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Business went extra mile

To the Journal editor: When a business goes above and beyond to provide great service, I definitely want to recognize them! The staff from Pizza Hut in Ishpeming went above and beyond on Thursday, Feb. 23. A disabled woman that I know hadn’t received her home health care visit due to the snowstorm and roads. As she needs assistance getting food, she made a call to me for help. Being more than a half hour away and snowed in myself, I called Pizza Hut (which is close to her house) and asked for their assistance in getting a pizza to her! They not only had it delivered in 25 ...

Care with capital C

To the Journal editor: With the unfortunate news from (the local) nursing home in Ishpeming it’s important to know; check on your loved ones daily. If you live away make sure a close friend or other family member is you’re confident. I have worked in a local nursing home and was an in home health caregiver for several years. While state and federal regulatory institutions have checks and balances, they are not always full proof. I know when I was an employee nursing home and home health, it was a team of people working together for the good of the resident or residents. ...

Gun violence must stop

To the Journal editor: We find ourselves at the intersection of two tragedies: the mass shooting at our beloved Michigan State University last Monday, where three students were killed, five critically injured and an entire university traumatized, and the fifth anniversary of the horrific massacre of 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Florida. It doesn’t matter who we are or where we live – the epidemic of mass shootings — 71 in 2023 alone — affects all of us. Five years ago, following the Parkland shooting, I attended a gun safety ...

Too much technology?

To the Journal editor: I’ve been reading in different books, papers, etc., about the different fast moving technologies going forward. It’s not the best way. Too much too fast. They say in five years the technology will be 22 times better than it is now. In 10 years 1,000 times better. So soon it will be so complex and intelligent that the human mind is unable to comprehend them. In other words, the computers may take over our lives. It’s a little like that now. Not much personal connection. Email, textings. Voice mail. I’ve read health magazines say be careful many will ...

Enough is enough

To the Journal editor: It is time to act. Enough is enough. When the tragedy at Michigan State University happened, I was overseas in New Zealand and Australia. As a graduate of Michigan State University College of Law and as a father of a college student, I was especially concerned and upset. Local New Zealanders and Australians expressed shock and disbelief that such gun violence still happens in the United States. They shared with me how their governments successfully eliminated mass gun deaths by passing sensible gun reform. It was 4 years ago in March 2019 in Christ ...

Fewer is better

To the Journal editor: On Jan. 27, John Stossel wrote an op-ed attempting to present the positive side of overpopulation. In the article, he claims that innovation prevents our growing population from destroying nature. He tries to argue that our 8 billion people consume sustainably and that women having fewer babies hurts the world. As a younger man, I had the wonderful opportunity to live and work in the Netherlands. The country of the Netherlands is about the same geographic size as the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The U.P., however, has just over 301,000 people, while the ...