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Do you ever give much thought to where your weaner steers and heifers go when you load’em on the truck or take ’em to the sale? You think maybe it’s like goin’ off to college? Stay in the dormitory, have a nice roommate who doesn’t bawl or stay up all night talking about the cute Charolais they met in the cafeteria. Maybe join a fraternity or sorority, Milka Dama Cow. Play intramural head butting, horn wrestling or pin the tail on the Holstein? They can learn a foreign language like Corriente...
Once again, federal politicians have mandated the cancellation of the upcoming holidays, in a round-about way, by ensuring empty shelves, late or no delivery, and the possibility of another Fauci–COVID–protocol–proclamation. What!?–No Christmas again this year? It all stems from the compliance of the federal vaccine mandate that really isn’t a mandate because it was never filed, therefore not enforceable, but yet the masses fall all over themselves to comply. Do we do this for cancer? What about suicide? How about drug or alcohol abuse? Wh...
I’ve got a mule deer hangin’ on my wall from northern New Mexico so I could relate to Rafael’s story. He had joined two of his cousins for a deer hunting trip near Cuba, N.M., where his uncle had a cabin. They arrived late and missed the first day because cousin Dee Dee was going through changes in her life. To be fair, Dee Dee was a good hunter so her ditsy behavior was unexpected. Rafael had agreed to guide, cook and pack. He was up at 5 a.m. getting the cook stove ready, the firewood gathe...
Food security is often thought of as a national topic, but food security starts locally. Washington state is part of what the U.S. Department of Agriculture has dubbed the “Fruitful Rim.” Yet, we are also home to numerous “food deserts” where food is hard to come by. The USDA defines a food desert as a “low-income tract where a substantial number or substantial share of residents does not have easy access to a supermarket or grocery store.” More specifically, food deserts are areas where people do not have easy access to affordable,...
To the editor, I was in the hospital with COVID for about six days and was treated by all personnel very well; vaccinated or not. It is a shame that these liberals are demanding all people working in the hospital, get a vaccination. It shouldn’t be up to them if they get it or not. So, I say, if you want it or if you don’t want it, that’s fine with me. It is up to you and no liberal should tell you what you should be doing. And if they don’t like it, they can get out of Garfield County! Sonny Riley Pomeroy, Wash....
The button works–for some people! Baby steps. If you have private long-term-care insurance (LTCI) and want to opt out of a new long-term-care payroll tax starting in January, you can apply for an exemption with the state of Washington starting today. Maybe. For those who got in before the site crashed, minutes after it opened, I hear it was easy. I have not had success. Read more about the regressive tax and misguided law that created it here. This law concerning long-term care should be repealed by lawmakers. The new mandate burdens family b...
Astrology is one of those wonderful pseudo-sciences like naturopathy or cattle futures that anybody with an imagination can rapidly become an expert in. I have taken it upon myself to devise my own astrological symbols. If there is some question which sign you were born under, just ask a friend. I present them to you now. OKRA—People born under the sign of Okra are slippery, smooth talkin’ and slick. Without self-restraint they can slide right over on their face. Okras make good molasses sal...
Update October 4, 2021: The Cares Website continues to experience problems and periods of long downtime. After last year’s abject failure to deliver an unemployment benefit system capable of handling the unemployment claims of Washington residents and losing $650 million taxpayer dollars to a Nigerian scam, you may be shocked to learn the Employment Security Department (ESD) was trusted with administering the state mandated Long-Term Care Insurance program that begins in January 2022. The f...
To the editor, Pataha Flour Mill would like to congratulate all the hard workers and participants for a wonderful job putting on our Fair this year. With so many hurdles and setbacks in these unsettling times, our Fair was a monument to determination, camaraderie, and a great deal of creativity. Of special mention is the Ag Museum, which is a real treasure in our County. Our family had a relative from Virginia with us during the Fair and she was amazed how outstanding the Ag Museum is. Hats off to all the gracious folks who continue to put so...
I try not to make this column too educational but sometimes there is a need that can’t be ignored. When ranchers and cowmen work their cowherd, they are often under pressure to cull cows that they have developed a peculiar fondness for. Their excuses for keepin’ the ol’ darlin’ can be pretty feeble. I present to you a list of excuses which can be used as a handy reference while yer standin’ there at the chute. “I always keep the roan cows. They’re good luck.” “She’s a good marker.” “She’ll be go...
Washington state ranks among the bottom for states that provide legislative oversight of executive emergency powers. What’s Washington doing wrong? We explore the problem and need for reform in this new video (WPC video here). In an emergency, governors need broad powers to act fast. Legislative bodies inevitably take longer to assemble and act than a single executive, so they temporarily delegate their power to the executive in emergencies. But these powers are supposed to be transferred for a limited period of time. For example, in W...
Over the past few years, the Democratic-led Legislature has passed more than a few bills that raised taxes or created new ones, and many of us have felt the pinch in our pocketbooks, or we will soon. So, you might be interested in some upcoming meetings on the issue of taxes. The Tax Structure Work Group is holding seven town halls around the state remotely by Zoom, beginning next week and ending November 3. This work group is holding two town halls for the state’s east region, which includes t...
Cities across Washington are acting to ban a local income tax. In one example, this November voters in the city of Yakima will consider ballot measure Proposition 3, a charter amendment that would prohibit city officials from imposing a local income tax. The effort comes as state lawmakers this year enacted Washington’s first statewide income tax, on capital gains income, a bill whose constitutionality is being challenged in the courts. Other cities have already acted to prevent a local income tax. A similar charter amendment was adopted by 7...
Now and then I get to thinkin’ I should quit this feedlot job. Go and ride with Buster, what’s-his-name, his Texas wagon mob. Maybe move to old Montana, wear them bat wings for a while Or do California day work in the old vaquero style. I get my western magazines, shoot, I keep ’em by my chair And I read ’em after lunchin’, sometimes wishin’ I was there. See, it all looks so romantic. All they do is brand and ride Maybe gather up some wild ones, push ’em down the other side While the cameras k...
When you take a seat in the waiting room of a veterinary clinic, a feedlot office or an animal health store, you occasionally notice a body sitting there who looks out of place. They are often dressed in a more formal attire than most clientele. They may be doing their times (two times two is four, two times four is eight, etc…), they may be reading the 10-year-old copy of Progressive Recipies Magazine, or they could be annoying you…just killing time. These dedicated people, who seem to take pre...
Recently, there have been outbreaks of Covid, the Delta Variant or others with assigned Greek alphabet names over the summer. Many people, young and old I know, have experienced, to some degree, the effects of the virus. Whatever category the virus was in, most contracted the virus quickly, no matter if they were vaccinated and not. This summer experience did not miss local businesseses, including the East Washingtonian and Dayton Chronicle newspapers, which my husband and I publish. At the Chronicle in Dayton, the door came open and the virus...
To the editor, The best source of reliable information about the COVID vaccines is the internet site Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. When you access this site, you can submit your e-mail address to receive free vaccine updates. If you still have questions or concerns, you can submit them by e-mail to cdc.gov, or phone the CDC at 1-800-232-4636. At the present time, the COVID virus can only exist in a living cell of a susceptible human. Getting the vaccine makes you much less susceptible, and even if you do get infected, you would...
1. If the new boss’s hat isn’t sweat stained, you can pretty much figger whose will be. 2. Phrases like, “My dad never paid me a dime till I was twenty-five”, or “I haven’t had a day off since dad’s funeral in 2017”, should put you on guard. 3. Expensive equipment doesn’t guarantee you’ll be paid well. That might be where the money’s all gone. 4. This should send up a warning flag, “My son is all-state in every sport in school, president of the senior class, engaged to the banker’s daughter, bui...
Outrage, anger, frustration, sorrow, horror, disbelief, shock, shame: it is impossible to know which emotion I feel most strongly right now. Never in my life have I been so ashamed of my country as I am today. We have gone from being the laughing-stock of the world to becoming a pariah and has-been world power lead by a doddering old fool, riddled with dementia who is out of his mind, out of his depth and out of excuses. To be clear, I agree with Mr. Biden that it was time to leave Afghanistan. I agree that we were there too long–“aimless and...