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Counties considering joint transit
May 17, 2008
TRUMAN — An inter-county transit system is still a number of years out, but the wheels are spinning between Martin and Faribault counties.
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75-hour event to ‘Salute’ veterans
May 17, 2008
FAIRMONT — A couple of years ago, Kay Sauck saw a picture on the Internet of a Memorial Day tribute at a cemetery. She thought the crosses, U.S. flags and luminaries looked amazing together, and that image stuck with her.
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Martig may be leaving Blue Earth
May 16, 2008
BLUE EARTH — Ben Martig, Blue Earth’s city administrator, was unanimously chosen for the same job in Marshall by the City Council and two committees this week.
Martig told Marshall he would need a day or two to decide whether to accept.
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Easy Energy receives grant
May 16, 2008
WELCOME — Easy Energy Systems, as part of Easy Automation, recently received $25,000 from Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation.
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Scott Adams selected as chief deputy
May 15, 2008
BLUE EARTH — Scott Adams can’t put his finger on exactly why he went into law enforcement, but it’s something he wanted to do since he was a young child.
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Seniors to be showcased in play
May 15, 2008
SHERBURN — Two Martin County West seniors take on “The Odd Couple” for their final high school play performance.
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What is best to tackle stress?
Wed, May 7, 2008 @ 5:36PM
I can’t believe it’s May already. It seems like the last month flew by. Actually, it went so fast that I forgot my monthly column was due last week. Oops. April was an interesting month. I’m happy to say I lost a pound, although I certainly wish I could say I’ve lost more. Still, a loss is a loss, right? When I say April was an interesting month, it was for several reasons. First of all, I’m trying to get used to working mornings at my new part-time job. I wrote last month that I recently started working at Marketlink to supplement my income, and while I enjoy the job, I’m still adjusting to working longer hours. A significant change in a person’s schedule can cause stress, which as any of us trying to lose weight know, can lead to gaining a few excess pounds. Luckily I managed to avoid that trap, but it wasn’t all my doing. You see, I’ve been sick to some degree or another for a good portion of April. It started out with the flu.
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Worse than even Nixon?
Thu, May 15, 2008 @ 11:33PM
President Bush has fallen so far in the polls that even the most-reviled president ever — Richard Nixon — claims a better rating. This is stunning and indicative of a general anxiety in American society that is, in part, media driven. The Bush administration has had its problems, primarily a seemingly never-ending war in Iraq. But time and casualties cannot be the only measurements if we are to truly judge the merits of the fight. We have been in South Korea for more than 50 years, keeping the peace after the Korean conflict. Likewise with Europe, where we remained after World War II to blunt the Soviets. Is it the casualties? They are tragic ... but extremely light by historic standards. And in steep decline this year as a new U.S. strategy has routed al-Qaida in Iraq. We should not give the Iraqi government a blank check on our commitment there. But it's not another Vietnam. Lyndon Johnson, who presided over that war, was a truly terrible president. Perhaps our worst.
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