In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, there will be no mail delivery Monday.
The Brainerd Dispatch will be delivered as usual on Monday. The business office will be open.
Banks and financial institutions’ hours will vary. Some will be closed Monday in observance of the federal holiday.
Grocery stores will be open Monday.
Convenience stores will be open regular business hours Monday.
Retail store hours for Martin Luther King Jr. Day may vary.
Brainerd city offices, Baxter city offices and Crow Wing County offices will be closed Monday.
The Brainerd Public Library will be closed Monday.
The VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Brainerd will be closed Monday.
The Brainerd School District has regularly scheduled classes Monday.
The Brainerd and Crow Wing Public Transit System (Dial-a-Ride) will be open.
Comments (5)
Add commentMarty's girlfriend
Will there be a ceremony honoring Marty's infidelity?
King
If King gets his "special" day we should get a week off for Clinton.
Steven
I have really never checked nor cared too check. Just who's spouse was it with that night??? Wonder if eyolf get's paid for it??
BTW Steve. Pequot need's more $$$ for your school's!!!! Have a Nice Day Sir!!!
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
"How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one finds darkness not only in one's culture but within oneself? There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light. ~Barry Lopez, Arctic Dreams"
Thanks, MLK, for your tireless work, and for demonstrating the power of perseverance and nonviolence.
To detractors, who prefer to focus on the negative, Dr. King's friend and fellow worker in the civil rights movement, Andrew Young weighed in:
"As for the (rumors of) infidelity, Young said: “There is testimony in congressional hearings that a lot of that information was manufactured by the FBI and wasn’t true. The FBI testified to that. . . . why make up a story when the true story is so great? My only concern here is honoring the message of Martin Luther King’s life, and how you can change the world without killing anybody. You’ve seen glimpses of that in the fall of the Berlin Wall, in Poland, South Africa, in a movement in Egypt that began with prayers, where even mercenaries and the most brutal soldiers have trouble shooting someone on their knees. These regimes crumbled before non-violent demonstrations, and that is a message the world needs.”
Why is there school in session today?
I think it's ridiculous that school is in session, not for the holiday, but because of the weather. -30's windchill, and staying below zero all day, the district has the little children go out to the bus stops, or walk to school. Last winter, as I was bringing my grandson to school, it was -20, and some young child was walking with no hat or gloves, I offered him a ride, which he took. Some parents aren't home to dress their children properly. I am glad I was there to give him a safe, warm ride. Please re-think your cold weather rules.