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Will there ever be a new generation of Orvis Helios rods?
Some folk like "Simms" or "Fishpond" labeled gear. Some folk like a BMW badge on their 2-series or X1. Some insist on having no branding at all (that too is an image they wish to portray). Some don't give a rip what it looks like or says. They just want it to do what it is supposed to do. I fall into the latter bunch. I don't care if it has a white label and plastic reel seat or a deep green highly finished blank with an amboyna burl reel seat .. I want a rod that will do what I ask of it.
Donald Trump's lies getting deranged
Letter to the Editor: Donald Trump's lies getting deranged Mike Rice, Wellfleet, Mass. Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024 | 2 a.m. At a recent campaign event, former President Donald Trump falsely claimed that children are being forced into gender transition operations at schools. “The transgender thing is incredible. Think of it. Your kid goes to school and comes home a few days later with an operation. The school decides what’s going to happen with your child,”he said. That’s way beyond weird. It’s unhinged.
Commentary | Rep. Mike Rice: Confronting a crisis
During one recent day, I had the opportunity to engage with two of the biggest challenges we face in Vermont. On one, we’re well on our way to fixing a broken system. On the other, we must remember what it takes to emerge from a crisis. The day started at a meeting with the Taconic & Green school board for a conversation about Vermont’s education funding challenges. Our system for funding and delivering K-12 education in Vermont has reached an inflection point.
Keep foolishness out of Oval Office
My brother-in-law died of COVID-19 on April 24, 2020, shortly after he was taken off a ventilator because that hideous disease left him in a vegetative state. Here’s what then-President Donald Trump said April 23, 2020, at a White House press briefing about COVID: “And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning?
Vermont must invest to end housing crisis
During the two years I’ve served in the Legislature, Vermont’s housing crisis has been constantly top of mind.
Rice: Vermont housing crisis
During the two years I’ve served in the Legislature, Vermont’s housing crisis has been constantly top of mind.
Killarney Athletic solidifying their position in second spot
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Meeting the moment: Vermont must invest to end our housing crisis
During the two years in which I’ve represented our communities, Vermont’s housing crisis has been constantly top of mind.
COMMENTARY: Meeting the moment: Vermont must invest to end our housing crisis
During the two years in which I’ve represented our communities, Vermont’s housing crisis has been constantly top of mind.
COMMENTARY: Farm policy that builds food security and environmental stewardship
When the House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry is doing our best work, we’re finding policy solutions that increase viability for Vermont’s farmers while strengthening local food systems and protecting the environment. Three bills that have come to our committee this session would go a long way toward fulfilling all three of these goals.
MAGA picking an unwise fight
By Mike Rice, Wellfleet, Mass. Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024 | 2 a.m. MAGA Republican conspiracy theorists falsely accusing pop superstar Taylor Swift of being a Democratic operative ahead of this year’s presidential election is a 5-star Republican blunder. Especially since Swift reportedly has over 500 million fans on social media. Swift was named Time magazine’s 2023 “Person of the Year.” These days, I imagine former President Donald Trump is afraid of doing time.
Killarney Celtic set to face Cork's Castleview in Munster Junior Cup quarter-final
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It’s time to protect and invest in Vermont’s outdoor recreation economy
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), a nonpartisan source for accurate and objective data at the Department of Commerce, recently ranked Vermont second in the nation for contributions to state gross domestic product (GDP) resulting from outdoor recreation. This data shows that outdoor recreation is responsible for nearly 5 percent of Vermont’s economy, which places us second only to Hawaii when it comes to the sector’s contributions to state GDP.
Legislature gave organic farmers some needed help
Vermont’s organic dairy farms are often featured in paintings and postcards. They are mostly small and medium sized farms, with healthy cows on green pastures. They are essential to our environment, our rural communities, and our state’s economy. And for a few years now, they have been in crisis. At the end of 2020, there were 169 organic dairies in Vermont. By early February, when the Legislature was first debating whether or not to provide these farms with an economic lifeline, there were 136.
Rep. Mike Rice: House's budget proposal reflects Vermont values
After the campaign season is over, with its door-knocking and countless hours of honest, sometimes difficult conversations with neighbors, those who are elected head to Montpelier, carrying with us the priorities and perspectives of our communities.
Mike Rice: Universal school meals bill a win-win-win for Vermont schoolchildren, farmers
When I arrived in Montpelier as a first-year legislator just over three months ago, I was assigned to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry. The Committee’s jurisdiction has expanded with the new biennium, and the group that had previously been tasked with overseeing topics in farming, forest products, and state parks, now also has responsibility for food resiliency and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Mike Rice: Universal school meals bill a win-win-win for Vermont schoolchildren, farmers
When I arrived in Montpelier as a first-year legislator just over three months ago, I was assigned to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry. The Committee’s jurisdiction has expanded with the new biennium, and the group that had previously been tasked with overseeing topics in farming, forest products, and state parks, now also has responsibility for food resiliency and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Letters, February 18, 2021
Clear-Cutting in Wellfleet To the editor: The unpermitted clear-cutting at 1065 State Highway in Wellfleet is a shocking story of entitlement run amok [“Town Orders DiGiovannis to Cease and Desist,” Jan. 28, page 6]. This disregard for rules and permits should not be allowed to go unpunished. I trust that a large fine will be assessed to this company, the Great White Realty Group. Or is there another legal penalty available to find some justice for the town?
MY VIEW: In Trump's own words
By Mike Rice Sunday Aug 16, 2020 at 3:01 AM In May 2018, the Trump administration disbanded the White House pandemic response team. Here are just some of President Trump's responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: "We have it totally under control. It's one person coming in from China.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Wellfleet deal to gain $10K for beach bus parking ignores liability
By Mike Rice Wednesday Mar 25, 2020 at 10:36 AM Mar 25, 2020 at 10:36 AM On March 10 the Wellfleet School Committee approved the proposal by Wellfleet Beach Administrator Suzanne Thomas to allow two private bus companies to park buses at the Wellfleet Elementary School on weekends during July and August this year. For that privilege, each bus company will pay $5,000 to the elementary school.
Wildland Firefighters say ‘thank you’ to Walker
The annual Wildfire On Ice Hockey Tournament and Curling Bonspiel came to Walker the weekend of Jan. 18. This year was the ninth annual event and the seventh straight year it was hosted in the town of Walker. The 2020 event raised more than $35,000. The Wildfire On Ice event also raises funds for local benefactors: $2,000 to the Walker Area Community Center, $500 to the Walker Curling Club, and over $700 was raised at the WACC concessions benefiting Walker Youth Hockey.
Use of tools like barriers, nets and pouches can help to mitigate risk of dropped object incidents in offshore drilling operations
By Mike Rice, Dropsafe The Oil & Gas industry has been through a few years of low prices and fluctuations in rig utilization. However, even as drilling contractors face depressed dayrates, they must maintain focus on improving operational efficiency and safety. This encompasses continually enhancing safety standards and adopting innovative technologies. One of the biggest safety hazards in drilling operations is the risk of dropped objects.
For more parking at Wellfleet beaches, let's enforce the regs
By Mike Rice Tuesday Oct 29, 2019 at 3:01 AM These days some Wellfleet town officials obviously ignore the town bylaw and beach regulation that states "It shall be unlawful for any person to consume alcoholic beverages on public highways or in public places including vehicles thereon, including all Town owned property, within the Town of Wellfleet" (General bylaws, Article Vll, Section 17).
Rig Reactivation Prompts Tackling The Rising Risk Of Dropped Objects
Years of low oil prices meant that a large number of drilling rigs were stacked for storage, especially in areas such as Asia, where major Singapore shipyards took in semisubmersible rigs and drillships from drilling sites around the world, including from Brazil and Mexico, in 2016. Now the market has seen a significant upturn, with the price of oil back to about $60/bbl and natural gas predicted to provide up to 45% of power generation during the next 20 years.
When the Sky is Falling: The hazard of dropping objects in offshore wind
When the Sky is Falling: The hazard of dropping objects in offshore wind 15 Jan 2019 By Mike Rice The U.S. offshore wind industry is spreading its wings. Established businesses, predicting higher revenues for 2019, are taking advantage of the opportunities for offshore to scale up. Offshore wind continues to be a vital and thriving industry, both globally and for the U.S. However, with this positive growth comes new safety risks, and a need for companies to take responsibility from day one.
HSE&T Corner - Renewed focus on dropped object prevention needed as cost pressures, rig reactivations and personnel turnover amplify risks
According to industry body DROPS, dropped objects are among the top 10 causes of injury and fatality in oil and gas operations. Yet, dropped objects are also one of the only HSE areas without standardized legislation. This leaves individual project management teams solely responsible for ensuring the integrity of operational sites. This discrepancy has contributed to an increase, in real terms, of dropped object incidents in recent years.
Herring River project is a can of worms
By Mike Rice The proposed Herring River restoration project moving forward in Wellfleet and Truro reminds me of the taxpayer-funded proposal in Wellfleet to construct a $7 million 400-foot-tall industrial wind turbine off Ocean View Drive on town-owned land. All the selectmen voted to kill that project back in 2010, but at the onset they were all for it. It seemed like a wonderful way for the town to engage in clean, renewable energy.
And the Winner is……
No red carpet, beautiful people, or golden trophies at the world’s largest sportfishing industry trade show in July. The recreational fishing industry’s trade association, American Sportfishing Association (ASA), hosted ICAST 2016, the gathering of the domestic and international sportfishing trade. More than 15,000 people; exhibitors, buyers, and outdoor media, connected in Orlando.
Prescribed burning of Oak Point benefits landscape - The Pilot Independent: News
In the absence of fire, fire-dependent ecosystems can degrade and lose their unique characteristics. This spring, the Chippewa National Forest conducted prescribed burning on 470 acres of Oak Point on Leech Lake. The forest types in this area are a mosaic of mixed northern hardwoods, with species including oak, paper birch, sugar maple, white pine, red pine, aspen and jack pine.
Prescribed burning of Oak Point benefits landscape - The Pilot Independent: News
In the absence of fire, fire dependent ecosystems can degrade and lose their unique characteristics. This spring, the Chippewa National Forest conducted prescribed burning on 470 acres of Oak Point on Leech Lake. The Forest types in this area are a mosaic of mixed northern hardwoods, with species including oak, paper birch, sugar maple, white pine, red pine, aspen and jack pine.
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