Fracking will cause the end of civilization
Editor:
The end of civilization as we know it isn't about what's happening above ground. It's what we are doing below the ground, drilling for oil and fracking for gas. Man takes natural resources out of the earth, refines them and returns poisons into the ground and atmosphere, poisoning the air and drinking water it takes to sustain life. God gave us a gem, mother earth, and man without regulation is turning it into an outhouse.
The 100,000 wells fracking for natural gas on the eastern seaboard will make earth a ticking time bomb, just waiting for the shale beneath to start snapping, cracking and popping, and when the shale starts to crumble, the earth will rumble and the lawyers for the fracking companies will mumble "you got your money per acre, so quit your grumbling."
"Earthquakes? Come on, man. Are you kidding?" No I am not kidding.
Steve Kopa
Weirton
W.Va. needs nurses from Mountain State University
Editor:
Supporters of Mountain State University give many reasons why the accreditation dilemma needs a positive resolution for the best interest of nursing students, the community and the country. A reason I'd like to add from my experience as a nurse director for 30 years is the national nurse shortage.
According to the American Organization of Nurse Executives, the availability of nurses will remain 29 percent below need by the year 2020.
The shortage impacts everyone. It impacts our access to timely health care. It impacts our quality of care and outcomes. It's affecting communities all across our nation. It's a problem that is recognized and by the West Virginia Legislature, National League for Nurses, Centers for Disease Control, the Institute of Medicine, American Nurses Association, National League of Nursing and others. Closing the School of Nursing at MSU would only serve to contribute to this local, state and national problem.
We need these MSU nurses in West Virginia. We need a nursing program that meets educational requirements and properly prepares the nurse to contribute to the safety and quality of health care. There's new leadership at MSU and the correction of all deficiencies identified by the state Board of Nursing is their priority.
Fracking will cause the end of civilization
Editor:
The end of civilization as we know it isn't about what's happening above ground. It's what we are doing below the ground, drilling for oil and fracking for gas. Man takes natural resources out of the earth, refines them and returns poisons into the ground and atmosphere, poisoning the air and drinking water it takes to sustain life. God gave us a gem, mother earth, and man without regulation is turning it into an outhouse.
The 100,000 wells fracking for natural gas on the eastern seaboard will make earth a ticking time bomb, just waiting for the shale beneath to start snapping, cracking and popping, and when the shale starts to crumble, the earth will rumble and the lawyers for the fracking companies will mumble "you got your money per acre, so quit your grumbling."
"Earthquakes? Come on, man. Are you kidding?" No I am not kidding.
Steve Kopa
Weirton
W.Va. needs nurses from Mountain State University
Editor:
Supporters of Mountain State University give many reasons why the accreditation dilemma needs a positive resolution for the best interest of nursing students, the community and the country. A reason I'd like to add from my experience as a nurse director for 30 years is the national nurse shortage.
According to the American Organization of Nurse Executives, the availability of nurses will remain 29 percent below need by the year 2020.
The shortage impacts everyone. It impacts our access to timely health care. It impacts our quality of care and outcomes. It's affecting communities all across our nation. It's a problem that is recognized and by the West Virginia Legislature, National League for Nurses, Centers for Disease Control, the Institute of Medicine, American Nurses Association, National League of Nursing and others. Closing the School of Nursing at MSU would only serve to contribute to this local, state and national problem.
We need these MSU nurses in West Virginia. We need a nursing program that meets educational requirements and properly prepares the nurse to contribute to the safety and quality of health care. There's new leadership at MSU and the correction of all deficiencies identified by the state Board of Nursing is their priority.
Working together to keep this program in West Virginia is in the best interest of all parties involved.
Anita Myers, RN, MSN
Princeton
Remember the forgotten inmates
Editor:
This letter concerns the forgotten people, inmates.
It seems some of society has forgotten their own father or mother or son or daughter who is incarcerated. Family support plays a strong part in the rehabilitation course of incarceration. I know from experience this to be true.
Inmates are people who have made some sort of mistake and are paying their due to society.
A single letter or greeting card can show an inmate they are still a worthy person and a family member and bring joy and happiness and create "positive thinking" to an incarcerated person during their experience.
I've lost my girlfriend and contact with my daughter in the past year. Thank God, for support from family during these events.
Please remember those who are sadly forgotten in the jails and prisons. We are only human, same as you.
David R. Knight Jr.
Mt. Olive
