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Plastic is forever

To the Journal editor: The world is producing twice as much plastic as two decades ago. Most of this is single-use plastic. You open a product and “throw away” the plastic, but one might ask, where does it go? Research shows that single-use plastic is ultimately landfilled, incinerated, or leaked into the environment. Wherever you go, there is plastic, and no one is taking responsibility for it — not the producer, not the consumers, not the waste handlers. Plastics are manufactured from fossil fuels — oil and natural gas. There is a link between global warming and ...

Good question posed

To the Journal editor: “How long, O Lord How Long?” a response from an advent litany my previous parish had used during the lighting of the advent candle has been resonating through my mind this past week. Based on Psalm 13, we have this text that is expressive in this short question: “How long, O Lord?” Scrolling through Facebook, TikTok, Google and other media sources, many are asking how much longer do we have to endure this violence? How many more schools? How many more students? How many more families broken? “How long, O Lord?” As a Christian minister in the ...

Common sense needed

To the Journal editor: I recently contacted Senator Stabenow, Senator Peters, and Representive Bergman suggesting if they are serious about reducing gun violence a constitutional amendment has to be introduced. Currently, the U.S. Supreme Court has shown it is pro-gun and has no problem shooting down legislation that limit gun ownership. A constitutional amendment is the only way to insure that could not happen. I suggested the senators and representative should resign if they are not willing to propose an amendment because of failure. To date, only Peters responded and here is ...

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 ...