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Vanasse brings art work home Congratulations to Fairmont native, Sarah Vanasse Miles, whose art work is on display now at the Red Rock Center for the Arts in Fairmont. Miles has lived an interesting life thus far traveling and working on her art. As a self-taught painter, she has had great success. We encourage the public to check out her work over the next month. Senf receives region crown Way to go, Solveig Senf! The Fairmont High School senior has nabbed the Minneosta State High School League’s Triple A Award for Region 2A. This is greatly deserved as Solveig is not only a ...

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FHS ramps up tutoring program Fairmont High School has increased its tutoring program and currently has 16 students working as tutors this semester. The program also greatly helps students who are English Language Learners. What a great program to bring upper classmen to the aid of younger students. Scouts aim to educate, build character This past week was National Scouting Week, which celebrated the 122-year-old organization. Several events happened regionally throughout the week. Locally Boy Scouts is a great program which puts on fun events for both boys and girls to promote ...

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Kids against hunger Pack To the Editor: I just went to an amazing event. Singing, dancing, comedy, instruments, even painting. It was incredible and done entirely by high school students. What was this event? The Kids Against Hunger Variety Show. The students who participated were raising awareness about hunger in out local community and the world. They collected a free will offering to help raise money for the Kids Against Hunger Pack. Kids Against Hunger gathers groups from local businesses, civic organizations and churches to pack tens of thousands of meals each year. These meals ...

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Isn’t Minnesota great? To the Editor: On Feb. 1, the Sentinel proudly displayed front page headlines “Walz signs broad abortion rights bill.” So, now it is official, the democratic party is the party of abortion. What the article failed to mention is that because of this new law, they can legally kill helpless babies. The unborn will now feel the pain of having their limbs pulled from their bodies and their skulls crushed. Aren’t we proud? Even the breathing survivors of abortion can now be murdered by these cruel abortionists. Harm a baby puppy and you go to jail, but killing ...

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Global Warming and Rising Oceans To the Editor: Given that our state and federal governments are set on reducing CO2 emissions, I wonder how much difference it will make since the highest CO2 emitter, China, is really not doing much to reduce its CO2 emissions. In the meantime, developing nations, especially, India, are rapidly increasing their CO2 emissions. In the news we read that the glaciers are melting, and the ice caps are shrinking due to global warming which will cause the oceans to rise. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Geological ...

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Club helps women form connections Fairmont’s chapter of Modern Widows Club has been meeting for just the past five months but has had about 80 people attend them. Thank you to Tonya Mortensen for starting this program. It’s clearly a need not only locally but regionally as women from all over southern Minnesota and northern Iowa have been attending. What a great source of support for these women. Fareway bakery to serve as ‘hub’ Congratulations to Fareway for the expansion of its bakery. Now that the space has doubled, Fairmont’s Fareway will be baking for six other ...