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Elderly nutrition

Senior Connections offers hot, nutritious meals Monday-Friday for people 60 or older, or with disabilities. Meals are served at congregate sites throughout Douglas County, and are delivered to homebound individuals.

Learn more about housing at Expo

The 15th annual Community Housing Expo runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Mariner Mall.

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Births

Injustice makes my heart bleed

My conservative friends have labeled me – a bleeding heart liberal – and maybe they are right. The problem is, at that time, they aren’t using that term as a compliment. Sometimes it might be good-natured humor, but for the most part, it is meant to be a put down.

Richard ‘Jim’ and Betty McConnell

Richard ‘Jim’ and Betty McConnell

Richard (Jim) and Betty McConnell celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a small family gathering. They were married on Feb. 7, 1950.

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In the service

In the service

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Bick awarded Eagle Scout rank

Bick awarded Eagle Scout rank

On Dec. 6, 2009, Ryan Bick was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout. He is a member of Boy Scout Troop 213, Superior. For his Eagle Scout project, Ryan chose to design and build a handicapped accessible ramp at Harbor House Crisis Shelterm, which was completed in November 2008.

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Presentation addresses Wisconsin school funding

If you feel your child is shortchanged by the Wisconsin school funding system, the Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools (WAES) wants to hear about it.

Lake Nebagamon garners fire grants

U.S. Senator Russ Feingold announced last week the Lake Nebagamon Volunteer Fire Department received a 2009 Assistance to Firefighters Grant of $190,523 for vehicle acquisition.

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Bong Center honors sacrifice

The public is invited to join together to honor 10 of Northwest Wisconsin’s fallen soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars at the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Let go: Be trapped no more

Monkeys can devastate a farmer’s crop in a short time. To prevent this, the farmers have devised a trap to catch these pesky primates.

Giving shape to clay

Giving shape to clay

Jim Grittner’s hands are covered in chalky clay, caked into the cracks in his hands like matching gray gloves.

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