Speak Out

Re "A far different place like home" (Sports story, June 13):

I would like to correct a case of mistaken identity that occurred on the front page of The Star's sports section.

The picture that accompanied the article on Ken Hutcherson, one of the six inductees this year into the Calhoun County Sports Hall of Fame, was not of Hutcherson. The photo was of one of his teammates.

As a board, we accumulate pictures for our power-point presentation to highlight the lives of our inductees from several sources. The picture of Hutcherson in his young playing career was identified to us as Ken Hutcherson, and we sent the picture to The Star to publish with the article.

The mistake for the incorrect picture should be directed at us and not The Star's sports department. We painstakingly make every effort to eliminate these types of mistakes. But as president of the board, I accept full responsibility for this error.

It is my desire that this mistake does not detract from a terrific, sold-out celebration of six outstanding sports figures from Calhoun County.

Bill Jones
President, Calhoun County Sports Hall of Fame
Jacksonville

Combat global warming

Re "McCain and climate change" (George Will column, June 2):

George Will missed the point on climate change when he bashed the tabled "New Role" of government on climate change with Sen. Joseph Leiberman's co-sponsored bill.

If any have followed the global-warming crisis and not taken party-line sides, they would know a little more than Will cares to acknowledge. The changing climate is primarily due to five billion being added to the global population since President Kennedy was elected in 1960.

The world can get so messed up that about 80 percent of the six billion would die. That would return us to being nomadic hunter-gatherers, and it would leave this world intact. The forests would grow back, the world would heal, and God would smile again. No fire and brimstone, certainly no earth-covering flood.

In order to avoid this, there are a few things experts say we need to stop immediately:

No more trade; food would need to be locally grown and produced, as well as goods and services. Container ships burn straight crude oil, not to mention all of the trains and trucks.

Grounding air traffic. Leave what fuels we burn for emergency services and heat for the homes.

Zero landfill worldwide; nothing is wasted. Zero air and water pollution and organic farming and food production in order to reverse the effects of having six billion people in a world only big enough for one billion.

No more watering of deserts or the taking of farmlands for recreational use. These are the measures some say are necessary to stop and reverse the effects of global warming in addition to no fossil fuels.

I think government may have to play a little larger role to get people to conform. Otherwise, my grandchildren may be tribal chiefs once again, like my father's forefathers, leading their people to greener pastures.

Bill D. Jennings
Anniston