Linda McNulty    

In the early 90s, I was employed at a school for learning and emotionally disabled children. It was a special place for children with disabilities to learn in a nurturing, therapeutic, and educational environment. We worked to maintain a protective atmosphere, while preparing children who could mainstream to regular school to do so.

By Dave Dexter

I think I saw!  I know I saw!  Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! A coyote in the back yard!  Hershel go get the Greener, our way of life is in danger.  What are we going to do about this menace?  Think of the children! Guess what? It’s an animal living and moving about in this world too.  There is nothing strange about a coyote taking a stroll. 

Want an easy way to lose weight during the day? Sleep at night. The Nurses Health Study has shown that lack of sleep may increase your risk for weight gain even if you are not overeating.

 Mr. Anderson (Feb. 25 edition) commented on the increase in automobile accidents on Highway 5.The problem with Highway 5 (from Fuller Road / Venture Lane west to Hazeltine Boulevard) is that it was constructed as an unusual hybrid – it is not actually a “freeway” and it is not what might typically be regarded as a four-lane controlled-intersection road.

I’m hearing sirens again…second time today and third time this week.  They are coming up Highway 5, getting louder and louder, then quiet. Traffic starts streaming down Minnewashta parkway, and lost drivers roam the neighborhoods in search of a better route. Telltale signs of yet another accident. More lives have been dreadfully changed or worse yet, lost.  

My daughter is driving home from a game.  We’re forever pleading
with our kids to avoid Highway 5 whenever possible, but you never know.

By Unsie Zuege

   My theater companion Audree Sells is one of those people who tells it like it is. I’m sure she figures that at her point in life, why sugar-coat anything?

By Chere Bork 

Another year:  did you make the same New Year’s resolutions to be happier or healthier? How are you doing? You already forgot?

The No. 1 resolution I hear is, “I need to lose weight.”  But, there are so many obstacles.  “I eat the house down from the minute I get home from work.”  Another one I hear all the time is, “I snack on junk at work…it’s there, Chere - what am I supposed to do?” I am here to help!

By Sen. Julianne Ortman

On Tuesday, Feb. 2, Minnesota citizens will begin the first official step of the 2010 election process.  Across the state, Minnesota’s major political parties will gather at the grassroots level for precinct caucuses to begin the process of choosing the candidates and issues they will support this November.Precinct caucuses are neighborhood meetings arranged by voting precinct. 

By Linda McNulty