Opinion
Letter: Let's preserve a downtown treasure
Mar 14, 2018
To the editor:
A couple of weeks ago I read in the Graphic that the old Nat Peterson building at 113-115 S. Washington Street was up for sale.
I hadn’t seen the second floor auditorium for a long time, and the current owner, Phyllis Thiel, kindly agreed to give me a tour.
After walking up the 12-...
Letter: Toboggans can be rebuilt, freedom is irreplaceable
Mar 7, 2018
To the editor:
March! Warmer temperatures, lots of snow. Perfect for a sliding party.
We’d head out to the golf course with our sleds. Yes, the golf course,
Things certainly have changed.
We had no idea what golf was and never thought a thing about who owned that perfect sliding hill.
Our mothers...
Letter: Small-town life a blessing
Mar 7, 2018
I really feel blessed to live in a small town.
People know their neighbors and are so willing to help each other. I have several neighbors who are willing to come to help if they see me out shoveling my driveway. I don’t even ask for the help but they volunteer.
I do a friend‘s driveway...
Letter: Five for Food returns with more sponsors and a higher match
Feb 28, 2018
To the editor:
Five for Food, an annual initiative to raise money for the Lake City Food Shelf begins on March 1 and continues through March, which is Food Share Month. In the past three years, Five for Food has raised over $53,000, which has allowed the Food Shelf to purchase over $200,000 in...
Letter: A simple formula for a beach revival
Feb 28, 2018
To the editor:
There was a time when the Lake City bathing beach resembled the water parks of today (only on a smaller scale).
The focal point was a giant wooden slide.
At first glance it almost resembled the roller coaster at the fair. Closer inspection revealed carriages that would ride a rail...
Letter: County commissioners doing their best
Feb 21, 2018
To the editor:
I write this letter after reading a letter to the editor in the Feb. 8 issue (“Hospice inaction was inexcusable”).
I appreciate all the hard work and dedication from Commissioners Brian Goihl, Mike Wobbe, and Rich Hall. My interpretation of their work and “common sense” is that...
Letter: Up on Ripple Creek
Feb 21, 2018
To the editor:
After the breakfast dishes were done Mom would say “go out and play, be home when the noon whistle blows.”
There were no schedules for dance class or the million and one other classes and clubs. Kids today live a programmed life.
We had the freedom to dream and plan and pretend, we...
Food shelf donations go farther in March
Feb 21, 2018
March Food Share Month starts March 1 and runs through March 31.
Food donations and money are collected for the Lake City Food Shelf and those numbers are sent to Minneapolis. Some funding for our Lake City Food Shelf comes from Hunger Solutions from the total numbers of food pounds and money...
Goodhue County attorney: Forging tools for the future
Feb 14, 2018
People occasionally ask me how things are going in the Goodhue County Attorney’s Office. For most of last year, I was replying, “We’re busy.” Now that we have statistics analyzing our work in 2016, I can say, “We are very busy!” That’s because last year was a record year for charging felony and...
Letter: The good old days are older than you think
Feb 14, 2018
To the editor:
It’s a strange feeling when people talk about the good old days and you remember them as an adult.
WWII brought about a drastic change in Lake City.
When I look at “You Grew Up in Lake City” on Facebook most of the stories and pictures happened after I graduated in 1944.
The 1950s...
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