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Dining Divas Get Southern Hospitality at Pan D’Olive, Mediterranean Restaurant

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  • Post published:October 16, 2013
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The Dining Divas By Lisa Kampeter Through the years of the Dining Diva outings, we’ve learned a few things.  Don’t assume when a restaurant advertises happy hour specials that you’ll…

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Be Still, Listen, and Marvel at What You May Hear

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  • Post published:October 16, 2013
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A Boomer's Journal By Tom Anselm A few weeks ago, I talked to my parents. Well, not in the real sense, since they are both 'crossed over' for some years…

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Can’t Recall A Better Local Sports Weekend

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  • Post published:October 16, 2013
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By Randy Gardner I’ve said it before, when we experienced great local sports weekends, but nothing could top this past one. What a great weekend it was last Saturday and…

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Rams Win Over Jags is 1st Step to Respectability

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  • Post published:October 9, 2013
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By Randy Gardner Is it an extraordinary event when you win a game that you are expected to win? This would be the case for the St. Louis Rams. Yes,…

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Rams Need Big Game Just As Cards Start Playoff Run, While Blues Start Season

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  • Post published:September 25, 2013
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By Randy Gardner I was so hyped up just before  watching last Sunday’s St. Louis Rams football game against the Dallas Cowboys. I thought the team had a real chance…that…

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Baseball Marks The Time Without A Clock and Adds Flavor to Life

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  • Post published:September 11, 2013
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A Boomer’s Journal:  By Tom Anselm What an odd game is baseball.  It is probably the only professional sport where the ball is controlled by the defense.   The coaches dress…

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Great Weekend in State For Sports; Rams Were Most Impressive

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  • Post published:September 11, 2013
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It was a great weekend to be a Missouri sports fan as every  sports  team won in the state of Missouri including the Royals and the Chiefs, Cardinals and Rams…

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New Ferguson Restaurant is What Dreams Are Made Of

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  • Post published:August 28, 2013
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The Dining Divas By Lisa Kampeter Cathy’s Kitchen is Trip Around the U.S. Usually, it’s all about us, the Dining Divas.  This month, it wasn’t about any of us.  This month,…

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Pre-season Almost Over, Time to See the Real Rams

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By Randy Gardner Three weeks have come and gone and every week I sit in front of the television waiting for the Rams to put a check mark in the…

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Story, Headline Still Painted Same Old Negative Brush About North County

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A Boomer’s Journal By Tom Anselm Well, folks, you may have seen the recent front-page story and negative bold headline about North  County's housing problems that ran in the Sunday,…

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