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We Could Use Some of Our Nation’s Founding Fathers Today

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  • Post published:July 16, 2014
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A Boomer’s Journal: By Tom Anselm Due to the opportunity of writing 'real news' these past few column entries, I have missed a few calendar milestones that always make for…

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Germany Deserved to Win Cup; They Played The Best During Games

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  • Post published:July 16, 2014
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By Randy Gardner I don’t even know where to start this week as the World Cup came to an end. Unfortunately, I was unable to see the World Cup game…

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Goalie Howard Kept U.S. in the Game

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  • Post published:July 2, 2014
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By Randy Gardner I think I’ll start a petition for the National Day of Mourning as the Men’s U.S. National team got their butts handed to them against Belgium. I…

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Documentary on Spanish Lake Hits Home For Filmmaker & Participants

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  • Post published:July 2, 2014
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A Boomer's Journal By Tom Anselm About a year ago, we ran a story about a young film maker from Los Angeles who spent his early years in Spanish Lake…

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Can U.S. Soccer Team Keep Momentum Up Against Portugal?

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  • Post published:June 18, 2014
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By Randy Gardner Everyone knows that I am a huge soccer fan but when the World Cup comes around I turn into a fanatic and Monday I sat and watched…

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A Big Boost For Women’s Golf as USA Brings Home the Curtis Cup

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  • Post published:June 11, 2014
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By Tom Anselm This past Friday, June 6, exactly 70 years since the United States and Great Britain joined with several other countries to storm the beaches of Normandy, France,…

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Dining Divas Were On a Mission At Mission Taco Joint

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  • Post published:June 4, 2014
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The Dining Divas By Lisa Kampeter Webster defines a “mission” as a “ministry commissioned by a religious organization to propagate its faith or carry on humanitarian work”.  I don’t think…

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Nothing Like a Camping Trip For Family Bonding

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  • Post published:June 4, 2014
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By Randy Gardner I know it is summer and we are supposed to be talking about baseball and hot dogs and things like that but everybody talks about those things…

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Big-Time Women’s Golf’s is Here As Golf Finds Itself ‘in the Rough’

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  • Post published:June 4, 2014
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A Boomer's Journal By Tom Anselm Today (June 5)  I will be out and about on the exclusive and difficult St. Louis Country Club golf course covering the opening practice…

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My Son Gives New Meaning to “May the Force Be With You”

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  • Post published:May 22, 2014
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By Randy Gardner My column should be better  today for one reason and one reason only and that is because I am sitting at the desk or should I say…

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