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Consider getting involved in Kids Against Hunger To the Editor: Thanksgiving for many is a season of plenty. Remember your parents saying “clean your plate, kids are starving somewhere?” Truth is, locally as well as globally, hunger is real and persistent, and often we feel just cleaning our plate won’t help. For the 16th time there is an easy, accessible and local way to impact HUNGER, called KIDS AGAINST HUNGER food pack, coming up Feb. 8, 2025 at the Fairmont National Guard Armory. Effective? Almost 1.7 MILLION meals and over $ 440,000 has been raised here to fund the locally ...

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Consider preserving history on Give to the Max Day To the editor: A matching funds campaign is in full force for the Red Rock Center for the Arts and Chubb House, managed by the Martin County Preservation Association, a 501c3 tax-deductible organization. Nov. 21 is Give to the Max Day in Minnesota, an annual event to celebrate and support the state’s many nonprofits. Join in the celebration and consider making a tax-deductible donation to the Martin County Preservation Association and helping us rebuild our savings. Over the last year, we’ve made some substantial repairs to the ...

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Concerns not accurately addressed To the editor: I was able to attend the public health meeting Monday night about the changes at Mayo Health Systems/Fairmont. I had the opportunity to raise a concern about the increased risks that surround the delivery of babies when the mother must travel to deliver her baby. The obvious example is the closure of local services, forcing moms to drive to Mankato to deliver their baby. I was able to share a research reference with the panel that proved this increased risk, but one of the doctors on the panel discounted this thought by saying the ...

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To the Editor: Nothing to go on The Democrats have nothing to run on. We have inflation, porous borders, increase in crime, involvement in foreign wars, loss of world respect, increase in drug traffic and deaths, allowing biological men to participate in women’s sports and allowing them in women’s locker rooms. I could go on, but the point is they have not accomplished anything that is good for this country. But they feel like they have “accomplished” something by passing laws that have no restrictions on abortion, even allowing an abortion to be performed up to the minute ...

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How’s the sales tax money divided? To the Editor: To all the folks writing in favor of what the extra half-percent sales tax could fund— I am NOT against a community center, an event center, auditorium, ice arena, whatever. (I would like, however, to see all the city streets as flat as a pool table–all at once.) Since our first half-percent sales tax debacle in 2016, the rules have changed about how a ballot can be worded when presented to the voters. (Minnesota statute 297.99a.) So, before you blindly vote “yes” to another half-percent, you first have to specify how ...

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No fear in discussing sales tax To the editor: Recently, a letter to the editor stated that there was “fear” in Fairmont regarding the proposed 0.5 percent sales tax that is on the November ballot. I have not encountered fear. What I have encountered is a robust discussion involving common sense and basic economics. Times are tough, and in tough times common sense is a tool that creates personal and community resilience. It is common sense that has voters looking at Martin County’s proposed 13.57 percent property tax increase and the City of Fairmont’s proposed 9.1 percent ...