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Sunday sales approved

The Fairmont Municipal Liquor Store will be open Sundays, beginning July 2, for a six-month trial run. The decision this week reverses an earlier announcement that the store would not open on Sundays.

We appreciate the re-evaluation by those city staff members in charge of this choice. We believe they realized it is much more fair to give Sunday sales a trial run before simply saying no.

It is possible that Sunday hours do not work out well. Those who pushed for the added hours should certainly take advantage, or Sundays sales will disappear here.

Teens did great work

We keep hearing about the amazing things and incredible job that Fairmont Area High School students did recently when they recently participated in Community Service Day. The teens spread out across the city to help residents, businesses and the city complete cleaning, grooming and repair projects.

Young people can sometimes get a bad rap for youthful exuberance or indiscretions that get them into trouble. But all that energy put to good use is more than constructive. Kudos to our teens, their parents and the school for what they put into Community Service Day.

Dayton making mistake

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has vetoed a bill that would have overhauled the state’s teacher licensing system. The bill had passed the House and Senate with bipartisan support, and had broad backing from education and business groups, with the exception of the teachers union, Education Minnesota. Big surprise there.

Minnesota faces a teacher shortage. The bill would have streamlined the process for qualified individuals to become teachers.

The bill was non-political, but Dayton has chosen to make it a partisan matter. He is wrong to do so, and the students of the state are the ones who will suffer.

Worth taking a look

Martin County is faced with a new controversy that has popped up in the countryside. Much-touted clean-energy wind turbines are beginning to aggravate those who live nearby. While some people receive payment for allowing these turbines on their land, their neighbors worry about the changed landscape, noise pollution and decreasing land values. We have to sympathize.

The neighbors would like the county to consider longer setbacks between the turbines and nearby properties. This is definitely a complaint worth considering.

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