Opinion

Record Editorial: Don't let fishing become the sport that got away

05/15/2008 12:00 AM
Fishing isn’t as popular as it used to be, especially among young people, and that’s bad news for tourism in Becker County.

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Bergeson column: Frogs, salmon and coffee

05/15/2008 12:00 AM
Turns out that Aunt Olive decided that at the same time she came out to hear the frogs it would be nice to have some canned salmon, a pleasure denied her in the nursing home because nobody can stand the smell.

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Letter: Thanks to Collin Peterson for clearing up suspicions

05/15/2008 12:00 AM
To my and my family’s relief, these agencies deny that my name appears on any such listing of persons to be watchful or suspicious about.

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Letter: Becker County doesn’t need any more ATV trails

05/15/2008 12:00 AM
In view of studies demonstrating that the adverse impacts of ATV recreational trail development are significant and inevitable, the Becker County Board must use utmost care in its decision ...

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Tribune Editorial: Web sites let patients compare hospitals, prices

05/11/2008 12:00 AM
Interested in health care? Several Web sites now let you see how hospitals stack up in the areas of patient care and treatment costs.

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Hummel Column: There is no more junk

05/11/2008 12:00 AM
The price of scrap iron and junk metal is very high now, and folks are going out behind the barn, out into the woods and down into the coulees and dragging out old tractors, combines, plows, disks, trucks, pickups and cars left to rust and be concealed by weeds and hauling the junk into scrap dealers for hard cash.

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RJ Dupre column: A mother’s requiem

05/11/2008 12:00 AM
On this special day, many will celebrate and honor the woman who gave them birth and raised them, but for many of my “sisters,” this day will be painful, lonely and unbearable.

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Letter: Tower Road Industrial Park is an eyesore

05/11/2008 12:00 AM
I look out my kitchen window and all I see is this overgrown lean-to and this huge, ugly warehouse/office building where there used to be a beautiful field with deer and geese.

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Letter: Thanks for Day of Caring work at Sucker Creek

05/11/2008 12:00 AM
Whoever invented Day of Caring had one wonderful idea. And how 2008’s contribution has really enhanced Sucker Creek Preserve.

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