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Reannouncing retirement; supporting Ullery

Letters

My name’s Larry Mack, and since 2015, I have proudly served as the city councilor for New Ulm’s Ward 4. Over the past 12 years, I’ve worked with my colleagues to put the best interests of the community first, from helping to steer the Reinvest New Ulm (RENU) project and complete the city’s 20-year comprehensive plan to supporting businesses and growing workforce housing options. This past January, I decided to retire from my position as councilor at the end of my current term. Other individuals were expressing interest in running for the Ward 4 seat, and I felt it was time to ...

Supporting Ullery for city council

Letters

I am writing this Letter of Recommendation of support for Ward 4 write-in candidate, Sue Ullery, to the New Ulm City Council. While serving on the ISD 88 school board for 12 years, Sue demonstrated the following skills/talents: (A) The ability to be an active listener prior to making an informed decision. (B) A consensus builder while working with different stakeholders. (C) The ability to communicate complex issues to a diverse audience. Sue Ullery has been a resident of the New Ulm area for 38 years during which she has served the community in several ways. She understands the ...

Supporting well qualified woman on the ballot

Letters

I tuned in to the New Ulm League of Women Voters District 15 Candidate Forum recently. There was quite a contrast between the two Senate candidates in Andrea Boettger and Braxton Seifert. Boettger has accomplished much in her 47 years while Seifert is just getting started as a 21-year-old. Boettger was well spoken and showed that she has done the homework in preparation for representing us in the Minnesota Senate. She has excelled as the President of the very active and forward-looking New Ulm City Council. She is on the Board of Directors of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities ...

My favorite waitress

Columns

I married a waitress, so it seemed appropriate to take her to see “Waitress: The Musical.” You know that a play is off-off-off Broadway when it’s being performed in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Not that I’m complaining. Driving an hour to enjoy a Broadway show beats the heck out of ...

Musical series goes 'Somewhere that's green'

Columns

NEW ULM – Join the New Ulm Film Society on Skid Row for a screening of “Little Shop of Horrors.” The screening begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14 at the New Ulm Public Library. This is the eighth film in the New Ulm Film’s Society’s (NUFS) musical film series and was chosen to represent musicals of the 1980s. Though “Little Shop of Horrors” was released in 1986, the film was heavily inspired by different eras. “Little Shop of Horrors” is actually a remake of a 1960 horror comedy made by low budget producer Roger Corman. Corman was famous for making low-budget genre ...

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Editorials

THUMBS UP Spotlight on banning books Last week, the American Library Association (ALA) celebrated banned book week. It is an annual tradition designed to put a spotlight on attempts to censor or restrict reading material in the United States. Every year the ALA tracks book challenges initiated in the county. Challenges are formal requests from individuals or groups to remove a book from a library or school curriculum. According to the ALA, few of last year’s challenges came from individuals but rather came from pressure groups and even government officials. Challenges among pressure ...