Let me step back a bit, please. “Montage” recently encouraged you Mountain Cityians to file for office of alderman/mayor (deadline Aug. 20) if you want ordinances and tax dollar expenditures in Mountain City “as is” or if you want to make some changes (one way or another.) ••• The smart-Alec cow, #1...

im Herrmann welcomed guests this past week.  On May 15th, a baby Blue Jay sat on his shoulder for a while, hopped up on his arm, and plopped onto his shoe. It was just that one day. The jay stayed around for a few days, but not close to humans.  Humans covered The Herrmann’s backyard on Saturday for...