Gosh, I Must Be Driving Too Slow
Wednesday just before noon, I pulled out from Rolling Ridge Road in Becker to Hwy. 10, heading east back to Big Lake. I cleared the intersection, heading to the “slow lane,” and after a quarter mile or so, viewe...
Editorials
The Numbers Don’t Lie
Several months ago, my wife and I embarked on a “healthy living” campaign to change our eating and exercise habits for the better. It’s been 21 weeks this weekend since we signed up for Isagenix and we have nev...
Death And The Maiden
Cats are funny things. People either take to their high level of independence and seeming indifference to humans, or they don’t. Many prefer the easy affection and total devotion exhibited by dogs, who lord th...
Getting In Touch With The Roots Of The Family Tree
“Family is more than the group we grew up with. We are also nieces and grandsons and cousins – and eventually great grandparents. We are descendants of those in fuzzy photographs and will be ancestors to those u...
Letters To The Editor
A petition was mailed to us recently from the Briggs Lake Chain Association asking for our signature to form the Briggs Chain Lake Improvement District. We have been BLCA members for over 10 years and have suppo...
Letters To The Editor
A message to Troy Malo and those suggesting the city does not allow him to do his job in the same manner as other department heads. Real leaders take the blame and give the credit – not the other way around. Kee...
Letters To The Editor
It has been brought to my attention that the “Big Tree” on the Intermediate School playground will be cut down this summer. This is a very special tree that is treasured by so many. I’ve been told that it is the...
Pebble Creek Finances Will Be Balancing Act
It was a bright, sunny Wednesday at Pebble Creek back in the early 1990’s. I sat in the then-Flagstix Restaurant, munching on a chicken quesedilla, served up by then-proprietors Troy and Tammy Getchell. There...
Hand The Reins Over
The future of Pebble Creek lies in the hands of five people who make up the golf task force committee. They just so happen to all be members of the Becker City Council, including Mayor Lefty Kleis, Members Rick ...
Letters To The Editor
Living on the waters of the Briggs Lake Chain, I have witnessed lake conditions which suggest that, despite the best efforts of the Briggs Lake Chain Association (BLCA), our waters are in danger. Under the statu...
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