Options are endless
Thank you to all of you that voted yes for my children’s future. Those complaining about Nisswa snowbirds not being able to vote — it’s called absentee ballot! I was researching all of the other school districts tonight and seeing some of those districts operating at over $1,000 per pupil wonder why this wasn’t an open and shut case! Stop whining about $5. Instead turn your lights off when you’re not using them, don’t buy bottled water, eat a bag lunch one day. The options on saving $5 is endless!
Older folks aren’t marketable
Front page of the Brainerd paper Tuesday says they’re going to cut Medicare benefits and food stamps and all those kinds of things. I understand a point of the food stamps if anybody is younger and able to work should get out off their duffs and work. However, us older folks are not hirable, marketable people and it isn’t easy for us to find jobs and some of us certainly can’t work anymore.
Respect the flag
The flags on a building on Washington Street must be removed. They are all dirty, weather-beaten and need to be replaced now. Our United States flag needs our respect. Let’s show it, please.
Great photo
What an absolutely marvelous picture in the Neighbors section, the turkey and the fawn. It’s just great. I think you should have a contest to have people see what you think they’re saying. I suppose that turkey is saying, “Stick with me, kid.” And the fawn is saying, “I’ll trust you. I’ll go with you wherever you want to go.” It’s great.
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Add commentRuby's Pantry
The people who run it seem to have their hearts in the right place, I know they are doing their best to help. I think they were overwhelmed by Tuesday's high turn out of people. I have a good job but my husband is laid off and times are tough right now. I saw your front page story on Monday and decided to go to Ruby's Pantry at the Armory. They told us there that it was $15 cash for $50 to $150 worth of food. I work nights so I did not sleep, I spent 4 hours at the Armory receiving about $30-$35 worth of food. I will not go back. I received approximately 3#s of potatoes, 1 loaf of bread, 1 pkg. apple pie filling, 1 half and half, 1 can of pop, 1 onion, 1 pkg. tortillas, 3 small salmon fillets, chicken thighs and frozen yogurt. Thank you to those who donate and help distribute for Ruby's but next time I will sleep in and spend my $15 at the grocery store on things I know I will use.
fawn tells turkey...
"make a run for it buddy! I don't want you on a platter come Thanksgiving."
Or perhaps
NanLee that the turkey is telling the fawn to make a run for it because their are hunters out there that will shoot anything that moves
Sure must be a huge pop. of Group Home/Union members
To have outvoted the naysayers by 4,000+ votes on question one! The margin on question two was closer but in such a poor economy sure speaks to the will of the people.
It was a pretty easy documented need for anyone willing to objectively search out the facts. Unfortunately people who did not or don't seem to have the capacity to understand them will whine in the dispatch about the unions, the group homes, the dispatch itself (Mr. Green), and any of the other supposed causes of the 4,000+ vote failure.
hey poster of options are endless
Since it is only $5, why dont you pay my $5 too.
$50.00
seems everyoneforgot the state gave the school another $50.00 per pupil-that adds up to a $449.00 per pupil increase!
$50.00
seems everyoneforgot the state gave the school another $50.00 per pupil-that adds up to a $449.00 per pupil increase!
Moonhawk
But don't forget that schools had to borrow money to cover the bills while the State shifted payments into next year.
That $50.00 per student doesn't even cover the interest on the money they had to borrow.
Can't really call that an increase, when all it did was lessen the bite of the decrease.
Fawn tells turkey, "(insert
Fawn tells turkey, "(insert deer noise here)."
Turkey tells fawn, "gobble."
By the end of this month someone will have shot them both.
So
So what exactly do you eat for Thanksgiving dinner, Okey?
Okey eats a tofu mold.
Okey eats a tofu mold.
exactly
Exactly wolfy.
That turkey might have been someones Momma or Daddy. Leaving a bunch of little turkey's strutting around with out a loving parent to put food in their beak.