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Auditions Announced for Theatre Palisades Youth Winter Show

Theatre Palisades Youth will be holding auditions for the winter workshop, starting November 7: the show is yet to be determined. Performances are scheduled for February 25, 26, 27, and March 3, 4, and 5, with rehearsals for the show, … Continue reading

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Money Can Be Found in Sports: Esports

By CHAZ PLAGER With the advent of the digital era, more and more forms of entertainment have sprung up. One of which, video games, has been a huge hit with young and old alike. However, as with most things, humans … Continue reading

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Update: Theft of Katie O’Neill’s Paintings: Friends Start gofundme

Artist Katie O’Neill’s Fine Art Gallery was broken into on Saturday, October 8 around 10:30 p.m.  Eleven paintings, worth about $35,000, were stolen from her art studio on Antioch. Around 10:30 p.m., a Gelson’s employee saw a man, who was … Continue reading

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VIEWPOINT: Do Not Judge Based on Skin Color

    “Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin.” Martin Luther King, Jr.     I’m shocked. Did you know that people other than whites can be racist? How can society … Continue reading

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Proposition 30 Would Raise Income Taxes

Proposition 30 would require taxpayers with incomes above $2 million, annually, to pay an additional 1.75 percent income tax. A new 13.3 percent top marginal income tax was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom at the end of September. Prop 30, … Continue reading

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Californians Marginal Income Tax Rate Will Raise

Almost everyone would like to be paid while taking time off for maternity leave or to care for ill family members. California legislators passed a new bill SB No. 951, which was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 30, … Continue reading

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“The Ropin’ Fool” Plays at Will Rogers Park, Free Event

  To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of The Ropin’ Fool, the Will Rogers Ranch Foundation is planning a special event at the Will Rogers State Historic Park on Saturday, October 8, and all residents are invited. Come to Will Rogers Park … Continue reading

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Figerts Recall Publishing the Weekly Todd County Tribune in South Dakota

(Editor’s note: Several years ago, when I visited the senior center in Valentine, Nebraska, with my mother-in-law Corrine Pascoe, I met Margaret and Ervin Figert. They had run the Todd County Tribune, a weekly newspaper in Mission, South Dakota, when … Continue reading

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Everyone’s Age Clarified by Readers

  In September 26 Musings, Circling the News printed the following: EVERYONE’S THE SAME AGE: A reader sent an oddity that “Everyone’s age today is 2022.” If you put your age this year and add it to the year you … Continue reading

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Hovde, 10, Wins Top Prize for Quilt

While many 10-year-olds are busy on the computer, Reuben Hovde is winning prizes for his handmade quilts. The Rapid City fifth grader entered his quilt in the Central States Fair, where he received the top prize of a purple ribbon. … Continue reading

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