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Questions remain over data center water use

Ask anyone who’s lived through a dry August in Mifflin County what water is worth around here. Large data centers consume enormous quantities of it for cooling. That isn’t a rumor or a scare tactic. It’s how the technology works. So here is a fair question: has anyone in the Shapiro administration told the people of this county what these facilities would draw, and where it would come from? They haven’t. Josh Shapiro announced a $20 billion Amazon deal, waived the state sales tax on the company’s equipment and cooling systems, and collected more than $5 million from ...

Do your homework before voting

Yes, how we vote matters The midterms will be crucial to our nation and its greatness. We must inform ourselves of candidates’ positions on critical matters, not just vote on the party ticket. If we don’t, we will lose our freedoms and our democracy. Let’s see how the Democrats love America. Democrats are the party of open borders and defunding law enforcement. Every Democrat in Congress refused to fund the law enforcement and border security components of DHS. They refuse to fund the deportation of criminal illegal aliens, drug interdiction and border security as well as the ...

God is the one we can trust

To the Editor, We enter into this world at the time appointed by God for our birth to happen. We enter life knowing nothing. We have to learn everything: how to eat, how to talk, how to walk, etc. We learn from those God has placed in our lives to teach us. Our primary learning comes from our parents, and we learn other things from others we have contact with. One very important thing we needed to learn is to trust and who we could put our trust in. Not all of those who become involved in our learning of knowledge teach us what is true and right. So we had to learn how to ...

Track should honor Coach Scot Sechler

I believe something is missing at the Marcal Paper Field (Mifflin County HS Sports Complex). I don't know how we missed the opportunity to honor and pay our respect to an outstanding track coach, Scot Sechler who lost his battle with cancer at the age of 49. Scot attend Susquehanna University and Penn State, and ran track as a sprinter. He coached HS track at Lewistown HS, Indian Valley HS, and Mifflin County HS. He was the Head Coach of Mifflin County HS. for 9 years. He also helped organize the Juniata Valley Striders Track Program for younger track athletes. The life lessons he ...

Readers’ opinions

Our nation’s founders established US as a republic To the Editor: In a recent editorial post, it was declared that our nation was founded as both a democracy and a republic. That is a fabrication that would demean the founder’s intent for our country. Never, and I mean never, was our government to be a shared consort. Never, and I mean never, was democracy mentioned in either the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution of this nation. It was established, and clearly stated, that this nation was to be a Republic. I believe only the ignorant would deny that. Many of the ...

Readers’ opinions

Thank you to all at Popeye Fleck Memorial Fishing Derby To the Editor: What an amazing time at this year’s Popeye Fleck Memorial Fishing Derby held at the Beacon Lodge! We had 21 campers participate, with a handful who watched from the sidelines and cheered their fellow campers on! The ...