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And to think that our

fiscallyconservative — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:20:12 -0600

And to think that our ancestors had to burn the witches. If we had to get this done today, we'd have to get a burning permit, file a global warming impact study, arrange to have the local emergency crews on-call, and probably get a variance to install a good old-fashioned stake. We'd need to make sure the firewood didn't come from outside of the city. The fun goes on... Plus OSHA would probably need to be on site to see if the burning met all the local safety standards. Of course, we'd have to sell lottery tickets to determine which lawyers get to partake in the aftermath. Ooops, another permit required for the lottery tickets. And finally, we'd probably need to clear this with Al Gore as he would need to make sure that the event is truly "green".

I like the idea of a snuggie and a pill much better! I think we might have a market for this? I'm not sure we want to have witches in Hutch. It might not bode well for the millions of people that are going to be coming to town on the new paved trail. I think we need to be able to post a nice and friendly sign...

Hutchinson--A Witch-Free Community

Will the snuggie keep the

fiscallyconservative — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:09:53 -0600

Will the snuggie keep the witches away? If so, count me in. I will post my credit card later for you. I'd like a lifetime supply!

But wait! If you call now we

John Locke — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:59:59 -0600

But wait! If you call now we will not only send you one, but two bottles of pills! All for just 12 easy payments of $19.99! Call in the next 5 minutes and we will throw in a free snuggie!

But wait! If you call now we

John Locke — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:59:56 -0600

But wait! If you call now we will not only send you one, but two bottles of pills! All for just 12 easy payments of $19.99! Call in the next 5 minutes and we will throw in a free snuggie!

No no no...don't even think

fiscallyconservative — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:51:42 -0600

No no no...don't even think about telling us that you can't take a pill to solve EVERYTHING. The research began in the 60's and it (the ROI) is now full-blown... life's challenges can all be met with a simple pill solution. That's what it says in the commercials on TV so it MUST be true! Here are some new pills that are about to be released. I'm looking forward to the commercials:

* The Parentopill: Take this and your parental worries will go away. Or, at least you won't know they (the problems) are happening. One pill a day and your kid(s) will turn out perfect.

* The Nomoneyworry pill: Forget the hassles of financial responsibility and take one of these each day. Your money worries will be gone forever and you can lead a wonderful life forever.

* The Makemehealthy pill: Don't worry about what you eat, smoke, inhale, etc. Take one of these per day and your body will be as healthy as a horse. If you take two per day, you can live to be 100+.

And, coming in the very near future...

The Multieverythingforeveryone pill: This will do away with all the pills above AND it will take care of everything that we need to do every day. Wake up, take one of these and never worry about anything ever again.

See, our world is getting better! :)

Unca-T, maybe it is

fiscallyconservative — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:28:37 -0600

Unca-T, maybe it is docktirs? I too have been awaiting the wise words of Slingblade and Ghostofbirdflu. I'm fairly sure GOBF could help us out with the recently popular witch club as well. Do we need to beckon our wise gurus? If so, how would we do this? Smoke signals? Super high frequency sound pulses?

If we don't hear from them soon, our community and our English language as we know it today may cease to exist. HELP!!!!

Thought-provoking? I've read

jollyjoker — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:53:37 -0600

Thought-provoking? I've read some of JustLisa's stuff. I don't get it. Like JustLisa, our family is new to this town and I'm new to this site but I'm not feeling her stress. And, I don't think my son has joined the local witch cult yet (I'll double-check with him tonight). If he is hanging out with the witch club, I'll be spending more time with him and less on this site. Who knows,JustLisa, that might work for you, too.

I put a call in to the

UncleTed — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:30:47 -0600

I put a call in to the spelling/punctuation police and am waiting for a reply. Is doctores spelled with an "e" or is it "doctors"? I grew up in Silver Lake and we always spelled it "doctors". Then again, based on Just's comments, perhaps the specialists her family have been seeing are "doctores". Just looking for a clarification. Where is Slingblade when we need him?

justlisahere, you always

frankboothfanclub — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:02:03 -0600

justlisahere, you always offer some thought-provoking verbage. When I read your daughter was a wiccan, I was unsure what that meant. The encyclopedia says it's a neopagen, nature-based group. It notes that in the 1950s, it was originally called witch cult or witchcraft but now it includes a little magic and a horned god. I'm surprised I didn't know that. Then again, I'm thinking all your destressing before the move worked wonders.

well the over diagnosing of

John Locke — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:22:31 -0600

well the over diagnosing of children and prescribing of medications is another large topic...

yes sometimes parents do not

justlisahere — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:28:54 -0600

yes sometimes parents do not catch stress but not all bad behavior is the result of stress. If that was the case all the time then those kids in lock up would be able to say gee your honor the reason I broke in and stole that itemn or robbed a person or hurt a person was because I was soooooooo stressed over my parents's moving us to a new location.... or my dog died and it affected me for years.... I knew when we moved it would cause stress. My husband and I did everything to destress the kids as much as we could.

now about religiouse counseling.... not every child is in church. there are athiests, wiccans and other non church. My daughter is wiccan. she dealt with the move by channeling her stress a whole different way. My son was thrilled with the move.

thousands of kids lose parents and how they deal with it is with how their family helps them cope.

there are families who lose their homes to foreclosures, moving is going to happen.

not everything that goes wrong with a child can be placed all on stress. If that is the case then my children's doctores are all wrong on their diagnosises.... son has adhd,autism,and ocd. daughter has add, o.d.d. and ocd plus depression. I guess I should just call up their doctores and say hey your all wrong this is alll from stress of everyday living.

Good article for parents to

John Locke — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:58:38 -0600

Good article for parents to read, too often children are punished for bad behavior that may be stress induced. Adults do not always deal with stress in healthy ways and neither do children.

This is such good news even

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:32:18 -0600

This is such good news even though it may be a bit late for my family. My son started Tamiflu today as prescribed by his doctor for flu symptoms. Since they don't test for H1N1 unless you are hospitalized, we'll hope not to find out for certain if that is what he has. My hope is that with close monitoring we can avoid him being hospitalized, even though he is in the high risk category since he has asthma.

Thank you to everyone who offered words of support and understanding during this struggle to get him vaccinated. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers while he fights off this infection.

Lisa Hergenrader

Apology accepted.

justlisahere — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:55:24 -0500

Apology accepted.

Another update: District

Jorge Sosa — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:38:00 -0500

Another update: District Health Services Coordinator Monica Neubauer yesterday (Oct. 14) said absentee counts at the district's four school buildings were mostly declining or holding steady this week.

After the Hutchinson Middle School reported 123 absences last Friday, its Tuesday total was 109 and Wednesday total was 97.

Park Elementary reported 70 absentees Tuesday and 64 Wednesday, after 75 students were out with flu-related illness Monday. West Elementary increased from 59 absentees Monday to 70 Tuesday, before falling to 64 Wednesday.

The high school showed a decline from 95 on Monday to 73 on Tuesday and 68 on Wednesday.

School is out today and tomorrow for the Education Minnesota Professional Conference (formerly known as MEA, except everybody still seems to call it that) and Neubauer hopes the break in the action will help contain the spread of flu-like illness even further.

(Jorge Sosa is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. He can be reached at sosa@hutchinsonleader.com)