So much can be accomplished when we understand and empathize with one another; it helps people – including the those we elect to represent us – accomplish their goals. Without that empathy, and perhaps a face-toface discussion, misconceptions, misunderstandings, and misinformation can help form decisions, whether that be about people, issues or decisions.
Question: My son recently got his driver’s license. Does his name need to be on the proof of auto insurance card? Answer: Minnesota accepts proof of auto insurance on paper or electronically.
The topic: Spring Welcome to the end of March and hopefully lots of melting snow. Kids might be interested in borrowing “April Fools’ Day Magic”by James Baker for simple magic tricks.
Mid-March, St. Urho’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day have come and gone; however, our Winter season keeps hanging around as we look longingly for Spring. Low temperatures have not been extreme this year but snow depths could still set records before flooding threatens.
I talked to a friend last week whose Lutheran church in Minneapolis is trying to attract people of color. Lutherans have been white for centuries, coming as they did from Scandinavia and Germany, countries that were never great colonial powers and didn’t grab big chunks of Africa and Lutheranize the indigenous people. Some Lutherans are more gray than white, but if you go to a Lutheran church you sense a monochromaticism due to the fact that people in the pews tend to be descendants of Lutherans, the faith was handed down, it’s like farming — most farmers grew up on a farm — not many Manhattanites develop a passion for soybeans and head for North Dakota to buy 400 acres and a John Deere.
We’ve often watched as property owners, concerned about recent increases in taxes and valuation on their property, grow frustrated when they attend December budget and levy meetings, and are told it’s the wrong meeting for that purpose.
@YOUR LIBRARY I am so excited to tell you about two new digital services the library is now offering to the community. The first is the Wall Street Journal.
Local library recently produced a read of great interest to this old adventurer. “Northwest Passage—The Great Columbia River” by William Dietrich provides rich historical accounts of that region’s major waterway and many of its tributaries.
ABOUT HISTORY In May of 1987, these folks were well-seasoned and all of similar vintage, and reminisced and tested their memories while ruminating about what befell them. Glen remembered when as a youth living on the banks of the Rainy River; each spring he would sit on the banks of the river and watch the ice go out.
Dear Amy: My husband and I have a special- needs teenage son. After more than a year on a wait list, we finally have an in-home therapist.