Enjoy the annual Independence Day Parade with Lawnmower Races. It’s 10 a.m. on July 4th, gathering near old City Hall. Watch facebook.com/lovingmountaincity for details.
But, don’t do fireworks within Mountain City.
This year, the city published word (on website, on Loving Mountain City’s facebook page, in email) that City Ordinance Section 4.10 (c) prohibits fireworks within the city limits.
This is an old ordinance, not new. It’s just new that the ordinance came out of hiding.
Council members come and council members go. Now’s the time to file for office. See info on the city’s announcement boards at city entrances. Filing deadline, August 22nd. Elections: November 8th.
There’s nothing new with Mr. Green. According to “Mrs. Green,” who answered his phone this week, he’s still temporarily blinded. He cannot see to pick up the trash because of the injury to his eyes, right here in Mountain City. Doing household trash pickup, acid splashed onto his face and into his eyes.
Mrs. Green told me he understands some are temporarily going with other services until he can get back.
The city council may see fireworks in the July 11th meeting. In June, the city voted to begin the bid process to move towards a single trash services provider. The transition target day is January 1, 2017.
In the May council meeting, Citizen Comments’ segment before council meeting was filled with citizens speaking against city mandates regarding trash service.
Between meetings, council members have heard fiery comments about unpicked up trash and about several trash company vehicles coming through on several days.
It’s not easy being a council member. Just like trash, it’s a tough job and somebody has to do it.
Are there more snakes this year?
On nextdoor.com, last week Buddy Seale shared his photo of a rattler taken that morning in his driveway at Pin Oak and Pecan.
Then, along came Trudy Hayter with a photo of a coral snake their cats cornered on their porch on Live Oak Drive a few days earlier. About a month earlier, The Hayter’s cats cornered a rattlesnake. Trudy said both sightings were firsts for them. They’ve lived here 25 years.
Christine Greve, in the Live Oak cul-de-sac, mentioned a coral snake she saw last year not long after she moved in. It wasn’t long thereafter that neighbors killed a coral snake. That might have been us. With coral snake antivenin extremely scarce, we’ve been known to kill them.
The next morning, Gary Adams posted a photo of a snake his wife ran over at Maple and Juniper. Gary White identified that large and long snake as a rat snake, a good snake. Indeed, rat snakes eat rats and mice. They’re non-venomous and beneficial.
KissMe frightens the begilliwickers out of us, scurrying through flower beds going after lizards. His near call after a rattlesnake bite during the Memorial Day 2015 weekend doesn’t slow him down.
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