Opinion
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Another telecommunications tower in Kimball is not needed
This letter is in reference to the recent conditional use permit submitted for the A-80 zoning district to construct a telecommunication tower. I am a recent homeowner located at 12663 103rd Ave. in Kimball; directly adjacent to the property proposed for this tower. We moved to Kimball because we saw the beauty of the land…
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Wanting more
Life is pretty good for me right now, but I wake most mornings yearning for more. Not more in things, but more in purpose. More in positive change for my world. More in feeling I am doing something substantial during my time on this planet. It got me to wondering. Is this normal? Is it…
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‘The truth will set you free’
We’ve all heard this iconic sentence, but what does it mean, really? More importantly, what exactly is the truth? That depends on whom you are asking. Because I’ve come to believe that each of us has our own truth. What is my truth, with a capital T, may not be yours, in fact it probably…
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Is it possible to have too much information?
These days, yes. We live in a day where there is a flood of information everywhere we look (and listen). It’s clearly a matter of quantity over quality, however. And the sheer existance of “information” does not indicate validity or truth. Nor does it grant approval as being helpful, that information. The spread of rumors,…
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Thoughts on love
We all want to be loved. I think that’s a universal statement – and there aren’t too many of them anymore. But I think it’s safe to say we all seek love. When I lost the love of my life, I lost a huge chunk of love. Of course it isn’t gone, because love never…
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The art of listening
Most of us consider communication a pretty basic skill. I might even go so far as to say we think we are pretty good at it. Joining words together to form clear, coherent, and understandable phrases in order to facilitate, engage, and participate in the exchange, dissemination and sharing of accurate, unambiguous and useful information…
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The lava game
When I was a young girl, my sister and I played a game where the carpet was on fire and we had to leap over barriers in order to dodge the flames. I never shared this information with my kids, but somehow they came up with something similar. Instead of being filled with mere fire,…
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For God and Country
This is a powerful phrase that is being forgotten. I am not a religious person, I am spiritual. It saddens my heart what I witnessed during the Kimball Days parade. The parade line-up consists of: 1. Police, 2. American flags, and 3. our veterans. Let’s stop there. Those who stood and saluted our flags and…
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Fact-check the political facts
We all have our views and viewpoints. It’s easy to expand on those views with quips and comments that sound inventive, innovative, and downright clever. It’s amazing, actually, how easy it is to come out against something or someone, especially when you don’t agree with their viewpoints, political stance, or even appearance. We all see…
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A few Olympic observations
The Olympics are a time when the world gets together – ideally putting aside politics and race, and all the other “little things” that divide us – to celebrate the best of the best in various sports competitions. Every two years, there is either a Summer or Winter Olympics, held in a different host country…
