Flip-flop noise becoming thunderous, deafening

September 2nd, 2010 by jeffbahr

 

 Lynde Ross knew her flip-flops were loud on Wednesday. “And the faster I walk, the louder they are.”
 Today, it was Amy Jones making the racket.
 This footwear is louder than a Guns ’n’ Roses concert.
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 Michelle isn’t ashamed of being nosy.
 “I consider it being more of a gift than a curse.”
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 When my oldest kid is home, we watch different TV shows, such as Bear Grylls and “Forensic Files.”
 
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 Scott Waltman prefers a woman with stylish glasses to a woman with perfect vision.
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 I’ve been eating Granny’s Country Omelet at Perkins since the early ’80s. It never lets me down.
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 The Liebelt Homes billboard says, “Enjoy yourself. It’s later than you think.” How do they know?
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  Kim Dosch brings up an interesting point: If Kristi Noem got picked up for speeding 20 times, how many times was she stopped?
  She must need to work on her powers of persuasion.
                        
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 Someone asked how long soccer games last.
 “Too bloody long,” said Scott.
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 Here’s proof that I’m getting dumber: For the first time ever, I’m watching “The A Team,” and I’m enjoying it.
 
 
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 My oldest son hardly ever goes to McDonald’s. 
 At a restaurant Wednesday, he ordered sauteed asparagus.
 I thought I raised him better than that.
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 I understand the Central cheer and dance teams are strong this year in pom and jazz. Scouts for other teams are studying the film, searching for a weakness.
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 Listening to a gardening expert on the radio, I learned that one way to cure your garden of slugs is with beer.
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 Some of those breakfast sandwiches at Subway sound good.
 One question: How is Black Forest ham different from regular ham?
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 If there’s a party going on anywhere in the world, my son Bryan will find it.
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 What is the big new building going up in Ipswich? Perhaps our Ipswich correspondent, Laura Ann Ptacek, will let us know.
 
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Would the opposite of a Mitsubishi Galant be a Mitsubishi Goofus?
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 My wife tells me that she’s always regarded herself as competitive. I never knew that.
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 Two family members report that “The American” is a terrible movie.
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 Now Mike Rowe is advertising Lee jeans. The guy is almost as omnipresent as Brett Favre.

Northern names Nick Wanner starting quarterback

September 1st, 2010 by jeffbahr

 

 On the radio Wednesday, Northern coach Tom Dosch said Nick Wanner will be the starting quarterback Thursday night.
 But he also said Joei Fiegler, who played a lot last season, will play because he deserves the opportunity.
    
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  The Northern football team has 14 seniors.
    
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 Dosch said five to seven true freshmen will play this season.
    
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 He also said he’s not a big fan of night games. Fortunately for him, the opener is the only night game this season.
 
    
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  Northern will have at least two football wins this season: Moorhead and Crookston. Write it down.
    
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  Just wondering: If Northern has home football games on Sept. 18 and Oct. 2, why did they choose Sept. 18 as Gypsy Day?
 
    
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  A sign on a co-worker’s desk says a meeting is “the practical alternative to work.”
    
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 “Butterflies kind of freak me out,” says Andrea Sgarlatti. “I just don’t want them to land on me, EVER.”
  
    
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  The moral of Roger Clemens’ story is never lie under oath.
  Ron says Clemens “ tried to sneak that fastball past one too many senators.”
    
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I ordered two double stacks at Wendy’s. The receipt backed me up. But the sandwiches I received had just one patty each.
  
    
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  Tim Kearns of the Weather Service, an East Coast native, is a big fan of the Red Sox. His favorite BoSox player of all time is Mike Lowell.
    
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  If I had any clout, I would ban noisy flip-flops from the newsroom.
 
    
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  All of the men in my family — my two sons and myself — are henpecked. Why is that?
  I should have taught them to fend for themselves. But they must have followed my example. 

‘The American,’ “Going the Distance,’ ‘Machete’ coming

August 31st, 2010 by jeffbahr

 

 Coming to Carmike Wednesday is “The American.” Arriving Friday are “Going the Distance,” “Machete” and — again — “Toy Story 3D.”
 Leaving town this week are “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” “Dinner for Schmucks,” “Piranha” and “Nanny McPhee.”
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 After enduring the publicity buildup for months, “Dinner for  and “Eat, Pray, Love” seem to be flops.
 Even my sister — who likes everything — complained about “Eat, Pray, Love.”
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 Why is every assassin weary? They must not have very good job satisfaction.
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  Our business correspondent says that Mike Carrels has bought the two CK’s stores, adding to his convenience store empire, and that Photos Now is leaving the mall.
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  Engel Music downtown is now absolutely gorgeous. Take a look at it.
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  An Aberdeen shopper says Kessler’s has made its parking lot less frantic.
 
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 My oldest son drove all the way to Minneapolis just for his fantasy football draft.
 I wouldn’t have minded it so much if he hadn’t taken my car.
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 Aberdeen’s most famous sportswriter is limping.
 Is it related to tennis?
 “I don’t know what it’s related to. But I wish it’d take its relatives and leave.”
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 John Davis points out that Spike is now showing the original “Hawaii Five-O” during the day.
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 Kim Dosch says my desk is a pigpen. That is a vicious lie.
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 Roncalli has officially kicked off its $7.6 million school revitalization campaign.
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 The Manhattan Short Film Festival will be on Oct. 2.
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 Thoughts while driving:
 What is it that cows think about all day?
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 Why do young hotel heiresses always hang out with Las Vegas nightclub moguls?
 
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 I heard a woman call her husband “ornery pants.”
  
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 The “Secretariat” movie coming out Oct. 8 will rewrite history. Right now no one, including me, has heard of Penny Chenery, the Denver housewife who inherited the 1970s horse from her father. 
 But the movie will vastly overstate the role of Penny Chenery, played by Diane Lane in the movie. So for the next 50 years, Chenery will be known as one of the most famous and important women in American history.
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 Dave wondered why the printer needed time to warm up. It was 83 degrees outside.
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 Bumper sticker spotted Wednesday: “Criminals love unarmed victims.”
 
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 Noah’s Critters has these creatures: A bearded dragon, Japanese chin and tarantula.
 Of those three, I know what one of them is.
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 I’m getting really tired of that woman in the Progressive Insurance commercials.
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 What if a guy went fishing and pulled in a Snapfish?
 
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 My responsibilities are limited for my kid’s Oct. 2 wedding. All I have to do is show up.
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 Maybe Kristi Noem should race at the Brown County Speedway.
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 Kelda says the veggie burger at Burger King is very good.
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 Would Bryce Dallas Howard have been hired for anything if not for her father?
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 Ron, who watches “Gunsmoke” every day, says “I’m just wondering how many guys Marshall Dillon killed in his career.”
 “A word to the wise: Never have a Komodo dragon in the house with you,” Mondell says.
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 Anybody who thinks National Tea was a well-known national chain is wrong.
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 One of the big hobbies in Aberdeen is bashing Huron. 
 What’s going to happen if Huron beats the Golden Eagles this weekend?
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 Don’t order the regular iced coffee at Burger King. It actually tastes like coffee. No one wants that.
   
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 The Red Rooster and I celebrate our anniversaries days apart. We have both been in Aberdeen 14 years. 
 
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 This is how people talk at the Brown County Fair:
 Where are you camping?
 “Just east of the sheep barn.”
I’m not sure I could find the sheep barn, let alone go east of it.
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 Michelle says if we keep getting abnormal amounts of snow each winter, “Doesn’t it eventually become normal?”
 
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 George Strait, Reba McEntire and Lee Ann Womack come to the Fargodome on Oct. 22. Tickets go on sale Sept. 11.
  
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 What’s the new CW series “Nikita” about?
 Troubled teen Nikita (Maggie Q) gets absorbed into a secret agency and trained to be an operative in a covert spy operation. She eventually discovers that Division is evil and decides to bring it down.
 Why is Division always evil?
 
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“Outsourced” the new NBC series, focuses on a novelty company that moves its call center from the Midwest to India. The company sounds like Oriental Trading Co. of Omaha.
 
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  Every woman looks more glamorous wearing sunglasses.
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 When you hear about an album that was “critically acclaimed,” that means no one bought it.
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 I like to think of myself as right on the cutting edge. That’s why I’m currently saying “Don’t taze me, Bro.”
 Pretty soon, everybody will be saying it.
  

More details about spectacular jet fire truck meltdown show

August 28th, 2010 by jeffbahr

 

 Saturday night’s Monster Truck Night of Fire & Thrills sounds like an event not to be missed.
 The radio ad promises that a pyramid of cars would be crushed and a 100-foot flame that would melt a car.
 In addition, there would be over 7,000 pounds of thrust. How could I have missed this?
 
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 While she’s in town for the South Dakota Film Festival, casting director Rene Haynes will conduct open casting for an upcoming feature called “Crooked Arrows.” She’s looking for Native Americans between 16 and 23.
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 Dan told his wife there was something he was going to tell her. But the fact that he couldn’t remember meant it probably wasn’t important.
 “Yeah, I don’t really care anyway,” she said.
 
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 Deb got hung up in the alleys during Sizzlin’ Summer Nights. She wondered if she’d ever get out. 
 Fortunately, she had food with her.
 
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 You can’t go 10 minutes in this town without somebody longing for Aunt Chilotta.
 I hear people rave about the fry bread with honey on it, shaved ice and something called sticks and stones.
 Aberdonians having trouble letting go. 
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 I’m just like Mike Posner. Everybody I meet thinks they’re cooler than me.
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 Why is there a local FM station, at 88.1, that’s licensed to Twin Falls, Idaho?
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 If I leave the house without glitter, I don’t feel fully dressed.
 Especially on a Saturday night.
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 I thought my sons went to New Orleans to quietly observe the fifth anniversary of Katrina.
 But Kim Dosch says “you go to New Orleans to drink excessively.”
 And it was a bachelor party. Hmmm.
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 As for Kim, she likes to drink India pale ale. Maybe my kids will tell me what that is.
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 Cindy Barton says that Pierson’s salted nut roll is a snack that moms will love, because there’s no chocolate and no melting.
 What about all the little pieces of nuts that kids get everywhere?
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  I’m a very important player on the Leola club scene.
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 Michelle says Aberdeen’s old A&W used to have great corn dogs.
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 Burger King now has funnel cake sticks.
 
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 I think a dog should be trained to sniff out narcotic narcoleptics.
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 In a car race, Kristi “Fast Times” Noem could beat Stephanie easily.
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 The most addictive game known to man isn’t a video game.
 It’s cribbage.
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 For a moment, Michelle claimed that there’s something called a giant Norwegian forest rabbit. 
 Then she checked, and found they’re really Flemmish rabbits. 
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 Series like “Halloween” are harder to kill than the films’ villains.
 
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 I bet “The Last Exorcism” is really the second-to-last exorcism.
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 In looking at locations for Sizzlin’ Summer Nights, organizers considered Lincoln Street. But there are so many regulations concerning federal property they quickly looked elsewhere.
 
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 The old Rapid City High School, built in 1923, is now known as Dakota Middle School.
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 Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp is dating Rihanna.
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 I’m getting really tired of the word “gamechanger.”
 
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 What do these names have in common? Joan Lunden, Nancy O’Dell, Leeza Gibbons, Jane Pauley, Mary Hart.
 They tell you that nobody keeps a job in big-time television forever.
 Unless your name is Barbara Walters.
  

Northern football team has 47 or 48 brand new players

August 25th, 2010 by jeffbahr

 

 The Northern football team has 47 or 48 players who weren’t on the team a year ago, coach Tom Dosch said on the radio Wednesday.
 The staff was recruiting into August.
 Dosch said he even asked basketball player Mitch Boeck if he wanted to play football, but Boeck said he’s happy wearing a clown suit at football games.
 
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 Also on the radio, Northern volleyball coach Lisa Schriver sounded very happy to shed her compliance duties. Sometimes, the first volleyball bus trip of the season had to be delayed while she took care of football compliance, she said.
 Schriver says she has “extremely high hopes” for this season.
 One change: The Wolves will use two setters this year instead of one.
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 A prominent young American News couple had a rare bad experience Wednesday at Minerva’s.
 They were served lukewarm manicotti and a mediocre grilled cheese sandwich.
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 I told Ryan Deal not to forget me when he gets rich and famous.
 “I’ve already forgotten you,” he said.
   
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 The James River is still high and sluggish, but things are different on Moccasin Creek.
  “In all the years I’ve lived here, I’ve never seen the Mog as low as it is right now,” Mondell said.
 
 
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 South First Street is the new hot street in Aberdeen. First, Sizzlin’ Summer Nights is moving there. Now, the Gypsy Day parade will veer onto South First for five blocks if Main Street isn’t ready in time.
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 On “Calling All Sports” Wednesday, Augustana volleyball coach Ashley Buckley said the high school season change a few years back was necessary and has helped both sports.
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 She said the state owed high school volleyball players the chance to get college scholarships. I really don’t think I agree with that.
 
 
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 One reason “Calling All Sports” is a good show is it allows you to spend more time with Mark Ovenden, who has a pleasant, upbeat personality.
 I’m not sure if it’s Ovenden or Mike Henriksen, but on the radio one of them sounds just like ESPN’s Dave “Soup” Campbell.
 
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This Sunday will be Pastor Salem’s final sermon at First Baptist Church. Beginning next week, he will focus on his TV show full-time, although he will still do funerals when requested.
 
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 Fast food runs in the Salem family. Not only is Mike the Big Mac of Aberdeen, but brother Daniel owns a Taco John’s in Carroll, Iowa.
 Sister Patty Becker runs Geffdog Designs, which Mike owns.
 
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 A vendor told Aberdeen’s most famous sportswriter that foot traffic at the Brown County Fair exceeds the Sioux Empire and matches the North Dakota State Fair.
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 The monster truck event this weekend will be a “jet fire truck meltdown show,” if I hear the radio correctly.
 
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 Aberdeen’s famous streaker will have his court appearance on Sept. 3. There is a rumor that he had a cup of coffee in his hand as he took his famous jog around Hardee’s. 
 
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  Wolves aren’t found just around Northern this week. The Young People’s Theatre production of “Totally RED!” includes six wolves, as well as six Red Riding Hoods.
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Mondell admitted it. He’s the one who started the Dolly Parton rumor.
      
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 The new Miss Universe says the Internet is indispensable. 
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 Tuesday night’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” about his mother dying, was the worst one I’ve seen. Marty Scorcese was also in it. It was awful.
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 Elin Nordegren said she never thought of using a golf club on Tiger.

 She probably just didn’t like her lie.

 

‘The Last Exorcism’ and ‘Takers’ open Friday night

August 23rd, 2010 by jeffbahr

 Maybe you didn’t know that “Charlie St. Cloud” is still in town. Well, it won’t be after Thursday night.  Neither will “Despicable Me” and “Step Up 3.”

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 On Friday, “The Last Exorcism” opens. Hollywood is obsessed with exorcism movies. Also opening is “Takers.”
  
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 Scott Waltman says texting is the “lowest form of communication.”
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 People are wondering if the Gypsy Day Parade, set for Sept. 18, will go down Main Street or if it will be diverted.
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 Anyone who expected Dolly Parton to join Kenny Rogers Saturday night is an idiot.
  
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 I’m afraid Saturday will be remembered as the day Dolly Parton didn’t show up, rather than the day Kenny Rogers came to Aberdeen.
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 If you want to relive Saturday night all over again, Kenny and Joey + Rory will play the Corn Palace Wednesday night.
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  I told Dewey that he, like Kenny Rogers, has a good-looking young wife.
 “I have? You better change your glasses.”
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 Joey + Rory ate at the Ward Saturday because Melissa Erlenbusch’s son, who saw them last week in Bloomfield, Neb., invited them to.
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 A cheap fair tip: At the concerts, you can buy a nice bag of peanuts for $1.50.
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 Pastor Salem reminds Scott Waltman of “a theological John Wooden.”
 
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 Ryan Deal said I couldn’t go out on the town with Shawn and him. “You would have cramped our style.”
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 I wonder what flavor would result if Sage Rosenfels married Saffron Burrows.
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 It’s fun to watch “The Three Stooges” on IFC.
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 A Chadron, Neb., convenience store offers biscuits and gravy. The gravy comes out of a serve-it-yourself machine. What an ingenious idea.
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 Michelle says crazy cat people are the ones who make clothes for their cats.
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 Some people know about a subject only because there was a “Seinfeld” episode about it.
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 Every day, I try to get to know myself a little better. What does that say about me? I better give it further study.
 
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 Stan Lee is 87 years old. And he’s hotter than ever.
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I can’t decide if I’m on Team Edward or Team Jacob.
  
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 When Dan Richardt said he paid $20 for a haircut, Ron asked if he paid $5 a corner.
  
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 Telemarketers have Americans terrorized, afraid to answer their own phones.
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 Finally, there’s a Jennifer Aniston movie I might want to see, and it doesn’t come to Aberdeen.
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 Tom Green was the fair concert emcee Thursday and Saturday nights. He said the attendance Saturday night was the biggest ever, but Larry Gerlach did not confirm that.
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 I love listening to John Tesch at night, but I can’t handle 97.7 in the afternoon. 
 
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 My daughter wants to own Wen Hair Care, which is advertised in infomercials. She and her mother fall for every infomercial product there is.
      
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 Speaking of which, the vibrating exercise machine was a hot item at the fair. I picture it gathering dust in people’s basements very soon.
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 Former pitcher Jack Morris doesn’t like popcorn. Up until now, I thought he was perfect.
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 Frank Viola’s son pitches for the St. Paul Saints.
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 I would rather have a leg removed than see “Nanny McPhee Returns.”
 In addition to the horrid-looking nanny, the movie includes Maggie Smith as a ditzy shopkeeper. Of course. Why wouldn’t it?
  
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 To some people, tatting means getting tattoos. To others, it’s a hobby practiced by nice older women.
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 Some of the stories about people addicted to Farm Village are just unbelievable.
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 I really doubt that St. Cloud State will drop football.
  

Josh Bertaccini trying out for Sirius Satellite job

August 21st, 2010 by jeffbahr

 

 A local radio source says Josh Bertaccini  is one of five semi-finalists in a Sirius Satellite Radio contest to become the next great sports radio host.
 On Friday, the semifinalists joined Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, a well-known New York sports radio personality.
 Bertaccini can be heard Aug. 27 from 5 to 7 p.m. CDT.  
 An online popularity poll is being conducted as part of the contest. For information, visit www.sirius.com/maddogradio.
   
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  “I live in the world of Red Bull,” says intern Richard Schmit.
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 Kyle Eastwood, coming to Aberdeen, was born in 1968. Three Clint Eastwood movies came out that year —“Where Eagles Dare,” “Coogan’s Bluff” and “Hang ’em High.”
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 Dave Vilhauer doesn’t want to hear complaints about the heat.
 “We’re only about three weeks from freezing,” he says.
 
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 Sometimes I wonder if musicians even know where they are.
 On Friday afternoon, Jake Owen tweeted, “Ok…I was just informed we are in South Dakota. Guess I was in my ‘daze’ when we made it here earlier. No clue how this happened. ”
 At Thursday night’s show, Joe Diffie asked his band where they were last night. He had to be informed they were in Wyoming.
 I’ve always suspected that singers write on their palms what city they’re in.
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 If you sit in the same chair for two concerts in a row, a friend will say “Did you stay here last night?”
 
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 At both Thursday and Friday night’s fair concerts, neither emcee identified himself. They just got out there and started talking. On Friday night, it was Burt Elliott.
 Even in the most optimistic scenario, only half of the crowd knew who Elliott was. The other half were wondering, “Who is this guy?”
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 By the way, should a guy who runs for office be allowed that free exposure before thousands of voters?
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 Deb thought she heard this on the scanner Friday night: “If we’re going to find that cow, we’re going to need a better description.”
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 T-shirt spotted at the fair: “This is not a beer gut. It’s a protective cushion for my rock-hard abs.”
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 On Sept. 19, Midcontinent will offer a free preview of NFL RedZone on Channel 321.
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 If Curt Fredrickson ever retires, I bet he’ll be succeeded by Paula (Stolsmark) Krueger.
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 Today we introduce a new segment called Deep Thoughts from a Shallow Guy. 
 Dave Vilhauer says there is no utopia on earth. Because if there were, so many people would move there it would wreck it.
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  In an interview with the AP, Pat O’Brien said, “Alcoholism affects one in four people in this country and it’s not funny.”
He said alcoholism is a “serious brain disorder and people don’t understand what alcoholism is. … If you keep drinking, you’re gonna die and yeah, had I kept drinking, I would have died.”
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 Jack Horkheimer, familiar to PBS viewers, has died at the age of 72.
 
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 My daughter’s boyfriend has backed off from Facebook. He needed some distance from it because it almost consumed him.
 
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   Just what are Stadium Nacho Doritos? Can you eat them only in stadiums?
 
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 “I’m already tired of volleyball and it hasn’t even started yet,” said a newsroom wag, who’s a man after my own heart.
 
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 A band, based in Sacramento, is called the Patagonian Rats.
 You wouldn’t want to find one of those under your bed.
 

Clint Eastwood’s son coming to Aberdeen

August 18th, 2010 by jeffbahr

 

 It will be announced soon that Tyler Eastwood, the son of Clint, is coming to Aberdeen next month for the South Dakota Film Festival.
 Also visiting will be the casting director for the “Twilight” films.
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 Celtic Blaze, featuring Stephanie Cadman, will be here for the Northeast South Dakota Celtic Faire.
 If you click on their website, it sounds like you’re listening to “Thistle and Shamrock.”
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 Insiders say Josh Bertaccini may be leaving Hub City Radio. I hope that’s not true. 
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 Ryan was a little concerned about Andrew Lamberson shooting the rodeo Monday night, because it WAS his first rodeo. 
 They don’t have a lot of rodeos in New Jersey.
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Aberdeen Wings players report to Aberdeen on Friday.
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Here’s one of many secrets about women: They like food as much as men do.
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 Dennis Dosch says his wife has a high pain tolerance after 20 years with him.
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 Rick Wieber’s Bicycle Stunt Show at the fair is really well done. Even a cynical teenager would like it.
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 My daughter’s boyfriend is in town. If you’d like to question him about his past, including those years that are unaccounted for, now’s your chance.
 
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 The cast of “NCIS: Los Angeles”  just doesn’t appeal to me.
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 The Newark Star-Ledger says Steven Tyler is close to wrapping up his deal to become a judge on “American Idol.”
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 I get Jason and Gordon Hayward mixed up. Which one played basketball at Butler and which one is a Braves outfielder? And where does Susan Hayward figure into this?
 
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 We all know what it’s like taking care of business:
 You get up every morning
 From your alarm clock’s warning
 Take the 8:15 into the city
 There’s a whistle up above
 And people pushin’, people shovin’
 And the girls who try to look pretty 

Don Meyer book now coming out Nov. 2

August 16th, 2010 by jeffbahr

 

 Publication of the Don Meyer book has been pushed back to Nov. 2.
 It was scheduled to come out in September.
 
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 “The way to make your phone ring is to go get something to eat,” says Shawn, on his way to the vending machines.
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 The vampire parody film opens Wednesday at Carmike. Opening Friday are “Piranha 3D” and “Nanny McPhee Returns.”
 Leaving Tuesday are “Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore” and “Inception.’
 Leaving Thursday is “Salt.”
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 Over the weekend at Carmike, “The Expendables” was No. 1 and “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” was No. 5.
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 Mondell shook the walls with one of his trademark sneezes.
 “Is that necessary?” Ryan asked.
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 Mondell said one of his sneezes made Alesha jump one night.
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 I hear the Margarita Frutista Freezes and Limeade Sparklers at Taco Bell are pretty good.
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The National Weather Service said a North Dakota tornado was an EF2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. 
Fujita sounds like another drink they might have at Taco Bell.
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 College bowl games this year include the Beef O Brady’s Bowl in St. Petersburg, the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl and the Pinstripe Bowl.
 
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 A co-worker referred to one of Northern’s sports programs as “small potatoes.”
 That reminded me of new potatoes you get at restaurants. I can’t stop thinking about food.
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 “At the Movies,” the show created by Siskel and Ebert, had its final airing, after 35 years, over the weekend.
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 Carrie Cole’s daughter was wearing a shirt that said “Give peas a chance.”
 
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  Mondell spotted “a nice, big majestic hawk” near the swimming pool.
  Michelle says a hawk couldn’t pick up a cat because they’re too heavy and too smart.
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 When Brad Wilson played “Wild Wild West” as a kid, he was Artemus Gordon.
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 A large coffee at Burger King is $1.60. A medium Coke is $1.65.
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 I’m getting addicted to “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” I can’t stop watching it.
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Richard is into “Lost.” But he’s still watching last year’s shows. So don’t ruin it for him.
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 When I was mocking “Drop Dead Diva,” my daughter told me to take my judgment elsewhere.
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 Basic cable is turning into HBO. Swear words were heard over the weekend on “My Boys” on TBS and “Rubicon,” on AMC.
 Sources also say that Jim Gaffigan has left “My Boys.” Now I can’t think of any reason to watch it.
  

Henry Aaron visited Redfield several times

August 15th, 2010 by jeffbahr

 

 Baseball great Henry Aaron visited the  South Dakota Development Center in Redfield several times in the 1960s.
 Aaron made annual hunting trips to Doland at the invitation of Lefty Muehl, a former minor leaguer and part-time Braves scout. Aaron developed the interest in the Redfield facility on his own.
 All of this is from the book, “The Last Hero,” by Howard Bryant.
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 On the radio, Northern men’s coach Paul Sather announced the hiring of two more assistants. One is Justin Wieck, who played at the University of Iowa, was a graduate assistant under Steve Alford and a video coordinator for Todd Lickliter. His wife, Laura, will teach at Roncalli.
 A graduate assistant will be Matt Martin, a Spearfish native who played at the University of Montana and was a video assistant for the Detroit Pistons. 
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 Also on the radio, Josh Bertaccini said his wife was one of the students in Sather’s theory of basketball coaching class.
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 Sather said he’s known Alex Robey since he was a young BMX rider. He noted that in addition to his father being a well-known basketball figure, Robey’s mom is a former Northern State cheerleader.
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 My daughter says Alchemy is the most addictive of video games. She’s introduced it to my wife, who was already addicted to her phone.
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 The Northern men will play exhibition games at the University of Oklahoma and Creighton. Before hitting the road, Sather said, the Wolves might play a home game against a team of former Montana players.
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 The wife of PC football coach Andy Carr recently had a baby boy.
 
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 Four of the 23 Northern soccer players are from South Dakota.
 Players come from nine states other than South Dakota, and two countries — Canada and Serbia.
 Coach Steve Kehm is great at bringing in talented athletes.
 
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 My daughter, who’s 23, claims she found a grey hair. “I think it was a stress-related grey hair, because it was about the  length of my semester.”
 
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 Open air street cars of the Aberdeen Railroad Company carried people back and forth to Wylie Park between 1911 and 1922, according to Dave Swain’s tourism booklet.
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 “There’s no point to fries without ketchup,” says my daughter.
  
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 “Dora the Explorer” is celebrating its 10th birthday.
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 Helena Skaggs and her friends were having a car wash Sunday along Sixth Avenue. They were raising money for Helena’s 15-year-old brother, Jayme, who has brain cancer.
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 Don Meyer’s Leadership Series is Monday at Northern. If you take it, you get one college credit. Besides Meyer, it’s presented by Willard Broucek, dean of Northern’s School of Business.
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 My daughter says her mom has been wearing her sunglasses so long they’ve come back in style.
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 Not only does Kristi Noem have better ideas than Steph, she also has better hair.

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