I can’t believe my two favorite annual “food fests,” the St. Mark’s Lutheran Church Hog Roast and the Randolph-Hampton Fire District Chicken Barbecue, are just weeks away. Both are 25 minutes ...
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Posted at 29 July 2011 at 2:58 pm by Roxanne Furlong.
It’s well into summer and the Minnesota State Fair is just six weeks away. I hit the fair at least twice each year and catch a grandstand show once every few years. I’ve seen Rod Stewart, Emmy Lo...
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Posted at 13 July 2011 at 8:09 pm by Roxanne Furlong.
When Access Press first approached me with the idea of writing about disability issues in the workplace and education area, I was unsure they had found the right person. In that first column, I mentio...
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Posted at 14 July 2011 at 7:59 pm by David Wright.
It wasn’t exactly an order – the boss doesn’t work that way with his writers. Rather, it came in the form of a suggestion. “We’ve had a lot of tough news around here,” the boss was saying....
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Posted at 7 July 2011 at 6:58 pm by David Wright.
Is your dog working? Can I pet your dog? Does he bite? These are questions I’m asked almost every day. If a person interferes with a service dog or dog guide while the dog is working, the distra...
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Posted at 22 July 2011 at 5:49 pm by Clarence Schadegg.
If Metropolitan Council raises fares and cuts service on Metro Transit buses, what does the future hold? There are no statistics available on how many handlers of service animals use door-to-door and ...
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Posted at 15 July 2011 at 6:51 pm by Clarence Schadegg.
