Opinion
Letter: Smoking isn't worth the pain to you or your loved ones
Oct 18, 2018
To the Editor,
If I remember correctly, a letter to the editor should be about or related to Lake City. From time-to-time, I see articles in the Graphic about medical issues. What I am about to describe is about and pertains to Lake City folks. My letter to the editor is about cigarette smoking by...
Letter: Do it right, and do it soon
Oct 18, 2018
To the editor:
Here’s more from the sidelines.
First off, after last week’s paper I wish to address the negative feelings on all of the already-approved projects. Let’s quit kicking the sleeping dog and move forward regardless so people are allowed to have their opinions on anything they want.
So...
Letter: Exciting program brings local produce to school lunch trays
Oct 18, 2018
To the editor:
When I was eating school lunch in the 1970s, there were just two days I looked forward to: spaghetti day and pizza day. The mystery-meat hamburgers and overcooked vegetables, and hard, cold mashed potatoes were just bad.
My children have been eating school lunch for the past decade...
Letter: Clark will put people over party
Oct 18, 2018
To the editor:
Lori Ann Clark was raised on a Minnesota farm, studied and received a MBA in Venture Management and started and now runs a successful small business in Cannon Falls. She is also running to represent her neighbors as their state representative.
Lori Ann believes strongly that our...
Letter: Beware of big money in local politics
Oct 18, 2018
To the editor:
Big money is buying local elections.
Beginning last summer big money lined the major streets of Lake City with huge red and white signs and stuffed our mailboxes with over a dozen large glossy fliers of their candidate.
We all know that Barb Haley “promotes affordable housing” and...
Letter: Better-than-expected fundraising means more good work in the community
Oct 18, 2018
To the editor:
On September 20, 2018, Lake City Lions continued their mission of conducting an event to:
1. Raise monies for events/programs/projects which are endorsed by the Lions, and
2. Have a superb meal and an evening of fun and enjoyment.
For seven years Lake City Lions have held a fund...
Letter: Vote to preserve the point
Oct 18, 2018
To the editor:
Progress is a slippery word.
On the one hand it can mean: (i) advancement toward something higher or better, such as the progress of medical technology. On the other it can mean: (ii) an increase in scope or severity, such as the progress of a disease. When the word is applied to a...
It would be an honor to continue to serve
Oct 18, 2018
To the editor:
Nov. 6 is right around the corner and I’m writing today to ask for your support in the City Council election.
I have truly enjoyed serving all of you for the past four years, and would welcome the opportunity to serve for another four years. Lake City is my hometown and my wife...
Letter: Replacing the stigma of mental illness with hope
Oct 11, 2018
This year, Oct. 7-13 is Mental Illness Awareness Week, a time to shine a light on mental illness and replace stigma with hope. Mental illnesses are very common in the world today - one in five adults’ experiences a mental illness in any given year.
Mental illnesses can affect anyone, regardless of...
Letter: Careful what you wish, you just might get it
Oct 11, 2018
To the editor:
I want free health care for all. I want it fast, effective and friendly. Of course, I’d like to be rich and famous too. But the hard reality is that wishing for free health care, under the guise of socialized medicine or Medicare for All doesn’t work.
See the facts on what...
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