Letter To The Editor

I happened to catch the movie “An Inconvenient Truth” by Al Gore around 2006 and thought it would be good for students to watch now in these times.

Since 2006 when it was produced we can see how things have come to truth over the years with global warming. We can make our Earth a better place for all, if we all make an effort and not ignore the scientific facts. Why do we promote Earth Day if we do not practice what we preach. The younger generation ar taking it on now. We all have more time now to take time to contemplate the future, so why not?

We are truly humbled to have been honored last Friday evening by our peers in the community with the Fairbury Chamber of Commerce Community Service Award.

When we made the decision to return to our hometown 10 years ago after many years’ absence, we knew we were going to have to be “all in.” We had a debt to repay for everything the community had given us when we were growing up, and we were determined to see that our daughters had the same distinct experiences and joyful rewards of small-town Nebraska as we settled in to raise them here in Fairbury.

Dear Editor:

Making the time to eat together as a family is tough. 

Parents and guardians are competing with sports practices, musical events, and group homework projects while managing difficult work schedules, cell phones, and television. But, according to several nationally known studies, only one thing provides better results than all childhood group activities and homework; and it is fundamental: participating in regular family meals. 

To the Editor:

It is time for Nebraska’s corn industry and community members to take a stand and tell the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) we are angry about the proposed “fix” to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

In the last three years the EPA has destroyed over 4 billion gallons of biofuel demand by ignoring the law and granting oil refineries 85 waivers from the biofuels requirements of the RFS.