The battle inside the DFL

BY ED FELIEN Precinct caucuses are coming up Tuesday night, April 4.  On that night, the DFL starts all over again. The goddess Aphrodite (Venus, in the Roman pantheon) was extravagant in her affections, but every night she would return to her father, Poseiden, the god of the sea, and…

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Crockpots rule at NENA

BY STEPHANIE FOX The First Annual Great Nokomis East Crock-Pot Cook-Off is history and taking home the championship trophy was Jakob Gant, whose Creamy White Chicken Chili received 33 votes. The Feb 4th event, held in Lake Nokomis Lutheran Church’s basement, raised $400 for community projects, including the Bossen Renters…

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Go to the movies

BY DAVE TILSEN I love movies. I also love theater, live and recorded music, television, watching sunsets, my grandchildren, OK, OK, way down deep I am shallow, but I am going to talk about this year’s movies, and what I expect and wish the Academy of Motion Pictures Sciences would…

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Fidel and me

BY TONY BOUZA Reader’s Digest used to have a feature called “The Most Unforgettable Character I Ever Met.”  Set me to thinking. Malcolm X ranks high, but my No. 1 choice would be Fidel Castro. I first met him in 1959 when he attended the U.N. session in the fall and,…

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What I saw at the MN Women’s March

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE I wasn’t going to go originally. I didn’t want to go to DC because I think it’s hypocritical to protest pipelines and not even think about your own fuel consumption, so I think about fuel consumption all the damned time. I thought there will probably be…

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Go to your precinct caucus April 4

BY ED FELIEN The city DFL will be holding precinct caucuses on April 4.  Anyone who cares about this city and their community should attend.  The caucuses will elect delegates who will endorse a candidate to represent their community on the City Council at a ward endorsing convention on either…

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