Misses Air Show

I miss having an air show in this state, especially at the Navy base outside of Meridian. Because it was a lot of fun to go to see all the aircrafts there that you normally wouldn’t get to see at any other time. And in this time of uncertainty we need some kind of escape from the daily grind of our homedroned lives. So we could see all kinds of aircrafts flown by the best of the best this nation of ours has to offer. The roar of the piston engines in the planes of yesteryear to the jet engines of all kinds of jet fighters. Including the latest attack fighters doing amazing unbelievable midair stunts right before your very eyes to the roar of excitement from the crowds. Amazed by all of that they are seeing for themselves with their own eyes. I miss all of that, and then some. Watching all kinds of aerial stunts being performed by highly trained professionals including an appearance from the Army’s elite paratroopers, The Black Daggers, performing amazing skydiving stunts. Along with getting to see stunt flyers of all kinds doing all kinds of high flying stunts. Including getting to see wing walkers in action with members of the Confederate Airforce with their planes showing off their piloting skills. Top it off with the main event that alot of people came to see the midair performances by the legendary, Blue Angels, being led off by Fat Albert C-130 cargo plane. I miss having all that and getting to see all kinds of people from every walk of life there to. I’m sure I’m not alone on this because we all need that kind of escape to look forward to. I’m also looking forward to getting to see them be brought back to our area again.

Roger Burt

Lauderdale

Opposes Fisher’s parole

In November the Mississippi Parole Board will meet again to decide whether Larry Fisher will be allowed parole and be set free.

    I wrote a similar letter five years ago asking the public to be aware of his possible release. Every five years the three families affected by this man have to relive the terrible things that happened what seems a life time ago.

    I personally experience and understand the pain that one of the three family goes through and I do know the memories of Melinda’s loss never go away. It can be a birthday, Christmas or even just looking at a few photos of her. She was a sweet young lady so spirited and full of life. The pain never goes away for Billie and the girls.

    I am asking you write the parole board and ask that Larry Fisher (MDOC#41147) DOB 11/11/52 not be allowed back on the streets. Please address the letters to:

    Mississippi Parole Board

    660 North Street Suite 100

    Jackson MS 39202.

    When you have the chance give your child a big hug and tell them you love them. Tomorrow is not a given. A person like Fisher is released every day. Don’t allow him to be released without a fight. He could be your neighbor one day.

Bruce Roberts

Meridian

Meat and Cigarettes

Thank you to the World Health Organization for having the courage to

speak truth to power:  meat, like cigarettes and asbestos, does cause

cancer!  No U.S. health agency would ever say this for fear of losing

Congressional funding.

The World Cancer Research Fund and a number of other international

health agencies have been advising for years that meat consumption

raises the risk of colon and other forms of cancer, but the WHO panel

was actually able to determine a causal effect.

The 630-page report was drafted by a panel of 22 experts from ten

countries who reviewed 800 studies of the link between meat and cancer.

These included animal experiments, studies of human diet and health, and

research into cellular processes that cause cancer.

The panel’s conclusions evoked strong responses, with obvious resistance

from the meat industry and calls for warning labels, akin to those

mandated for cigarettes, from environmental groups.

Cancer of the colon is expected to kill nearly 50,000 Americans this

year, mostly through a self-inflicted diet. Fortunately, annual per

capita U.S. meat consumption has dropped by 15% from a high of 121

pounds in 2002, as consumers switch to healthier, more convenient, and

tastier plant-based alternatives.

Sincerely,

Malcolm Williams

Meridian, MS 39301