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City of Lakes Garden Club - Garden Party & Plant Swap To the Editor: A Garden Party & Plant Swap is a great way to expand your garden, and it’s free. The purpose of a garden party is to gather with other garden lovers, plant parents, and bring one or many items to trade. Here are a few examples of what to bring: • Extra garden produce or rhubarb stalks to share • Strawberry or rhubarb plants • Flower seeds from your flower garden or seed packets • Garden Flowers & Plants – it’s a great time to thin out peonies, iris, daylilies, hosta, etc. • ...

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Grateful for student volunteers To the Editor: The Heritage Acres Board of Directors wish to thank the twelve (12) high school students that volunteered on May 12. They gave us a jump start on spring work by doing such things as: • Painting picnic tables. • Cleaning the church. • Dusting in the Morton building. • Planting flower bulbs. • Painting the granary. They all did an excellent job. Thank you, Jerry Simon Heritage Acres President Fairmont

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MCW, Fairmont CER share interns The MVAC/Martin County intern program has seen dozens of area students go through it and receive relevant experience at local jobs. This year two CER offices, one in Fairmont and one at Martin County West, are sharing a set of twin sisters. Kelley and Kiley Bettin will work between both offices. It’s great to see entities partner and work together. No doubt the two interns will benefit from the leadership and experiences they’ll receive from both offices. Market offers variety for all A sure sign of summer is the Fairmont Farmers’ Market, which ...

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Helping veterans struggling with addiction To the Editor: Memorial Day is a time to honor the memory of all the men and women who lost their lives while serving in the U.S. military. It can be a somber time for veterans and their families. Outside of this day, we must never forget the countless veterans who made it home but are struggling with addiction and mental health issues. Many other veterans have lost their lives to this and suicide. Early intervention and prevention is critical to help veterans find the treatment they need. Minnesota has over 300,000 veterans, according to ...

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Viesselman honored as coach Congratulations to Fairmont High School's robotics coach, Sam Viesselman, who was recently named Robotics Coach of the Year for Section 2 and Assistant Robotics Coach of the Year statewide by the Minnesota Coaches Association. Viesselman got his start as a student in FHS's robotics program and is now serving as a coach. He has proven to be an outstanding coach and has led this year's team to win first at the state tournament and it even qualified for and attended the world competition. We're lucky to have Viesselman as not only a mentor at the school, but ...

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Fairmont speech sends 16 to state Congratulations to Fairmont High School’s speech team, which is competing in the state speech tournament this weekend. This year the team is sending an impressive number of 16 students to state. We commend these students on their hard work and wish them good luck this weekend. Officer Boltjes reflects on career We extend kudos to Fairmont Area Schools, where school board members have voted to suspend student activity fees for the coming school year. With sports seasons jumbled, games reduced and people facing economic hard times, the school has ...