MADISON, Wisconsin (WFRV) – A 1,200-year-old canoe was pulled from a lake in Wisconsin on Tuesday.

The Wisconsin Historical Society says Maritime archaeologists on Tuesday recovered a wooden canoe from the bottom of Lake Mendota. The canoe is estimated to be 1,200 years old and was in use around 800 AD. The canoe may be the oldest known water vessel in the state which is still completely intact.

Carbon dating would have been used to determine the age of the canoe. The Dane County Sheriff’s Office dive team helped lift the canoe to a depth of about 30 feet.

“The canoe found in Lake Mendota is an important artifact in the canoe culture continuum in the Western Great Lakes region,†said Christian Overland, director and CEO of Ruth and Hartley Barker at the Wisconsin Historical Society.

“The canoe is a remarkable artifact, made from a single tree, that connects us to the people of this region 1,200 years ago. As the Company prepares to open a new history museum in 2026, we are excited about the new possibilities it offers to share Native American stories and culture throughout the present, â€said Overland.

Officials say the canoe was transported to the Wisconsin State Archives preservation facility in Madison and placed in a custom-made storage tank. The tank contains water and a bio-deterrent to help protect the canoe from physical damage.

A chemical solution will eventually be added to the tank, which will replace the water in the cellular structure of the wood. The conservation process is estimated to take around three years.

It would be difficult – indeed, impossible – to dispute Peter Whalon’s description of his friend Frank Handlen as a “Renaissance man.”

During his 105 years, Handlen was a gifted shipyard worker, carpenter and artist who donated dozens of his paintings to organizations in Kennebunkport and surrounding areas for auction to raise funds. Oh, and there’s this 40-foot sailboat that he built in his backyard. And his sculpture of a fisherman and his wife, commemorating the town’s first inhabitants, which can be found in the village square of Kennebunkport.

On Friday, the Kennebunkport Historical Society honored Handlen with an hour-long talk from Whalon, a past president of the historical society, about his friend, followed by a reception and birthday cake. Handlen walked in on his own – he had a walker, but seemed to do little to no work at all – and made a few remarks on his own after Whalon recounted a remarkable life.

Handlen was born on September 26, 2016 in Brooklyn, New York, but there is an intriguing story to even this mundane fact. Whalon said the 26th was the date of Handlen’s birth certificate, although Handlen’s mother always insisted he was born on the 27th.

The Handlens moved to New Jersey, where a family friend told Handlen after graduating from high school that Maine was a land of opportunity, especially for an artist.

So at 18 he came north to Biddeford Pool, worked in a shipyard, and continued to paint – seascapes and boats at anchor were favorite subjects – to the side. During World War II he was not drafted as he was 25, married and had two children, but he did contribute to the war effort by helping to assemble machine guns.

He moved to Kennebunkport in 1970, where he indulged his passion for shipbuilding by hand-building a 40-foot sailboat, often using tools he himself made, in his garden. After four years of construction, the launch was apparently quite a city event, with the boat being trucked through Dock Square to be christened and launched in the Kennebunk River.

Without any assurance that it would not sink immediately, Handlen “seriously considered launching it at night, without a moon,” Whalon said, but the Salt Wind remained afloat and frequently carried Handlen and his second wife offshore. coasts of New England and as far as the Bahamas.

But art has always been at the center of Handlen’s life, Whalon said, and at one point his work caught the attention of Charles Cawley, founder of MBNA, a rapidly growing credit card issuer.

Cawley bought a few of Handlen’s paintings – then a few more, and more after that, Whalon said.

“Cawley was like an ATM for Frank,†Whalon said.

Handlen listened and chuckled as Whalon recounted his stories, then stood to add some personal remarks. And, he told the fifty or so people present at the historical society gathering that he still paints daily – but, “honestly, I had to give up tap dancing.”

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JEFFERSON PARK — A Far Northwest Side group wants a historic church that held its last mass last year to be given historic status to save it from potential demolition.

Our Lady of Victory, 5212 W. Agatite Ave., closed her parish as part of the Archdiocese of Chicago renew my church consolidation plan. The building is still a Catholic church open for services under the permission of the Archdiocese for the time being.

Although the archdiocese has no immediate plans for the building, it mentioned options to sell the property when it announced the closure in 2020. This has caused panic among parishioners and community members, as they want to ensure the building is preserved and remains a neighborhood asset.

A petition by the neighborhood group Save Our Lady of Victory calls on elected officials to work with the city to grant the church landmark status.

“It’s one of the most fabulous pieces of architecture on the northwest side – we don’t want to lose it,” said Susanna Ernst, president of the Chicago Northwest Historical Society and a Our Lady of Victory parishioner who organized the petition.

Our Lady of Victory, founded in 1906, is oldest catholic church on the far northwest. It has hosted Irish, Polish and German congregations. Its architectural significance, community outreach and growth between the 1920s and 1950s make it important to the region, Ernst said.

The church has been suggested for landmark status for the Chicago Landmarks Commission by the Northwest Chicago Historical Society, Ernst said. The commission, which is a branch of the City Planning and Development Department, is responsible for recommending sites for legal protection as official city landmarks.

If the commission finds that Notre-Dame de la Victoire meets the requirements of historical, architectural and cultural significance to become a landmark, the approval of the alderman and the property would be necessary, according to the city. landmarks ordinance. A public hearing, followed by a decision by the commission, is then presented to the city council before the monument becomes official.

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While some people view the Notre Dame de la Victoire group as prejudicial to a possible sale of the church, Ernst said she fears it could be sold to an entity that would destroy it.

“Because the archdiocese hasn’t told anyone who the potential buyers are, we have to assume the worst,” she said.

Archdiocesan spokeswoman Susan Thomas said options are still being considered for the property, but those owned by the archdiocese are not considered a landmark by the Catholic organization.

“To the extent that we sell or transfer ownership of a property to another owner, that owner is free to pursue this designation if they wish,” the archdiocese said in a statement. “We are not aware of any decision to designate Our Lady of Victory as a landmark.”

The petition for landmark designation has been signed by over 400 people.

RELATED: Ahead of Last Mass at Our Lady of Victory Church, Jefferson Park Community Pledges to Preserve Historic Building

Preservation Chicago added the church to its list of 2021 endangered buildings and recommended that it be repurposed as another religious space, event venue, or housing.

“The church could still remain a sacred site, but perhaps be wrapped up in other uses, perhaps community-related, or perhaps an educational institution,” said Ward Miller, executive director of Preservation. Chicago. “The historic designation encourages the right kinds of ideas and a creative imagination applied to these structures.”

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In addition to benefiting the Far Northwest Side, which has few iconic buildings, the designation could benefit the archdiocese, Miller said. With the closure of the churches of the archdiocese and parishes of the region as part of his renew my church plan, its Catholic churches could see new life and sustainability with the city’s help, Miller said.

The archdiocese “could still mark the exterior of the building and encourage the city to maintain large structures, even if they are closing or in disrepair,” Miller said.

Since the archdiocese does not view its properties as a landmark, Miller said consent to ownership of religious buildings — added to the ordinance in 1987 — should be repealed.

“City funds could be used to repair these buildings…. It would show collaboration rather than a corporate hierarchy in an ivory tower making decisions that impact communities across the city and many, many people,” he said.

Local aldermen and state officials have joined in the outreach effort to keep the church in the community. Last year Ald. Nick Sposato (38th) named North Laramie Avenue of West Agatite Avenues in West Sunnyside as Honorary Our Lady of Victory.

“It’s our history, our architecture. This is ours,” Ernst previously said of the church. “He belongs to the community. And when you take that away from us, you don’t just take it away from Catholics – you take it away from every person.

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Zimmermann is also a professional archaeologist. Her specialty in archeology is zooarchaeology, which means she is an expert in identifying the bones of prehistoric animals.

So far, work has shown that the site has been in use from the late Paleo Indian period to historical periods, but most intensely during the Middle Woodland periods, around 2000 years ago, and the Mississippian, about 1000 years ago.

Investigations at the Gehring site will discuss the findings at the site, where Zimmermann’s primary research interest relates to the occupation of the middle forest (Hopewell). Although virtually all archaeological periods are represented at the site, the Mississippian turned out to be the most important.

In Our Own Backyard: SIUE Investigations of the Gehring Site is available now at https://madcohistory.org/speaker-series-julie-zimmermann/.

Part of the program includes an appeal to local residents who may have found artifacts at the site over the years. Zimmermann would like to document what was found and where, she said, but the artifacts would remain the property of the discoverer.

This is the fourth program in MCHS’s online series, which has previously examined the 1860 election, the lynching of Robert Prager, and the African American community of Pin Oak Township. The August program will focus on Italian immigration to Madison County.

Call 618-656-1294 for more information.

The auction “The art of friendship” is launched

PENDLETON – Works of art produced as part of “The Art of Friendship,” a collaboration between Pendleton Best Buddies Citizens and Pendleton Artists Society, are on sale at a silent auction until August 6.

Best Buddies Citizens is a non-profit organization that supports friendships between adults with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities, in order to foster an inclusive and diverse community for all. Creating opportunities for social interaction is a key strategy of the chapter.

Pendleton Artists Society is a non-profit organization that aims to create and support a community of artists and art lovers of all ages and skill levels. The aim is to enrich the cultural climate, economic vitality and quality of life.

The income generated by the auction will be used to support the “Art of Friendship†program.

Offers can be made at Gallery 119, 119 W. State St., Pendleton or by phone at 765-778-0986 during business hours, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, or by going to our website PASgallery119.org or at the gallery’s Facebook page.

“Friends” meet at the Pendleton Library

PENDLETON – The next quarterly meeting of the Friends of the Pendleton Community Library is scheduled for 6 to 7:30 p.m. today, Thursday, July 15, in the Community Hall of the Pendleton Community Public Library.

The group is hosting this year’s duck race, having recently completed soliciting sponsors and preparing to post duck adoption events and race plans.

The “Friends†organization is open to the public, including meetings.

Upcoming Library Friends Book Sale

PENDLETON – The next Friends of Pendleton community library book sale is scheduled for Friday July 16 through Wednesday July 21 at the library.

The offer includes adult and non-fiction fiction, children’s books, DVDs, magazines, puzzles and more.

Most items are priced at $ 1 or $ 2

Friends of the Library members can shop a day earlier today, July 15, as a reward for their volunteer work.

The library is located at 595 E. Water St., Pendleton.

Gallery 119 offers watercolor lessons

PENDLETON – Pendleton Artists Society’s Gallery 119 offers regular art classes.

The next class is:

• Watercolor with Judy Crist – 9 am to noon on Saturday July 17th. Participants will paint a sailboat in her beginner’s watercolor class. The cost is $ 45 per person with the supplies provided.

Course registration can be done at Gallery 119 or by phone at 765-778-0986 during normal business hours, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Register online at PASgallery119.org/events.

The fair offers a variety of entertainerst

ALEXANDRIA – The 4-H Madison County Fair is gearing up this weekend at the 4-H Madison County Fairgrounds, 501 S. Park Ave., Alexandria.

The majority of this year’s show activities take place July 18-24, with various 4-H shows and events, food, live music, and rides.

A pig show on Saturday July 17 and an equestrian and pony show on Sunday July 25 are also open to the public.

For more details, visit madisoncounty4hfair.org.

The company offers a chance to shred

PENDLETON – SecurEstate, 100 S. Main St., Pendleton, is planning its 10th annual Shred Day from 9 am to 11 am on July 17th.

The event is open to the public and free.

There is no limit to the amount of paper you can bring. All the paper is shredded in place as people watch.

This is a drive-through drop-off service; people are asked to enter the Main Street parking lot.

Psi Phi scholarship auction in Markleville

MARKLEVILLE – The Psi Phi Section of the Kappa Delta Phi Sorority in Markleville is planning a 6 pm scholarship auction on Tuesday, July 20 at the Hardy Building, 1 W. Main St. Markleville.

Profits will help the Chapter support Indy Honor Flight and local veterans organizations.

Psi Phi’s personal and entertaining auctioneer, Tim Looper, will be auctioning new and lightly used handbags filled with a variety of surprises.

The stock exchanges can be previewed at 6 p.m. (without touching), with the auction starting at 6.30 p.m.

Postponed summer concert

PENDLETON – Summer concerts in the park will begin Sunday, July 18 with a performance by country music artist Corey Cox, after bad weather caused the June 26 concert to be postponed.

The other shows in the series remain unchanged:

Sara Howe and the South Bend Strait – 6 p.m. Sunday, July 25

Madison County Band Directors Jazz Band and Pendleton Heights High School Marching Band – 6 p.m. Sunday, August 29

People are welcome to bring their own garden chairs. The organizers remind people to prepare for the sun (hats, sunglasses, etc.).

The Lions will be serving hot dogs, drinks and snacks.

Speaker to present the history of the canton

MADISON COUNTY – County historian Stephen T. Jackson will present part of his “What’s In A Name: The History of Union Township” series at 7 p.m. on July 26 at the Madison County Historical Society, 11 W. 11th St. , Anderson.

This will be the first general assembly of members of the Madison County Historical Society since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The meeting will take place in the Bowman Room. The public is invited to attend.

The “WW II: County Heroes and Homefront†exhibit and the new permanent Native American exhibit will both be open from 6 pm to 7 pm.

The organizers ask that only those who have been vaccinated participate.

Markleville Jamboree scheduled for early August

MARKLEVILLE – The Markleville Jamboree is scheduled for August 6 and 7 at the Markleville Community Park.

The city has plenty of events planned, including a presentation of Mounds Park DNR, an animal show, a food contest and more.

Organizers are looking for volunteer entertainment for the free stage – singers, dancers, comedians and more.

There are locations for concessions, as well as stalls for crafts, direct sales, jewelry, flea market items, and digging.

The organizers are also accepting parade registrations.

For more details, contact Dianna Smith at 317-258-5438 or [email protected].

Arab Class ’76 Reunion Set

PENDLETON – The Pendleton Heights High School Class of 1976 reunion is scheduled for 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday, September 17 at Pendleton American Legion.

There will be a barbecue-style picnic, cash bar and live music.

The cost is $ 30 in cash at the door ($ 55 per couple).

RSVP to [email protected].

A new Schuylkill Haven town clock will soon be a reality. The old clock dates back to the early 1990s and broke down in 2018, leaving the borough unsure whether to repair or replace it.

Following a push from residents and borough agencies, a renewed effort was launched in late 2018 to get a new clock or repair the old one. There was a $6,000 donation from the North Ward Social Club and nudge reminders from resident Ruth Tucci, a big supporter of seeing a clock back in town.

In early 2021, the borough learned that replacing the clock would cost about $500 less than trying to fix the old one. The cost of The Verdin Company’s new clock was $12,505.

At its June 2 meeting, council voted to purchase a clock using donated funds from the North Ward, with the borough covering the balance with the intention of pursuing other avenues of donated funds. The borough has agreed to pay an annual maintenance fee of $630 per year to avoid future breakdowns. The clock order was launched at that time with an expected arrival date of about six months.

Just in time, it was reported at the January 19 meeting that the new clock had been delivered and was awaiting installation. The Council agreed to resume discussion in the future on what to do with the old clock. Options range from donating to the historical society to seeing if another community may want it.

In other cases, Councilor Diane Roeder was sworn. Kevin Kline had won the November election for a four-year and two-year seat. He chose the four-year seat. The board received two letters of interest for the seat, one of them from Roeder, a retiring board member. Following a unanimous vote, Roeder was appointed to the two-year seat.

In miscellaneous matters:

• Council approved a check for $850 to Signal Service, Inc. for road maintenance.

• Council approved a request from Girardville for fire police assistance for its annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 26th.

• Schuylkill Haven received a donation from the Port Clinton Historical Commission of its old canal gate for the Schuylkill Haven Historical Museum. In the fall, it was announced that the commission was closing its doors and giving the door to the borough. Secretary Kaitlyn Tinari said the donation is stored with a plan to wait until spring, when the gate’s new resting place will be decided by the council.

By Miriam Raftery

November 1, 2021 (El Cajon) – East County Magazine interviewed Rick Hall, president of the El Cajon Historical Society, via Zoom last week regarding the Society’s efforts to preserve local history, funding challenges owed to COVID-19, and encouraged residents, including newcomers from around the world to share their stories as part of the city’s ever-changing history. The interview was also broadcast on our radio show on KNSJ 89.1 FM.

Hall also spoke about his own heritage as a descendant of one of El Cajon’s pioneer families and shared anecdotes from the city’s colorful past.

Donations are needed to help support the Society’s efforts to keep history alive in our region, due to a loss of funds during pandemic lockdowns.

You can visit the Knox House Museum at 280 North Magnolia to learn more about local history or take a virtual tour online at https://elcajonhistory.org/.

The Historical Society of El Cajon continues to document ancient history as well as the history that is being made today. The organization wants to hear true stories from local residents, including Native Americans, descendants of settlers, immigrants and refugees from around the world to El Cajon.

If you have any photos or historical stories to share related to the history of El Cajon or the history of local residents, please contact [email protected].

Times Observer file photo The Warren County Historical Society is launching a fundraiser for the Wilder Museum, an 80-year-old structure in need of major brick repair.

Preserving history takes up space.

And these spaces over time require preservation work on their own merit.

That’s the challenge the Warren County Historical Society faces as it launches a new campaign to preserve the brick exterior of the Wilder Museum in Irvine.

“Eighty years of inclement weather has taken its toll on the museum to the point that action must be taken to maintain the integrity of the building. Casey Ferry, the Company’s event coordinator, explained. “The necessary works include the restoration of the exterior bricks, such as the repointing of the individual sections and the reconstruction of the walls. “

The museum is located in what was the Irvine School from its construction in 1940 until its closure in 1981. The building was then an annex of the National Forge until 1990 with meeting space, a research laboratory and a fitness center.

The Wilder family founded the museum specifically exhibiting many defense weapons from the National Forge.

This museum was donated to the Historical Society in 1996 and has since been transformed to include and encompass all eras of the county’s history – agriculture, petroleum, lumber, railroads, rafting, military, Warren State Hospital, Kinzua Dam , Seneca Nation, Irvine- Newbold Estate, furniture manufacturing, antique toys, communications, Civilian Conservation Corps and more.

It is open Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. until October 16.

The BRICK fundraising campaign seeks to raise $ 50,000 to complete the work.

Donations can be made online at warrenhistory.org under the Wilder Museum of Warren County History tab or by check sent to the museum at PO Box 144, Irvine, Pa., 16329. Cash or a check can also be deposited at museum or at La Fourth Avenue de la Société.

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According to John Lavender, the closest thing to a downtown Troy was Troy Corners.

Troy Corners was the area that Johnston Niles decided to settle when he emigrated from New York to the Troy area in the 1820s. By 1840, Troy Corners had its own community of several hundred people, and family Niles had enlarged his house to use more than half of it as an inn.

Niles dreamed that Troy Corners would one day become a bustling city. At one point there were rumors that a railway line had to be built through it. Troy was not well watered, except for a small upstream stream along the Red River, and the stream was too slow for the mill to operate. Lack of hydraulic power hampered rapid development, and the railway line would instead pass through Royal Oak and Pontiac instead of Troy, causing potential residents to move elsewhere.

In 2010, the Niles Family Home was donated to the city of Troy by owner Harriet Barnard on condition that it be moved to the Historic Village of Troy, where it is today awaiting restoration.

Known for its many popular restaurant chains and big box retailers, Somerset Shopping Center,Niles Barnard House. Courtesy of the Troy Historical Society and its dense and culturally diverse population, Troy has created the village as a refuge for historic structures amidst intense development. Since the founding of the Troy Historical Society in 1966, Troy has moved eight different structures to his historic village located at Troy Corners in Wattles and John R.

When the recession hit in 2007, the Troy Nature Center and the Troy Historic Village were in danger of being closed. agreed to maintain the buildings, but all staff, programming and operational support were provided by the Troy Historical Society.

“There was a question of whether we could be successful, and we did,†said Lorraine Campbell, former village general manager. She explains that the Society only got there with the dedication and hard work of its members who have spent a lot of time learning how to run a non-profit business. “Because the village is based on programs, we generate the income to operate the buildings,†she says.

Relocation of the Caswell House in 1968. Courtesy of the Troy Historical SocietyAs it diversifies, the Company has grappled with the question of its relevance in a changing environment. They must have asked themselves tough questions about how to engage newcomers.

Jen Peters, currently the village’s executive director, says thinking about innovative ways to approach the more recent history of Troy from different cultural perspectives quickly became the focus. “We had a trick-or-treat event last year,†she recalls, “and in one day I heard five different languages. This story of immigrants from Troy is a story that we didn’t quite fit into, and it’s something that we need to do a better job of and fit into this story.

Many Troy residents have never heard of the historic village, Peters says.

“We get a lot of feedback from visitors who say they have lived in Troy for several years and didn’t know we were here,†says Peters, adding that the schools have been the most supportive – nearly 30,000 Troy schoolchildren, teachers and guides visit the village every year.

“But it’s the students, not the parents,†she adds. “We have great schools, so we have a lot of families moving here for education, but they have only lived here since they had children, so that doesn’t necessarily mean they have a relationship with us. . “

According to Lavender, village treasurer and longtime member of the historical society.

He adds that this makes many of the city’s inhabitants unaware that it exists and may even foster an indifference to historical preservation.

But not all of the historic structures of Troy are found in the village. Today, the city has twenty-seven historic properties classified as historic districts, which include the entire historic village of Troy.

But having eleven historic structures in the village means the historical society can maintain the properties more frequently and check for possible repairs. In addition, according to Peters, the historical society has access to its own place for all its educational purposes and has the freedom to create new programs.

“There are some who don’t care at all,†Lavender says, recalling when the city moved the church and rectory from Square Lake and Livernois roads. He pulled up to the gas station and the cashier said the effort was a waste of money and they should have “broken everything”.

Passers-by will notice that the historic charm of the 19th century is not part of Troy’s identity today. So now the historical society is looking to document some of the structures of the 1950s and 1960s.

Peters says she would like to see the Village one day host preservation classes. Yet in the meantime, the goal is to act as an anchor hub for the citizens of Troy, as historic city centers typically do for other cities. “I would like the historic village of Troy to become a hub of historic preservation,†she says.

“We have a lot of lessons to learn from history,†Lavender says. “People didn’t have that many things, and most people didn’t travel more than sixty miles from where they were born. They were more in tune with conservation because the things they owned were not easily replaced. There is something more meaningful about learning about history in historic buildings. There is a sense of appreciation that you can get from what people have been through.

Global warming is real! I am in my sixties. I challenge anyone my age to say that this winter has been like our childhood. If a person does not accept their own lived experience as evidence, what evidence will they accept?

How about handwritten recordings? The Dunkirk Lighthouse has kept temperature and snowfall records since its inception in 1826. I bet those records still exist. If these don’t satisfy you, find others. The Army and Navy recorded the weather in their daily logs. Ships records all record weather conditions.

Can we find individual handwritten journals from 100 years ago? Yes, in small museums, libraries and private collections across the country. They all agree.

All over the world, temperatures are higher. Winters in the Northeastern United States are milder. Droughts in the western United States are longer and worse. Every desert on the planet is growing, every glacier is shrinking. Could all of these sources be fake? It is certainly not possible to simulate them all.

Here in Western New York, we enjoy milder winters. Why should we care if the Mohave Desert grows to swallow up all of Mexico and Arizona?

We should care because Arizona is rich and they consider the Great Lakes to be wasted water. There are already proposals to build a pipeline. Their wells are drying up. We must act to protect ourselves.

We should care because Mexico is poor. Thousands of farms there and around the world have been swallowed up by the desert. People have to move or die. They are climate refugees. There are not many jobs in Mexico. They are desperately trying to cross from Mexico to the United States to do the worst, dirtiest and most grueling jobs.

Climate is made up of a complex combination of many factors. Sunlight passes through the clouds. The chemical makeup of the atmosphere determines how much energy is stored as heat and how much is returned to space. Carbon dioxide traps energy, it acts as a blanket. Look at a graph of our CO2 production and place a graph of global temperatures on it. You will see that they overlap perfectly.

When the air is warmer, it has more turbulence and can hold more water. This means stronger winds pull more water from the landscape, causing droughts and wildfires. On December 30, 1,000 homes burned down in Denver overnight. The wildfire season has changed from a few months to year-round. When warmer air meets cooler air, several things can happen. The two we see the most are water being released all at once and turbulence causing tornadoes and hurricanes. On September 14, 15 people died in a flash flood in New York. On December 10, 69 separate tornadoes swept through Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee and Kentucky.

Do you remember that in the 1990s there was a lot of talk about global warming? The scientist said “Our models from the 1980s were very precise. We must act now to prevent stronger wildfires and flash floods, hurricanes and tornadoes. » Everything we see now was predicted by these models.

These models also predict that our weather will become so unstable that navigation will become dangerous and that we will have to give up farming in Ohio and Illinois. The food doesn’t really come from the grocery store. Much of our economy depends on the grain we feed to livestock. More grain, more cattle.

The oil companies have carried out a massive disinformation campaign in the media. We have been told over and over again that climate change is not real. We were lied to. Even today, many people believe the lie. I wish these people would go to their city’s historical society and look at the data for themselves. The Historical Society will allow you to make copies of diaries and other documents. Share it with other climate deniers. Being informed takes real work, but it is our only hope.

President Joe Biden presented his plan, Build Back Better. It uses a combination of strategies to reduce the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. It meets our needs for transportation, housing, utilities and industries. He invests in trains, the most efficient and fun means of transport. He has money to build new houses and retrofit old ones to be energy efficient. There is money for schools and research into better batteries and house-sized generators. It invests in the electricity grid to make it more resilient. There’s money to help people buy new energy-efficient appliances and plant millions of trees, nature’s air conditioner. You can find details at https://www.whitehouse.gov/build-back-better/

Every Republican in the Senate has pledged to vote against Build Back Better. Do they have their own plan? OK, let’s see this.

You can fight climate change. Find climate action near you at https://www.usclimatenetwork.org/member-organizations

Marie Tomlinson is a resident of Fredonia. Send your comments to [email protected]

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