Dog Treat Afternoon

Halloween isn't until October, but a Pennsylvania school district said an aide played a trick with treats by giving students pet snacks. About 75 fourth-graders at New Hanover-Upper Frederick Elementary School received the pet treats during recess Thursday. No injuries were reported. Student Gabriel Moore told WFMZ-TV the aide first joked they were dog treats, then told students they were actually cookies. Gabriel ate three. Boyertown Area School District officials notified parents on Friday. They didn't disclose the type of pet treat, but said the ingredients would only be harmful to people with certain food allergies. That's beside the point. Giving children pet food is just wrong. The distinction between human food and pet food exists for a reason, that reason having nothing to do with a huge water source which has been discovered in the arid Turkana region of northern Kenya and could supply the country for 70 years. The aquifers i question were found in the Turkana Basin and Lotikipi Basin using satellites and radar. Last year, scientists released a map detailing the vast reservoirs which lie under much of Africa. Another aquifer was found in Namibia - sub-Saharan Africa's driest country. This newly found wealth of water opens a door to a more prosperous future for the people of Turkana and the nation as a whole, which must now work to further explore these resources responsibly and safeguard them for future generations, and I don't mean accepting huge pay-offs from greedy corporations which want all the water for themselves.