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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Stadium backers don't believe everything they read
Dont believe everything you read, especially in sports blogs and columns about government issues. That is what some Minnesota politicians say after dealing with Vikings stadium issues for months, or ...
Posted on 4/23/12 at 3:13 AM
CONFESSIONS OF A [FORMER] FAT GIRL When one door closes, another one opens
I am going to share with you, my dear readers, my last column for the newspaper, which is in today's issue, February 11. Enjoy. Here it is: As I sat down to my computer, fingers poised upon my keybo...
Posted on 2/11/11 at 7:02 AM
Column - King's 'Dream' speech still induces shivers 
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech still has the power to send shivers up and down my spine.
I will never forget the time I heard that speech, broadcast live on TV on an August afternoon in 1963 in my St. Cloud living room. It was such a moving masterpiece of oratory that it took my mind off its hinges.
By Dennis Dalman , January 20, 2012
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Column - 1962: Temperatures plunge to 28-below zero
January 2002
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Department posted an order at the public accesses on Lake Reno that closes the lake to motorized traffic, other than snowmobiles and ATVs, because of unsafe ice conditions.
By Marge VanGorp , January 18, 2012
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I'm Just Sayin' - We are in T-R-O-U-B-L-E and where's the sacrifice?
No, this is not an expose on the 1992 country music hit, T-R-O-U-B-L-E, by Travis Tritt, although it is one of my favorite songs of all time because it brings back a lot of memories from my younger days; memories of too much time spent in places I should not have been.
By DuWayne Paul, Columnist , January 18, 2012
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It's Our Turn: Fall victim to your nose
There are certain smells I wish could be bottled, although they probably wouldn’t smell the same. I adore the smell of a horse’s muzzle and there’s really nothing that can beat the smell of puppy breath for me.
Smelling something or remembering a certain scent will flood my mind with thoughts of so many things.
By Stacie Kimball , January 13, 2012
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Column - Find it in the phone book? Good luck!
If I were a dictator, my first decree would be this: All people MUST have their phone numbers listed in phone books. But since I'm not a dictator, I have to slog along like everybody else, unable to contact people because I don't know how to reach them.
By Dennis Dalman , January 13, 2012
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Column - 1912: Long cold spell and temps plunge to 32-below
January 1987
John Engebretson, a “once-in-a-million” musician, was one of two Minnesota students selected for the McDonald’s All-Star Band that marched in the Fiesta and Rose Bowl parades.
By Marge VanGorp , January 11, 2012
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It's Our Turn: 2012 elections: Time for change – get excited
I should have known when I sealed my “I VOTED” sticker inside the return envelope that something was going to be amiss.
Now, I don’t profess to be a political guru, nor do I even claim to be well versed in the inner-workings of government. But I do have an earnest interest in helping shape the future of our fractured system.
By Crystal Dey , January 06, 2012
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Column - Will I outlive The Count of Monte Cristo?
Will I outlive The Count of Monte Cristo?
I am 63. That novel is 1,248 pages.
At my age, I've learned not to buy green bananas. You'd think I'd learn the same lesson about novels and that I'd stick to short ones.
But, no. Diehard bookworms never learn.
By Dennis Dalman , January 06, 2012
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Column - 1912: License plate fee for three years is $1.50
January 2002:
Kenneth Peterson, survivor of Pearl Harbor, relived the “Day of Infamy” on his return trip to Pearl Harbor. He was pictured with some mementoes: several uniforms, a Purple Heart and a small piece of metal from a Japanese plane.
By Marge VanGorp , January 04, 2012
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Column - Things I think about
When you get to be my age and have made most of life’s mistakes (like I have), you tend to spend a lot of time reflecting on the past, the present and the future.
By DuWayne Paul, Columnist , January 04, 2012
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Column - 1961: County sets levy for new courthouse building
December 1986
Twenty-two 4th graders in the Friday release time at First Lutheran Church made and donated two quilts to Douglas County Human Services Department.
By Marge VanGorp , December 30, 2011
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Column - This time, Tea Party overplayed its hand
It's also obvious these Tea Party representatives (so-called) have no ideas whatsoever in their heads. Their whole "raison d'etre" is to unravel and then destroy virtually every federal program that helps working people and then to eventually destroy the government itself.
By Dennis Dalman , December 30, 2011
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120 Years - People behind the technology make it work
Throughout the year, the Echo Press has attempted – in this monthly column and elsewhere – to share with its readers how your local, hometown newspaper has justified using the slogan: “Giving information life since 1891.”
By Jody Hanson, Publisher , December 23, 2011
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Column - Go see Hugo movie to enter dazzling dream
While walking from the movie theater to my car, I looked around and thought to myself, "What an ugly, dull world this is." It was ugly and dull because I had just stepped out of an extraordinary dream – an astonishing, rhapsodic, gorgeous movie called Hugo. Just a week ago, I would have bet my life that movies this great simply are not, in this jaded age, possible anymore. Glad I didn't bet.
By Dennis Dalman , December 23, 2011
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Column - 1986: 911 emergency system is operational
December 2001
On December 15, Chad Ferguson and Taite Anderson took advantage of the warm weather to bring out the water skis and skooters to the open waters of Lake Latoka.
By Marge VanGorp , December 21, 2011
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