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Media falls short in reporting carbon pipeline

To the Editor: Re: Farmer, attorney promote carbon pipeline mitigation agreements. When I read the article by Fritz Busch in the Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, edition of the Marshall Independent, I knew I had to respond. In the first place, there were more than 200 people in attendance at the meeting, which is more than 100, but stating that there were more than 100 minimizes the actual attendance. Here is a portion of the report sent via email from CURE: “We had a great turnout on Monday evening in Lamberton with standing room only and just over 200 folks in attendance. The top ...

State Funding for Senior Care

To the editor: Where is aid for our senior care facilities in the governor’s budget? We have a huge state surplus of dollars... can there be room for skilled nursery facilities to receive a financial boost to help with their ongoing staffing shortages,their inability to generate extra dollars as they are confined by the State Department of Health’s fee guidelines? It was reported by Kelsey Carlson on Fox 9 News on Monday evening,January 23,2023 that the state nursing homes across the state had turned away over 11,000 people seeking placement last year. Appalling situation! ...

Teenager, go home

To the editor: Re: letter written by Hilda M. Compton, Cazenovia Judge Philip Gillian, of Denver, recently gave some advice to the young people of his community in response to the cry of many teenagers, “What can we do…where can we go?” “Go home!” said the judge. “Hang the storm windows, paint the woodwork, rake the leaves, mow the lawn, wash the car, learn to cook, scrub the floor, repair the swing, build a boat, get a job, help the poor, study your lessons and when you are through and not too tired, read a good book. Your parents do not owe you a living, you owe the ...

Culture of death

To the editor: What is abortion? Abortion is expelling a life from it’s mother’s womb. Taking of a life is murder. The definition of murder in the Webster’s dictionary is the act of killing a human being by another human, which is, sinning against God’s creation. We should have all learned this by the time we reached the “Age of Reason!” In the Bible, Genesis chapter 1:27, it says “God created man in His image, male and female He created them.” God blessed them and said, “Increase and multiply and subdue the earth.” Chelsey Franta’s letter to the editor in The ...

Kudos to street department snow removal

To the editor: I am writing to recognize and thank the New Ulm Street Department. As you know, we have had some major snowfalls so far this winter and our street department has been doing an excellent job clearing snow and keeping streets clear. A photograph on the front page of The Journal (January 7-8, 2023) showed them removing snow from downtown streets. My wife and I moved into our home on Pfaender Drive last autumn. I was informed that this area gets a lot of snow and wind. That turned out to be the most eloquent masterpiece of understatement since Noah said, “It looks like ...

Does abortion promote peace?

To the editor: If we as a society continue to turn a blind eye to abortion and what it really is then we can never expect to see peace in our world. Advocates for abortion say that Pro-life views and legislation are extreme and cannot be allowed to put the safety and reproductive rights of a woman at risk. However, this is the very definition of an oxymoron. In order to protect one person’s rights we must kill another? This is a grave injustice in a world that demands justice at the drop of a hat. If we truly seek reproductive rights and we truly want autonomy over our own ...