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Technology vs. tradition: More students turning to online schools
Angela Rivera sits at her school workstation at her home in Fairmont.
February 8, 2010
FAIRMONT — When her sister got sick, Angela Rivera had to make a decision.
She knew she could help care for her sister’s child — the rest of her family was at work and couldn’t get away — but as a sophomore at Fairmont Area High School, that would mean missing a lot of school.
And that was not acceptable to this highly motivated student.
Two months into the school year, she took it upon herself to enroll in BlueSky Online, one of many online public high schools offered to Minnesota students, and she hasn’t looked back.
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Blue Earth airport's use re-examined
February 8, 2010
BLUE EARTH — Local businesses recently received an airport survey — again.
The 26 businesses are potential and current users of the Blue Earth Airport.
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Magazine features local agency
February 8, 2010
FAIRMONT — Peterson-Anthony is already well-known in southern Minnesota, but now is receiving recognition nationwide thanks to a feature on the family-owned business in the trade magazine The Emblem, from Auto Owners Insurance.
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State to rule on W’bago probe
February 6, 2010
WINNEBAGO — A state advisory panel will review an investigator’s report stemming from allegations brought by Winnebago’s city administrator against the City Council.
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Atrociously late!
Mon, January 25, 2010 @ 2:01PM
"You're atrociously late," my boss told me (last week) after asking if I'd seen the Post-it stuck to my computer screen, the message reading plain and simple: "BLOG!!!!" Yes, I had seen it, and no, I didn't really have an excuse, aside from the sinus infection that knocked me out for several days and the holidays and the ... snow? ... and the aliens who ate my computer??? Nope, no good excuse here. As reporters, we're accustomed to having deadlines hanging over our heads, but for most of us, working ahead isn't really in our nature. You could say "Procrastination" is my middle name, so when it comes to something like blogging, something we're free to do on our own time, with no set assignment for what or when to blog, I'm ... frelled.* I can only promise to do better in the future, so long as you promise not to hold me to it.
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The Boy's Revenge
Mon, February 8, 2010 @ 2:33PM
So while I had my mom distracted with some spilled juice the other day, I was able to sneak on here and get her password to her blog. Heh heh heh. So here's what's up: After two-and-a-half years of them jumping and rushing every time I scream, they are trying to get me to talk. "Use your words," they say now, instead of just saving us all time and just getting me what I want! How dare they! I have that screech perfected. No one can just ignore it. And now they want to render me powerless by sounding like them?! And they punish me! They make me sit by the wall, they won't let me watch my videos over and over. Someone contact the authorities already! But now that I have gained control of Mom's laptop, I can watch my videos all I want... starting now. Enjoy! I like this banana... she's kinda cute. This one is on one of my favorite Sesame Street DVD.
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Recipe: Buffalo Chicken Lasagna
Mon, February 8, 2010 @ 8:01PM
I absolutely love buffalo chicken, so I made it into a lasagna. My brother tried it and apparently he doesn’t do spicy. Maybe ketchup is “spice” enough. If you can handle buffalo wings, mild, you won’t have a problem with this. Ingredients: 4 chicken breasts 1 package lasagna noodles 1/2 bottle of Frank’s Red Hot Wings buffalo sauce, or favorite buffalo wing sauce ½ bottle of bleu cheese salad dressing 6 cups mozzarella cheese ¼ cup bleu cheese crumbles Directions: Coat chicken breasts with buffalo sauce, marinate for at least an hour. Boil the lasagna noodles per package directions. While boiling, cook the chicken breasts. Shred the chicken. Spray a 9 x 13 glass baking dish with cooking spray. Then, drizzle a light coating of bleu cheese dressing and buffalo sauce on the bottom of the dish. Add first layer of noodles, four to a row. Add a layer of chicken and drizzle bleu cheese dressing and buffalo sauce over the chicken.
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Working together
Wed, January 27, 2010 @ 2:38PM
So often buildings sit empty or new ones go up when better suited land is nearby. Sometimes it seems like groups are so insulated from each other tax payers end up getting the short end of the stick. So I was pleased to see the city and school district work together on the William Budd location. Granted, there are still students at Budd, but it is no secret the district has to do something with it. The city even took the location off of their drawing board in 2007 when voters turned the renovation down. But upon noticing that the district was considering trying again, they came back to work out the details. Having a buyer lined up is a great relief for the district, although technically tax payers will buy it either way. The Budd School location will save taxpayers money due to its location, so it really is a win-win situation. I am hopeful voters will seriously consider passing a referendum for the project to continue.
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And it goes on and on ...
Mon, February 1, 2010 @ 5:43PM
So, to continue a theme ... I recently criticized "Avatar" for being yet another Hollywood movie that portrays corporations as evil. I have since rented "Surrogates" with Bruce Willis and "Moon" with Sam Rockwell. While both scripts are more original than Avatar, both — again — offer up their versions of futuristic evil corporations. In Surrogates, the creator of walking, talking robots controlled by average people decides all the surrogates must be destroyed, along with all the people. In Moon, a mining corporation creates, lies to and enslaves clones. (Yes, both highly probable premises.) I'm trying to figure where all this comes from. Corporations make products or deliver services. How are soft drinks, tires for your car, pizza, mobile phones, steel or airplanes viewed as threats? Yes, there are corporations (or the bosses) who commit fraud or other crimes. Enron or Bernie Madoff come to mind. These people tend to go to prison.
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