Retiring teacher, coach urges Colony grads to ‘find their 68’
By Jeremiah Bartz Frontiersman.com A football coach using a hockey reference as the centerpiece for his keynote address may
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Let me see if I have got this right. We face the greatest threat to our financial system since the Great Depression; our energy woes are highlighted like never before; the fabled Northwest Passage is now open; deforestation continues unabated; storms and strange weather dominate the news; we are fighting two wars and confidence in our direction at its lowest in decades; AND Sunday pastors were advising their congregations to “vote for life.”
I did not realize that Roe v Wade and gay rights were causing global warming and economic hardship.
I guess when one is exempt from taxes there is no reason to be concerned. After all, it will be those of us that actually support the operations of state that will pay to limit CO2 emissions and the development of alternative fuels.
Perhaps, it is time to revisit our tax codes.
Mike Dishnow
Former Mat-Su teacher
Soldiers Grove, Wisc.
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