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RYAN BAKKEN COLUMN: Cold weather key to hockey 
We need cold weather. Soon. Our status as center of the hockey universe is at risk.
By Ryan Bakken , December 31, 2011
MARILYN HAGERTY: Winter wedding has tinges of red and green farm machinery
He farms with red Case I-H machinery. Her dad uses only green John Deere. But Fallon Hoverson and Taylor Petsinger, who will marry this evening have set the red and green question aside. Their wedding will be done in tones of silver and ivory. Sort of a winter wonderland theme.
By Marilyn Hagerty , December 30, 2011
OUR OPINION: GF schools should consider city’s goals
Shouldn’t the Grand Forks School District declare that it shares with the city of Grand Forks the goal of avoiding and/or counteracting urban blight?
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , December 30, 2011
OUR OPINION: Aspen shelter picks ‘easy way out’
If ethics was easy, it wouldn’t be ethics.
That’s a good rule for deciding the right thing to do. And it shows why officials at a homeless shelter in Aspen, Colo., acted selfishly when they facilitated a homeless man’s bus trip to North Dakota.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , December 29, 2011
MARILYN HAGERTY: After Christmas, all well bred children write thank you notes
Dear Shirley, Right now I have a headache and a sore throat. I am hot and I am cold. I hope you are faring better down there in Arizona as the New Year 2012 swiftly approaches. It was good talking with you on Christmas Day from Pittsburgh. That was a wonderful day watching James, 11, and Carmen, 8, rip open their Christmas gifts. I do believe their parents will be sitting them down to write thank you letters. I tell the grandkids that all well mannered children write thank you notes.
By Marilyn Hagerty , December 28, 2011
OUR OPINION: Child care, unionization don’t mix
Two Minnesota lawmakers had it right in October when their op-ed carried the headline, “Too many questions on day care union.”
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , December 21, 2011
OUR OPINION: Grand Forks School District retains great strengths
The Grand Forks School District is going to be on the hot seat for the next few months. As residents debate realigning district boundaries and possibly shutting a school down, letters are going to fly, and passions are going to flare.
By Tom Dennis , December 20, 2011
LLOYD OMDAHL: Postal Service needs a new service model
With the U.S. Postal Service on the edge of bankruptcy, Postmaster General Patrick Donahue — backed by the Government Accountability Office — is proposing drastic across-the-board cuts to stabilize the agency.
By Lloyd Omdahl , December 18, 2011
OUR OPINION: Don’t rush to decide on Wilder, other schools
In Grand Forks’ older areas — the focus of the city’s revitalization efforts — neighborhood schools are a big part of the appeal. The school district should weigh that fact carefully as a part of its deliberations, even if it means a decision will take more time.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , December 17, 2011
RALPH KINGSBURY: Crystal is a business, not a welfare agency
About 20 years ago, co-ops were all the rage in the upper Midwest. Led by American Crystal Sugar and Dakota Growers in Carrington, N.D., farmer-owned and value-added businesses were going to make us all rich. As for American Crystal, today it is the most successful agricultural investment in the region. But there are problems, some of which were created by poor management decisions.
December 16, 2011
OUR OPINION: Cars crash despite texting, phone bans
VIDEO: Bottom of articleBefore we ban a tool that motorists find useful and convenient, let’s make sure the ban would work.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , December 14, 2011
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Paul Cline, Buckeye, Ariz., letter: Labor dispute violates no one’s ‘human rights’
In the letter, the board tries to equate the American Crystal labor dispute to a violation of the workers’ human rights.
But this hubris is ridiculous. The world is a very bad place at times: genocide, the systematic rape of civilian populations in an effort to emasculate the enemy’s soldiers, torture. These are examples of human rights violations.
By Paul Cline , December 13, 2011
THAT REMINDS ME WITH MARILYN HAGERTY: From Green Stamps to ballistic missiles in 1961
Saving stamps from the supermarkets was a way for many people to get Christmas presents for others. Gold Bond stamps were offered in a full-page ad from Miller’s Super Fair. Red Owl’s ad offered a coupon for 100 Three Star Stamps. Piggly Wiggly said, “We give S&H Green Stamps.”
Grandmothers who came visiting during the holiday season often were assigned to pasting stamps in little books.
By Marilyn Hagerty , December 13, 2011
OUR OPINION: Highway deaths must prompt action, not passivity
There’s nothing inevitable about traffic-accident rates. They respond to public policy, including education campaigns and stepped-up, strategic enforcement.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , December 13, 2011
LLOYD OMDAHL: After 30 years, U.S. remains ‘A Nation At Risk’
Awash in prosperity, there is no excuse for us to be running this kind of a school system. And North Dakota is not alone. Many schools across the country got failing scores. The problem is nationwide.
By Lloyd Omdahl , December 12, 2011
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