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Rhubarb Bread Created by an Artist
While many of you have been enjoying fresh rhubarb from your garden for weeks, here in northern Minnesota the rhubarb is finally ready to harvest. Although I have a few favorite rhubarb recipes that ...
Posted on 6/6/09 at 7:01 PM
You can make it, if you try
The Redhead and I just got back from “Taste of Colorado,” a three-day festival of free music, not-so-free food and exotic vendors from all over the world in Denver. If our stay in the heart of the city on the 16th Street Mall is any indication, there are more people on the streets and life out there has gotten a little tougher. There were lots of panhandlers.By Tony Bender , September 08, 2009
A moment of silence at the Duck Inn
Silence. It’s something you don’t hear much at the Duck Inn in Venturia except after closing time, but Thursday night there was a moment of silence for our friend, Becky, with about 50 of us gathered there.By Tony Bender , September 01, 2009
Welcome to the scrap pile
The first four, five and maybe even 10 cars some of us have owned probably wouldn’t add up to the $4,500 the government offered to trade in and buy a new energy-efficient vehicle in its “Cash for Clunkers” program.By The Press Editorial , August 30, 2009
Alive after trying microwavable spicy pork rinds
Of all the things one should not put in a microwave — metal objects, the cat or fresh halibut like my dorkus friend, Bob, did with the stuff I brought him from Alaska — it never dawned on me someone would try to put pork rinds in the microwave. But the scientists at Lowrey’s have done it.By Tony Bender , August 25, 2009
A town-hall thriller
We gathered at the Venturia city hall for a town hall meeting — the most excitementBy Tony Bender , August 18, 2009
It's health care costs, dummy
You can tell by the cloud of obfuscation, misinformation and fear mongering in the media and from lawmakers just how important the issue of health care is.By Tony Bender , August 04, 2009
Old enough to play together
You get all sorts of advice when you’re starting a family. People, whose children are in prison,By Tony Bender , July 14, 2009
Resiliency
McIntosh County turns 125 this week. It’s just one of several “quasquicentennial,” this year out here behind the Sauerkraut Curtain. Quasquicentennial — it’s a word that sounds as if a botanist might have invented it.By Tony Bender , June 23, 2009
The time has come
I have a question. If a national health care plan is such an awful idea, why is it no private insurer can compete with Medicare?By Tony Bender , June 09, 2009
'Business as usual' for local dealers
GM dealers in southwestern North Dakota have been reassuring customers that business will remain the same since General Motors declared bankruptcy Monday.By John Odermann , June 03, 2009
Come unglued or solve the problem?
At some level, I have been involved in business since I was old enough to shovel a sidewalk, mow a lawn or deliver newspapers. I have learned a few things along the way, but it’s surprising how easy it is to lose sight of the basics.By Tony Bender , June 02, 2009
Who wants to lead the Republican Party?
Tom Ridge and Colin Powell hit the talk show circuit last week to try to reestablish a moderate voice in the Republican Party.By By Tony Bender , May 26, 2009
Advice for graduates
Dear Graduates, In a few days you will wake up and no longer have to go to school. Good for you.By Tony Bender , May 19, 2009
Until to good Lord takes you
The whistle blew at noon, so at first we weren’t alarmed. The noon whistle is still a quaint call to dinner in small towns like this.By Tony Bender , May 12, 2009
Competency quiz to entice readers
I’m bucking the trend. While most columnists will do almost anything to get more readers.By Tony Bender , May 05, 2009
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