Global Warming and Rising Oceans To the Editor: Given that our state and federal governments are set on reducing CO2 emissions, I wonder how much difference it will make since the highest CO2 emitter, China, is really not doing much to reduce its CO2 emissions. In the meantime, developing ...
Kids against hunger Pack To the Editor: I just went to an amazing event. Singing, dancing, comedy, instruments, even painting. It was incredible and done entirely by high school students. What was this event? The Kids Against Hunger Variety Show. The students who participated were raising ...
Club helps women form connections Fairmont’s chapter of Modern Widows Club has been meeting for just the past five months but has had about 80 people attend them. Thank you to Tonya Mortensen for starting this program. It’s clearly a need not only locally but regionally as women from all ...
Both equity and equality needed To the Editor: This letter is in response to a “Letter to the Editor” titled: “Misrepresenting MLK Jr.” published on Jan. 25, in the Sentinel. With all due respect to the writer, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did believe in equity and equality. Here is ...
Council moves forward with lobbyist This week the Fairmont City Council approved moving forward with a lobbyist to help secure additional funding for a community center. This is a good investment by the council, and it’s good that it acted quick as there is a deadline of Jan. 31 for getting ...
To the Editor: On Tuesday, Jan. 17, the Sentinel ran a picture of Fairmont High School’s co-principal teaching equity on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. MLK believed in liberty, free speech and equality, not “equity” which is a stepping stone to socialism. Equity treats people ...