On Monday, a letter to the editor stated global warming is a bunch of hooey and that decrying its dangers is like Chicken Little telling us that the sky is falling.
The contributor is a 1953 graduate of Iola High School, which puts him on the other side of 80.
That same day, 16-year-old Greta Thunberg addressed world leaders assembled for a special climate summit of the United Nations.
I shouldnt be up here, the Swedish youth said. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean.