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MUSIC MOVES AMTA 12 Post Conference Recap
It's hard to believe more than a week has already passed since I presented at my first ever national conference for the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) in St. Charles, Illinois. AMTA always ...
Posted on 10/21/12 at 8:00 AM
THE DULLUM FILE Northern Valley Honor Flight (People)
One of the interesting things about reporting is getting to meet the people we meet. Here are a couple I met on the Northern Valley Honor Flight to Washington. * At the World Wa...
Posted on 9/29/09 at 1:05 AM
ANN BAILEY: Litter bugs me
When I was in grade school in the late ‘60s, Lady Bird Johnson’s Beautification of America crusade and her and campaign against “litter bugs” was going strong. Between Ladybird and my parents, who taught me it was everyone’s responsibility to be a good steward of the outdoors, I grew up believing that “every litter bit hurts.”
By Ann Bailey , February 12, 2012
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ANN BAILEY: Life with horses is life for her
"For as long as I can remember," Herald columnist Ann Bailey writes, "I’ve been a horse lover. I started riding when I was five and my mom bridled my pony Flicka, helped me climb on, handed me the reins and went back to her work."
By Ann Bailey , February 05, 2012
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FACES: Julie Tunseth strives to pass on her enthusiasm about food to students 
Creating healthy meals for Grand Forks school students makes Julie Tunseth feel good.
The Grand Forks Public Schools child nutrition food service director gets satisfaction from her job, which involves everything to finding and testing out nutritious recipes, to meeting with students about school lunches to ordering the school district’s food.
By Ann Bailey , February 04, 2012
ANN BAILEY: Longer days signal winter is on the wane
I’m pretty sure that the winter of 2011-2012 is one I will be telling my grandchildren about someday. I can’t recall enjoying a warmer one with fewer driving hassles than this one, and I’m not counting on experiencing another one like it again.
By Ann Bailey , January 29, 2012
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FACES: Cheryl Lawson has had a life-long interest in roller derby
The whir and clack of skate wheels on cement fills the air as Cheryl Lawson rounds a corner of the National Guard Armory gymnasium in Crookston.
Flanked on either side by teammates, Lawson skates hard and fast until the coach of the of the Sugar Beaters roller derby team blows his whistle and tells the women to rest for a couple of minutes.
By Ann Bailey , January 28, 2012
ANN BAILEY: Some days on the farm are really crappy
In the words of Oliver Wendell Douglas of “Green Acres” fame, “Farm livin’ is the life for me.”
Most of the time, that is.
Amidst the days of blissful country living, there are a few when I dream of living in a little apartment in the city.
By Ann Bailey , January 22, 2012
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FACES: Ron Del Vechio is comfortable in the barn and in the board room
From baling hay, to milking cows, to feeding hogs, Ron Del Vechio got an education in livestock production growing up on the family farm in Rhode Island.
By Ann Bailey , January 21, 2012
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ANN BAILEY: January means wrestling with concession stand food
Ah, January, a time for a fresh start and work on that New Year’s resolutions list. With the holidays in the rear view mirror, tackling the one about eating healthier and getting more exercise should be one of the simpler ones to accomplish, right?
Not really.
By Ann Bailey , January 15, 2012
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FACES: Dietician Allen Anderson practices what he preaches
When it comes to healthy eating, dietician Allen Anderson does more than give lip service. Anderson not only gives talks on the health benefits of eating nutritious foods when he’s at his job at the Grand Forks County Health Department, he and his wife, Kimberly, cook nourishing meals for their family.
By Ann Bailey , January 14, 2012
ANN BAILEY: Mom's recipes evoke sweet memories
This year, one of the things I did was to go through hundreds of recipes that my mom had collected. It was bittersweet as I enjoyed reading through the delicious hand-written recipes and recalling the many meals at which she served dishes made from them, but felt sad that she was no longer here to cook them.
By Ann Bailey , January 08, 2012
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FACES: Glass is Grafton artist John Bartunek’s medium of choice
John Bartunek has taken a shine to working with glass.
Bartunek, a retired Grafton teacher and counselor, started doing stain glass work about 15 years ago as a hobby. A few years later, he was at an art glass convention in Chicago and took a class in lampworking.
By Ann Bailey , January 07, 2012
ANN BAILEY: Snowless winter offers unique beauty, perks
For most of my life winter has been synonymous with snow. Because it’s such an integral part of life in North Dakota for four or five months a year — sometimes even six — I couldn’t imagine what it would be like to live in places where it didn’t snow, and that was fine with me.
By Ann Bailey , January 01, 2012
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FACES: Russ Severson retires from Minnesota Extension Service
Russ Severson’s first job was pulling cockleburs out of soybean and corn out of farmers’ fields in southern Minnesota.
His last job before he retired this past week involved conducting research to improve the soybean and corn yields of farmers in northern Minnesota.
The Walnut Grove, Minn., native thought he left those row crops behind when he moved to Crookston 38 years ago to work for the Minnesota Extension Service, he said.
By Ann Bailey , January 01, 2012
ANN BAILEY: Daughter’s faith reminds us what we know in our hearts
One of the things that I’ve learned over the years is that the things that bring you the most joy also bring you the most sorrow.
Christmas is one of them.
By Ann Bailey , December 25, 2011
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FACES: Merle and Lee Anderson celebrate 68th wedding anniversary this month
Nearly seven decades after they said “I do,” Merle and Lee Anderson still are celebrating their Christmases together.
This month, the couple marked their 68th wedding anniversary. Both from farm families, the Andersons met while attending school at the Northwest School of Agriculture in Crookston. They were married Dec. 15, 1943, in Sacred Heart Catholic Church in East Grand Forks.
By Ann Bailey , December 24, 2011
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