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Letters to the Editor:

OpEd confuses issue To the Journal editor: I was deeply disappointed by the editorial published by The Mining Journal on Oct. 7 titled “NMU Plant is Complicated.” This opinion piece contained inaccuracies that I feel compelled to address. First, the article begins by stating that “The (letter to the editor) … by Professor Sarah Middlefehldt Ph.D. of Northern Michigan University’s Department of Earth, Environmental and Geological Science was misleading at best.” I never wrote a letter to the editor. On Aug. 21, 2023, Mining Journal reporters covered a workshop that I helped ...

Unsafe driver cited

To the Journal editor: After 36 years of driving around the City of Marquette, I had one of my worst moments ever. Just a few days ago. Right in downtown. In the middle of the day, the area was busy with walkers, bicyclists, and oncoming traffic. As I headed north on North Lakeshore Boulevard on a cloudy day, I went by the Iron Bay Restaurant & Drinkery, moving along at firm 21 mph. Without warning and unprovoked, a white SUV passed me on my left. I was passed in a 25 mph zone in the city of Marquette. I wasn’t aware of a passing lane on North Lakeshore Boulevard. Even my ...

Fest an inspiration

To the Journal editor: The Lake Superior Fiber Festival on Sept. 16 was truly a community event that was of interest to a variety of ages and showcased several fiber arts. The natural beauty of our area seems to inspire various art groups. The fiber arts grew out of necessity over a long history in a wide range of cultures. There are many people to thank for their months of planning. Women in leadership roles in various groups/guilds recommended: specific artists, discussed traditional to modern techniques, worked with groups to determine who had the experience of teaching, and ...

Doctor supports repro act

To the Journal editor: As a physician, I was grateful when, last fall, voters in our state expressed our belief in the right to control our own bodies, lives, and futures when we resoundingly passed Proposal 3. This wasn’t a one-off, either, as polling shows, Michigan voters support a woman’s right to access abortion care at higher rate than the national average. While I’m proud of the progress our Legislature has made in fulfilling the promise of Proposal 3 and protecting our right to abortion care, I believe there is more progress to be made to help ensure everyone has ...

Ishpeming highway cleanup positive

To the Journal editor: The Ishpeming Lions Club is the oldest Adopt-A Highway volunteer group in the Upper Peninsula. Twice a year, we clean up the two-mile section of U.S. 41 from the west Ishpeming stoplight to the Ski Hall of Fame. In the decades of participating in this project, this little stretch of thoroughfare has become a source of seasonal reflection for me. The elder Lions I worked with when I was a younger Lion, like Dave Holli, Jim Penrose and Knut Strom, encouraged and embodied the idea of community service as a necessary ingredient of any citizens life. This idea ...

Seasons change

To the Journal editor: In the Sept.16-17 issue, The Mining Journal printed a (Letter to the Editor) entitled “Solar by example an excellent idea for Marquette Township,” praising Marquette Township for building a solar array to power their community center with that clean, renewable energy source. The letter further pointed out some of the advantages of shifting from burning dirty fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas to the use of the renewable energy sources, which do not release the dangerous greenhouse gases that the great majority of the most qualified scientists in ...