Food AND fuel
TO THE EDITOR:
A firestorm of negative media about the ethanol industry seems to have become the current rage. The issue is usually presented as a moral controversy by casting it in terms of “food vs. fuel”. To portray a complex issue in simplistic moral terms is to trivialize it.
Any one who has spent any amount of time considering a world with both a growing population and expectations that are rising dramatically understands that it will demand a lot more of both “Food and Fuel” in the future, not one exclusive of the other.
So for those who wish to enter the debate, please consider the following:
a) Less than 2 percent of the U.S. corn crop is used for human consumption as cereal grain. We use almost as much for pet food as we do for cereal consumption. About 6 to 7 percent of the corn crop is used to make fructose and sweeteners.
Franken’s mistakes were honest
TO THE EDITOR:
The Journal’s recent editorial regarding Al Franken’s tax problems was misleading and not a full disclosure of the facts. Al Franken paid his taxes. However, he paid them to the wrong state.
Charter School is special
TO THE EDITOR:
What makes Lafayette Charter School so special?
This is a question I have found myself answering many times through the years. My husband and I moved our family here to Minnesota seven years ago from New Jersey.
Celebrating Charter Schools
TO THE EDITOR:
May 5th - May 9th is National Charter School week. EdVisions Cooperative would like to thank all of their school and sites that continue to provide students and families with a quality choice in public education.
Closing & oratory churches: why the sudden changes?
TO THE EDITOR:
They closed our Catholic Church in Sanborn almost a year ago. Everyone thinks and says it was because we were broke. I can tell you we were far far from broke.
Child Care Provider Appreciation
TO THE EDITOR:
Child care organizations and parents across the globe are joining together on Friday, May 9, 2008 to celebrate Provider Appreciation Day.
GFW @ MVL BB
BLH @ CHS SB
Creative Kids Play
Ag Show 2008
FFA Ag Day @ NUHS
Mock Car Crash 5.5.08
Prom 2008
Service to Mankind