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		<title>Semester Tests – Round 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Fowler</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adams Central High School]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2011, I wrote about semester one tests at Adams Central, and it was a fairly distasteful blog post. Well, I’m going to be even more pessimistic this time. How can I loathe (that loathe with an ‘e’) something more than the first round of semester tests? That’s a good question.]]></description>
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		<title>Vandalism at the Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 05:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Kimle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the deal with vandalism, destruction of other people’s property, and general disrespect for what’s not yours??? I don’t get it. And now that I have a family, I really don’t appreciate having to explain to my young children what vandalism is.]]></description>
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		<title>Talk is Cheap</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 05:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Fowler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday, my little sister was officially confirmed into the First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hastings. While the importance of someone’s admission of faith to the church is hard to beat, the sermon by our Senior Pastor, Joel Remmers, will be what I remember most. It was a sermon with the underlying message that is often considered cliché and simple: “Talk is cheap”.]]></description>
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		<title>To the Strong Women of Hastings</title>
		<link>http://thehword.com/generations/to-the-strong-women-of-hastings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 05:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Sandeen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Generations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Role Models]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Hastings, I am so fortunate to work, play, and learn with generations of strong women, present and future. Much of the most effective, the most organized, and the most fun collaborative work I do at Prairie Loft is done with programs run by fearless, creative women.]]></description>
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		<title>Supporting Causes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Sandeen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Going Green]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many years, we have supported several causes dear to our hearts through financial support to the extent that’s possible for us. Recently, I’ve come to the realization that having done so has been counterproductive to another cause we support, which is conservation of the earth and its resources.]]></description>
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		<title>A Friendly Wave</title>
		<link>http://thehword.com/feature/a-friendly-wave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 05:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Kimle</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[kindness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve all heard that it takes a village to raise a child. If that is the case, then we adults need to rise to the occasion and add another lesson when it comes to teaching kids about simple friendliness and pleasantries.]]></description>
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		<title>Hello, $5 gas.  So long, economic recovery.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 14:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Masked Blogger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we go again. Unrest in the Middle East sends gas prices through the roof. And an already wobbly economy braces itself for yet another haymaker.]]></description>
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		<title>How’s Your Health?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Kimle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm sure we've all had complaints in one way or another about our local health care. From the initial call to schedule an appointment to the length of time in the waiting room to the doctor's bedside manner, we've all been frustrated at some point. It comes with the territory. But after this past month, I am still grateful for the “small town” atmosphere that is generally found with our providers.]]></description>
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		<title>Hastings Dining Dilemma</title>
		<link>http://thehword.com/food_and_dining/hastings-dining-dilemma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat McCoy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Food review]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have always lauded Hastings for the LACK of chain restaurants.  We have the fast food explosion, but when it comes to dining, the locally owned restaurant reigns in Hastings – that is not such a bad thing.  I cannot understand when people travel, why would you go to a chain restaurant when you can do this anytime?]]></description>
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		<title>Applebee&#8217;s in Hastings:  Mission Accomplished?</title>
		<link>http://thehword.com/feature/applebees-in-hastings-mission-accomplished/</link>
		<comments>http://thehword.com/feature/applebees-in-hastings-mission-accomplished/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Masked Blogger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations, Hastings.  You finally got your Applebee's.  But remember the inimitable GW on the deck of the aircraft carrier proudly declaring "Mission Accomplished."   We all know how that turned out.]]></description>
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