Letters to the editor: April 17, 2012

Arbor Day was first proposed by J. Sterling Morton to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture in 1872, as a special day set aside for the planting of trees.

That first holiday was observed by the planting of more than a million trees in Nebraska.

Arbor Day is now observed throughout and beyond the United States, not as repose for the past, but as purpose for the future.

So come by and take advantage of the free tree seedlings. The Winchester Tree Board will be passing them out in the parking lot of the Clark County Public Library on Friday, April 27, from 9 a.m. to noon.

Wayne Estes
Chairman, Winchester Tree Board
 
Gas price hike was unjustified

Dear Editor,

It’s a shame that every gas station on the bypass went from 3.61 to 3.99 overnight on Friday, with the exception of Kroger.

The last time such an increase was seen in one day, planes were flying into towers. The price of gas is determined by the price of oil, and to justify such a dramatic increase, the barrel of oil would have needed to jump by $10 or more the previous day. On Thursday, the barrel rose by 94 cents. 

I also noticed that not one of these locations received a new load of fuel on Friday, so how can the price increase? It can’t.

The fuel in the ground had already been paid for, so I'd estimate that each of these stations charging 3.99 was making at least 50 cents a gallon on Friday.  I've sold fuel for almost 10 years, these stations should be ashamed of themselves.

Is anyone in Clark County going to address this issue? I sure hope so.

Chris Conley
Winchester