In 1934 I attended the State School for the Blind, at Faribault. That was in the Great Depression and the blind kids had almost no hopes of getting a job when they finished school. Going to a street corner with a tin cup and a musical instrument or selling pencils …
The Longville communitiy has until August 10th to get the playground moved from it's present location (next to the Longville School). Welk Excavating has agreed to lend the use of equipment to help with the transfer, but volunteer labor is needed to make it happen.
I am neither Republican or Democrat. I always vote ......... for the one I think will be the lesser of two evils. But I would like to respond to the Republican Chair's assessment of Mr. Zimmer. It is nice that you have been going to fairs and parades and mingling …
An organizational meeting was held Thursday, Aug. 4, to build a group of volunteers to remove the playground behind Longville Elementary School. No surprise, many folks came out to support this effort. Sunday, August 14th has been chosen to begin the movement of the equipment to the site being donated …
In response to Julie Pawlak's letter, I fully agree to everything she stated. I couldn't have added anything to her remarks. I couldn't express myself as well as she did.
Dear me, my mind is in such a tizzy. Am I too dumb and misinformed that the liberal media has warped my brain into thinking the Democrats have the best interest of the country at heart? Or am I smart enough to question what I hear and read and think …
Three weeks after Minnesota's state government shutdown, I am hopeful that some semblance of normalcy has returned to those lives negatively impacted by this ordeal. While the political blame game may continue, I am focused on learning from this shutdown in order to prevent this from happening in the future.
I want to voice my disappointment with the budget cuts that were part of the deal to lift the debt ceiling. I agree that we need to do something about our nation's debt. However I believe that increased revenue needs to be part of a balanced solution. The cuts unfairly …
I have been recycling since the 70's and I do it with a feeling of stewardship and personal responsibility. I believe we are each responsible for reducing our impact on the environment. There is a sense of doing the right thing and looking at the "whole picture" which includes our …
Fairness is a multi-facetted virtue not a political football; it is a personal decision of conscience. To compromise with one's own principles of virtue is to take what is a personal character trait, a personal responsibility and put it to a vote. As an adult of faith, I could never …
The fourth annual 40 Days for Life Campaign in the little white tent outside the Cass County Courthouse will be held this fall. Forty days of prayer and fasting around the clock will run from Sept. 28 through Nov. 6, with the sole purpose to end abortion Forty Days grew …
I would like to offer a different view on the Illinois Representative's guest editorial, "You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it". He states, "All of us continue to want all the things this great country provides, as long as someone else pays. The government cannot give anybody anything that the …
On October 18th the Press Citizen printed a letter entitled "Stupidity Occupied." The writer used the bible to support his belief that the Occupy Wall Street protesters are stupid and motivated by envy. This is far from the truth. I do not think that people protesting things such as: the …
Woof, Meow, and a very and a large helping of gratitude to the Longville Women of Today from PAWS and CLAWS Animal Shelter for their donation to our capital campaign. This donation was made In the memory of Mary Lopez and her love of animals. The Longville Women of Today …
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." (Hosea 4:6) There are some lessons in life that should be taught by the age of five and one of those is, "life is not fair." Yet we live in a time where fairness is a word least understood, in fact it …
