Editorials

    “I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.”
    These words by American poet Joyce Kilmer capture the love most people share for trees.

   It’s that time of the year again. It’s time to rake the lawn, cut back the hedges, and pick up branches that have broken off the trees in the yard over the winter. Now that all of that yard waste is gathered up, what should one do with it?

   It was my pleasure this past weekend to attend a celebration honoring Doris and Jim McBreairty of Washburn on the occasion of their 70th anniversary.

   Biodiesel is a renewable fuel made from oilseed crops, or used cooking oils and unwanted animal fats. Biodiesel proponents claim it can reduce tailpipe emissions, be used in most diesel equipment with little or no modifications, and reduces our dependence on foreign oil.

    Mother’s Day is right around the corner. It’s a time to celebrate our moms and it’s the one day of the year that mom MUST have the royal treatment.

    The Legislature is moving forward now at a fast pace as we enter the month of May, but I want to take this moment to slow down and remind you that the 2005 Property Tax Refund and Rent Program, also known as Circuit Breaker, is still open.

    Every once in a while, we adjust our point of view. That’s OK isn’t it? We’re getting old. Things change for us. Things are getting tough. Of course we’re going to look at life from a different point of view. Everyone knows that.

    There are still many questions and concerns about regionalizing school administration and we have not yet taken up the issue of outdoor wood boilers.