A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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As of 3:21PM April 24th 2012, 114,029 people are waiting for an organ. In New York Alone there are at least 10,000 people on that very list. Even in our own community we may know (someone) (one little girl) who is awaiting an organ or tissue transplant. With April being Donate Life Month, it is the time to raise awareness and enrollment in organ and tissue donation programs. With one organ donor able to save the lives of 8 people and one tissue donor able to improve the lives of 12 people, it...
As May approaches, with it comes the imminent closure of the First Americans First IGA. The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe said, “Continuing to subsidize the IGA operation is no longer feasible.” Simply put, it was too big and too expensive. “I paid less for nearly all my family’s groceries by driving to Massena.” When I would shop there I would spend $19.75 and be ineligible for the give away. It isn’t hard to see why though. In Massena are national chains with the buying power and often low prices that national chains bring. Well, now it’s too la...
Today, environmental issues are at the forefront of the news. From tragic oil spills destroying wildlife and habitat, to the toxic remnants of closed production facilities literally in our back yards, one issue that has been gaining a lot of attention lately is Hydrofracking. Recently Haudenosaunee, and all other indigenous people, were left out of federal decision-making involving the establishment of rules on hydrofracking. What is hydrofracking? Slick Water Hydraulic fracturing, or simply hyd...
