Show we care for our children

From Gordy Wagner,

Glenwood

Now is not the time for Glenwood and Pope County to turn their backs on our youngest children and their parents.  The hard-to-come-by federal grant that the childcare center formerly known as Kingdom Kids received needs a local match of $600,000 to be awarded the total grant of $2,500,000.  Will the community step up to help fund this much needed facility in Glenwood?  I hope my fellow county commissioners will see a request for some of the $600,000 as worthy for our families.

The largest employers in Glenwood and the rest of the county know full well the difficulty in attracting workers to move here if there is no available daycare.  I hope those employers, along with other concerned individuals, would open up their checkbooks and show that we care for our little ones and their families.  Our neighboring communities have addressed this problem on their own, so why can’t we, with the help of a federal grant, do the same? For further information on how you can help, please call Tammy at (218) 205-7176

Whoops wrong contact…

From Jim Thoreen,

Glenwood

According to the Minnesota Star Tribune U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth may have a telephone dialing problem, or is perhaps dyslexic. No matter which communication choice he makes, somehow the guy apparently doesn’t know what he’s doing. In the most recent episode, he shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen. In the private Signal group chat were his wife, brother, personal lawyer… and it is now claimed that he included the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. And fortunately for me, also on the line was Norbert Johnson my friend from Fosston, MN…at least Norbert claims he’s a friend.

Anyway, what Norbert heard and responded to was this conversation:

Norbert: Hello. Dis iss Norbert here den.

Pete: Yes. This is the Secretary of Defense. Are you ready for the call?

Norbert: What call? My doctor only calls on Friday. Dis iss Monday.

Pete: Wait a minute. Who am I speaking with?

Norbert: I already told you dis iss Norbert. Don’t you pay attention to anything?

Pete: O, good lord. Some bonehead in my office connected me with a jerk who has no right to be on this call regarding our national security.

Norbert: No, I don’t bank at Security State Bank. I bank at Northern National. Iss dat where you will send the check?

Pete: What check? I don’t know what lame brain connected you as part of this call regarding national security, but I need to meet all security checks!

Norbert: Apparently you have a bad memory. I told you Security State Bank is not correct! Hey, I just discovered I can’t hang up on you! Why don’t you hang up on me…are you selling life insurance for old duffers?

Pete: I’m not selling anything…unless you want a new brain! And I’m not sure how to hang up on you. So, you will have to stay on the line with lots of people who are part of the nation’s government. But stay quiet…don’t say a word!

Norbert: Well, I tink I could say some smarter words than you can. Like, “Who is on the line now? Iss diss Ole from Bemidji?”

Pete: Just be quiet! My wife will be on the line!

Norbert: I tink your life is on da line, dummy. You should call Paul Bunyan Telephone Coop. They’ll sell you a secondhand dial phone for fifty bucks!

Pete: Just remember, when the Generals, the Secretary of State, the Vice President and other big shots get on the line, Shut Up! They can’t know anyone else is on the line.

Norbert: Oh, you’re talking about that call you were on when the News Reporter listened in and heard battle plans. How did dat turn out?

Pete: (CLICK!!!)