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		<title>JOSHUA'S COLUMN: Housepainting: a dog's story</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:41:10</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Dixon, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When our house was painted, the human members of the Dixon family were fine with the windows being covered with translucent plastic; the dogs however....]]></description>
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		<title>TROY'S COLUMN: That's how rumors get started</title>
		<link>http://www.redwoodfallsgazette.com/article/20130516/NEWS/130519745/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 0:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Krause, Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a small town any simple comment made at the wrong place or the wrong time can lead to a tidal wave of &#8220;did you know about....&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>We'll never forget ol' Bob</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 8:31:56</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Dixon, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We enjoyed eating Bob as much as we&#8217;ve enjoyed any other lasagna &#8212; but just because of the name we&#8217;ll remember Bob after other, nameless pans of lasagna have been long forgotten....]]></description>
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		<title>TROY'S COLUMN &#8212; Be grateful I wasn't your nurse</title>
		<link>http://www.redwoodfallsgazette.com/article/20130509/NEWS/130509560/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Thu, 9 May 2013 0:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Krause, Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I graduated from high school, I&#8200;had no idea what I&#8200;wanted to do with my life; what I&#8200;did know is there were a few things I&#8200;would never do....]]></description>
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		<title>Stupid things I've done, part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2013 15:02:09</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Dixon, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In which our correspondent learns the dangers of combining a steel door covered with scrap paper with a butane lighter....]]></description>
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		<title>TROY'S COLUMN &#8212; A Monday with my Martha</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 1 May 2013 15:58:41</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Krause, Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rest can be a relative term, especially when taking the day off means hanging out at home with my Martha....]]></description>
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		<title>Permission to do nothing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 0:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Dixon, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Efficiency should never be a goal in itself.]]></description>
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		<title>The mother of all winter stories</title>
		<link>http://www.redwoodfallsgazette.com/article/20130425/NEWS/130429809/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 0:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Krause, Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I learned a valuable lesson as I was walking away from my car stuck in a snowdrift: in Minnesota winter is not over until the good Lord says it is.]]></description>
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		<title>JOSHUA'S COLUMN - The watchman and the wake-up fairy</title>
		<link>http://www.redwoodfallsgazette.com/article/20130422/NEWS/130429997/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 0:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Dixon, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone in the Dixon house has a role, a certain job to perform. That includes our two schnauzers, Rufus the Wonder Dog, and his little sister (same parents, different litter), Raffi the Dog of Destiny.]]></description>
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		<title>TROY'S COLUMN &#8212; Sunglasses in a snowstorm</title>
		<link>http://www.redwoodfallsgazette.com/article/20130418/NEWS/130419524/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 0:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Krause, Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, we live in the Internet age, but sometimes a snowy trek across a frozen field is still necessary to get the Gazette out on time....]]></description>
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		<title>JOSHUA'S COLUMN &#8212; Signs of spring, 1888-style</title>
		<link>http://www.redwoodfallsgazette.com/article/20130415/NEWS/130419725/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:24:53</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An antique issue of the Gazette shows how you would have known it was spring if you 125 years ago....]]></description>
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		<title>TROY'S COLUMN: What's on the Internet is true?</title>
		<link>http://www.redwoodfallsgazette.com/article/20130411/NEWS/130419912/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 0:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In which the Gazette's  editor is startled to discover he's named as a source in a Wikipedia article....]]></description>
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		<title>TROY'S COLUMN &#8212; Support the efforts of our youth</title>
		<link>http://www.redwoodfallsgazette.com/article/20130408/NEWS/130409663/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 9:56:47</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Krause, Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received a call Monday morning from an RVMS&#8200;student named Jazmine who wanted to talk with me about a project she and her fellow middle school students are doing....]]></description>
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		<title>JOSHUA'S COLUMN &#8212; Handy spring gardening tips</title>
		<link>http://www.redwoodfallsgazette.com/article/20130408/NEWS/130409670/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 9:35:31</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Dixon, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Gazette has always insisted its annual spring home, lawn, and gardening articles be written by people who actually know something about homes, lawns, or gardens; in the spirit of true tolerance and diversity, they let me have a whack at it, too....]]></description>
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		<title>JOSHUA'S COLUMN &#8212; All the news that fits, we print</title>
		<link>http://www.redwoodfallsgazette.com/article/20130401/NEWS/130339997/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next time you&#8217;re metaphorically painted into a corner, ask, &#8220;Is it really so terrible if I leave footprints in it?&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>TROY'S COLUMN: 'Adventure' is not in my vocabulary</title>
		<link>http://www.redwoodfallsgazette.com/article/20130328/NEWS/130329529/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 0:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Krause, Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8200;was talking about Jan and Peggy's bike trip with my better half and second oldest progeny Monday night and said if I&#8200;were to plan a bike ride across this nation it would be inside of a bus &#8211;&#8194;perhaps one I&#8200;have had retrofitted to use as a camper.]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: A pivotal week for gay marriage, and for the Supreme Court</title>
		<link>http://www.redwoodfallsgazette.com/article/20130326/NEWS/130329662/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:39:11</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this week regarding gay marriage represent one of those delicious situations likely to compel Americans — including those nine on the court — to confront their own competing beliefs and biases, and to choose.<br>Indeed, it’s darn hard to champion states’ rights as defined by the 10th Amendment, a favorite of many conservatives, while simultaneously defending the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the federal law passed in 1996 — also  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joshua's column: Violent Quaker paranoids and me</title>
		<link>http://www.redwoodfallsgazette.com/article/20130325/NEWS/130329716/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:15:14</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Dixon, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently my namesake didn't get the memo in 1767 that Quakers are pacifist....]]></description>
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		<title>Troy's column: visit Redwood County online</title>
		<link>http://www.redwoodfallsgazette.com/article/20130321/NEWS/130329838/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:41:10</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Krause, Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<hardreturn>Pat Dodds of Fresno, Calif. has visited nearly all of the 87 counties in Minnesota, but as part of that visit has not set foot in any one of them.<br />Dodds, who is originally from Iowa got an idea a couple of years ago after literally visiting every county in his home state to try and do the same thing for ever state in the U.S.<br />"The original trip to see every county of Iowa came about because I&rsquo;ve always been frustrated when traveling that I&#8200;don&rsquo;t have time  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joshua's column: Visit the giant inflatable colon</title>
		<link>http://www.redwoodfallsgazette.com/article/20130318/NEWS/130319633/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:01:39</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seriously though, how often do you get a chance to type the words, "Giant inflatable colon"?]]></description>
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