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Council should stay out of human relations

Orlan Dreyer, Minot Why would you as city council members want to get involved in human relations? We all have different opinions. You were elected to protect us with police, fire, keeping streets passable and making things look good. Stay out of social issues, especially this LGBT, whatever that is. I know what the G is. I was cornered by one and needed to place a forearm across his face to get away from him. Being a country bumpkin, I was shaking so bad I couldn’t hold a glass. It is disgusting LGBTQ insist we accept this lifestyle and try to jam it down our throats. City ...

A celebration for all of us

Jessica Ackerman Minot This year is the 44th Norsk Hostfest. Chester Reiten had a dream for Hostfest, and the community helped make it possible. Volunteers united to make sure the rommegrot was stirred, the ice cream scooped, and tables cleared between diners for more than 40 years. All of us should be proud knowing we made North America’s largest Scandinavian festival possible by working together. This celebration is for all of us, and events like Hostfest would be impossible without loyal volunteers from our community. My passion for Minot and seizing opportunities to ...

Parole, probation department is broken

Bob L. Timm Minot North Dakota’s Parole and Probation Department is broken. Truly I can only speak to Ward County’s Parole and Probation Department, but being the state office is being run by the former Ward County Parole and Probation supervisor, I am taking a leap of faith that the problem may be statewide. My case and point are being made from my firsthand interactions with several probation officers and their supervisor, Mr. Scott Kope. My interactions involve concern over a friend I will identify as Kate. Kate appeared before Judge Louser, and Judge Louser graciously ...

Dying pastor displays reality of heaven

Andrew Allis, Granville Life teaches many lessons. One of them learned recently by the author of this letter is that people you’ve met and known only for a very short period of time can have a disproportionate beneficial impact on your life, more so than people you’ve known for years. In God‘s good providence, we met Pastor Roy Erdahl at the Souris Valley Care nursing home in Velva when visiting my father-in-law who is there convalescing from a stroke. Pastor Roy was his roommate. I only knew Roy for approximately 5 days before he departed from this world, an infinitesimal ...

As we forgive those who trespass against us

Dan Reinhard, Minot I couldn’t get to sleep a few nights ago so I turned on the TV and watched a rerun of a late night game show. When the host, asked a contestant: “what would you do if you hit a parked car?” I was as startled as was the host when she answered: “Leave.” But later he said: “that was the number answer from 100 people interviewed. Well, watching that show didn’t help with my insomnia because my vehicle also had a hit and run incident a few days prior on July 18th at the Dakota Square Mall. My wife’s blue Chevy Cruze was parked near the Scheels entrance ...

Tuberville’s political stunt hurts military

Katrina Christiansen, Jamestown Senator Tuberville’s single-minded, egotistical, and pompous actions to block the military promotions of 250 general and admiral nominees for the last six months is most definitely a political stunt but more importantly a national security threat. Senator Tuberville’s block has kept the Marine Corps from having a commandant for the first time in 164 years. If Tuberville is allowed to continue blocking promotions the number will grow to 650 by the end of the year and block the replacement of retiring General Mark Milley on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ...