Dear Editor,
(Re: “Letter Writers Lack Proper Historical Persoective,” News Letter Journal, September 7, 2017, page 2)
This writer (and moreover, reader) is thankful for all the perspectives offered in the News Letter Journal. If Mr. Baird’s articles push some readers’ buttons, for those of us with a sociological perspective (proper), they are welcome additions to our community’s paper.
I actually enjoy raising and preserving my own fruits and vegetables. Thanks to underemployment and the community garden, this “housewife” (house ex-wife) has been able to eat a rainbow and make nutritious choice easily for my family. Thank you, Mrs. Hayman, for writing about the importance of including a variety of colored produce in our diet. Thank you, Weston County Natural Resource District and Senior Center for having this great community resource available.
Organic or not, the issue is moot if our meals consist primarily of processed ingredients devoid of many nutrients.
Last year, my position as centsible nutrition program educator enabled me to learn about and share ways to eat healthier for less. Unfortunately the lack of availability for the program here in Weston County now is a loss for families unable/unaware of how to make nutritious meals available several times a day, every day, for themselves and their loved ones.
As for the Christian School closure, if putting in four hours of volunteerism was a contributing factor in the school’s closure, it is sad. Good values are important, and having moral compass is something parents and teachers everywhere whether at public school, christian school or home school, should strive to instill in their children.
As I have said before, science and religion should not be, nor are they, mutually exclusive.
I concur with Mr. Thorson, proper perspective is important. Too often, however, we are unable to discern truth in others’ arguments and instead remain stuck in one idealogical camp at the expense of evidence to the contrary. For better to realize validity from every side of “the story.” We may focus on the “human nature that seeks to acquire wealth” or, better yet, a divine nature that seeks to acquire facts, thoughts, and ultimately, good judgement.
—Lea Mendinghall