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Look at possible school cuts from top down

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Since my last letter to the editor, I’ve had a chance to continue to review the information that was sent to me by the director of finance at Marshall Public Schools. One of the things that I found out is that our local district is paying 100% of health and/or dental insurance for 22 individuals. These individuals include the superintendent, principals, assistant principals, administration support and district office employees and do not include teachers in MEA. The annual salaries for these individuals range from a low of $59,000 to a high of $175,000. And the ...

A referendum reminder for township voters

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: The upcoming school referendum requires voters to either vote in person or request an absentee ballot. There are at least three precincts that are mail-in voting — Fairview, Lake Marshall and Grandview townships. Voters in those precincts will need to request an absentee ballot or vote in person. No ballots will be mailed to your homes as in the general elections. Sean Carmody Marshall — Sean Carmody is clerk treasurer for the Lyon County Association of Townships

The colors of fall

Local Columns

Yes, we’ve all been here and seen them many times. However, it’s time to talk about them. Talk about what? The absolutely amazing colors of fall. Growing up on a farm, the colors that welcomed autumn were mostly light tan and brown. Those were the colors our surrounding grove treated us to as the temperatures went lower, lower etc. There were a few maples that honored us with red colors, and some sumac that enjoyed showing off their red fall leaves after a long season of green. Usually what happened was that those colors of autumn disappeared very suddenly. That was a result ...

No boundaries in water

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: A recent letter to the editor advocated mining rare earth metals vital for electronics and solar products just outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area because China has now restricted rare earth metal exports to the US in response to Trump’s tariffs. The BWCA is the largest wilderness area east of the Rockies and north of the Everglades with over 1200 miles of interconnected lakes. There are no significant deposits of bastnaesite nor monazite, the minerals from which rare earth metals are processed near the BWCA. There are copper and iron ore deposits. My ...

Go for the gold

Local Columns

Wherever you find yourself in the outdoors this fall, go for the gold. As the season shifts, the leaves change and fall, and the grasses dry up and transition to their autumn hues — from the those brassy shades of tall field grasses in a wildlife management area to the bright yellows of the aspen trees in a state or national forest - the varied shades of gold are a hallmark of great hunting, because they not only help color the experience in the wild world, they also suggest strong habitat to support the game species we pursue. While wandering down a windward draw, my dog and I ...

Looking back at spooky times

Community Voices

It’s a scary time of year. That peculiar holiday called Halloween is upon us, the only occasion wherein we encourage our children to take candy from strangers — after the kiddos issue a vague threat to the homeowner. Trick-or-treating is a grand tradition that dates back centuries. I know this because I participated in trick-or-treating when I was a youngster. There were no commercially produced Halloween costumes back then. At least there weren’t for my seven siblings and me. Kitting out that many kids would have meant that my parents would have lost money in the ...