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Sunday, September 07, 2008

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Winds dying down?

More than 200 Moorhead residents have stopped subscribing to the city-owned utility’s wind energy program since its inception in 1999.

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Air circulates through Horizon Middle School through huge metal ducts.
Horizon Middle School

Praised Horizon has flaws

Design woes mount as energy costs rise
The $26.5 million Horizon Middle School has earned design awards and credit for spurring residential growth in south Moorhead.

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Gamma Phi Beta sorority members greet prospective recruits as they file into the Minnesota State University Moorhead-affiliated sorority house in Moorhead for a Hawaiian-themed recruiting session.
Gamma Phi Beta

Greeks aim to flourish once again

NDSU, MSUM students fend off low enrollment
Fraternities and sororities are working to make a comeback at Fargo-Moorhead campuses.
 
U.S. Border Patrol agent Kate Griffith puts on her bullet-proof vest at the start of her shift at the Imperial Beach Border Patrol Station in Imperial Beach, Calif.
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New hires slipping away from Border Patrol

High turnover rate means costly training funds
Law enforcement officers wanted: must work graveyard shifts alone in remote towns along the Mexican border, put in long hours and perform well in triple-digit temperatures.

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Election sneaking up

Another Minnesota State Fair has come and gone, Republicans ended their national convention, and kids are back in school.
 

Contested Clay commission seat, judgeships up for primary vote

Clay County residents heading to the polls for Tuesday’s primary election will vote for a contested commission seat and several judgeship seats, in addition to U.S. congressional offices for the state.
 
Former
North Dakota governor
Later served 18 years in Congress
Lynn Frazier

State figure’s grave restored

Frazier backed women’s rights
The grave site of former Gov. and U.S. Sen. Lynn Frazier has been restored in a cemetery in this small northeastern North Dakota town.

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Oath of a pharmacist
North Dakota State University pharmacy students take the oath of a pharmacist Saturday during the White Coat Ceremony in the NDSU Festival Concert Hall. David Samson / The Forum
 

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Rod McLarnan reminisces about his traveling adventures, such as his 
21-day trek through the Himalayas or his time as an apprentice deckhand.
Rod McLarnan

Moorhead attorney recalls his globe trekking

In the 1946 film classic “It’s a Wonderful Life,” George Bailey tells his Uncle Billy the most exciting sounds in the world are “anchor chains, plane motors and train whistles.”

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Jan Titus of Fargo photographed this chipmunk 
at Lake 6 near Frazee, Minn. “The chipmunk was eating a peanut that it was given,” Titus wrote. “It let me get a few close-up shots.”
Jan Titus

Photo of the week

Jan Titus of Fargo photographed this chipmunk at Lake 6 near Frazee, Minn. “The chipmunk was eating a peanut that it was given,” Titus wrote. “It let me get a few close-up shots.”
 
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Joshua Jackson is shown in a scene from the paranormal thriller, “Fringe,” premiering at 8 p.m. Tuesday on Fox.
Joshua Jackson

Watch list

When it comes to the fall season, there are so many questions your remote might have to decide
With fall in sight, ABC is inviting viewers to stay home and watch ABC as an energy-saving measure.

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North Dakota State’s Daniel Eaves (7) slides through the end zone for a touchdown with a blocked punt as teammate Darius Purcell shoves Central Connecticut State punter Chris Scifo out of the way Saturday at the Fargodome.

No. 1 and it hurts

Top-ranked Bison suffer injuries in blowout
This is what top-ranked teams do to upset hopefuls like the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils. They stuff the Fargodome daylights out of them in the first half.

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Bismarck’s Jake Miller tries to avoid West Fargo defenders Cody Mammenga and Scott Schiller (53) on Friday in West Fargo.
David Samson / The Forum

Jump start

With time running out and his team trailing by a point, West Fargo coach Jay Gibson wanted Alan Neer to throw the ball in the corner of the end zone, hoping his big receiver would come down with it.
 

100-year flood plain being redrawn in Fargo-Moorhead

Fargo and Moorhead residents will learn this fall whether their homes or businesses are among about 3,800 structures to be labeled as needing high-risk flood insurance by new 100-year flood plain maps, officials say.

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Beneath ‘hockey mom’ veneer beats the heart of an extremist

Jane Ahlin
Sarah Palin introducing herself as a populist was doggoned impressive: That lady can deliver a speech. Too bad that underneath the “hockey mom” exterior beats the heart of an extremist.

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