Environmental issues

Sometimes it just overwhelms me reading Mike Masterson’s continuous blabbering on C&H Hog Farms. I worked 38-plus years for UofA Division of Agriculture and weathered many storms on environmental issues.

I attended the Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame Induction program recently and came away with this verification of my concerns for C&H and the assault it is facing from environmentalists who just do not understand. One inductee who is world-known for his scientific research stated, “Storms will come concerning whatever we do that changes our culture. When they do, and they will come, we need to jump on our research, believe it, and ride out the storm.” Folks, our Legislature realizes this and that’s why they funded the UofA Division of Agriculture’s unbiased research to continue the work going on in the watershed. I believe Masterson and his groups trying to change the rules after the game starts is just not acceptable, and I applaud the Legislature for recognizing this and proposing legislation to help fix it.

No. 2: School resource officers can make a difference with our school security concerns. We require every school to have a nurse; why not require them to have a school resource officer?

Finally: UofA colors all the years I worked there were cardinal red and white. Let’s keep it that way. TOMMY THOMPSON

Morrilton