Letters to the Editor
January 11, 2016To the Editor: Some 40 years ago Luverne sponsored a Vietnamese family of 10 children. Although only the oldest daughter, Thinh, spoke English, both she and her father immediately went to work at A.R. Wood. Thinh (now Jackie), who left her husband behind, was pregnant. She had John on Christmas Day, and he just turned 40. We were invited to his birthday celebration in Kansas City on Dec. 19.…- January 04, 2016To the Editor: Another successful Red Kettle Campaign for Rock County has added $7,032 to local Salvation Army funds. The many services provided in 2015 included back-to-school supplies for county school children, supplies for special needs students that would otherwise not be provided, study materials and clothing for Southwest Youth Services in Magnolia, and tokens for Heartland Express for…
- December 22, 2015To the Editor: Christmas At the Palace Committee would like to take this moment to thank the community for its support over the years by attending Christmas At the Palace. We sincerely appreciate all the participants over the years, and we want to recognize Terri Ebert for being the emcee for the past several years and Arlin Sandbulte for so graciously doing sound each year for us. It has been…
- December 14, 2015To the Editor: I have been reading about and watching these college student protests and have encountered a conundrum that probably only these students could solve. How do you spell “do-fuss”? Is it dofuss? Dofus? Dufus? Dufuss? Duphious? Dophus? Duphuss??? Help! Dophous? Douphous? Dewphuss? Duefuss? Deaufus? Bill Frakes Luverne
- December 14, 2015To the Editor: Thank you for the recent coverage of “The Loop.” I humbly read the article and the attached document of the “Loop Trail Master Plan.” I am totally amazed at how far Holly Sammons and her team have come to make a vision reality. WOW! What an asset this is going to be to the city of Luverne and the surrounding area. Ronald Reagan said it best! “There is no limit to the amount of good…
- December 14, 2015To the Editor: The recent terrorist attack in San Bernadino brought much-needed scrutiny to the flaws in our current visa program. Lost in the discussion, however, has been the fact that we still don’t have control of our borders, and if ISIS has figured out how to game the visa system, you can be sure they’ve figured out how to infiltrate our country through our porous borders. It would be nice…
- December 14, 2015To the Editor: Memories: Of my home at 219 West Lincoln Street at the corner of Lincoln and Highway 75 from 1950 to the early 1960s. It was a beautiful house. It had three fireplaces that did not work but were beautiful décor, and the home also had a built-in china cupboard, pocket doors and beautiful woodwork. We were like one big family. There were mostly elderly widows who were residents when…
- December 07, 2015Minnesota's economic experts have spoken, and they are projecting agreeable fiscal news for the state according to State Representative Joe Schomacker (R-Luverne). If the estimates hold, Minnesota could expect to see a surplus of $1.871 billion for the 2016-17 budget cycle. "We're seeing a continued trend of positive economic forecasts, which is always good news," Schomacker…
- December 01, 2015To the Editor: I read Rick Peterson’s column concerning the Affordable Care Act, and a few quotes came to my mind. It led me to think. (Here’s trouble.) Dick Gregory, the black activist and comedian, said, “Everything we do we should look at in terms of the millions of people who can’t afford it.” You are one of the millions who had affordable health insurance but now find it hard to afford or…
- November 23, 2015To the Editor: A few people have asked me why I’m not writing letters. It caused me to think. Yes, that’s trouble. I thought about “nothing to write.” That made me think of nothing or space. Space is an area of nothing. Typewriters have a spacebar that gives us an area of nothing between words. Without it, asentencelookslikethis. In outer space there is no gravity, temperature and very little…
- November 23, 2015To the city of Luverne, businesses, organizations and individuals: We, the members of the LIFT Design Committee, express our sincere appreciation for the efforts of the city of Luverne, businesses, organizations and individuals who have worked to beautify this community through the spring, summer, fall and winter. Driving through town it is wonderful to see the beautiful plantings, vibrant…
- November 16, 2015To the Editor: What’s this I hear… about the Main Street Music Group moving into the Historical Carnegie building!!! I understand this would require handicap accessibility, which would mean an elevator and bathrooms upstairs. How would you put seven soundproof rooms and those two very expensive items in that historic building without destroying the beautiful woodwork and windows, and where…
- November 16, 2015To the Editor: Twenty-three years ago CAHRC established a seat at the board for member organizations Rock County Fine Arts (RCFAA), Historical Society, Green Earth Players (GEP), Blue Mound Area Theater (BMAT), Blue Mound Woodcarvers, Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB). At that time there was a need by these organizations to have a phone number contact and mailing address as well as office…
- November 16, 2015To the Editor: In response to the thumbs down to rising health insurance premiums and Rick Peterson's editorial on "Affordable health care is not so affordable," I would like to suggest the option to participate in a medical-sharing ministry. Our family has been doing this for almost five years. For a family of 8, we pay $400 a month through Samaritan Ministries. You can research…
- November 09, 2015To the Editor: I have been hearing tidbits of things, disturbing things about our beloved Carnegie Cultural Center. And now after reading the article in the paper I am shocked that this has deliberately been kept from the general public. As a longtime resident of Luverne, I feel that we, the residents of Luverne, have every right to have a voice in what is going on with the Carnegie Cultural…
- November 02, 2015To the editor: Studies show that generosity and volunteering benefit everyone both physically and psychologically, and we can all keep this in mind as the season approaches. The Rock County Salvation Army will begin its kettle campaign on Dec. 1 in the lobby at Glen's Food Center, and volunteer bell ringers are needed. Businesses, service organizations and youth or church groups can take…
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