It’s a hot day as I write this, a bit muggy even, and I’m reminded of summers in East Texas. I lived there for three years while attending college in the Piney Woods, a humid little slice of the Lone Star state encompassing towns with names like Big Sandy, Gladewater and Longview (birthplace of Matthew McConaughey save that for your next trivia night). I can describe East Texas summers like this: When you step outside, someone throws a hot, wet blanket over you, making it difficult to move and breathe. Wherever you go, you are only ever thinking about this blanket, and how it has completely negated your morning shower by transforming you into a human sweat fountain.
One of Americaâs leading financiers in the 1800s was Charlemagne Tower, Senior. His family roots began in England, then arrived in the first Puritan colonies in America, and eventually moved to New York State. His wife, Amelia Bartle Tower, was born in Ohio but traveled with her parents to California, where she met Charlemagne during a trip he made there. After their marriage they settled in Pennsylvania. He began to invest in the development of coal mines and the railroads that went with them. One of his railroads was the famous Reading Railroad.
During the American Civil War, Charlemagne gathered a group of men from Pennsylvania to form a Union troop. He paid for much of the menâs equipment and provisions. They fought well in several battles and he retired from the army as a captain.
The icy sheets dominating Mille Lacs Lake shores proved their unpredictability the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 19-20, when a shift in lake ice left numerous anglers stranded on a floe away from shore. A rescue operation occurred near Agate Bay Resort and Fisherâs Resort, on the northeast shore of the lake, throughout the afternoon and evening of Dec. 19. Then, the morning of Dec. 20 saw another rescue out of Red Door Resort, further west.
Aitkin County Sheriff Dan Guida spoke on his departmentâs involvement in the Dec. 19 rescue, stating that his office was first called about the stranded anglers at 5:30 p.m. Due to a shift in the ice, Guida said a gap of open water between 30 and 100 feet wide formed along the northeast shore of the lake, stretching from just north of Nittiâs Hunters Point to Malmo.
The icy sheets dominating Mille Lacs Lake shores proved their unpredictability the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 19-20, when a shift in lake ice left numerous anglers stranded on a floe away from shore. A rescue operation occurred near Agate Bay Resort and Fisherâs Resort, on the northeast shore of the lake, throughout the afternoon and evening of Dec. 19. Then, the morning of Dec. 20 saw another rescue out of Red Door Resort, further west.Â
Aitkin County Sheriff Dan Guida spoke on his departmentâs involvement in the Dec. 19 rescue, stating that his office was first called about the stranded anglers at 5:30 p.m. Due to a shift in the ice, Guida said a gap of open water between 30 and 100 feet wide formed along the northeast shore of the lake, stretching from just north of Nittiâs Hunters Point to Malmo.
Bay Briefing: Here comes the second vaccine
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OLIVE BRANCH, MISSISSIPPI - DECEMBER 20: Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the McKesson distribution center on December 20, 2020 in Olive Branch, Mississippi. The federal government plans to distribute over the coming week a total of 7.9 million doses of vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer Inc. (Photo by Paul Sancya - Pool/Getty Images)Pool/Getty Images
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Monday, Dec. 21, and Congress’ coronavirus aid deal is a bust for California’s budget. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
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