“How rude!” Walking out on Prom was inconsiderate
I went to the Blue Earth Area High School prom for the first time last Saturday night.
No, I didn’t have a tux, or a date either, for those of you who are snickering out there. I went to take pictures for this week’s paper, and the CU site.
It wasn’t like it was the first time I have gone to a prom to take photos. I am not really sure I have missed going to a prom since about 1973.
That means I have taken many pictures of boys and girls in tuxes and dresses. For the most part the boys were in the tuxes and the girls were in the dresses.
Then of course, there is the fact that I have three children and each of them went to three high school proms. Figuring that my children are three years apart in age to the day, (but that is another story) that means that for nine straight years I went to the grand march not just as a newspaper photographer, but also as a dad.
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Living the busy life of an editor for many years, I always think about that old adage about taking the time to stop and smell the flowers.
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Way in the back of this week's special 'Business, Industry, Community' section is a small story about the Winnebago Museum.
There is a reason that it is small. The main story is about Dr.
Turning point for American culture was the Sixties, man
We have heard a dozen or more nice comments on our Senior Guide section in last week’s Register. Most had to do with the Ike Enderson story, which everyone seemed to enjoy.
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I think that I, like a lot of people, take my American citizenship a little bit too much for granted.
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Okay, all those who realized that last week’s Green Giant sale story was an April Fool’s joke, raise your hand.
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