Ticks don't like the smell of garlic
To the Editor,
This is the beginning of tick season. This time of year the ticks will latch on to anyone who tastes good to them.
For those of you who are interested, ticks don't like garlic. So if you eat garlic in any form, the ticks will leave you alone. If you don't like the smell (ticks don't like it either) you can get garlic tablets. This should be a double whammy, because garlic is good for your heart and circulation.
During the great depression, when I was a kid on the ranch, I found a little filly down on the Klickitat that was so full of ticks it could hardly stand. My boss, Ernie Struck, made a trade of a half ton of hay and $3 to Indian Dave for that little buckskin because I wanted a saddle horse.
When I got her home, I put vinegar in her hay and started picking ticks. In a week or so I had all the ticks picked off and she started getting fat. I even ate garlic myself until I found that my girlfriend didn't like the smell.
Rex Bullis
Goldendale
It's all about the bottom line
To the Editor,
Anyone who has had any experience with Big Business knows their top priority is their bottom line. The Williams Northwest Pipeline Company that proposes to build the new "Blue Bridge" high-pressure gas pipeline through our area is no different. I am confident Williams will build a safe pipeline. I am equally confident this can be accomplished by constructing the pipeline within their existing easement instead of going through rural residential communities as they are currently planning to do. So, why aren't they? "I think Bottom Line" is the answer.
At the open house on Feb. 19, Mr. Ross, the project manager, said that the canyon crossings of Major Creek would require an extensive permitting process in order to be constructed today. This extensive permitting process would no doubt require more effort and expense for Williams. But given this project is "in anticipation" of a potential growth demand, it would seem that Williams has plenty of time. So, that leaves us with the expense or bottom line. Very likely Williams would be required to use the thicker walled, top grade pipe to make these canyon crossings, compared to the thinner walled pipe to cross my land. The thin wall pipe is less expensive pipe, which brings us yet again back to bottom line.
I do not begrudge a company the right to make a profit. However, when local citizens are asked to forfeit their properties and put themselves at risk to maximize corporate profits, things have gone too far. It is time we put a stop to corporate greed.
Brenda Lexa
White Salmon |
