“You can’t see the forest for the trees.”
 That old saying came home last week when a newcomer to the area was “extolling” the delights of some of Iron County’s historic landmarks.
 “You have some really amazing places here in this county,” he said. As a native of Iron County, I looked at him with raised eyebrows and a rather smirky look on my face.
 Amazing places? Landmarks?

One of the reasons milk and dairy products are considered wholesome is because they’re healthy and safe. There’s a reason for this—it’s called pasteurization. Remember Louis Pasteur—the chemist who, in 1862, discovered a breakthrough process that helped prevent nasty diseases brought about by micro-organisms, i.e., germs, such as typhoid, diphtheria, scarlet fever and Q fever. By heating food, such as milk, for a brief period of time the germs are reduced or destroyed.

 The busiest month of the year, July, is upon us. It starts this Saturday, and it’s going to be packed with events and festivities in Iron County.
 Yes, you can argue that May (preparations for summer, Memorial Day and graduation) and December (the countdown to the holiday season) are both frantic, and we won’t deny that. But when you look at all the events taking place every week, planned by local volunteers, July has them all beat.

For too many of us, politics has become a nasty four-letter word, leaving an even nastier taste in our mouths after another round of arguing with friends and families about the virtues and non-virtues of public servants we’ve voted in office.
 Scandal seems to have become the “norm” as we read and watch about the latest elected official who has overstepped his bounds in that position, and who has soiled even further the decay of what we used to hold as a model of decorum and respect.