| Ring in the new year with family resolutions
I will apply sunscreen before I go outdoors. I will try to stay in the shade whenever possible and wear a hat and sunglasses, especially when I’m playing sports.6. I will try to find a sport (like basketball or soccer) or an activity (like playing tag, jumping rope, dancing or riding my bike) that I like, and do it at least three times a week.7. I will always wear a helmet when bicycling.8. I will wear my seat belt every time I get in a car. I’ll sit in the back seat and use a booster seat until I am tall enough to use a lap/shoulder seat belt.9. I’ll be nice to other kids. I’ll be friendly to kids who need friends — like someone who is shy, or is new to my school.10. I’ll never give out personal information, such as my name, home address, school name or telephone number on the Internet. Also, I’ll never send a picture of myself to someone I chat with on the computer without a parent’s permission.Ages: 13 and up11.
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN: Obama rocks Vegas faithful Candidate charms ...
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama shakes hands with members of the Culinary union after a rally at the union's headquarters in downtown Las Vegas on Friday. The union endorsed the Democratic presidential candidate on Wednesday.
Photo by K.M. Cannon.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama speaks to supporters at Del Sol High School on Friday.
Photo by K.M. Cannon.
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Moorhead man faces 365 child porn counts
The inch-thick criminal complaint against Kerry Ronning, 41, says police who searched his home in October 2006 found tens of thousands of computer images of what appears to be child porn. Deputy Moorhead Police Chief Bob Larson said Ronning had worked at the North Dakota Air National Guard in Fargo. Ronning, a technical sergeant, voluntarily resigned his full-time job as a dispatcher in December 2006, a Guard spokeswoman said. Ronning is charged with four counts of distributing child pornography and 361 counts of possessing child porn, and could face up to 180 years in prison if convicted on all counts, Clay County Attorney Brian Melton said. Ronning's bond is set at $250,000. He is due in court on Monday. Ronning told police he began collecting child pornography in 1998, and traded with others images of children as young as 5 years old, according to the complaint.
Edmund Tijerina: Well-earned recognition goes to S.A. filmmakers ...
Lots of love for some of the creativity within our city. Perhaps most recently, students in the cinema department of the North East School of the Arts received a selection to attend the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Yes, this is the winter event founded by Robert Redford that has grown into one of the most important events in the film industry. They are going as a part of a program with the Sundance Institute, where they'll have the opportunity to attend screenings, panels and other festival events. Big congratulations to the students: Dylan Altman, Joseph Darrin, Emma Davis, Miles Fermin, Adrian Gonzales , Rebecca Potts, Gabe Rosen, Junius Ross-Martin , Margaret Ross-Martin, and Nisa Sanders. Later this week, folks from the school are working with the Magik Theatre and Crumpets restaurant to throw a reception for the students, which will also aim to raise some cash to help them pay for their trip.
Resurgence in Bunyan Country
The grey taconite rock in which the remaining ore was pocketed appeared too hard and the ore of too low a grade for profitable mining. The pits and shipping docks slowed down, and miners lost their work. Northern Minnesota slowly became an aspen-covered Appalachia. Today, the slump is being dramatically reversed. The steel industry has devised a way to drill the once useless taconite with 4,300° jet flames. Machines then crush the ore, magnetize it and roll it into pea-sized pellets that are then baked to produce a product that is richer per ton than natural ore. So important is this development that Governor Karl F. Rolvaag's Democratic-Farm-Labor Party last year finally persuaded Minnesota voters to approve a "taconite amendment" to the state constitution that gives mining companies, traditionally fair game for steep taxes, an assessment no higher than other businesses.
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