Protecting schools

June 7, 2022

EDITOR: This latest and horrible school shooting cannot become the ‘new normal’ for life in this country. I’m not one who thinks ‘taking the guns away’ will solve it. I will point out that President Biden said in his grief stricken speech that “nobody needs and assault rifle, the deer aren’t wearing Kevlar.” He then went on to raise his voice and announce that, “We need to wake up and do something” - the something he speaks about are laws, and banning guns. But laws do not stop people from destroying other people. And certainly guns are not needed to murder our ...

Amish road sign thieves

June 2, 2022

EDITOR: Someone who knows Someone who took those signs. Someone who isn’t returning the signs or isn’t telling who took them is breaking the law. I don’t imagine someone from downstate came up here to get a few signs. And it’s a shame my neighbors would think of performing a hate crime like that against the Amish. It’s a shame people think an $80 sign is worth endangering motorists and Amish on our roads. Of course there is someone out there reading this laughing. But it boils down to respect, not just for the Amish, or motorists, but our laws. Those signs are not their ...

Our children deserve better

June 1, 2022

EDITOR: My father grew up near KI Sawyer when he was a boy. During that time, the threat of nuclear war felt so real — so big — that schools would do drills on how to protect themselves if the airbase was ever hit by a nuclear weapon. He told me that even as a child, he knew he was close enough to the blast radius that he would die anyway. Thankfully, that threat never became a reality. Maybe some of you reading this remember that time — maybe you remember hiding under your desk and putting your hands over your head and wondering if that would really make any difference at ...

Memories

May 31, 2022

EDITOR: Memorial Day 1968 was on Thursday. In 1969, it was on Friday. The date for both was May 30th. It wasn’t until 1971 that the holiday was moved to the last Monday in May. The personal significance was that those two years were spent in Vietnam. A week before the 1968 holiday, I was end outs to Vietnam. My flight stopped at Dakota airbase in Japan. We were allowed to deplane for an hour. Walking grown the concourse, I spied a familiar face in a naval dress uniform. I yelled “Turnip!” He responded “Boden! What are you doing here?” After explaining, he shook his head ...

Painful process?

May 28, 2022

EDITOR: This morning I was watching, Senator Durbin (D) on TV speaking about gun legislation. He stated that gun legislation is a “ Painful process.” What the hell? What’s a “Painful process?” Painful: Ten year old children and teachers are dead… they were barricaded inside of their classroom with a shooter who had an assault weapon. These children and teachers couldn’t hide…they were slaughtered, gunned down. Painful: While the family members of these children and teachers are preparing to make funeral arrangements, Senator Durbin and all the other Senators and ...

Rising costs

May 25, 2022

EDITOR: Well, it’s no shock these days to see the price of everything going up. After all, there’s a war in Ukraine.. Putin’s war. Right? Today, the headline read, “Living in Escanaba may soon cost more.” A few comments about that ‘planned’ increases in the cost of utilities and taxes. First of all, we just went through a budget cut discussion, where the local library survived budget cuts, yay. Others may have also. Good for them. But now we’re seeing where just living in this city will cost more? I know, I know, the city bills go up just as everything is going up ...