To the Journal editor: I would like to express a heartfelt thank you to Super One in Marquette and the community for your generosity during the “round up” campaign recently completed. Thanks to your generosity, a donation of $2,650.39 was made to the St. Vincent De Paul food pantry. These dollars will put food on the table for many in the Marquette area. The demand for assistance is up more than 25% from last year. Thank you so much for helping us help others.
To the Journal editor: The Michigan Zoning and Enabling Act 2006 (Act 110) was an act to codify the laws regarding local units of government regulating the development and use of land; to provide for the adoption of zoning ordinances; to provide for the establishment in counties, townships, cities, and villages of zoning district; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain officials; to provide for the assessment and collection of fees; to authorize the issuance of bonds and notes; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts. In other words, ...
To the Journal editor: Last month, The Mining Journal published a Letter regarding Upper Peninsula outreach jail/prison ministry’s In Your Cell’s Adoption Program seeking men, couples, families of any age to ‘adopt’ a Michigan prisoner for once-a-month US mail correspondence. No money or phone calls involved. The prisoner does similarly, a 30-60-minute task monthly. Currently, we are seeking to match up about six male prisoners, all vetted and eager. We ask both parties to agree to a one-year initial commitment. This is a great way to teach children compassion and ...
To the Journal editor: Once again, a third of the Opinion page of The Mining Journal contains public school and public school teacher bashing by Cal Thomas (Nov. 8). It seems that he is denial of what the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states. The words “separation of church and state” do not appear in the U.S. Constitution, but the concept is enshrined in the very first freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” Known as the establishment clause, the opening lines of the First Amendment ...
To the Journal editor: This battle between Israelis and Palestinians is both new and old. The hostility, violence, and tragic losses in Gaza are likely to continue and worsen over many months, meaning that the Israel-Hamas war will be with us through the rest of 2023 and, likely, some of 2024. If hostilities spread to the Gulf, this conflict will have the potential to severely impact international markets with particularly devastating effects on struggling economies and populations around the globe. While it is difficult to “put feelings aside and only think rationally and ...
To the Journal editor: The heart-breaking recent loss of over 4,000 children’s lives in the Middle East, perpetuated by religious extremists, approaches limits of human comprehension. Such brutal violence is not new. But perpetration of these actions by leaders in the 21st century, now with access to nuclear weapons, is terrifying. The blood of children staining a landscape that served as the very origin of three great religions – Judaism, Christianity, Islam – is being justified by those in authority as collateral damage. This kind of reasoning is an insult to human ...