EPA: Need the rest of the story

Regarding the story in Wednesday's Coeur d'Alene Press about Lakes Magnet Middle School hosting an EPA representative to talk about the toxic legacy of the mining industry in this region:

Do you suppose that the school also intends to host a representative from the mining industry or a university's mining program to discuss the positive changes and technological modernization that have been made in today's mines? Maybe the school could even host a presentation on the important role of mining and minerals in everything from national security to hybrid cars. No discussion of the natural resource-based history of this area is truly complete without discussing the modernization - and betterment - of the old ways.

SERENA CARLSON

Coeur d'Alene