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Star Herald offers 'thumbs' for 9/11 observance, rickety bleachers, and more

Thumbs up — to the Historical Society for its work on the parking lot/plaza area on East Main Street by the History Center. That block just keeps looking better and better.
 
Thumbs down — to the visitors’ side bleachers at the Luverne High School football field. They’re a slippery hazard — especially the steps — when they’re wet, and the rickety setup isn’t very welcoming to out-of-town guests.
 
Thumbs up — to our local tributes to remembering 9/11. The Luverne Fire Department unfurled a large American flag from the end of the extended ladder truck, the city of Luverne displayed flags downtown and over the Rock River Bridge, and Remember Rally put up a poignant display in a downtown window front.
A great deal has changed in the 20 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on American soil, but some things stay the same. For example freedom isn’t free.
 
Thumbs down — to under the surface grumbling about masks and the COVID-19 vaccine in schools. Fortunately our local school districts haven’t encountered overt animosity, but it’s disheartening to see the ugly faces of “my opinion means more than yours” in other parts of the region and nation.
 
Thumbs up — to the return of the Rock County Pheasants Forever Banquet 0n Oct. 5. This group of dedicated volunteers has the interests of local wildlife habitat and resource conservation at heart. The banquet and the local PF chapter cause are definitely worth community support.
 
Thumbs down — to the forces of society that make a person feel that the world would be better without them. The causes of suicide are many, and it seems resources to help the suicidal are few.
 
Thumbs up — to the Luv1LuvAll Brain Health group and its school and community partners for bringing suicide survivor Kevin Hines to Luverne and organizing the “Out of Darkness” walk Saturday, Sept. 18.
Hines, a rare survivor of a jump from the Golden Gate Bridge, shares his experience and offers ways to see the light at the end of a tunnel.
Registration and open comments are at 7 a.m. and the walk starts at 8 a.m. on the Luverne High School track. Hines will speak at 11:30 a.m. in the new school performing arts center.

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