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Readers contributed to opinion exchange

Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 10:03am

Opinion pages in every newspaper should be a place that community members can voice their cares, concerns, criticisms and laurels, provided, of course, that those opinions are not libelous.
The Chronicle has been fortunate to have readers who are willing to step forward and express their opinions for public debate and the exchange of ideas.
Here are those who contributed their opinions through letters to the editor in 2016:


January
McLeod County Sheriff Scott Rehmann; Jim Bobier, Hutchinson (twice); Dave Stark, Glencoe; John Golden, Glencoe; Gary Ballard, Glencoe; Jan Conner, Hutchinson; Christopher D. Sonju, McLeod For Tomorrow Steering Committee; Joe Nagel, McLeod County commissioner; Paul Wright, McLeod County commissioner; Jon L. Christensen, Hutchinson; and Lloyd Graupmann, McLeod Emergency Food Shelf.


February
Jim Bobier, Hutchinson; Gary Ballard, Glencoe (three times); Duncan Cameron, Lester Prairie; Randy Wilson, Glencoe mayor, and Paul Wright, McLeod County Board chairman; Emily Gruenhagen, Glencoe; state Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen, Glencoe (twice); Curt Carrigan, Brownton; and John Grein, McLeod County Republicans.


March
Anna Aldock, St. Francis; Kay Wilson and Peter Gepson, GSL band and choir; Ronald H. Bassett, Norwood Young America; and Paul Wright and Doug Krueger, McLeod County commissioners.

April
Jan Conner, Hutchinson; state Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen, Glencoe; Charleen Engelmann, Glencoe community blood drive coordinator; Michael Lokken, Grove City; Kevin Masrud, Stewart; Barb Anderson, Champlin; Jerry Belcher, Glencoe; Christopher D. Sonju, superintendent, GSL Schools; Charleen Engelmann, Glencoe community blood drive coordinator; and Jim Bobier, Hutchinson.


May
Daryl Thurn, Green Isle; Charleen Engelmann, Glencoe community blood drive coordinator; Gloria Hilgers, Glencoe; Ryan Voss, Glencoe; Christopher D. Sonju, GSL superintendent; Gary Ballard, Glencoe; state Sen. Scott Newman, Hutchinson; and Allen Robeck, Glencoe City Council member.


June
Merle Larson, Dassel, Senate District 18 DFL chair; Allen Robeck, Glencoe City Council member; state Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen; Gloria Donnay, Glencoe; Allen Robeck, Glencoe City Council member; and Paul Lemke, Glencoe.


July
Rob Raiche, Lynn Township; Jerry Belcher, Glencoe; Mark Walford, Glencoe; Christopher D. Sonju, GSL superintendent; Charleen Engelmann, coordinator, Glencoe community blood drive (twice); Daryl Thurn, Green Isle Township; Allen Robeck, Glencoe City Council member; Ralph Picha, Glencoe; Kevin Masrud, Stewart; Ron Shimanski, chairman, Trailblazer Transit Joint Powers Board; Lars Ide, Glencoe;  and Diane Gotham, Eden Prairie.


August
Diane Robinson, Hutchinson; Rich Pohlmeier, Brownton; Gary Ballard, Glencoe; Charleen Engelmann, coordinator, Glencoe community blood drive; Lesa Heuser, Glencoe, Greater Minnesota Republican Women; Jeanne (Ostlie) Pagel, Glencoe; Allen Robeck, Glencoe City Council member; Christopher D. Sonju, GSL superintendent; and Eric Kaler, president, University of Minnesota.


September
Mark Wegner, TC&W Railroad; Allen Robeck, Glencoe City Council; Virginia Adams, Glencoe VFW Auxiliary; and Jim Bobier, Acoma Township.


October
John Adamek, Soil and Water Conservation District, Hutchinson; Kari Henderson-Reed, Collins Township; Christopher D. Sonju, GSL superintendent; Jim Bobier, Acoma Township; Merle Larson, Senate District 18 DFL chair, Dassel; Jan Conner, Hutchinson; Brenda Birkholz, Rich Valley Township, and Kathy Nowak, Hutchinson; Nancy Larson, Dassel; Anne Twiss, Glencoe; and Dave and Monyne Cotton, Hutchinson.


November
Ane K. Fitzgerald, Glencoe; Gary Ballard and Committee for Changes, Glencoe; Dan Hanson, Glencoe; Virginia Adams and Jean Schmidt, Glencoe VFW Auxiliary; Jodi Redman, Brownton; Charleen Engelmann, Glencoe Community Blood Drive; and volunteers of Care Connection Thrift Store.


December
CareConnection volunteers; Carol Carver, Glencoe; and Christopher D. Sonju, GSL superintendent.