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My husband, Al, who is the editor of the Echo Press newspaper, wrote about his experience running the half-marathon in Las Vegas. The story, along with a picture of him running the race, ran in the Op...
Posted on 1/20/13 at 4:10 PM
JIMMY JABBER Flood proved worth of electronic media
Duluth was treated to Mother Natures softer side during Grandmas Marathon weekend so much so that the News Tribune pointed it out in the headline of a follow-up story Monday. What she brought out ...
Posted on 6/24/12 at 12:00 AM
Days Gone By
By Pat Hunter, archivist , May 23, 2013
Your Schools: Finances: The 411 on the 1,2,3s
As the director of finance and facilities at the School District of River Falls, I wanted to take some time to share facts and insights into the benefits of maintaining an appropriate fund balance.
May 17, 2013
Book Report: The choice is yours: Lovely poems, exploding tourism
University of Iowa Press has just re-issued a book of poetry by Philip Levine, winner both the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Award, and who served for a year as United States Poet Laureate.
By Dave Wood, columnist , May 16, 2013
Wood Working: Fate of the world a matter of territorial perspective
The Atlantic Monthly is now 156 years old and still hanging in there.
Little wonder.
By Dave Wood, columnist , May 16, 2013
Days Gone By: May 2, 2013
By Pat Hunter, archivist , May 02, 2013
Woodworking: Readers: Don’t pass up this book of letters
Call me a fuddy-duddy, but I’m concerned about all the tweeting and blogging and electronic means of communication that goes on these days.
It’s dangerous because everyone seems to be doing it while driving high-powered automobiles, but that’s not my worry.
By Dave Wood, columnist , May 02, 2013
Woodworking: Immigration pundits: Learn from Grandma Elsie Moren
Serendipity — The making of pleasant discoveries by accident.
—Oxford Dictionary
By Dave Wood, columnist , April 25, 2013
Your Schools: Insights into people half way around the world
As I wrote about last month, spring break this year found me flying United Airlines for 14 hours to Shanghai, China, as a member of a week-long delegation from UW-River Falls.
April 22, 2013
Wood Working: Writer’s short stature powered a biting wit that spared no one
Forty-seven years ago today, British author Evelyn Waugh died at his home in Combe Florey, Somerset. The photographer Cecil Beaton surmised that Waugh “died of snobbery.”
By Dave Wood, columnist , April 11, 2013
Book Report: Another word on former presidents; waxing poetic on the death of a fly
Three American presidents lead off this week’s roster of books: Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. You could fill libraries with what has already been written by these guys, but leave it to the scholars — they can always find a niche that’s unfilled.
By Dave Wood, columnist , April 11, 2013
Book Report: A new Scandinavian thriller takes the stage
I’m way behind in my coverage of the Scandinavian thriller surge in world publishing, not having even read a Stieg Larsson thriller, so I’ll try to make it up by reviewing a finely wrought thriller by first-time Swedish author Alexander Soderberg. It’s “The Andalucian Friend,” (Crown, $26), translated by Neil Smith.
By Dave Wood, columnist , April 04, 2013
Your Schools: Expanding the horizons of today's youth
As you might already know, our River Falls Leads: 2010-15 Strategic Plan contains Strategy three, states, “We will instill in every student a respect for our world and its resources so they become responsible and productive global citizens.”
By Tom Westerhaus, School Superintendent , March 29, 2013
Book Report: Indiana, no, make that Wisconsin Jones
When I was a kid in a small Wisconsin grade school, one of my favorite subjects was Wisconsin history, taught to me by my sixth-grade teacher, Mrs. Lily Reich.
By Dave Wood, columnist , March 22, 2013
Days Gone By: 1973 St. Bridget’s Basketball Team
In March 1973 St. Bridget Parochial School’s basketball team included, front row, left to right, Gary Poulin, Ted Ammann, Bill O’Connell, Joe Zappa; back: Bruce Lenzen and Chris Rohl.
By Pat Hunter, archivist , March 22, 2013
Woodworking: Theory of relativity: Calculating rental prices
The first apartment I ever rented was a brand-new item in Bowling Green, Ohio, circa 1960.
By Dave Wood, columnist , March 22, 2013
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