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Great night at Ore Dock

Thank you Movie Mom organizers, planners and volunteers for the wonderful evening we all had at the Ore Dock on Saturday, Feb. 7. What a night of of pure joy, fun and camraderie with so many wonderful women. Our shared interest brought us together and it was a much needed escape on a cold winter's night. Not only did we get to dress up, enjoy snacks and raffles but be entertained by Elvis as we danced the night away. Movie Moms, you outdid yourselves. Everyone I talked with loved the event and can't wait until next year. Thank you again,

Natural gas OK for now

To the Journal editor: This is in regard to Michigan House Bills 4007 and 4283, natural gas, RICE generators and Marquette City Commission support for them. Up until 2019, the Marquette city residents relied primarily on coal for generation of electricity, with a bit of hydropower. While coal was in use, in spite of meeting EPA requirements, at times I could still observe faint emission streams floating over Lake Superior. Thankfully that is all behind us now. In consideration of the environment, fuel type and cost for power generation, dependability, longevity and other factors, the ...

Follow the money

To the Journal editor: Every day we are asked by President Trump to believe something that has no basis in fact. It puzzles me that seemingly bright people defy their own common sense to accept what the President says. He has said repeatedly and publicly that ICE is targeting the “worst of the worst,” which he defined as murderers and rapists. To my knowledge, if a crime like murder is committed, then the local police will investigate and a prosecuting attorney will bring charges against the perpetrator, who then goes to trial and, if convicted, goes to prison. I don’t know any ...

Who are we?

To the Journal editor: Before I begin, I want you to know that I worked for the federal government in the intelligence community for 30 years. Every day for 30 years I went to work being proud to be an American. Today, not so much. I just viewed the vile, despicable, disgusting, racist post from Donald Trump about President and First Lady Obama. At this moment I am in tears. I am totally disgusted by this horrible, juvenile display. As the Olympics are going on, I have to wonder what the rest of the world thinks of the United States of America as they see our outstanding athletes ...

Something’s happening here

So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all ... — Galatians 6: 9-10a Dear friends and neighbors, No doubt you have heard some or much of what is happening in Minnesota. And perhaps you have drawn some conclusions about who is to blame for the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. I write this in an effort to help you understand why Minnesotans are protesting the actions of ICE. It has been said that if you want to understand another person’s ...

Senators doing job

To the Journal editor: Many thanks to our two U.S. Sens. Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin, for voting down the budget package (recently) that gave more money to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S.Customs and Border Patrol and that did not add critical restrictions to those two agencies. The other five of six budgets were voted on separately and have been passed, so the rest of the government will be funded for the remainder of the year. The Department of Homeland Security budget, which includes funding for ICE and CBP, was given a two week extension and will be ...