Opinion
We ended our 30+ years of teaching recently and just thought it may be fun to share some lessons we have learned.
10) Computers work a lot better than ditto machines.
9) Students now are like the ones we had when we started teaching. They just have more tattoos and piercings, but they still love...
Staples is 30 miles west of Brainerd in Minnesota Lake Country, hence the name Central Lakes College, with campuses in both cities.
I spent an exceptionally profitable couple of hours at Staples’ two campuses recently when I was in town to speak about American Experiment’s new multi-year project “...
Staples-Motley School District is working to develop a comprehensive long range facility plan. Earlier this year, after a request for proposals process, the District hired Foster, Jacobs and Johnson (FJJ) to assist in this process. As part of the process, FJJ and the School District has been...
During the cold months, we tend to keep our heads down while focusing on getting inside to warmth. When winter finally leaves and the weather improves, I suddenly see my friends and neighbors around town again.
Many of us choose to live in a smaller town because of the sense of community that comes...
FFA impresses
It was the good fortune of Mary and me to be invited to the Staples Motley FFA Banquet last Tuesday evening and what an impressive banquet it was! The students were so excited, so positive, so courteous and performed so well.
Their leadership and classroom training was exemplary and...
On May 15 the Minnesota Department of Commerce (DOC) released the draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Enbridge’s Line 3 Replacement Project. Line 3 is an essential project for Minnesotans that will ensure the safety and environmental protection of our important natural resources while...
Line 3: It’s the sequel to the Sandpiper, but larger and dirtier. Last year, that pipeline was cancelled, after major community opposition. Now Enbridge is back with another line --- same route, same problems; perhaps more of them.
In the next couple of weeks, people will have an opportunity to...
The new Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, has a big job ahead in running the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). One important opportunity he has is to bring greater fairness to contract livestock production. This would bolster economic growth in many of the rural communities that brought...
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