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Playing and singing polka tunes in church
Friday, Aug. 7, 2009
Before anyone even suggests the word sacrilegious as a reaction to the headline on this column; I can counter with another word — Litomysl. Read story
Local inventors of the past and their creations
Friday, July 31, 2009
It’s time once again to utilize some of the excellent material contributed by local historical researcher Kevin Savick. And this time the topic is based on local inventors.
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Albert Lea’s version of the Green River Law
Friday, July 24, 2009
Just two weeks ago at about 8 p.m., I was startled when someone pounded on the front entry of my residence Were my nice neighbors encountering some kind of problem?
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A traveling house fly and other transplants
Friday, July 17, 2009
Not long ago I traveled to a nearby town to do some research for a Tribune article.
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More Columns by Ed Shannon
- From dish washing to making potato chips
- Weighing the big scales of the past and present
- Looking for scales both large and small
- When performer Joe E. Brown came to A.L.
- When free isn’t really free and when it is free
- It’s time to recognize the falling maple wings
- A bus ride around our nation’s capital city
- Sen. Dole and the World War II Memorial
- We met Dole, Morse at World War II Memorial
- Honor Flight to Washington revived memories
- Wide open spaces versus highly dense spaces
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Appreciation of art in the city of big shoulders
I was in Chicago with time on my hands and the sweet woman murmured to me — you know how this goes — “Would you like to see the Art Institute?” and I was thinking No No No God No, and I said, “Sure. Fine.” “You wouldn’t rather do something else?” she said. “No,” I replied. That’s the correct answer when a woman asks you about art. Yes, absolutely, ma cherie. Read story
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Youth for Christ changed perspective
I recently received this note from a past “youth” involved at Youth for Christ. We recently had our annual banquet with more than 400 people in attendance, for which we are very grateful; this is one more Youth for Christ story we want to share with your readers. Read story


