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MHS Snow Week king and queen
February 9, 2010
Photo by Cindy Votruba
Sarah Deutz and Jeremy Hibl were named Marshall High School’s Snow Week queen and king Monday night.
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Hooked on hats
February 9, 2010
MARSHALL — Crafters took up hooks and needles on Sunday to keep newborns warm when the Purple Iris Yarn Shop and Fabrics Plus kicked off the Third Annual Avera Marshall Foundation Baby Hat/Blanket Project.
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New Ivanhoe city clerk starts work this week
February 9, 2010
The Ivanhoe city clerk’s position is no longer vacant, and city officials are hoping a local hire will help lend some stability to the position, Ivanhoe mayor Doyle Sorensen said Monda.
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Family in Hanley Falls fire has new home, Red Cross still accepting donations
February 9, 2010
A rural Hanley Falls family that was left homeless by a house fire late last week have found a new place to live in Granite Falls, but will still need help starting over, the local Red Cross chapter said Monday.
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Hall blows it with Carter snub
Sun, February 7, 2010 @ 0:14AM
Today, the National Football League announced its 2010 Hall of Fame class, with the headliners being Dallas Cowboys great Emmitt Smith and Jerry Rice, unquestionably the greatest wide receiver ever. Vikings defensive tackle and pass-rush extraordinaire John Randle was also voted in, along with Russ Grimm, Rickey Jackson, Dick LeBeau and Floyd Little. But one glaring omission remains: why was Cris Carter snubbed? Again? Statistically, Carter is a sure-fire hall-of-famer. When he retired from the game, he was second in career receptions (1.101), one of only six wideouts with 1,000 career grabs, and career touchdown (130). Some things go beyond statistics. Carter was the best receiver I ever watched play the game. Sure, he wasn’t an explosive athlete like Randy Moss. Unfortunately, he didn’t have the Super Bowl rings like Rice. And he wasn’t a blatant attention-getter like Michael Irvin. What he could do— catch touchdowns (insert Chris Berman’s voice.
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Dat's just wrong
Mon, February 8, 2010 @ 12:11PM
I’m glad the Saints won the Super Bowl because it was their first time at bat, so to speak, but one New Orleansian fan’s exhilaration that I saw on TV was over the top. She said, “this is the best day of our lives!” I’m hoping today or next week she’ll calm down and realize that maybe the birth of her child or even being asked to prom was bette.
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The fish are back
Tue, February 2, 2010 @ 4:46PM
The fish are back at Park Side. When I stopped in the school office, I noticed some new little swimmers in the tank. Everybody is keeping an eye out and hoping that these guys don’t go the way of their predecessors, who mysteriously died a few months ago. The new batch seem to be doing just fin.
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Viva, Las Vegas!
Wed, February 3, 2010 @ 1:49PM
I love when a president inserts his foot into his mouth as much as the next guy, but I have to defend President Obama when it comes to his references to Las Vegas. For the second time in a year, Obama has ticked off Las Vegas officials by singling out the state when talking about how families and businesses shouldn’t be blowing money there. He sparked criticism Tuesday from Nevada’s elected officials for suggesting that people saving money for college shouldn’t blow it in Las Vegas a year after saying, "You don’t go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don’t blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you’re trying to save for college. You prioritize. You make tough choices.’’ Obama first singled out Las Vegas last February, saying that bailed-out banks shouldn’t go there using taxpayer money. Look, Vegas, all the president is doing is making a point, and your city long ago became intertwined in myriad of cliches (“what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” ring a bell?).
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A serious harmonica player
Wed, February 3, 2010 @ 4:19PM
A big, burly, long-haired guy carrying a case strolled into Shay’s Saturday night during karaoke. Apparently he’s familiar to the deejays, so they were glad to see him. All of a sudden, he opens the case and starts jamming on a harmonica to Ross singing “Blue on Black” by Kenny Wayne Shepherd. In fact, his case contained several harmonicas. The man, Doug (I only caught his first name) has been playing harmonica since he was 10 years old and what I gathered, he’ll be 57 this year. Someone would go up and do a song and Doug would quickly look through his case, trying to find the right harmonica to fit in with the song’s key. Heck, he even played along with a Salt-n-Pepa song. The deejays, Mike and Chris, even let him do a solo to “House of the Rising Sun.” Doug impressed the group of karaoke regulars that night. I just wish he lived in the area. He’d make a great stor.
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