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CONFESSIONS OF A (FORMER) FAT GIRL Here's what he said...
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
Your Schools: Play, passion, and purpose; also, contemplating technology
Two weeks ago, I attended a Wisconsin School Boards Convention in Milwaukee. Several dedicated River Falls Board members took their personal, work, or vacation time to attend with me and a handful of central office administrators.
By Tom Westerhaus, School Superintendent , February 09, 2013
Woodworking: This last goodbye a reminder of many teachable and some very funny moments
One of the great things about funerals is that when you attend them, you find out all kinds of good stuff about the deceased that you never knew before.
By Dave Wood, columnist , February 07, 2013
Days Gone By: Jan. 31, 2013
By Pat Hunter, archivist , February 01, 2013
Book Report: Going back keeps stories going
Sometimes an author doesn’t realize he’s got a good thing going and plunges on ahead when he might well have done better had he looked back.
By Dave Wood, columnist , February 01, 2013
Wood Working: Movie, TV show remakes, ugh, with few exceptions, just nauseate me
Over the years I’ve fulminated about the media remaking famous and infamous movies and TV shows.
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 25, 2013
Days Gone By: Jan. 24, 2013
By Pat Hunter, archivist , January 24, 2013
Book Report: The rise and fall of empires
I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert…Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The long and level sands stretch far away.
—Ozymandias by Percy Shelley
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 23, 2013
Woodworking: Savoring from the wacko world of cookbooks
Our kitchen sports a rather large collection of cookbooks, featuring recipes from around the world.
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 17, 2013
Confessions and pointers of a luxury hotel employee
Heads up! We’ve got a book about heads this week, “Heads in Beds,” by Jacob Tomsky (Doubleday, $25.95).
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 17, 2013
Second Thoughts: Another Christmas past, but not forgotten
“Look what I have,” said my niece, the tiny girl who had worn her hair in Cindy Lou Who pigtails for our family Christmas party.
January 12, 2013
Woodworking: Under the weather: Blowing snow exposes full-blown addiction
Sometimes you don’t know you have a problem until it slaps you right in the face.
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 11, 2013
Book Report: Railway images take me down the tracks
I often receive books that make me think of old friends and relatives no longer here to enjoy them.
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 11, 2013
Your Schools: Plans in place to ensure student safety
Since the terrible tragedy in Newtown, Conn. just a month ago, I have been asked repeatedly about the safety measures in place in River Falls to keep our children and staff safe.
By Tom Westerhaus, School Superintendent , January 11, 2013
Woodworking: Offensive Slab Of East Walnut not susceptible to quick, garish fix
Just when one thinks he’s got it made, something is bound to happen to throw him right back into the “Slough of Despond,” to quote John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress.”
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 03, 2013
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