Opinions
One of my favorite events of the year is Graduation and this week’s column will reflect a few thoughts for the Class of 2016.
Graduation is the culmination of 13 years of school and all of this year’s graduates and their families should be proud of the accomplishment and should be congratulated by...
This week’s column will vary from the usual topics revolving around education and your local school district and this writer asks for the indulgence of the reader as I digress.
Memorial Day is on May 30th this year and will be just over a week away when this column goes to print. I would like to...
Dear Neighbors,
Sunshine and warm weather will bless all of us this weekend providing a fitting backdrop for Mother’s Day. My own mom, Carolyn, deserves a lot of credit for raising me and always being a loving, guiding hand through my formative years. And, of course, my own wife Wendy not only has...
Letter to the Editor:
First, we would like to thank those of you who have taken enough interest in our community Memorial Day Program presented each year by the American Legion Post 12 and VFW Post 1140 to voice your opinions regarding the change in location of the ceremony from Evergreen...
Letter to the Editor:
This week is women’s health week and as a woman who has been touched by lung cancer this is particularly important to me. Most people don’t know that lung cancer is the number one cancer killer of women claiming more lives annually than breast cancer and all other...
The age-old question that parents’ dread is “what is there to do today?” this week’s column will highlight things to do this summer at the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School. Please look for a complete list of programs, descriptions and the registration form in the May 2nd edition of the Leader B....
June is a little over a month away and Phase Two of the Deferred Maintenance and Safe Schools Project will kick back into high gear. This week’s column will discuss what work will be done, when it will be done and what the impact may be on the communities we serve.
Track Renovation – We have...
Letter to the Editor:
Each April a campaign is launched by sexual assault awareness organizations in the United States in an effort to raise public awareness of the often times unreported and unspoken crime of sexual assault and rape. These crimes happen more often than we would like to think,...
The April 18th meeting of the LPGE School had several decisions that may be of interest to readers.
Kindergarten
We will be adding a fourth (4th) section of Kindergarten for next year. Parents who have been waiting for this decision to make enrollment decisions for next year should contact the...
Letter to the Editor:
I always look forward to spring time, one of my favorite times of the year.
I also look forward to one of my favorite patriotic holidays that comes in the spring that being Memorial Day. To me this holiday is a special time to remember our deceased veterans, a time to...
