Letter to the Editor : 1918 Kasson Public School

Letter to the Editor

Citizens of Kasson and Surrounding Areas,
The Historic 1918 Kasson Pubic School is calling out to you. It has served Kasson for over 90 years and it will continue to serve for an equal number of years and more providing space, shelter and functionality. That obvious and visible role is in partnership with its representation of the history and social fabric of Kasson, Dodge County and the School District. That is true regardless of where you were born or where you went to school- This historic landmark belongs to you regardless of your origin in the same manner that Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA belongs to you. It deserves no less of your attention and advocacy.

The school was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 6, 2007. During the Minnesota Historical Society Review Board Meeting on October 16, 2007 board member and historian Dave Ebnet commented:

"Local history is as important as national history due to the fact that it occurs where people are living and spending their day-to-day lives so it is very important to recognize it."

Respectively Yours,
Kenton Spading

Bed Bugs

Most middle agers and older have heard the old saying, "Don't let the bed bugs bite. If they bite, squeeze them tight so they don't bite tomorrow night." Well, apparently the bedbug is making a comeback in Minnesota, the reason being their ability to travel in the climate we have had.
 
The bedbug prefers being inside and hangs out where people sleep-thus the name  bedbug.  I read the article released by the state on the bedbug  and by the time I was done I was literally scratching my head.

Look one of those little guys up on the Web some time and see what they look like. I would not want one on me in bed or anywhere else. As I went to bed last night I started thinking about those darn creatures and started itching again.

What really got to me is the fact the bedbug can feed on a human unnoticed.  A comeback in  bedbugs is not a good sign. I bet you are itching now too!

Driving To School

After taking my son to school the first day I drove through the high school parking lot after the day started. The parking lot was three fourths full.

I remember when I was in school,  there were maybe one-fifth that number of student vehicles in the lot. Of course the school population was lower.

In that day it was mostly seniors who drove to school. Very few underclassmen had the privilege to drive a vehicle. The exception were the kids who had after school extra-curricular activities.

In an archived Dodge County Independent Newspaper I found an article about Principal Harold Haugo encouraging parents  not to allow their teenagers to drive to school. Haugo, a teacher, principal and counselor, said there  were studies that showed kids who drove to school did not have the same academic success as those who did not drive to school.

I wonder what the academic success of students is for those who walk to school, take the bus or are given a ride by a parent? Now there's a study for someone to do.

Letter to the Editor : I’ll give Republicans credit for an illegal, immoral invasion of lies

Letter To the Editor:

Republicans want credit for Iraq?
Sure-I’ll give Republicans credit for an illegal, immoral invasion of lies:
Saddam was behind 9/11, he was developing atomic and chemical and biological weapons-WMDs, he ran
Al Qaeda terrorist training camps.

I’ll give Republicans credit for murdering and dismembering a few hundred thousand innocent people including the suffering and life long handicaps of tens of thousands of children, for making 3 million more homeless and destitute, for creating revengeful Al Qaeda terrorists where there were none, for sending tens of thousands of Americans to kill and be killed for nothing-oh-that’s right, they did get one bad guy.
I’ll give Republicans credit for spending a trillion dollars to do this all, to humiliate and torture Muslim prisoners DIRECTED FROM THE BUSH/CHENEY WHITE HOUSE to insure that the entire Muslim world would now listen to the “hate America” propaganda from their most extreme and violent fanatics who have recruited many more of their kind.

Yes, thank you Republicans for a future of religious terror and war. I would reward you all with a lifetime in prison at hard labor in Iraq.

Gary Wallin, Mantorville