Giant Ski Jump Comes Alive
Unable to resist a trip to the Great White North to experience the annual riot of fall colors endemic thereupon, my old cronies and myself were somewhat disappointed to find the vegetation in a pronounced and pr...
Editorials
Family Bonding
‘If we all put our problems into a hat and then picked out of it someone else’s problems, we’d all ask for our own back.’ - Unknown. Earlier this week I attended the monthly chamber meeting at Becker Communi...
To The Editor
I read the article in last week’s edition of the Citizen regarding the recent announcement by Xcel to retire Sherco 1 & 2. It is disappointing to see, that even after Xcel has put forth their preferred plan ...
To The Editor
The Friends of the Becker Library would like to thank the following for making the October Book Sale a success: those who donated books and media material, the volunteers who gave their time and energy into sett...
To The Editor
My wife and I recently sold our home on the local nine and have moved from the Becker community so I no longer have any skin in the game. However I feel I need to make a couple of comments regarding Pebble Creek...
Thanks Rick, For Giving Us Our Lucy Back
In June, my wife and I traded in our used pickup for a brand new 2015 Jeep Wrangler. The Wrangler Terri picked out was a bright yellow four-door with less than 100 miles on it. Over the last several years, Terri...
Gun Toters Need To Lead The Debate
I remember as a kid growing up on the Oak Park farm I was surrounded by guns. My father and brother, avid hunters, had .22 calibre rifles, 12 and 16-guage shotguns and the more powerful rifles for deer hunting, ...
To The Editor
Rep. Jim Newberger says this is a fight he did not start, but this really starts and stops with politics. In the Sherco hearing article and his weekly ads, he never misses a chance to bash, bad oboma, bad Dayton...
To The Editor
To my surprise and horror, the city of Becker has no vision statement? How can that be? How can it be 2015 and the city of Becker still does not have a simple vision of where it intends to be in 10 years? How...
To The Editor
Mr. Carlson and Mr. Keeler's editorials from last week bring up good points. Use of public tax dollars, with little or no accountability, and creating unfair competition between the government and the private s...
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