School District Rejecting School Lunch Program Has Some Unappetizing Words For Michelle Obama

p012512ck-0195This past Tuesday, the Agriculture Department‘s school nutrition standards took effect for all schools that are in the National School Lunch Program.

In other words, any schools that receive federal reimbursement for lunches must adhere to updated standards, something that Michelle Obama has made one of her pet projects.

Not all school districts are on board. Rick Petfalksi, the President of the Muskego-Norway School District in Wisconsin, said:

We believe that proper food nutrition and meal portion guidelines are best decided at a local level.

By leaving the program we will not be required to follow these onerous guidelines, pushed by and large by Michelle Obama, who last I checked has been elected by no one.

Read more at IJReview

Wisconsin family opens 50-year old bomb shelter

Blast from the Past


NEEHAH, WISCONSIN—Although this is a story from May of this year, it represents another story of life imitating art. Sort of.

The Zwick family knew that the previous owner had built a bomb shelter when they moved in over ten years previous. It was not until 2010, however, that they decided to open the 50-year-old, eight-foot by ten-foot chamber to see what was inside. Unlike Blast From the Past, the family did not find a family living inside waiting for the fallout from the Cuban missile crisis to subside. Surely fortunate as well, they did not find the bodies of a family who were waiting for the fallout from the Cuban missile crisis to subside.

The Mail Online reported:

“We assumed it was just this empty space,” homeowner Carol Hollar-Zwick told the Appleton Post-Crescent.

The boxes, old military ammunition crates, contained markings that suggested there might be explosives inside, so the family called the local branch of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

Agents opened the crates to find… Hawaiian Punch.

Goodies from the past.

“It was all of what you would expect to find in a 1960s fallout shelter. It was food, clothing, medical supplies, tools, flashlights, batteries – items that you would want to have in a shelter if you planned to live there for two weeks.”

Everything remained remarkably well-preserved, thanks to the airtight containers the supplies were kept in.

The items were donated to the Neehan Historical Society which just happens to have an exhibit about the cold war fear of the bomb.

Matinee was another comedy about the cold war era featuring a bomb shelter. It was set in Florida at the height of the Cuban missile crisis.

Source: Mail Online

Students strike against new federal school lunch rules

Mukwonago, Wisconsin—By 7 a.m. Monday, senior Nick Blohm already had burned about 250 calories in the Mukwonago High School weight room.

He grabbed a bagel and a Gatorade afterward; if he eats before lifting, he gets sick.

That was followed by eight periods in the classroom, and then three hours of football practice. By the time he headed home, he had burned upward of 3,000 calories – his coach thinks the number is even higher.

But the calorie cap for his school lunch? 850 calories.

“A lot of us are starting to get hungry even before the practice begins,” Blohm said. “Our metabolisms are all sped up.”

Following new federal guidelines, school districts nationwide have retooled their menus to meet new requirements to serve more whole grains, only low-fat or nonfat milk, daily helpings of both fruits and vegetables, and fewer sugary and salty items. And for the first time, federal funds for school lunches mandate age-aligned calorie maximums. The adjustments are part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 touted by Michelle Obama and use the updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Read more at the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel