Now Can We Move On?

The Cabela Walleye Championship is over and so is the eclipse.

Both were apparently successful. Now we can move on. There are more pressing issues facing our country and community. We must address them.

Our country is experiencing a low ebb, when police as well as perps or even innocent people, are shot to death on our streets, and our president cannot even stand up against hatred and prejudice.

It is not normal behavior when someone drives a vehicle into a crowd aiming to injure or kill. Yet it happens so often in the US and other parts of the world that this sort of act is fast becoming a norm.

We cannot allow that to happen and we cannot go on as normal, as though nothing were happening.

I'd like to see local governments, businesses and organizations re-examine the way they do business and see if they can't find ways to build tolerance and acceptance into their actions and programs.

Yes, we're tucked away in an almost-remote corner of the Northern Midwest. But sooner or later, the incidents and behavior we've seen in Charlottesville and Barcelona will hit home.

Time to be proactive.