Unbroken Rips Open War’s Atrocities
I finished reading the book, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand this past week, the story of Louis Zamperini — an Olympic athlete then military hero and prisoner of war, then crusader for forgiveness. I remember ...
Editorials
Snow Fun For Becker Ski Club
Winter gets long in Minnesota. Finding an outdoor activity makes the winter more enjoyable. Over 250 (the largest group at Powder Ridge this year!) Becker kids are involved with the ski club Friday nights at Pow...
‘Je Suis Le Citizen’
And they ask me why I avoid staff meetings. As much as we pretend otherwise and involve ourselves deeply in things that don’t much matter, we are at war, ladies and gentlemen. On Wednesday it was Paris, but the...
If We Could Hear Their Voices Now
President Obama certainly created news a week ago in announcing a resumption of diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba. Despite the fact it has riled most of my fellow Republicans, I’m giving pause before...
Have Yourself A Charlie Brown Christmas
There’s a lot of really good Christmas movies this time of year such as It’s a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer — but my favorite movie is one that, to me, envelopes the enti...
Local Man Has Forged Career Working With Metal
Mike Hoffmann grew up in a tool shop. Well, not literally. Mike’s dad was a machinist and tool maker. He was employed at St. Cloud Reformatory and retired after working for 15 years in the license plant at the p...
Letters To The Editor 12 13 14
Mr. Maskowski claims that his opinion about Pebble Creek not being an asset to Becker is supported by an "expert opinion" that he gathered from going door knocking prior to the City Council election. He said th...
The Electric Christmas
Taking photographs of youngsters making their visits to Santa Claus is always a sought-after task in the newspaper business, because you never really know what might happen when hyper-excited kids get a chance t...
Do You See What I See?
It’s a busy time around Becker and our neighboring communities. Santa, Mrs. Santa and their dutiful elves are racing about in their sleighs, distributing gifts and joy of the season. The Methodist church ladies ...
Letters To The Editor 12 6 14
I appreciated the editorial which was published in the 11/22 Citizen and wanted to add another thought. Instead of spending $4 million on a master plan could the city make better use of the same $4 million dolla...
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