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THUMBS DOWN Kraft loses promised federal funding Last year, New Ulm’s Kraft plant was earmarked to receive $3 million in federal funds to improve energy efficiency upgrades. This was part of a larger $170 million grant to help the Kraft Heinz company decarbonize. It is not happening anymore. The U.S. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOEG) has decided that this promised federal grant is not an efficient use of federal money and has pulled the money away. This is disappointing and a little unfair. Different people can debate whether it is in the federal government’s best ...

Real research shows canceling Keystone XL project a failure for U.S. economy

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To the editor:  The answer to our letter that we sent on June 4 needs some clearing up as to the response to the article on June 7 by Mr. Nelson. Yes, we have done our research. The report of 11,000 jobs was put out by TC Energy Corp. the Canadian Company building the pipeline. No where did it distinguish at that time whether full time or part time. Without the financial support from the U.S. government, it could not continue. The project labor agreement that T.C. Energy signed in August of 2020 with four labor unions promised the pipeline would create 42,000 jobs and provide $2 ...

Have some respect Mr. President — it’s not always about you.

Letters

To the editor: On June 14, the United States will celebrate Flag Day, and hold a celebration and parade in Washington D.C. to recognize the 250th anniversary of the US Army. This parade will be massive with thousands of soldiers and military equipment in the procession. The Army’s celebration at the National Mall was planned, however, a parade was not part of their initial plans. The parade idea was pushed by the White House, because June 14 is also President Trumps 79th birthday. Defense estimates place the cost of the parade and displays at $45 million. I am a U.S. Army ...

Show them we are not happy

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To the editor: It’s a good thing to look at waste and fraud when cutting the deficit, but it must be done with proof and precision. So, were the subsidies to oil companies eliminated? Were the bloated military contracts examined? Elon Musk alone has received $38 billion. No, the programs, departments, agencies, grants, etc. which safeguarded and benefited the vast majority of Americans were targeted — education, environment, food for our most vulnerable, weather forecasting, consumer protections, vital research, national parks, veterans, Job Corps, Americorp, health care and the ...

The relapse problem

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Anyone who works in a helping profession will deal with success that often is followed by the person being helped sliding back into his or her old ways. The setback then needs to be addressed and dealt with. Their self-defeating behaviors have to stop if success is to be maintained When a person initially stops the problem behavior for a brief period of time we say that the person is in remission. Remission is an initial period during which there is no recurrence of the problem behavior. Relapse, however, is any return or recurrence of the problem behavior. A slip is different. A ...

Dairy Month delights

Columns

Legend has it that an urban congressman decided to visit a dairy farm. “How often do you milk your cows?” asked the congressman. “Twice a day,” replied the dairyman. “So, ten times a week,” said the congressman. “No, twice a day.” “That’s what I said. There are five days in a week, so that’s ten times a week.” “No, twice a day,” insisted the dairyman. The discussion continued in this vein for some minutes. Shaking his head, the dairyman finally turned to his wife and quipped, “Good news, Helen. It sounds like the ...