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Disappointed in Norsk Hostfest

Kathy Kallestad, Garrison My husband and I were very disappointed in the Hostfest this year. #1 — It started out with the fact that the only way to get in was to have your Ticketmaster ticket on your phone.  #2 — $5 to park. NEVER have we had to pay to park for the Hostfest. #3 — No buses to shuttle people in OR out. We walked 1/2 mile in and we got there in the morning, so we were closer to the All Seasons Arena than most folks who came after us.  We can’t imagine what that was like for older/hard to get around people. They were using golf carts they said! We ...

Special thank you to Sanford

Paulette Streitz, Minot A special thank you to Sanford Health Equipment for providing the use of the wheelchairs at no charge or profit. It was a service you provided for the Hostfest goers that was utilized by many. A special thank you from P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization) Chapter G in Minot. You graciously allowed our chapter the opportunity to raise money to provide funds to help support educational opportunities for women. So many women have benefitted from our nonprofit organization, not only in Minot, but throughout the United States and Canada.

Solution for racism exists

Nathan Green, Minot I am concerned that with all the back-and-forth dialogue regarding racism, there has been little to no mention of the cause for racism, nor the solution to it.  To understand why racism exists, you need to look no farther than the pages of the Holy Bible.  Racism, like all sin, exists because of the consequences of the first sin committed by our human parents in the garden of Eden, namely Adam and Eve disobeying a direct commandment from their Creator not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The consequence of that first sin is that the ...

Say no to ND term limits

Rep. Mike Nathe, Bismarck Measure 1 proposing term limits for the ND legislature is an attack on the public’s longstanding right to choose who they wish to vote into office. Since statehood North Dakotans have had the right to vote for the candidates they choose. Term Limits takes away that right. Don’t let big money, outstate interests change the states constitution and our way of choosing our legislative candidates!! This measure is being introduced because outstate interests are upset at the legislature for not passing their agenda. So, now they want to change the rules. ...

Mund should end false narratives

Nicole Poolman, Bismarck Jessica Bell, Beulah Julie Fedorchak, Mandan Judy Lee, Fargo, Karen Krebsbach, Minot Michelle Strinden, Fargo Emily O’Brien, Grand Forks Karen Karls, Bismarck Dori Hauck, Hebron One of the most frustrating aspects of modern-day politics is the creation of narratives with little basis in fact. Unfortunately, we have watched candidate Cara Mund fall into this disappointing political pattern. Ms. Mund portrays herself as a groundbreaker — the first North Dakota woman to seek office in Washington, DC. She is not the first, but that ...

Marijuana measure lacks critical safeguards

Connor Kubeisy, Simi Valley, Calif. It was reported Friday that Healthy and Productive North Dakota, which I help lead, had filed to oppose Measure 2, the ballot measure to legalize marijuana. I would like to respond to a few points that were mentioned in the article. The article acknowledged that “the measure doesn’t explicitly address” our campaign’s concerns about how Measure 2 lacks critical safeguards and would harm public health. Measure 2 includes no potency cap on consumable products, no ban on the industry from targeting kids, and no requirement for products to ...