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Recognizing workers To the Editor: The week of Sept. 13-19 has been designated at the national and state levels as “Direct Support Professionals Appreciation Week.” It is appropriate to recognize and honor the important role that direct support workers play in the lives of people with disabilities and in the communities where they live and work. Direct support professionals provide support that allows people with disabilities to stayed connected to communities and assists people with disabilities to live meaningful and productive lives. During this time of the COVID pandemic, ...

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Veterans: Do you agree? To the Editor: Donald Trump said veterans are “suckers” and “losers.” How many of you identify with that? Don and Harriett Richards Fairmont Political sign offensive To the Editor: A friend of mine in Fairmont sent me a photo of a political banner in a front yard on Albion Avenue. It said, “Trump 2020 — No More Bull----.” I used to live in Fairmont and still check the Sentinel for news. Many fond memories of a lovely city. Not in Fairmont, I thought of this political banner. Pretty offensive. Not a word you can put in a newspaper, ...

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We’ve all been wronged To the Editor: There is good and bad in all of us; we need God’s help to be the good. Judy Frankamp of Blue Earth recently wrote a letter to the editor. She is a good and faithful servant. I cannot top her words, but I feel prompted by the Holy Spirit to add this: There are bad white people, bad black people, bad doctors, bad politicians, bad policemen, and the list goes on and on. There are so-called good white people, good black people, good doctors, good politicians (wanting to serve the American people), good policemen (putting their lives on the ...

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Trump divides people To the Editor: One can expect name-calling from a young child, but the president of the United States of America? Trump should be like President Reagan, calling Democrats, “Our friends from the other side.” Trump prefers to divide and conquer, not unite. Even some of Donald Trump’s own family members say he’s unfit to be the President of the United States of America. Jo Fickbohm Fairmont Support Hagedorn To the Editor: Watching many of our Democrat-controlled major cities being destroyed, I see mayors and governors who would rather let their ...

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Taxpayers should be concerned To the Editor: With regard to the article in the Sentinel on Aug. 22, I crunched the numbers on what the city of Fairmont has to pay or has paid, and this is what I came up with: o Former city administrator Mike Humpal is collecting $17,764 per month since he was let go from his position. Is this the price we had to pay for ruining a man’s reputation and that of his family’s embarrassment? o The same for former City Attorney Elizabeth Bloomquist, who has been collecting $12,907 per month. Again, easy to blame her and find fault. Where were her ...

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Graham way off base To the Editor: I like to rely on the Sentinel, to bring me information that is accurate and useful. Most of the time you succeed, but sometimes not. Case in point: Last Thursday’s rant by columnist Tim Graham about how Michelle Obama is excessively pampered. In my opinion, anyone who has such difficulty understanding why Michelle Obama is treated with such reverence and respect does not have much to contribute. Harriett Richards Fairmont Troubling numbers To the Editor: The Sentinel gave us one number over the weekend: $686,000. Then the City Council ...