Iron County is Wisconsin's virus hot spot

The New York Times

Only 2 confirmed cases through June 26, including a stretch of 10 weeks without a single case reported.  58 cases more since then.  That's one helluva spike.

From the Iron County Public Health Department Facebook page

The Pines

The Lazy Ace Saloon

Related posts:

Wisconsin COVID-19 cases mapped and graphed.  (updated daily)

Brown County.  GET ME REWRITE: 5 white guys don't get their way on the Green Bay Common Council.  (7/22/2020)

Chippewa County.  Wisconsin News: Chippewa County public health director favors mask requirement, and so should all county residents.  (7/22/2020)

Clark County, Wisconsin: "A lot of people are very scared of the virus, for good reasons."  (7/16/2020)

Douglas County.  City of Superior City Council to residents: #WearADamnMask.  (7/23/2020)

Grant County Board of Supervisors engages in government malpractice.  (7/21/2020)

Pepin County.  In one week, Pepin County Wisconsin went from a 13.8 to 206.6 positive Covid test rate per 100,000 people.  (7/13/2020)

Racine County.  GET ME REWRITE. Face masks: Response to public health crisis or political litmus test? 15 Racine alders make the call. (7/23/2020)

Sauk County.  Covidiots on parade at Sauk County Board of Supervisors meeting (chapter 2).  (7/25/2020)
Wood County.  Dear Wood County residents, It's not a time for complacency.  Best, Retiring Guy.  (7/11/2020)

Robert Callahan (1941-2020) Warren High School class of 1960

Source:   Warren Times Observer

1960 Dragon yearbook

1967 Warren City Directory

• Callahan Dennis engineer National Transit h100 Bauer Hill Road (also listed at this address in county section along with Gaynell and Dennis)

 1983 Warren City Directory

• Callahan Dennis h100 Bauer Hill Road
• Gaynell listed at same address in countysection

The popularity of Dennis as a baby name is graphed here.  Let's take a look at sister-in-law Violet.

Source:  Social Security  Administration

Violet had a respectable run of success during the first 3 decades of the 20th century, spending 26 years (1901-1926) in the top 100.  Her decline accelerated after World War II, the name increasingly avoided by Boomer parents.  In a pleasant turn of events, Violet has been enjoying a renaissance since 1998 and, according to the most recent rankings, is at her peak.

Other class of 1960 obituaries
2020
Cynthia Ponsoll Agnew.  (7/16/2020)
Jean Bonnel Camp  (1/24/2020)

2019
Michael Madigan.  (10/15/2019)
Richard White.  (9/13/2019)
Rose Marie Conklin Brown.  (2/18/2019)
Wrayburn Haynes Jr.  (2/13/2019)

2018

Jerald Armstong.  (12/15/2018),
Ellen Kenny Lindell.  (11/18/2018)
Thomas Nasman.  (10/19/2018)
John Hedman.  (10/9/2018)
John Barr.  (6/14/2018)
Arthur Saxton.  (2/9/2018)

2017
Louis Musante.  (1/9/2018)
George W. Yaegle, Jr.  (12/1/2017)
Diana Lee Hagerman Smith. (6/5/2017)
Edward Grosch.  (6/3/2017)
Rita Fitzgerald Lindgren.  (5/25/2017)
Judy Charles Lobdell.  (5/2/2017)
James Johnson.  (3/6/2017)
William Ritchie.  (2/21/2017)

2016
Janice Carlson.  (5/9/2016)
William Irwin.  (3/18/2016)

2015
Patricia O'Neill.  (12/27/2015)
David Hollingshead.  (11/18/2015)
Marlene LeTrent Peterson.  (7/15/2015)
John Marymount.  (3/24/2015)
Kraig Werlin.  (2/1/2015)

2014
Mary Kays Frederick.  (12/9/2014)

Nancy Goodwill Bonavita.  (3/9/2014)
Mary Madeleine Graham Helmbrecht Haslett.  (1/6/2014)

First-world problems (coronavirus edition)

For the photo, Retiring Guy googled large home swimming pool Town of Newburgh NY

Reported in Turning a Second Home Into a Primary Home.  (The New York Times, 7/24/2020)


Original 5/18/2020 post starts here

What a 5,000-square-foot house with swimming pool looks like

Reported in Young Adults Take Refuge in Parents’ Empty Nests.  (The New York Times, 5/15/2020)

Retiring Guy lives in an more than adequate 1800-square-foot house with his wife.  Their older son moved in with them temporarily when Wisconsin's 'safer-in-place' order was issued in mid-March.  Better than living alone in a studio apartment.  (Which he's still renting.)  If someone is watching TV in the family room, the opposite side of the house, where the bedrooms are located, remains quiet.  Same goes for when someone is watching the TV in the Presidents' Room. (see below)

There's plenty of elbow room for all 3 of us.

Related reading:
Why are American homes so big?  (The Atlantic, 9/12/2019)

Original 10/10/2019 post, "The ultimate first world problem", starts here.



No One Needs a Superyacht, but They Keep Selling Them.  (The New York Times, 10/8/2019)

This is an industry in which problems include protecting the owner’s Picasso collection from salt air, clumsy crew members and faulty sprinklers. 

Or maybe you have to decide whether to build one 330-foot vessel (100 meters) or join a trend of the last few years by opting for a “smaller” 200-foot yacht with a 165-foot support vessel to carry a submarine, helicopter, speedboats and other toys. Aviva, a 320-foot yacht launched in 2017, was the first in the world to include a full-size indoor paddle tennis court.

According to Merriam-Webster, the first known use of the phrase 'first world' -- the highly developed industrialized nations often considered the westernized countries of the world -- occurred in 1967.

Other coinages from the same year include:

1. air ball
2. blue flu
3. chump change
4. group home
5. max out
6. rip off
7. speed freak
8. sports drink
9. wet bar