Feb 22
Entertainment calendar for the week of Feb. 16, 2012. GO! mano-a-mano: Abe Lincoln and Steve Douglassquare off in the L.a. TheatreWorks production of Norman Corwin’s“The Rivalry,” at 7 o’clock tonight in the Bloomington Center forthe Performing Arts. GO! tee-hee D.C.: those singing jesters fromWashington-by-the-Potomac, The Capitol Steps, are back in CentralIllinois to give an election …
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Feb 16
BAIRD — One building in the downtown area here smells just a bit sweeter than the rest. In fact, stepping into the production rooms of Grumpe’s Specialties is cause enough for a secondhand sugar rush. It’s not quite a Willy Wonka-level operation (no chocolate river, unfortunately), but Grumpe’s does fairly well for itself in churning …
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Feb 12
100 YEARS AGO (1912) Up to date not a marriage license has been issued during the month of February. Judge Russell had expected a rush of business all during Leap Year but it has been duller than during any other year. George Lotterer was able to be at the store today for the first time …
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Jan 08
Like us on Facebook Why, then, do we task the federal government with administering social programs when it is inept to do so? while I am staunchly opposed to the welfare state in its current gargantuan form, I am for lending a fellow American a helping hand when needed. this, however, should be left to …
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Jan 05
July 9, 2011 – 3:51 am I learned late last month that an announced Southern California stamp event I promoted in June’s column has been canceled. The bourse, originally set for July 16-18, had been announced by the American Stamp Dealers Association in its excellent magazine, the American Stamp Dealer Collector, but I should have …
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Jan 03
Many people collect stamps, and have for decades. their collecting can be a nearly complete set of United States commemorative stamps, or a selection of colorful used stamps that they have accumulated over the years. when times turn bad, people look to their stamp collections and wonder if they can sell it for a large …
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Dec 15
The sale of our post office has been suspended pending the outcome of the appeals filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). Although initially David Williams, Vice President of Network Operations for US Post Office (USPS) in Washington D.C., stated that “there is no right to further administrative or judicial review” of USPS’s decision to …
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Dec 13
A Seward Park chiropractor and the woman believed to be his wife have been sued by the federal government for allegedly collecting welfare benefits and food stamps while living in a $1.2 million lakefront home in South Seattle. The lawsuit was filed on Friday, three days after federal agents executed a criminal search warrant at …
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Dec 12
In an appearance in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Nov. 30, 2011, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich reiterated one of the themes he often brings up on the campaign trail — food stamps. Gingrich garnered national attention in may when he said that President Barack Obama deserves to be called "the most successful food stamp president …
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Dec 09
EL SALVADOR (Hearld Malaysia): The Archbishop of San Salvador, Msgr Jose Luis Escobar Alas, said that climate change is the most serious problem confronting humanity at the present time. he warned that urgent steps are needed to reduce global warming, but because the causes are so directly linked to economic interests, he thinks it will …
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