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Tips for TSA To the Editor: If you like to travel, then pay for TSA at least while the government is using TSA agents as pawns. Would you pay $5 for a short TSA line? Five dollars x 2.5 million travelers would provide $50K per year to the 65,000 TSA employees. Fifty-thousand dollars is not great but a big help. What about “The Passenger Fee”, also known as the September 11 Security Fee? This fee is collected by air carriers from passengers at the time air transportation is purchased. Air carriers then remit the fees to TSA. The fee is currently $5.60 per one-way trip in air ...

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Disappointed with leadership decision To the Editor: I was disappointed to see the news in Friday’s paper about the Red Rock Center and Fairmont Opera House sharing an executive director, and to learn that the Red Rock position was never open to the public to apply. The board may not have been legally obligated, as they say, to do so, but I think that decision precludes conducting a search for the best possible candidate. My partner sent in his resume for this position at the encouragement of a Red Rock board member, doing so in early November. He was assured that he would be kept ...

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Consider upcoming auction To the editor: It’s spring and that means it’s time for the annual Knights of Columbus Silent/Live Auction. It will be held at St. John Vianney’s School Gym on Saturday, April 11. Doors open at 6 p.m. The live auction begins at 8:30 p.m. All proceeds from the event help CREST and Martin County People First. Please join us for a fun-filled evening. Pat Kietzer Martin County People First Ally

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More of Trump’s campaign promises: Close the border; deport illegals/criminals To the editor: ICE and Border Security’s process of removing “terrorists, rapists, worst of the worst”, has resulted in the murdering of U.S. citizens. The Guardian reported at least 32 people died in ICE custody in 2025. That does not include Renee Good and Alex Pretti (and possibly others), as they were killed before apprehension. It probably includes the older man that was apprehended, then dropped off at a coffee shop. The federal agents when asked later why they dropped off a blind, non-English ...

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History disappearing with old flag To to the editor: I was elated to read in the recent Truman Tribune Letter to the Editor that some municipalities in Minnesota have passed resolutions to keep on displaying the original Minnesota State Flag. Our original flag truly identifies our state. I taught an entire lesson on the flag when I taught Minnesota history. First of all, the state’s name is on the flag. Mn sota is Dakota for cloudy or sky-tinted water. Étoile du Nord is French for our motto, Star of the North, designating our state as the northern most in the lower 48. Symbols of ...

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Grateful for return of remains To the editor: With grateful hearts, the family and friends of Mrs. Soon Buk Ogren thank the following for returning her cremated remains that were stolen. Mr. Keith Eric Meyera, a volunteer at Salvation Army, Fairmont Fire Chief Bryan Kastning, Fireman Tyler Utesch, Terrance Park, Chris Toomer, great samaritan ‘Sheila’, the caring, attentive assistance from Mr. Ean Sinn of Sinn Family Celebration of Life event center for properly gathering Soon’s ashes and sealing them once again so she may finally be laid to rest. Soon passed away peacefully in ...