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Lay off ‘Tired Out Ranch’

Escondido, Calif. -- After reading Herald staff writer Stephen J. Lee’s story on the "tire ranch," I would like to ask one question of the North Dakota Health Department ("Don’t tread on me," Page 1A, Feb. 19):

Does the department not have better and more important things to spend its time and resources on than a person who has used a waste material in an apparently beneficial way?

This makes no sense to me. Cory Christofferson, the subject of the story, knows he is liable for any emergency situation resulting from the tires and has accepted that as a business practice. The supportive comment from the chairman of the township’s board of supervisors says it all: The biggest problem posed by the tires is if a tornado spreads them all over the area, the supervisor said.

Until then, the health department should put its money where it will do the most good in the state. One idea would be to send more help to nursing homes, so they can keep trained, quality staff on hand to care for the people who have helped make North Dakota great.

Good luck, Mr. Christofferson.

John Erickson Erickson grew up in Adams, N.D.