Opinion

Some good vibes are in place now for the Reedsburg Beaver gymnasts as they get ready for WIAA Sectionals in their own gym on Friday night. Reedsburg saw the return of injured gymnasts Bridget McCormick and Audrey Matyas at Saturday’s Badger Conference Meet at Waunakee and as a result, Reedsburg scored 127.4 team points, second best this season.

I always wanted to be a morning person. You know, the kind of people that whistle on the way to the shower and sing while they dress. Unfortunately, I am not that kind of person. I am one whose addiction to the snooze button almost always has me rushing around in the morning, trying not to be late for the day’s events.

I’m confused. The present regime is touting a “healthier America.” RFK, the guy with a worm in his brain, said Americans should eat better foods, exercise more, and avoid vaccines.

In this week’s issue, you will see essays by local contest winners who were honored for their messages about patriotism. One resounding theme across many of them was the importance of helping others.

So. We hear tales of courage in days gone by. Stories of valor and bravery. Of monsters slain and good people rescued. We are told that heroes once walked the same Earth as us, breathed the same air we pull into our mortal lungs.

Editor’s note: These were the winning submissions in this year’s Patriot’s Pen and Voice of Democracy contests, which are presented by the Reedsburg VFW Post 1916 and the VFW Post 1916 Auxiliary.

Ara Grada won the Voice of Democracy Award.

The Trump administration has repealed the Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse‑gas" endangerment finding.” In 2009, the EPA formally concluded that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health, giving the agency its legal authority to limit pollution from cars, power plants, and oil and gas facilities.

Nature's lovely gifts of early spring do a lot to compensate for the ugliness of society right now. The cardinals and the titmice are singing their spring songs and soon the bluebirds and the song sparrows will be back. The squirrels are feasting on the maple sap that has begun to run and some tree buds are already swelling.