Opinion
Letter: Vote yes for today, yes for tomorrow
Sep 28, 2017
To the editor:
On Nov. 7, the Lake City Public Schools will be asking for our support implementing sweeping improvements to our elementary school facilities. A yes vote will not only improve the quality of education for all our current young learners, but will allow for a greater reach to inspire...
Supt. Enger: Expansion benefits all Bluff View students
Sep 28, 2017
On Nov. 7 voters in the Lake City School District will go to the polls to decide if an expansion and renovation of Bluff View Elementary will move forward. Though the cornerstone for this referendum is providing the space needed to expand our early childhood programming, every student that attends...
Letter: Hog roast a great success
Sep 28, 2017
Bethany Lutheran Church here in Lake City would like to thank the community for coming to our hog roast and garage sale.
Because of your support, we are able to send our youth to a Lutheran Convention next year in Minneapolis and we sent $1,800 to Lumberton, Texas, to help people there with the...
Old Curmudgeon - 9-21-17
Sep 21, 2017
What ever happened to white sidewall tires?
After World War II had ended it took a while for automobiles to once again start rolling off U.S. assembly lines.
The Old Curmudgeon was twelve years old and was playing in the yard on the family farm in Dodge County when a neighbor pulled in driving a...
Letter: Vote yes to give early learners the best start
Sep 21, 2017
To the editor:
The Lake City School District will be asking for our community’s support to fund a facility improvement at Bluff View Elementary School on Nov. 7.
The many improvements include things such as an early childhood center, kindergarten classroom addition, cafeteria addition and a new...
Fontem takes cancer fight to Washington, D.C.
Sep 20, 2017
To the editor:Last week, I had the honor of representing Minnesota on Capitol Hill by traveling to Washington, D.C. with more than 700 of my fellow American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) volunteers from across the country to urge Congress to make cancer a national priority.Together...
Letter: Letter was meant to be positive
Sep 14, 2017
To the editor:
It seems my last letter was misunderstood. It was meant to point out the wonderful diversity in our art community and the challenges of naysayers.
Donna Halvorson
Lake City
Letter: Why didn't Red Wing switch to two lanes?
Sep 14, 2017
To the editor:
In response to Ron Schimbeno’s letter in the Sept. 7, 2017 issue of the Graphic.
I work in Red Wing four days a week and drive through the downtown area each of those four days. Red Wing is a busy town. There is a lot of traffic flowing through the downtown at any given time of the...
Letter: Sidewalk sale thefts are heartbreaking and cruel
Sep 14, 2017
To the editor:
On Saturday, Sept. 2, I had a sidewalk sale on my corner at Lakewood Avenue and 7th Street South.
Everything was going great until I noticed someone had stolen a box of fishing lures, some of which I’ve had for over 40 years.
Someone else stole a small pewter box jewelry set I’ve...
Old Curmudgeon - 9-14-17
Sep 14, 2017
The big yellow school bus passing the Old Curmudgeon’s window sent his mind reeling back to the one-room school that was a mile south of his childhood home in Dodge County. Yes, it was uphill both ways! One half of the mile was a township road and the other half was a county road.
He started the...
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