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Resident shares fond memories

Cherie (Lyson) Mergel, Minot I would like to thank everyone who has put pictures of the Christmas house (from years ago) with comments on Facebook. I do not have Facebook but a lot of my friends do and they show me. I have many fond memories of that place as I grew up in it and I am presently living there now. My cousin comes over and puts decorations up every year. I hope to have it decorated as long as I live here. My Dad (Lloyd Lyson) started decorating this house in 1952. We had moved up from a basement to the house. He did it for 50 years. There was 2 years that he never ...

Couple contributed to ‘magic’ of Minot

Duane Brekke, Minot I am frequently asked how Minot got the name “The Magic City.” I feel a big part of that came from our service clubs. Many of these service clubs had couples and singles who gave many hours of volunteer time to the club of their choice. Just recently we lost a wife of a Minot couple who were Sertoma volunteers for years. Kay and Dale Mattern were caring volunteers for the Sertoma and La Sertoma Oak Park “Christmas Lights” drive-through. They took their jobs seriously and greeted each car with a genuine smile and necessary information, or just friendly ...

Greener Tomorrow evokes pride in youth

Lucille Loftesnes, Granville I have read with extreme interest the article by Ben Pifher in the Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, Minot Daily. It makes me very proud to acknowledge that there is a young person at Minot High School who has organized the group, Greener Tomorrow. Cooper Fjeld is to be commended for his efforts as explained in the Minot Daily, front page article, “Student group seeks Greener Tomorrow.” His commitment to a project such as Litter Picking causes me to be very proud of him. Our world needs a whole lot more of such folks and yet, having more who think TWICE ...

You want it, you pay for it

Bob McNamara, Upham I’ve advocated previously how many people want things but want others to pay for them. Fortunately, the property tax measure went down. Unfortunately, too many still want things for others to pay for. They don’t want to invest in their future. We consider ourselves conservatives but every week you can read in the MDN how our senators in their free spending frenzy brought money for this or that from the federal government to pay for something ND wants but can’t or doesn’t want to pay for. Now I see the city plans to go after 1.5 million from the feds ...

PSC should not have issued permit

Patricia Marquard, Minot The Public Service Commission issued a permit for Summit Carbon Solutions to go ahead and build a CO2 pipeline in North Dakota recently. When I heard about it I started thinking that the commissioner and board should be recalled. In short, Summit Carbon Solutions is a bad actor. In my opinion they don’t care about the environment, they don’t care about you or me. They are in it to make money off North Dakota, and think we are an easy target. A CO2 pipeline doesn’t have any purpose unless it is transporting it for fracking purposes. It will cost ...

Dispersing dominion would elevate drone technology

Joe Cozart, Grand Forks Once, the skies of this republic were free — a shared realm of birds, man, and the occasional daring invention. Now, they are encumbered by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a bloated gatekeeper of progress. The advent of drones, particularly Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations, has been shackled by Washington’s labyrinth of waivers and delays, serving entrenched interests rather than innovation. This is no longer a republic of invention, but a stagnant empire of bureaucracy. The FAA’s preferred model, exemplified by North Dakota’s ...