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Farmer’s Fate: An unexpected package
Handwritten letters are one of my favorite things to get in the mail. So when going through the ...
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Off the Beaten Path: People helping people
“You have a six-hour layover,” said the airline desk clerk at the airport in Holland. Traveling on my ...
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Farmer’s Fate: Date at the dump
“Do you smell that?” My husband shook my shoulder to wake me up. “What?” I mumbled, barely able ...
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Off the Beaten Path: Happy birthday, Herman the Sturgeon
“Happy birthday to you,” the guests sang. Herman, the “birthday boy” in his 80s, now at 500 pounds ...
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Farmer’s Fate: Life’s a journey: Enjoy the chauffeured ride
There should be sympathy cards for having to go back to work after a vacation so long we ...
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Off the Beaten Path: Rattlesnakes among the hay bales
“I spotted rattlesnakes by the canal heading towards the mowed alfalfa field,” my Uncle Ralph said to the ...
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Other views: EOU Is thriving, growing despite financial challenges
Eastern Oregon University has seen tremendous progress and successes despite some media reports about our financial situation. While ...
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Capital Chatter: Call Goldschmidt what he was — Neil the sexual predator
A particular image comes to mind when I think of disgraced former Gov. Neil Goldschmidt, who died Wednesday, ...
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Capital chatter: Oregon’s transportation system faces multibillion-dollar challenges
Oregon’s transportation system is hemorrhaging. “The maintenance needs on our roads are absolutely staggering, and the fact that ...
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Farmer’s Fate: We Finnished with icy tears
The person who said getting there is half the fun must have traveled before TSA and never traveled ...