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Water fluoridation is vital, benefits us all

On behalf of our local dental hygiene component board members, Superior Sunrise, we would like to express our concerns about possibly removing fluoride from our city water supply. Fluoridation is vital for our community. The science regarding the dental health benefits and the safety of fluoride is well documented and has been known for years. Community water fluoridation prevents at least 25% of cavities in both children & adults over the lifespan. We have a colleague, Emily Lucier, who works in an office and lives in Kingsford in the western Upper Peninsula. They see ...

Unapologetically vote no on Proposal 3

Is there a Christian perspective on abortion? If so, what is it? From earliest times, what we now call abortion, would now be considered infanticide. In Roman times, the most common form was known as “exposure,” allowing a newborn to die after birth in the elements. Romans would toss the newborn under a bridge in the Tiber River, or let wild dogs carry it off. Among the earliest church documents is the Didache, which expressively forbids both abortion and infanticide. For those of us in the Catholic sect, these early teachings have not changed. Early Christians, according to ...

Better options for Alpena Township to consider

When I vote no on the Alpena Township fire millage, I am not voting against firefighters. I do believe there are better options to consider concerning this proposal. DICK GENSCHAW, Alpena

The devil is all in the detail on Proposal 3

As an attorney for 38 years, including 15 years as Alpena County Probate judge, 26th Circuit Family Division judge, and 88th District Court judge (retired from the bench) I have a unique vantage point. With regard to Proposal 3, an amendment to our state’s constitution, an analysis includes studying ‘how we make law’. We make law in at least four ways: 1. Establishing or amending a constitution, 2. Legislative process, 3. Judicial law in the appeals courts, and 4. Administrative or rule making. All law, wherever made, must be constitutional, as our constitution is the highest ...

Prop. 3 language is overreaching, concerning

As a nurse of over 40 years, I am concerned with the language of the proposed constitutional amendment, Proposal 3. I find it very overreaching. When we as professionals treat pregnant women, we treat two patients, not just one. We treat the mother and the child. The proposed amendment allows no interest for the child; the child has no rights, and would be neglected. I am also greatly concerned that informed consent is eliminated, and replaced by “voluntary consent”. Medical professionals have worked diligently for years making sure that patients are informed of the benefits ...

We need to fight for change for our children

Parents, grandparents, and people of our community. We need a big change in our school board, we spoke and they did not listen — except for Eric’s Lawson and Ned Heath — thank you for taking a stand. The board voted in a clinic to be housed in the Alpena High School. Alcona Health Center said just to be clear, we do not provide provide puberty blockers, gender counseling or abortions, well they don’t now, but laws change. They claim children need this because parents work and can’t make appointments, well let’s enable parents some more! This would be a minority of students ...