To the Editor, American Cancer Society’s (ACS) Relay For Life began in 1985 with one man, Dr. Gordy Klatt, a surgeon who wanted to make a difference for cancer patients.  Since 1946, the American Cancer Society has invested 5 BILLION dollars into research and there are 18 million cancer survivors alive today.  (www.cancer.org) Everyone who participates in… Read More

By Cedar Walters West Central Initiative Climate Officer Take a quick look around the room. How many plastic objects can you find? Chances are, it’s at least in the dozens. And every single piece of plastic produced, unless it is in the percentage of trash that is incinerated, still exists in some form today. Just like a… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda I suppose it’s because I’ve just finished a grueling couple of months finding proper replacement socks, my old ones finally showing signs of thinness, what with my big toes poking out the ends. Finding proper socks turned out to be very difficult. How difficult, you ask? Well, I’m allergic—or at least my… Read More

To the Editor, ALL PROPERTY OWNERS BE AWARE: If you own any size real property in Otter Tail County, please be advised that our County Commissioners intend to make changes to the “Subdivision Controls Ordinance of Otter Tail County.” The meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 24, 2024 at 7 pm. in the Commissioners’ Room at the… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School Big city folk know their street names well and how long it takes to get somewhere. Us rural folk have a language all our own.  When growing up, it was easy to tell someone who was needing directions how to get to where they needed to go.   “The Clary farm? Yeah,… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda The pretty young woman at the library handed me back the book I was checking out. She had affixed a sticky note to it, which said: “DO NOT DESENSITIZE.” Do not desensitize? Being as how I’m a male raised by a female, trained by a Tribe of Girls, cautioned for years about… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener For decades, we never had to worry about adding sulfur to our soil. “Dirty air” from atmospheric deposits fell using rain as a carrier. The 1990 Clean Air act forced the removal of millions of tons of sulfur emissions from U.S. factories. The result is that now we need to add… Read More

To the Editor,  My Independent petition to qualify for the Seventh District congressional ballot in November was close, but we didn’t make it. I received 924 signatures in the two-week signing period. 1,000 were required. That’s my fault. If I had talked with 100 more people, then we would have. The people who signed and then… Read More

To the Editor, Every election has its anxieties and fears but not attacks on the very foundation of our democratic nation. We have just gone thru a very significant trial of an ex-president who was found guilty of all 34 counts of a felony indictment. The trial was a model in professionalism by judge, prosecutors, witnesses… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School Growing up next to the biggest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River had many advantages.  Just like living here in Minnesota amongst all these beautiful lakes, opportunities were all around to be on the water as well as in the water. I spent many hours on docks and boats, pontoons,… Read More