March 18, 2013 in The Daily Republic
“Why are you taking my Christmas tree, why?” Cindy Lou Palin-Who? would ask, looking sad, and the Grinch would reply that it was because Harry Reid had given him specific instructions to do so and that later he was going to come back with first lady Michelle Obama, take away Cindy Lou’s candy canes and force her to do jumping jacks.
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December 26, 2012 in The Daily Republic
We’re entering the time of the year I always refer to as the “breather.”
When I was a full-time newspaper guy, I used the phrase to mean the time between the Christmas season and the start of the annual legislative session in early January.
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December 26, 2012 in The Daily Republic
Volunteers look at event as way to give back. Continue Reading
December 26, 2012 in The Daily Republic
Representatives of organizations and communities who decorated the more than 90 trees will return to Pierre on Thursday to take them down.
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December 25, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) Newtown celebrated Christmas amid piles of snow-covered teddy bears, long lines of stockings and heaps of flowers as volunteers manned a 24-hour candlelight vigil in memory of the 20 children and six educators gunned down at an elementary school just 11 days before the holiday. Continue Reading
December 24, 2012 in The Daily Republic
Anyone offended by public displays of Christmas needs to see a psychiatrist. Continue Reading
December 24, 2012 in The Daily Republic
How state Buildings and Grounds staff got the massive tree, whose branches spread perhaps 20 or more feet wide, through a double-doorway that measures perhaps six feet wide at the Capitol’s front, is a feat remindful of Houdini.
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December 24, 2012 in The Daily Republic
The real joy to be obtained from Christmas festivities is contained in the act of giving.
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December 24, 2012 in The Daily Republic
SIOUX FALLS Driving along Minnesota Avenue, Dale Weir looked to his wife, Dorothy, and asked what she wanted for Christmas. She pointed to the 60-foot evergreen tree outside her car window and said she wanted that but with lights and decorations.
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