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Category Archives: Holidays
Noma Sazama Wins Best in Show, Twice
Noma Sazama, 93, entered 12 items in the Bennett County Fair. She received 10 purple ribbons and two blue ribbons in the open class division at the fair held from August 10 to 13 in Martin, South Dakota. Two of...
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Mia Ruhman Will Sing National Anthem at Village Green’s 50th Celebration
Palisadian Mia Ruhman, will sing the National Anthem on Sunday, August 28 at the Village Green. The triangular small park at the center of the village is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Ruhman will step to the mike after the flag...
Home Decorating Contest Results: And the Winner? The Mass Family on Alma
Ever since its inception in 2008, Palisades families have entered the Patriotic 4th of July Home Decorating Contest. This year, families from the Highlands to Santa Monica Canyon to the mobile homes by the ocean celebrated the holiday by adding...
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Top Floats Announced from the 4th of July Parade
The American Legion Auxiliary has announced the top two floats from the Palisades 75th annual Fourth of July Parade. The Will Rogers Ranch Foundation and Resilient Palisades were selected this year. Each winner will receive a $500 check that will...
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Will Roger 5/10K Celebrates Nearly 3,100 Runners
There were 3,064 total registrants in the 46th Will Rogers 5/10K race, and about 412 of those were kids who had entered the half-mile Kids Fun Run. After the race, co-organizer Thomas Hathaway told Circling the News “We’ve averaged 3,015...
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Palisades 4th of July Parade Celebrates Diamond Jubilee
By CHAZ PLAGER On July 4th, 2023, the “happiest day in the Palisades” arrived once more, in the familiar form of the 75th Annual Palisades 4th of July Parade. This year’s theme was “Diamond Jubilee in 2023,” and was penned...
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Brigadier General David G. Smith Rides in the July Parade
“Those who say that we’re in a time when there are no heroes, they just don’t know where to look,” Ronald Reagan once said. With his quote, the former President and Palisades resident probably had Brigadier General David G. Smith...
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Mary Katharine Goddard – American Revolution Patriot Printer
By JEFF RIDGWAY Is it true that there is a woman’s name on the Declaration of Independence? Yes, at the bottom of the document it reads: “Baltimore, in Maryland: Printed by Mary Katharine Goddard.” Goddard’s is the only woman’s name...
Parade Program in Mailboxes: Here’s “The Rest of the Story”
When I was a child, I would often spend days helping my aunt at the farm. The family had four boys, so an extra girl for the garden/canning was helpful. At noon, my uncle and cousins would come in from...
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Denise Crosby Selected as Grand Marshal
As the character Faye Richardson in Suits, Denise Crosby says “That’s the problem with this place. You’re a bunch of wild dogs running around, defecating all over legal standards you swore to uphold. You can bet your ass I’m gonna...
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