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Lakota Board of Education approves Dr. Karen Mantia as new superintendent
“We’ve got all the right ingredients, so we need to do a little work to keep moving along,” said Mantia. “We can manage the fiscal challenges facing Lakota and continue the excellent academic results. We will build on the districts’ successes and advance the 21st century learning experiences for the children.”
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A Stab At Women
Instead of the conservatives going after the liberals, this time they have attacked women. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels(R) has stabbed women right in the back, in an attempt to further restrict a woman’s right to choose, by blocking federal funding to Planned Parenthood. His recent stunt has won the hearts of pro-life advocates across the [...]
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Review: Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Artist: Explosions in the Sky Spark Rating: 4/5 Listen: Explosions in the Sky must not like change. As usual, they’re leaving words behind, but it’s good. Their albums have always been instrumental. It works. Their intricate guitar picking and dramatic crescendos leave it to the listener’s imagination to imagine stories of bravado and melancholy to [...]
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Review: Scream 4
Released: April 15, 2011 Directed by: Wes Craven Rated: R for violence, language and drinking IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 Rottentomatoes Rating: 56% Spark Rating: 0/5 Scream 4 will keep you up late into the night. Not because it’s scary, because it’s not. Not because it’s great and you’ll want to discuss how great it was with [...]
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Dump the Donald
Donald Trump says he has a great relationship with the blacks. Depending on which “blacks” he’s referring to in particular, that could mean one of several things. But assuming the self-proclaimed billionaire and possible presidential candidate intended to refer to African-Americans as a whole using the term “the blacks,” it’s safe to say that the [...]
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Review: Mi Nina Bonita–Reloaded
Artist: Chino Y Nacho Spark Rating: 5/5 Listen: The Venezuelan duo Chino y Nacho are known by fans for more than just their trademark nickname of Los Mackediches, their 2010 Latin Grammy, or as the lucky winners of a 2011 Premio Lo Nuestro awarded by the television channel Univision. For the Latin and South American [...]
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Forget the Fingerpointing
I can remember the first Lakota Board of Education meeting I attended. I rolled in a full five minutes before the meeting started, quickly finding a parking space and walking into a nearly empty room, where there may have been 15 others. I was inexperienced. I did not know any of the Board members, the [...]
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Review: Mars Needs Moms
Released: March 11, 2011 Directed by: Simon Wells Rated: PG for sci-fi action and peril IMDB Rating: 4.2/10 Rottentomatoes Rating: 33% Spark Rating: 2/5 Showtimes Considering the caliber of movies that Disney has released in the past four years—Wall-E, Up, and Toy Story 3 to name a few—the company’s latest production Mars Needs Moms leaves [...]
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Review: Take Me Home Tonight
Released: March 4, 2011 Directed by: Michael Dowse Rated: R for language, sex and drug use IMDB Rating: 6.8/10 Rottentomatoes Rating: 31% Spark Rating: 2/5 Showtimes Just about every cliché imaginable is found in Take Me Home Tonight. With conflicts like “nerds” versus the “cool kids,” confusion after graduation, and a crush on a seemingly [...]
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The Real American Pastime
“Football is totally American.” Former Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann knows what he’s talking about. Take, for example, the basic objective of the game. Each generation has grown up with the reality of war, defending territory while strategically trying to seize the opponent’s. That is exactly what football is, and America is a nation raised [...]
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Review: Cars 2
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Lakota Board of Education Votes to have 4.75 Mill Levy Certified by County Auditor
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Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
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Review: Bon Iver
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Lakota Board of Education approves Dr. Karen Mantia as new superintendent
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A Stab At Women
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Review: Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
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Review: Scream 4
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Dump the Donald
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Review: Mi Nina Bonita–Reloaded
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