. Your efforts made a huge difference. We have 3/4 mile setbacks for 1000 animal units and higher and ½ mile setbacks for 800 to 999 animal units. Also the cities have a ¾ mile setback for new CAFOS planning to build near them. There were many other zoning policy improvements made. Sadly, there was not a strong road haul agreement policy adopted. However, all road haul agreements are left up to the discretion of the Highway Superintendent. The key is to let him and the commissioners know asap once damage is starting to occur on our county roads to prevent disastrous destruction of these roads. Road damage has been a much too frequent occurrence by a few who do not seem to care. Highway Superintendent Matt Hauck’s phone is 605 589 4216. To obtain a copy of the final adopted zoning changes please contact the Bon Homme Auditor Tamara Brunke. We are encouraging property taxpayers to pay your first half taxes this spring and write in the memo of your check “under protest”. This helps point out the need for change and may give us a window to address issues in circuit court if the county refuses to address these issues. Also please write “need road haul agreements, gravel road dust control and any other concerns you have “in the memo as well. We are one of the few counties around that does not have any dust control program available for heavily traveled gravel roads. This is unacceptable. Please feel free to contact me at any time about how you feel we should proceed in the future. There were many Bon Homme residents who gave powerful verbal and written testimony about the need for good zoning and a good neighbor policy.
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There’s a line from the movie “Bridges of Madison County” where Meryl Streep, playing an Italian transplant to an Iowa farm, says something to effect of, “The people here are all very nice, that’s true, but it’s kind of like meeting the same person over and over.”
Read moreEPHESIANS 6: 10-17 "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers od darkness of this world.Wherefore take unto you the whole aemour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day (now) and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore having your LOINS girt about with TRUTH and having on the BREASTPLATE of RIGHTEOUSNESS.. And your FEET SHOD with the preparation of the GOSPEL of PEACE; above all, taking the SHIELD of FAITH wherewith ye shall be able to QUENCH all the FIREY DARTS of the WICKED. And take the HELMENT of SALVATION, and the SWORD of the SPIRIT, which is the WORD of GOD."(KJV)
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On Monday morning, March 28th, Tom, my son-in-law, and I headed to Genoa, Wisconsin, a very small town on the east bank of the Mississippi River. Genoa lies 17 miles south of La Crosse, just above Lock and Dam #8. We were going to fish from the Clements Fishing Barge as reports indicated that the perch were hitting. It would be a totally new experience for both of us.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, was first listed as a medical diagnosis in 1980. However, it has been recognized and called by many different names throughout history. The first recorded description of PTSD is in the Epic of Gilgamesh which dates back to 2100 B.C. In The Iliad and The Odyssey, Homer wrote about Trojan War soldiers exhibiting the symptoms of PTSD. Shakespeare described a character in King Henry IV who suffered from post-traumatic nightmares.
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There’s nothing like a few solid hours of drive time through some wide-open country with a big, beautiful sky filling your windshield to set your life in perspective. I recently had the opportunity to spend a few days on the road—just me, my dog, Frankie, and Spotify over the Bluetooth in the car. It was glorious.
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If you are an avid angler, you want to be on our Francis Case Reservoir, or beneath the dams at either Pickstown or Ft. Thompson, pursuing walleyes right now! One can either troll or toss minnow-tipped jigs, but either way, move or retrieve slowly and quietly. I like fourpound test monofilament line and eighth-ounce jigs. I also like chartreuse in color. They won’t be as aggressive as post-spawn walleyes, but you have a greater chance of nailing a big one. Please put the egg-laden fish back in the river.
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