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A Shutout of Common Sense |
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by Paul Jacob
Baseball is life. One minute you're up; the next you're down. I know this. You know this. Boy, does Christopher Ratte know it. And we all know that taking your kids to a ballgame is the quintessential American rite of passage . . . to be celebrated, cherished, protected. Just be careful buying the kids lemonade at the game. Your loved ones' very well being may depend on it. Give 'em a soda loaded with caffeine and high-fructose corn syrup instead. It's safer than lemonade, but only because some lemonade is hard — spiked with five percent alcohol. There are commercials for this stuff on TV. I know this. You know this. But Chris Ratte didn't know.
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Collins supports freezing ethanol mandate |
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—In an effort to address increasing energy and food costs, U.S. Senator Susan Collins is cosponsoring legislation to freeze the corn-based ethanol mandate at this year’s level. Legislation passed last year requires an annual increase in the amount of ethanol produced domestically, from 4.7 billion gallons in 2007, to nine billion this year, and increasing to 15 billion in 2015. However, this mandate appears to be a cause of increased food prices. According to commodity price reports, the combined increase in the price of corn, wheat, and soybeans is over 416% since February 2006.
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Midcoast should consider heating oil cooperative |
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The City of Auburn and its cooperative partners started a pilot program this year, allowing 400 households to purchase heating oil under the government’s contract. The residents who opt in will lock into a much lower rate, and in turn, agree to purchase a thousand gallons of heating oil. Auburn and its partners usually purchase more than one million gallons of heating oil each year and, like other towns and cities, try to lock in a low price in the spring. Councilors decided to let residents in on the deal, hoping that the increased buying power would help both residents and the cities lock in a cheaper price.
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