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New Clayton Restaurant ‘Crushed Red’ Is a Hit with the Dining Divas

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  • Post published:August 22, 2012
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The Dining Divas By Lisa Kampeter This month, the Dining Divas met up at Crushed Red, or as we referred to it, the "goldmine.”  This new dining hot spot is…

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3rd Pre-Season Game In Dallas Could Tell Us A lot About the Rams

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  • Post published:August 22, 2012
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By Randy Gardner Wow, what a difference a week makes with the Rams, one week they get their butts handed to them, the next week they are the butt kickers.…

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Some Thoughts on the 1st and 2nd Amendments

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  • Post published:August 8, 2012
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A Boomer's Journal By Tom Anselm The Bill of Rights was an adjustment to what many say is the greatest written document in the history of government, the Constitution of…

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Story of My Life Lately—I Keep Missing the Moment

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  • Post published:August 8, 2012
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By Randy Gardner Here is my luck in this world. I miss the entire first 100 plus minutes of the Olympic Women's Soccer game against Canada. I finally wrestle the…

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What Have We Come to In Youth Sports When We Red-shirt 5-Year-olds?

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  • Post published:July 24, 2012
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A Boomer's Journal By Tom Anselm Athletics has always been a significant piece of my life. It all started with the days of Atom league soccer at St. Jerome, wearing…

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Learning First-Hand What it’s Like to Coach

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By Randy Gardner As I embark on a new adventure in life called true Head Coaching, I was quit amazed at how much I thought I knew compared to reality.…

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Dinner and a Movie Proves a Great Combination for the Dining Divas, Even with Unsatisfied Appetites

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By Lisa Kampeter At the core of each Dining Divas outing is companionship.  Thankfully. If it was all about the food, we’d be begging for a do-over after this month’s…

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The Amazing Spider-man: Redundant, Too Much Teen Romance, Little Humor

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by Sandra Olmsted Spidey swinging back into theaters should be exciting and fun, but director Marc Webb re-imagines Spider-man’s origin story with a none too healthy dose of the Twilight…

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Rain May Put a Damper on Olympics

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  By Randy Gardner   How many of you are looking forward to the Summer Olympics? At last check, the month of June has been the wettest month ever for…

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Reflections From A Florida Beach: Hey, I Might as Well Throw My Hat in the Ring

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A BOOMER’S JOURNAL  By Tom Anselm  We went on vacation last week, and I had some time to think about the state of the nation. So with that in mind,…

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