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NU Film Society to screen WWII film ‘The Thin Red Line’

NEW ULM – The New Ulm Film Society will hold strong with a screening of “The Thin Red Line.” The screening starts at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 8 at the New Ulm Library and is the final film in the America at War series. “The Thin Red Line” is a 1998 film based on a 1962 film by James Jones. The story tells a fictional account of the Battle of Mount Austen during the Guadalcanal Campaign during World War II. The book was a follow up to Jones previous novel “From Here to Eternity” which was also adapted into an extremely popular film from 1953. “The Thin Red Line” had ...

Dealing with cutting, self-harm

Patients that psychologists frequently encounter are people who are cutting themselves. Cutting is a form of self-mutilation. Cutting is not the only form of self-mutilation that people do to themselves. They may also burn themselves, pick pieces of skin out of their body, pull their hair out, or anything else that they can do to harm themselves. Self-mutilation is when a person deliberately harms and hurts themselves physically, but they are not trying to kill themselves or commit suicide. The objective is to cause pain. Why would you want to cause yourself pain? What are the ...

Igniting the spark through volunteering

My personal journey into volunteering began in 2013 when I flew home to Texas to be by my grandpa’s side before he died.  Grandpa was an Army veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars and was forever changed by service. His kidneys and liver were shutting down because of the effects of toxic exposure. He knew his time was short, and wanted to spend his remaining time at home, not in a hospital.  We set him up with home hospice care. He died peacefully not long after. It was then, sitting by his side, that I realized how meaningful it is to be with people during their final moments. ...

Safe Routes to School team launches safety campaign

New Ulm: It’s time to see people biking and walking, act safe, and be smart. The Heart of New Ulm (HONU) and the Safe Routes to School Action Team have launched a public safety campaign called “See.Safe.Smart.” The campaign will share different safety messages reminding everyone in New Ulm to be aware of and alert to people who are out walking and biking in our community — especially our community’s kids. The goal is to help ensure everyone’s safety on our sidewalks and streets, and encourage people to make smart decisions when encountering people walking and riding their ...

Undermining value of civil servants

I am writing to share some of my experiences working with members of our nation’s Federal Civil Service during over twenty years of active duty in the U.S. Army. Every assignment at every installation where I served involved working with members of the Federal Civil Service. If we have been following the national news recently, some prominent voices in the news would have us believe our Federal Civil Service is full of persons enjoying paid vacations at home, rather than doing the remote work they were supposed to be doing. Some would have us believe the Federal Civil Service is full ...

A brief fling with spring fever

No nice weather ever goes unpunished in our neck of the woods. We had a fabulously clement March, with nearly no snow and temperatures that were generally agreed to be “not too bad.” We didn’t receive any snow during our state high school basketball tournaments. These events are usually guaranteed to deliver at least one major blizzard. Few complained about our open winter. An exception might be the folks who operate snow removal businesses. Some became so desperate that they began to look for people who suffer from severe dandruff. Because the weather was so pleasant, my ...