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Arlington Enterprise, Thursday, June 13, 2013, page 4www.arlingtonmnnews.comOpinionsSE to receive additionalfoundation aid next 2 yearsOur View: Use money forcapital improvement projectsIf enrollment remains at the current level, the Sibley East PublicSchools are slated to receive approximately $740,000 in additionalfoundation aid over the next two years due to the recentaction by Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton and the DFL-controlledState Legislature. Sibley East is expected to receivearound $140,000 in the first year and about $600,000 during thesecond year.Sibley East, like every school district in the state, has needs.Those needs at Sibley East are in the form of capital improvementprojects which have not been a priority during the pastseveral years. These capital improvement projects cannot waituntil another bond referendum is proposed and placed on theballot. The time is now and the timing is perfect. Sibley Eastwill have an influx of additional funds which does not happenvery often. It also has the flexibility to use these additionalfunds on capital improvement projects.Sibley East should replace the lights at the football field andrenovate the track at the athletic complex in Arlington. Moneyshould also be expended to repair the broken tile line in rightfieldat the Arlington Baseball Park. It would be money wellspent as the football field, track and baseball park will bearound for many years. In addition, outstanding athletic facilitiesgive a good impression to people who travel to Sibley Eastfor these athletic events.Sibley East should also pay off the approximate $90,000 instreet improvement assessments at the Gaylord school site.The sections of roofs which are in the most desperate needshould finally be repaired at both school sites. Gym floors atboth school sites also need to be sanded and renovated. Moneyshould also be expended for ventilation issues which do notqualify for health and safety funds. In addition, money couldlook to purchase another new bus for an aging bus fleet.Sibley East, with the influx of additional funds, is in the positionto finally tackle these capital improvement needs that havebeen pushed off for years. Along with the capital improvementprojects that qualify for health and safety funds, it could be acouple of exciting years at Sibley East.-K.M.Too Tall’s TidbitsHappy Birthday and Happy Anniversaryto the following local andarea residents compliments of theArlington Lions Club CommunityCalendar.June 14Sandy Dietel, Alexia Selle, EmilyDose, Asael Pedraza, Phyllis Lensing,and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Jacobs.June 15Ben Jacobs, Dave Hultgren, FrankSchwope, Mr. and Mrs. Denny Overson,and Mr. and Mrs. Scott Bennett.June 16Mr. and Mrs. Attila Magyar, and Mr.and Mrs. Darnell Halverson.June 17Brian Mader, Jacob Hanneman, JulieHines, Randi Shimota, Mr. and Mrs.Mike Dose, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Pederson,and Mr. and Mrs. Zach Nelson.June 18Darrel Alsleben, Jordan Herd,McKenna Hebeisen, Stacey Voigt,Timothy Solomonson, Mr. and Mrs.Lowell Nagel, and Mr. and Mrs.Wayne Quast.June 19Corey Fisher, Kara Klipfel, LindaDose, Megan Pederson, Mr. andMrs. Jeff Tuchtenhagen, Mr. andMrs. Jerry Schuetz, Mr. and Mrs.Mark Von Eschen, and Mr. and Mrs.Nick Rauch.June 20Jackie Neubarth, Kendra Schmidt,Morgan Stoeckman, Spencer Selle,Spencer Tuchtenhagen, TylerKirscht, Mr. and Mrs. Doug Johnson,Mr. and Mrs. John Scheer, Mr.and Mrs. Roger Dietel, and Mr. andMrs. Spencer Selle.*****A teacher asked a student, “Doyou really think people can predictthe future with cards?He quickly replied, “My mothercan. She takes one look at my reportcard and tells me what willhappen to me when my father getshome.”*****It’s important to remember thepast, but don’t live in it.*****A man shouted frantically into thephone. “My wife is pregnant and hercontractions are only two minutesapart!”“Is this her first child?” asked thedispatcher.“No!” he exclaimed. “This is herhusband.”*****“I know you’re retired from theArmed Forces,” said the boss. “Whatdid they say to you there if youshowed up in the morning so lateand so often?”The old man looked down at thefloor and chuckled quietly, thensaid with a grin, “Good morning,Admiral, can I get your coffee,sir?”*****When in deep water, keep yourmouth shut.”*****Two kids were hiking when theycame upon a huge bear. One boy satdown, took a pair of track shoes outhis knapsack and started to put themon.“You’re wasting your time.” saidthe other boy. “You can’t outrun thatbear even with your track shoes on.”The other boy replied, “I don’thave to outrun the bear, I justhave to outrun you.”*****A boy walked into a pharmacy andasked the pharmacist to give himsomething to cure the hiccups. Thepharmacist merely leaned over andslapped the kid on the back.“Why did you do that to me?”asked the boy.“Well, you don’t have the hiccupsnow, do you!” answered the pharmacist.“No, but my Mom out in the carstill does!” the boy replied.*****Little girl: “My baby brother isonly one year old but he has beenwalking, now, for six months.”Little boy: “My goodness… isn’the awful tired?”Letters To The EditorTaxpayers are paying more for lessTo The Editor,In the June 6 issue of the ArlingtonEnterprise, Governor Dayton,Tom Bakk and Paul Thissen usedevery positive buzz word to give theimpression that they “moved Minnesotaforward.” All those glossywords get tarnished when the rest ofthe story is told.They said “our budget will provideour children the better educationsthey need for brighter futures.”That’s the old Democratic Partyploy; bury the problem in money sonobody will notice it. Do these threepoliticians really believe that everyonewill automatically be smarter bythrowing more money into the system?How many times has throwingmoney at situations in the past onlycreated more problems?At the same time these politiciansincreased spending on education,they delayed the law which requiredteachers to prove they are qualifiedto teach and they lowered the standardsfor a high school diploma byno longer requiring students to passreading, writing and math tests beforehigh school graduation.I find it very hard to associate eitherone of these actions with the“progress” they claim. If fact, delayingthe proof of teaching skills onlymaintains the status quo at best or isa step backward in the case of theless qualified teachers. Lowering thestandards for a high school diplomacertainly doesn’t raise the quality ofeducation regardless to the amountWithout God leading, we are lostTo The Editor,When you and I were children,did you ever think that the grownups in charge of things like laws andregulations would be silly enough tospend time and money deciding onideas like:a. When is it okay to kill a baby?b. Is it marriage when it’s twoboys or to two girls?c. If you bite your sandwich intoan “L” shape, should you be banishedfrom school because a grownup thinks it looks like a guy?d. When crazy people shoot othersdoes that mean that all peopleshould not have guns?e. When you run out of money, isit okay to keep on spending it ifyou’re the government, because youcan always print more or borrowfrom China?f. When you get a job and work toget a paycheck, is it really yourmoney or does it belong to otherpeople?When we were kids, these questionswould have seemed so dumbthat we would have laughed them toscorn. When we hit someone or toldMigraines are not headachesof spending. It diminishes it. It is nowonder the United States continuesto fall farther behind the rest of theworld in math. Colleges and universitiesare already finding that theyhave to offer remedial courses tobring students up to college level.Does this mean that we will needmore education money for collegesand universities in the future so theycan provide more remedial courses?As long as lower standards are thenorm, the reality is the taxpayer ispaying more for less and the studentwon’t be qualified for college or theworkplace with that worthless pieceof paper.Dwight GrabitskeArlingtona lie, we knew it was wrong. Ourhealthy consciences prodded us.To be able to consider those questionsseriously, I wonder howhealthy the consciences of many ofour state and national leaders can be.All of us need to pray for greatchanges in the health or vigor of theconsciences of all leaders. WithoutGod leading each of us in our choicesand deliberations on all issues, weare a nation in the dark. WithoutGod leading, we are lost.Eunice BremerArlingtonTo The Editor,June is Chronic Migraine AwarenessMonth. Migraines are notheadaches. Migraines are a geneticneurologic disorder. There is no curefor migraines; there are only treatmentsto manage them. I have migraines.I have been living withthem for over 30 years. At somepoint in the last several years theyhave become debilitating. It is importantto the migraine communitythat society understands what theyare living with. Migraine symptomscan include intense head pain, nausea,and vomiting, light, sound andsmell sensitivity, plus a general feelingof weakness. Most of us haveseen many doctors and tried countlessmedications. All of use havefound that our lives have changedcompletely as we have had to makelifestyle changes to accommodateour migraines. This leads to feelingsof isolation. Our own spouses andchildren suffer also as they becomeour caretakers. Here are some migrainefacts that I would like toshare with you:1. Amazingly, over 10 percent ofthe population, including children,suffers from migraines. That’s morethan diabetes and asthma combined.Seventy-five percent of Americanswith episodic migraine are women,predominantly of child-bearing age.2. Migraine results in an increasedrisk of cardiovascular disease whichhas been linked to more than 1,500additional deaths in the U.S.3. Headache disorders, includingmigraine, are responsible for morethan $31 billion in economic costsin the U.S. annually.4. Just over a third (34.4 percent)or migraine sufferers face difficultiesof discrimination at work becauseof their condition.5. Migraine remains undiagnosedand undertreated in at leat 50 percentof patients, and less than 50percent of migraine patients consulta physician.6. Migraine tends to run in families.If one parent suffers from migraine,there is a 40 percent chancea child will suffer. If both parentssuffer, the chance rises to 90 percent.7. More than 90 percent of sufferersare unable to work or functionnormally during their migraine.8. The pain of migraine patients isoften undertreated. The DEA andthe war on drugs have changed society’sview of pain medication. Prescriptiondrug users have left manywary of pain medication includingsociety and doctors. Pain patientsare the innocent victims in the waron drugs. There is a difference betweendrug addiction and a patientwho is dependent on a pain medicationneeded to function in day to daylife.Thank you for reading this. If youhave a migrainer in your life theywill appreciate it.Michelle BuckRural Arlingtonwww.arlingtonmnnews.comArlington ENTERPRISEEstablished in 1884.Postmaster send address changes to:Arlington Enterprise.402 West Alden Street, P.O. 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