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More Waterford Union High School Indoctrination

A controversial speaker was invited to lecture to students in Waterford High science classes: Topic - iron mine to destroy Wisconsin up north.Waterford residents contacted the high school administration and, to the administration's credit, they
cancelled the lecture for students. The public could still attend an evening presentation. 

According to the Waterford Post (Jan. 10), Tracy Hames from the Wisconsin Wetlands Association "will offer a presentation on Penokee Hills in northwestern Wisconsin, which he warns could be destroyed from a proposed iron mine." This issue has been studied for years by state and federal agencies and no such conclusions have been drawn. The Bad River watershed is actually in danger from the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa which has been opposing the mining project while at the same time it has been polluting its own environment by poor management of its own wastewater treatment plant. Translation; the Bad River Band is allowing poop to contaminate its homeland. Mr. Hames would be better off to bring this to the public's attention, as well as the fact that the Milwaukee Metropoloitan Sewerage District (MMSD) dumps millions of gallons of poopie water into Lake Michigan every year after heavy rains are allowed to mix with partially treated sewage. 

Back to mining, even left-leaning Minnesota has mining operations. Mining goes on almost everywhere around the U.S. and the world, except Wisconsin, which was once so engaged in mining that it is prominently displayed on our state flag. Our northern counties are in desperate need of the jobs and other revenue that the iron ore mining operation will bring. The proposed operation is environmentally sound. Pristine Lake Wazee in Jackson County is the site of a former iron mine, and, attracts scuba divers because of its clarity!

The northern mining project has been a very controversial one in Wisconsin. In the future it would be beneficial for our high school students to have presentations on such topics, but it is very important that this is done in the form of debates with speakers on both sides of the issues confronting each other and our students to challenge their critical thinking skills and prepare them for full participation in citizenship.