Wood Working: Got summer squash? Glad you asked!

This summer we have been blessed with an abundance of summer squash. No, not zucchini.

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Editorial: School opens; time to review safety procedures

The River Falls School District resumed classes Wednesday, Sept. 1, and it means a time of adjustment — not only for students and parents but all citizens.

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Woodworking: Thanks, dear Ambrose, for coming to my rescue

It’s funny how an actor in one movie can thrill you and in another drive you to change the channel and watch Pat Robertson.

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Letter: My choice for Pierce sheriff

I won’t tell anyone who they should vote for, but I can tell them who I am voting for and why.

Letter: Fighting Fish appreciate support

On behalf of all the members of the River Falls Fighting Fish baseball team, I’d like to extend a sincere thank you to the River Falls community for your tremendous support throughout our 2010 season.

Editorial: No one asked but…

--You have to be sympathetic to Ken Olson’s one-man stand against new apartments proposed for near his house at Broadway and Orange streets.

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Woodworking: My tale of woe for disappointed poultry lovers

There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth last month when the City Council voted to disallow chickens to become citizens of this fair village.

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Letter: Federal Reserve is a failure

The Federal Reserve is faced with huge economic problems per an article printed Aug. 10 in the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Editorial: Speedy delivery anything but universal

The debate over the value of the federal stimulus package — 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — is one-sided if you live in the town of Troy.

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Woodworking: Horrors! Did I end up providing ‘cat food’ at all-time greatest rock concert?

I recently read the story of my friend Thomas R. Smith’s trip to Woodstock 40 years ago.

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Editorial: Community involvement: Lending a helping hand can be unpredictable

Volunteering, so to speak, comes in all shapes and sizes.

Letter: Just another money grab

This is in response to the street light fee proposed by the city of River Falls. In the newsletter the city sent out, officials claim that they want to implement the fee so the costs are spread out over nearly all of the properties in the city.

Letter: This sheriff has more to offer

Although I am patient with the occasional error in the newspaper, it was disconcerting to read a significant mistake in the editorial in last week’s Journal, stating that the sheriffs of Pierce and St. Croix counties are retiring.

Letter: Be committed to your pet, help those left abandoned

On a subzero evening last winter my family headed to the Hudson Theatre. We ended up trying to catch a stray kitten running loose in the busy parking lot. Unfortunately, the terrified kitten wouldn’t let us close enough to help.

Letter: Consider Uruguay, Pope

If you were dismayed with the economic impact of Farm Technology Days, go to the library and rent the foreign film, “The Pope’s Toilet.”