June 18, 2019 Issue, Page 16 of 21

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Tuesday, June 18,2019 Serving Western Oklahoma Since 1901 Letter to Editor Apricots are ready! Apricot trees in the area are about ready to drop their fruit! Before they go to waste (& make a mess on yuor lawn or patio!), pick them all (or find some teenagerto do that for you - be careful when using any kind of ladder!) when they first begin to turn golden orange. Use a big container or bucket. They will still be hard, so they won’t squich or bruise very easily. Take them inside and spread them on a counter or table top. Examine them daily until some turn completely orange or soft. Eat or place in fridge immediately! Dont eat or re- frigerate them until they do get ripe and swet. So be patient and prosper! Regrigerated apricots and other fruit will last quite awhile. East and enjoy! They will be very delicious until they’re all gone! And if you have more than enough please share. We wouldn’t want to waste any! Take extras to the Community Care Center when still partly green. Do the same with peaches and pears when they get ready. Try can- ning ormaking jams. We have a lot of fruit trees in Elk City! Nuclear power still Sincerely, your neighbor Ertis L. Johnson 1500 N. Washington, Elk City, OK 73644 makes sense The Oklahoman, Oklahoma with climate change. While 82 What about wind and solar? nearly that much -- if any. City percent of surveyed Demo- The IEA report declares that The party of the Green crats say climate change is wind and solar cannot fill the New Deal is on the horns of a The HBO series “Chernob- their top priority, the horde of gap. Resistance to large-scale dilemma. Nuclear plants that yl” has given viewers another Democratic presidential can- wind and solar projects, much supply power to New York College grads reason to fear nuclear power. Fair enough. But the discern- ing viewer will note that the didates remains unplugged from nuclear power expan- sion. of it fueled by liberal leaders, is part of the problem. Robert Bryce, a senior City, for example, will be re- placed by plants that are less fellow at the conservative leaving state horrific effects of the 1986 Recently, the International clean than nuclear and run on reactor plant explosion were Energy Agency reported ‘Manhattan Institute, says that a fuel (natural gas) that New directly related to the former that the ongoing scale-down since 2015 about 230 govern- York Democrats reject with Soviet Union’s incompetence, of nuclear energy will lead ment entities from Maine to their anti-fracking rhetoric. bureaucracy and propaganda to asurge in global carbon California have rejected or ‘Muskogee Phoenix, Okla. machine. emissions, and “efforts to restricted wind projects, and To his credit, Joe Biden has The “accident” at Cher- transition to a cleaner energy “an increasing number of ru- called in his climate change Anew report published by the Federal Reserve Bank of nobyl and the 2011 reactor system will become drastical- ral communities are fighting plan for giving nuclear en- catastrophe in Japan are ly harder and more costly.” large solar projects.” ergy a boost. Kansas City shows the 21st century has been less than kind solid reasons to fear nuclear If the production of power At the same time, the If they truly care about to Oklahoma when it comes to state’s inability to retain its meltdowns. But there are from nuclear sources contin- United States faces a wave of climate change, Bryce says, college-educated residents. also solid reasons to embrace ues to decline, the report said, nuclear reactor retirements, Democrats “should stand up In its first-quarter 2019 edition of the Oklahoma Econo- responsible, sustainable an additional investment of including nine plants in the and tell the truth about the mist, analysts at the Federal Reserve Bank’s Oklahoma and environmentally sound $1.6 trillion will be needed next three years. The IEA need for nuclear energy. Un- nuclear plants. between now and 2040. These estimates domestic nuclear City Branch found that while the recent “brain drain” This may not happen costs will be passed on -- capacity could shrink by til that happens, their various from Oklahoma might show signs ofslowing, the net loss because of the fear factor but raising prices by nearly $80 more than half in the next 20 plans to address the issue will of college graduates that has occurred since 2012 “actually even more so because of the billion per year, on average, years. Meantime, demand for be impossible to take seri- continued a trend from the previous decade.” political party most obsessed in developed nations. electricity won’t decline by ously.” While the net loss of college-educated residents is relatively small when compared to the state’s population -- about a 10,000 net loss during the first decade of the 21st century -- the trend is disturbing. Analysts conclude in the report that “having more college graduates move out than move into the state can affect total educational attainment, Sad ending for Boren, OU which in turn could affect overall incomes and tax rev- enues, as higher educated people tend to earn and spend The Oklahoman, Oklahoma subject of two investigations on in a positive way. Yet this demic programs were begun City by OU in the past year. One agreement, which ends the under Boren. more.” involves allegations of sexual university’s personnel matter New facilities were con- With nearly two decades of evidence, leaders in this state When David Boren an- misconduct by Boren when against him, would seem to structed across OU’s three need to be aware that present policies -- if there are any nounced in 2017 that he was he was president, something indicate OU’s investigation. -- have failed to reverse a trend some might have thought planning to retire as Univer- he has consistently denied. had some veracity. campuses -- in Norman, Tulsa sity of Oklahoma president, The other involves alleged Boren still faces a separate, and at the OU Health Sci- was linked to an economic slump tied to a drop in oil prices. The Oklahoman editorialized misreporting of information criminal investigation by the ences Center in Oklahoma Apparently there is more to it, and whateverit is this report that Boren had truly trans- to U.S. News & World Report Oklahoma State Bureau of City. The Norman campus shows college graduates are finding it in primarily in Texas formed OU during his time in for its annual rankings of Investigation, which began now boasts, among other then Washington, Colorado, California and Arkansas. charge. “No one... has been universities. a probe in March after one as consequential,” we wrote. ‘The university has paid an of Boren’s accusers spoke to things, the $67 million Na- The Gallup Well-Being Index for 2018 showed each of Now, amid a sexual miscon- out-of-state law firm more police. tional Weather Center, which those states, with the exception of Arkansas, ranked much duct probe, Boren has agreed than $1 million for its work Boren’s tenure as OU is world renowned, and the higher than Oklahoma when assessed on five essential to cut all ties to the university. investigating Boren, which president, which covered Gaylord College of Journal- elements of well-being. Those metrics include satisfying Inaletter Wednesday, Boren’s attorney essentially nearly 24 years and fol- Boren said he will give up the labeled a witch hunt led by lowed his resignation from ism and Price College of careers, supportive social relationships, financial stability, title of president emeritus former President James Gal- the U.S. Senate, did indeed Business. In Oklahoma City, safe and secure communities, and good physical health. and stop teaching a class at logly, who replaced Boren produce remarkable results. the Health Sciences Center CNBC’s annual ranking of the economic climate of states OU. He is no longer entitled Jast year and was sharply crit- The donor base swelled from campus conducts cutting- reported similar findings in 2018, using 10 broad categories to speak on behalfof the ical of some prior practices. about 18,000 when he arrived edge research in biomedicine, in its assessment. The factor given the most weight was university in any capacity, Gallogly resigned in May, in November 1994 to roughly and may not have an admin- just 10 months into the job, 110,000 today. The university diabetes and cancer in facili- workforce -- specifically the net migration of college-edu- istrative assistant, acampus citing what he said was a false took in more than $3 billion in ties that didn’t exist in 1994. cated workers -- followed by infrastructure, quality oflife, office or even a parking space narrative that he was trying gifts and pledges. Now, suddenly, Boren is technology, innovation and education. on campus. to diminish Boren’s legacy. Boren added an honors col- persona non grata at OU, a Steps have been taken to address some ofthese, but much Said OU Regent Gary Boren’s attorney says lege and several new dormi- sad epilogue to his quarter Pierson: “It’s as complete a Boren made this move volun- tories, and placed a premium more needs to be done. And it needs to be done sooner separation as you can get.” tarily, to help stop the acri- on attracting National Merit century as the university’s rather than later -- there’s little time to waste. Boren, 78, has been the mony and allow OU to move Scholars. Twenty new aca- most consequential president.