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Brad Kirckof, mayor of Sauk Centre for the past five years, and Mary Mayer, a kindergarten teacher for the past 31, are moving on to bigger and brighter things.

Kirc...]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SCC0623201100202 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SID0622201101002
To the contrary, events leading up to the ...]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SAU0623201101001
I truly believe canoeing is one of the purist ways we can enjoy the lakes and streams that dot the landscape outside our back doors. Cano...]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SHE0623201100601 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=RTZ0623201100601
I also felt after 20 years of service to the City of Ritzville it was okay to step down.

Now however, circumst...]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=RTZ0623201100602
With President Obama's legislative initi...]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SAU0623201100703 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=POR0622201102002
But s...]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SHE0623201100602
So why did the governor do it? The truth is that Perdue did it for political reasons ? not that ther...]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SID0622201101003
The former Minnesota governor wants to eliminate the federal estate tax, the nation's only levy on...]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SAU0623201100702
Why is this?

Is there something wrong with women? Why don't they do their part to run our cities, school and county? Outside of the Sauk Centre School Board, women are in the minor...]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SCC0623201100201 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SHE0623201100604
It is an old cliche, and that's why it is so true; "If you don't have a will your State has one all made out for you." In short, if you have earned a degree in procrastination, how much will probate eat up? Marilyn Monroe was worth o...]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SHE0623201100603
Yes, we remember Black Beard. Most authorities now agree that the shipwreck we thought was Black Beard's Queen Anne's Revenge is just that. The big news about the recovery of the ship's anchor has us talking about pirates again.

The new "Pirates of...]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=POR0622201102003
I had been dying of the common cold for about three weeks and just couldn't sha...]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=BNB0425201200601
Texas has a "Castle Doctrine" law, Senate Bill 378, which I wrote and the Texas Legislature passed in 2007. Twenty-seven of my fellow Texas state senators signed on as ...]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=EBX0426201200402
Minutes later I received a text from my son, Daniel, informing me o...]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0410201202101
Preliminary scientific studies of magnets for pain have produced mixed results. Overall, there is no convincing scientific evidenc...]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=BNB0425201200701 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0410201200701
That's what Sussex Countians have been...]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=EBX0426201200401 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HFP0425201200401
The interesting thing: This history is true, if one dis...]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0424201200701
Which can't help but disappoint Kenneth McDowell, longtime director of ...]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=NOR0622201101101
Nominees honored were Ron Moore, Ken Jensen, Mickey Farley, Jake Comstock, Ben Dahlenburg, Dennis Lindsay, Fred Dodge, Greg Mahler, Ramiro Santana and Will J...]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=NLJ0623201100202
The dinosaur dig is just awesome, and those are not just my words, but the ...]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=PKJ0623201100401 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=POG0624201100601 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=NLJ0623201100201 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=OSK0623201100201
He was speaking of love-stricken mortals, but it applies to just about every endeavor, some cynics, skeptics, pessimists, realists and professional observers of hu...]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=PKJ0623201100402
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More than 160 people came to ...]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=MDC0623201100601
Granted, surgery is...]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=MTN0622201100201
Even though for many in our area summer time means extra work - I can remember that from the farm - there is still a laid back quality to the warm months.

We worked hard on our family farm, changing sprinklers, tending a huge ga...]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=NER0623201100401 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=MDC0623201100602 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=MKB0622201100401
I suggested that we send the money back and was immediately set upon by the other board memb...]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=MRR0623201100201
The law would have allowed police and prosecutors to refer to victims and witnesses by fake names or initials in police and...]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=NEX0622201100401
I was outside with my 8-year-old, Mia doing yard work when my neighbor's, very friendly, cat paid us a visit. "Don't play with that cat," I say "I'm sure it has fleas."

Of course she does the exact oppo...]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=LAS0621201102202 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=KNY0622201100402
So why did the governor do it? The truth is that Perdue did it for political reasons - not that ther...]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=LRS0622201100601
There is absolutely no way a big city fellow or the government, public officials, or chambers of commerce in big cities can match the hearts, dedication or resolve of ...]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=LOV0623201100401
Alexis de Tocqueville observed, "There is no country in the world where the tie of marriage is more respected than in America, 6r wh...]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=LRS0622201100602
This week's Change Purse featured business is Tracey Hughes Construction. It is owned and operated by Tracey Hughes, in th...]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=LAS0621201102203
I recently had the chance to leave town and go see a concert at the...]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=JON0623201100901
No, not in Texas. The world's largest sporting clay tower ? and one of the finest venues for hunting anywhere ? is right here in rural Kansas.

Jeff Oakes is general manager of Flint Oak, a southea...]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=KNY0622201100401
But they were. Of course, those roads weren't around here. They were in Southwestern Montana and Northeastern Wyoming at Yellowstone National Park.

At some points in the park, snow drifts were 15 to 20 feet ...]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=LRS0622201100603 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=JLN0622201100801
As Americans, one of our most strongly held beliefs is that people should be able to succeed if they wo...]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0330201205001 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0330201208001
Their ability to capture lightning in a bottle has been littered with many a sci-fi...]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CFP0412201200401
"I'm humbled to say that I've lived the American Dr...]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HFP0418201200401
Otherwise, what Kuhn is doing would be like dousing his career in kerosene and flicking his Bic.

Kuhn, superintendent of the Perrin-Whitt C...]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=EBX0419201200402
"I just think it's shocking how many of these young people wind up in prison and they get turned into hardcore criminals because they had a possession of a very sm...]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0323201208901 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0330201203701 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0330201208602 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=EBX0419201200401
Not here in Texas, but it is a state holiday in Massachusetts.

And a holiday in Washington, D.C.

But for different reasons.

The third Monday of April, which this year is April 16, is Patriot's Day in M...]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0323201208001
Mlle. Ponsardi...]]> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0323201200701 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0330201205501 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=EBX0419201200501 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0330201200702
However, his proposed law to allow plaintif...]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0330201200701
He cut a heroic figure on the dance floor at the Cape Hen-lo...]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HRY0623201100401 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HRB0623201100201 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HRB0623201101501 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HPS0623201100601 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=INV0622201101802
I had been dying of the common cold for about three weeks and just couldn't sha...]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=IVN0623201100301 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HPS0623201100701 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HCK0622201100201 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HFP0622201100701
The 6-foot, 5-inch right-handed pitcher from Midland was named to the Louisville Slugger ...]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HFP0622201100401
But the concern here is the term - war - which we toss around like we toss aro...]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HFJ0624201101501
She believes every aspect of a congregation, from social action to worship, should be infused with education, and that all learning should be put into action in the work of the congregation. It'sall about valuing ...]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=FSG0622201101101
As a "self-help" county, Tulare County has been able to leverage local funds to bring in millions in state and federal ...]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HFP0622201100403 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HFP0622201100402
The crime? I was sitting in a coo...]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=DPT0622201100402
The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act was enacted in 2001 to be followed, in 2003, by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act. A decade later, it is time we...]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=EDG0623201100201
This is a list of things the Cozy Germany Hospital Volunteers have spent their monies for o...]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=EBX0623201100401
No, not for trying to authorize carrying handguns on college campuses, though his persistence about that has dismayed a considerable number of top college officials and students.

The tenacity we're talking about is Wentworth's continuing ef...]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=EBX0623201100402
Nor is it in Wharton County.

But as a part of my visit to Massachusetts, my brother and I decided last Saturday night to visit Toscanini's ice cream shop in Cambridge on Sunday. Owned...]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CSR0621201100202
Alfalfa wee...]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0624201102301
Senior Lt. Chris Muscara of the Dewey Beach Patrol said he received a cell phone call from Re-hoboth Beach paramedics about 9:30 p.m.

An ambulance was en route to Dic...]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0624201105702
But the bus? I've never been a bus person myself; I ...]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0621201102101
Because antibiotics...]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0621201102801 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0621201100701
The proposal once had significant suppo...]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CFP0623201100401
That was the question we asked ourselves at a recent meeting of the Cheney Free Press editorial board. Our answer: a disappointing yes.

Higher education is turning into something only af...]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC