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Memories

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?

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

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 ...

Delta League gathering proposal signatures

EDITOR: The League of Women Voters of Michigan is a committed partner in support of Promote the Vote 2022. This is a citizen-initiated ballot proposal to amend the Michigan Constitution to improve both election security and access to voting. This ballot initiative will: Make voting more convenient and accessible, especially for seniors, rural voters, parents working two jobs and veterans who often have a hard time voting. Guarantee Michigan voters serving in the military will have their ballot counted if postmarked by Election Day. Ensures convenience and accessibility for ...

Council ORV decision not good for Escanaba

EDITOR: I am writing in regards to the Escanaba City Council decision to allow off-road vehicles onto the city streets of Escanaba. To the members of the council that voted in favor, I ask a simple question: How many residents of Escanaba will use this new “privilege” to ride their ORVs on the city streets? I predict very few, less than 100-200 city residents are owners of ORVs, while the remaining 11,800 will have to put up with it. These vehicles are built for off road use, not on streets in historic neighborhoods where kids live and play and people walk their dogs. On a ...

Support for Ukraine

EDITOR: How wonderful that in America we can feel so opposite of one another, yet be united under one flag! I was thrilled to see the initiative of people to hang the colors of Ukraine. I have felt aligned with the Ukrainians since this war started. My alliance comes with feelings of justice and a desire for all humanity to be at peace. Please note that Ukrainian flags were not put on poles or streetlights. The definition of a flag is: a piece of CLOTH which can be attached to a pole and which is used as a sign, or symbol of something, especially a county. These were plastic wraps ...