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A reader has gone "gluten-free" and is seeking a local list of businesses that offer this option. 

Response: CLICK HERE.

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*A reader is trying to locate info about a strongly opposed lithium mining operation that was featured at the blog but cannot find it.  

Response.......It is probably this one from 2019.  (Status in 2021 is currently unknown.)

REQUEST FOR LITHIUM MINING DRAWS ACTIVIST--A war is brewing over lithium mining at the edge of Death Valley--LA TIMES--A request to drill for lithium near Death Valley National Park has alarmed environmentalists, who say mining the metal is unacceptable, even if it is an essential ingredient in the production of zero-emission electric vehicles.  MORE AT https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-death-valley-lithium-mine-california-environment-20190507-story.html

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Have had numerous requests for certain sporting events that occurred here in the village---they are posted below--in no particular order:

---1962, SPORTS-A-RAMA  https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2018/06/1962-croton-sports-rama.html

---1981 CROTON BASEBALL CHAMPIONS  https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2016/05/another-1981-article-on-croton-baseball.html

---CROTON HARMON WRESTLING 1958-2014; GO TO CROTON-HARMON HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING 1958 THRU 2014

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A READER HAD NUMEROUS QUESTIONS ABOUT A WISCONSIN HOSPITAL USING RACE TO DETERMINE WHO GETS COVID TREATMENTS: THAT HOSPITAL  IS NO LONGER DOING SO; HERE IS THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE PLUS A MID-JANUARY 2022 UPDATE; PLEASE REFER ALL FURTHER QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES MENTIONED:

A risk calculator from SSM Health awards Covid patients seven extra priority points for being ‘non-white or Hispanic.’

MADISON, Wis. — Should life-saving Covid-19 drugs be prioritized based on a patient’s race? The Biden administration thinks so. And now healthcare systems reportedly are beginning to follow such “equitable” guidance to the letter, making race and ethnicity a primary factor in determining who receives life-saving Covid-19 treatments such as monoclonal antibodies and oral antiviral drugs. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty on Friday sent a letter warning St. Louis-based SSM Health that its risk scoring calculator that prioritizes treatments for “non-white or Hispanic” Covid patients is wrong on many counts.   “The approach taken by your calculator is not only profoundly unethical and immoral, it is illegal......more at https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/19/large-hospital-system-uses-race-to-decide-whether-a-person-gets-covid-treatment/

UPDATED JAN 2022

NO LONGER DOING USING RACE BASED CRITERIA:   https://madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/ssm-health-no-longer-using-race-based-criteria-for-covid-19-treatment/article_c9256973-4753-5577-b5bc-7c2228043329.html