| Manufactured homes meet high standards
The first sentence of a letter to the editor published March 26 states, "trailers, mobile homes, manufactured homes -- whatever you call them -- should be outlawed, at least in states that are prone to these horrible tornadoes."
Considering the letter writer's lack of understanding that seems so obvious in that sentence, perhaps it isn't surprising that she reached such an unfair conclusion.
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Loss of jobs should be election issue
At the Hershey factory in Smiths Falls, Ontario, thousands of visitors for decades have stopped by for a peek into the mysteries of chocolate making.
The plant produces milk chocolate bars, Oh Henry bars, Reese's peanut butter cups and Eat-More bars among other products and a million pounds of milk paste a week, a light chocolate mix that's formed into 40 pound blocks and shipped south of the border to create creamier, tastier products there.
Hershey's Canadian plant, the first chocolate factory the company built outside of Hershey P.A., has been producing sweets since 1963. It's scheduled to close within three years.
Hershey is moving production to Mexico, which means not only the loss of 400 to 500 jobs in a town of 9,000 but without the free, self-guided tours of factory operations the company now offers, the loss a major local tourist attraction.
Sam 'Champion' of Eco-Friendly Wares, Downplays Cost
"There's many simple, even money-saving ways that we can actually give our little bit of help in our own lives and in our own homes and make a little bit of a difference," said weatherman Sam Champion on April 19 "Good Morning America." But when it came to cost, the April 19 USA Today contradicted Champion: “Products that help people use less energy – or leave a smaller ‘environmental footprint,' as green advocates say – often are more costly than their alternatives, causing some to argue that going green is only for those who can afford it," said USA Today. Champion's segment focused on a special energy-efficient home built by BASF The Chemical Company that is 80 percent more energy efficient than other houses. The home incorporates wood from environmentally protected sources, furniture cushions made from plastic soda bottles, compact fluorescent lighting, modular recycled rug tiles, bamboo bedding, and laminate molding made of pressed wheat instead of solid wood.
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