Opinion
Letter: More funding needed for tobacco cessation
Apr 18, 2018
To the editor:Smoking costs Minnesotans more than $7 billion each year. But while the state collected more than $840 million last year in tobacco taxes and settlement fees, less than 1 percent was spent on tobacco prevention and cessation efforts. We need to invest more in tobacco prevention and...
Letter: Give the gift of sight
Apr 18, 2018
To the editor:April is National Donate Life Month, honoring eye, tissue and organ donors, and the life-saving and life-changing gifts they have given.Each year in the United States, more than 82,000 people experience restored sight through cornea transplants, more than 30,000 life-saving organ...
TCMC second train is moving forward
Apr 11, 2018
I’d like to squelch a rumor. Ever since a state legislative committee in December rejected a federal grant for environmental work on higher-speed passenger rail, I’ve been asked over and over if that impacts the second train to Chicago project. The answer is no. The Twin Cities-Milwaukee-Chicago (...
The difficulty of predicting criminal recidivism
Apr 11, 2018
For many decades, the American criminal justice system has been exploring methods to accurately predict which criminals will commit more crimes. It is easy to understand why judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys and probation officers are keenly focused on the issue of recidivism. If criminal...
Disability service providers face funding, staffing challenges
Apr 11, 2018
Concerned that the State of Minnesota is placing further stress on a complex disability service system that has left Wabasha County Developmental Achievement Center (DAC) in Wabasha and other providers struggling for years, the Minnesota Organization for Habilitation and Rehabilitation (MOHR), its...
Letter: Spring? Maybe. Minnesota? You betcha.
Apr 11, 2018
To the editor:
In late September the little magnolia tree outside my window sheds its leaves. They are soon replaced by buds that resemble pussy willows. These buds struggle through the cold winter months.
When spring approaches the buds grow until mid April when they burst into fragile white...
Letter: A dedication to Bob Ruberto
Apr 11, 2018
To the editor:
There is a story behind each of us that probably includes at least one teacher, professor, coach or friend. Choral master Robert Salvatore Ruberto (1932-2016) who I met at age 12, patiently filled my head with music, dreams, poetry, wisdom, laughter, encouragement, discipline,...
History teacher: New book offers definitive history of Old Frontenac
Apr 11, 2018
“19th Century Frontenac, Minnesota - the Rest of the Story,” is an epic undertaking by Lorry Wendland that is a minutely detailed history of the quaint river town of Old Frontenac, the small historic village that nestles along the Mississippi River about 70 miles south of St. Paul.
This history is...
Letter: Lions brunch a success thanks to volunteers and diners
Apr 4, 2018
To the editor:
On behalf of the Lake City Lions and the event committee, I submit this note of thanks and appreciation. As noted in prior advertisements in the Shopper and Graphic, Lions conducted a brunch on Palm Sunday, March 25 at St. Mary’s church. Attendance was very good with over 300 people...
Letter: Election decisions belong to locals, not legislators
Apr 4, 2018
To the editor:
Lake City is a Charter City. That means it has its own Constitution.
That means Lake Citians determine how they want to be governed.
This represents the ultimate in local, democratic control.
This right is being threatened right now. Bills in the legislature (HF3690, SF3325) aim...
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