Opinions
Greetings patrons of Long Prairie-Grey Eagle! I have an exciting new program to announce and one that I hope encourages creative and innovative ideas. The district recently received a $5,000 grant from Sourcewell to fund what is called the Innovative Schools Project Grant. Thanks to all of our...
Editor’s Note: The following is a response from write-in candidate to the LPGE School Board. This candidate was included with the original slate of candidates. However, due to technical issues beyond the Leader’s control, the following response was not received until after the original deadline for...
To the Editor:
Psalm 8:1-3 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;Look around at the beauty of the autumn trees as they turn bright...
To the Editor:
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Oct. 19 is Unity Day.Bullying can be prevented. Parents, school staff, and other caring adults have a role to play in preventing bullying. Some children may be afraid that they’ll be “in trouble” for what happened. Others may feel...
To the Editor:
I wrote a letter to the editor for the Sept. 28 edition of The Leader about wage increases for City employees. I noted that the administrator received an “increase of a whopping 25.83 percent!”
Some people reportedly thought that the wages printed in the paper were a reflection of...
I had lunch at Taqueria Chavez the other day. I ordered the chile rellenos with a side order of rice and beans. It was delicious and reasonably priced. I’d recommend it.
I remember when the Chavez family opened their restaurant. It must have been 15 years ago, or so. There had been several other...
To the Editor:
Children are bullied for things such as being overweight or underweight, wearing glasses or different clothing, being new to a school, or are less popular than others and have less friends. They are often being perceived as weak or unable to defend themselves. They are usually...
The Todd County Boardof Commissioners spent$152,000 this last year to writea plan called One Watershed,One Plan. The idea behindspending all that money for awritten plan is a good idea.Although most of the LongPrairie River’s watershed isin Todd County, there’s a bigchunk in Douglas County...
To the Editor:
According to the website www.pacer.org/bullying, 1 out of every 5 students report being bullied. In addition, 41% of students who reported being bullied at school indicated that they think the bullying would happen again.
Of those students who reported being bullied, 13% were...
To the Editor:
As I read John King’s letter to the editor on July 13 about violence toward children, I wondered why he thinks the answer is to produce more violence by killing an unborn child rather than advocating stricter penalties for a male who would impregnate a child. My goodness! Have you...
