In 2014, there will be an estimated 1,665,540 new cancer cases diagnosed and 585,720 cancer deaths in the United States. With those numbers, it’s hard to find someone who has not been touched by cancer in some way. Locally, residents can help the American Cancer Society fight back by participating in and supporting Manistee County’s Relay […]
The following editorial appeared Wednesday in the Los Angeles Times: Children in the United States get unequal educations; that’s unfair but unlikely to change in the near future. Some school districts have more money to spend than others. Wealthy parents can sign up their children for private tutoring. In some districts, not-for-profit private foundations […]
Being in the media, we have always adhered to public entities keeping their budgets and financial transactions in a transparent format. Information being in a place where the general public can easily review it is something that can eliminate rumors and innuendos about how tax dollars are spent. What is pleasing to see is most […]
The following editorial appeared Wednesday in the Grand Haven Tribune: Most everyone is willing to help folks who are down and out, but not give them dollars for drugs. That is why we support Michigan House Bill 4118. The bill, passed by the House last year, penalizes welfare recipients who test positive for drugs. […]
Reading is fundamental. Most of us have heard those words for years from a variety of sources. We realize that having good reading skills is the key to being successful in school and in life. Those who don’t possess good reading skills often fall behind in school, or can’t find adequate employment opportunities. That is […]
Very few people disagree that these are trying times in public education and that many challenges are facing school districts. We feel it is vital for those two reasons to get the very best people seated on area school boards. Although those seats will not be voted on until the Nov. 4 general election, the […]
The following editorial was published in the July 11 edition of the Grand Haven Tribune: The Legislature is mulling a bill that would require animal shelters to conduct background checks on people adopting pets. The checks would be conducted using the Michigan State Police’s Internet Criminal History Access Tool. The state would use this service […]
The following editorial was published in the July 11 edition of the Grand Haven Tribune: T he Legislature is mulling a bill that would require animal shelters to conduct background checks on people adopting pets. The checks would be conducted using the Michigan State Police’s Internet Criminal History Access Tool. The state would use this […]
The following editorial was published in the July 9 edition of the Grand Haven Tribune: Anytime your cellphone is in your hand, you’re distracted. It doesn’t matter if you’re checking emails, looking up a destination on a map application, changing songs on your iTunes account or trying to find a phone number. Even using Siri […]
“There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.” — Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect As we move slowly through summer, it grows ever harder not to notice the increasing number of incidents in and around our community in which a healthy dose of common sense seems to be lacking. Law enforcement officials receive complaints concerning the […]