'Twilight' star and Dickinson native Kellan Lutz defends Gisele
INDIANAPOLIS — “Twlight” star Kellan Lutz sympathizes with Gisele Bundchen.
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Not long ago, I received an email from a reader asking me if I had an excellent recipe for date bars. It had been ages since I’d thought of those classic sweet treats with a cookie-like mixture sandwiching soft, creamy date filling. I hadn’t even noticed that date bars seem to have gone out of fashion.
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Lois Lambert, 61, recently had a dream that stuck with her. A light fixture on the wall needed fixing and her husband said he’d do it tomorrow. “Well, I figured I can do that — I got up with screwdriver in arms and fixed it — my legs were working just fine,” she said from her home in Ekalaka, Mont. “It was nice, I’d forgotten what it feels like to walk.”
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St. Joseph’s Hospital Auxiliary is celebrating Valentine’s Day by selling homemade cookies in Dickinson.
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RICHARDTON — Jessica Rockeman carries a sketch book around the house, outside her rural Richardton home and whenever she travels. “I’m an eternal doodler — absolutely guilty as charged,” she said.
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Dickinson State University student Leah Walters, 22, of Gladstone, is realizing one of the goals she set for herself as an undergraduate student. She wanted to sing in New York City, and the opportunity has come through competition
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I was using a soup spoon to scrape the shallow puddle of spicy, rich, dark red gravy from the bottom of a deep bowl. “How could anyone even miss meat in this chili?” I posed the question to my husband as we sat at the table finishing our meal of a bean-dominated piquant chili.
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The Lust Boat is preparing to set sail for a night of secrets, scandals and seafaring scoundrels. Passengers are needed to participate in the seventh annual murder mystery titled “Murder on the Lust Boat” by Tony Schwartz and Marylou Ambrose. The ship sets sail for the Caribbean Feb. 10 through Feb. 12 at the Ramada Grand Dakota Lodge in Dickinson.
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The Rev. Ernest Shipe, who plays the ship’s captain for the mystery-dinner performance “Murder on the Lust Boat,” considers theater an outreach for his ministry. Shipe, who is pastor of the Manning Community Church, is as comfortable on the stage as he is in the pulpit.
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Joan (Karsky) Sickler waited tables for the first Mardi Gras dinner when she attended Dickinson’s Trinity High School in the 1960s. She is among a handful of THS alumni who have volunteered every year since then. “The school has a place in my heart — I want to see it continue,” Sickler said.
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Beach photographer and blogger Tiffany Craigo, 34, sees the beauty of vintage vehicles masked by rusted doors, broken windows and bent frames. Using the Instagram application on her iPhone, Craigo manipulates the photographs until they look like pieces of art.
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It’s always interesting to read the onslaught of food trend reports as each new year begins. According to the Hartman Group’s annual “Looking Ahead: Food Culture” report, we can expect to see vegetables become increasingly fashionable in 2012.
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The RSVP+ Dakota West program has seen an increase of 100 volunteers since Chelsea Mann took over as coordinator in July.
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The RSVP+ Dakota West program is spearheading a book drive for its VoiceBook Project.
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The Matt and Tarra Hartl family of Dickinson tries to stay positive, even while facing the medical challenges of their sons, Treytan, 7, and Tristan, 14.
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