Escape into a book
@YOUR LIBRARY March can be a up and down month. Some days seem like spring is around the corner and other days make us wonder if we’ll ever see warm weather again.
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Tourney Times
It’s last week of February, bringing annual televised state high school athletic tournaments beginning with girls’ hockey. Boys’ hockey and basketball will soon claim TV time at state level as sectional eliminations are now setting that stage. Old former athlete here began following this year’s TV “Tourney Times” by watching Warroad’s girls hockey team move into championship game once again. Old adrenaline still surged witnessing this level of competition with historical records.
Altering taillights
ASK A TROOPER Question: Are smoked tail lights illegal in Minnesota? I have not been able to find the statute on it. Answer: Thank you for the question.
The gnashing teeth of winter
It’s no surprise that we all dwell in the past a little. In fact, our current presence is always framed by some degree of reference to the past but I won’t get all philosophical on you.
Moving fast
The Minnesota Legislature is moving fast these days. The number of bills introduced since the session began less than two months ago has now raced past 2000, and it appears that many more are still to come, reports the Minnesota Newspaper Association.
Debating on the frontier
ABOUT HISTORY Today’s different social media types allow for no end of pros and cons and leads to much protracted discussion. Not be out done, the social life in the Koochiching frontier had its own diversions.
Much known, but mystery remains
We’ve learned something about privacy lately, namely that it doesn’t exactly exist. The case against the man accused of murdering four students in Idaho shows that cellphone tracking and ubiquitous surveillance cameras make it possible for law enforcement to learn a great deal about a person of interest. Spy satellites enable intelligence agencies to focus in on you as you park at the drive-up window and see how many Egg Mc-Muffins you ordered and whether you take your coffee light or black. And a defamation lawsuit against Fox has subpoenaed internal memos showing that the network’s top stars managed to forget what is fact and what is not and why they should care.
Ask Amy: Enabling robs adult son of growth
Dear Amy: My husband and I have always been hard workers. We were never extravagant, but we believe we have led great lives.
March 6 book sale benefit
@YOUR LIBRARY March is here! Spring can’t be too far behind, right?!? In the meantime, here are the March library programs. The monthly Friends of the Library book sale will be Monday, March 6 from 4-6 p.m.
Duller Days
NEARLY NORTH OF TWO We’re past the middle of February and times seem to have gotten a little dull around here. Not much for big news it seems, but closer look at last couple weeks reveals much more… Recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria have killed a reported nearly 45,000 humans.