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Rough-legged hawks like winter

I snapped this picture of a rough-legged hawk on a telephone pole. It seems to be looking down…

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OUT OF THE PAST: Deep snow plus ice jam on Grande Ronde

100 YEARS AGO Jan. 16, 1913 The recent cold weather has caused the formation of a huge ice…

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MAIN STREET: Football a strange American obsession

This weeks papers brought news from the examiners of football great Junior Seaus brain tissue. In a shock…

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JUST THINKING: Culture can evolve to value the unborn

Christmas 2012 is now a memory. Presents opened, some returned, decorations stored, time to move forward into 2013.…

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JABBERWOCK II: Bowl system steeped in commercialism

Dont get me wrong, as I do like football. Really. In fact the sport provided me some of…

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OUT OF THE PAST: City axes debt by $60,000 during Depression

100 YEARS AGO Jan. 9, 1913 The first severe cold snap of the winter visited Wallowa County and…

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JABBERWOCK II: Customarily we give our elderly the boot

Customs arent static, universal, or canned, but in many cases they do help bring focus and clarity to…

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OUT OF THE PAST: Rancher Jidge Tippett dies of heart attack

100 YEARS AGO Jan. 2, 1913 The most destructive wind storm that has visited Wallowa County in years…

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AND FURTHERMORE: Resolutions ready for flaggers, pedestrians

My New Years resolution last year was to not make any New Years resolutions this year. Ive broken…

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GUEST COLUMN: If Uncle Mel arrives, please take notice

Uncle Mel visited last month. Hes a real cut-up. Cant say I really love it when he drops…

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