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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.

By Dennis Dalman , January 25, 2013

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It's Our Turn: If you want to be 'unique,' take a look at what's inside

In today’s world, where anything is made possible through millions of products, I wonder if anyone is truly happy with their physical appearance. Are you?

By Tara Bitzan , January 25, 2013

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Column - 1963: Stag event opened to women because of indignant demands

JANUARY 2003 A plan to improve 50th Avenue to clear the way for future development has been put on hold.

By Marge VanGorp , January 23, 2013

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Column - The evil 'they' are out to get 'us'

My fellow Americans, tyranny is at hand! If they ban assault weapons, a new Hitler is going to crush our freedom-loving America! If they limit weapons, next they'll take our huntin' guns away!

By Dennis Dalman , January 18, 2013

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Column - Should filibuster be limited or abolished?

The other day a neighbor asked me, “What’s a filibuster?” “It’s a legislative procedure to block a proposed bill from coming up for a vote,” I said. “It’s in the news a lot lately because Republicans use it constantly.”

By Dennis Dalman , January 11, 2013

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Column - 2003: Woman and child pulled from car that broke through ice

JANUARY 1913 Mr. Hoglund of Hoglund and Berg Jewelers asked permission to put a huge clock on the sidewalk by their establishment.

By Marge VanGorp , January 09, 2013

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It's Our Turn: More is not always better

I can’t believe it’s all over. After looking forward to Christmas for so long, it now seems strange to be done with it all for another year.

By Lowell Anderson , January 04, 2013

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Column - 2003: Girl Scout Camp to be sold

HAPPY NEW YEAR I am the New Year. I come to you pure and unstained, fresh from the Hand of God.

By Marge VanGorp , January 02, 2013

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I'm Just Sayin' - Lessons about life from Rudolph

It was a cold December night in 1938 when Bob May’s 4-year-old daughter Barbara crawled up on her daddy’s lap. She was distraught and sobbing because her mother was dying of cancer, and she wanted to know why her Mommy could not be the same as all other mommies.

By DuWayne Paul, Echo Press columnist , January 02, 2013

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Column - Ban assault weapons, once and for all

“Guns don’t kill people.” Go tell that to the parents of 20 dead children in Newtown, Connecticut. “Guns don’t kill people” is just one of the many deflective slogans so dear to the hearts of gun worshippers.

By Dennis Dalman , December 28, 2012

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Column - It's December 21. Where is everybody?

Hello? Hello? Is anybody there? Hello? I’m writing this column on December 13, eight days before the end of the world. With any luck, it will appear in the Friday, December 21 Echo Press.

By Dennis Dalman , December 21, 2012

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It's Our Turn: O' Silent Night, non-denominational night

Do we all have to celebrate the same holiday to have a happy one? You can’t say Merry Christmas. You can’t pledge allegiance to the flag. You can’t pray in school. Well, in most cases those instances are becoming unacceptable by “society’s” standards. But, whose society?

By Crystal Dey , December 21, 2012

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Column - The greatest gift you can give

This time of year, more than any other, our thoughts turn to gift giving and gift receiving. We consider what we will give to whom, and wonder what we would like to receive. It’s a curious thing, this emphasis on the urge to give gifts, driven by advertising and retailers.

By DuWayne Paul, Echo Press columnist , December 19, 2012

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Column - 2002: Douglas County Hospital named Best Small Community Hospital

December 1912 At its recent meeting, the W.C.T.U. Council discussed moving the piano from their hall and into the new Kensington school, which is anxious to have the use of it.

By Marge VanGorp , December 19, 2012

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Column - Hooray! Winter makes a come-back

When I woke up last Sunday, the room was filled with angelic white light – that kind of light that can mean only one thing: new-fallen snow. I got up and looked out the windows. Snow! Still softly falling, it had blanketed everything.

By Dennis Dalman , December 14, 2012

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