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Jane Ahlin
The Forum - 01/04/2009
Tony Hillerman was a big guy – tall, with impressive girth. Even though I had seen pictures of him on the jackets of his mystery novels, his actual size surprised me when I saw him in person. Next to his wife, Marie, who is a slender woman, he looked particularly large.
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Tracy Briggs
None - 12/30/2008
Now that that Christmas is over and the presents my daughters just “had to have” are either broken or collecting dust, I look around proud that I held my ground and kept one toy out of my home. Bratz dolls. I really hate ’em.
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Carol Bradley Bursack
The Forum - 01/04/2009
Dear Carol: My mother, a devout Christian, received a gift I thought you may want to tell your readers about. Mom’s eyes are dim and her fingers gnarled by arthritis.
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Kerry Collins
The Forum - 12/18/2008
This area is rife with quality wrestling programs, and Pelican Rapids is starting to elbow its way into the conversation.
The Vikings are off to a 12-2 start in duals this season, led by four state qualifiers from a year ago.
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Amy Dalrymple
The Forum - 01/01/2009
North Dakota college students are significantly less assertive than their counterparts in New York City, according to results of a recently published study.
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Political Notebook
None - 01/05/2009
The state Canvassing Board has carefully handled its duties in the U.S. Senate recount, a board member and Minnesota’s top judge said.
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Sue Doeden
The Forum - 01/07/2009
Sometimes we just don’t realize what we have in our own backyard – or refrigerator.
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Curtis Eriksmoen
The Forum - 12/21/2008
Shortly after statehood, Fargo became the “divorce capital of America.”
This reputation worried several church officials, especially John Shanley, the first Catholic bishop of North Dakota.
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James Ferragut
The Forum - 01/04/2009
The New Year begs that we take stock of what was and prepare for what will be. For Americans, though, I’m not sure we spend a lot of time looking back at the “what was” part.
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Craig McEwen and Tracy Frank
The Forum - 12/27/2008
Farm Rescue, based in Jamestown, N.D., has received an $11,000 grant from The UPS Foundation.
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Erin Hemme Froslie
The Forum - 12/16/2008
A baby will change your life, people told me.
And before I became a parent, I thought I knew exactly what they meant.
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Andrea Hunter Halgrimson
The Forum - 12/24/2008
With the availability of recipes on the Internet, my cookbook collection does not grow as quickly as it used to. But I’ve just added another volume, “Delightfully Delicious, Mary Nelson’s Favorites.” And it is delightful.
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Heath Hotzler
The Forum - 12/18/2008
Lisbon wrestler Michael Nord would never make a big deal out of a personal accomplishment.
That’s why the sophomore –who attends Enderlin High School and competes for the Broncos as part of a cooperative program – just went about his business after recently reaching an impressive milestone.
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Jon Knutson
The Forum - 12/09/2008
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Jeff Kolpack
The Forum - 12/19/2008
It seemed like just another Sunday morning in late November. Jason and Lynn Miller, a young couple with a young child, were going about their business.
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Kelly Smith and Mila Koumpilova
The Forum - 01/02/2009
The Minnesota Department of Education has unveiled a new tool to help educators and parents track student progress in math and reading.
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John Lamb
The Forum - 01/04/2009
Happy first Sunday of the New Year. If you’re like me, you took Friday off to ring in 2009 properly – by relaxing.
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Doug Leier
none - 12/25/2008
As many frequent readers of this column know, I grew up hunting, fishing and trapping around North Dakota’s LaMoure County in the early 1980s. From snow geese and perch to fox and ducks, if there was an open season, Dad and I were in the middle of it.
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Bob Lind
The Forum - 01/06/2009
This is phone service the way it used to be.
This story (condensed here) was published in Reminisce magazine. Charon Johnson, Mesa, Ariz., and formerly a farmer near Penn, N.D., sent it to Neighbors.
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Mike McFeely
The Forum - 01/07/2009
The idea of North Dakota State finding a big-money donor to help finance a new basketball arena is not dead, but it has reached a state of suspended animation. It’s nearing the condition in which Ted Williams’ head once found itself – cryogenically frozen until such time it can be reanimated.
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J. Shane Mercer
The Forum - 12/25/2008
By the time you read this, I’ll be in a house full of screaming kids, Viking-loving in-laws, discussion about the weather and maybe a hotdish or two. It’s Christmastime in Minnesota, and that’s a good thing.
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Ann Arbor Miller
The Forum - 01/05/2009
Walking the halls of Bethany Homes in Fargo is something Gene Krenelka has done a lot over the years.
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Robert Morast
The Forum - 01/02/2009
According to most music critics and the hipsters who think they’re critics, 2008 was the year of the fox. Or the vampire.
Either way, it was a mostly boring year for music.
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Ross Nelson
The Forum - 01/04/2009
Farewell, 2008. Whatever else can be said about the year, it sure wasn’t boring. The gods of the marketplace tumbled and “their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew” as we entered the worst recession since the Great Depression.
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Lloyd Omdahl
none - 01/05/2009
There’s a lot of unfinished business left over from 2008 that deserves some sort of closure. Or at least a requiem.
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Eric Peterson
The Forum - 12/19/2008
Life after college may include pro football for Valley City State senior wide receiver Chauncey Calhoun.
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Matt Von Pinnon
The Forum - 01/04/2009
Four years ago this spring, my wife informed me she was pregnant with our first child by handing me a gift-wrapped book.
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Sherri Richards
The Forum - 12/09/2008
A friend posed the question over the one glass of wine I allow myself each week as a nursing mother.
Would I sell my breast milk?
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Roxane Salonen
The Forum - 12/23/2008
"Mommy, is it true that ...?”
My 8-year-old daughter had followed me into my bedroom to help – and talk.
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Kevin Schnepf
The Forum - 12/14/2008
Jimmy Dykes, an ESPN college basketball analyst, gave Ben Woodside a phone call Saturday morning – less than 12 hours after he poured in his amazing 60 points Friday night.
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Tammy Swift
The Forum - 01/04/2009
There are car guys, fitness guys and tech guys. My dad is a furnace guy.
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Kathy Tofflemire
The Forum - 01/06/2009
My mother used to twiddle her thumbs. I always thought that was just the silliest habit I’d ever seen. And now I periodically catch myself doing the same thing. Is it an old lady tendency?
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Kim Winnegge
None - 12/13/2008
I have deep veins. That’s what I discovered when the phlebotomist tried sticking a needle in my vein during my first plasma visit. “You’re a tricky stick,” he said, as his brow furrowed over my waiting arm.
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Jack Zaleski
The Forum - 01/04/2009
My friends in various parts of the country watch The Weather Channel just to see how cold it is where I live. Most of them are natives of southern New England, where a cold winter day is 20 degrees; where a snowstorm is a few inches that melts quickly into road slush. Winter? They ain’t got a clue.
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