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Readers sound off on wedding fees

Dear Readers: We’ve received hundreds of letters concerning weddings where the bride and groom want to charge people to attend. Apparently, this is now a trend in America where the happy couple want to have the wedding of their dreams but can’t afford a lavish celebration. The reaction from the public was more than I had expected, but below are a few of the responses we received. -- Heloise WEDDING FEES Dear Heloise: I read your letter this morning about couples who want to charge their guests to attend. No way, no how! It’s totally presumptuous and tremendously rude. If a ...

Regional Calendar

The Independent calendar lists upcoming meetings, facility hours and events in and around Marshall. To have your group’s events listed, email the information to news@marshallindependent.com or submit the information to our virtual newsroom. Today Household Hazardous Waste Facility, open 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Public Works Building, Marshall. TOPS# 1373 (take off pounds sensibly), 8-9 a.m., 82 W Main Street Cottonwood. For questions call 507-828-0944. SW MN Arts Council Gallery, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m., 509 West Main Street, Marshall. Lyon County Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 301 W. ...

New at the Library

New Materials at the Marshall-Lyon County Library Fiction Child, Lee & Andrew Lee. Exit Strategy (Jack Reacher #30) Cobel, Colleen. Prowl (Sanctuary #20 Gray, Shelley Shepard. C is for Courting (Amish ABCs #3) Hart, Rob. Assassins Anonymous (Assassins Anonymous #1) Huang, Ana. Twisted Love (Twisted #1) Jollymore, Tim. Listener in the Snow Jurczyk, Eva. 6:40 to Montreal Landsem, Stephanie. The Fault Between Us Mallery, Susan. Otherwise Engaged Pearson, Mary E. The Courting of Bristol Keats (Courting of Bristol Keats #1) Quinn, Cate. The ...

Secret love for my ex’s brother

Dear Annie: If you had told me five years ago that I would fall in love with my ex-boyfriend’s brother, I would have laughed you out of the room. And yet, here I am. I dated “Mark” for two years. He moved into my home, and even after I ended the relationship, he stayed another six months because he had nowhere else to go. He is an alcoholic who can be charming one minute and emotionally and verbally abusive the next. Over the years, he has burned through nearly every relationship he has had: friends, coworkers, even his own parents and brother. During that time, his brother ...

Saving trees during the holidays

Dear Heloise: We’ll be spending hours wrapping Christmas and Hanukkah gifts in a few weeks, using a lot of paper sourced from forest trees that would be better left standing. I hate wrapping! I’ve come up with an alternative that has saved me hours of work -- and saves trees as well! I buy pretty holiday-themed cloth on sale. I then make simple rectangular bags in a variety of sizes and sew a ribbon on the outside near the top of the bag. These bags can be used over and over again, and they take only seconds to “wrap” a present in! You can even choose prints that reflect the ...

Male experiences symptoms of excess thyroid after an MRI

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a male who is 58 years of age. I recently had an MRI of my cervical spine, and just this month, I had a CT scan of my whole abdomen. Since then, I have had symptoms of dry eyes, weight loss and insomnia. I wondered if the contrast dye used for the MRI or CT scan can cause hyperthyroidism, as these are common symptoms for excess thyroid hormone. Do you think I have hyperthyroidism? -- G.L. Answer: You are quite right that all the symptoms are commonly seen in people with excess thyroid. The weight loss is due to the increased metabolism of people with excess thyroid ...