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As the interim superintendent of Robbinsdale Area Schools, I spend time each week immersed in school finances, budgeting and funding.
After repeatedly hearing about the dangers and environmental costs of using excess salt and deicers on streets, sidewalks, parking lots and dr…
The 2021 World Storytelling Day theme is “new beginnings,” and there will be events in 25 or more countries on or around March 20. Large publi…
As we recognize Black History Month, I want to credit Carter G. Woodson and Jesse E. Moorland, who founded the Association for the Study of Ne…
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The celebration of Black History this month has particular resonance in Golden Valley, where two of its iconic Black citizens of yore are lodg…
I recently closed an IRA, and transferred it all into another account. A month after that I received a statement informing me that a balance s…
While Gov. Tim Walz recently offered many good ideas to improve education, there’s something major missing. Unfortunately, the 22-member team …
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically, i…
After repeatedly hearing about the dangers and environmental costs of using excess salt and deicers on streets, sidewalks, parking lots and dr…
The 2021 World Storytelling Day theme is “new beginnings,” and there will be events in 25 or more countries on or around March 20. Large publi…
As we recognize Black History Month, I want to credit Carter G. Woodson and Jesse E. Moorland, who founded the Association for the Study of Ne…
Every year in January, the Golden Valley City Council meets to reflect on accomplishments from the previous year and set goals for the coming …
The celebration of Black History this month has particular resonance in Golden Valley, where two of its iconic Black citizens of yore are lodg…
I recently closed an IRA, and transferred it all into another account. A month after that I received a statement informing me that a balance s…
While Gov. Tim Walz recently offered many good ideas to improve education, there’s something major missing. Unfortunately, the 22-member team …
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically, i…
What if we told you there are some simple healthy food swaps you can make to start losing weight? It’s true! When you implement the smart swap…
At the start of each new year, people tend to take stock of their lives and figure out what’s worth keeping and what needs to be purged. 2020 …
It is becoming increasingly likely that Minnesota will lose one of its eight Congressional representatives after the final tally of the 2020 Census.
Almost all of us have suffered a broken heart at some time in our lives. It might have been the end of a teenage crush or the betrayal by a cl…
Happy New Year from all of us at North Hennepin Community College!
Fifty-seven years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the march on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. In front …
Storytelling springs from the light-hearted lore of the groundhog’s Feb. 2 shadow. Groundhog Day, sometimes called Candlemas, is steeped in an…
During the holiday season, people commonly reflect on how “the reasons for the season” and what unites humanity are playing out in their own l…
As the year comes to close and I reflect on the work of my colleagues and the community as a whole, I’m filled with gratitude for everything p…
Many years ago, I used my first-ever paid week of vacation to travel west to visit best friends who’d settled in the Bay Area of California.
The end of the year is a time to look forward in anticipation of the upcoming year, but also to retrospectively look back at the last 12 months.
While Jan. 1 can’t come soon enough for many, I’d like to pause and recognize our state’s leaders. To say it’s been a challenging year would b…
The OGP advocates telling important stories to children, like John Hendrix’s picture book, “Shooting at the Stars: the Christmas Truce of 1914…
When most people hear the word “Movember,” we typically think of men proudly growing bushy mustaches during the month of November. But it’s ac…
Leaving the leaves on-site avoids unintentionally hauling off hibernating insects, giving insects a chance to emerge in the spring.
Like most Minnesotans and those in the quad communities, I voted (early), helping the state again reach the top echelon of voter participation…
This month our nation recognizes two federal holidays: Veterans Day and Thanksgiving Day. At first glance, these two events seem quite differe…
When I was covering the city of Plymouth for Post Newspapers in 1981, I was asked to write about the arrest of then-state Sen. Jim Ramstad. I …
Amidst an intense election season, the OGP fights to keep the world safe for children, gardening and storytelling. In 1990, I was the only act…
I can remember the bone-crushing news just as if it were yesterday. “Michelle, you have breast cancer.” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing …
The month of October is personal to me. On the 31st, my wife and I will celebrate our wedding anniversary. Clearly we are big fans of Hallowee…
As OGP Director, I walk all the time, but since early August I’ve been on the American Legion Commander’s 100 Mile Walk for Hope at legiontown…
With the election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, voters will flock to the polls throughout Minnesota and the quad communities. Although many have already…
In addition to massive public health concerns due to the coronavirus, legal issues abound as the 366 school districts in Minnesota, encompassi…
People are asking: “How can I support the OGP’s fight to keep the world safe for children, gardening and storytelling?”
Sept. 17 is Constitution Day, when we recognize the signing of the United States Constitution in 1787. The year 2020 also marks the 100th anni…
Since the murder of George Floyd allegedly by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25, I have received a boatload of email messages, listened t…
After five decades of life, I’m quite certain there are alien beings among us. I’ve personally never seen them, but that’s why I’m so convince…
Oh, I how long for a new box of crayons. It’s something I feel every year as summer winds down.
It’s been one month since the passing of U.S. Representative and civil rights icon John Lewis. His final words printed in The New York Times w…
This month 75 years ago, atomic bombs fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Later that year, the United Nations was formed to help the world formula…
A recent news report that Minnesota is leading the nation in mid-year returns on the 2020 U.S. Census is gratifying, but hardly surprising. Th…
Truth be told, I don’t like wearing a mask. It’s uncomfortable and perhaps only reasonably effective.
After much wrangling, Major League Baseball is finally returning to a shortened 60-game season. The Minnesota Twins, commemorating their 60th …
Hello, hola! I’m honored and thrilled to be serving as the new president of North Hennepin Community College. I started July 1, but my family …
When it comes to Christopher Columbus, he indeed landed in the Bahamas on Oct. 12, 1492, in the first documented arrival of Europeans to North…
Last month I mentioned my dad would be 100 this year if he were still living but I didn’t say what my mom always said, which was “use your ima…
Each time it rains, water runs off hard surfaces, such as streets, parking lots, roofs or driveways, and is carried by storm sewer pipes to ne…
Our community is heartbroken over the death of Mr. George Floyd while in police custody.
Raising six children did not appear very strenuous or troublesome for my parents, they enjoyed us kids a great deal (and they both had God-giv…
One of the many features of the coronavirus pandemic has been the postponement, suspension and cancellation of events. This ranges from high-p…
Nearly three weeks have passed since George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, and the feelings of outrage, frustration and s…
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Happy New Year from all of us at North Hennepin Community College!
Fifty-seven years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the march on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. In front …
Storytelling springs from the light-hearted lore of the groundhog’s Feb. 2 shadow. Groundhog Day, sometimes called Candlemas, is steeped in an…
During the holiday season, people commonly reflect on how “the reasons for the season” and what unites humanity are playing out in their own l…
As the year comes to close and I reflect on the work of my colleagues and the community as a whole, I’m filled with gratitude for everything p…
Many years ago, I used my first-ever paid week of vacation to travel west to visit best friends who’d settled in the Bay Area of California.
The end of the year is a time to look forward in anticipation of the upcoming year, but also to retrospectively look back at the last 12 months.
While Jan. 1 can’t come soon enough for many, I’d like to pause and recognize our state’s leaders. To say it’s been a challenging year would b…
The OGP advocates telling important stories to children, like John Hendrix’s picture book, “Shooting at the Stars: the Christmas Truce of 1914…
When most people hear the word “Movember,” we typically think of men proudly growing bushy mustaches during the month of November. But it’s ac…
Leaving the leaves on-site avoids unintentionally hauling off hibernating insects, giving insects a chance to emerge in the spring.
Like most Minnesotans and those in the quad communities, I voted (early), helping the state again reach the top echelon of voter participation…
This month our nation recognizes two federal holidays: Veterans Day and Thanksgiving Day. At first glance, these two events seem quite differe…
When I was covering the city of Plymouth for Post Newspapers in 1981, I was asked to write about the arrest of then-state Sen. Jim Ramstad. I …
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