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Showing posts with label Shawnee Mission Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shawnee Mission Park. Show all posts
Friday, July 30, 2010
Humor today---from The Kansas City Star
So I started reading the paper today, as I always do, like most people I suspect, on page A1 and went back from there. Unremarkable, right? Then I get to page A4 and see a prominent column by Mike Hendricks called "Public's Prying Is Out of Line", saying we basically have no right, really, to know what happened to Larry Schnackenberg after first his disappearance and now his reappearance in the area. And I don't disagree, per se, with the exception of the public details, having to do with the police searching for Mr. S., and so on. Let him and his family have their privacy--what do I care? But then---and here comes the humor, for me--you keeping turning the pages and 2 flips of paper later, back on page A8 is a nice, big, again, prominent story 6 COLUMNS WIDE, giving all the details the Star has about Mr. Schnackengerg's dis- and re-appearance. I mean, man, is that good? It cracked me up. Thank you, Kansas City Star. It's great to start the day with a good, hearty laugh.
Have a great weekend, y'all.
Link to original posts:
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/07/29/2117060/we-the-public-arent-owed-all-the.html
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/07/29/2115918/missing-mans-family-thrilled-hes.html
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
I have to side with the hunters and killers on this one
Did you see where Harvesters gave away 4 tons of venison (read: deer meat) to needy people in the area, after receiving all the deer that were shot in Shawnee Mission Park?
That's 8,000 pounds of meat to go into all kinds of food to feed and help the less-advantaged and needy.
I'm all about eating healthy and I do eat less meat--especially red meat--myself, personally and while not a vegetarian, I do recognize that eating less meat is far healthier for you. If you've read anything here, you also know I'm not crazy for guns (understatement of the year).
And then there's the issue of having killed all these deer in Shawnee Mission Park instead of trying to, I don't know, herd them up or something and take them elsewhere.
But you know what?
The PETA and all the other people against them killing animals--any animals--come down wrong on this one.
There were far too many deer in the park--I don't think anyone on either side would dispute that--and the herd needed to be shrunk in size.
So they came to the conclusion that these deer could, should and would be killed.
And while that's unfortunate, you have to look at the improvement of the situation in the park, along with the feeding of what has to be thousands of needy people in the area and come to the conclusion that this, indeed, was a darned fine idea.
Check out some of the facts:
"Harvesters received 11,359 pounds of venison from the culling of the Shawnee Mission deer. The Johnson County Human Services Department received 500 pounds for distribution to its food pantries"
"...most of the meat will go to food pantries" and "...some will be served at free-meal programs."
"Darrell Cantrell, executive chef at Micah Ministries’ Monday dinners, said the venison provided by Harvesters will provide 1,600 meals for people who come for dinner."
“'We feed the neighbors, the homeless and the poor every Monday,' Cantrell said. 'We serve between 430 and 500 people each week, and those numbers have been going up.'”
And this is just a small amount of the people who were helped.
So, sorry PETA. On this one, you come down on the wrong side of the issue for once.
Holidays or no holidays.
Links: http://www.harvesters.org/
That's 8,000 pounds of meat to go into all kinds of food to feed and help the less-advantaged and needy.
I'm all about eating healthy and I do eat less meat--especially red meat--myself, personally and while not a vegetarian, I do recognize that eating less meat is far healthier for you. If you've read anything here, you also know I'm not crazy for guns (understatement of the year).
And then there's the issue of having killed all these deer in Shawnee Mission Park instead of trying to, I don't know, herd them up or something and take them elsewhere.
But you know what?
The PETA and all the other people against them killing animals--any animals--come down wrong on this one.
There were far too many deer in the park--I don't think anyone on either side would dispute that--and the herd needed to be shrunk in size.
So they came to the conclusion that these deer could, should and would be killed.
And while that's unfortunate, you have to look at the improvement of the situation in the park, along with the feeding of what has to be thousands of needy people in the area and come to the conclusion that this, indeed, was a darned fine idea.
Check out some of the facts:
"Harvesters received 11,359 pounds of venison from the culling of the Shawnee Mission deer. The Johnson County Human Services Department received 500 pounds for distribution to its food pantries"
"...most of the meat will go to food pantries" and "...some will be served at free-meal programs."
"Darrell Cantrell, executive chef at Micah Ministries’ Monday dinners, said the venison provided by Harvesters will provide 1,600 meals for people who come for dinner."
“'We feed the neighbors, the homeless and the poor every Monday,' Cantrell said. 'We serve between 430 and 500 people each week, and those numbers have been going up.'”
And this is just a small amount of the people who were helped.
So, sorry PETA. On this one, you come down on the wrong side of the issue for once.
Holidays or no holidays.
Links: http://www.harvesters.org/
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