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Opinion
05/09/2008 12:00 AM
I am deeply concerned by the unilateral response by local government. Apparently it has decided to “go it alone” and not ask for the support of the citizens it supposedly represents.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
I’m asking every resident of the city of River Falls who believes the new City Hall should be voted on to sign the petition being circulated.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
Last week Wanda Brown wrote a letter editor titled, “Clinton, Obama: Either way they go together.”
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
So the Rev. Wright must be cast out of the body politic, for, among other things, refusing to condemn Louis Farrakhan. And if Barack Obama doesn’t disassociate himself, he’ll go the same way.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
Last summer my wife and I agreed to replace our home air conditioner. We were told about the ground loop heat pump (GLHP) that worked both for air conditioning and heating.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
Ruth and I spent our 38th wedding anniversary in Mexico City this year.
That was not my idea. I would have preferred a few quiet days in Beldenville or Hager City, but Ruth pointed out those towns’ lack of hostelries.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
While I had the best mom on the planet, and I’ll bet most of you did too, this Mother’s Day I find myself thinking about the “other” moms — the ones who don’t fit the mold, whether by choice or chance, and aren’t about apple pie, hugs and kisses.
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05/08/2008 12:00 AM
In the wake of an embarrassing drunken driving incident involving a county-owned vehicle, Pierce County officials recently dusted off pages from their policy handbooks to answer concerns apparently voiced by a few county supervisors about preventing a repeat occurrence.
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05/02/2008 12:00 AM
When new School Superintendent Tom Westerhaus comes to town this summer, an immediate goal should be streamlining contract talks. Special attention would go to the contract with the district’s 200-plus teachers.
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05/02/2008 12:00 AM
I’m speaking for some, if not most, of the taxpaying residents of River Falls.
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05/02/2008 12:00 AM
I attended the April 22 City Council meeting with a smile on my face and I left blushing. I was embarrassed by a few of the council members’ actions.
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05/02/2008 12:00 AM
It was in 2001 that I first became aware of the Ingram Center and that it was a former hospital for the city of River Falls.
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05/02/2008 12:00 AM
After living under the oppression of the Bush administration for what feels like forever, Democrats find ourselves with an abundance of riches — two presidential candidates so qualified they find themselves in a tie. (I am now wearing both of their buttons on my jacket.)
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05/02/2008 12:00 AM
Near the end of the last class of our second unit in yoga, the teacher suggested we try the “upward facing dog” posture.
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05/02/2008 12:00 AM
The next best thing to reading last year’s “Monkey” Ward catalog in an outdoor privy around mid-July is to ponder the magical pages of Gurney’s latest seed catalog on a wintry evening on Walnut Street.
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04/25/2008 12:00 AM
I recently had a wonderful time in the “Saintly City.” My Beautiful Wife dragged me to the Ordway to a performance of Keiser’s “The Fortunes of King Croesus, a forgotten German Baroque opera written in 1711.
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04/25/2008 12:00 AM
I took the advice Tonya Merrill gave in her online letter regarding the “Day of Silence” being observed nationwide and at River Falls High School.
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04/25/2008 12:00 AM
As local teachers we are devoted to our jobs. Teaching is very rewarding. We help our students acquire an education and witness them growing into responsible young adults.
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04/25/2008 12:00 AM
This concerns the April 17 Journal story: “Can school-run 4-year-old program bridge possible kindergarten divide?”
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04/25/2008 12:00 AM
It is important to identify people and organizations that do outstanding things. We would like to heavily praise the staff at St. Bridget’s School for fostering such a warm and welcoming environment.
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04/25/2008 12:00 AM
As part of National Volunteer Week, April 27-May 3, we will honor volunteers nationwide. This year’s theme is “Volunteer to Change the World.”
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04/25/2008 12:00 AM
The Planning Committee of the Rachael and Isaac Grover Benefit thank all people who attended the benefit and so generously supported the Grovers in other ways.
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