Pilcher, OK, in the Tar Creek Superfund site (a 40-square-mile area that also takes in portions of Missouri and Kansas) held its 90th birthday parade with former residents returning. The creek runs red with acid, and the dunes of lead-contaminated mine tailings loom around town. The government's Superfund is buying out the remaining residents. Article depicts nostalgia of living by a spent mine. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.