| Nuclear energy safe and cleaner
Regarding letter writer Paul Burton's thoughts on the nuclear waste storage problem (Nov. 26): The alleged nuclear waste problem was solved long ago. Nuclear “waste" can be encased in glass, and the glass encased in titanium — iron or steel rust and can leak — and stored in Yucca Mountain. Opponents say it may leak in time. It won't leak for approximately 500 years; after 500 years, any possible leaked radiation will be at a nonharmful level. Anyone worried about the unlikely scenario of nuclear waste leaking into the water supply need only buy a $200 water filter for their home; because the plutonium molecule is too big to get through the filters, and that's what is radioactive. Plutonium, which has a long half-life and emits alpha radiation, is relatively safe to handle, unlike other more lethal radioactive elements.
Villanueva's journey has him back at Roosevelt
There are spider webs not nearly as entangled or twisted as the strange odyssey involving left-handed pitcher Martin Villanueva of Los Angeles Roosevelt.
In January, Villanueva, a two-time All-City selection, dropped out of school and left for Mexico after being told a contract he had signed with the Mexico City Red Devils made him ineligible for high school sports. The Red Devils play in the Mexican summer league and are under the jurisdiction of minor league baseball.
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Ex-Brave Camp rebuilds his life
Two old friends who had shared a cherished episode in Braves history were meeting 23 years later. It was their first time together since the parole. Still 20 pounds lighter from prison, Rick Camp, for nine seasons a Braves pitcher and author of the unlikeliest home run ever, didn't waste any time on small talk. .
Ex-contractor: U.S. in Iraq 'permanently'
The United States likely will have a presence in Iraq forever, a former military contractor told a Battle Creek peace group on Monday. "There are four or five places over there that are picked out so that we can be there permanently," Wayne Young told 16 people gathered in the basement of First United Methodist Church for a regular Voices of Peace meeting. "That's Wayne's opinion based on meetings Wayne sat in over the last year talking about expansion." .
Coeur d'Alene Soldier Buried at Arlington National Cemetery
Nearby, work crews were filling in what used to be the crawl spaces of two scraped homes for the future site of the Syringa Center. I wondered how much longer Branden's memorial would last. On Thursday evening, I had my answer. It was gone. The Syringa Center site was almost ready for construction. I'm sure it'll be a nice building. However, I'm glad bulldozers can't scrape away the memory of a young man who was the focus of so much love. .
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