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    June 7, 2013
    Artsminded: Saying goodbye and wishing you well
    Let us first say goodbye to two professional women who have wonderfully served the arts in the River Falls area for several years. Jera Terreng...
    opinion/columnsJune 7, 2013 - 10:25am
    A lifetime of learning has taught me this...
    My final work days in our district are quickly passing, and by the end of June, my "going to school ever since I was five years old" will come...
    News/educationJune 7, 2013 - 10:19am
    Reporting road starts, ends in River Falls
    The adage "time flies when you're having fun" rings true for me as I wrap up eight years of reporting in River Falls. A happy kind of job-location...
    opinion/columnsJune 7, 2013 - 9:16am
    Wood Working: From religion to grub, zealots seize control
    When I was a kid the old timers used to call me "Deacon" because my great grandfather and namesake was a very serious pillar of the church. One who was not always successful in his efforts to evangelize sinners.
    Life/FoodJune 7, 2013 - 9:11am
    May 23, 2013
    Days Gone By
    10 YEARS AGO, MAY 22, 2003 Glen Park pool was set to open Memorial Day weekend, announced Parks and Rec Director Cindy Danke. She said a new...
    opinion/columnsMay 23, 2013 - 8:08am
    May 17, 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...
    opinion/columnsMay 17, 2013 - 9:26am
    May 16, 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...
    opinion/columnsMay 16, 2013 - 4:36pm
    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. It's still a fine magazine and usually comes up with enough...
    opinion/columnsMay 16, 2013 - 4:07pm
    May 2, 2013
    Days Gone By: May 2, 2013
    20 YEARS AGO, MAY 6, 1993 River Falls Hospital's Sharon Whalen and Cheryl Passe were named chairs of the annual River Falls Days celebratio...
    opinion/columnsMay 2, 2013 - 1:47pm
    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...
    opinion/columnsMay 2, 2013 - 1:09pm
    April 25, 2013
    Woodworking: Immigration pundits: Learn from Grandma Elsie Moren
    Serendipity -- The making of pleasant discoveries by accident. --Oxford Dictionary I ran into serendipity the other morning after listening...
    Life/FamilyApril 25, 2013 - 1:33pm
    April 22, 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...
    News/educationApril 22, 2013 - 1:53pm
    April 11, 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...
    opinion/columnsApril 11, 2013 - 2:33pm
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    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...
    opinion/columnsApril 11, 2013 - 1:53pm
    April 4, 2013
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    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...
    opinion/columnsApril 4, 2013 - 4:28pm
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