To the Editor,
On Sunday, December 9, my family and I were returning home from La Crosse via Highway 16. About a mile from Rushford, we hit an ice patch, lost control, rolled and ended up in the ditch. Fortunately, while our vehicle was totaled, we
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"Where Fillmore County News Comes First"
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Monday, May 20th, 2013
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Letter about Farmers Elevator
Fri, Feb 22nd, 2013
Posted in Peterson Letter to the Editor
Posted in Peterson Letter to the Editor
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Letter about Farmers Elevator
To the Editor,
In the last newsletter from the Farmers Elevator in Rushford to their customers, the manager and the board of directors are pondering the near lack of a quorum at the annual meeting. They don’t seem to have a clue that either they or a previous manager and board of directors created this problem themselves by taking away the right to vote and not paying dividends to 83 farmers because they did not buy at least $11,000 of goods and services from the coop. Why would I go to the meeting if I can’t vote? They talk about increasing sales, but this kind of action chases businesses away. The right to vote and an annual dividend is what created loyalty to a cooperative. Most of these eliminated members are now buying some of their inputs elsewhere. The timing of this decision seems like retaliation by management and the board for patrons failing to support their recommendation to sell out to the Goodhue Farmers Elevator. Their wish could become a reality if the co-op gets down to 50 patrons in their four stores or, sadly, it could pass into private hands as a bin site for mega farmers. How many jobs will be eliminated if that happens?
They thought they could increase sales by buying the Benson Farm Services in Lewiston. The increase in sales they talk about can be mostly attributed to the increase in the cost of seed corn and fertilizers in the past few years. So what happened to the money that was usually paid out as dividends to small farmers?
Something to think about.
Robert Anfinson
Peterson, MN
To the Editor,
In the last newsletter from the Farmers Elevator in Rushford to their customers, the manager and the board of directors are pondering the near lack of a quorum at the annual meeting. They don’t seem to have a clue that either they or a previous manager and board of directors created this problem themselves by taking away the right to vote and not paying dividends to 83 farmers because they did not buy at least $11,000 of goods and services from the coop. Why would I go to the meeting if I can’t vote? They talk about increasing sales, but this kind of action chases businesses away. The right to vote and an annual dividend is what created loyalty to a cooperative. Most of these eliminated members are now buying some of their inputs elsewhere. The timing of this decision seems like retaliation by management and the board for patrons failing to support their recommendation to sell out to the Goodhue Farmers Elevator. Their wish could become a reality if the co-op gets down to 50 patrons in their four stores or, sadly, it could pass into private hands as a bin site for mega farmers. How many jobs will be eliminated if that happens?
They thought they could increase sales by buying the Benson Farm Services in Lewiston. The increase in sales they talk about can be mostly attributed to the increase in the cost of seed corn and fertilizers in the past few years. So what happened to the money that was usually paid out as dividends to small farmers?
Something to think about.
Robert Anfinson
Peterson, MN
Letter about R-P referendum
Fri, Dec 14th, 2012
Posted in Peterson Letter to the Editor
Posted in Peterson Letter to the Editor
To the Editor,
This is Preposterous!
Tell me how you can live in a house without constantly repairing and upgrading it. When you need a new roof, are you going to go buy a new house? When you need new floors, are you going to go buy a new house?
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Letter about R-P Referendum
Fri, Dec 7th, 2012
Posted in Peterson Letter to the Editor
Posted in Peterson Letter to the Editor
To the Editor,
I am writing with regard to the direction of the Rushford and Peterson School District. It appears that the district is in need of some improvements to the buildings in Rushford and Peterson. From what I understand there have been su
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Letter about closing the middle school
Fri, Nov 30th, 2012
Posted in Peterson Letter to the Editor
Posted in Peterson Letter to the Editor
Letter about closing the middle school
To the Editor,
My name is Maynard Thompson. When the Rushford-Peterson middle school was started in 1990, I had been working on a middle level teaching degree. There is a degree for middle level instruction.
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