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Newspaper
Bemidji Pioneer
Location
Bemidji, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1977
Page
4
The Minnesota Department of Health reports swimmer’s itch with summer, caused by a duck parasite that matures in snails. Humans may get bites that itch for about a week, with redness lasting weeks. avoid shallow weedy waters, toweling after swimming, and beach debris to reduce risk.
The 1977 session ended quietly but productively with a broad tax relief package. It includes about 150 million dollars in relief from changes in assessment, a three mill increase to support agricultural mill rates, a one mill cut in local school levies, and a co insurance program offering 35 percent of remaining tax bills up to about 125 dollars, boosting typical relief to 800 dollars. It also raises income tax credits per dependent, tightens wealthy tax loopholes, expands payroll exemption by 150,000 dollars, and funds education with a 1.7 billion School Aids bill. The session creates a State Water Planning Board and funds soil conservation, shade tree disease control, and power line reforms with new easements and tax credits for affected landowners.
Delmer Gilchrist Solway recalls early solar experiments including a 1900 South Pasadena engine using 71 mirrors and a 33 by 15 foot disk to heat water, plus a 16 second melting mirror from France. He notes Minnesota and university grant activity and suggests school funding for solar from sewage.
Readers respond to Anita Bryant and Save Our Children Inc as they press for a June 7 referendum on Dade County's gay rights ordinance. The piece describes corporate and legislative pressure, fears of homosexual influence in schools, and calls to oppose discrimination protections for LGBTQ people.
A Guthrie community group named Ye Olde Schoolgrounds formed by the Guthrie Flying Eagles 4-H Club Guthrie Homemakers and Guthrie Sportsmans Club raised funds via bake and craft auction bingo and timber cutting to buy four acres on the former Guthrie Schoolhouse site for a park and recreation area. They faced discrimination when seeking public access to Lasalle Lake, as a northern Hubbard County representative noted unequal funding but local support from Bemidji KBM and Pioneer helped publicize efforts and drum up donations.
The Pioneer invites signed letters to the editor for publication with a reasonable length of about 300 words or less. Unsigned letters will not be published, and longer letters may be edited. Letters should be in good taste, not libelous, and include the writer’s name and address.
A Washington columnist chronicles a home renovation saga during President Carter's era, detailing delays from suppliers and contractors over a sink, cabinet, and appliances. The piece blends economic asides with anecdotes of a stubborn sink, distributed costs, and a problematic contractor, ending with a Formica delay and color concerns.
OSHA inspectors report serious safety violations in the Capitol and Cannon Building including missing handrails on wide stairs and a staff file drawer that opens over a seat. Rep James Jones says the findings show major hazards and possible fines.
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