To The Editor
This was by far the best article written by this writer and this newspaper, for me, he nailed all the important factors about the failures of our generation. From me and the Cox families, I say well done Bill Mo...
Editorials
To The Editor
The march at the capitol made Bill Morgan sad—and mad. I, too, was sad after reading his column criticizing the “know-it-all” young people’s “whiny” demonstration in Washington. (I do agree that it is unfortunat...
To The Editor
Way back we had Hoover days with his depression and the drought and we had lots of pheasants to hunt. We had a .22 rifle and a 12 gauge shotgun, but the .22 shells were cheaper. At 12 years old, I got many pheas...
To The Editor
As a retired teacher in an area public school, I read with dismay Bill Morgan’s column in your latest paper. Unlike Mr. Morgan, I applaud the courageous students of Parkland High and other schools in our nation ...
To The Editor
We express our deepest gratitude to the communities of Clearwater, Clear Lake and Becker for their support of our family at Jack’s passing. A special thank you to our friends who brought food for the potluck, Ro...
March At Capitol Made Me Sad — And Mad
To watch 200,000 teenagers converge on our nation’s capital last week to lead for bigger and better gun laws made me sad. And mad. Don’t get me wrong, I know it’s their right to protest or demonstrate for someth...
It’s All Downhill From Here
I hit yet another milestone birthday this week and am now forced to admit I’m middle-aged. Which sounds worse, 50 years old or half a century? Yes, I’m officially over the hill. How do I know? I now qualify for ...
Oahu Is My Second Favorite Hawaiian Island
Goodbye Maui. Hello Oahu. Leaving Maui halfway through our vacation was bittersweet. Maui exceeded our expectations to the nth degree and left us spent, thrilled, anxious and optimistic. It killed us that we wer...
Hawaii Trip Was Like Getting A Glimpse Of Utopia
As the plane descended from the clouds and the tropical island of Maui was directly below us, I could finally feel the tension in my body melt into the air like the spring snow in Minnesota. The cold, the dark s...
Dreaming Of Spring
As I was scraping the thick ice off my windshield Monday morning, I wondered what had happened to spring. A day earlier, temperatures were in the 40s - close to 50 in some areas, and I was already looking forw...
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