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Community Center is a Disaster to Fairmont To the Editor: Certainly city council members from the past and the present disrupted people’s lives and this community. They have way too much power. I’m not talking about all of them, past and present. Wayne Hasek has always looked out after the taxpayers money and concerns. Thank you for all your hard work and efforts. Bruce Peters did an outstanding job and looked to the best interest of the community. Michele Miller is relatively new in her position, but what I have recognized, is doing a great job and will continue doing so. Two ...

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Did Personal Interests Overturn Election Vote? To the Editor: CONFLICT OF INTEREST: A conflict of interest is defined as a conflict between a person’s public obligations and private interests. When a conflict of interest arises, the person involved is unable to perform his or her duties in a suitable and proper manner. During the City Council meeting on Jan. 23, Councilor Wayne Hasek, recused himself from a City Council vote to hire a lobbying firm which employed his daughter. This was an act of integrity and wholly admirable. In contrast, Mayor Baarts’ action in voting for ...

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Coming and Going of our Spring Waterfowl To the Editor: From driving around the countryside within the past few weeks you’ve no doubt noticed the abundance of waterfowl. Personally, I’ve seen thousands of Canadian geese, snow geese, and ducks gathered in the puddles of crop fields and flying throughout the countryside. The snow melt combined with the frost dissipating has caused numerous puddles for waterfowl to occupy. It really is a beautiful sight to see wildlife using habitat. Of course, in our area that will all soon disappear. When the temperatures warm up and the ground ...

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Scouts active in local communities To the Editor: Each year the Twin Valley Council Boy Scouts of America conducts a “Scouting for Food” campaign to collect food for local food shelves. This year, Scouts and Scouters collected 51,373 pounds of food for 20 different food shelves across south central Minnesota. Scouting for Food is Scouting’s largest “good turn” and has a duel purpose. 1) To collect much need food to support local food shelves that help those with a food insecurity. 2) To teach our Scouts about participating citizenship, to “Do a Good Turn Daily” and put ...

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Auction to support worthy endeavor To the Editor: On behalf of the CREST Board of Directors and staff, we would like to invite everyone to the upcoming Knights of Columbus Silent/Live Auction that will take place this Saturday, April 1, at the St. John Vianney School Gym. The silent auction begins at 6 p.m. with the live auction beginning at 8:30 p.m. CREST and ARC Southwest will be receiving the proceeds from this year’s auction to help them with the programs they perform to help people make their lives better. Some of this year’s auction items will include gift baskets, ...

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Lions Club eyeglasses donations To the Editor: To everyone that has donated their used eyeglasses, thank you from the Fairmont Lions Club. We are grateful for your generosity, which helps those in need. Over the past 12 months, the Fairmont Lions collected 608 pair of used eyeglasses. If you have a used pair to donate, you can do so at the drop boxes located at the following locations: State Bank of Fairmont, Profinium Bank, CCF Bank, Walmart Vision Center, Shopko Optical, Associate Optometry, Minuteman Press, Mayo Eye Clinic, Twelve Baskets, Lakeview Funeral Home and Clancey ...