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1986: The Holiday
Ray Crippen's offering, April 1, 1986....
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Column: We've come a long, long way from dollar deals

WORTHINGTON — I believe I have mentioned before that in the long, long ago that my dad had the Phillips 66 gas station on the Big Corner, the corner of Oxford and Humiston, where Walgreens is today.

By Ray Crippen , May 25, 2013

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Column: These Nobles County women were heroes

As Memorial Day approaches and the region prepares its annual salutes to fallen veterans, it can trace a path through at least 10 American wars.

By Ray Crippen , May 18, 2013

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Column: Here's a column that's a Dutch treat

WORTHINGTON — It is not a huge coincidence, but it is notable: The year the first Dutch homesteaders came to Nobles County — 1890 — is the last year the Dutch people had a king.

By Ray Crippen , May 11, 2013

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Column: Where are there were many twos, there are several ones

WORTHINGTON — A recent column recalled the department stores which once lined Worthington’s main street. Worthington had three. More often when a conversation centers on Worthington it is said, “Worthington had two.”

By Ray Crippen , May 04, 2013

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Column: Don't stand there like a statue. Take a drive to Lismore

WORTHINGTON — It was Maundy Thursday morning, or Good Friday morning. The talk was of sculpture, the crucified Christ. How many statues of the crucifixion have you seen? Where was the best Christ sculpture you have seen?

By Ray Crippen , April 27, 2013

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Column: Empty at first, Worthington became town of trees

WORTHINGTON — In the beginning there were no trees. Not many, anyway. A few burr oaks along some of the lakes. Plum trees along river banks. Again and again the explorers, the pioneers, described southwest Minnesota and northwest Iowa as a treeless prairie.

By Ray Crippen , April 20, 2013

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Column: When Wright went wrong, a memorable whipping

WORTHINGTON — There was a bowling alley in Worthington in 1907. I can’t tell where it was located — 10th Street, or Second Avenue — but then as now bowling was a popular pastime.

By Ray Crippen , April 13, 2013

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Column: A celebrity visit and considerable controversy

WORTHINGTON — I wish the film “Lincoln” had been made when I was in high school. It would have been precious to have this image of Abraham Lincoln through all the passing years.

By Ray Crippen , April 06, 2013

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Column: Wary of snakes, gators and crocs? You're not alone

WORTHINGTON — It seems to me there are too many crocodiles and alligators and snakes on television and in the newspapers and magazines.

By Ray Crippen , March 30, 2013

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Column: Oxford Street sure is busier than it used to be

WORTHINGTON — I was driving south on Humiston toward downtown. I wanted to make a left on Dover. You can scarcely believe what that stretch of city street has come to be.

By Ray Crippen , March 23, 2013

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Column: Worthington had some renowned cars for a renowned pilot

WORTHINGTON — I was trying to remember if I ever rode in one of Henry Ford’s Model Ts. I think I never did.

By Ray Crippen , March 16, 2013

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Column: All he really needed to know, he learned in Round Lake

WORTHINGTON — Everybody knew Ernie Wellhausen. I think they did. If they did not, they are poorer for that fact. Ernie lived at Ocheyedan. Round Lake.

By Ray Crippen , March 09, 2013

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Column: Take a deep breath and be happy we've got power

All across the local region there is no question we can delight day by day in quite clean, pure air, even fresh air from the Arctic. There are no smokestacks looming on our horizons.

By Ray Crippen , March 02, 2013

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Column: Big chickens meant big bucks in the Roaring '20s

WORTHINGTON — The beginning of Holy Week is one month away. Today is Feb. 23. Holy Week begins March 24. This came to mind as I was thinking about the Holy Week Chicken Thieves.

By Ray Crippen , February 23, 2013

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Column: Miss big snowstorms? Think back to '75

WORTHINGTON — Residents of southwest Minnesota and northwest Iowa do not make light of blizzards, nor do they mock stories from people who are overtaken by blizzards.

By Ray Crippen , February 16, 2013

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