Hometown News • Thursday, August 30, 2012 • Page 5
2012 Friends of Big Birch Lake Award
Letter to the Editor
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By Dave Butcher, Pequot Lakes Republican Tall Tales Republican candidates for the state legislature continue to promote the fairy tale that the state went from a $5 billion deficit to a $1 billion surplus and that our taxes didn’t go up thanks to their so-called “fiscal responsibility.” (“Gazelka, Anderson talk to Cass board, Brainerd dispatch, Aug. 22, 2012). Like any good fairy tale, it makes for a good story, but is not based in reality. The facts are, we still face over $4 billion in red ink and rural Minnesotans paid 64% of a statewide property tax increase. Rather than work with Democrats to solve the $5 billion deficit in a balanced and re-
sponsible way, Republicans protected big corporations and the wealthiest Minnesotans and - after a state shut-down - passed a budget that borrowed billions and left schools and the average tax-payer to foot the bill. Ask any business or family if borrowing money to cover the bills is fiscally responsible and I think you know what their answer would be. Ask them if borrowing more money than you have in savings is the same thing as having a surplus and they’d probably laugh you out of the room. It’s time to restore real fiscal responsibility to the state’s budget process. We do have a choice in November.
Lace up your sneakers for prostate cancer Join the fight against prostate cancer by participating in the 2nd annual St. Cloud Dash for Dad on September 15 at Whitney Park, 1529 Northway Drive. Dash for Dad begins with registration at 7:30 a.m. The 1K kids run begins at 8:30 a.m. followed by a 1-mile family walk at 8:45 a.m. The chip-timed 5K begins at 9:00 a.m. Awards will be presented to top 5K finishers in each age group. Tamara Jett, Ms. Midwest World International 2012, will speak about prostate cancer affecting the loved ones in her life.
Prostate cancer affects one in every six men in the United States, with a new case diagnosed approximately every two minutes. Whether it’s your grandfather, father, brother, uncle or friend, almost everyone knows someone who has been touched by this disease. Sponsored by Adult & Pediatric Urology and Coborn Cancer Center as part of the Zero Cancer race series. If you have questions, please call 320-259-1411 or visit www.centracare.com to register.
Harvey Mackay continued from page 2 they grew older. Focusing on the good and not worrying about the negatives may have a positive impact on overall life expectancy. So now that you know what finding your bliss could do for your quality of life, why wait? Organize your life so you have time to do the things you love. I am not advocating that you abandon all responsibility. Life’s pressures are going to prevent you from playing golf seven days a week and even sunsets start to look alike after a while. You may
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Shasta Daisy, Cosmos, Purple Cornflower, Blanket Flower, Sweet Alyssum, Corn Poppy Mix, Prairie Cone flower, Black-eyed Susan, and Zinnia California Giant, to name a few. Gene and Cheryl utilized information developed by the Sauk River Watershed District, and then worked extensively with Dave Nett, Stearns County Environment Engineer to assure they were following proper county regulations and having a design that minimized erosion and runoff into the lake, by shaping the lake side slope, use of a retaining wall to lessen the slope at waters edge, and installing the wildflower buffer zone to capture/filter rainfall. They contracted with Ken Frieler, Central Lakes Landscape & Construction LLC, to guide them in their wildflower choice and to install this and all of their other landscaping. They chose “Bird and Butterfly” Enneking continued to pg 7 • COUPON •
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By Kent Trulson The Big Birch Lake Association has awarded their 2012 “Friends of the Big Birch Lake Award” to Gene and Cheryl Enneking, at 30998 Birch Valley Rd., Melrose, MN at their annual meeting on August 18, 2012. The Enneking’s home and lake side project is on Paradise Beach on the south west side of the lower bay of Big Birch Lake. They broke ground for their new house this Valentines Day and incorporated into their lake side landscape a 55 foot wide and 30 foot deep buffer zone of “Bird and Butterfly Mix” wildflowers. This seed mixture of 28 varieties of wildflower seeds provides seeds and nectar to songbirds, hummingbirds, and butterflies. They seeded their wildflowers in the latter part of May 2012. Some of the wildflower varieties are: Butterfly Milkweed, Calendula, Aster Crego Mix, Cornflower Polka Dot,
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