Too old for this crap

Six years. Now, I’m telling you, if you called a plumber and he said it would be six hours before he could fix a clogged toilet, you’d keep calling around for other options. If the EMT said it would be six minutes before he’d bother doin’ CPR on ya, you’d stay alive probably outta sheer […]

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Missing Car

Chet Hauser has reported his car missing. He was fishing down off The Main Road, quarter mile up from the turnoff. He didn’t hear the engine start. He just went back to find most of his stuff laying at the side of the road and his car gone. If anyone knows the whereabouts of his […]

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Is this thing still on?

Let’s just call this a… technical failing on the part of yours truly. While life has progressed in town, and many of you have bothered to call home to get the news, some of us have been out in Wyoming picking through shale looking for Green River fossils. Sadly, the “updates” that were pushed never […]

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New Intern Announced

The Leverite Historical Society is proud to introduce Sophie Sixkiller as our new intern for the 2016-2017 academic year. Sophie comes to us all the way from Buffalo, New York where she is working toward her Masters of Science in Conservation and Historic Preservation. She originally started in wood working and furniture repair, until she […]

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Wanted: The Scoutmaster

Chief Wells had a surprise visitor this morning. The Smith’s youngest boy, the kid everybody calls Gabi, was on her front porch with an invitation from The Jackdaw. Something important she needed to see. Gabi lead Wells out into the woods where The Jackdaw lead her to a body he had found. The victim’s head […]

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Daft Laws, Continued

Mayor Amundsen is on the warpath ahead of tonight’s City Council meeting. Last night he went after laws that are unenforced, unenforceable, or that are actually illegal.   “No Extra-Governmental Organizations or Assemblies of Elders may gather within the City Limits” ” ‘Hill People’ are required to attend worship services, as their presence reminds the […]

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In Accordance with Older Law

Well, the first round of consideration for which oddly specific laws get kicked off the books is happening this week. Mayor Amundsen has been sitting in the diner, regaling anyone that can’t get away quick enough with some of the gems he himself has dredged up. In case you forgot, the “arrangement” with the state […]

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The Note on The Diner Door

Edna got to the diner this morning to find a note tacked to the door. The letters were scrawled in red crayon, barely legible. As far as Officer Martinez could make out, it read “chicken hockey.” Edna read it as “odder looting.” The security camera in the diner showed only the silhouette of someone sliding […]

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And After Much Ado

Well, the announcement last night surprised everybody, but it really wasn’t a surprise, and left the assembled residents shrugging and half smiling to themselves. That announcement, of course, is the identity of the proud new owner of North Parcel 5. An anonymous resident who wishes to remain anonymous, who just wanted the perfect place to […]

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Stranger Danger

Several folks around town have sighted the strange “campers” Brother Louis saw previously. In each case, they were in groups of two or three, standing around like they were posted on lookout. In each case, they were conspicuously inconspicuous. Likewise, by the time law enforcement got to the area, they had skedaddled into the woods. […]

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