Category Archives: General

“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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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Council Candidates, Darling and Park, Speak at Community Council Meeting

Council District 11 candidates Erin Darling and Traci Park spoke at the Pacific Palisades Community Council September 22 meeting. About 100 people listened as the candidates addressed homelessness, the Ballona Wetlands and discretionary funding. PPCC President Maryam Zar had sent...

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Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homeless Meeting September 26

The Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness, which was founded in 2016 to address the growing number of homeless in this community, holds public meetings, quarterly. The nonprofit, which is funded by local residents and groups, holds the meetings as...

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Search Warrant Served at Sheila Kuehl’s Santa Monica Home

  (Editor’s note: this story is done in cooperation with Jamie Paige, editor of Westside Current, and City News Service.) What did L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl do to have a search warrant and affidavit served at her Santa Monica...

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Residents Invited to Mini-Chautauqua on Saturday, September 10

  Residents and families are invited to a kid-friendly celebration as the Palisades Methodist Church marks its centennial on Saturday, September 10. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 801 Via de la Paz –...

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SPORTS–Tennis, Quick Takes

  U.S. OPEN Frances Tiafoe, 24, on Wednesday became the first American male to reach a Grand Slam semifinal since John Isner at Wimbledon in 2018, and the first American in Queens since 2006. Tiafoe next plays tomorrow, September 9....

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Circling the News Celebrates 1,000 Newsletters

And just like that . . . .Circling the News will post its 1,000th newsletter tonight, September 1. The first story I wrote in June 2018 was a Viewpoint about the Community Council election (“Community Elections: Same Old, Same Old”)....

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