The Haxtun-Fleming Herald - What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope

Rains and milder temperatures provided blessings this week. Not everyone was eager to claim them, however, given the accompanying damage attendant to several of the storms. It’s been a year since a derecho storm front rolled through with hail and sustained winds of over seventy miles per hour. Some trees were lost immediately while others continue to endure a slow convalescence. Damage is still apparent though it feels like a corner has finally been turned on moving things to a more normal place. It is the story of the last eighteen months for many of us.

Perhaps we were too optim...