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Letters to Santa

Letters to the Editor

Dear Santa Claus, I want an LOL doll for Christmas and a toy cat and a toy dog too. I have been good. Love, Jenna Beichley Dear Santa, I have been a good boy all of the time. Please bring match box cars for Tate & I. We will leave cookies and milk for you Santa Claus. We love you ...

BGM overruns Rebels down the stretch

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REINBECK - The Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls' basketball team missed out on its first win of the season after falling short against BGM in a 54-49 loss on Monday night.BGM pulled ahead of the Rebels with a fourth-quarter surge."That's a tough one to lose right there," G-R head coach Bruce Bailey ...

Slices of Life By Jill Pertler-Good grief

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Grief is not a law-abiding citizen. It is a renegade, an ever-changing beast. Grief is a labyrinth. Expecting it to follow a straightforward path is like expecting water to run uphill. It just isn’t going to happen. You experience it once, twice even four or five times and you are no more ...

Looking Back

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30 Years Ago December 8, 1989 The Gladbrook Deli hosted their Grand Opening last Saturday, December 2. Last Monday the city maintenance men, Ron Schmidt and Chuck Delfs, hung up four new Christmas decorations designed at Petty Mfg. in Gladbrook. Chuck and Sherry Woehlk are the proud ...

Slices of Life By Jill Pertler-Good grief

Local Columns

Grief is not a law-abiding citizen. It is a renegade, an ever-changing beast. Grief is a labyrinth. Expecting it to follow a straightforward path is like expecting water to run uphill. It just isn’t going to happen. You experience it once, twice even four or five times and you are no more ...

Slices of Life By Jill Pertler-Gratitude train

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I have much to be thankful for. I am a strong advocate and overall supporter of thankfulness. When the kids were younger we even had a gratitude wall in our kitchen where we listed the many things we had to be grateful for – things we call blessings. I believe thankfulness should be a part of ...

Touring the Skies By Jim Bonser (jbonser@usa.net)

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Ps. 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. I can’t tell you how disappointed I was the morning of November 11th to wake up and see all the clouds and read the weather forecast. Every day for a week or so before the predicted “Transit of ...