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It's Our Turn: Driving on the road to nowhere
It’s 9 p.m. and getting dark. The road we’ve been following through the desert is getting narrower and rougher, and our shiny, red convertible is getting all dusty. We haven’t seen a sign, house or another road in hours.By Lowell Anderson , May 17, 2013
Observations from the archives, 2003: Joe Capistrant retires from teaching after 34 years
1963, 50 years ago: John O. Perino, seaman second class, U.S. Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Perino, Alexandria, has finished basic training at the U.S. Naval Training Center, San Diego, California.By Rachel Barduson, Columnist , May 08, 2013
Observations from the archives, 1988: John Hawkes credits Scott Fodness
1988, 25 years ago: John (Perkins) Hawkes, who was born and raised in Alexandria, has been called by some critics “the James Dean of the 1980s.”By Rachel Barduson, Columnist , April 24, 2013
Observations from the archives: people making a difference
1913, 100 years ago: Mayor Secord was in the chair and the new council took their places. The bonds of the city officials and the salaries of the different positions were fixed.By Rachel Barduson, Columnist , March 20, 2013
Column - Should students have to learn a foreign language?
Should study of a foreign language be required in high school or college? I used to think so; now I’m not so sure. After all, how many foreign-language students go on to advanced study of a language to become fluent enough to use that language in their lives?By Dennis Dalman , February 22, 2013
Column - 2003: Stoplight denied for North Nokomis
FEBRUARY 1913 T.A. Erickson has accepted a call from the Board of Regents at the University of Minnesota and therefore, has resigned as superintendent of the Douglas County schools.By Marge VanGorp , February 06, 2013
Column - 1963: District seeks damages for faulty heating system at JHS
JANUARY 2003 Record high temperatures brought out skateboards for Zach Conover and his friends on Monday and golfers were spotted walking at Nordic Trails.By Marge VanGorp , January 16, 2013
I'm Just Sayin' - Where is the ACLU when it is really needed?
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has been around in one form or another since 1920. It was founded on the intent and belief that citizens should have an advocate for freedom of speech and constitutional rights of freedom of expression.By DuWayne Paul, Echo Press columnist , January 16, 2013
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.By Jessica Sly , January 11, 2013
Column - 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' still packs a punch
When Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, met President Abraham Lincoln in the White House, the great man supposedly said to her, “So you are the little lady who helped start this big war.”By Dennis Dalman , January 04, 2013
Column - It's time to pull troops out of Afghanistan
It’s about time the United States pulls out of Afghanistan lock, stock and barrel. Carrying on a “holding-action” war there, after all these years (nearly 12 to be exact), is becoming as absurd as our long involvement in Vietnam. At this point, the Afghan war is America’s longest war.By Dennis Dalman , September 21, 2012
Column - Terrorists learn their lesson; the hard way, again and again
Just the other day, on the morning of September 11, I was writing a news story on my computer in my office. The television was on in the living room, and as I often do, I was half-listening to the news as I wrote. Suddenly, I heard a news alert. A female newscaster was talking to a woman who had called in on her cell phone. The woman, with a mixture of alarm and disbelief in her voice, was saying she had just seen a plane crash into a New York City skyscraper.By Dennis Dalman , September 14, 2012
Column - 1912: New fire whistle should awaken soundest sleepers
JULY 2002 Natalie Heckert, owner of Nutrition and Aerobic Training Service, was named fourth runner-up in the Mrs. Minnesota pageant.By Marge VanGorp , July 03, 2012
I'm just sayin' - SCOTUS has decided; so now what?
Now that the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has decided on the constitutionality of Obamacare, what are we to make of it and how will it affect all of us as we go forward?By DuWayne Paul, Columnist , July 03, 2012
It's Our Turn - You're indispensable
We honor moms on Mother’s Day for their hard work, sacrifices, and ability to shape the next generation. They deserve our praise for all these things and more. However, we often seem to expect less of dads.By Lowell Anderson , June 15, 2012
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