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Michigan wedding shares poem ‘I Like You’
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009
I was lucky enough to attend my niece Shanon’s wonderful wedding this past weekend in Marquette, Mich., and the beautiful couple chose this fantastic children’s book called “I Like You” by Sandol Stoddard Warburg.
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Dr. Harry Neel was at my first Rotary meeting
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009
Last week a legend passed away: Dr. Harry B. Neel.
My first Rotary Club meeting was when I moved to town more than five years ago and Dr. Neel was there.
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Down with cancer and up with the Twins
Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Please do all you can to help kick cancer in the butt! Any cancer! I hate cancer. Read story
Get off the sidewalks! Tayler is behind wheel
Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009
My daughter, Tayler, passed her Minnesota driver’s test last week.
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More Columns by Scott Schmeltzer
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- The Minnesota Vikings will go all the way
- Top 10 things to do when stuck on a tarmac
- The best songs for cruising down a highway
- The fair, my dogs, 30 Under 40, beating cancer
- Mr. President, please watch your words better
- A Midwestern view of the Pacific Northwest
- Be a man, my son and know this man stuff
- Let’s join in the fight to put an end to cancer
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Life’s variety pack of people, places and things
It costs $722 to fly from St. Paul-Minneapolis to Bismarck, N.D., and you can fly from St. Paul-Minneapolis to Paris for $754. Life is unfair; we all know this. Big prizes go to mediocrities while you struggle on, unappreciated. The righteous suffer while the wicked prosper. Read story
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Will fountains be out before freeze?
During my recent trip to Minnesota, I had the opportunity for a brief visit to your city. Read story


