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To the Editor: We are grateful for AJʼs joining the Planning Commission and for the experience and expertise she brings. We have witnessed and spoken at multiple meetings over the last couple of years. We observe the commission as ignorant of protocol coupled with arrogance and incompetence. Meetings flounder aimlessly when uncertainty or dissention is encountered. AJ steps up by explaining regulations, procedural requirements and actions needed to proceed in a compliant manner. However, the commission views her expertise as a threat. Instead of seeking clarification and help when ...

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To the editor: Dear Canada, Mexico, Great Britain, Greece, Germany, Japan, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Greenland, Denmark, Finland, France, Australia, Brazil, India, Argentina, Poland, Ireland and any other countries of the free world that I have mistakenly overlooked - Americans need your help. We have assisted your countries many times but we are in serious trouble here and now. Our president has gone rogue - he is holding Venezuelan citizens as P.O W.'S in El Salvador even though our Congress has not declared war on anyone. He is having activists, who are here legally, ...

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To the editor: It just doesn’t make sense. The Houghton-Portage Township School (HPTS) District’s recently passed bond issue will primarily fund a new early child center for K-5 students that isn’t needed, yet the School Board wants to build a new 25,000 square foot facility to include 8 new class rooms, gymnasium along with other capital improvements at a cost of $23 million dollars. With interest on the bonds, the total 30-year millage costs are estimated to be around $46 million. According to ...

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To the Editor: The “Be Kind to Your Mind Youth Mental Health Fair” was a big success! On Saturday, February 22, local teens came to the Little Gem Community Center in Lake Linden and engaged in fun activities while learning how to manage anxiety and other moods, how to promote mental wellness, and to hear stories from people in recovery. We would like to thank our generous sponsors for supporting this annual event: Portage Health Auxiliary, Copper Shores Community Health Foundation, Thrivent Action Teams, Impaled Tattoos & Piercing, and some anonymous donors. Jim’s Pizza, ...

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To the editor: The U.S. Congress, as one of the three pillars of our republic, should have plenty to do these days as the Trump administration takes a wrecking ball to the federal government. Yet Jack Bergman and his Republican colleagues in Congress seem content to sit on their hands, giving up their Constitutional authority as an equivalent branch of government. Congressman Jack Bergman recently leaped into action, however, to testify about a bill being considered in Congress that would, among other things, end-run the Endangered Species Act and categorically remove the gray wolf from ...

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TO THE EDITOR: Leaven is yeast. A little leaven changes ingredients into a large loaf of bread. Leaven is a Biblical picture of sin. Quite often sin will change a person into being someone he/she does not want to be. Sin always does damage. It is a plague. Avoid it. Galatians 5:9 states, “A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.” Living like God commands us is not always easy. Some people believe submitting to the Lord’s will exempt them from heartaches, hardships, hazards, and life’s hiccups. Not true. God will protect and guide, but we live in a sinful world and face the ...