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September marks Suicide Prevention Month

Jeff Herman, Group CEO/Managing Director Prairie St. John’s, Fargo You are not alone. Help is available. September marks Suicide Prevention Month. A national poll conducted in 2020 found that while 95% of Americans surveyed would do something if someone close to them was thinking about suicide, almost 70% of respondents identified barriers that keep them from discussing suicide with others. These barriers included not knowing what to say, not knowing where to turn for help, feeling they don’t have enough knowledge, or not feeling comfortable with the topic. As a result of ...

Flat tax proposal has problems

Rep. Pamela Anderson, District 41, Fargo To Governor Burgum, State Tax Commissioner Kroshus & Representative Hedland: You are introducing a bill to cut North Dakota’s income tax. Other than states with no income tax, we already have the lowest. You are proud to give North Dakotans $250 million back, but you – in your pressed jeans and button-down shirts – should meet some of our citizens. Talk to a single parent working a $15 an hour job. Look in their refrigerator and closet. At $30k per year, this parent pays very little in income tax. I bet they’d rather receive ...

Traffic control needed

Dean Clayton Whitmore, Minot I am writing in regards to additional stop signs downtown due to safety issues, and while I agree safety is the issue, I would like to bring up an increasing problem area in SW Minot. The increasing danger issue is on 31st Ave. and 10th Street in southwest Minot. There used to be signal lights there but due to outdated poles and wiring it was taken down when 31st Ave. was improved due to flooding problems. The city engineer decided the traffic wasn’t bad enough for new signal lights due to cost of system so the subject of 4 way stop signs was ...

Seeking information on adopted cats

Jerry Howard I am searching for help from anyone who may have information regarding the status and welfare of 2 cats that were placed from Souris Valley Animal Shelter. They are black-white-gray tabby marked males — almost twins except one is substantially larger than the other. The larger one is distinctive in that he has 5 toes on his front feet. The smaller one’s front feet are declawed. They were wrongly identified at the shelter as Toes & Harry. Their real names were Tom Thumbs & Lit’l Tom. The shelter has indicated they were placed together with whoever it was that ...

Keep Minot’s pit bull ban

Sarah Mullin, MD, Minot As a Minot Physician for the past 37 years, and as a Ward county coroner, I strongly encourage the pit bull and related breed ban ordinance which was previously passed be upheld. I see Alderwoman Evans noted there were no pit bull bites in the last 3 years. Might I point out this would be expected, since there is a pit bull ban, and is good evidence the ban is working, not an excuse to get rid of it. She stated the ban was “vague, punitive, and unproven effectiveness.” I beg to differ. In addition to our own supporting pit bull bite statistic there are ...

Home park residents want out

April Lowther, Minot As a resident of one of Minot’s mobile home parks, I’ve watched with growing concern as ownership of parks becomes more distant and unreachable. If parks are so profitable, it would be interesting to know if the city could buy the parks or establish better managed ones? Let’s keep the money and representation local. I dream of being able to own my own lot. If there are any developers or realtors in Ward county with that kind of opportunity available, they’d do well to contact current park residents. We want out.