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inbox Braindead Liberals When Democrats get elected liberals go braindead. This eternal truth, which I heard when I was quite young, seems destined to repeat itself. Even given the dearth of democracy provided by the US Constitution, it seems extremely unlikely that Donald Trump could be re-elected. Unfortunately, after he is gone all the deep-seated dysfunctionality of the US political and economic system will still be with us. Trump is a despicable aggressive lying narcissistic immoral buffoon. Pointing this out in clever ways as many have done on these pages is the low-hanging fruit. It’s easy and it feels good. The hard work is yet to come. Yes, Republicans are worse but the departure of carrot-top comb-over and his allies is not permission for liberals to go back to sleep comforted by the soothing tones of establishment liberalism. Indeed, it’s not the time for establishment liberalism at all. If the George Floyd trauma has taught us anything, it’s that rooting out racism is not just a matter of choosing one’s words more carefully. It’s a long hard slog to jettison long held ways of thinking and systematically retool institutions to reflect radically different values. Why should we think it would take any less time, effort and organization to counter the assumption that making money off sickness is the best way to supply health care to our population when virtually no other modern nation does so? Over half of the US discretionary budget is spent on the massive aggressive US military machine at the same time we hear city and state elected officials wringing their hands about the lack of money for basic services. They need only look up to see the 148th Fighter wing burning it up in a roar over Duluth every day, but no one dares say anything. They seem to think that educating and challenging the public is not in their job descriptions. Local officials would do well to help replace our two Democrat neocon neoliberal US senators with real alternatives to the corporate establishment rather than telling us what good Democrats they are and that the Republicans are even worse. Barak Obama built his career on accommodating power while soothing the public with feel good talk. Establishment Democrats are yearning for a resurrection of Obama in Biden and

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Harris. Good luck. Things are much worse now and Obama’s bank bailouts and half-measures won’t do. Hard questions must be asked and vested interests must be challenged. Uncomfortable stuff for establishment Democrats. What to do? The recent local primary elections here in Duluth and in some other places can offer a blueprint. Contrary to what we were taught in school, elections don’t typically determine the direction of politics. In fact, it works the other way around. If the hand wringers about Trump want change, if they want universal medical care, an end to militarism, clean energy and environment, then they’d better start investing their time in getting out in the street, knocking on doors, making phone calls, going to meetings, confronting politicians, and being public and vocal about issues. Now is not time to go braindead or back to sleep. Establishment Democrats like Biden and Harris are not going to save you. Robert Kosuth Duluth, Minnesota History provides binoculars In response to the article about World War II and the bombing of Hiro-shima, it was a memorable tribute. While it recalls attention to the bombing, it was presented only from a single lens. Our country did not just drop bombs. Remember that we entered the war after the worse than ruthless regime of Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. There were more than 2,400 lives lost from that attack alone not to mention the loss of our brave soldiers throughout the remainder of the war. That is why history is important. History tells future generations the what and why of events that have happened. Even today, the countries in the Middle East who have fought wars with each other for thousands of years, with the mediation of our President and his administration have reached an agreement for peace. Imagine what peace will mean to the people who live there. Just like referencing back to how Japan and America are close allies today, there is great hope that more countries join in taking the step to peace so that children will no longer be victims of killing and look back at the peace of Japan and America. History provides a binocular view of events. Louane Beyer

We need facts, not fiction To be successful each of us must tell fact from fiction. Webster’s Dictionary defines fact as, “A thing done, the quality of being actual.” A fact is something real. Webster defines fiction as, “Something invented by the imagination, or feigned.” Fiction is make believe. Today conspiracy theories are a popular form of fiction online. The wilder and weirder the conspiracy theory, the more popular it becomes. It is especially important that our elected officials be able to tell fact from fiction. President Trump is well known for treating fiction like fact. A recent example is his support for the conspiracy theory QAnnon. Senator Ron Johnson is spending time and tax dollars investigating the discredited conspiracy theory that Ukraine sabotaged the 2016 election and is doing so again this year. Newly minted Representative Tom Tiffany recently sent me a letter that in part read, “... Serious discussions about badly needed postal reforms have been tainted by baseless conspiracy theories floated in recent days by special interest groups and partisan demagogues seeking to gain political advantage...” I had written Tiffany requesting help with delayed mail deliveries I have experienced over the past two months. Trump, Johnson and Tiffany cannot tell fact from fiction. We need to elect officials who are able to tell fact from fiction. We are stuck with Senator Johnson, baring a recall, for a couple more years. But Trump and Tiffany are on the ballot in November. It is time to elect officials who will act in the public interest. Jason Maloney, Washburn, Wisconsin Out on a limb I felt like I was going out on a limb when I voted for Donald Trump in 2016. Abandoning the Democratic Party of Barack Obama and Bill Clinton was painful, but I thought maybe the country should try something new. We all knew Trump as the pompous huckster from The Apprentice, but he was decisive and kind of funny. Make the Establishment squirm and Drain the swamp were the mantras I heard. Who would’ve known that the results would be so disastrous? I slowly realized that our democracy was slipping toward oblivion as President Obama was threatened with exile back to Kenya. We were no expecting the history of Egypt or Nicaragua to be repeated here. Many

countries have never felt the joy of electing a new president. Am I worse citizen than those who did not vote? How about wasting your vote on a candidate from the Green Party who cannot win? After all, Trump was famous and had secured the nomination of the Grand Old Party by bullying his opponents into submission. It didn’t take long for the guy who had shouted the loudest “Lock her up” at the convention to be locked up himself, followed by a slew of Trump’s temporary employees. Many of them were deemed criminals, but the big man got away with the unindicted co-conspirator status. For the first three years, Trump slept in, ate his egg McMuffin, checked out the cable news, went to daily briefings, and blew the information off. He didn’t want to hear bad things about himself. Criticism was not allowed, just like Russia or North Korea. Then one morning, he discovered that the United States had suffered a case of the coronavirus. What to do? Deny, obfuscate, blame the Chinese, fire medical experts, and take up his own brand of science for dummies. He said it would just go away. then nursing homes, ethnic communities, and native American communities were hit by the virus. It’s interesting to see him squirm as the election date nears. The Democratic vice presidential nominee is particularly problematic to his white national agenda. People say she is not a citizen before her parents were immigrants. Has anybody checked his trophy wife’s status? I never understood how Germ-any could allow itself to be commandeered by an Austrian dropout, but hate and greed obviously played a part. It could happen here. Our wonderfully diverse society is moving the white population toward minority status. I fear the worst if we can’t solve the problem in the next presidential election and retain our status as the world’s greatest democracy. Charles Anderson Mauston, Wisconsin

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The complete ‘I Have a Dream’ speech Editor’s note: In honor of the recent 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s monumental Aug. 28, 1963, speech at the Lincoln memorial, we reprint it here with the thought that we need to hear it now more than ever: I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we’ve come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. In a sense we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the “unalienable Rights” of “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked “insufficient funds.” But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we’ve come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the

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tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children. It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro’s legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixtythree is not an end, but a beginning. And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. And there will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges. But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, “When will you be satisfied?” We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways

and the hotels of the cities We cannot be satisfied as long as the negro’s basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: “For Whites Only.” We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until “justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.”1 I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest – quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends. And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of “interposition” and “nullification” -- one day right there in

Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; “and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.”2 This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day. And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God’s children will be able to sing with new meaning: My country ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim’s pride, From every mountainside, let freedom ring! And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California. But not only that: Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring. And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!

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‘I just killed somebody’ Vigilantes inject danger into police brutality protests in Kenosha, nationwide A 17-year-old answering a call to arms faces murder charges after allegedly shooting two men to death during a protest over a police shooting

Kyle Rittenhouse By Jim Malewitz and Vanessa Swales Standing in front of a burned-out Kenosha business Tuesday night, Kyle Rittenhouse said he was there to quell violence and protect property in the southeastern Wisconsin city after a Kenosha police officer shot Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, in the back Sunday. “People are getting injured, and our job is to protect this business,” the 17-year-old told the conservative Daily Caller while wearing an Army-green T-shirt with a long gun slung across his back. “If there’s somebody hurt, I’m running into harm’s way. That’s why I have my weapon, because I need to protect myself.” Rittenhouse, who lives 20 miles away in Antioch, Ill., arrived following a widely disseminated call to arms to protect property issued by the Kenosha Guard, a militia group whose leaders include a former Kenosha City Council

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Protesters argue with members of an armed militia group, right, as a dumpster burns near the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis., on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. Members of the militia group had earlier said they arrived to protect the right to peaceful protest, but they confronted protesters as people began to damage property. The protest was sparked by the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha the night before. Photo by Will Cioci / Wisconsin Watch. tured at the scene. member. Police have offered no As police in armored clear explanation on why vehicles exhorted protesters Rittenhouse was allowed to leave because of an to return to Antioch before 8 p.m. curfew aimed at being arrested. curbing violence and By Wednesday morning, property damage, video the teenager sat in a Lake showed an officer thanking WIS. CENTER FOR County, Ill., jail, awaiting the armed men and a hearing on extradition to tossing a bottle of water to INESTIGATIVE Wisconsin in 30 days on Rittenhouse. JOURNALISM two charges of first-degree Just before midnight, homicide, one charge of gunfire would echo, attempted murder for the scattering bystanders and wounding of another protester and leaving two Wisconsinites dead and a three other charges. The teen’s legal third injured. “I just killed somebody,” Rittenhouse team says he acted in self defense. Rittenhouse was among a group could be heard saying in a video cap-

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of armed vigilantes who descended Tuesday night on Uptown Kenosha, a business district in the city on Lake Michigan. Their presence added volatility to a third consecutive night of violent unrest after Officer Rusten Sheskey shot Blake seven times in the back as he walked away from police and tried to enter a vehicle with his children inside on Sunday, leaving him paralyzed. Rittenhouse’s rapid descent to accused killer illustrated the stakes of what experts call a growing trend: Militias, far-right groups and other armed vigilantes — often mobilized on social media — showing up at racial justice protests, escalating chaos and

danger during showdowns between protesters and law enforcement. “There have been a number of armed conflicts in the history of this movement with police, including recent killings by Boogaloo Boys,” said Chuck Tanner, research director for the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights. “There’s reason for officers to be very concerned about these organizations because of their willingness to make guns be the kind of solution to the issues that they see.”

far-right groups and actors” showing up to – or reacting to – racial justice protests since the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd on May 25. The research is current through late June, meaning the tally is likely much higher, Tanner said. “I’m troubled by the general approach and lack of consistent law enforcement voice in condemning these organizations and making it clear that they don’t have a role to play in policing,” Tanner said.

ACLU to officials: Resign The failure to immediately arrest the alleged shooter prompted condemnation from Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes on Thursday and calls by the ACLU for top law enforcement officials in Kenosha County to resign. During an Aug. 27 press conference, Barnes said he found it “completely horrifying” that police allowed the suspected shooter to leave the scene. He added that militias are “nothing that we should accept as normal. It’s ridiculous – because you see the outcome of that sort of behavior.” Kenosha has a controversial history of officers shooting civilians; the 2004 fatal shooting of Michael Bell led to a state law requiring all shootings by

‘Chaotic’ mix of ideology Armed groups and individuals showing up to protests are increasingly difficult to delineate at a time when unclear and sometimes contradictory ideology leaves the far-right landscape in flux, said Carolyn Gallaher, a professor at American University and an expert on violence by non-state actors. The Boogaloo movement – which was also at Kenosha’s protest Tuesday – generally opposes the government and sometimes the police, while its largely white members express various opinions about Black Lives Matter and President Donald Trump, Gallaher said. Meanwhile, more extreme members of the Back the Blue movement de-

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A protester stands in front of an armored Bearcat vehicle as law enforcement sought to clear an area on Aug. 26 in Kenosha, Wis. The city faced consecutive days of unrest after a white police officer shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back. Photo by Angela Major/WPR. police officers to be investigated by outside agencies. Three Kenosha officers, including Sheskey, have been placed on leave while the state Department of Justice investigates the shooting of Blake. The hands-off, even chummy, interactions between police and the

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fend the police and bash politicians for allegedly impeding police efforts to maintain order. But even those movements are fluid. Online participants sample bits and pieces of ideology as they gaze at their screens. “It’s really chaotic right now,” she said. “The online ecosystem doesn’t have very clear boundaries. Or the boundaries are there, but people move across all the time.” Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth on Wednesday said his colleagues did not want help from armed citizens, citing the shootings that ensued late Tuesday. “Yesterday, I had a person call me and say, ‘Why don’t you deputize citizens who have guns to come out and patrol the city of Kenosha?’, and I am like, ‘Oh, hell no’,” he said at a press conference. Said Kenosha Police Chief Miskinis: “Across this nation, there have been armed civilians who have come out to exercise their constitutional right, and to potentially protect property. So if I’m aware that these groups exist? Yes. But they weren’t invited to come.” Approach differs for militia Beth also sought to avoid linking Rittenhouse to militia activity – or comment much at all on the Aug 25 killing of Anthony Huber, a 26-yearold from Silver Lake, and Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, of Kenosha. City police and the FBI are investigating. Beth said he could not immediately explain why officers did not arrest Rittenhouse before he fled to Illinois, describing a high-stress scene of radio traffic, people screaming and massive armored vehicles idling nearby. “You have such an incredible tunnel vision,” he said at the press conference. “I’m not making an excuse –— I’m just telling you from personal experience.”

Protesters stand in front of an armored Bearcat vehicle as police attempt to disperse a crowd Aug. 25 in Kenosha, Wis. Photo by Angela Major/WPR. Video later circulated showing a police officer thanking armed men and tossing a bottle of water to one who resembled Kyle Rittenhouse. The 17-year-old has been charged with killing two protesters and wounding a third. But civil rights advocates drew a different impression from Tuesday

night’s events: That officers treated protesters of the Blake shooting far more harshly than the vigilantes who arrived with guns. “The video shows officers thanking these armed people even as they are taking a completely different approach to the protesters – you know, ordering them to disperse and treating them pretty roughly,” said Chris Ott, executive director of ACLU Wisconsin. “So right there, that seems to be encouraging exactly what we don’t want more of.” Online calls to arms Evidence had not surfaced of a militia group claiming Rittenhouse as a member, according to a review of social media by First Draft, a nonprofit that helps journalists detect and report on disinformation. But videos from Aug. 25 show the teenager congregating with other armed men who claimed to be protecting property. Also unclear is whose messaging spurred Rittenhouse to leave home for Kenosha, where protests following Blake’s shooting left parts of Uptown

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engulfed in flames and a 71-year-old man brutally assaulted by looters. The city faced consecutive days of unrest after a white police officer shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back as his children reportedly looked on. Video circulated showing a police officer thanking armed men and tossing a bottle of water to one who resembled Kyle Rittenhouse on the same night the 17-year-old allegedly killed two protesters and wounded a third. Screenshots of Rittenhouse’s Facebook page, since removed from the platform, paint a young man fascinated with guns and police – plastering his account with “Blue Lives Matter” messaging. Buzzfeed also unearthed a TikTok video he posted from the front row of a President Donald Trump rally in Iowa. (A Trump spokesman told Buzzfeed: “This individual had nothing to do with our campaign.”) Rittenhouse traveled across the Illinois-Wisconsin border while the Facebook group Kenosha Guard was urging its 3,500 followers to “take up arms and defend our city tonight from evil thugs.” The conspiracy website InfoWars

amplified the message ahead of the protests. Similar calls circulated on the social media platform reddit, prompting replies such as “Going to cleanse the streets of rioters,” and “Time to purge,” according to research by the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. Facebook told The Verge on that it found no evidence that Rittenhouse followed the Kenosha Guard Facebook page or was invited to the group’s events. Before the page was taken down, the group issued a statement on the shootings, saying, “We are unaware if the armed citizen was answering the Kenosha Guard Militia’s call to arms.” Former city official led the charge One clear guard participant: former Kenosha Ald. Kevin Mathewson, who left office in 2017. On the afternoon of Aug. 25, he posted a call on Facebook to deputize citizens “and put them on the front line.” He posted photos and video of himself at the scene, standing alongside other armed Kenosha Guard members. He also appeared in a video on the Kenosha Guard page titled “We are here,” urging fellow militia to join them, and in a CBS Chicago interview. Mathewson runs a private investigations and security firm. As an alderman, he pushed for police body cameras to fight against “b.s. complaints against officers.” He also repeatedly clashed with other city officials. In an email to Wisconsin Watch, Mathewson distanced his group from Rittenhouse’s actions. Kenosha Guard Facebook page Former Kenosha Ald. Kevin Mathewson urges armed militia members to join him on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 in protecting the city against protesters. Later that evening, two protesters were shot to death and a third seriously wounded. Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, of Antioch, Ill., has been charged in connection with those shootings. “He is a child. The second amendment has some restrictions,” Mathewson wrote. “You cannot process (sic) a gun if you are a child. The only one responsible for his actions are himself. I do not know him and I have never spolek (sic) to him.” Mathewson criticized Beth and Miskinis as “anti-second amendment” but said the “hard-working” police officers and sheriff’s deputies “welcomed us well and thanked us all night.” He bristled at those who said his militia made Kenosha more dangerous. “People felt more safe. Law enforce-

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ment was outnumbered,” he wrote. “The second amendment was meant for scenarios like this. My community is at war and we are under siege.” Hateful messages fill Facebook Facebook shut down the Kenosha Guard group’s page Wednesday morning. But calls to gun down protesters continue to flood other pages. Administrators of Wisconsinites Against Excessive Quarantine, a private group of nearly 121,000, have not formally mobilized vigilantes to Kenosha. But the group has morphed into a space for members to advocate violence. “Snipers on rooftops take out 60 this will be over by midnight,” wrote one Facebook user who says he lives in Delafield, Wis., responding to a posting of a live feed from Kenosha Tuesday night. “Guns and ammo!!!!! And go! Cmon patriots in the area! Show up and do your job,” another user replied. On Thursday, a group member posted a link to a legal defense fund for Rittenhouse. It raised more than $100,000 as of Friday morning. The Facebook group was among hundreds that mobilized national protests this spring against shutdowns of businesses and public spaces to control the spread of the coronavirus. Administrators of the Wisconsin group, who have ties to the pro-gun movement, helped mobilize people to a protest in April – short on masks but with ample imagery backing Trump and attacking Evers’ handling of the pandemic – that brought an estimated 1,500 people to the state Capitol. Tanner said militia and far-right activity has morphed nationwide from protesting coronavirus restrictions to playing a quasi-policing role in the racial justice protests. “The transition from the reopen events to the George Floyd protests was kind of the perfect storm for expanding that,” Tanner said. The nonprofit Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (wisconsinwatch. org) collaborates with Wisconsin Public Radio, PBS Wisconsin, other news media and the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. All works created, published, posted or disseminated by the Center do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of UW-Madison or any of its affiliates.

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Politicizing the U.S. Postal Service in an election year Letters are usually just delivered by the United States Postal Service, not sent by them. But at the end of July, Minnesota’s Secretary of State got a letter from the Postmaster General of the USPS. And it came with a warning: Vote-by-mail might not be fully

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covered by election day. “To the extent that mail is used to transmit ballots to and from voters, there is a significant risk that, at least in certain circumstances, ballots may be requested in a manner that is consistent with your election rules and returned promptly, and yet not be returned in time to be counted,” wrote Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. Republicans say there is nothing to worry about. But Minnesota’s elected DFLers have been concerned for months about President Donald Trump’s rhetoric on voting by mail,

specifically after he threatened pandemic recovery funding for the postal service and erroneously suggested, multiple times, that voting by mail is prone to fraud. And DeJoy, a major Trump donor, has only confirmed their fears by reducing service around the country and suggesting voting by mail, during an unprecedented effort to increase vote by mail during a pandemic, might not work well this election cycle. “I don’t know what the purpose was, but really it didn’t make much sense,” Secretary of State Steve Simon said about the letter from DeJoy. “Other than perhaps to send a message to convince people that it was somehow too risky to vote from home.” So what do we know about the changes to the postal service capacity? And will voting by mail be impacted?

What’s happened so far? Within eight weeks of taking office in June, DeJoy started implementing major changes to USPS. Republicans in Congress have long sought to privatize USPS, arguing that the agency loses money each year. (The Pentagon, Centers for Disease Control and Federal Emergency Management Agency also lose money.) DeJoy, the first postmaster general without experience at USPS in almost three decades, is also the first postmaster general to follow through with major cuts. In July, he effectively eliminated overtime for postal workers. A memo sent to staff suggests that the changes were only “the first wave” and staff will have to think differently to “keep USPS alive.” It took until August for many of the changes to be made visible around

the country, captured in photos and acknowledged in officials’ emails: mailboxes were removed and trucked away and mail sorting machines were disconnected. People also began to complain about shipping delays, which in one case, resulted in thousands of baby chickens dying as they were shipped to Maine. In early August, Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith requested DeJoy explain why USPS reduced mail services at the Charles Horn Towers, a public housing complex in Minneapolis, and asked him to commit to notifying Minnesota’s Congressional delegation of any future mail stoppages. “Not only am I concerned about how this decision is restricting access to voting for low-income households and people of color in Minneapolis, but I am also deeply concerned about nationwide mail delays and the impact of these delays on the integrity of the 2020 elections,” Smith wrote in a letter to DeJoy. “The growing inability of USPS to maintain service levels will jeopardize participation in the upcoming elections. USPS leadership should be focused on ensuring timely mail delivery; now is not the time for internal reorganization.” While Republicans have characterized the effort to block changes to the USPS as a distraction during the 2020 election, a number of Democrats have said their fears have not been alleviated by DeJoy’s recent statements about vote-by-mail. Democrats in the Senate and in the House have peppered DeJoy with questions in hearings ranging from his recent changes to the USPS to his understanding of how much it costs to mail a postcard (he did not know). On Aug. 22, the House voted to appropriate $25 billion in emergency funding to the USPS and block the changes DeJoy had made. Trump has threatened to veto the measure and it’s unlikely it will be taken up in the Republican-led Senate. All Minnesotans in Congress voted along party lines, with Republicans voting against it. Republicans, like First District Rep. Jim Hagedorn, have said the entire focus on USPS is a sideshow. Hagedorn called the concerns in the bill about USPS changes a “conspiracy theory,” criticizing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “Instead of negotiating in good faith to deliver needed and sensible relief to our farmers, workers, small businesses and families, the speaker has chosen to peddle a baseless conspiracy theory that is meant to deteriorate the American people’s confidence in our system of free and fair elections,” said Hagedorn, who represents Minnesota’s

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First, said in a statement after the vote. “Her actions are nothing short of despicable.” In Minnesota, Attorney General Keith Ellison announced a lawsuit (along with 13 other states) against USPS on Aug. 18, saying that mail sorting capacity in the Twin Cities had been reduced from 200,000 pieces of mail per hour to 100,000 pieces of mail per hour. The attorney general’s office also said that three mail sorting machines may have been deactivated and that six more, at the time the lawsuit was announced, may be deactivated as well. Only after the condemnation did DeJoy say that he would delay the changes until after the election. But emails sent to branch managers around the U.S in late August, obtained by VICE, show that the USPS will not be reconnecting machines they have already disconnected. “If true, that’s why we haven’t just dropped our lawsuit based on what DeJoy said, because we need to have a specific agreement that is enforceable before we back off,” Ellison said in an interview. The Attorney General said he believes the reasoning for the changes are twofold: “The most immediate one is to advantage the president in the upcoming election. But then it’s a part of a longer term trend where they’ve been trying to privatize the post office for years,” he said. While disadvantaging those that vote-by-mail is a concern, so are the everyday implications of the changes at USPS. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, typically an advocate expanding ballot access, is also concerned about how the changes have impacted shipping. “One small business owner in St. Paul, who designs hats, faced an unprecedented delay in receiving a shipment of supplies and as a result nearly missed her own delivery deadline for her customers,” Klobuchar said in a statement. “These sole proprietors cannot reach their customers without the USPS, and their business model is directly threatened by needless delivery delays.” Klobuchar’s concerns are shared with Minnesota’s postal workers unions, who have suggested that the greatest impact to mail services may be around the December holidays, with a reduction of service diminishing their ability to deliver packages on time. Union leaders said that some people are only getting mail a few days a week, even when postal workers stay out until 8 and 9 p.m. But the same leaders, during a virtual roundtable of Minnesota postal workers hosted by Rep. Dean Phillips, Democrat of

Minnesota’s Third District, also said they were confident that election mail will be delivered. Regional representatives for the USPS in Minnesota, western Wisconsin, Iowa and the Quad Cities Area in Illinois agreed, saying the postal service has more than enough capacity to handle voting by mail, contradicting DeJoy’s initial letter. But union members are worried about how these changes will impact shipping. “I’m more worried about the long term effect, the holidays and further out,” said Peggy Wheeler from the American Postal Workers Union. Samantha Hartwig, president of the Minneapolis branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers, said in an interview that mail received by the city’s post offices, before the changes, was typically sent out the next day. That pace has slowed, but the city is not experiencing huge stacks of mail backed up. But even then, some affiliated with USPS suggested that they are very concerned about voting by mail. “Do I believe that the intentions are

to destroy the mail service, destroy the unions and create havoc with our backbone of our democracy, our right to vote?” former St. Paul Postal Workers Union President Tom Edwards asked at a rally in support of USPS last Saturday. “Yes, I really do.” Article continues after advertisement How will it impact voting by mail in Minnesota? Republican political strategists have long tried to restrict voting rights, with some, including Trump, outright suggesting that the current barriers to voting help them win. Trump’s own words lend credibility to the idea that he aims to prevent voters from using vote by mail. Last Saturday the president tweeted that vote by mail would allow people to vote multiple times (it does not). “So now the Democrats are using Mail Drop Boxes, which are a voter security disaster,” he said in part. White House staff have also devoted their time to trying to discredit vote-by-mail, saying that universal mail-in voting would lead to fraud (research suggests it would not).

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Matthew John Miner 9/24/1958 – 8/22/2020 Matthew John Miner, 61, died unexpectedly at the place he loved best, his beautiful home on Island Lake, after a battle with cancer. Matt was born in Grand Rapids, Minn., the third of James and Luciya Miner’s seven children. He grew up in Duluth’s Woodland neighborhood near the family’s Piggly Wiggly grocery store. He attended St. John’s School and later graduated from Cathedral High School. After graduation, Matt began his 44-year career in the fam-ily business. Matt began as a meat cutter at the Piggly Wiggly and Miller Hill Super One stores, and went on to join the Miner’s, Inc. corporate team as a member of the Board of Directors and as the Facilities Director. He had oversight of 41 retail locations, wholesale distribution center, transportation de-partment and shopping locations. He showed great pride in watching his children Patty, Luke and Hunter as they became fourth generation members of Super One Food. Matt’s truest joy was his children and grandchildren. He leaned on his family for inspiration and strength during his battle with cancer. He will be sorrowfully missed. Due to COVID concerns, private family services will be held. If so desired, in lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank. Arrangements by Dougherty Funeral Home.

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Sarah ‘Sally’ Lemker 11/13/1931 – 8/23/2020 Sarah Isabel “Sally” Lemker, 88, died peacefully with her husband Alfred by her side at Saint Luke’s Hospital in Duluth. Sally was born on November 13, 1931 in the South Side of Chicago during the height of the Great Depression, but also spent many of her childhood years in Saint Louis. She graduated from Saint Louis University with a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy and worked for McDonnell Douglas and General Electric before moving to Duluth with Al in 1956 where she was the Civilian Master Planner at the Air Force base. In her later years, she found her true calling as a U.S. Coast Guard licensed charter sailing captain in the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior, which will forever be known to close family and friends as Sally’s Lake. She was also a licensed pilot. She was a true free spirit, a proponent of the Equal Rights Amendment, and aided in the campaign of her friend Rosalie Wahl, the first woman in state history named to the Minnesota Supreme Court. Love was the foundation of everything Sally did, and we will cherish her memory and live her inspiration, always. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Benedictine Living Community, also in Duluth. Arrangements by Dougherty Funeral Home, 600 Second Street, Duluth.

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Connie Carl 1936 – 8/11/2020 Connie Carl, 84, Ocala, Fla., died peacefully with her husband Ed and sons Tim, Dan and Jared by her side in the Ocala Florida Trauma Center. She had just celebrated her 65th wedding anniversary on July 23. Connie and Ed were originally from Duluth where she worked as an executive secretary at UMD in the Placement Department and retired in 1998 when they moved to The Villages Florida Retirement Community where she spent the last 21 years. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund in Connie Carl’s name has been set up. Donations to St. Jude Children Research Hospital would be appreciated. April A. Lobb 2/16/1959 – 8/22/2020 April A. Lobb, 61, of Austin, Minn. and formerly of Superior, died unexpectedly at home. She was born in Chicago, daughter of Charles and Marlene (Doolittle) Pattee. For many years, April owned a home daycare business in Superior. In recent years she worked as a receptionist at the Family Eye Care Center in Austin. Jerrold M. Peterson 1/5/1940 – 8/23/2020 Jerrold M. (Jerry) Peter-son, 80, of Duluth died with his loving wife, Carol, by his side. His passing ends a long struggle with Lewy Body Dementia. Jerry was born in Minneapolis to Melvin L. and Ruth E. Peterson. When he was 6 years old, his family moved to Lombard, Ill. Jerry graduated from Glenbard High School and earned a B.A. in Economics from Knox College. It was there that he met Jory Henwood Henry, and they were married on Sept. 8, 1962. Jerry and Jory moved to Duluth the summer of 1969, where Jerry joined the Economics faculty at

the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD). Over the years, Jerry authored more than 250 professional articles, books, and other publications. He also directed the Bureau of Business and Economic Research, was instrumental in establishing the Natural Resources Research Institute, served as the Institute’s first acting coordinator in 1984, and taught economics to some 20,000 UMD students before he retired in January 2007. Steven G. Robarge 5/22/1948 – 8/15/2020 Steven G. Robarge, 72, of Duluth died after fighting a long battle with cancer. He was born to Harvey and Elizabeth Robarge. He graduated from Clovervalley High school and after was drafted to the Army where he fought in the Vietnam War and received a Purple Heart. He married his wife Nancy of 41 years in 1979. He went on to master many trades, including logging for many years. He ultimately worked at the BNSF railroad. His pride was his family, working and always wiling to help others. Albert C. Rehrer, Sr. 9/5/1944 – 8/24/2020 Albert C. Rehrer, Sr., 75, of Superior, died at Superior Rehabilitation Center. Al was born in Brooklyn, NY, the son of Veronica (Golic) and Charles M. Rehrer. He had worked as a security guard in Fort Meyers, Fl and also worked at the Superior Vocational Center. He was a member of the Superior Moose Lodge. Al enjoyed fishing, going for rides on his electric scooter, playing Bingo, and going to the 4th of July Parade. He was a wonderful husband, father, and grandfather. Visitation will be held Saturday, Sept. 5, from 10-11 am at Downs Funeral Home, Superior. A graveside service will follow at 11:30 am at Graceland Cemetery.

Suzanne M. Salo 11/25/1952 – 8/27/2020 Suzanne M. Salo, 67, of Superior, died peacefully at Superior Rehabilitation Center after a long illness. She was born in Superior, daughter of Melvin and Helen (Maki) Swanson. Suzanne loved music and especially enjoyed attending live concerts. She also loved to write. She was an avid antique collector and a great cook. Her favorite thing to do was just to be outdoors enjoying nice weather. She was very witty and had a contagious sense of humor. Visitation will be at p.m. until the 3 p.m. service, Sept. 3 at Downs Funeral Home, Superior. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery. Luncheon to follow at The Capri, 1224 Tower Ave. James Settergren 8/13/1935 – 9/16/2020 James Settergren, 85, died after a lengthy progression of Parkinson’s disease. He was born to Carl and Vera (Erickson) Settergren in St. Paul, Minn. Jim grew up in south Minneapolis where he shared many adventures with his older brothers. He graduated from Roosevelt High School then went to the University of Minnesota and graduated with a business degree. He served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1961. Upon leaving the Army he worked with his Dad and brothers for a short time in the family hardware business. In 1955, he married the love of his life, Carol Werhan. In 1971, Jim and Carol settled in rural Gnesen Township where they raised their family and made lifelong friends. His kind character always made for excellent company. Jim’s strong will and loving, helpful manner will be dearly missed by all who knew him.

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Dear Heloise: How do I get rid of weevils in my pantry? -– Janice in Indiana Janice, first take everything out of your pantry and cabinets. Destroy boxes and bags that have any trace of weevil activity in them. Check everything, including cereal, flour, spices, dry pet food, pasta, dry beans, etc. To destroy unhatched eggs, place items in which weevils are not visible in the freezer for four days. Next, scrub your shelves with hot, soapy water. After that, spray shelves and doors with an insecticide, making sure you get every crevice. Close the doors and leave the pantry and cabinets shut for at least four hours. (Overnight is better.) After doing all of the above, put ev-

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erything in sealable jars before returning the food to the shelves. Also, buy smaller quantities of staples and freeze them before opening and using. This is a good habit to get into to keep weevils out of your home. – Heloise SPICED VINEGAR Dear Heloise: I’m looking for a homemade salad dressing recipe. Do you have one? – Loretta, via email Loretta, I sure do! This one is great on salads or even as a marinade for chicken. You’ll need: 1 quart cider vinegar 1/2 ounce celery seed 1/3 ounce dried mint 1/3 ounce dried parsley 1 clove garlic 3 small onions (peeled) 3 whole cloves 1 teaspoon whole peppercorns 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg 1 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon brandy (optional) Salt to taste Put all of the ingredients into a glass container and cover. Let stand for three weeks, then strain and bottle.

Tina, it’s this easy. Just rub butter or shortening over the potatoes before you bake them. – Heloise

Meet sweet, smiling Oliver, a 7-pound, 13-year-old Chihuahua. This easy-to-make recipe and other homemade dressings can be yours. Order at Heloise.com, or sent $3 along with a long, self-addressed, stamped (70 cents) envelope to Heloise/SSS, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 782795001. FYI: Spices and herbs will keep a long time if they are stored in air-tight containers away from heat, moisture and light. – Heloise BAKED POTATOES Dear Heloise: How can I keep the skins of my baked potatoes from cracking? –Tina in Colorado

STICKY PROBLEM Dear Heloise: I had a recipe that called for honey, but after I poured it out of the measuring cup, too much of it stuck to the glass and was very hard to get out. Any hints on this problem? – Karen in Minnesota Karen, to make syrup or honey flow faster and easier, fill your measuring cup with very hot water and let it sit for a few seconds, then pour out the water just before you pour in the honey to be measured. – Heloise SOFT COOKIES Dear Heloise: How can I keep my cookies soft in my cookie jar? – Faith in Delaware Faith, just place a slice or two of resh bread in the jar before placing your cookies inside. This should keep them soft and fresh tasting. – Heloise (c)2020 by King Features Syndicate Inc.

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Maurice woke up the world Joe: Use these points to tell us what you are going to do

First, a little story of how my French brothers and sisters run a civilized country. Maurice was a happy rooster in his backyard on the island of Oleron off the French coast. He guarded three hens, even if he was getting a bit cantankerous and doddering in his sixth year. He still woke everybody up in his neighborhood with a puffed-up chest early in the morning, crowing his trills. But the rich Parisians who fled from coronavirus to the island wanted to sleep in. So they sued Maurice’s owner and him for crowing too early. Ah, a great French cultural war fight. More than 140,000 signed a petition to allow Maurice to continue crowing

his morning wakeup. After all, the crowing Gallic rooster is the eternal symbol of France. When the case got to court the French judge decided in favor of Maurice and fined the rich 1,000 euros for bringing the case. The judge declared: “This rooster was not being unbearable. He was just being himself.” The money was to be used to make Maurice and his hens more comfortable. Alas, Maurice died of old age shortly after the judgment, but the money will be used to support another rooster and the hens. That’s called justice in France.

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historian, an expert in the field of foreign policy, and a retired colonel in the U.S. Army who served in Vietnam and lost a son there. As a professor at Boston University he has specialized in military history and foreign policy. I have been following his work for years. Recently he wrote an article in TomDispatch recommending Joe Biden execute many policies in his first month in office. I have edited his and thrown in a few ideas of my own. Actually, they follow the platform of Bernie Sanders more than they do of Joe’s. We are living in an unfortunate time in history because we have one candidate who is a narcissistic psychopath and psychologically incapable of presiding over anybody. Evidently we have had Trumps around for thousands of years. More than 2,000 years ago Roman statesman Cicero warned us: “A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. For the traitor appears not a traitor – he speaks the accents familiar to his victims, and he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation – he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of a city – he infests the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared.” The other option is Joe Biden, a 77-year-old living example of the Peter Principle, a pweson who has reached his level of competence serving in the Senate. It is not a time to “return to normal” as he has proposed. Joe, “normal” ain’t good enough. The American people, particularly the young, have had enough of “normal.” Joe, returning to “normal” could be your most dangerous choice. You are too much like H.L. Mencken’s definition of a politician: “If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.” It’s time for a revolution in politics in the Divided States of America. Democrats have to live with what we have – and we have dozens of bright, competent humane politicians. Most of them are women. Put them in your cabinet to help you run the country.

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1. Income Inequality: Before COVID-19, 80% of American families lived paycheck-to-paycheck. Now they

are in worse shape with more than 50 million unemployed, with millions on the eviction lists, and others wait-ing in food bank lines miles long. Meanwhile, during the pandemic, American billionaires got $637 billion richer. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg’s wealth increased 59% and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos increased his world-leading wealth by 39%. The richest family in the world, the Walton’s of Walmart fame, added $25 billion to their savings accounts. Why did a headline in the Wall Street Journal proclaim: “As Harris Joins Biden’s Ticket, Wall Street Exhales In Relief?” You need to appoint Elizabeth Warren as Secretary of the Treasury to supervise and tax those bandits. 2. Health Care: Why does the average childbirth cost $10,808 and $30,000 (pre-natal through post-natal) for overall costs? Even those with employer-provided insurance average $4,569 out-of-pocket fees. New French parents don’t even get a bill while receiving maternity leave and all kinds of assistance for new mothers. It seems the French care about families. 3. Gun Control: The National Rifle Association, the gun manufacturers, and the Republican Party have been complicit in creating a gun culture that kills 100 and wounds 350 Americans a day, some still in the womb and some a century old. And it’s going to get worse. We have had a tremendous increase in firearm sales since the pandemic started. In the 1930s Hitler had his SA (Storm Detachment), called the Brownshirts, that conducted the “blood purge” of the Jews in 1936 in what is called Kristallnacht or Night of the Broken Glass, that destroyed Jewish businesses. Then the SA morphed to the dreaded SS that supervised the Holocaust, killing six million Jews, gays, and the mentally and physically handicapped. Now we have Trump’s militia called Boogaloos wearing Hawaiian shirts strutting around threatening protesters and invading state capitols to intimidate legislators with AR-15s loaded with 30 and 100-round magazines, and wearing body armor and cammy pants. More murders are inevitable. 4. COVID-19 Control: If you are elected, immediately announce a concrete national strategy to defeat the spread of the virus. Come up with a universal mask policy with teeth that will help defeat the virus. 5. Social Media: Joe: If you are

elected, immediately close down your Twitter account and all other social media. Bacevich has a good sentence about social media: “Your predecessor transformed a presidency that had acquired pretensions into an office best described as a cesspool of grotesque demagoguery.” 6. World Health Organization: Rejoin it on the first day of your presidency. Pay our annual fees. 7. Inauguration: Take the oath of office in the White House before immediate family only. Cancel all celebrations, parades, speeches, and festivities. Have lunch with VicePresident Kamala Harris and get to work. 8. Climate Change: By executive order rejoin the Paris Climate Accords and agree to make a down payment on the $2 trillion New Green Deal developed by the young. The latest report indicates that the melting of the Greenland ice cap may be irreversible. Goodbye Miami, Houston, and Washington, D.C. What is this crap about the Democratic National Committee secretly removing a platform statement calling for the removal of subsidies for the oil companies? Are they short of money? 9. Border Wall: Issue an executive order on January 20 closing down all construction on border walls. The Chinese Wall and the Berlin Wall did not work either. 10. Nuclear Weapons: Instruct the Pentagon to stop spending $2 trillion “modernizing” nuclear weapons. Transfer the money to the State Department so it can improve relationships around the world. Start negotiations with the other nuclear powers to eliminate nuclear weapons. 11. Student Debt: More than 44 million Americans from Gen X to the elderly have $1.6 trillion is student debt. Pay it off now – and make college free – by increasing the taxes on the One Percent who own 50% of all stocks and on the Ten Percent who

own 92%. The Ten Percent are playing the Monopoly game on Wall Street. Sixteen other developed countries have succeeded in having a higher ratio of their citizens earn degrees. Remember: the rich got a $1.9 tax cut from King Donald. Let’s get it back so college graduates can buy homes, cars, and get married. 12. High Speed Internet: K-12 schools and universities trying to teach virtual courses during the pandemic are failing to do so because we have not made high speed Internet a public utility. Finland supplies a computer and high-speed Internet and maintains it in every home. Other countries make it a public utility. We have 17 million children living in homes without high-speed Internet and seven million who do not have a computer in the home. Disgraceful. In Mississippi and Arkansas 40% of the children do not have high-speed Internet. In Los Angeles 250,000 homes with schoolaged children do not have computers. Educators have long believed highspeed Internet is absolutely essential at every level of education. Zombies on the Trump Federal Communications Commission do not agree. 13. State Department: Revitalize the State Department by reserving all senior diplomatic appointments, including ambassadorships, to senior Foreign Service officers. Ban the practice of selling ambassadorships to big campaign contributors. 14. Supreme Court: Remember in 2013 when Chief Justice John Roberts decimated the voter rights law and wrote that the election of Barack Obama indicated we no longer had a race problem? He was a Republican at work, not a judge. Immediately restore the original law to control Republican voter suppression. Further, discuss retirement with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and promise her you will appoint a liberal woman jurist of color to the Court. Roberts also said gerrymandering was not a problem the

courts should handle. Push Congress to ban the practice. 15. Environmental Regulations: Restore all pollution, drilling, and environmental regulations dropped by the Trump Administration. Cancel all changes made by Trump to national monuments. 16. NATO: Restore relationships with NATO member countries, but inform them the U.S. will pull all forces out of Europe over a ten-year span so they should prepare to provide their own security instead of depending upon the U.S. 17. China: Invite China to cooperate with us in lowering greenhouse gases and to gradually decrease the use of fossil fuels, particularly coal. 18. Rest and Relaxation: After a busy month behind the Oval Office desk, take a day off to recharge your 77-year-old batteries. Remember you are getting quite long in the tooth in a job that would destroy younger men. 19. Crime and Punishment: Appoint a national commission to study American racism, crime and punishment, police departments and unions, sentence guidelines, and rehabilitation. 20. Iran Nuclear Agreement: Rejoin the agreement engineered by Barack Obama signed by the U.S., Germany, Great Britain, China, France, and Russia to restrict the timeline of Iran’s

threat to build nuclear weapons. 21. Taxes: In 2018 the 400 richest families paid a lower tax rate than average middle-class workers. About six months ago the CEOs of the 181 companies of the Business Roundtable stated that capitalism must be based on stakeholders instead of shareholders. In other words, companies need to share profits with workers. Joe, why are 70% of those 181 companies registered in Delaware? Because it is a tax haven like South Dakota is for credit card companies and rich families. Your job is to get corporations to pay their fair share of taxes instead of dumping money in Panama, Monaco, the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Ireland, and the other tax havens in the world. Joe, I see the Democratic National Committee and you pulled a real stupid when you gave AOC, the most exciting bright young politician we have seen since Barack Obama, a whole 60 seconds to talk to the convention. She wouldn’t have been there at all except Bernie invited her to nominate him under the rules. That was a grievous error. She is now Joan of Arc of the party. She demolished her last political opponent by 50 points! You had better take good care of her or she and her millennials will bury you.

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Mining, fossil fuels, police and guns: Why Iron Range Mayor supports Trump

By Walker Orenstein Just before Vice President Mike Pence gave a speech in Duluth on Friday, the Trump campaign released a letter from six mayors in northeast Minnesota endorsing the president for re-election. It was meant to illustrate the Iron Range’s rightward shift from a Democratic stronghold to a source of votes Republicans hope will help them flip Minnesota red in the November election. The mayors – from Virginia, Chisholm, Ely, Two Harbors, Eveleth and Babbitt – together accused Joe Biden of doing “nothing to help the working class,” in part by supporting “bad trade deals.” (For instance: Many on the Iron Range strongly opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership under President Barack Obama. President Trump scrapped the proposed deal.) In an interview, Larry Cuffe, the mayor of Virginia, described himself as a “lifelong Democrat.” Cuffe was first elected mayor in 2014 after a stint on the city council. He spent 30 years as a police officer, retiring in 2010 as an investigator for the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Department. He said his first vote for any Republican was Trump,

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whom he endorsed in 2016 along with several of the other mayors who signed the letter Friday. Since then, Cuffe has broadly supported the GOP. He twice endorsed Republican U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber for the 8th Congressional District seat, and is now backing GOP Senate Cuffe candidate Jason Lewis over incumbent DFLer Tina Smith. What changed? Cuffe said Republicans are stronger supporters of iron mining and two proposed copper-nickel mines, issues that have at times split Democrats. The mayor said Virginia’s economy is heavily dependent on mining and health care. But Cuffe also said the GOP aligns with his anti-abortion views and pro-gun ownership views. The mining industry has not always thrived under Trump. As demand for steel dropped while governors across the country shuttered businesses to curb the spread of COVID-19, four of the region’s six taconite mines laid off more than 1,800 workers. About 4,000 people work at the mines. The industry has since bounced back, though U.S. Steel’s Keetac mine remains idled. MinnPost talked with Cuffe to learn more about his continued support for Trump and his criticisms of Biden. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. MinnPost: A lot of people credit the Obama administration for 2016

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tariffs that were aimed at stopping steel dumping for sparking revival on the Iron Range. Given your Trump endorsement, how would you respond to that? Larry Cuffe: I know that President Obama, at the request of (former) Congressman (Rick) Nolan, they brought up his chief of staff, (Denis) McDonough, who was from this area, to hear out all the mining executives and of course some of the elected officials. I was fortunately one who was invited to listen to what they had to say and talk about mining and how that works. And they had the tariffs that were put on. I think tariffs are important from a temporary perspective. I don’t think broad tariffs on a permanent basis could be helpful long term for the economy, at least that’s what economists say. They’re put in place to correct a specific issue. So tariffs across the board probably aren’t good but tariffs for some individual specific things, for sure, for a time, are. And so tariffs brought forth in a variety of areas can be helpful. MP: So you think that was a positive development? LC: I think so, yes. MP: I ask because in your endorsement letter, it says Joe Biden did nothing to help the working class. And Democrats have used the Obama administration’s tariffs to critique that. Do you give any credit to Biden or do you not trust that he would continue to do things like that if he was elected? LC: Well, my opinion is that the working class right now was suffering as a result of when President Obama and Vice President Biden were in. Part of the working class up here suffered significantly. I mean, it was only in the last part of his term that the tariffs took hold. And during the whole time … our iron industry was suffering. We weren’t running on full tilt. Our economic engine wasn’t running. The mining companies, they don’t pay property taxes here. They pay a production tax to the state and we get money from the state for the production tax. So the less production, the less tax revenue we get and therefore the less, the rest of the economy suffers. And when they’re in the ancillary employment that supports mining, there were a lot of

people laid off as a result of that. There is the ups and downs in mining. I don’t begrudge, I don’t say President Obama, Vice President Biden, that it was their fault. I just said it was a product of not having those tariffs in place or addressing those in 2008, 2009, 2010 and in 2011. MP: I know at one point during the pandemic, there were more than a thousand people out of work at the taconite mines because of the economic slowdown during the pandemic. The U.S. in many measures is doing poorly handling the disease. Do you fault the federal government and President Trump at all for the mining slowdown? LC: My view is the pandemic caused that. I mean, when people get sick, rules are put in place trying to protect the general population from a pandemic, which is a rare occurrence. Whether it’s President Trump and Vice President Pence, or whether it was President Obama or Vice President Biden, this is a pandemic that had to be handled and I don’t think it was mishandled. I mean, you have to react based upon what you have, and you look at what your reserves are. And when you look at the reserves being depleted with the [N95 respirator masks] back when we had that big H1N1 flu epidemic, when President Obama was in place, there were [respirators] that did not get replaced. Well, you can’t blame President Obama for that either. So I don’t blame President Trump. I think they did the best they can to try to handle this pandemic and then accelerated and brought to bear all the doctors and the researchers and the scientists in order to fight this thing to try to find a way in which to move forward. And when you lay out some rules and regulations, stipulations regarding the pandemic, it’s up to the citizenry, it’s up to the people in the communities to abide by those things. …And now the mines have made an adjustment, they’re up and running almost full bore right now. And so our sales tax revenue is where it’s supposed to be now, which was newly established to put a new convention center in. And so we’re moving forward with that. MP: In your letter, it says the Iron

The Pence rally and its counter

Vice presidential candidate Mike Pence made an official campaign stop in Duluth Aug. 28 at the Clure Public Marine Terminal. Shortly beforehand, progressives held their own rally at Duluth Civic Center. (Pictured speaker is Dr. Mary Owen.) Most attendees at the civic center wore masks, while attendees at the Pence rally crowded together maskless. (Photos by Richard Thomas) Range is “roaring back to life.” What did you mean by that? LC: I believe it’s roaring back because now that the mining companies – and there are several mines around this area – … they’re all fully operational. They’re operating at full capacity and they’re driving the rest of the economy because mining of course is the economic driver for this area and all the ancillary services that go along with mining – the parts (industry), the services, the grocery stores, the retail spaces, all benefit as a result of the vibrancy of the mining industry, which increases our labor force here. And so I think that’s what we meant by roaring back from where it was before. MP: What’s an example of a policy that President Trump supports that you believe would help the Iron Range should he be re-elected? Is there something he has specifically advocated for in his second term that you feel would be crucial? LC: Well I keep harping on the mining industry, but he’s a strong supporter of fossil fuels. And I believe that we have to rely on fossil fuels (to power mining), at least in the short term and in the near future, until we find a biomass or some other alternative system, that might be effective to the point where it can provide all those services. We’re not there yet. He supports fossil fuels, he supports hard rock mining. He supports the precious metal (copper-nickel) mining. He supports the delivery of oil as part of an economic driver, the Line 3

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pipeline, which is already in place, all they have to do is replace it. And so he supports all those issues and those help our economy. And so I think if I had to pick one thing – I can give you other issues about the platform itself – but that helps the Iron Range significantly. MP: What else do you want people to know? LC: I can just tell you that as a lifelong Democrat and most of us … it’s about the Democratic platform now as opposed to what the Democratic platform was 15 years ago. We have our elected officials here who basically have the same values that are currently displayed in the Republican platform. I can just give you the example that we support our police officers and our military veterans. In fact, all around the city of Virginia, there are signs that are in people’s yards that were purchased by a group of business owners that said support law enforcement and first responders. That’s a big deal for even our elected officials, our Democratic officials. Then the support for mining is very strong within our Democratic electorate up here. And I’m going to give you one example: Tom Bakk, who was a carpenter’s union representative, was elected as a (state) senator. And he was the majority leader. And then when the Democrats lost the Senate, the minority leader. And he has been ousted as the (Senate) minority leader of the state of Minnesota. And he was … a very strong supporter for the Iron Range. And we supported him 100 percent and continue to do so. But he lost his chairmanship, because of mining.

And then there’s a strong belief in the Second Amendment, the right not only to bear arms, but to keep arms. And then the late-term abortion, right to life thing … So there’s a lot of things. … For the most part we kind of have the credo that we stand for our flag and we kneel to pray. You know, where there’s a really strong support for America, standing for the flag and what the flag represents. And not using the flag as a tool to dishonor our country. MP: So you’re going to vote for Pete Stauber, and you’re going to vote for Trump. Are you going to vote for

longtime incumbent Democrat David Tomassoni for state Senate? LC: Yep. MP: How come? LC: Well because I’ve known him for a lot of years and he stands for those principles we just talked about. I’m not a full ticket Republican moving forward. If there was a Republican candidate that I thought was a better candidate, I would consider voting for him. But Sen. Tomassoni has been there for a long time, he’s supported the Iron Range, he stands for these principles that we all stand for up here.

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incidence.” Father Cory Catron, closer to the epicenter near Sparta, also felt the quake and said it made for “good homily material.” As his services ended later that morning, an aftershock rattled his church. [Charlotte Observer, 8/10/2020] The mother of invention As wildfires tore through parts of California on Aug. 19, Chad Little of Vacaville and his family prepared to evacuate, but Little changed his mind and decided to stay, he told KCRA. The family is in the process of rebuilding the home they lost five years ago in an attic fire, and “I can’t let it go,” he said. Little had hoses ready, but when the electricity went out, the water was cut off, so he grabbed a rake to clear away dry grass. As his cars and then his shop began to catch fire, he reached for the only liquid he had -- cans of Bud Light, shaking and spraying them at the fire, dousing the flames just before firefighters arrived. “My buddies all tease me about drinking waterbeer,” he said. “I say, ‘Hey, it saved my shop.’” He also managed to save his home. [KCRA, 8/21/2020] Rude Sonja Lee has been struggling to make rent on her Houston apartment since losing her job in March, and has talked with her landlord about payment arrangements, but on Aug. 17, she received an eviction notice in the form of a piece of paper taped to her door that read, “Guess who’s moving? You!!!” accompanied by a smiley face emoji and a demand to turn in her keys by 6 o’clock that night. “So y’all think it’s funny,” Lee told ABC 13 News. “There was nothing funny about that.” The apartment complex owner said the manager has been disciplined and has apologized. [ABC 13 News, 8/20/2020]

Questionable judgment Balladeer James Blunt recently revealed that early in his college years at the University of Bristol, he adopted a completely carnivorous diet in order to prove his manliness, according to Men’s Health. “I just lived on mince, some chicken, maybe with some mayonnaise, and it took me about six to eight weeks to get very, very unhealthy and see a doctor, who said, ‘I think you’ve got the symptoms of scurvy,’” he confessed in a podcast. In response, Blunt tried to reverse the vitamin C deficiency that causes scurvy by drinking a liter of orange juice every night, which caused him to develop acid reflux. “So as you can see, yeah, food is not necessarily my forte.” [Men’s Health, 8/20/2020] Government in action Kelly Eroglu in Cwmbran, Wales, was disappointed when her petition to open a coffee shop catering to bicyclists, and including parking spaces for bikes, was turned down by the local planning board because it lacked sufficient parking for cars. “It’s crazy,” Eroglu told The Guardian in mid-August, “because the Welsh government have prioritized (about $450 million) to improve walking and cycling within Wales.” Eroglu is planning to appeal. “No way am I giving up,” she said. [The Guardian, 8/20/2020] News you can use Police in Brockville, Ontario, Canada, say a homeowner ignored a warning from his pet parrot on Aug. 17 because the bird “isn’t always a reliable source of information,” CTV reported. As a thief entered the home through an unlocked door, authorities said, the parrot issued a friendly “hello,” which didn’t alert the homeowner or deter the man from taking a credit card from a wallet. A neighbor photographed the suspect leaving the scene and security cameras later caught a 33-year-old man using the stolen card at a store, said police, who arrested him. [CTV, 8/20/2020] Least Competent Criminals • Herbert McClellan, 27, took advantage of a distracted clerk at a Speedway gas station in Clearwater, Florida, on Aug. 18 to snatch about $100 worth of scratch-off lottery tickets, according to police, who were alerted by store employees a few hours later when McClellan returned to the store to claim the $30 prize offered by one of the tickets. Fox13 reported McClellan was charged with petit theft and dealing in stolen property. [Fox13,

8/21/2020] • Police in Hollywood, Florida, had little trouble tracking down a trio of thieves who broke into nearly 30 homes, stealing more than $150,000 in cash, weapons, mobile phones, electronics, jewelry, a vehicle and more, because all three were “already on pretrial release for previous crimes and ... wearing court-ordered GPS ankle bracelet monitors,” Officer Christian Lata said. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Zion Odain Denvor Hall, 21; Tyrek Davontae Williams, 19; and Tremaine Raekwon Hill, 18, were arrested on Aug. 14 and charged with charged with burglary, grand theft and racketeering. Police believe they’re part of a larger organization committing criminal acts throughout South Florida. Additional charges are to come. [South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 8/18/2020] Yikes! Workers at the James H. Cole funeral home in Detroit got a start when a body they were about to begin embalming came to life, the Associated Press reported. On Aug. 23, fire department paramedics in suburban Southfield were called to a home where they found 20-year-old Timesha Beauchamp unresponsive. After trying to resuscitate her for a half-hour, they consulted an ER doctor, who “pronounced the patient deceased based upon medical information provided” from the scene, according to the fire department. She was transported to the funeral home where, more than an hour later, she opened her eyes, and staff summoned emergency crews to take her to a hospital, where she was listed in critical condition. [Associated Press, 8/25/2020] Inexplicable Kirk Mathes of Barre, New York, returned to his farm from out of town to find a large safe on his property with a note attached saying whoever opened the safe could have the contents. Mathes told WHAM the safe has attracted so much attention that local deputies had to shoo away a large crowd trying to break it open with sledgehammers on Aug. 13. For now, he has moved the safe to one of his barns (he estimates it weighs 500 to 600 pounds), but he has no interest in seeing what’s inside. “If you open it, the show is over. In these times ... it might get people a chance to ... have a lot of fun talking about it,” Mathes said. “My personal feeling is, leave it as a mystery.” [WHAM, 8/19/2020]

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When wildfires ravaged California wine country in 2017, four wine industry public relations pros swung into action with a GoFundMe campaign that raised nearly $100,000, plus matching funds from a handful of wineries. The four were San Francisco Bay Area-based Kimberly Charles, Tia Butts, Katie Calhoun and Rebecca Hopkins. As flames engulf much of California’s grape-growing regions once again, the ladies are back at it, plus Los Angelesbased Katherine Jarvis. In a press release, they note that California produces 81% of all wine made in the United States and is the world’s fourth-largest producer. They also noted that as of Aug. 24, there were 19 fires raging over an area covering 949,697 acres, with only 20% containment. The wine regions affected are all in Northern California, including the high-profile Napa and Sonoma that are significant tourist attractions. Their 2017 campaign was directed at farmworkers. In their Aug. 24 announcement, they pledged a similar effort. Anyone

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wishing to contribute to direct relief for those affected should visit the 2020 Wine Country Fire Relief Fund on the GoFundMe website. Anyone with questions should email press@ charlescomm.com or call Charles Communications at 415-730-0064. The California wine industry is an important component of the U.S. economy and employs more than 700,000 workers. Already rocked by COVID-19 shutdowns and, in some cases, severe reopening restrictions, the California wine industry is reeling. Wildfires as harvest approaches have become more common and grown in intensity in recent years. One colleague has seen her home burn twice in recent years. Evacuations have become common. Wine Spectator writer Tim Fish recently asked on Facebook how many bottles of wine he should pack in his “bug-out” bag. Yes, everyone in the fire zone is packed and ready to flee at a moment’s notice. The vineyards of Northern California are surrounded by heavily wooded hillsides that have dried out and are ready to burn by the end of summer. It doesn’t take much to spark a blaze. The most recent fires seem to have been started by lightning strikes. Even those a relative safe distance from the flames are affected by the smoke and poor air quality. Yes, these folks live in an idyllic setting and enjoy a lifestyle that is the envy of many. But there are times, and this is one, when it is a paradise lost.

Best Value Wines are rated on a 100-point scale. Wines are chosen for review because they represent outstanding quality or value, and the scores are simply a measure of this reviewer’s enthusiasm for the recommended wine. Gustave Lorentz 2018 Pinot Gris, Alsace, France ($19.99) – Value alert: This is one of the finest $20 white wines you will ever find. Perfectly balanced, combining richness and freshness, it shows luscious notes of dried apricot and peach, a hint of melon and impressive length on the palate. Back up the car; open the trunk; and load it by the case! Rating: 93. Tasting Notes Eponymous 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley ($59.99) – This is winemaker Bob Pepi’s label, and that fact alone merits respect. One of the finest winemakers in the Napa Valley, Pepi all too often flies under the radar as a consulting winemaker for various other brands. This vintage of Eponymous soars with richly layered dark fruits, a hint of graphite and impressive depth with big, bold tannins that will ensure longevity. Rating: 96. Canvasback 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Mountain ($84) – If you’re wondering why so many wine enthusiasts are excited about the wines of Washington, look no further than this beauty from Washington’s Red Mountain district. Bold and muscular, with impressive extract that would be the envy of top wineries in the

Napa Valley, the 2017 Canvasback is a towering example of Washington cabernet at its very best. This one shows aromas of blackberry and cassis, fine tannins and a long finish that delivers plenty of oak spice. Rating: 95. Jordan 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon, Alexander Valley ($58) – Jordan cabernet sauvignon has been a California classic for more than four decades, yet it surprisingly remains affordably within reach for those wine enthusiasts reluctant or unable to spend $100 or more (sometimes considerably more) for comparable California cabernet. The 2016 is an example of prime Jordan, with rich aromas of blackberry and cassis, a strong savory note, subtle oak spice and supple tannins. And it won’t break the bank. Rating: 95. Pascual Toso 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva, Maipu, Argentina ($24.99) – Though cabernet sauvignon in Argentina is overshadowed by the excellence of Argentine malbec, there does exist a fine lineup of Argentine cabs for those willing to look. Pascual Toso’s estate-grown grapes from the Maipu district of Mendoza deliver exceptional depth and complexity, which you will find in this outstanding Reserva. Notes of blackberry and blueberry with an overlay of wood spice and supple tannins make for a mighty tasty package. Rating: 90. Follow Robert on Twitter at @wineguru. Email Robert at whitleyonwine@yahoo. com.

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Every so often, we need a checkup. When you visit the doctor for almost any appointment, it’s common to answer some questions about your health. They can range from the medications you’re taking to whether or not you’re feeling sad or depressed. As fall approaches, it’s a good time to have a healthy eating checkup. There

are two questions that can help assess how you’re doing. No. 1: How often do you eat five or more serving of fruits and vegetables a day?

No. 2: How often do you consume sugary foods and drinks? It seems too simple that healthy eating can be assessed with those two questions. But they tell a lot

about where you’re at on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s MyPlate and Food Guide Pyramid. That’s because if your daily plate is filled with cookies and soda, it often means you

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aren’t consuming more nutrient-dense foods such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains and water or milk. And on the flip side, if you’re consistently eating five servings of fruits and vegetables every day, you aren’t hungry for other empty-calorie foods. Many of us plan our meals beginning with the meat or protein. Try instead planning around a salad, vegetable or fruit. MyPlate recommends that half your plate is filled with fruits and vegetables. Five a day means at least two meals need a fruit and vegetable, or you can have a fruit or vegetable for a snack. Fruit can offer a great ending to a meal as well, to replace that sugary dessert. Why focus on fruits and vegetables? They, along with whole grains, contain many of the nutrients your body needs. When it comes to sugary foods, think about having a glass of water before you reach for a soda or energy drink (yep, most of them have sugar). Try a baked apple or grilled peach for dessert instead of a cookie or cupcake. You’ll be surprised at how you can turn unhealthy eating into healthy eating with just these two goals.

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Q and A Q: What are some of the benefits of vitamin C, and what foods are good sources? A: Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin and is considered essential – meaning we have to consume it through foods or supplements because our body doesn’t make it on its own. Vitamin C plays vital roles in the maintenance of skin health and producing collagen. It’s also needed for the production of certain neurotransmitters and is involved in protein metabolism. It assists in wound healing and is an important antioxidant, which is thought to help prevent certain cancers. The recommended dietary allowance for vitamin C is 75 milligrams a day for women and 90 milligrams per day for men over 19. Good sources are citrus fruits, tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, kiwi, broccoli, strawberries and fortified foods. RECIPE I just made this wonderful salad for my family. It’s a great way to add a few more vegetables – and a boost of vitamin C from the lime juice

– to your diet. By roasting the sweet potatoes, you bring out the flavor. ROASTED SWEET POTATO AND BLACK BEAN SALAD 1 pound sweet potatoes 1 small red onion 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided 1/4 teaspoon salt Juice and zest from 1 lime 1 clove garlic, minced 1/2 teaspoon chili powder 1 cup cooked black beans, drained and rinsed if using canned 1/2 cup cilantro 1/4 cup pepitas Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Peel sweet potatoes. Cut them into 1/4-inch cubes, and place on a sheet tray. Chop onion into 1/4-inch pieces, and add to the tray. Drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil on top, and add 1/4 teaspoon of salt. Toss until sweet potatoes are well coated. Spread into a single layer, and roast until sweet potatoes are tender and starting to brown, 35 to 40 minutes. While the sweet potatoes are roasting, combine remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a jar with the lime juice, 1 teaspoon lime zest, minced garlic and chili powder. Shake well.

When the sweet potatoes are done, transfer to a bowl. Add in the black beans, pepitas and cilantro. Drizzle with the dressing, and toss until salad is combined. Serves 4. Per serving: 303 calories; 8.5 grams protein; 37.8 grams carbohydrates; 14.5 grams fat; 5.9 grams total sugars; 8.6 grams fiber; 220.7 milligrams sodium. Charlyn Fargo is a registered dietitian with SIU Med School in Springfield, Ill. For comments or questions, contact her at charfarg@aol.com or follow her on Twitter @NutritionRD. To find out more about Charlyn Fargo and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com

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Research on beer’s health benefits chugs along I once got so sick of stories about how wine is good for you that I set out in search of research about the benefits of beer. The resulting story appeared in scores of newspapers in the early part of this century. I forget when exactly, but you can Google it. I was known as Gannett’s Beer Man at the time, if that helps. I was recently reminded of those beery benefits when a woman forwarded a story to me titled “Could a Few Beers a Week Cut a Woman’s Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk?” The story from an issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism gave highlights of two Nurses’ Health Study reports that were summed up with this good news for women and the alcohol industry: “Overall, moderate use of any form of alcohol reduced the risk of rheumatoid arthritis by about 21

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It’s true! percent, but moderate beer drinking – two to four beers per week – cut women’s odds for the disease by nearly a third, the study found.” In her email to me, the woman wrote that the studies referenced “involve a large swath of women and frequently seem to result in findings that the medical community and others find pretty trustworthy. “I’m going to the store today and buying some beer. (I promise not to buy ‘lite’ or anything in one of those other categories you said not to buy a couple weeks ago!) I haven’t had much

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of the stuff for years (more the red wine person) but now am going to start on my 2 to 4 a week. My mother and her sister were both diagnosed with RA late in life. Both the disease and the treatment were nasty. How pleasant to think about the possibility of staving off a similar fate with a beer now and then.” Wow! The takeaway is that all booze is good for you, in moderation of course, but beer is best. I knew it all along! Here are some more beery health facts: • Moderate imbibers of any alcoholic drinks are less likely to suffer from heart disease according to a 2008 Journal of the American Dietetic Association article. Experts believe alcohol improves heart health by making blood less sticky so it’s less likely to clot by increasing levels of “good” HDL cholesterol while lowering unhealthy LDL cholesterol. • Numerous studies are looking at the highly potent antioxidant properties of xanthohumol, a major hop flavonoid that has potent estrogenic properties, so far the most estrogenic phytochemical discovered, according to one researcher I spoke with. • According to an article in the American Dietetic Association Times, researchers found that beer lowered the risk of kidney stones in men compared

to other alcoholic beverages, possibly due to its high water content and diuretic effect. Compounds in hops may also slow the release of calcium from bone that is implicated in kidney stones. • The barley in beer contains betaglucans – a type of soluble fiber credited with improving heart health by lowering cholesterol levels. A 12-ounce bottle of lager sports 0.75 grams of fiber while the same amount of dark beer boasts 1.3 grams. • Beer is a source of B vitamins such as folate, niacin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid and vitamins B6 and B12. One 12-ounce beer supplies three percent of the B12 and 12.5 percent of the vitamin B6 you need in a day. These two nutrients keep your heart healthy by lowering levels of homocysteine, an amino acid that may damage your arteries and encourage blood clots to form. • While heavy drinking can weaken bones, a couple of beers a day can make them stronger. Beer is rich in silicon, an element found in few foods and drinks, which has been linked to stronger bones. In a Tufts University study, men who drank between one to two beers a day had hip bone densities three-and-a-half to four-and-a-half times greater than teetotalers. So, belly up and take your liquid medicine!

Take-out tips when dining at home or those who sponsor local sports leagues. • Investigate food safety. Inquire about the safety measures restaurants are taking to ensure food safety. Most restaurants and delivery services are enacting even more safety measures than are required by law. Keep in mind, however, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said, “There is no evidence to support transmission of COVID-19 associated with food.” Simple handwashing after touching food packaging and your food or face may be sufficient. • Learn new protocol. Ask the business what their requirements are for ordering food. Some restaurants will bring the order directly to your car through curbside pickup. Others may enable you to enter the establishment if you are wearing a mask. Delivery only might be the policy at another establishment. Follow all rules, as they have been implemented to keep you and the

Although takeout has long been a convenience enjoyed by people around the world, in recent months takeout became a key way for many restaurants to stay afloat when the novel coronavirus COVID-19 forced many to close their facilities to customers. Restaurants have been allowed to remain open, though they have been forced to change their business models. In a matter of weeks, establishments that were not accustomed to offering takeout quickly reimagined their operations to offer curbside pickup or delivery options. In turn, many communities promoted movements to help keep restaurants afloat, with some encouraging residents to participate in Takeout Thursdays to patronize struggling

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business employees safe. • Pay by credit card. When placing an order for takeout or curbside pickup, pay by credit card online or over the phone if that is an option. This limits how much you and restaurant employees have to handle cards or cash. • Avoid direct handoffs. Ask the counter server or delivery person to put down your order and step away before you grab it. This is an extra step to combat the spread of the virus. Even as stay-at-home restrictions are being relaxed, takeout figures to remain popular. Certain tips can keep everyone well fed and safe and help bars and restaurants stay afloat.

bars, restaurants and delis. Takeout has always provided a respite from cooking meals at home, but it seems especially welcomed during the COVID-19 outbreak. Now more than ever, individuals and families could use a break from cooking three meals per day. When opting for takeout, consider these tasty tips. • Support small businesses. Independent restaurants could have a tougher time bouncing back from reduced sales and income than large restaurant chains. When seeking out food- and beverage-related businesses, lean heavily on mom-and-pop restaurants, many of which are pillars in their communities. These are the businesses whose owners may have children in your local schools September 3, 2020 25

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A quick way to prepare tasty tomatoes Tomatoes are a versatile ingredient in many meals that are just as delicious in a garden salad as they are stewed and simmered in a favorite sauce. Tomatoes are a major source of the antioxidant lycopene, which can reduce one’s risk of heart disease and cancer. Tomatoes also are a great source of vitamin C, potassium, folate, and vitamin K. Tomato products – such as ketchup, tomato juice, tomato paste and tomato sauces – are the richest dietary sources of lycopene in the Western diet, providing moe than 80% of dietary lycopene in the United States. Gram for gram, the amount of lycopene in processed tomato products is often much higher than in fresh tomatoes. The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a fruit from the nightshade family native to South America. Despite botanically being a fruit, it’s generally eaten and prepared like a vegetable. It’s easy to include more tomatoes into one’s diet with tasty fixings like this light and versatile recipe for Bruschetta from Vegan Cooking for Beginners (Publications International, Ltd.) by the PIL editors. Use it when serving cocktails and snacks, or as the prelude to a larger meal. Bruschetta Makes 8 servings 4 plum tomatoes, seeded and diced 1⁄2-cup packed fresh basil leaves, finely chopped 5 tablespoons olive oil, divided 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 teaspoons finely chopped oilpacked sundried tomatoes 1⁄4-teaspoon salt 1⁄8-teaspoon black pepper 16 slices Italian bread 1. Combine fresh tomatoes, basil, 3 tablespoons oil, garlic, sundried tomatoes, salt, and pepper in a large bowl; mix well. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour to blend flavors. 2. Preheat oven to 375 F. Place bread on baking sheet. Brush remaining 2 tablespoons oil over one side of each bread slice. Bake 6 to 8 minutes, or until toasted.

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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

Duluth Herald September 3, 1888 BURNS AT TOWER. The General Merchandise Stock of Neil McInnis Destroyed by Fire This forenoon. LOSS $29,000; INSURANCE $20,000 Tower, Minn. (Special) – Fire broke out this morning in the large general store of Neil McInnis. The building and most of the contents were destroyed. The loss is $25,000 and insurance $10,000. News of the fire was received at an early hour by the various insurance agents represented, none of whom heard particulars. The stock of goods, which was the largest in Tower, embraced merchandise of every description, dry goods, groceries, hardware, boots and shoes etc., and was valued at nearly $25,000. The building, a two-story wood structure about 25 by 70, belonged to Captain Jas. Bale, it is also a total loss.

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into it. They struggled out into the hallway, Mr. Nusbaum making good his strangle hold, and the negro chewing away at the bald spot. Mrs. Nusbaum and the children were awakened by this time, and their shrieks for help soon brought Officer Tulley to the scene. By the time he arrived the negro was in an almost helpless condition, and Mr. Nusbaum was little better off. The blood from the numerous

Ad appearing in the Sept. 5,1900 edition of the Duluth Herald. Duluth Herald September 4, 1890 Strange Beings from the Clouds. SHELBY, Iowa – Strange animals fell form the clouds during a rain storm the other day, and four of the specimens were kept by a fish dealer. They are something like a lizard, have four legs, same number of fingers and toes as an alligator, equally happy in water or out of it. One of them walked across the store floor as lively as a cricket, and on being returned to water swam equally well. Another thing about them, they are changing their personal appearance. When captured each had a row of feathers, or something like it, around the throat, or where the gills ought to be. These have disappeared and they have changed or shed their skins and are now becoming spotted. Duluth Herald August 29, 1900 GRAPPLED THE THIEF. Theodore Nusbaum Tackles A Burglar In His House On First Street. GOT A STRANGLEHOLD And the Burglar Was Finally Turned Over to the Police. A thrilling fight with a desperate house prowler occurred at daybreak this morning in the home of Theodore Nussbaum, of 522 West First street.

In fifteen minutes of fast fighting Mr. Nussbaum got the best of the thief, and succeeded in turning him over to a policeman. It was just about 5 o’clock when Mr. Nusbaum was awakened by a slight noise in the room in which he and his wife were sleeping. For awhile he seemed bewildered, and was about to pass the noise by with the thought that it was the hired girl looking for matches to start the kitchen fire. Then he heard the clink of money, and opening his eyes distinguished the dim outline of a man going through the pockets of his trousers. His first instinct was to jump out and grab him, but then he thought of his wife, who is afflicted with heart trouble, and to whom the slightest shock might prove fatal. Mr. Nusbaum debated with himself for a moment, and concluded he could either strangle the prowler, or rush him out into the hallway without waking his wife, so he made the jump and caught the thief by the throat. Mr. Nusbaum is a small man, not over 5 feet 7 inches and lightly built. The man he grappled proved to be a well built, wiry negro. The two rolled about the room, Mr. Nusbaum retaining his hold on the negro’s throat, and the latter delivering stiff, short-arm jabs at the white man’s face and body. Finding this did not have much effect, the negro noticed a little bald spot on top of Mr. Nusbaum’s head and, thinking it vulnerable, he sank his teeth

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Ad appearing in the Sept. 8,1922 edition of the Duluth Herald. places where the negro’s teeth had punctured the scalp, however, made him look really worse than he felt. When booked, the negro gave hop the name of Julius McNeal. In his possession were four silver dollars, taken from Mr. Nusbaum’s clothing. McNeal was arraigned in police court shortly before noon today charged with burglary in the second degree. McNeal is suspected of two other cases of house prowling. It took eight minutes to bind him over for a grand jury. Duluth Herald September 6, 1910 BOX FACTORY AT NEW DULUTH FALLS PREY TO FIREBUG’S MANIA Series of Destructive Efforts Culminates in $30,000 Blaze. Residents of Suburb Are Aroused and Fear Further Damage. The W. H. Rieckhoff box factory at New Duluth was totally destroyed by fire of undoubtedly incendiary origin at 4 o’clock this morning, entailing a loss estimated at $30,000. This morning’s conflagration is the fifth in a month, all said on authentic clews to have been started by the same firebug. The suburb is in the throes of the DuluthReader.com

Ad appearing in the Sept. 6,1910 edition of the Duluth Herald. highest excitement. Every resident is fearful that he will be the next victim. Without adequate police or fire protection they feel that they are practically helpless and almost at the mercy of the maniac who has caused such tremendous property loss. With the limited means available every effort is being made to run the lunatic to earth. On every side were heard threats of lynching if he were once caught. The men of the place have gotten out rifles and revolvers to have them handy in case they catch a glimpse of the pyromaniac who is creating the havoc. The people are aroused to a high pitch and indications are that if the criminal is apprehended he will get severe treatment at the hands of his captors. Two of the previous blazes were in the same box factory. The first destroyed the company’s sawmill, causing a loss estimated at $3,000. The second was in the lumber yards, when about $2,000 worth of lumber was burned and two box cars which were standing on the side track were also destroyed.

Duluth Herald September 7, 1920 BUTCHERS STRIKE FOR HIGHER PAY Employes of Local Meat Markets Make Demands On Proprietors. Want Minimum Wage of $35 Weekly and Nine-Hour Day. A minimum wage of $35 per week and a nine-hour day, with time and a half for overtime is demanded by members of Local No. 12, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers, workmen of about thirtyfive proprietors of butcher shops in Duluth. About eighty men went on a strike this morning and about fifty of these are still out waiting for the owners to sign the agreement. The demands for the wage and hours were made on local dealers last Friday, following a meeting of the union on Thursday evening, according to a statement by John Grochowski, authorized spokesman for the union, this morning. Almost the entire number of downtown shops are working short-handed today and several of the shops in outlying districts. Sentiment this morning among the big ships of the center of the city was that no agreement would be signed by the proprietors or managers.

afternoon in municipal court on a charge of illegal possession of liquor. Late yesterday a squad of Federal prohibition officers descended on Benedick’s place and found a quantity of illegal whisky. George Bennet, Joe Rys, John Petict, Andrew Anderson and Joe Jeffrey were fined $10 and costs for drunkenness. Paddy O’Toole was also arrested on a drunk charge for the first time this week. The case of Henry Beck, charged with transporting liquor, was given to the jury in the Federal court at 10:40 o’clock this morning, but by noon no verdict had been returned. Charles Zamzowski changed his plea to a liquor charge from not guilty to guilty and was sentenced to two months in the Milwaukee house of correction and orderd to pay a fine of $750. Judge Luse granted a stay of sentence for one week to give Zamzowski a chance to remove the bar fixtures from his place at 715 Tower avenue and told him unless the bar was removed in that time he would order abatement proceedings. Alex Rabideau, an Indian charged with the possession of liquor, was released when arraibned this morning. Rabideau has already served sixty-two days in the Ashland county jail and the court considered that sentence sufficient.

Duluth Herald September 8, 1922 BENEDICK HELD FOR POSSESSION OF LIQUOR H. E. Benedick, 1814 Tower avenue, will be arraigned this

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St. Mark’s still plays significant role in Duluth’s Black community St. Mark’s African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church has played a central role in Duluth’s African American community for over 125 years. While other black organizations have dissolved or moved to the Twin Cities, St. Mark’s has been a mainstay. Rev. Alphonse Reff, who served St. Mark’s from 1973 to 1984, noted in a 1975 interview that the church’s reach extends beyond its walls. From housing fraternal groups in the 1910s to supporting the fledgling local NAACP to hosting vigils in the 2010s, St. Mark’s has remained a welcoming community space. Duluth’s African American population at the turn of the 20th century was small but active. Blacks established fraternal orders, political clubs and newspapers in the port city, mirroring larger establishments in the Twin Cities. Churches were fundamental to the growth and connectivity of the community. St. Mark’s AME Church was the first and only building in Duluth built by blacks, for blacks. Founded in 1890 by Rev. Richmond Taylor, the congregation first met at Fourth Street

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level accommodated the congregation until 1913, when the main level was completed. The simple brick building sits in a mostly residential area. It features a two-story bell tower, Tudor Revival elements, and locally made stained glass windows. Like many churches at the time, St. Mark’s in the early 20th century offered the community a central space for religious, social and political conversation and networking. The local Masonic order frequently held meetings at the church, and membership there and in local black organizations overlapped. At the time of St. Mark’s construction, most African American men in Duluth worked as janitors, waiters, porters or dock or boat workers. A few independent barbershops and restaurants succeeded. Other employment came to Duluth via the U.S. Steel Corporation. St. Mark’s growth in its early years

paralleled the growth of the African American population in Duluth, largely driven by job opportunities at U.S. Steel. In the early 1920s, the company recruited laborers – many from Southern states – to work at their plant in Morgan Park, a planned community near the edge of Duluth. Recruits found poor wages, unfam-iliar weather, and discrimination upon arrival. Though their jobs were in Morgan Park, the company town, African American employees could not live there. It was a whites-only community. Most blacks settled in Gary, which was also a company town, or the East Hillside neighborhood, near St. Mark’s. After World War I, Duluth’s blacks faced stricter segregation and harsher discrimination. When the lynching of three traveling black circus workers in Duluth captured national attention in 1920, St. Mark’s was proactive in response. Rev. William M. Majors of St.

Author/activist W. E. B. Du Bois, founder of the NAACP, was the first speaker at the Duluth chapter of the organization, formed after the 1920 lynching of three black circus workers. The group met at St. Mark’s African Methodist Episcopal Church. Mark’s assisted in efforts to indict the lynchers. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) provided legal and financial support for the proceedings. Before the lynching, African Americans in Duluth were not convinced a local NAACP chapter was necessary. After the incident, some outraged and fearful blacks left Duluth altogether. Those who remained formed an NAACP chapter with 69 members, and St. Mark’s provided gathering space for the new organization. NAACP founder W. E. B. Du Bois was the chapter’s first speaker. In March 1921, he came to St. Mark’s and spoke in favor of Minnesota’s pending anti-lynching law, which the state legislature passed the next month. Ethel Ray Nance, whose father helped establish the Duluth chapter and who became a civil rights leader in her own right, recalled in a 1974 interview that the church far exceeded its 250-person capacity when Du Bois came. She estimated 75 percent of the crowd was white. Duluth’s black population grew to about 900 by 1970. In 2014, it remained less than 2,000, or 2 percent of the city’s total population. St. Mark’s continues to be central to the community and attuned to racial issues in the 21rst century. Chronology 1890: St. Mark’s AME Church is established. 1900: The congregation moves to a building at 530 N. Fifth Ave. E. 1910: Church membership stands at 68.

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1913: Main level of building completed. 1920: A white mob lynches Isaac McGhie, Elmer Jackson and Elias Clayton, three traveling African American workers. In response, Duluth forms a chapter of the NAACP that meets at St. Mark’s. 1921: W. E. B. Du Bois speaks at St. Mark’s. 1925: The upper structure is built. 1945: A fire destroys some of the church. With help from the community, the damage is repaired. 1970: The Minnesota Black History Project begins to capture the memories and experiences of Duluth’s African American citizens, many of whom share stories about St. Mark’s. 1991: St. Marks AME Church is added to the National Register of Historic Places. 2012: Pastor Michael Gonzales begins his ministry at St. Mark’s.

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Here’s How: It’s not hard to fix your own window/door screens the entire unit with a custom-sized Dear James: My cats and kids one. This can be quite expensive when have damaged many window screens. you have to repair many Some have small holes, screens. and others are torn. Is Hopefully, you can get a it difficult to repair the quantity discount. screening, or should they It is not difficult to repair be replaced? – Anderson most screen problems H. yourself, and you can Dear Anderson: save a bundle. If some of Repairing or replacing JAMES your screens have just a a damaged screen is couple of tiny holes that an important home DULLEY mosquitoes get through, maintenance item. Don’t put a dab of clear epoxy skip repairing tiny holes, over the holes. because insects such as Since strength is not an issue, select a mosquitoes will search and find the fast-drying type to make the job easier. hole to get indoors. Good screening is Once it sets up, the spots will be barely stretched taut. When it gets damaged, noticeable. it looks bad and loose. For larger holes up to 2 inches across, Most home-center and hardware purchase a screen patch for an easy, stores provide screen-repair services. permanent repair. Select a patch piece They usually install entirely new that is at least 1 inch larger than the screening into the old frame or replace

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hole. Try to match the weave and fabric weight as closely as possible. This type of repair will be noticeable, so it is best for windows facing the backyard. Most patches have a screen center with open strands protruding from all four sides. The patch is placed over the hole, and the open strands are woven into the existing screen. If you have trouble finding a patch to match, sacrifice one of your old damaged screens and use its screen fabric to make patches for the other screens. If the screen is rusted or badly damaged in your old steel screen frames, you should replace the entire screen frame. The screen in wood or vinyl frames can be replaced. To make it look like a professional rescreening job, the screening must be stretched tightly yet evenly. When done properly, a penny should bounce when dropped on the horizontal screen. The two most common methods for rescreening wood frames are the wedge-and-cleat and the bow methods. The former is best for medium-sized windows, and the latter is best for large windows or doors.

Using the wedge-and-cleat method, a piece of screening larger than the frame is needed. The screening is nailed to cleats on a worktable. Opposing wedges are driven against each other to push out the cleats and stretch the screening over the frame. Once it is stretched, it is stapled to the frame. The bow method uses spacers underneath the large frame to bow it. The screening is stapled to the opposing ends of the frame. When the frame straightens, the screening is stretched. The same is done across the other two ends. Screening in vinyl frames is easy to replace. A flexible bead forced into a groove with the screening holds it in place. Remove the bead and the old screening. Place the new screening over the frame, and force the bead into the groove to stretch it and hold it in place. Send your questions to Here’s How, 6906 Royalgreen Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45244, or visit dulley.com. To find out more about James Dulley and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at creators.com.

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Trump: No friend of the environment Dear EarthTalk: I’m won-dering what President Trump’s perspective is on our environment? He doesn’t seem to be doing much about preserving it let alone healing it. – Sheila Kaye, via e-mail From the get-go, Donald Trump has been no friend to the environment, and he has used the highest office in the land to gut environmental protections and conservation initiatives – and open up natural resources to the highest bidders – at every opportunity. That the public hasn’t heard much about this is most likely due to the fact that Donald Trump has given the media so much else to worry about, leaving environmental coverage more

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of an afterthought in the constantly evolving “breaking news” cycle. Even before he took office in 2016, Trump had declared global warming a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese to hurt our economy, and vowed to overturn Obama’s huge win to curb U.S. emissions, the Clean Power Plan. Trump also threatened to pull the U.S. out of the landmark (but voluntary) Paris climate accord. When he became President, he made good on those promises, horrific as that may have been to environmentalists who had worked a lifetime to achieve the goals thrown asunder. But Trump wasn’t done there. He then got busy loosening regulations on everything from toxic air pollution to methane flares to fuel economy standards to wildlife protections. Criminal prosecutions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are at a 30-year low thanks to lack of inspiration from above. Trump, once and always a developer lest we forget, has also worked to weaken the Endangered Species Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act as well as to downsize two recently designated national monuments (Bear’s Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante). He also went against the better judgement of his joint chiefs in December 2017 and took climate change off of the list of national security threats, despite that fact that extreme weather events

pose a bigger risk to the American people than terrorism. More recently, under the radar compared to higher-profile scandals, the Trump administration finalized rollbacks to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that speeds up permitting for federal projects like pipelines, highways and power plants. Long gone are the onerous and time-consuming permitting procedures that used to dog unscrupulous developers and protect key wildlife habitat. And in July 2020, the Trump administration started moving forward quietly with petroleum exploration in the sacrosanct Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which environmentalists have been trying to protect from drilling since it was established by Jimmy Carter executive order in 1980. “All told, the Trump administration’s environmental rollbacks could significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions and lead to thousands of extra deaths from poor air quality each year,” said The New York Times. Simply put, if you care about clean air and water and public health in general (which is what environmentalism is mostly about), Trump is not your man. CONTACTS: “What is the Trump administration’s track record on the environment?” brookings.edu/ policy2020/votervital/what-is-thetrump-administrations-track-recordon-the-environment/; “15 ways the Trump administration has changed environmental policies,” https:// www.nationalgeographic.com/ environment/2019/02/15-waystrump-administration-impactedenvironment/; “The Trump Administration Is Reversing 100 Environmental Rules,” nytimes.com/ interactive/2020/climate/trumpenvironment-rollbacks.html. EarthTalk® is produced by Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss for the 501(c)3 nonprofit EarthTalk. See more at https://emagazine. com. To donate, visit https://earthtalk.org. Send questions to: question@earthtalk.org.

Can you read the fine print on medication? Q: When my pharmacist dispensed a prescription for the antifungal drug fluconazole, he included the official prescribing information. It boggles my mind. First, the print is too small to read without a magnifying glass. Second, the details are beyond my comprehension. After all, I only have a Ph.D. in atmospheric sciences. What are we supposed to do with this useless paper? A: We completely agree that the print is too small and the words are too big on the package insert you sent us. Sometimes pharmacies offer more patient-friendly printed information that can be read without a magnifying glass or a Ph.D. of any sort. Even some TV commercials use technical language that most people won’t understand. For example, an ad for the diabetes drug Jardiance states: “Ketoacidosis is a serious side effect that may be fatal. A rare but life-threatening bacterial skin infection in the skin of the perineum could occur ... Taking Jardiance with a sulfonylurea or insulin may cause low blood sugar.” Many viewers are not familiar with terms such as “ketoacidosis,” “perineum” or “sulfonylurea.” Symptoms of ketoacidosis include nausea, stomach pain, fatigue and trouble breathing. The perineum is the area between the genitals and the anus. A sulfonylurea drug is a diabetes pill, such as glimepiride or glyburide. Ask your pharmacist for the patient information about your prescription. Then talk to him or her about any questions you may have. Q: I was diagnosed a decade ago with pernicious anemia. Since that time, I have been getting regular injections of vitamin B12. In the meantime, I began taking Prilosec to control nightly acid reflux due to a hiatal hernia. I understand that Prilosec can block absorption of vitamin B12 from food. Is this acid blocker a problem for my injections?

A: Pernicious anemia is a serious condition that occurs when people cannot absorb vitamin B12 normally from the digestive tract. Drugs that reduce stomach acid also make it harder to absorb this nutrient from food. Injections of vitamin B12 bypass the stomach and should not be affected by a medication like omeprazole (Prilosec). Have your doctor monitor your B12 levels to make sure you are getting enough. Q: Since my husband passed away, I have had to take something to help me sleep at night. For many years, I have taken Tylenol PM or Advil PM plus low-dose alprazolam. I have read that alprazolam can contribute to dementia, so I am trying to get off of it. What about the PM pills? Do they likewise contribute to dementia? I can usually get to sleep, but without medication, I am wide awake in 15 minutes or so. To get back to sleep, I toss and turn for hours. Can you tell me if these pills are harmful? If so, what do you suggest I do to get some sleep? A: There is an association between dementia and the use of drugs like alprazolam (JMIR Medical Informatics, Aug. 4, 2020). Regular use of anticholinergic drugs like diphenhydramine (the “PM” in nighttime pain relievers) might also contribute to cognitive impairment (American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, March-April 2003). Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is a safe alternative. We provide more details about this approach and many nondrug alternatives in our eGuide to Getting a Good Night’s Sleep. This online resource is available in the Health eGuides section at PeoplesPharmacy.com.

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Applicants sought for Mike Colalillo Medal of Honor Scholarship High school seniors and college students with a physical connection to St. Louis County, Minnesota, are encouraged to apply for the $1,500 Mike Colalillo Medal of Honor Scholarship. The 2020 application opens on Monday, Sept. 7, and the deadline is Thursday, Nov. READER 12. Colalillo was STAFF the last known surviving World War II Medal of Honor recipient in the State of Minnesota. He was born and raised in St. Louis County, and he dropped out of school when his mother died so he could help support the family. Following the war, Colalillo raised three children in Duluth. To learn about his military service, visit vetshall.org/stories/world-war-ii/mikecolalillo. Veterans Memorial Hall, a program of St. Louis County Historical Society, honors Mike Colalillo by awarding annual scholarships to students who live in and/or go to school in St. Louis County, Minnesota. In 2020, a scholarship of $1,500 will be given Mike Colalillo to one student. In order to be eligible, applicants must meet one of the following requirements: • A full-time student who is enrolled in a higher education institution in St. Louis County, OR • A resident of St. Louis County who is a full-time student enrolled in a higher education institution in another county or state, OR • A high school senior who lives in St. Louis County and plans to attend a higher education institution Scholarship applicants are required to submit a research paper on a topic relevant to veterans of St. Louis County, Minnesota. The paper must: • Be a minimum of four and a

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On Aug. 22 Rookie Basketball Association (RBA) member Nathan Easty, a 7th grader, held an event, Bikes for Basketballs, to raise money for the program. He is shown with Capt. Teri Ellison of The Salvation Army. Nathan’s family, including four brothers, has been involved in the RBA since 2006. You can continue to help the RBA with a monetary donation or check to The Salvation Army, 215 S. 27th Ave. W., Duluth, MN 55806 or donate online, duluthSA.org. maximum of 10 double-spaced pages in length • Address a historical event in St. Louis County, Minnesota, related to a conflict, a war or the home front; OR tell the story of a county veteran • Include at least one source from the Albert J. Amatuzio Research Center, located in the St. Louis County Depot Building, 501 West Michigan Street, Duluth • Include a bibliography. Staff members are available to answer questions, suggest possible research topics, and assist with the research. Please contact: Charlene Langowski, Curator Jay Hagen, VMH Program Assistant, 218.576.3114 or 218.733.7500, charlene@ thehistorypeople.org or jay@ thehistorypeople.org. Applications can be downloaded from the St. Louis County Historical Society website, thehistorypeople.org/ news-and-resources. Completed applications and research papers should be submitted to jay@

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DECC announces interim executive director The Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center Authority Board of Directors, announced the appointment of Roger Reinert as Interim Executive Director. Reinert has served on the DECC Board of Directors for the past nine years as a Mayoral appointee. He previously served on the Duluth City Council and also served in the Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate. He is a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve and completed a one-year combat deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation

Resolute Support. Reinert also spent three months in Italy leading a COVID Crisis Action Team. Karen Pionk, DECC Board Chair, stated, “First, the board recognizes Chelly Townsend for her many years of service, leadership, accomplishments and dedication at the DECC during her 30-year career.” She then added, “We are grateful that Roger is able to step in to support and help navigate the DECC through this transition. He brings a legal background and years of experience in crisis management and communications. He has also developed critical regional and governmental relationships from years of public service. We are excited to see him work with the staff to ensure this critical community and regional asset survives these changing times.” Reinert said, “I am a person drawn to mission – and the mission here is clear. We will preserve and maintain the public investment in over 800,000 square feet of convention and event space, and we will be creative and innovative in how to use that space to serve community needs and generate earned revenue during this pandemic. I feel fortunate to serve with, and help support, the existing team. We know the DECC is beloved by the community, and we know our mission is to ensure it survives the COVID pandemic.”

Mischke joins NBC’s commercial lending team National Bank of Commerce (NBC), continues its growth and expansion with the addition of a new associate, hiring Roger Mischke as Vice President – Commercial Banker. Roger hails from Grand Rapids, Minn. He comes to us with a Bachelor of Science degree from Kent State University and 19 years of banking experience. Working out of NBC’s Hibbing office, Roger will build relationships with both current and new commercial customers to help our local businesses and communities grow.

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Brad Roden, SVP – Chief Banking Officer, stated “Roger comes to us with a lot of experience and knowledge. We look forward to watching him excel as the newest member of our commercial lendingteam.” National Bank of Commerce is headquartered in downtown Superior and also has locations in Duluth, Esko, Hermantown, Hibbing, Poplar and Solon Springs.The bank’s web address is nbcbanking.com.

Water trail maps available at access points The St. Louis River Alliance (SLRA) began their Wednesdays on the Water Series Aug. 26. Each Wednesday through Sept. 16, the Alliance will host a tent at various National Water Trail access points to hand out free National Water Trail maps. Wednesdays on the Water runs from 3-6 p.m. on the following dates: Sept. 9 at Chambers Grove, Sept. 16 at Boy Scout Landing. The St. Louis River Estuary National Water Trail is a multi-use waterway enabling the public to experience the St. Louis River Estuary amidst the urban landscape of the Twin Ports. The Water Trail map includes 11 loop trails for paddlers of all skill levels and abilities and is intended for various watercraft use. Get outside and on the River with the St. Louis River Alliance! Can’t make Wednesdays on the Water? Pick up your free National Water Trail Map at the St. Louis River Alliance Office. St. Louis River Alliance Office: 394 S. Lake Avenue | Suite 208, Duluth, 55802 (DeWitt Seitz Building, 2nd floor). Contact-free pick up. Building hours are from 10-8 p.m.

Cannabis entrepreneur to create Iron Range jobs HIBBING – John Hagen’s goal is simple: Dozens of new jobs in the Iron Range. A successful cannabis entrepreneur in Colorado, Hagen grew up in Hibbing. He intends to bring his next business venture to northern Minnesota. “There are a lot of smart, hard working people in my home state,” Hagen said, “and that includes people with only a high school degree.” As he finalizes a seven-figure deal for the sale of his last dispensary – at one time Hagen had ownership in three marijuana dispensaries employing 46 people in Colorado – he has initiated conversations with business people in northern Minnesota, most of whom he knew as kids. The jobs he wants to create will pay

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at least $15 hourly. Hagen’s vision is for a more modern call center, which incorporates social media and nontraditional outreach in promotions, marketing and sales strategies. One of his first clients will be his own new business, a health supplement company with organic products based on mushrooms, CBD and other plant-based nutrients. If all goes as planned, Hagen will also evaluate a fulfillment center for the area, bringing additional jobs in light industry. When he ventured into cannabis in 2007, Hagen said most people close to him, including his mom in Hibbing, thought he was a bit crazy. For more than 10 years, Hagen’s marijuana ventures were quite profitable. He wants to build on that business experience in a sort of homecoming to northern Minnesota. “When you get to my age (53), you start thinking about business in different ways,” Hagen said. “What can I do to employ people around my home town? The talent is there. I can benefit from them, and the jobs created will help the area economy.”

Residents reminded of pandemic by Dr. Birx

This past weekend, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx urged Minnesotans to double down in their efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19. Echoing critical public health messaging from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), Birx urged Minnesotans to wear masks, practice social distancing, and avoid large crowds. While in Minnesota, Birx met with Gov. Tim Walz and state public health officials. “While Minnesotans have worked hard to slow the spread of COVID-19, Dr. Birx’s visit confirms what we already know – we cannot let up,” Walz said. “COVID-19 fatigue is real, and we are all feeling it. But with fall and winter fast approaching, Minnesotans must double down in their efforts to mask up, social distance, and protect their community.” Birx particularly urged Minnesotans in rural areas to take additional precautions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

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Kenosha has history of bad police On Aug. 23, Rusten Sheskey, a white police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, fired seven shots at point-blank range into the back of 29-year-old African American Jacob Blake as Blake leaned into his car. Inside the car were Blake’s three sons, aged 3, 5 and 8. While Blake miraculously survived, a viral video of the shooting, reminiscent of George Floyd’s police killing in Minneapolis, sparked an uprising in Kenosha against racism and police brutality. Police unleashed tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets to suppress the growing Black Lives Matter protests. A militia group dubbed The Kenosha Guard circulated a call on Facebook to “any patriots willing to take up arms and defend our city tonight from evil thugs.” Scores of armed white vigilantes answered the call, and one of them allegedly shot and killed two of the protesters, seriously wounding a third. The video of Jacob Blake’s shooting came not from a police body camera but from a bystander’s cellphone. “Kenosha City Council passed an ordinance in 2017 requiring all officers wear body cams. But

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Another officer pulled his weapon, placed it against Bell’s head and pulled the trigger, killing him. The Kenosha Police Department conducted its own review, completely exonerating the officers. Bell’s father, Michael Bell Sr., commissioned an independent inquiry that found the police account suggested a coverup. The Bells launched a campaign that succeeded in 2014, making Wisconsin the first state to require that outside investigators conduct investigations into police shootings. That’s where the Jacob Blake investigation is now, under the supervision of the Wisconsin Department of Justice. Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis, while admitting he knows little about the investigation, did take the time during a news conference to blame the murdered protesters for being out after the city-imposed curfew. Online videos from Tuesday night implicate 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse as the killer of the two protesters. He has been arrested and charged with first-degree intentional homicide. Wisconsin State Rep. David Bowen, speaking on the Democracy Now! news hour, said of the militia members who descended on Kenosha, “They were on a hunting spree, not protecting property.” Rittenhouse’s social media accounts show an obsession with law enforcement and guns from a young age and strong support for President Donald Trump. He posted a TikTok video from the front row

of one of Trump’s last prepandemic rallies at Drake University in Iowa last January. “We will have law and order on the streets of this country,” Vice President Mike Pence promised at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, as he accepted his renomination. “The hard truth is you will not be safe in Joe Biden’s America.” Pence invoked recent protests, but didn’t mention the underlying systemic racism and police killings that have provoked these historic demonstrations, and ignored the role of the right-wing militia in the Kenosha murders. When mentioning the murder of Federal Protective Services officer David Patrick Underwood during protests in Oakland, Pence left out the fact that Underwood’s killers were associated with the armed right-wing “boogaloo” movement who were using the Black Lives Matter protests as cover for their crimes. Jacob Blake remains hospitalized, reportedly conscious but paralyzed from the waist down, his prognosis uncertain. Blake hails from Evanston, Ill., where his grandfather, also named Jacob Blake, was pastor of the Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church and was active in Martin Luther King Jr.’s campaign to desegregate housing in greater Chicago, redoubling his efforts after King’s assassination. “The arc of the moral universe is long,” Martin Luther King said, “but it bends towards justice.” Protesters are demanding that Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey be charged in Blake’s shooting. Peaceful protests continue, now joined by professional athletes. Just as Aaron Huber and JoJo Rosenbaum were doing when they were murdered in Kenosha Tuesday, these athletes and thousands from Kenosha and beyond are demanding justice for Jacob Blake, police accountability and an end to systemic racism. Amy Goodman is the host of Democracy Now!, a daily international TV/ radio news hour airing on more than 1,400 stations (including KUMD, 103.3, 9 am weekdays). She is the co-author, with Denis Moynihan and David Goodman, of the New York Times best-seller Democracy Now!: 20 Years Covering the Movements Changing America.

Things that puzzle If you look at some of the online news sources (mainly those with threeletter acronyms) you may notice the way ads are stuck in with the news. They’re marked AD, but their presence alongside a news piece seems worrying. Why treat news and sales so similarly? Does this mean the motive in a sales ad and the news is the same? I hope not, but frankly I think the distinction between reporting and selling is so muddled or far gone that challenging it is a lost cause. What does it tell us if news has to be entertaining, if reporters are personalities, or if news stories need to be presented in ways fitting advertisers’ audience profiles? Is that news or salesmanship (or salespeopleship, salespersonship, etc. if you prefer)? You can be justly suspicious of news done as a commodity pitched for profit or gain. One commercial in particular makes me grimace. Maybe you’ve seen it where a young person is bemoaning student debt holding them back. So sad, isn’t it? Sad as having to start at entry level and paying dues as experience is gained. Has the case been proven that greenies need a break so they can flourish? Won’t there always be a fresh greenie supply needing, wanting, calling for or demanding advantages? Would be nice for new workers to rise debt free to the top, but would all of them fit in the executive offices doing what, I wonder? A whiner can’t be too damned smart or have learned much getting a degree if they don’t understand a diploma is their advantage. They had four years to figure that out, so what in hell were they doing if they graduate in a state of clueless distemper? I do wonder what that commercial is actually about and if it’s wrong of me to say paying for their education is one way to help ensure the student makes suitable choices and takes their education seriously. If it’s their game shouldn’t it be their skin in it? Nondiscrimination has become discrimination because it’s unfair if minorities don’t get positive discrimination. Why do some blame their anger on others? If a person is pissed off is it really Obama’s or Trump’s fault? Before George we had Pretty Boy

(Charles Arthur) Floyd 1904-1934. Both were known to police for their good deeds; both were killed by police. Maybe being a Floyd is a risk factor. Pretty Boy was often aided by locals and was reputed to be generous to common folk with money from the banks he robbed. Haven’t heard if the recent Floyd was as Robin Hoodish, but we can aspire. Call me old sexist pig, but something about female Democrat leaders sets them off from the other party. Nancy, as example, is an impeccably dressed impressively gorgeous woman, but I look at her and see the asp that killed Cleopatra with a bite to her femininity. (A jump aside, but I see Schiff and Sock Monkey pops automatically to mind. Try it, you’ll see.) Hillary is another. Doesn’t take much observation to see why Bill cheated. He withstood hammering by Congress, but imagine him double teamed Hillary/Chelsea. I’d have run faster than from a sneeze in a nursing home. And why is Michelle so bitter when she tries to be nicely likable? Her way of reasonable is angry enough to make Bigfoot flee for its life. (I recognize the smile from having worked with people most dangerous when they wore one.) I don’t like to generalize, but if there is a pattern am I not allowed to recognize it? Diversity is a great talking point much favored about food, choice of costume, personal habits, and variety of friends’ colors and ethnicities. But the value frequently praised of diversity as a strength doesn’t seem to get as warm a reception for diversity of opinion. There is no cure for personality. Trust me. I’ve looked. At the time shortly after the US came to be a small “r” republican was a supporter revolution and democracy to replace monarchy with a republic. It’s not worth comparing old with current meaning in small r and large R republicanism other than point out political positions making big shifts one generation to the next. In the English speaking world you can look back at numbers of revolts, mutinies, worker movements, etc. that mirror and in some instances repeat in detail the calls for reform and change heard today. Interesting and worth remembering, reformers tend to turn

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authoritarian as the surest way to get the unruly human mob they claimed as revolutionary justification to tow and toe the line. In the end revolutionaries feel their creation is too important to be left in the hands of common people. Regardless of their comforting talk, when given power the actions of idealists, ideologues, and activists has often proven more deadly than a pandemic. After seeing the admonition “Wearing a mask saves lives” I walked all over saving as many lives as I could; hundreds if not thousands. I figure I did my part, but was I wearing a properly lifesaving mask? Why haven’t the proclaimers insisting on this lifesaving essential seen fit to be specific with details? If they can’t be specific on what mask is required then seems to me they might not know and are proclaiming in order to feel good about doing something that sounds and looks right. By my lights it’s not that long until Halloween, enough time to plan for a massive mask event. If we get enough masked citizens on

the streets Halloween Eve we might be able to save the entire planet; a worthy goal, maybe. Who defines racism? Some talk as if you’re born with it as a genetic defect. Others say it’s how you vote. If I vote for someone of my race am I therefore racist, or does my race define the definition? Regardless of definition, terms used as accusations amount to verbal stoning. Great injustice has often been done to the cry of justice.

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GOP lawmakers absent from Evers’ special session on policing Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature bypassed Gov. Tony Evers’ call for a special session on police training and policies on Monday. A clerk convened the state Senate’s special session shortly after noon, with only a few Democratic lawmakers present. The state Assembly convened at about the same time, with two GOP lawmakers present to go through the procedural motions. No debate or votes were held. Both chambers are officially in recess until Thursday, but it’s unlikely they will return for votes any time soon. Evers signed an executive order compelling the Legislature to convene in a special session last week, less than 24 hours after police shot and seriously wounded Jacob Blake in Kenosha. The governor asked lawmakers to take up nine bills he introduced earlier this summer in response to Black Lives Matter protests across the state. The package includes bills that would: • Ban police use of choke holds. • Ban police use of no-knock warrants. • Create a civil penalty for racial profiling. • Establish statewide use-of-force

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conversation. But we want to make sure that it’s broadly accepted and impactful at the end of the day when we bring it to the floor for a vote.” Steineke said the task force won’t be made up of just lawmakers, but will include faith-based leaders, community organization heads and “people from all walks.” Steineke addressed reporters from in front of the Assembly chamber, which was covered in scaffolding while workers did maintenance near the ceiling. The Speaker’s office said the construction could continue until November, meaning if lawmakers did convene a special session, they’d have to do it somewhere else. Evers criticized the GOP’s task force approach on Monday afternoon, saying Wisconsinites want quicker action from lawmakers. “The people of Wisconsin don’t want another task force or more delays – they want action and results, and they want it today, not tomorrow or some day months down the road,” the governor said in a prepared statement. “It’s disappointing that there’s no sense of urgency from Republicans, and it’s a let down to all the people who are asking us to lead.” Democratic lawmakers also expressed frustration at the Republican majority’s lack of action. Speaking at a press conference on the Capitol steps on Monday morning, members of the legislative Black caucus decried the choice to bypass Monday’s session. “Inaction is not an option,” said Rep. David Bowen, D-Milwaukee. “Inaction, if that is what they are planning to do (today), only adds to the anti-Black sentiments that are being spewed across this country and across this state.” Rep. Shelia Stubbs, D-Madison, said it is “apparent that Wisconsin is in a crisis.” “Jacob Blake is not the first person in our state to be victimized by law enforcement officers and, without change, he will not be the last person,” she said. Wisconsin Public Radio, © Copyright 2020, Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and Wisconsin Educational Communications Board.

What you can do to help local wildlife As the world’s population has increased, so, too, has the need to accommodate such growth. Areas that were wild as recently as 100 years ago may have long since been overrun by housing and urban development, leaving little space for local wildlife to call home. According to the World Wildlife Federation’s Living Planet Report populations of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians declined by 60 percent in the roughly 40 years prior to the report’s release. The WWF notes that the primary threats to wildlife populations, which include habitat loss and degradation, can be directly linked to human activities. If human activities contributed to the decline of wildlife populations, then there’s hope that human activities also can spur the return of such populations. The Animal Welfare Institute notes that the following are some things that ordinary citizens can do to help local wildlife. • Exercise your right to engage in the political process. Voting may be the simplest way to engage in the democratic process, but it’s by no means the only way people can make their voices heard. Write to local and national government officials and encourage them to support and/or introduce policies that protect wildlife. • Plant native species. Native species of flowers, trees and bushes provide food and shelter to local wildlife. When designing landscapes and gardens, speak with a local lawn and garden professional about which species are native to your area and do your best to plant those species. Gardeners may be frustrated when local wildlife eat plants or flowers they worked hard to plant, but the right species may even grow back during the same season after being eaten by local wildlife. • Reduce the amount of lawn in your yard. A pristine lawn can be eye-catching, but lawns do not provide significant food and shelter to local wildlife. Garden beds, native plants and flowers provide both aesthetic appeal and food for local wildlife. • Embrace a new approach to fall cleanup. Gathering and discarding

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fallen leaves and dead flower heads is an autumn tradition that many homeowners do not look forward to. Thankfully, a wildlife-friendly approach to fall cleanup can benefit local animals and save homeowners the hassle of fall cleanup. For example, insect-eating birds can survive an entire winter by consuming insects that spend their winters on dead plant stems. Homeowners can speak with a local lawn and garden center to determine wildlife-friendly ways to approach fall cleanup in their yards. • Volunteer with local environmental organizations. Local environmental organizations are always in need of some helping hands, and these groups do tremendous work to protect and restore local ecosystems. Organizations may sponsor a host of programs that can benefit local wildlife, such as beach cleanups,

invasive plant removal projects and native plant planting days. • Think before you buy: Be an educated consumer. Choose products that are energy efficient, durable, made from sustainable sources and sustainably packaged. Avoid products that harm animals and habitats, such as gas-guzzling vehicles, disposable plastics and

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Ospreys growing up

Even when juvenile ospreys reach adult size, they are still identifiable by their red eyes, buff tips on their brown wings, and dark streaks on their white tummies. Photos by Emily Stone.

Male and female ospreys return back to the same nesting territory year after year. Within a pair, you can usually tell identify the female by the darker brown streaking on her chest

The setting sun was in my eyes and a headwind in my face as I rounded one of the many curves on County Highway D along the eastern shore of Lake Namakagon. Eager to see today’s news, I squinted through the trees as I coasted along, and watched for that first glimpse of the nest. Who would be home today? Visible by CONNECTIONS boat, car, and beer-andpizza deck, the osprey nest near the Loon Saloon on Lake Namakagon is a staple of local wildlife watching. This year, my usual schedule disrupted, I’ve made the nest a destination on more bike rides than usual, and was rewarded with many great osprey observations. As soon as cold winds first licked at patches of open water last spring, I was out searching for returning migrants. In my Runkeeper app, I labeled my bike rides with who I observed. April 1: no osprey. April 10: loons, but no osprey. April 15: one osprey on the nest. April 16: Two ospreys on the nest! What a shock it must be for these world travelers to leave their wintering ground in Florida or South America and arrive “home” to the Northwoods with ice in the bays, snow squalls blustering, and ice storms threatening. As with many birds, the male arrives on the territory first, and the female

dim evening light I couldn’t see many details, but two days later I again saw a juvenile’s head in better light. Already past the downy stage, the little one was sporting small, sleek feathers with the distinctive black eye stripe of their parents already visible. Both ospreys’ eyes glowed in the sunlight – the chick’s was dark red (a juvenile trait) and the adult’s was yellow. I later heard reports that there might have been three – or even four – chicks in the nest at some point, but I never saw more than those two. Osprey chicks must grow fast. Newly hatched, they weigh only 1.8-2.1 ounces. By the time they fledge in 8 to 10 weeks, they’ll weight between 32 and 64 ounces (that’s 2 to 4 pounds)! A diet of fish fuels that growth. To hunt, an osprey will hover above the water, peering into the shallows with sharp-eyed concentration. Although a dive may begin head-first, it ends with talons outstretched as they plunge into the water. Special scales and sharp barbs on their toes help them grip on to slippery fish. A reversible outer toe allows an osprey to carry a fish with its head facing forward, in the most aerodynamic position. With strong wings, they can carry fish up to about a foot long and about 4 pounds. The next time I spotted the chicks, they were clearly adult-sized teenagers. Buff tips on their dark feathers, dark streaking on their pale tummies, and red eyes gave away their age. Oh, and their behavior. One chick flapped awkwardly, ejected a mute (poop) over the side of the nest, and then hunkered down by Mom as if for a nap.

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joins him soon after. Ospreys are pretty devoted to their mate and their territory. It saves them a lot of trouble to simply head for home and know that your compatible partner will show up there, too. Through the end of June, my observations were pretty ambiguous. What did it mean to see one, two or no osprey on the nest? Were the missing ospreys off hunting? Was one hunkered down below the sides of the artificial nesting platform perched on top of a tall pole? Once I caught sight of an osprey carrying a stick. This was probably the male, since he brings sticks as a part of his courtship ritual, and the female will arrange them to her liking. Nest building sometimes continues through incubation and early chick-hood, so I couldn’t be sure what it meant about their schedule. After the pair copulates, it takes 14 days for the female to lay her first egg. She’ll lay another egg every one to three days, ending up with between 1 to 4. That’s weeks of action that I couldn’t see from the ground. Males occasionally take a turn at incubating during the day, but females cover the nest all of the 37 nights it will take them to hatch. She starts incubating as soon as the first egg is laid, and the chicks hatch in the order they were laid. Those third or fourth chicks are often much smaller, and are the most likely not to survive. Finally, on June 23, I hit the jackpot. One adult osprey perched on the edge of the nest, and two small heads poked up above the wooden rim. In

Now too big and restless to hide down inside the nest, the juveniles showed up more regularly. On one long bike ride, I found and empty nest and a single osprey was hovering on the wind, swooping and doing acrobatics over the lake. When this aeronaut landed, their mottled juvenile feathers became visible. The youngsters were flying! An hour later, as I headed home past the nest, both chicks were at home. One of them was tearing fiercely at a large fish. A first catch perhaps? I didn’t expect them to grow up so fast! Of course, migration is about to begin again, and virtually no ospreys will be left in Wisconsin by the end of September. The young ospreys will migrate alone, relying on instinct instead of parents to show them the way. And then they’ll stay there—in their warm wintering grounds—for two or three years before the return north to breed. I’m not quite ready to see them go. So, watching eagerly for that first glimpse of the nest as I biked along, I held my breath. A single osprey perched on the wooden nest platform. Zooming in for a photo, I quickly confirmed they were one of the redeyed juveniles. It’s eight weeks after my first glimpse of their little heads. My schedule may have been disrupted this year, but the ospreys are right on track with theirs! Emily Stone is the Naturalist/Education Director at the Cable Natural History Museum’s award-winning second book, Natural Connections: Dreaming of an Elfin Skimmer, is now available.

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Cadillac CT5 pair share power and luxury

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A dark green blur flashed past, the Cadillac CT5 V-Series in stunning Evergreen Metallic with Jack Gilbert behind the wheel. Photos by John Gilbert. Another quiz of new vehicles is to park a 2020 Cadillac CT5 sedan next to a CT4, and then a CT6, with all four pointing right toward you. Try to tell them apart, from their vertical running lights lining both sides of their front ends. For me, if the CT5 was painted Evergreen Metallic, that would be my pick, because I think it’s the most beautiful green color I’ve ever seen on a car. But their near-identical look makes me wonder what I’d have done as a little kid, when my passion for cars far outstripped their aesthetic appeal and technical capabilities. I would walk out to the top of the big hill we lived on, and watch for any approaching cars on what was then a gravel road, and fix

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my gaze down a couple miles toward Lake Superior’s North Shore Drive to see how close the next approaching car would have to get before I could identify it. I could discern a 1952 Ford, as opposed to a 1951 DeSoto, or a 1953 Chevrolet, or a 1950 Cadillac. There weren’t many different models back in the 1950s, and the proliferation of models would make that a lot more challenging in later years. But now, in 2020, it is obvious we are hurtling toward an era of fewer and fewer cars as consumers switch to SUVs. The Plymouths and DeSotos of my childhood, as well as models from the Oldsmobile, Pontiac and Saturn

nameplates of my youth have all disappeared, among others. Cadillac, however, is still the pinnacle of General Motors, although its array has been reduced to those three remaining sedans. Forget Fleetwood, or de Ville – we’re into CT4, CT5 and CT6. Before they are further reduced, let’s check out the CT5. I had occasion to get a pair of CT5 sedans back to back recently, with the first being a CT5 V-Series. That V-Series designation meant it was the hot-rod version of the CT5, with a 3.0-liter V6, twin turbocharged to deliver 360 horsepower and 405 foot-pounds of torque, through all-wheel drive. The horsepower peak is at 5,400 RPMs and the torque peaks at 2,350.

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The CT5 V-Series was a treat to drive, with dark grey leather bucket seats, and refined comfort throughout. The most pleasant surprise is the V-Series suspension, which is listed as a “luxury compact” in size. It is plenty roomy, which no makes me wonder whether Cadillac is going to stretch the CT5 into the full-size region, or if the compact segment has grown to such dimensions. The CT5 V-Series accelerates well, with a proper sporty car sound, and you can shift the 10-speed automatic with steering wheel paddles if you want to exploit its sportiest tendencies. The look, with quad tailpipes, and low-profile “summer only” run-flat tires on 19-inch “premium painted alloy wheels with pearl nickel finish,” if you’re interested in wheels to that extent. Run-flats work well if you suffer a blowout from a road irregularity and would rather drive on home than have to change a tire. But they are enormously expensive to replace, and they don’t just keep running indefinitely. Rear seat room is good, and the trunk is spacious, and overall the CT5 V-Series lives up to its billing and is a very satisfying drive. Fuel economy is estimated at 17 city and 25 highway, with a 20 miles per gallon figure by the EPA, and if you switch it away from sport you still may have trouble getting more than 20 with all that power

temptation. With magnetic shocks that GM has tried on various Corvettes in the last decade, the V-Series handles very well, and with the blacked-out trim all around, it sets itself apart as a highperformer. Never mind all the creature comforts, with the rear camera, park assist, cross-traffic alert, forward collision alert, lane change alert with blind-spot, and front pedestrian braking, and the driver awareness package that includes one keep assist with departure warning, head-up display, and “intellibeam” headlights. Then we get back to the appeal of such a stunning dark green. My wife, Joan, thought it was black for the first night and day she observed me zipping in and out of the driveway. Then she, too, admired the green. We never had occasion to tax the allwheel-drive system, but it added to the feeling of stability wherever we drove. Base price of the CT5 V-Series is $47,695, and the various upgrades lifts it to $58,305. It was with some disappointment that I awaited the press-fleet guys to arrive from Chicago a week later to pick up the CT5 V-Series, even though they were swapping me into a “Premium Luxury” version of the CT5. But as they rolled into my driveway, I was impressed by the “Garnet Metallic” paint – a dark, deep red that may not have approached the appeal

Styling touches encase the quad-exhaust rear of the V-Series. of the unique green, but it was close. They looked good side by side, and you’d have to look very closely to realize the V-Series had an inch larger wheel diameter and lowerprofile tires, Technically, the 18-inch wheels on the Premium Luxury model were “Premium painted alloy with Manoogian Silver finish,” mounted with all-season self-sealing tires. The inch-thicker tires helped give the Premium Luxury CT5 a slightly softer and less performance-oriented feel, and

as if to give me a test of perceptions in my driving, it didn’t feel anywhere near as racy as the V-Series. It was, however, an eye-opener to examine the differences in power-trains between the two cars. The Premium Luxury had, of all things, a 3.0-liter turbocharged V6, with 360 horsepower and 405 foot-pounds of torque – exactly the same as the V-Series! It also had the same 10-speed automatic transmission, and the same paddle shifters, although lacking the magnesium paddles of the V-Series. It also lacked the quad exhaust tips, the rear spoiler, and the throaty sound of its racier sibling. But my perception was that it was a lot sportier after learning that it had the same drivetrain, with lowerperformance tires, and we started driving it a little more forcefully. The interior of the Premium Luxury Caddy also was leather, in a soft, beige, and the Bose audio system was declared a premium unit, with 15 speakers. Otherwise, the equipment was remarkably the same, including the all-wheel-drive system, with EPA fuel-economy estimates of 18 city, 25 highway and 21 combined, one mpg higher in the city than the V-Series. The sticker on the luxury-loaded Premium Luxury model showed $40,695, with added options lifting it to $52,155. What price performance? In the case of the Cadillac CT5, it’s about $5,000. Worth it, if you like the sound and the style of magnesium paddles and the blacked-out grille and trim of the V-Series. The Evergreen Metallic that cost an extra $625 on the V-Series, is offset by the Garnet Metallic’s $625, and both paint schemes are probably available on both cars. Take your pick.

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Racism and hatred is learned behavior, not hereditary or genetic MECHANICSBURG – As I’ve aged I seem to take more and more time to self reflect in an attempt to gain a better understanding of myself and my life, of where I have been and what I have done. I do so that I can make my remaining time here as best as it possibly can be. Oh, I’m certain I’m going to be around for a while yet, but it’s not lost on me that I’m not a young man anymore. I also take time to try to gain a better understanding of the world around me. I do so in the belief that perhaps somewhere, somehow I can do some things to make a difference. I have been working diligently on such a project for the past few months. One topic that has always held my interest from my youth is that of the pursuit of peace and of why so many people don’t get along in this world. It has been troubling to me for quite some time and has grown exponentially over the years. I take a look around me right now and see a country embroiled in hate and the violence that accompanies it. Just like the racism and hate I bore witness to as a kid and teenager growing up in the ‘60s. I’m left to ponder why we have made such little progress. How do our society and culture ever mature enough to get past this? It is problematic. Hate and racism have left a trail of broken and dead humans and it’s time for it to end. Also, the financial costs relative to this are staggering in their scope. I wonder that if 180k dead pandemic victims can’t encourage the populace to wear masks to help stop the spread of it, what are the odds that we can get on top of our racism situation here? It’s disheartening, to say the least, and worst of all, hate and racism are not genetic or hereditary. No one is born with a hate gene within them. It’s a byproduct of teaching, influencing and indoctrination. What kind of adult would teach a young mind to hate another based on skin color or religion, ethnicity, gender or orientation? In most cases it’s a subtle process, in

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some, it’s a deliberate type of mentally sickening conditioning. We are all a product of the environment we grow up in. Haters are no different. I didn’t grow up around that type of behavior or even hate rhetoric. With a neighbor in the pro football business, I was around black people from an early age. I never thought anything of it; the young blacks I knew then were simply other human beings. Because of my upbringing, it never occurred to me to engage in the soul sickening, spiritcrushing hate and intolerance that so many are exhibiting now. My late father gave me one of the greatest examples of acceptance and tolerance I could have ever received. He and I had our differences over the years, but when I think of this single moment, it can still evoke raw, guttural emotions. In December of 1966 his father – my grandfather – died. We made the trip from St. Paul to central Illinois where most of our family still lived for his funeral service. He had been the postmaster in a small town of 500 outside of Springfield. The climate was that the country was still reeling from civil rights protests, marches, and even some riots. Desegregation was being enforced throughout the country, and there was still major resistance to such in some parts of the country. The best I could say about central Illinois at the time based on my almost teenage observations was that I heard a few negative references to black people there, some of it from a minority of family members. I never heard such talk in my own home. My grandfather, as a postal carrier, knew everyone in the area. And in the outlying parts of his rural area, some blacks lived deep in the country and farmed what land they had for themselves and small produce markets. He came to know all of them and at the point of mail delivery, there may have been a bag of tomatoes or sack of sweet corn coming back from the other direction as the mail was handed off. Friendships were formed. Respect was given both ways. At my grandfather’s funeral, in the small town funeral parlor, we were gathered to say one final goodbye to this wonderful person. The room wasn’t full though, and there were a few empty seats left. Just a couple of

minutes into the service the front door opened and an elderly black man slid into the room. Being the only black person there I couldn’t imagine the courage it must have taken for him to walk through that door. Especially in mid-60s white Illinois. The man froze on the spot though, seemingly afraid to walk in any further. No one said or did anything. Not until my father got up from his seat, walked to the back of the room, took the gentlemen’s arm and led him to an open seat, and motioned for him to please sit down with us and mourn and then he returned to his seat. That single act was one of the most powerful things I’ve ever witnessed in my life. When I recall it more than 50 years later it evokes deep emotion and pride. That’s what I was taught. That was my “conditioning” and my “indoctrination.” Acceptance. Tolerance. Kindness. Manners, civility and class. RESPECT. I HAD black heroes when I was a kid. Muhammed Ali. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who I still study to this day, Malcolm X, and more. My black heroes weren’t only entertainers, athletes or musicians. There’s much more to the black Dr. King community than that. And that’s what I was taught or found out on my own. But the biggest lesson I ever learned came from a man right at home. I’ve come to view hate and racism as a form of mental illness. It permeates the minds and souls of those who possess and practice it. How do we ever break the cycle? What would a world at peace look like? I’ve never really seen that in my lifetime. War, hate, violence… It just never ends, the wearying toll on the human spirit and psyche seems to never cease. In my life, I’ve had the privilege of having some black friends, all of whom left me with my life having been better for knowing them. Today, I have hope that we can and will change the world for the better, I write

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Islanders, Lightning enliven Cup chase Sitting down at the keyboard, it is Monday night and I’m watching the satellite feed of a tremendous Stanley Cup Playoff hockey game with the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Boston Bruins tied 1-1 in the third period, at the East Division cluster of games at Toronto. There are games – two, three, sometimes four a night – and it has become an exciting way to spend this century’s pandemic. That also means I’m writing this before Tuesday night’s game between the New York Islanders and the Philadelphia Flyers, so by the time you read this, we don’t know where that series, or any series, might stand. Or be over. But it is the New York Islanders who have captured my imagination. I tend to watch the playoffs with overall interest but it’s sort of a general interest, rather than the intense form if it happened to be the Wild playing. But the Islanders have the masterful Barry Trotz as coach, and he has transformed this youthful but erratic

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“There are games – two, three, some-times four a night – and it has become an exciting way to spend this century’s pandemic.” Islanders team into a smart, quick and skillful team that also plays with exceptional discipline. When I do find a team that catches my attention, I find myself then pulling for them to win, and might even predict they’ll win. I’ve done that with the Islanders, and they have rewarded my whim by playing at a championship pace. Think about this: If the Islanders beat Philadelphia one more time, or have beaten them once more since Monday, they will have have eliminated the favored Flyers, because they were up three games to one going into Tuesday night’s action. That’s the same position Tampa Bay held over the Bruins on Monday, a three games to one lead in their 1-1 third-period tie. (Oops! Tampa Bay just scored, to take a 2-1 lead, and only five minutes remain between the Bruins and elimination.) Going into this cocoon-like Stanley Cup, with the East all in Toronto and the West all in Edmonton, the

certainty was that Washington, Boston and Philadelphia were the Eastern giants. Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay and maybe Columbus were a shade behind them, and the Islanders were lurking there, just above the middle of the pack. But everything fell into place for the Islanders, who have been led by Minnesotans Brock Nelson on one line and Anders Lee on another, with Nick Leddy showing increased performance on defense by the game. Nelson is from Warroad, grandson of Billy Christian and nephew of David Christian, if you like Olympic connections. Leddy is from Eden Prairie, and he spent one year with the Gophers before signing with the Chicago Blackhawks. But the amazing part of the Islanders success is that if and when they finish off Philadelphia, they will have eliminated Washington and Philadelphia, two of the Big Three in the East. That would leave only Boston of the Big Three, and if Boston were to come back and beat Tampa Bay, the Islanders would get their chance to finish off all three of them!(Oops again! With 2:33 to go, Boston tied Tampa Bay 2-2.) (Oops still again! Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay’s superlative defenseman, who might be the best defenseman in the entire NHL right now, just went off for a penalty with 1:56 remaining. That could be a killer for the Lightning in this game. But no, they made it to 0:00, and the teams will come back for sudden-death overtime, where Tampa Bay seems comfortable. Remember that playoff-opening 5-overtime epic?) (The Bruins are finished, eliminated four games to one when Tampa Bay defenseman Victor Hedman moved in from the left point, shot between a defenseman’s legs and scored at 14:10 of the second overtime for a 3-2 victory in Game Five.) Twins stretched The tense part of every season has become known as the “stretch drive,” named after the closing sprint out of the fourth turn in any horse race. But in this abbreviated pandemic-stifled

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season, the stretch drive is not only upon us, it has a new and expanded meaning. The Minnesota Twins have been leading the league all season, and they’ve been able to boast about their depth all the way. But we have now passed the halfway point in this 60game season, and depth or not, the Twins hit a wall last week on their disastrous road trip that saw a five-game losing streak that, on the final day of the trip, knocked them from first to third in their division. There is no need for panic yet, but it might be time to start pulling for good health. The Twins have had several injuries to the pitching staff, but they’ve been patching it together with a strong bullpen and maybe a little duct tape. But when they are at their best, the Twins are slugging home runs and playing airtight defense. It is an imposing roster, with Mitch Garver catching, Miguel Sano at first base, Luis Arraez at second, Jorge Polanco at shortstop and Josh Donaldson at third, and an unbeatable outfield of Eddie Rosario in left, Byron Buxton in center and Max Kepler in right. A powerful lineup both offensively and defensively, made all the stronger with the ageless Nelson Cruz swatting home runs and hitting solidly over .300. The Twins depth has been stretched by injuries that have knocked out Donaldson Garver and Buxton for lengthy stretches of the first half, and https://www.legacy.com/wp-content/ uploads/2020/08/Mark-Setrich1000x667-1.jpg Polanco, Rosario and Kepler also have spent some time on the sidelines. No team could succeed, or even stay close, without their starting catcher, third baseman and center-fielder, and when you add temporary absences for Kepler, Rosario and Polanco that means you’re taking on contenders without six of your nine defensive stalwarts. Add in the occasional starting pitchers and relievers who have needed time off, and the Twins picture needs to get everybody back, with time to get up to peak rhythm. (Oops! Bruins get a well-deserved tripping penalty with 9-plus minutes left in OT. Bruins kill it, though, and the teams absolutely fly to the end of overtime, and prepare for another.) Emotional tribute We had our chance to say our final

Mark Sertich, the World’s Oldest Hockey Player, died last week at the age of 99. goodbyes and wish Godspeed to Mark Sertich, our beloved hockey phenom who gave a new definition to the term “senior hockey” by playing in weekly games right into his 99th year. Sertich died last week after an amazing life filled with a beloved family and nationwide acclaim as the world’s oldest hockey player. Sertich was known to all as “Sertie,” the same as Mike Sertich, the former UMD coach who is unrelated, and aside from being a fixture at weekly no-check games with Duluth firemen, he was best known for a perfectly groomed handlebar mustache. Visitors attended a visitation prior to Monday’s burial service, and it was a chance to see and talk to some of his seven children – three daughters and four sons, all of whom followed his example with a love of hockey. The boys played mainly at Duluth Cathedral, where the legendary Del Genereau coached them. Steve Sertich, one of the boys, recognized me somehow and flattered me by thanking me for stories I’ve written about their dad, and adding that area hockey suffered when I left the News Tribune to go to the Minneapolis Tribune. Wow! That was 53 years ago! But he remembered Genereau finding the state high school ratings I would put together every week, and Del would peruse them to select teams that were strong enough to be worthy enough for the Hilltoppers to play. Mark was born in Ashland, Wis., and when the family moved to Duluth he attended Denfeld and the Duluth Business School. During World War II, and shortly after he married his wife,

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Virginia, Sertich served three years as a radio technician under General George Patton’s armored division. He returned home after the war and he and Virginia raised their seven children. He retired from Peavey at age 62, which only meant that he could find new ways to stay active, such as running seven Grandma’s Marathons. He continued to play hockey at an advanced age, and when he played at the Snoopy senior tournament in the Santa Rosa, Calif., arena built by Twin Cities native Charles Schulz, creator of the Peanuts cartoon strip. In fact, Sertich played several times on the same line as Schulz. At age 96, he was declared the world’s oldest hockey player by the Guinness Book of World Records, earning him appearances on various national television shows. He was inducted into the DECC Hall of Fame in May of last year, and he confided that his major objective was to be playing hockey at age 100. He almost made it. He turned 99 on July 21, and shortly after that he was diagnosed with metastatic cancer. Even that didn’t slow him down, but in mid-August he suffered a stroke. Sertich was buried in Oneota Cemetery, 6403 Highland Street. His spirit can rejoin Virginia, his wife of 62 years, who died in 2004. Everyone who knew Sertich enjoyed every minute spent with him, and the firemen who still gather for their games at Heritage Center will know that one side is shorthanded. But he will always be the World’s Oldest Hockey Player.

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Emergency Pig-Out Sunday, Sept. 6, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

White Winter Winery, Iron River Pig roast BBQ and fundraiser for the Iron River Fire & Ambulance. Bring your own chairs or tailgate in the parking lot. Pre-orders strongly encouraged, register at whitewinter.com/ events. Music by TrueGrass Trio 12-4 p.m.

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Mask-Queer-Ade Friday, Sept. 4, 9 p.m. Duluth Flame

Pride Festival got canceled, but this maskrequired party goes on. Drink specials all night with mask decorating and contest.

Greg Tiburzi Saturday, Sept. 5, 7 p.m.

Ursa Minor Inspired by pop radio, the American songbook, folk and world music and rock from Chuck Berry on, Tiburzi reveres the healing quality of music and the ability to connect with each other, our surroundings and ourselves.

Labor Day Drive-In Chili Cook-Off Monday, Sept. 7, 2 p.m.

Veterans Park, Cloquet Drive in to pick up your chili and head to a parking spot where you can tune into the radio broadcast of musical performances, entertainers, candidates and elected officials. Rain or shine. Bring a chair if you wish to sit outside. Glensheen Free Grounds Admissions Wednesdays in September, 5 -10 p.m. Glensheen Mansion Enjoy a night with campfires, a food truck and local beer and cider by Lake Superior. Live music 6-9 p.m. with a few surprises as to where it will be on the estate.

Greg Herriges Thursday, Sept. 10, 7 p.m.

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Day & night Thursday 9.3

Friday 9.4

Club, 28 N. First Ave. W., Duluth 218-727-2344

Virginia Square Market, 2:30-6pm S. 9th Ave. W. & Chestnut St., Virginia

Buckwild, 5pm Props Landing Waterfront Grille, 9971N Grand Pines Lane, Hayward 715-915-1111

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Mary Bue: The World is Your Lover Mary Bue was part of the Duluth music scene for nearly two decades, playing lovely solo songs on piano starting in the late ‘90s. Then in 2015 she went all rock and roll and learned to curse like a sailor in her lyrics, perhaps to counter the relatively ” demure pianist image, or perhaps to provide a more effective vent for personal demons, and/or just for a change of pace. Eventually she wrote a pop punk song called “The S--t I Left in Duluth” and moved to Minneapolis. No offense taken, though, as the song is wistful rather than bitter about this place. (Favorite line: “I took some tables to Goodwill / I got a coupon at Saver’s for 20 percent off but it’ll probably expire too soon.” As one who’s gotten many such coupons from Saver’s, I dig that.) Down south she quickly gained recognition. The Kickstarter campaign for this album was launched in November 2018 and after nearly two years of teasing and postponed release dates (delays included switching plans from releasing it on a label to releasing it independently, and a winter retreat

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in India) it’s finally out. For those who contributed to her campaign, you can certainly hear where the money went. (Disclosure: I put in $10. You can see my name in the thank-you list in the lyrics book, fourth column, not quite halfway down. Yes, right there!) It’s produced by Steve Price of The Suburbs, along with Jeremy Ylviskaker (Alpha Consumer, The Cloak Ox). Team Bue also includes Adam Levy, lead singersongwriter of The Honeydogs. This album is different, she writes, because “the last two Kickstarter projects saw me shifting genres to ‘90s-inspired grungy indie rock. This new album is a coming-together of that rock-y shift & my piano-folkie roots.” The rock and piano don’t exactly come together so much as coexist on an album with diverse styles. She’s judicious with the keys, eschewing them when she wants a hard-edge rock and highlighting them when she wants something closer to Carole King. They blend together on one track, “Tequila Song,” when she merges hard and soft rock with the help of a reggae beat and insane electric guitar work by Ylviskaker. The opening track, “S--t Storm,” sounds like a theme for a western movie set in a ghost town. Musically it’s fun, but lyrically it’s a dark and depressing, warning about climate change, with a grim nod to this region: “I had a vision the Great Lakes were

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drained / Superior Desert was her new name.” Social activist lyrics are nothing new to Bue, and climate change is certainly the most pressing matter of our time. But if you’re serious about doing something, writing a song seems an indirect method of addressing it. Still, if it scares you enough that you’ll Google ways to reduce your carbon output, it’s done its job. “The Hanged Man,” despite the title, is not a downer, instead a fast, engaging tune that sounds like a Pretenders tribute. It’s got that band’s signature driving beat, jangly guitar, sweet chords and even the Chrissie Hyndes-like slur in the vocals. The title actually references the Tarot card that represents self-sacrifice, and naturally that ties into a relationship: “You got me hanging from ladders upside down.” The title track is more like the Mary Bue we all know and love, a joyful song that opens with her piano, launching it into an upbeat rocker and reminding us she has the sweetest voice this side of Natalie Merchant. The words reflect her own journey of breaking out of her ruts and routines, going out and embracing the wider world. “All the Things” also opens with lush piano chords and adds orchestral strings (courtesy of Shannon FridRubin, violinist for Cloud Cult and Julia Floberg, cellist for Delphia) for a passionate break-up song. “You’ll be the victim, I’ll be the savior, you be the savior and I’ll be the idiot / What is this pattern, a two-way street of suffering, and I’m playing the villain again … None of us here are getting out alive, if we’re all gonna die, let me live.”

“It’s a Competition” is back to the rocking side, a duet with Levy. “I Don’t Need” is a countryesque love song with slide guitar. As the instrumentals rise, she belts out the chorus like Sheryl Crow, overwhelmingly pulling the heartstrings. After this extravaganza, “Gemini Eyes” seems almost a relief at first, jazzy and light, but it also becomes lushly orchestrated and intense. “You F--k Me Up” is an acidic rock song as the title might suggest. I found the F-bombs distracting, and I started counting them rhythmically like David Bowie doing the countdown in “Space Oddity.” (I got to 12.) Despite this, it’s a great f--king song with brilliant f-king drumming by Richard Medek. “Insider” covers a song Tom Petty wrote for Stevie Nicks, but then he got too attached to it to give it away and they did “Stop Dragging My Heart Around” instead. They eventually sang it together on his 2006 tour. Bue recreates this duet while returning to her piano-only roots and bringing in Alan Sparhawk as co-vocalist. It’s an amazing tribute, proof that we’re still mourning Petty’s death three years after the fact. “Jerk” sounds like a cheerful R&B love song until you pay attention to the lyrics, which are about a crummy boyfriend she’s nonetheless having a hard time dumping. “My Ego is Huge” is short and humorous, with just vocals, guitar and hand-clapping: “My ego is huge, my ego is bruised, can’t take it anywhere, it’s on its worst behavior.” So she considers taking it to a shaman. “Hawaii” is also short, but slow and emotional. The album closes with “The Riverman.” The piano intro is a nod to Dolly Parton, nearly duplicating the intro to “Here You Come Again,” and it has the same bouncy beat. But the melody is its own and a 1960s-style horn section joins in. It’s about missing someone, a frequent theme in her songs. She also sang about missing someone in “The S--t I Left in Duluth.” We have to wonder if there’s someone here she misses, or maybe she misses this town. We certainly miss her. But if this album is any indication, moving out into the world has enabled her growth from indie gem to badass force of nature.

Corn moon This full moon in Pisces is traditionally referred to as the “corn moon” or the “harvest moon.” Pisces, being the realm of emotion and intuition, endows the moon with spiritual gifts for any takers. There is no need to wait until you feel a lack. Spiritual fullness and enrichment is an enhancement of any circumstance or time of life. ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ve made overgenerous gestures in the past and never been sorry for them, though you’ll toss and turn at night if you think you could have done more in the situation. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Those who are cut off from their own experiences will be uncomfortable embracing the full realm of experience, including some that most others experience in their day-to-day lives. Try to understand instead of judge this. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ve still got a chance to go where the sun is hot and the sunbathers are cool. Get

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your work done so you can enjoy your leisure. Get busy so you can have your fun. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Because you are open and ready for new experiences, life will come rushing in to greet you. You’ll have fascinating exchanges, and you’re an essential part of the experience for others. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’re in the middle-person position and therefore tasked to translate and mitigate. What one person thinks is hilarious will fall flat with the next. Consider your audience before you forward. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). A friend minimizes the mistakes and maximizes the attributes and is generally on your side. Such friends help you understand what loyalty really looks like. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The way things are laid out will make a huge difference in your efficiency and also in the feeling you have about an experience. You’ll do much in the way of organizing — an effort well spent. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Tension is rigidity; relaxation is flexibility. A very special relationship will thrive because you strike just the right balance between these two states. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Vacations aren’t always tremendously relaxing. In these times, they aren’t

even tremendously vacationing. Nonetheless, there’s a place in your mind where you can take a break. Find it; do it. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll put in the extra effort to take good care of yourself. Since you know that lack of sleep or proper nourishment makes you cranky, you’ll be sure to plan to get both. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The voice of inspiration is difficult to hear if your inner chatter is loud enough drown it. Exercise is the easiest and fastest way to quiet your mind. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You feel powerful but it’s not even the start of what you can become. Take charge of what you have control over and give no energy to the things outside of that. ASTROLOGICAL QUESTION: “I’m a Taurus, and I don’t believe him half the time. He’s a Cancer. I don’t think he lies because he disrespects me; I think it’s because he’s trying to protect me from his nature, which is to do things that I will not, and do not, like and which, in fact, break my heart. What do you say about it?” Your earthy instinct is spot-on, and it sounds as if you have compassion beyond even your substantial natal endowments. It isn’t necessary to buy all the way in to any story. You can

still love him and challenge his facts, or at least realize that the way he sees it seems correct to him but might not hold up to other scrutiny. Stay wise and carry a kernel of distrust. Know that everyone has their own set of cognitive distortions that warp perception to the needs of psyche. An attitude of slight skepticism is the best chance you have at getting to a truth that is close enough — a truth you can live with. CELEBRITY PROFILES: Gloria Estefan says this of a paralyzing bus accident 30-years ago: “My fans came to my rescue: I could feel people’s prayers like a physical energy – millions were sending me good thoughts and connecting in a way I felt as a physical presence, like electricity.” Estefan was born under a sun and Mercury in nurturing, healthy Virgo and Venus and Jupiter in loyal Libra. Her natal moon and Saturn are in spicy Sagittarius. Write Holiday Mathis at HolidayMathis. com.

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Wants the Farm Life DWF, 51, 5’6”, auburn hair, blue eyes. Not afraid of hard work. ISO NS man 45-60 who loves family, nature, animals, fishing, farming, warm fires and romance. I would like to spend the rest of my days with the same. I have other interests too, could I be the one for you? (58311:11/19)

Compantionship WWF, 70, looking for companion to enjoy life with. Love football, picnics, and dining out. Must be honest. (58398:5/4)

Female Activist Seeks Companionship Seeking like minded Liberal gentleman for friendship and fun. (58340:4/14)

Looking 4 Romance SWF looking for a Jewish man. Brown hair/eyes, 5’8”, 170 lbs. Want a pal-lover-romance. (58304:10/8)

Looking for Soul Mate SWF ISO friend who likes camping, coffee, outdoors, travel, estate sales, and hanging out. Send photo. (58394:3/30)

Looking for Older Gentleman 77yr, DWF, blond, 5’5”, 140lbs. ISO older gentleman. I love reading, animals, movies, quiet times, fun. Let’s talk. (58342:4/14)

Men

Try a Senior Moment Active, adverturous, affable, nice, nurtuting, nimble. Petite, positive, playful. Smart, shapely, spunky. ISO fit young (67-77) codger for smiles and converstion, serendipity, exploring. (58403:6/8)

Looking for my Sweetheart DWF, 58, 5’5”, 160lbs, NS/ND, likes to cuddle, hold hands, camping, traveling, cooking, walks. ISO Christian guy 55-70 for friendship and possible LTR. (58374:12/15) Searching for Comanionship DWF, NS, retired veteran female. 63, honest, considerate, loves to laugh, visit and talk. (58373:12/15)

Wondering? SWW, 5’11”, 185lbs, 61yrs. Is there a lonely guy out there with a colostomy pouch? I have one too. Let’s meet. (58343:4/14) Soulmate Wanted Men 55-72 yrs old. 180-210 lbs. Kids okay. Write me. (58336:3/24) Lake Superior Country Girl Pretty, 5’3”, mid-50s, healthy, fit, well read, ISO companion

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Seeking kindness and love SWM, 6’1”, 220, brown hair, brown eyes,, NS, just retired, handsome, kind and honest, seeking a lady that enjoys life. Lake homeowner, boats, Harleys. Must love God. How about dinner? Exchange photos. (58556:8/13)

Vermilion Lake area DWM, 60, 6’1, 200, NS, seeks SF for travel, quiet nights around fire, must enjoy fresh fish dinners off grill. Let’s communicate. (58551:7/16) Time for a companion DWM, 70, 5’8”, 170 lbs., brown hair, blue eyes, looking for a lady to settle down with. I am loving, caring, helpful. Let’s talk and learn more. (58548:5/21) Exploring SWM, 5’10”, brown, blue, enjoy RV camping, boating, ATVing, travel, staying home. Seeking LTR with any race. Piercings, tattoos a plus. (58547:5/14) Living romance novel! Let me lead the way into our very own love story! SWM, tall, attractive, passionate, mysterious, James Bondish! Respond, I want to meet. (58545:4/23)

Active widower SWM 6’1”, 195, 82 years, good health, likes to travel, summer home in MN lake, winter home in south Texas. Looking for lady 60s-70s. (58555:8/6)

Looking for love WM, 58, seeking mature BBW for dating. I have many interests. Camping, travel, concerts. (58544: 4/23)

Blood in my veins Passionate, retired DWM, well

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the rock scene, but still roll. (58539:03/25) Won’t be sorry Am looking for partner 63 on disability, heart surgery. Ok now 5’10” 185lbs DWM ISO L&R Hope to find home to gether, Avarage looks (58538:02/24) Seeking a mature woman SWM, tall, dark, handsome, romantic, in search of a mature woman who enjoys living life with a fun down-to-earth man with many interests! (58537:01/23) Romantic looking for lady SWM, NS, 71 5’9” 160, trim, fit, seeks fun-loving girl 50’s or 60’s Duluth, NW WIsc. casual hiking, dinners, old movies, good music. Possible LTR, photos! (58536:01/10) Young 70 Looking for Female 55 & up Retired, divorced Iron Ranger in Bemidji would like lady who enjoys life and wants to enjoy with partner who treats lady as lady should be, respectfully. You may be her! (58531:12/12) Desiring an honest, intelligent significant other I’m likable, are you? I’m slim, attractive, humorous, middleaged, ISO possible LTR. I enjoy walking, movies, cooking, cuddling and music. I’m financially secure. Let’s bask in utopia. (55829:11/21) Mesabi Bike Trail DWM, 60s, 5’8”, 165 lbs., seeks Christian healthy in-shape gal 50s-60s. Love for outdoor music, biking, camping, lakes, sunsets. Humor a must. I’m honest, secure, please be the same. (58528:10/31)

Looking for fun & partner DWM 69, 5’10”, 215 lbs., NS, light drinker, muscular, well built, looking for fun honest woman. Like to cuddle amd love. Like camping, swimming, traveling, movies, TV, staying home or pen pal and romantic. (58526:10/24) Best friend and partner DWM, 60, 190 lbs., 5’10”, looking for LTR with woman that loves camping, hiking, canoeing, fishing, road trips and just quiet nights home. (58524:10/24) Hopeless romantic in Two Harbors 61, on pension, fairly attractive, spiritual, love gardening, cooking, watching movies and cuddling. If this appeals to you please respond. (58523:10/24) Not the age, it’s the mileage WM, 61, 6’, 250 lbs., NS, light drinker. Not handsome but handy, easy going, honest, homebody. Very affectionate, likes to cuddle, slow dance. Enjoys shore fishing, light gardening, easy walks. movies, music, cooking and more. ISO cuddly, warmhearted woman 55-65 for LTR. (58518:9/5) Respect joy & fun for you Tell me your story. I’m attractive, healthy, athletic, Amtrak retiree, 6’, slim, financially stable, liberal, NS. Enjoy hiking, swimming, cooking, movies, writing personal letters, conversation. ISO F LTR, any race or age. I like reciprocally gentle foreplay. Seesaw with me as friends. (58516:8/8)

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Personals

Tired of being alone WW, WM, 61, blonde, blue eyes, 5’11”, honest, caring, hard-working. Retiring in November. Will answer all/ (58513:8/1)

Lonesome old guy There has to be some lonesome lady in the Virginia area that would like to go for coffee & conversation, maybe play some cribbage. (58510:7/16) Seeking Honesty SWM 57 looking for SWF, fit, educated,love to travel. Camping, adventures. Picture a plus but not required. Must be romantic. (58508:7/16) Attractive Discriminating Ninety Intellectual Stimulating NS 5”9” 170lb seeks slim-trim female biologically 65ish independent fox to persue happiness. Wine/ dine, dance, karaoke. Upper North Shore -Let’s explore!. (58507:7/4)

Loving, honest, passionate DWM, 74, 180, 5-8, looking for honest woman. Like gardening, dancing, outdoors. Active, LTR, looking to adventure, try fishing and other sports, anything new. (58493:4/25) Togetherness DWM, NS, 74, 180 lbs., 5’8”, likes cooking, gardening, woodwork, dancing, Hallmark Channel. Looking for LTR, life partner. Learn from each other. (58488:4/11) 41 seeking 50-60 Seeking lady age 50-60 for dating that leads to LTR. I’m in Superior. 6’2”, 225 lbs., Caucasian, dark brown hair, brown eyes. (58485:4/11)

Looking for a wonderful best friend Single man 60 yrs, seeks lady that loves life, movies, fishing, sports, cards, board games, cooking & grilling together that wants a true, best friend. (58480, 4/6)

Partnership Have a nice country home, some pets, camping, fishing and learning. ISO a lady to share and communicate with. Will exchange photos. (58505:7/4)

Still looking in North Central WI SWM 63 NS/ND 5’8” 160lb. Still believe life is meant to be shared. Enjoy the outdoors,good conversation, self sufficiency & people w/the same values. No games, just the simple life values. (58479, 4/6)

New to Grand Rapids DWM age 78, NS, looking for NS woman 60-80 who likes road trips outdoors, fishing, dining out & financially stable. (58502:6/13) Oral herpes for oral herpes 40s male looking for lady who has oral herpes. I do, too. 46-59. Slim or average build. Picture, please. I’m tall, ave. build. (58501:6/13)

Wake me up, stud Northern Wis. Looking for playmates, top or bottom, for right stud, nice package. (58503:6/13) ISO Top SWM WITI. 67. seeking christian SGWM for possible LTR, photo, phone please. (58453:5/31)

Looking for a connection SWM 70, working artist w/ strong interest in books & music. Physical fitness important. Someone simpatico with those values. Carpe diem. Send phone or email (58439: 11/8) Show me the WGM 36, fully scene. ISO M a good time 10/18)

way blind & new to friend to have with. (58438:

Biverse Bear ISO friend, mid-40s Looking

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for hunt, fish & discreet Biverse friend 18-50 verse discreet friends with benis satisfaction. (58437: 9/30) Senior fun time 70, 67”, NS, Bi, fun time, tall, up close-personal, enjoyment. (58436: 8/7)

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and music. Candlelight dinners, walks on the Lakewalk. Looking for LTR. (58496:5/9)

Etcetera Lay down the law WF, early 50s, seeks WM 50s to spank, punish and ground me. (58527:10/24)

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Looking for love I’m 64 years old. Love movies

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Tall Horse Lover DWM 65 6’2” 180lbs ISO country woman. Where are you? Let’s meet so we can horse around. Honest, sincere & marriage minded. (58481: 4/6)

I am a reminiscent sentimental romantic Professional writer, community education teacher, 6’1”, thin, NS, middle-aged, enjoys hiking, classical music, reading, humor, loves holding hands, cuddling, open-minded, conversationalist, adaptable to your desires. (58506:7/4)

Want to love again WM, 62, 5/3, 140, ND/NS, faithful, honest, passionate, seek LTR. Love camping, fishing, hiking, cuddling, holding hands, bonfires. Seeking younger to same age. Want to share love, life and hardships. So much to give. (58504:6/20)

with similar intent. Love to fish, a little play time when the bite is slow. (58521:10/10)

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Relating to guys Retired mid-70s professional gentleman to provide ful body attention Turkish style. (58550:6/25)

Pantie Play Looking for another 60 year old that enjoys wearing panties and stockings. Interested? 58546:4/23) The smaller the better MWM 60-plus looking for a male friend. casual get-togethers. (58529:12/5) Fishing friend with benefits MWM, 64, looking for a guy

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New book celebrates Minnnesota State Fair In reaction to this year’s cancelation of the Minnesota State Fair, Kickliy, a prominent Minnesota artist, has announced the publication of his book Impressions of the State Fair (statefairimpressions.com). An avid fairgoer who has attended multiple times each year of his life, Kickliy wanted to celebrate the things he loves most about the popular Minnesota event. With almost 80 new paintings commemorating the Midwestern tradition, this book serves as a tribute to the big event that many are missing this summer. Describing the book as his “love letter to the State Fair,” Kickliy states that he created these many works of art surrounding the summer highlight because he “felt [he] had to do something.” Using his skills from time spent in Paris studying artists of the past, he also applied his knowledge from years of illustrating and writing comic books. Through the use of bright colors

and lively figures, his art conjures the sights, sounds, and smells that regular attendees associate with the annual affair. A self-taught artist, Sam Hiti, otherwise known as “Kickliy,” holds a lifelong passion for attending the Minnesota State Fair. “I’ve attended literally every year since I was born,” he recalls from the first page of his book. “The State Fair is a part of who I am – a Minnesotan.” In response to the announcement of canceling the 2020 State Fair, Kickliy was inspired to create artwork depicting his fond memories of the event and the atmosphere that surrounded it. As one painting turned into a dozen, a dozen quickly turned into almost 80 different artworks that were just as personal as they were relatable. This art series is printed, bound, and easily found in Impressions of the State Fair.

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Portion of book profits go to campaign for Virginia Woolf statue BOOKS

Jackie Kay, Shuchi Kothari, Bryony Lavery, Annee Lawrence, Roseanne Liang, Suchen Christine Lim, Jackie McCarrick, Laura Miles, Raman Mundair, Magda Oldziejewska, Kaite O’Reilly, Jacqueline Pepall, Gabi Reigh, Djamila Ribeiro, Fiona Rintoul, Jasvinder Sanghera, Anne Sebba, Kalista Sy, Debbie Taylor, Madeleine Thien, Claire Tomalin, Ida Vitale, Sarah Waters and the great-niece of Virginia Woolf, Emma Woolf. Knowledgeably compiled and deftly edited, The Women Writers Handbook by Ann Sandham (commissioning editor for Ladybird Children’s Books at Penguin Random House) also features an informative foreword by Cheryl Robson (the Aurora Metro Books publisher). Of special note is the inclusion of an instruction article on how to operate a writing workshop, a five-page Resource Directory (compiled by Saskia Calliste), and a fun one-page Quiz. Informative, thought-provoking, inspiring, The Women Writers Handbook is an extraordinary, unique, and thoroughly “reader friendly” in both organization and presentation. Certain to be an immediate and enduringly popular addition to many collections, The Women Writers Handbook is unreservedly recommended. Together with the original writing workshops plus black and white illustrations, editor Ann Sandham

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The Women Writers Handbook Ann Sandham, editor Aurora Metro Books Now in a newly revised edition of the publisher’s inaugural publication of The Women Writers Handbook first published in 1990 (and which won the Pandora Award from Women-inPublishing) features poems, stories, essays and interviews with more than 30 women writers. These women writers include both emerging authors and luminaries of contemporary literature such as: A.S. Byatt, Saskia Calliste, April De Angelis, Kit de Waal, Carol Ann Duffy, Sian Evans, Philippa Gregory, Mary Hamer,

has compiled this new edition cele-brates Aurora Metro Publication’s 30th anniversary as an independent publisher. Twenty percent of profits from the sale of The Women Writers Handbook will to go to the Virginia Woolf statue campaign in the UK.

Blue-Collar Cash Ken Rusk Dey Street Books In a period of skyrocketing student loan debt without the promise of high-paying employment, and in a collapsing economy still in desperate need of skilled tradespeople, many are seeking new paths. In Blue-Collar Cash: Love Your Work, Secure Your Future, and Find Happiness for Life by Ken Rusk argues that blue-collar trades are a source of pride and that anyone can (and will) find their version of happiness by pursuing a good old-fashioned craft. In the pages of Blue Collar Cash, Ken shares his insights from more than 30 years working in blue collar trades as an entrepreneur, mentor and life coach. Ken knows from his own experience (first as a young kid digging ditches, and then as the owner of a successful concrete construction business) that working with your hands at a job that takes skill and practice can be monumentally rewarding and lifeaffirming. Since then, he has built a multimillion-dollar business and gone on to mentor hundreds of employees in how to manage their money and set achievable goals. Using the stories of those who have discovered lives of comfort, peace, and freedom, Ken creates a step-by-step, interactive guide that also includes financial planning and savings advice, and showcases how to create alternative and realistic routes to success and fulfillment. Lonely Planet’s Best of USA Lonely Planet Publications Lonely Planet’s Best of USA is an ideal compendium offering the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await the traveler who

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is out to discover America. From exploring the kaleidoscopic streets of New York City, to feasting on lipsmacking jambalaya in New Orleans, to finding solitude and space in Yosemite National Park Lonely Planet’s Best of USA allows the traveler to get to the heart of the USA. The book color maps and images throughout; highlights and itineraries which help to tailor trips to personal needs and interests; insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots; essential information such as hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices; honest reviews for all budgets – eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss: Cultural insights to history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, cuisine, politics, thereby giving a richer, more rewarding travel experience. Why We Get Sick Benjamin Bikman BenBella Books Despite the impressive advances in medicine in the past 100 years, around the world, we continue to struggle with diseases that were once considered rare. Cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and diabetes affect millions each year; many people are also struggling with hypertension, weight gain, fatty liver, dementia, low testosterone, menstrual irregularities and infertility, and more. All too often we treat the symptoms, not realizing that all of these diseases and disorders have something in common. Each of them is caused or made worse by a condition known as insulin resistance. More than half of all adults in the United States are insulin resistant – and in most other countries its either worse or not far behind. Why We Get Sick: The Hidden Epidemic at the Root of Most Chronic Disease – and How to Fight It by patho-physiology professor Benjamin Bikman explores why insulin resistance has become so prevalent and why it matters. Unless we recognize it and take steps to reverse the trend, major chronic diseases will be even more widespread. But reversing insulin resistance is possible, and Bikman offers an evidence-based plan to stop and

prevent it, with helpful food lists, meal suggestions, easy exercise principles, and more. Full of surprising research and practical advice, Why We Get Sick will help its readers to take control of their health. Expertly written, organized and presented, Why We Get Sick is impressively informative and thoroughly reader friendly, making it ideal for the non-professional general reader seeking to understand and improve their personal health. Benjamin Bikman earned his PhD in Bioenergetics and was a postdoctoral fellow with the Duke-National University of Singapore, studying metabolic disorders. Currently, his professional focus as a scientist and professor (Brigham Young University) is to better understand the origins and consequences of metabolic disorders, including obesity and diabetes, with a particular emphasis on the role of insulin. He frequently publishes his research in peer-reviewed journals and presents at international science and public meetings. Our Time Is Now Stacey Abrams Henry Holt & Company Stacey Abrams is an author, serial entrepreneur, nonprofit CEO and political leader. After eleven years in the Georgia House of Representatives, seven as Minority Leader, Abrams became the 2018 Democratic nominee for Governor of Georgia, where she won more votes than any other Democrat in the state’s history. She has founded multiple organizations devoted to voting rights, training and hiring young people of color, and tackling social issues at both the state and national levels; and she is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Abrams is the 2012 recipient of the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award and the first black woman to become the gubernatorial nominee for a major party in the United States. Now in the pages of her newly published book, Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America, Abrams offers a blueprint to end voter suppression, empower our citizens, and take back our country. A recognized expert on fair voting and civic engagement, Abrams chronicles a chilling account of how the right to vote and the principle of democracy have been and continue to be under attack. Abrams would have been the first African American woman governor, but experienced these effects firsthand, despite running the most innovative race in modern politics as

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the Democratic nominee in Georgia. Abrams didn’t win, but she has not conceded. Our Time Is Now compellingly argues for the importance of robust voter protections, an elevation of identity politics, engagement in the census, and a return to moral international leadership. Abrams also draws on extensive research from national organizations and renowned scholars, as well as anecdotes from her life and others’ who have fought throughout our country’s history for the power to be heard. The stakes could not be higher. Here are concrete solutions and inspiration to stand up for who we are – now. A badly needed and eloquent contribution to our current and ongoing national dialogue over the immoral and undemocratic practice of voter suppression in this Trump era of plutocracy and a thoroughly corrupted Republican Party, Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America is deserving of as wide a readership as possible – especially as we approach the November presidential and congressional elections. Stealing Our Democracy Don Siegelman NewSouth, Inc. Stealing Our Democracy: How the Political Assassination of a Governor Threatens Our Nation by Don Siegelman is a searing political memoir. This former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman explodes the myth of an impartial U.S. justice system. He should know. Arguably the most successful and promising politician in modern Alabama history, his threedecade career in public service ran afoul of Republican opponents who

used the federal judicial system to take him out of contention in Alabama and nationally. Governor Siegelman ultimately was sentenced to 88 months in federal prison and served five years, with long stretches in solitary confinement during which he was a literal political prisoner, cut off from interviews and outside contact. Stealing Our Democracy reveals how Siegelman’s political enemies within the Republican party, and which included politicized prosecutors and a corrupt judge, stripped him of his freedom, his career, and his law license, and deprived him of his family and friends. His is an intensely personal account of how our system can fail and be abused for political greed. And if it could happen to him, he writes, it can happen to any of us, particularly in an era when Donald Trump is abusing his power and using the Department of Justice as a political weapon to defend himself and to destroy those who

oppose him. Siegelman draws on his experience as a public servant and an inmate to show why the nation’s prisons must be reformed along with our system of indictment, prosecution and sentencing. Finally, Stealing Our Democracy offers a blueprint for voters in 2020 of what must be done to preserve democracy. A simply riveting read from cover to cover, “Stealing Our Democracy: How the Political Assassination of a Governor Threatens Our Nation” is an extraordinary story with profound implications for the American citizen in this era of the Trump administration and the corruption of the federal Justice Department under Trump sycophant William Barr. This candid revelation of political corruption should have as wide a readership as possible.

Midwest Indie Bestsellers

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for the week ending 8/23/2020

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NONFICTION 1. Caste Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32

1. The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27

2. How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27

2. Hamnet Maggie O’Farrell, Knopf, $26.95

3. Too Much and Never Enough Mary L. Trump, Ph.D., S&S, $28

3. Northernmost Peter Geye, Knopf, $26.95

4. Untamed Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28

4. Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $26

5. The Splendid and the Vile Erik Larson, Crown, $32

5. The Dutch House Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99

6. Begin Again Eddie S. Glaude, Crown, $27

6. The Guest List Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99 7. American Dirt Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99 8. Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27 9. Migrations Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $26.99 10. The Order Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99

7. It Was All a Lie Stuart Stevens, Knopf, $26.95 8. Me and White Supremacy Layla Saad, Sourcebooks, $25.99 9. Evil Geniuses Kurt Andersen, Random House, $30 10. Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $26 11. What It’s Like to Be a Bird David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35

11. Luster Raven Leilani, FSG, $26 12. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26 13. Such a Fun Age Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26 14. The Pull of the Stars Emma Donoghue, Little, Brown, $28 15. The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones, Gallery/Saga Press, $26.99

12. Live Free Or Die Sean Hannity, Threshold Editions, $30 13. Blitz David Horowitz, Humanix Books, $27.99 14. Breath James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28 15. Hood Feminism Mikki Kendall, Viking, $26

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Marijuana blamed for woman’s decline in She Shoulda Said No! She Shoulda Said No & The Devils Sleep Other, Blu-ray, $29.95 The sixth entry in Kino Lorber’s Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age Of The Exploitation Picture, which is done in conjunction with Something Weird Video, is 1949’s She Shoulda Said No!, a 71-minute look at the evils of recreational marijuana use! Also known as Wild Weed and as The Devil’s Weed, this picture, presented by legendary exploitation film pioneer Kroger Babb, stars lovely Lila Leeds as a young woman named Anne Lester. She makes ends meet as a dancer, using whatever extra money she can scrape together to help get her brother Bob (David Holt) though college. She winds up falling in with some bad seeds,

lured in by mister fancypants, Markey (Alan Baxter) and gets really into smoking pot. She gets canned from her dancing gig and winds up working for Markey, moving quickly toward rock bottom. When Bob finds out what’s happened to his sister, he hangs himself! When Anne’s former employer turns her in, she lands herself a stint in the clink. During her stint behind bars, a cop named Hayes (Lyle Talbot) enlists her aid in bringing down Markey and Jonathan Treanor (Michael Whalen), the man behind the whole operation, once and for all! “Rips the veil of secrecy from marihuana smokers!” She Shoulda Said No! is pretty enter-

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taining slice of vintage exploitation. It doesn’t really bring anything new to the drug scare film formula, but it does what it does rather well, showing us how that evil weed can so easily lead to the corruption and downfall of an otherwise innocent, if slightly naïve, person. That said, Sam Newfield, credited here as Sherman Scott, paces the picture pretty well and keeps enough coming at us throughout the film’s brisk 71-minute running time that the picture proves consistently entertaining, even if it is a little bit on the predictable side in terms of how it all plays out. The scene where Anne gets her first glimpse of prison life and sees, first hand, where her choices could take her is quite memorable for how melodramatic it all is.

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Interestingly enough, the beautiful Ms. Leeds was cast by Babb for the lead in this role to take advantage of the publicity that erupted when she, along with Robert Mitchum, was busted for illegal use of marijuana a year before this picture was made, once again proving the old adage that there’s no such thing as negative publicity. She’s quite good here, actually, very likable and believable enough as the gal who just got mixed up with a bad crowd. If nothing else, she’s very sympathetic in the role, and that goes a long way. Supporting work from Alan Baxter and Michael Whalen as the two heavies in the film is pretty enjoyable, while Lyle Talbot does a nice job chewing some of the scenery as a stereotypical hard-boiled cop, the kind that won’t rest until he gets his man. It’s also worth keeping your eyes open for a small role for the instantly recognizable Jack Elam, cast here as a henchman in one of his first roles. She Shoulda Said No arrives on Blu-ray transferred from an unspecified source but from elements that look to be an archival print. The AVC encoded 1080p high definition transfer is framed at 1.33.1, the film’s original aspect ratio, and it takes up 18.2GBs of space on the 50GB disc. There’s print damage noticeable throughout, mostly vertical scratches, but if you can look past that this isn’t in particularly bad shape for a low-budget exploitation picture fast approaching its centennial. The black and white picture shows occasional contrast blooming but that is almost certainly a result of the original camera work. Black levels are decent and the grey scale here is fine. Detail levels are quite good given the age of the elements, and the transfer stays film-like from start to finish, showing no issues with noise reduction, edge enhancement or compression artifacts. The English language 16-bit LPCM Mono track is on par, quality wise, with the video. There are no alternate language subtitle options provided but English subtitles have been included. There’s a little bit of hiss here and there and range is quite understandably limited but dialogue stays clean and clear and easy enough to follow. The levels are properly balanced throughout, and while there are some audible defects here and there, overall it sounds just fine given the history of the picture and the elements available to use for this release. Extras start with an audio commentary from Alexandra HellerNicholas that, like the author’s other

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and Marihuana. Menus and chapter selection are also provided. The Kino Lorber/Something Weird Video Blu-ray release of She Shoulda Said No! and The Devil’s Sleep is a blast, the type of schlock that fans of vintage exploitation pictures and drug scare films will have a field day with. The presentation is about as good as the elements will likely allow for, and the commentary and bonus trailers add some value. Recommended!

Lila Leeds as Anne Lester on the downward spiral as she takes her first puff of marijuana in She Shoulda Said No! The year before this film was made, Leeds and fellow actor Robert Mitchum were arrested on a marijuana charge. commentaries for this series, is quite an interesting listen. There’s a lot of focus here on Lila Leeds and plenty of detail about her aforementioned arrest with Robert Mitchum, but there’s also a lot of info here about Babb, some thoughts on the director’s work on this picture, the cast, the themes that the film explores and plenty more. This is definitely worth taking the time to listen to. A second feature, the 76-minute The Devil’s Sleep, also from 1949 and also known as Hopped Up, is also included. Touted as “an expose of the pep pill racket”, the film introduces us to one Umberto Scali (Timothy Farrell), a man who runs a health spa for women where he runs a clandestine operation pushing uppers, bennies and the like, preying on his clientele, most of whom are hoping to make some progress with their weight loss goals. Scali wants more, however, and in order to bring in more clients for the illegal side of his business, he hires a sleazy dud to pose as his nephew, get a big old party going, and get all of the kids who attend hooked on bennies, a plan that, should it work, will massively increase the size of his customer base. The noble Judge Rosalind Ballentine (Lita Grey-Chaplin) gets wind of what Scali’s up to and hopes to find a way to shut him down, but when her daughter

is photographed at one of Scali’s shindigs, she backs off. Thankfully for society at large, there are a couple of honest cops around who know what it takes to deal with the likes of Scali! Directed by W. Merle Connell, this is another drug scare film, though this one does at least tackle something a bit more dangerous than weed. It’s pretty melodramatic and at times quite over the top in its depiction of narcotic use, but it’s entertaining in that way that old drug scare films are entertaining. Farrell is a kick to watch as the main villain in the film, and the script gives him and the rest of the cast plenty of top-notch terrible material work with. The film was produced by George Weiss, who bank rolled Glen Or Glenda? for Ed Wood. The black and white film is presented in AVC encoded 1080p high definition and famed at 1.33.1, taking up 19.2GBs of space, once again taken from elements in less than pristine condition but completely watchable if you don’t mind the print damage. The English language 16-bit LPCM 2.0 Mono track has some hiss and occasional distortion but otherwise is serviceable enough. Optional English subtitles are provided. Rounding out the extras on the disc are trailers for She Shoula Said No!, The Devil’s Sleep (Hopped Up), Test Tube Babies, Pin-Down Girls (Racket Girls) September 3, 2020 67

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LOOK Love, Gilda leaves out some key players Love, Gilda Magnolia Home entertainment, $26.98 There are a lot of female comedians and comic actors working today on stage, in movies and on television, and one would imagine if they had to put together a Mount Rushmore of influences on their work, Gilda Radner would easily make the list. The Second City alum and member of Saturday Night Live’s Not Ready for Prime Time players initial cast held her own and some of her male cohorts at times with characters like Roseanne Roseannadanna before moving on from the weekly grind of late night sketch comedy, ultimately to be taken from the world much too soon at the age of 42 due to ovarian cancer.

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Lisa D’Apolito combined with Radner’s estate teamed up to make Love, Gilda, using a wealth of audio tapes, journals, pictures and home movies of Radner throughout her life. The film also includes interviews with many of those who Radner worked with, including Martin Short (Inherent Vice), SNL producer Lorne Michaels, former David Letterman band leader Paul Shaffer and members of Radner’s family. Fans of Radner that went on to do SNL including Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation) and Bill Hader (Barry) share their thoughts on her as well, along with non SNL alums and comic actresses like Melissa McCarthy (The Heat). They share their thoughts on Radner’s work and life, what kind of person she was and seemed to be, and how much they miss her. There is little doubt that Radner was a dear person and that her life, even in death touched many people. Before doing the film, D’Apolito was shooting a promotional piece for the charity in Radner’s name, and her exposure to

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those suffering from cancer combined with recollections from others inspired her to do the documentary. Given the context of Radner’s life in the film, it does provide even a seasoned fan of her work a newfound and emotional appreciation for her appearance on Garry Shandling’s show before the recurrence of her cancer that led to her death. In getting the estate’s cooperation to provide so much material about Radner, from Radner in the film, D’Apolito’s choice of Radner telling her story is both a positive and negative. On one hand, there are the feelings you have as you see her life unfold and just how much love played a part in her work and her life. On the other, it still leaves a feeling of incompletion to the film that there isn’t more appreciation from those around Radner through her life. Strangely, SNL friends (and later lovers) Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd and onetime bandleader/husband GE Smith were not interviewed, though Short, as Radner’s onetime boyfriend, was. Whether they were approached is unknown, but they presumably would have loved the chance to share their thoughts about the woman they worked with and loved. In a way I get the omissions, they serve as a bit of selfishness for the viewer (or this viewer at least), and it deters from telling the story of Gilda’s life in Gilda’s words. And in a film where love is a central talked about

theme, I don’t think you could love or show love for Gilda Radner enough. At some point you have to stop, and if stopping the telling of Gilda Radner’s life results in some disappointment, it’s a minor blemish on an otherwise straightforward and passionate telling of a remarkable woman’s existence. Love, Gilda is presented in 1.78:1 widescreen with the film looking like a gem. It juggles SNL, Radio City and concert footage adeptly, as well as numerous stills and home movies that span the decades of Radner’s life. Television footage looks natural and colors are consistent as can be, and the interviews of contemporary subjects looking vivid in the clothing and hair colors. Magnolia does very well by the focus of the feature and invigorates the subject of Radner’s life and legacy. The film gets a 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack but doesn’t have a lot to do. The sounds of the day sound good and the home movies have a crisp, even immersive feeling to them even if they are scant. Interviews are consistent in the front of the theater and do not possess any dropouts or hissing. Everything generally occurs in the front of the viewer, so little in the way of channel panning or directional effects to come, given the source material. Still a fun listen regardless. Perhaps some more could have been done in this area; Radner’s movies on an expanded level are included (10:19), along with a stills gallery and trailer (2:30), though the big feature is additional interview footage with most of those who appear in the film (37:33), which is a nice complement to it. In Love, Gilda, we get to see a big reason why a lot of women who are in comedy pursue it, and Radner’s life, (most of the) warts and all is shown with loads of moments to make you laugh, cry, think and remember fondly. Technically it’s fine and the bonuses could have used some more work but it’s a superb look back at Radner’s time on earth with love. Lots and lots of love.

The Invisible Man puts Universal’s Dark Universe on the right track The Invisible Man Universal, 2020 What Universal didn’t understand with their wildly miscalculated Dark Universe, an attempt to ape the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) by adapting the 1930s Universal monster movies into big budget tentpoles, is that the originals, as grand and fantastical as they may be, thrived on small scale and intimate terror. Expanding the budget a hundred times and cranking up the action strips the chill factor from these tales, as evidenced by 2017’s “inaugural” Dark Universe disaster, The Mummy, which shut down the whole cinematic universe shebang before it barely started. Desperate to squeeze any last drop from this franchise for some reason, Universal decided to start from scratch once again with a lower-budget, cerebral slow-burn horror approach, wisely bringing in producer Jason Blum’s unique talents for serving B -horror with a prestige finish. Their first entry is a me-too-era modernized adaptation of The Invisible Man, a near-perfect blend of patient, suspense-based, spooky horror and pulse-pounding action that masterfully rides the thin line between schlock and legit thrills. By hiring writer/director Leigh Whannell, who created one of the most gripping hyper-violent B-action flicks of recent years with Upgrade, and who wrote for the Saw and Insidious franchises, Universal all but guarantees a fun genre ride that doesn’t cheap out or condescend when it comes to delivering the intimate scares. After the film’s box-office success, I can’t help but look forward to other smaller scale Universal Monster adaptations that draw inspiration from contemporary themes. Frankenstein, but about cloning or artificial intelligence? The Wolfman, but about toxic masculinity? The possibilities are endless. The Invisible Man settles its pedigree

to convince the other characters about this reality, especially considering her increased possibility of severe mental illness due to her years of trauma. As the spooky incidents escalate, Cecilia is confronted with either a ruined life, or a return to her “marital bliss.” Whannel splits the tonal approach of his film with surgical precision. The first half builds slow and patient scares that pay off tremendously because they know exactly when to reach their crescendos. The suspense-heavy approach resembles the spooky moments in the Paranormal Activity franchise, but with, you know, actual cinematography,

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acting, and screenwriting. As the sci-fi elements of Adrian’s invisibility comes to the fore, the second half adopts a more actionheavy approach, with a killer third act hallway fight sequence that resembles one of the many show-stopping scenes from Upgrade, only with the antagonist being completely invisible. Boosted by a great central performance from Moss, which always keeps the story grounded, no matter how over-the-top some of the film’s tech can become, Whannell once again proves that he’s a formidable writer/ director when it comes to delivering mid-budget mainstream thrills.

as a genuine deliverer of intense tension with a cold open that doesn’t contain any of the film’s core scifi premise. It’s a fairly grounded, and therefore thoroughly terrifying sequence that shows abused wife Cecilia (Elizabeth Moss) trying to sneak away from her sleeping husband Adrian (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) without waking him up. Even though we haven’t yet witnessed Adrian’s wrath over Cecilia, the scene is full of terror because the situation is one that women can immediately identify with, and Moss’ intense performance immediately communicates that things won’t be pretty if any noise awakens Adrian. Even after the news that Adrian took his own life, Cecilia spends the next couple of weeks coming to terms with her trauma, barely able to walk a couple of steps outside of the house that her sister Emily (Harriet Dyer) set up for her. But even in this safe space, Cecilia begins to feel a presence forming around her. I s it the product of her overworked and battered mind, or did her tech genius husband actually found a way to fake his death and build a device that makes him invisible? Judging by the expectations of the title and the IP, we know what’s going on, but it’s of course hard for Cecilia September 3, 2020 69

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mote, gently used-still in box. $35 or BO-will trade for other electronics. 218-310-1781 or 218-2764985 Appliances Free 1956 Singer sewing machine in wooden cabinet. 920-727-3550. ATTENTION LANDLORDS: Frigidare washer, Maytag dryer, XLarge Kenmore Refridgerator w/ ice maker, Maytag Dishwasher. Downsizing. Excellent running cond. Some scratches from moving. $1,000. for all. 218-241-1842 Cube-style dorm fridge in good cond. $40. 218-638-2399 Jen-aire Glass Top Stove. Works great. Best offer 218-724-5358 Wood space heater $50. 218-7214481 Stove for home, cabin or garage. Burns wood or coal. $95. 715-3998569 White Kenmore microwave. $10. 218-206-1278 Two 250 gal fuel oil tanks. Paint red for gasoline. $50/ea. 218-8482007 Furniture Oak plant stand. Holds ten plants. Can also be used as book shelf. $20. Call 218-525-7702 Oak TV cabinet. Door and shelf. Excellent condition. $30. Call 218525-7702 Solace medical bed. good condition. Call 218-481-0175. Blue office chair. Good condition. $10. Gold floor lamp with shade. Good condition. $15. Shelving unit and 14 ceramic bears. $25 Call 218-525-7702 Full size box spring and mattress, very good shape. $30 cash only takes both. 218-834-3709 48” round oak pedestal table, small oak library table, ornate oak buffet, multi-drawer draftsman cabinet. Make offer 218-830-1255 Miscellaneous Twenty beautiful potted plants. Variety. $5 each. Call 218-525-7702 Old-fashion toddler winter wood sled. great condition. $25 o/b/o. 218-481-0175. Big fish tank $5 call 218-481-0175. Log splitter – 22-ton with 8” wedge hydraulic, towable, Forest King, brand, like new. $900 cash. 715774-3279. Triumph Wilson tennis racket $10..

Call 218 481 0175. Fresh veggies picked daily.Homemade jam, soaps & art. Weds., Thurs., Fri, 11 am-6 pm, Lakeside Family Farm, 1571 Big Lake Road, Cloquet. Reel-type mower - $25; Deer stand - $25. 7l5-774-3279 Two 20-volt batteries and charger for Black & Decker string trimmer.

i-year-old, like new, $20. 715-9192862, Troybilt horse tiller, 8 hp, one owner, excellent shape, new battery. $1,500. Duluth. rdtnews@ gmail.com. Vinyl windows. four units, approx. 20”x30”, dual-pane insulated glass, screens, tilt-in sash, white color. $45. 213-4369.

16mm sound movie projector. Runs very well. $100. 320-2602464. Chest High Waders. Size 11 $35 cash only. 218-834-3709

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Wanted_ Looking for a trustworthy, responsible person to be the caretaker of a small apartment complex in Duluth. The job will require mowing, snow removal, and a few other tasks and overseeing the property. Basic knowledge of plumbing and electricity a plus. At least a 2 year commitment. In exchange we offer a free one-bedroom apartment with all utilities included. Call Hubert at 218-409-0484. Managing editor of The Reader is seeking a home or apartment to rent. 920-421-3441. Wanted: Furnished bedroom, apartment, or cabin in Duluth area for senior couple for month of August. JANEorTOM@gmail.com Disabled P/T employed male in need of stable housing, room or basement with available kitchen. Far East End. Please call James 218-461-0703. MINNESOTA HUNTING LAND Wanted. Earn thousands on your land by leasing the hunting rights. Free evaluation & info packet. Liability coverage included. The experts at Base Camp Leasing have been bringing landowners & hunters together since 1999. Email: info@basecampleasing.com Call: 866/309-1507 BaseCampLeasing.com I buy homes, multi-units and land. Cash $. 218-5562542 webuytwinports.com_ Real Estate Hunting Land 40 acres Ajoins 2000 A County Land. NW Douglas County. Buildable, heavily wooded. Wood value $26k - Taxes $670. Price reduced to $60,000 218-428-5844 WILDERNESS HUNTING CABIN with storage shed 1000 ft. off forest management road on leased land in St. Louis County Brimson area. Call 218-391-4131 or 218-879-6585 For Sale: 2.35 acre lot w/100’ shoreline on Lake LaVerne, WI. Motivated to sell: $27,000 Call Lori 612803-6607 for details. For Sale: 1978 2 bedroom, 2 bath mobile home in Sunnyside Estates, Cloquet. Needs repairs. $1,500. or B.O. 218-481-5881 Responsible nonprofit animal rescue looking for pet friendly rental housing, fenced yard, spacious. Rent to own pref. ASAP. 218-576-8534 50 acres hunting land. 2 enclosed deer stands, building site, power & phone access. Westerlund Loop, Solon Springs, Wisc. 920-344-8016 Mobile home $18,500 Vintage Acres/Gary 2br//1ba includes appliances. Quiet. Large yard/garden area. 218-464-5524 2-Bedroom Cabin on Siskwit Lake, 500’ frontage, Cornucopia, Wisconsin 847-710-2967 Rentals__ Condo in Aspenwood 3 bed - 1.5 bath, garage,fully firnished. All utilities inc. Available October 1st. 6-8 month lease. $1,595. 218-390-7291

Fisherman cabin 1 mile from boat landing on Lake Superior. For info or pictures call (715) 682- 2568 Vacation Rental. Causeway on Gull, Nissewa, MN. 2 Bdrm, 2 bath, sleeps 8 May 13-15th. Close to marina, free boat slip. 218-865-6591 Lake of the Woods, MN 30 acres for sale with well, septic, power & sheds. Minutes from the lake! Asking $78,900. 218-242-7304

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Wilderness Hunting Cabin 16’ x 24’ cabin with steel-sided shed on county-leased land in Ault, Minnesota, 1000’ off forest management road.

$40,000 Call 218-491-0972 or 218-355-1668

Iconic Northwoods Restaurant for Lease The Chocolate Moose is available for lease to a qualified operator for the 2020 season and beyond. Ely’s most popular restaurant since 1985 needs new energy and creativity. Sixmonth lease with very liberal terms to get started. Operationally ready to move in. Profitable for more than 30 years. Call Piragis Northwood Co., 218-365-6745 or steve@piragis.com

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14th Avenue West & 3rd Street Wood setting near Enger Tower in the middle of Duluth. 2 bedroom apartment, everything included 950.00 a month Newer secure building, views of bay, OSP, laundry, non-smoking, no pets. 100 yards from hiking and biking trails. Students and young professionals welcome. Call Dan. 218-348-8008

$48,000 Wooded Lot with Creek & Well 6632 Hwy 61, Little Marais

Ready to build on level site. Year round access. Well, electricity, and identified septic 1-3/4 acres includes: 25’ travel trailer, 18’ X 18’ Shed, mature trees, winding creek

Contact: Mike 651-406-8221

Build your Vacation Home or Cabin Very nice, remote 10 acres. Fully surveyed, driveway in, building site fully ready. Walk down to lake and fish for walleye, northern and perch. Ducks, geese, deer, moose and bear roam the property. Build your dream home, or hunting cabin. Located in central Lake County. Forest service road access, not plowed in winter. 18 miles from Finland, MN. $35,000

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Job Opportunites White Cedar Shingles, Inc., 2700 Winter St., Superior, is seeking people for temporary positions that could turn full time. The work involves staining, cutting and bundling. For a telephone interview, call Joe at 218-522-1189. Graphic Artist needed. Adobe Creative Suite, pagination skills a plus. Send resume to: info@readerduluth.com Needed Immediately Some one ASAP to work with elderly, nice lady to do some errands, shopping, Doctors appts. etc. No housework. Must be kind and honest. Have to have car, insurance. Must like pets and be kind to animals. Good pay. Variable hours. 3419027 LvMessg. Business Opportunity. Photo/picture framing equipment, Fletcher 2100 & 3000 mat/glass cutters, Vacu-Seal programmable press. Extra supplies incl. $7,500. value selling for $2,500. Can purchase items separately. 218-830-1255 Adults 18 or older and generally healthy wanted for research on the physiological and subjective stress responses of individuals who use marijuana regularly. Compensation provided. U of MN Medical School Duluth Research Study, 218-726-8623. President’s Liquor has full & part-time employment openings for stock clerk, cashier, maintenance & office assistant. Apply in-person at the Liquor store. 3824 E. 2nd St. Superior, WI. Ask for Jim “Ever wonder what the world looks like at 5 am? Always dreamed of having afternoons off? Amazing Grace is looking for a full time breakfast line cook. The right candidate will be: Reliable and skilled in the arts

of time management; Ready to become an indispensable piece of our ever-growing team; Able to work fast-paced professional kitchen. Stop by & pickup an application, we look forward to meeting you.”

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All Super Ones Cub Foods Mount Royal Fine Foods Mount Royal Bottle Shop Mount Royal Library Whole Foods Co-op Cashwise Liquor Lake Aire Bottle Shoppe Holiday - 27th Ave W. Holiday- 40th Ave W. Holiday - London Road Holiday – Rice Lake Road Minit Mart - 19th Ave. W. & Superior St. CHUM drop-in center Marshall Hardware Reader box - Dewitt Seitz Reader box - Main Post Office Reader box - Downtown Sammy’s – West Duluth University Liquor Vintage Italian Pizza Woodland Market Place Wussow’s – West Duluth

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All Super Ones Belknap Liquor Hammond Liquor Keyport Liquor Holiday - 21st & Tower Holiday - Belknap Holiday - E. Second St. Vintage Italian Pizza Superior Meats

Proctor, Cloquet & I-35 South Super One Chris’s Food- Sandstone Marketplace Foods - Moose Lake Holiday - Cloquet Holiday - Proctor Minit Mart - Proctor Casey’s - Sandstone

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All Super Ones Harvest Co-op – Virginia IGA – Eveleth Northwoods - Ely Zup’s - Babbit Zup’s - Ely Zup’s - Tower Y Store - Hwy 100 Holiday - Gilbert Short Stop –Eveleth Short Stop - Buhl Clark – Virginia 169 Freedom – Chisholm Bloomberg’s – Babbit Lucky Seven -_Biwabik Iron Junction - C-store

Northwest Wisc Super One Super H Ashland Co-op Ashland Star Liquor Our Family Grocery O’Brien - Iron River Andy’s - Bayfield IGA – Minong Victory - Minong Mobil – Trego ICO – Gordon

Employment ARE YOUR KIDS IN SCHOOL? V.I.P. is in need of a few good kitchen workers. Day hours available. If you are interested call your nearest V.I.P. or stop in. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY DRIVERS WANTED Looking for self-motivated people that would like part time work transporting people to appointments in your area. Great benefits. Please leave message 612/978-2115 Paperboy looking for help with marketing on internet. 218-3482903 Housekeepers Wanted Must be available mornings and weekends. Apply in person at the front desk/ Allyndale Motel, 510 North 66 Ave. West and Cody St.

Looking for an amazing career and a great place to work? Aerostich is hiring! View our video and all available positions at www. SewAero.com. Arrowhead House Foster Care has part time employment opportunities working with adults with mental illness. Day/evening & awake overnight positions available. Competitive wages, paid

training, paid time off and employee bonuses! Call 218-727-8040, or apply online at ahprograms. com Work Wanted Sharpening Service 29 years exp. Circle saws, planer knives, Zamboni knives, tec. John 218879-6143 Experienced pet sitter would love to watch them in your home & house sit. References. Call 218380-3340 Trudy. $0. one dog, $5 each additional Licensed Nurse-Duluth/Superior area. Good driving record. Will assist clients: DRs appts, meds, shopping, lunch, some light housekeeping duties. Avail. 2-3 hrs on weekdays. Reasonable rates Call Lynn 218-348-7393 Experienced personal care assistant/home health aide looking for jobs. 29 yr old female with reliable vehicle and valid insurance. can run errands, clean, do small projects, drive u places, assist u with things inside and outside of the house, shovel, as well as assist with activities of daily living. 218-481-3388 Educated hair stylist willing to come to your home and do your

hair. Very fair rates. Wendy 715919-0979 Senior will do phone fundraising/ surveys. PT, afternoons, downtown Duluth. 218-940-9005 Reliable man to care for elderly in home. Run errands, work in your home. Very diversified, excontractor. Call for details 218409-4725 Feet on the Go! Yes! I will come into your home to give you a pedicure. 218-208-7950 Handyman. $13/hr - Call Ryan @ 218-428-1626 Musicians..

Employment Anyone looking for a drumset or Bass player? I play both. 612-396-8307 GUITAR LESSONS from Austin, Tx professional new to the Twin Ports! (Also Bass & Vocal) go to new levels! Call 512565-5000 Guitar lessons available. 16 years experience. All styles, reasonable rates. Contact Aaron at 218-760-1599. Professional violin/fiddle lessons. Credentials: Performance degree U of M Twin Cities, toured nationally as American/ Celtic/Nordic/Rock fiddler. Duluth. References. 218-2353235 Eli Bissonett Free Piano Lessons for Beginners in your home. If you have the desire to learn the basics this is a good start. I will not give lessons to under 18 without others present. Jay 218213-4687

HELP WANTED Keyport Lounge

is currently hiring wait staff to greet customers, wait tables, serve food and beverages. Please apply in person with Connie at Keyport Lounge 1900 Belknap, Superior.

Alernative Therapies Mind Body Spirit Harmonization with Tachyon Energy. One only a few Tachyon Chambers in U.S. Superior, WI 715-501-4046 Lost/Found Lost - Black I-Phone on Dec. 16. Within 4 blocks of East High School in the snow. $50 reward Text/Call 218-2136213

Meetings NARVRE Unit 92 - Protecting Railroad Retirement - we meet the 2nd Thursday of each month at the West Duluth American Legion at 1 PM Scandinavian Crime Writers Book Club meeting in Duluth Call Kirk 612-558-1318

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Friday, 9-4 Movie: Logan FX 12:30 pm

Hugh Jackman returns to his long-held role in this film inspired by the Marvel comic series. With his healing ability dwindling as he cares for an aging Professor X (Patrick Stewart), Wolverine comes out of retirement to help a young mutant girl.

Movie: Tremors AMC 5 pm

Tune in for a marathon of this monster movie franchise. A group of amiable handymen lead a misfit crew into a desert valley, where they battle giant wormlike predators. Brad Pitt in his Emmy-nominated performance as Dr. Fauci in a rebroadcast of the Saturday Night Live episode.

Being Reuben CW 8:30 pm

Reuben and de Maids head off on a Hollywood vacation in this new episode. Vicky is stressed about packing for the kids and Bampa, but Rueben is more focused on being able to raise his profile with the beauty guru scene in sunny Los Angeles.

Chasing Monsters Animal Planet 9 pm

Cyril Chauquet makes it his mission to find out why the state of Florida sees hundreds of wildlife attacks and accidents each year. By uncovering the triggers for the uncommon aggression, he hopes to prevent these devastating occurrences in the future.

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Saturday, 9-5 Movie: The A-Team TNT 8 am

Liam Neeson stars as Col. John “Hannibal” Smith in this film adaptation of the popular ‘80s TV series. He and three other Iraq War veterans begin a new career as mercenaries for hire. Bradley Cooper, Quinton Jackson and Sharlto Copley also star.

The Pioneer Woman FOOD 9 am

It’s time to celebrate Labor Day with Ree Drummond and her family and friends in this new episode. She serves up deliciously crispy wings with hot ‘n’ honey sauce, spicy cheese grits and peach shortcakes for dessert. Ginger cherry limeade washes it down.

Movie: Spies in Disguise HBO 7 pm

When the world’s greatest superspy finds himself turned into a pigeon while on a mission, he is forced to work with a nerdy scientist in order to save the planet. Will Smith and Tom Holland lend their voices to this fun, CG animated family film.

Movie: 21 Bridges Showtime 8 pm

Chadwick Boseman stars as NYPD detective Andre Davis in this Manhattan-based action film. When his father is killed while on the job as a cop, Andre makes it his goal to catch “cop-killers” once he joins the force. Stephan James and Taylor Kitsch star.

Sunday, 9-6 Lone Star Law Animal Planet 8 pm

Out-of-state hunters have been trespassing and hunting on private property, and Warden Price gets warrants to put a stop to it in this new episode. Then, a young

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fisherman is taken to county jail and dishonest anglers are questioned by Warden Price.

Apocalypse Earth History 8 pm

Catastrophic natural disasters are chronicled in this docuseries. This shocking new episode centers on hurricanes and tropical storms; meteorologists, engineers and scientists examine the deadliest and most destructive storms that have hit America.

Chopped FOOD 8 pm

In this new episode, four champions return to the kitchens for a final competition, and they are taking on Food Network legend Bobby Flay. There is a $50,000 prize for whoever can manage to defeat him, but canned food and a grinder make things difficult.

The Vow HBO 9 pm

This new docuseries looks at the story of NXIVM, a self-described marketing company that is considered to be a cult. The true crime tale also covers the cult’s leader, Keith Raniere, who has been convicted of sex trafficking, conspiracy and forced labor.

Monday, 9-7

Ozzy and Jack’s World Detour A&E 7 am

Legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his son, Jack, experience a historic Japanese adventure in this rebroadcast that kicks off a fullday marathon. Inspired by Ozzy’s obsession with samurai swords, he and Jack set out in search of a samurai master.

Movie: Draft Day Fox 7 pm

Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Tom Welling and Terry Crews star

in this behind-the-scenes football film about a Cleveland Browns manager. He struggles with his personal life while trying to decide what to do after suddenly acquiring the first draft pick.

Devil’s Road: The True Story of Ed and Lorraine Warren TRAV 8 pm

Tune in for the premiere of this new series that chronicles the tales gathered by famed paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren. They documented some of the most famous hauntings ever, including Amityville, Annabelle and The Conjuring house.

Darcey & Stacey TLC 8 pm

Larger-than-life sisters Darcey and Stacey Silva, originally seen on TLC’s “90 Day” series, let viewers get to know their family, friends and lovers who all have just as much personality as they do in this new drama and laughter filled spinoff.

Below Deck: Mediterranean Bravo 8 p.m.

Season 5 continues in a new episode of this reality spinoff series. This season, Captain Sandy Yawn takes The Wellington through Mallorca, Spain.

Tuesday, 9-8 Taken at Birth TLC 4 pm

Jane Blasio investigates Dr. Thomas Hicks, who illegally sold hundreds of babies on the black market in the ‘50s and ‘60s. This rebroadcast begins a marathon of this fascinating series, as Blasio works to reunite the babies with their biological families.

Biography A&E 8 pm MTV rose into a cultural phenomenon that defined a generation. This new special weaves interviews with founders, hosts and musical artists to tell the story of the network’s history. A never-before-seen interview with David Bowie is included.

I Quit Discovery 8 pm

In this new episode, the mentors give the entrepreneurs advice that has them each trying to broaden their horizons in order to attract new customers and expand.

The 100 CW 7 pm

Season 7 of this apocalyptic teen drama continues in this new episode, in which Clarke (Eliza Taylor) has her big plans completely derailed by the sun. JR Bourne, Chuku Modu and Shelby Flannery also star in recurring roles this season.

Property Brothers HGTV 7 pm

Don’t miss this new special as Drew and Jonathan Scott count down the most shocking and complete property transformations they have ever worked on.

the iconic record label’s founder, Berry Gordy, in this documentary. Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder are among the stars whose stories are intertwined with the label. Behind-the-scenes footage is shared.

My Feet Are Killing Me TLC 3 pm

In the rebroadcast finale of this series’ first season, Dr. Vincent takes on an incredibly delicate surgery, removing the extra toes from an infant born with 12 toes. Then, Dr. Schaeffer meets a funkyfooted nudist and a patient wakes up during surgery.

Lost Resort TBS 9 pm

When Christine makes the trouble brewing between Brandon and Thea worse, firemama Chrissie is unleashed along with a shocking confession. Then, Claudia gets an exciting exorcism, and Becca comes to terms with adoption in this new episode.

Martin Lawrence and Will Smith star in Michael Bays’ directorial debut, Bad Boys, airing Sunday at 10:19 pm on AMC.

Wednesday, 9-5 The First 48 A&E 5 pm

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A Texas homicide team investigates a brutal double murder in this rebroadcast. When two friends are shot and burned beyond recognition in the trunk of a car, Dallas detective Dwayne Thompson races to find leads before the trail goes cold.

Thursday, 9-4

Hitsville: The Making of Motown Showtime 9 am The history of Motown is told by

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