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What is it about the color red that is so celebratory? Just try not to smile at a red balloon! Or a child pulling a red wagon. Or consider the red jackets of the Queen’s guards! Or the red stripe on a Marine’s fancy dress uniform! Red is sharp. It’s bold. It’s cheerful.

Editor’s note: Former longtime Daily Globe Editor Ray Crippen died Dec. 27, 2015. We will continue to publish previously run “Isn’t That Something” columns on Saturdays, until further notice, as a tribute to Crippen and his knowledge of local and regional history. The following...

One year agoThe seventh annual Christmas Tree Forest, hosted at Worthington's First United Methodist Church, took place. Proceeds from the seasonal event benefited Love INC.

When I was a kid I attended Good News Club one day a week after school. It was held at our church and my mom was one of the leaders. Good News Club was run by Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF), which still exists today. One of the things I remember most about Good News Club was the...

Editor’s note: Former longtime Daily Globe Editor Ray Crippen died Dec. 27, 2015. We will continue to publish previously run “Isn’t That Something” columns on Saturdays, until further notice, as a tribute to Crippen and his knowledge of local and regional history. The following...

One year agoThe "Spirit of Worthington" Trojan Marching Band performed in the 86th annual Hollywood Christmas Parade in California. Aaron Marthaler's Yellow Company LLC planned to sell two of its parcels on the former Northland Mall property in Worthington. The buyers' names had...

When we were in the final days leading up to the women’s conference this fall, I was reading my Bible one night before bed and two verses jumped out at me. I was feeling a little anxious about the upcoming conference. Not terribly stressed, but tired, and that always seems to...

Editor’s note: Former longtime Daily Globe Editor Ray Crippen died Dec. 27, 2015. We will continue to publish previously run “Isn’t That Something” columns on Saturdays, until further notice, as a tribute to Crippen and his knowledge of local and regional history. The following...

One year agoJoyce Klosterbuer and Marian Hayenga, Worthington coordinators of an Operation Christmas Child project, were on their way toward meeting a goal of collecting 12,00 boxes to send to children overseas for Christmas. Their 12,000-box goal was based on the fact that 11,019...

When I was 13 years old — give or take a year — my sister and brother-in-law took me ice skating for the first time. I lived in Washington state and it didn’t freeze very often on Orcas Island, so to have the ice on the ponds actually freeze hard enough to hold people … well,...

One year agoThe Worthington Water and Light Commission approved a plan to illuminate the section of the city's walking/biking path that stretches from 10th Avenue to Oxford Street, and the path that runs through Olson Park and around the southwest corner of Lake Okabena. Worthington...

It’s a strange dichotomy to be elated and full of sorrow, both at the same time. It’s like your body can’t hold it all, so the emotions just spill out in a pounding heart and shaking hands and all you can do is cry.

Editor’s note: Former longtime Daily Globe Editor Ray Crippen died Dec. 27, 2015. We will continue to publish previously run “Isn’t That Something” columns on Saturdays, until further notice, as a tribute to Crippen and his knowledge of local and regional history. The following...

I have been having a much better than expected pheasant hunting season. It opened on Saturday, Oct. 13, and runs for about 11 weeks. I did not hunt the opening weekend as I was attending the 2018 Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener in Luverne. I wrote about that weekend a few weeks...