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Letter about kindness

By News Team

Fri, May 24th, 2013
Posted in Lanesboro Letter to the Editor



To the Editor,

I was ready to make cookies only to find the package of almond bark didn’t have the recipe I needed. What to do?? I called Preston Foods, greeted with a pleasant hello. Explained my dilemma and asked if she would be so kind as to look on the brand name package that had my desired recipe. Putting me on hold, coming back with they did not have the vanilla almond bark, but the chocolate flavored. I asked if she could check if by chance it might have what I was looking for.

Again pleasantly she put me on hold and checked. Sure enough she had the recipe I needed. She gave me the recipe. I thanked her and wished her a happy day. Once I had hung up the phone I thought to myself-how nice, what great customer service and I wished I had gotten her name! Small town service can’t be beat. I wonder if my call to ___mart or other super stores would have been so pleasantly received? I’m thinking not. This brought back a memory of not too many years ago on Christmas Eve midmorning…turkey stuffed and ready to go in the oven but DISASTER STRUCK- no heat in the oven. A frantic call to Kingsley Mercantile brought John Peterson to our door to save the day - and the turkey! Again I ask, do you think I would have gotten that kind of service if I called Rochester? I think not.

How important is it to shop local? Two perfect examples that I have experienced.

In a world that at times seems to have gone mad, how important is a kind word? How do we show our thanks? What kind of customer service do we give to our fellow neighbors, brothers, sister, the widow/widower or person all alone? Do we see the needs of others or is it not my or your concern or job? Do we see the difficulties and illness of others and choose not to get involved or don’t have time?

We are all in this world together. How many of the problems of this world could be solved or avoided by caring for others. We all have something to give, I’m not speaking in monetary means - a smile, words of thanks and appreciation, a listening ear, random acts of kindness, being respectful to all. These things used to be taught to us, before the day came of teaching “don’t talk to strangers,” “I deserve it” or “I got it coming to me.” We all have had times in our life where we feel we have been treated wrongly. But it is our choice how we respond. Will we respond wrongly in return, swear, be rude or with acts o .....
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Letter about Republicans

By News Team

Fri, May 24th, 2013
Posted in Ostrander Letter to the Editor
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To the Editor, OK, I’ve had it. No more Mr. Nice Guy. We’ve had the Benghazi non-story wasting our time, much like the endless Republican investigations of the Clinton’s non-crimes in the 1990s. The Tea Party hates to pay taxes but it is ..... 
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Letter about Spring Valley flooding

By News Team

Fri, May 24th, 2013
Posted in Spring Valley Letter to the Editor
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To the Editor, Spring Valley was flooded again this week. Has the City ever considered a dike? A dike does not have to be a big, ugly earthen wall. Have you seen the nice row of locally quarried retaining wall rock stacked up at O’Connell’ ..... 
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Letter about Senator Miller does one thing & says another

By News Team

Fri, May 24th, 2013
Posted in All Letter to the Editor
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To the Editor, We already know from Wisconsin that frac sand mining will turn our rural communities into industrial zones. We will be left with nothing but destroyed roads and polluted water and air. Profit will go into the pockets of outside inv ..... 
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Letter about Davids following party line

By News Team

Fri, May 17th, 2013
Posted in Preston Letter to the Editor
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To the Editor, I am writing this letter in the early morning hours of May 10th, just hours after the State House approved a bill that will make gay marriage legal. I have never been more proud to live in this great state, and I hope that soon the ..... 
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Letter about MN Marriage

By News Team

Fri, May 17th, 2013
Posted in Preston Letter to the Editor
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To the Editor, I’m very saddened today by the decision our state’s “leadership” has made to re-define marriage. If people want to live a lifestyle that we were not designed for, that is their choice. But, to re-define marriage and change ..... 
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Letter about Marriage Equality

By News Team

Fri, May 10th, 2013
Posted in All Letter to the Editor
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To the Editor, A culture war is waging to dismantle the Judeo-Christian foundation of this nation. In efforts to redefine traditional marriage, those advocating same-sex marriage claim this is a “marriage equality” issue. But this is a moral ..... 
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Letter about Senator Miller and sand mining

By News Team

Fri, May 10th, 2013
Posted in Rushford Letter to the Editor
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To the Editor, Sen. Matt Schmit of Red Wing, working with Trout Unlimited, has proposed provisions to protect trout streams in Southeast Minnesota from damage resulting from frac sand mining. He wanted these provisions included in the Game and Fi ..... 
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Letter about Miller’s actions

By News Team

Fri, May 3rd, 2013
Posted in Rushford Letter to the Editor
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To the Editor, In this time of crisis, Southeast Minnesota deserves leadership to provide strong protections against the ravages of industrial-scale frac sand mining. Not only is Sen. Jeremy Miller not leading, he is an obstructionist to meaningf ..... 
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