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Mittens that heal
It all started with a simple black and white tie. Judy Oatman of Lowry found herself grieving her father’s death. When she traveled back home from his funeral in Washington, she brought along a few of her father’s ties he wore as an usher at church on Sundays.
Wednesday, March, 06, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Life

Thumbs Up/Down - March 1, 2013
When news broke that Douglas County Library Director Karen Simmons died in a two-vehicle crash in dense fog near Glenwood, it sent waves of shock, sadness and heartfelt loss throughout the community, even among those who didn’t know her that well.
Friday, March, 01, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Column - Karen will be greeted with a cucumber martini
There are many children – two generations of them, most of them now grown-ups – who are mourning the unthinkable loss of Karen Simmons, the beloved local librarian.
Friday, March, 01, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Alexandria girls' hockey: Hard to say goodbye
Captains called this the closest team they ever played on, which a loss in overtime harder to take.
Wednesday, February, 27, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Sports

Alex girls' hockey has season ended in overtime
A 2-0 lead for Alexandria disappeared on Thursday as Mound-Westonka ended the Cardinals' season with a 3-2 loss in overtime.
Thursday, February, 21, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Sports

Financial course offered at Lake Community Church
Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University (FPU) will offer a nine-week course at Lake Community Church in Alexandria.
Wednesday, February, 20, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Column - Anything scientific must, of course, be a leftist lie
There is nothing more stubbornly reactionary than those who deny anything and everything scientific. Facts to these people are nothing but pesky nuisances or, worse, lies disguised as “facts” by the liberal news media.
Friday, February, 15, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Alexandria boys' basketball: Cardinals rebound against Jacks

Wednesday, February, 13, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Sports

Commentary - Middle class can't afford these taxes
On January 22, Governor Dayton released his tax plan to the Legislature. While the governor often speaks about taxing the rich, this plan would hit middle class families in our community the hardest. I know it would certainly affect my family.
Friday, February, 08, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Five steps to wowing your lady on Valentine's Day
How will your 2013 Valentine’s Day be remembered? Good, bad, or, worse yet – indifferent.
Sunday, February, 03, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Driver who killed baby in crash near Glenwood sentenced
Dana Allen Schoen left a Pope County courtroom last Friday with the first person accounts of a family’s unending anguish to remember and a 48-month prison sentence to serve.
Friday, February, 01, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Cheryl Roos, 70
It is with deep sadness that the family of Cheryl Ann Roos announce her passing after a courageous battle with colon cancer on Thursday, January 24, 2013, at the age of 70.
Wednesday, January, 30, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Obituaries (free view)

Column - How many diplomas come courtesy of SparkNotes?
How many students actually read the novels they are assigned to read? Not as many as should, I would guess. It seems we’re galloping headlong into some kind of Post-Literate Age in which words — pitifully butchered words — are used for texting, mainly.
Friday, January, 25, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Editorial - What did people do before the green thing?
Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment. The woman apologized and explained, “We didn’t have this green thing back in my earlier days.”
Wednesday, January, 23, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

It's Our Turn: If you pet them once, they'll love you forever
How do you resist that face? As you squat outside the pen, scratching the furry back cemented against the chain-linked gate, you know you’ve got to go. But as you stand, he stands with you, mushes his nose against the gate as his backside sways with the momentum of his tail. The dog rumbles a whine at you and stares with watery brown eyes, begging for just one more rub.
Friday, January, 11, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

It's a SAD time of year
From sunrise to sunset, Minnesotans will have less than 10 hours to catch some sunlight in January. Even though daylight hours are steadily increasing, winter’s wrath more than likely is enduring among those with seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
Friday, January, 11, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Life

Commentary - A New Year's resolution for a healthy mouth
As we enter the new year with so many good intentions, I would like to invite everyone to add one more resolution to their list: improved oral health.
Wednesday, January, 09, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Letter - Our nation weeps and no words can be found
“Broken hearts.” These words as used by our president may describe our emotions to the sad, sad tragedy that occurred in a Connecticut school last Friday morning. Our nation weeps again as we struggle to find words to describe our emotions.
Wednesday, December, 19, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Letter - A sad and tragic day
Our president shed tears in public on such a sad and tragic day.
Wednesday, December, 19, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

A sheepish cat
Even though Oliver is orange and white, he’s the black sheep of the family. But he can’t pull the wool over his owners’ eyes. They know he’s just a cat in sheep’s clothing.
Wednesday, December, 19, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Life

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