Morast: The dangers of going Gaga
As our society debates the merits of universal health care and the morality of gay clergy leading Lutheran congregations, I’m stuck in a much more important mental mudbath: wondering if Lady Gaga is the most dangerous person in the world.
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Omdahl: Put youth council to work
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Halgrimson: Jefferson school used platoon system 
An announcement was made in December 1922 that Jefferson Elementary School, which was under construction at 315 16th St. S., would open the following spring as a platoon school, the first in North Dakota. It was an elementary school.
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