TO THE EDITOR:
Thank you! January 13th, I was attempting to find an address in Becker. I made a wrong turn and drove too far out of town. I waved to an oncoming car and it stopped. I told the lady I was lost. She told me to follow her back into town. We stopped along the side of a street. She was not familiar with the address. A Becker police car approached us. The lady left and the policeman escorted me to the location I had missed. Thank you so much for these two people that assisted me. I do not know the names of either of them. Their kindness and assistance were greatly appreciated.
DeVonne Koppenberg,
St. Cloud, MN
TO THE EDITOR:
In order to protect the health of caucus participants and communities across Minnesota, the Minnesota DFL Party has created a second option for a “contactless caucus.” Each local unit has the option to choose between this or meeting in person. Senate District 30 DFL members will not gather in person on Tues., Feb. 1, 2022. Instead, members will go to dfl.org/caucus and fill out the Precinct Caucus Non-Attendee Form and if they choose, a Resolution Form. These forms will allow caucus-goers to run to be delegates to future endorsing conventions and submit resolutions to the DFL Party’s Action Agenda and Platform. While on dfl.org/caucus, use the Caucus Finder to learn where to submit those forms. The forms can be sent via email or can be printed and dropped off on caucus night at the designated drop box for Senate District 30 between the hours of 6:30 and 9 p.m. on Feb. 1. For further information email: DFL SD30 - dfl.sd30@gmail.com.
Joyce LeClaire
Big Lake, MN
TO THE EDITOR:
Last Monday I drove down Hwy. 25 from Big Lake to Monticello. A bright and sunny day, no wind, -4 degrees (better than last night’s -17 degrees which is also projected for tonight). You can see steam rising from both the Sherco coal plants and Monticello Nuclear plant, providing needed electricity to keep our homes warm. Then I noticed the solar farms on both sides of Hwy. 25, their panels covered with snow. When needed the most, these solar farms were generating little if any power. No breeze means there would have been no wind power generated either. Are you enjoying this year’s spike in gas and electricity prices? These price increases will no longer be “spikes”, but the norm as our utilities are continuing with plans to shutdown Sherco and divest from other coal plant in the area, investing in solar and wind. This year’s price spikes will be remembered as the “good old days”, of cheap power when we are faced with even higher prices, brown outs, if not rolling black outs in the middle of the winter and dog-days of the summer. It’s time to tell our “government-approved monopolies”, (e.g. Xcel, Connexus, etc.), to stop wasting money on solar and wind and to remove their state guaranteed profit.
Bret R. Collier
Big Lake, MN
