Opinions
The start of the new school year generally means that our summer projects are done; this year is an exception and this week’s column will update readers on where our projects stand.
1. Football/Track Complex – The new press box along with signage has been installed and was in use during the first...
Last Thursday was the first time in a long time I had taken some time to talk to my three Chipmunk friends. But the only one that came out to talk to me was Munk Two.
He wanted to know where I had been for the past couple of months. And I wanted to know where he, Chip and Munk One had been for the...
Perhaps you heard Donald Trump earlier this year when he told a national gathering of Veterans of Foreign Wars, “Just remember: What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening.”
Many of the vets applauded and, when Trump gave them their cue, they loudly booed the members of the...
The 2018-19 school year will officially begin on Sept. 4th and on behalf of the School Board, administration and all staff, we welcome back new and returning students; we are excited to see you and thank you for choosing LPGE!
Every new school year provides students the opportunity to challenge...
This week’s column will update readers on our enrollment for the upcoming school year. School enrollment is a critical issue for educational as well as financial reasons.
Grade May 2018 Projection August 2018
K 74 60 58
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To the Editor:
If you’re a parent, chances are you are somewhere in the middle of back to school frenzy: school supply lists, making sure your kids have plenty of pencils and paper, double checking the school bus schedule, marking your calendar with extracurricular activities, and more. But...
The middle of August means that school is just around the corner! The next few weeks, this column will have information that readers may find of interest as we move ever closer to the day that parents fear will never come and students dread but secretly really enjoy; the first day of school on...
Senator John Cornyn, a Republican Senator from Texas, said that the detention centers where the government has been holding immigrant children forcibly separated from their parents are pretty much like summer camps.
There are a number of summer camps for children in Texas including the summer day...
To the Editor:
Today, 422 people in this country will die from lung cancer; the number one cancer killer of both women and men (approximately 154,050 per year), yet least federally funded research of all cancers. In Minnesota alone, there are expected to be 3,980 new lung cancer diagnoses in 2018...
People say that the platforms of political parties represent the extreme view points of just a few party activists. The platforms are not likely to become legislation proposed by the party leadership, wise political pundits say.
Take for example the DFL party platform plank which says electricity...
