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Newspaper
Wilson County News
Location
Floresville, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 2000
Page
11
A quiet room at the Milcroft Inn near Toronto frames a dying fly trapped by glass. The piece contrasts the fly’s relentless effort with the futility of trying harder, noting how raw persistence fails to break through limits and captures a life or death struggle.
A brief meditation on overreliance on hard work and self imposed traps. It contrasts fixed efforts with seeking new approaches to reach outside goals and escape limiting thinking. The piece uses the fly metaphor to illustrate a stall in progress and urge flexible strategy.
The National Arbor Day Foundation offers ten free redbud trees to each new member who joins during February 2000. The 6 to 12 inch trees ship postpaid for planting between March 1 and May 31, with a $10 contribution required and a guarantee to replace any that fail to grow.
FEDC Administrator Monte Tomerlin urged replacing his part time post with a full time director at least thirty thousand dollars. The board debated salaries and authorized Tomerlin to research economic development director pay. They also discussed a dollar for dollar grant up to ten thousand for City Hall facade improvements and tabled acceptance of the grant.
Part seven of an eight part series with Nicholas Pace M D founder and medical director of Pace Health Services. He discusses how family history and stigma affect alcoholism and its social impact and notes learning from history is critical.
The article argues alcoholism has a genetic history in many families and that abstaining may be learned from trial and error to avoid the deadly disease. It suggests some families never drink to prevent alcoholism.
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