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LakeVoice News is back for fall semester!
LakeVoice News is back a semester early! We know that last spring we told you that we wouldn’t be back for an entire year, but we just couldn’t let that happen. We will launch our first batch of stories Tuesday, Oct. 18.
We will also be continuing our Week in Photos. Since fall colors are all around us, please send us your best fall pictures. Just send the pictures to lakevoicenews @ gmail.com along with a caption that includes where the picture was taken, when it was taken, who is in the picture and who took the picture. To get a better idea of what we are looking for, look at previous submissions here
Alternative News Source
Frak the DNT — I’m getting my news from The Beacon from here on out.
FYI.
My wife found this info at four news sources:
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PARSONS, Tenn. (WVLT) — U.S. Marshals arrested a convicted sex offender in Minnesota wanted for questioning in connection with the Holly Bobo’s disappearance. Marshals found 43-year-old [name excluded just to be safe — innocent until proven guilty, etc.] in Duluth, Minnesota Thursday at his girlfriend’s house.
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We can’t find any reference at DNT or local TV websites? FYI, in any case.
The Strib’s latest take on Duluth
This might be old news, but did anyone see this lovely article in the Star Tribune (Newspaper of the Twin Cities) about Duluth by Curt Brown? He’s going for Duluth beyond the lakefront, and ends up at a Burrito Union cribbage tournament.
What do you think? Did he unearth the “real Duluth”? Or just pack down further the existing path off the beaten Lakewalk path?
We are opposed to the notion that you are the first to be unopposed, Mr. Ness
At least one news organization reported yesterday that Mayor Don Ness is the first Duluth mayor to be unopposed in an election. Well, it’s not true.
Mayor Ness is indeed the only mayor in the past 126 years to go unopposed, but Maryanne Norton at the Duluth Public Library has found three Duluth mayors in the 1800s who were unopposed.
Sidney Luce was elected unopposed in 1872 and served one term.
Dr. Vespasian Smith was elected twice with no opposition — in 1873 and 1874. (Mayors served one-year terms until 1913, when the current four-year system began.)
Horace B. Moore was elected unopposed in 1885 and served one term.
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Jeff Anderson announces run for Congress
[This post originally contained an embedded video that is no longer available at its source.]
Dennis Anderson: Celebrating a Career
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, in a coma, or frozen from the Duluth winter, chances are you’ve heard that the face of news in the Northland, Dennis Anderson, will be retiring soon. In fact, his last newscast will be Wednesday, May 25, so you only have a few more chances to him before Darren Danielson takes over the anchor desk.
WDIO has taken the opportunity to look back at his career on its website. There was a news reunion of sorts, gathering some of the familiar faces of WDIO past to honor Denny. Also included is some archive footage from memorable events in the past four decades, such as the benzene spill and fireworks explosion. They seem to be adding new clips every day or two, so be sure to check back from time to time.
Tarryl Clark Moving to Duluth to Take on Cravaack
I had been wanting to see if we could have a somewhat level-headed informed and nuanced discussion on the challenger pool for Chip Cravaack in MN 8th Congressional District. I figured I’d wait until after the homegrown fog burned off to post anything, but this morning the Duluth News Tribune has a bombshell from John Lundy saying Tarryl Clark is running for the seat. Was that a bombshell for anyone else besides me?
Before I knew about Clark’s bid, I wanted to talk about other un-announced candidates. In addition to Daniel Fanning and Jeff Anderson who appear to be in Pawlenty mode, that is, campaigning-but-not-campaigning not officially in other words. Here are the people who are not campaigning but that I think might make the race interesting: Tom Rukavina, Tom Bakk and Don Ness (Donny says he doesn’t want the job and that is fine with me, I’d like to keep him as mayor for a term or 3 more). The DNT identifies a few other candidates in the article that I did not know were considering a run, including Yvonne Prettner Solon, but most of them I don’t know so I can’t comment (but you can).
So we’ve already got a half dozen “local” candidates mulling a run and then Clark rolls in from St. Cloud and changes the entire chemistry of the race. Or does she? Banter away PDDers but please save the frothy mouthed passion for the Troll Zone thread. I’m looking for thoughts and analysis here, not bile. Thanks.
Update: I discovered that MN Brown Iron Range writer/college instructor Aaron Brown, already wrote about this a couple of months ago, including the possible Clark bid.
Also, I forgot to add Karen Diver, Chairwoman and CEO of the Fond du Lac Band to my potential candidates list. She has a great deal to recommend herself for the position and to me, she’s actually the most interesting potential candidate, although I have no idea if she or anyone else besides Tarryl Clark is actually gonna run.
Update 6/14/11
“I filed today my paperwork to seek the office of the presidency of the United States today and I very soon will be making my formal announcement.”
Michele Bachmann last night on CNN one of her classic headline stealing moves that has to have Tim Pawlenty’s stomach all tied up in knots today. But this means that Bachmann can not run for her 6th District seat and president at the same time.
So Today MinnPost is asking the same thing I want to know: Does this mean Tarryl Clark will give up her bid for the 8th District so she can run for an open seat in the 6th? She recieved 38% of the vote there vs. Bachmann’s 52% in 2010 according to those geniuses at wikipedia
The Minnesota Pint Law – HF 703
Today the House Commerce committee endorsed HF 703 (aka The Minnesota Pint Law …or Surly bill, if you prefer), the bill allowing Minnesota breweries to sell pints of their own beer. There is still a ways to go before it becomes law, but the bill will continue through the legislative process. Surly Brewing says, “Thanks to the committee members for their support, and also to all of you for getting behind this bill and moving it forward.”
More Info Here: https://mnpintlaw.com/
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To Iraq and Back: Three UMD students’ journeys with the U.S. Army
This is part one of a three part series profiling three UMD students who all went to Iraq together in 2005 and all came to UMD together right after. Two of them are being redeployed in May and the third is staying behind, due to PTSD. This is Sergeant Benjamin Hatton’s story of his last eight years in the United States Army. Read Hatton’s story on LakeVoice News.
LakeVoice News is a weekly online publication produced by UMD journalism students. The stories are reported on and written by students, but the content is for the community.
Watch out, Playhouse!
If “all the world’s a stage,” The Hillsider is going to one up you by acting out the plot of an Arthur Miller work, in real time and space. From this morning’s constant contact update:
*In the spirit of April Fool’s, and with all respect to the Hillsider and Mr. Lohman, who provide an invaluable service to the city by helping to glue us all together as a community.
Pay it Forward in Duluth
Duluth student, Tara Mortenson, received one hundred dollars from a fellow peer for project “Pay it Forward.” She is now on a “Pay it Forward” journey along with local radio station 97.3 who developed the “Drive Through Difference” project.
You can read more about this effort and Tara’s experience at LakeVoice News. LakeVoice News is a weekly online publication produced by UMD journalism students. The stories are reported on and written by students, but the content is for the community.
You can also follow Tara Mortenson on Twitter @Tbird99 for an update of her journey. If you have been involved in the “Pay It Forward” effort we would like to hear about it. You can email your stories and/or pictures to lakevoicenews@gmail.com
Photos Wanted!
LakeVoice News is looking for recent photos from around the Duluth area that we can showcase in our weekly news publication. They can be of anyone or anything, but all we ask is that it is from the area. We also ask that you write a short caption for the photo that explains where the picture was taken, who is in the picture, what is going on in the picture and who took the photo.
To submit your photos you can email them to lakevoicenews @ gmail.com and an editor will get back to you as soon as possible if we decide to publish it.
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This week in LakeVoice
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LakeVoice News is a weekly online publication produced by UMD journalism students. The stories are reported on and written by students, but the content is for the community.
Top stories on LakeVoice this week include a family’s ties to the 1920 Duluth lynchings, what the community is doing to help Japan tsunami relief, and the equal working environment at Positively Third Street Bakery.
Also be sure to check out this week’s top photos from around the area and student spring break destinations.
1,000 Perfect Duluth Day Users
Perfect Duluth Day hit a milestone today at 4:28 p.m. when the user “emmajoru” created an account and made the post below about the Low concert. PDD now has 1,000 contributors.
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How many Minnesota artists are there?
The Minnesota State Arts Board is conducting a census to find out just how many Minnesotans are “engaged in creative expression.”
Starting last week, the state agency has been encouraging people to fill out an online survey indicating whether they are an artist, work in the arts, or help facilitate or promote creative expression. The state legislature directed the State Arts Board and the state’s eleven regional arts councils to conduct the census to help measure the influence of arts in the state.
Brian Strub, communications & government relations director with the MN State Arts Board, explains the parameters this way:
We are asking participation from anyone state wide who, professionally or personally, sings, acts, dances, writes, draws, paints, sculpts, illustrates, photographs, films, knits, weaves, directs, plays an instrument, composes, shares stories, designs, or any other form of creative expression; and any agency, business, facility, or organization that produces, presents, or promotes creative expression. I’ve been telling people, “If you’re creative, be proud. Be counted.”
Strub says the MN Arts Count will continue through the end of April. You can participate in the survey here.
Furniture Music
Hello all! I am pleased to invite you to a wonderful, spectacular art opening on Friday, March 25. The exhibit will be open from 7-10 pm at the Old European Bakery on West First street. This event is free and open to the public!
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Duluth: The Real Hockey Town USA?
This will only be of interest to the biggest Duluth-o-philes, Twitter nerds (like me) and possibly hockey fanatics.
Last night for about 10-15 minutes Duluth East was trending on Twitter in the United States. This means that there was an enormous amount of “chatter” about Duluth East’s victory over Edina in the MN State High School League AA Hockey Semi-Finals.
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LakeVoice is back.
LakeVoice News is a weekly online publication produced by UMD journalism students. The stories are reported on and written by students, but the content is for the community.
Top stories on LakeVoice this week include homemade ketchup by a local business, the history of the city that sailed across the lake and how the recent weather extremes have affected the city.
Also be sure to check out this week’s top photos from around the area.
Duluth Media Boners
While I was really rooting for the “Paste Headline Here” whoopsie by the DNT, I think the Transistor gets the gold cup for its summary of today’s Polar Plunge.
Duluth references in Lucy
“Amanda drove and let Jenny doze in the front seat while Lucy slept in back. They woke just south of Duluth. They spent the night in a little town called Superior. In the morning they stopped at the grocery store in Duluth to stock up for the week.” — (Chapter 17)
“The road they traveled from Duluth had stretched out ruler-straight for miles, cutting farm fields in half, as pastures fell away toward island lakes. Dark clouds gathered in the western sky as they entered the great expanses of forest in Wisconsin.” –(Chapter 21)
from LUCY (A Novel) by Laurence Gonzales (2010)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HS6XyFCKfE