Your Letter: Some things deserve cuts
I’m starting to like Tim Pawlenty more with each cut.
RELATED CONTENTYour Letter: A library is a ‘right’ for prisoners?
I was wondering if Pauline Lease or Renee Roth might be able to help me. I’ve been trying to find a U.S. code or a state statute that says prisoners have a “right” to a library.
RELATED CONTENTA near-perfect hunt for the Phillips
The duck hunters went deer hunting and the season was a wild success. My oldest was successful in his very first hunt.
RELATED CONTENTA few changes this week — for the better
It seems like 2009 has been about nothing but change at the Pioneer Journal and Intercom, and there are a few more this week. Hopefully our readers will like them.
RELATED CONTENTYour Letter: Inmates’ choices for library didn’t satisfy
I wish to comment on Renae Roth’s letter regarding the county jail’s library being closed after some abused the privilege by hiding contraband in pages of some books.
RELATED CONTENTYour Letter: Suppression in the ‘War on Cancer’
From an economic perspective, the American Cancer Industry has the perfect business model.
RELATED CONTENTYour Letter: Historical museum not to be missed
If you haven’t taken the time to visit the Wadena County Historical Museum, you are missing out on making history come alive.
RELATED CONTENTYour Letter: Musky checks in from Chi-town
Dear humans, Well, I am in a place called Chicago.
RELATED CONTENTYour Letter: Is the government qualified to run health care?
Does anyone really believe that the U.S. government can realistically come up with a health care plan that would be viable for us? Look at our history. The following is adapted from Citizen magazine. It was in the form of a cartoon but I try to put it in words for you.
Your Letter: A personal story about the need for health care reform
I commend the U.S. House of Representatives on the Nov. 7 passage of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. I commend those who voted for the bill, and encourage those who did not support the bill to reconsider giving support to reform in the upcoming final vote.
Your Letter: The Tomb of the Unknown explained
(Hope Tranby is a freshman at Park Christian School in Moorhead. This winning essay gave her the honor of laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown in Washington, D.C. Hope is the daughter and Chip and Heidi Tranby of Fargo, N.D. and the granddaughter of Frank and Lila Tranby of Wadena.)
RELATED CONTENTCorrection: National Guard handover ceremony
In the Nov. 7 Pioneer Journal, a photo caption incorrectly identified the setting of the National Guard handover ceremony. It took place at Camp Ripley, not at the Wadena Armory. We apologize for the error.
RELATED CONTENTStockings seem emptier than ever
It’s been a tradition for decades in Wadena, organized by the Wadena Pioneer Journal and now with our new partners, the Madhatters. The need this year is likely to be the highest in decades, too, and there may be some actual empty stockings.
RELATED CONTENTYour Letter: A scare at the hospital — on me, not her
Halloween is intended to bring a scare to individuals.
RELATED CONTENTYour Letter: The flu is Obama’s fault?
I’m always amused by the lengths some people will go to blame all of their problems on someone else. A recent letter in this paper went so far as to blame President Obama for not curing the flu. Might as well blame him for the rain last week, or our upcoming winter. I haven’t gotten a deer yet, it must be Obama’s fault!
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