Comments by Libby
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Posted on December 4 at 4:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I have to agree with Mr. Reagan! We celebrate this holiday (Holy Day) because of the birth of Christ. One can't change that and say "we must not offend someone...therefore we must call it something else!" This culture has gotten to be such where it's touted that we need to be "P.C." and "tolerant"! However the most "intolerance" is shown to Christians! What if our culture began to tell the rest of the world that they were full of it etc. et. etc. People who really do NOT understand what the Bible says are the biggest perpretrators of this intolerance.
I for one, make it a point to say "Merry Christmas!" to the clerk in the store or wherever I am. I've yet to have someone seem to be offended. In fact they will give me the same greeting back again most of the times...very seldom has it come back to "Happy Holidays"!!! I love Christmas and the whole meaning that goes with it...with the birth of the Christ-child in Bethlehem. It's the story of HOPE!!!!
Posted on November 29 at 7:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)
My dad was born and raised in Albert Lea (as was I..in the '40's). We used to watch a t.v. show when I was a child (can't think of the name but think it had to do with the FBI). Richard Carlson was the star and my dad would tell me he was from Albert Lea and that he (my dad) had gone to school with one of Richard's sisters. My dad was born in 1900.
Posted on October 2 at 5:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I can't get over how this discussion just keeps going on and on!!! I'm thrilled to see that an existing business is expanding and yet people have to gripe. This from a city that obviously doesn't care about change or having a pride to improve. I'm speaking from the platform of being a former "born and bred" resident, who on occasion comes back to visit family and friends. Once, in my youth, there was a desire to perhaps return---but that isn't the case any longer.
What I see (my perspective) is the thought processes in Albert Lea is N.I.M.B.Y.!!! That is so sad! Since when is change a bad thing? Since when is it bad to grow? I agree with 2gr8danes!
Posted on September 30 at 2:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)
This production should press some good into the Albert Lea economy...for the short term at least. It's exciting to hear about a deserving family to get a home/make-over! I can't wait to watch the show and see (hopefully) familiar land-marks albeit quick glimpses!
Congratulations from a former resident of the area!
Posted on September 16 at 3:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I think there will always be "nay-sayers" whenever something like this is done! It's too bad for them that they can't see the good in something like this.
The show just came to near the area where I live in Wisconsin and the family doesn't know until they knock on their door. There "might be" speculators who have an "idea" but they do try to keep things a secret. I think it's phenomenal that they're coming to Albert Lea. It will give a boost to the economy of the town AND just think of the publicity given too.
Hopefully the "powers that be" will take advantage of that publicity and maybe, just maybe, there will be a boost given to the general economy long term as well!!
Best wishes to the family, ahead of time, that get this blessing! I'll definately have my t.v. tuned in to watch in a few weeks or months!
On ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ is coming to Freeborn County
Posted on September 2 at 10:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I find this dialogue interesting! I concur with Bill Pech! I wrote to you all last year after visiting for my H.S. class reunion AND the feedback was pretty negative as people took "exception" with what I was merely observing. I grew up in Albert Lea and left to follow my husband's employment. I loved "my" town and how pretty it was and what it seemed to offer as a small town back then. But then the larger businesses began to leave (without replacements). What I see when I return there...is the decline of "pride" of ownership. The town seems depressed and it shows in the neighborhoods. I'm sure there are some positives going on...but the first impressions are what are visible and it's just so sad to see that in alot of ways, the changes over time have NOT been positive. Would I want to return to Albert Lea to live...I'm not sure! What would draw me there now....give me 10 GOOD reasons!!
Posted on August 5 at 1:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Again, I'm reading that my beloved home-town is losing yet another business. In actuality Albert Lea has lost so much more over the years!! But that's a whole other story.
I haven't been to this mall in over a year (I don't live in Albert Lea any longer) but the fact that it is the 2nd mall built in town is seems to be struggling to keep the businesses in tact.
What is wrong, "City Fathers"? You took exception with my observations from a year ago when I visited the city and observed and wrote here about the deterioration and the depressed looks of the city as a whole! I concur with "softballgirl" that you "NEED" to do something or pretty soon there will be tumbleweeds (this is 'rhetorical') blowing in your streets!
Posted on August 4 at 12:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I no longer live in Albert Lea but once did and have seen the decline of the economy there which deeply saddens me. I've heard the rhetoric of how A.L. isn't "business friendly" and have to wonder if there is not a grain of truth in it. That being said, there are many reasons a business leaves. I'm familiar with Cato as I've shopped there and truth be told (while I enjoyed the experience) the location wasn't well-placed in my opinion. To shop there, you'd have to make an effort to go there. I'd not have even known of it's existance if a relative hadn't taken me there. It wasn't in a spot where it would have constant traffic, except for the Wal-Mart and the other small businesses located in that area. But businesses do a market survey, I'm sure before coming in, so maybe I'm wrong in this instance. As the corporation said, it wasn't meeting their company's expectations. So we go back to the spending-habits of the residents I'd say, and the "depressed" nature of the area was possibly a high contender to the closing.
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Posted on January 12 at 9:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Hate winter...but this emotion comes more from the aging process and not liking the cold and ice and having to contend with the amounts of snow accumulation.
My husband and I are retiring and in the process of making plans to leave this are for warmer climates so perhaps we won't have to complain about it anymore.
Global warming??? Pshaw!!!
On Are you sick of winter yet?