Archive By Section - Local Columns
I think I missed winter.
February 15, 2012
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Teresa
Hammond
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Local Columns
Are we still newlyweds?"
February 08, 2012
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Dawn M.
Henley
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Local Columns
Time just has a way of sneaking up on you.
February 01, 2012
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Marg
Jackson
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Local Columns
Recently, I turned in the rough draft of my 18th novel to my publisher. Initially, there's always a sense of exhilaration that I completed this monstrous creative task but after the high fades, I'm swamped by feelings of loss.
January 25, 2012
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Kim
Van Meter
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Local Columns
Fitness seems to a reoccurring theme in my life lately. Our group of newspapers, Oakdale, Riverbank and Escalon, has decided to introduce a monthly health and fitness section, which means I will be writing health and fitness stories at least once a month. Our office is also participating in a 100 miles in 100 days challenge, so I have been trying to walk or bike at least a mile a day. Add in all of the New Year's resolution talk, and I've had just about all the fitness I can stand.
January 18, 2012
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Andrea
Goodwin
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Local Columns
DeletSpecial Agent's Perfect Cover
January 18, 2012
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Kim
Van Meter
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Local Columns
As we ease in to the New Year, some changes 'are afoot' for The Oakdale Leader and its companion papers, The Escalon Times and The Riverbank News.
January 18, 2012
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Marg
Jackson
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Local Columns
After some discussion and observation, it seems to me that most people make New Year's resolutions that are related to better health. They usually go something like this: join the gym, lose weight, stop smoking, cut back on the beer, and so on.
January 11, 2012
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Dawn M.
Henley
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Local Columns
And so the menagerie grows. Despite my best intentions, we seem to continue to add more pets to the household. Perhaps it is because I have long wanted to be a volunteer at the Stanislaus Wildlife Care Center – I love animals – but haven't found the time to fit it in to my schedule.
January 04, 2012
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Marg
Jackson
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Local Columns
As I've mentioned before, my childhood was a bit unorthodox. We didn't celebrate Christmas or birthdays or any holiday (with the exception of Thanksgiving) and I always felt left out when my friends returned from winter break with new clothes or at the least cool holiday stories to share. So when I was old enough, I tried to make up for lost time. I went overboard buying my sisters and brother Christmas presents and when I had children of my own, I wanted to do everything I felt I'd missed out on in my own childhood and ...
December 28, 2011
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Kim
Van Meter
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Local Columns
It has happened yet again. Another year has come to pass and the promise of a new year is once again on the horizon.
December 28, 2011
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Teresa
Hammond
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Local Columns
When I was a little kid I assumed that everyone celebrated Christmas exactly the same way that my family did. Christmas shopping was done no sooner than two weeks before Christmas. The outside lights did not go on the house until after Dec. 9, which happened to be my sister Sandra's birthday. And above all I knew that Santa did not wrap the presents he left on Christmas morning.
December 21, 2011
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Andrea
Goodwin
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Local Columns
Due to some out-of-the-ordinary circumstances this year I'm dealing with a time crunch, so I'm all about convenience for the holidays.
December 14, 2011
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Dawn M.
Henley
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Local Columns
I'm beginning to wonder if I am outnumbered.
December 14, 2011
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Teresa
Hammond
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Local Columns
Can you see me?
December 07, 2011
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Teresa
Hammond
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Local Columns
