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BENEATH THE SNOW: PAINTINGS BY SUZANNE SKON AND PATRICIA VAN CLEAVE: Free with gate admission. Ends March 25. $7. Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Dr., Chaska. 952-443-1400.RED WING RETRO: EXTRAORDINARY POTTERY, EVERYDAY LIFE: An exhibit highlighting more than 100 years of Red Wing pottery. Sponsored by the Minnesota Historical Society. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Tue. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Sat.; noon-5 p.m. Sun. Ends April 1. $4-$8. Minnesota History Center, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul. 651-296-6126.ANTIQUE ALLEY: Vintage and new inspirations for homes. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Thu.-Sat.; noon-4 p.m. Sun. Free. Antique Alley, 317½ Central Av., Suite A, Osseo. 763-420-3220.THE COTTAGE HOUSE OCCASIONAL SALE: 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Thu.-Fri.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat.-Sun. The Cottage House, 4304 Chicago Av. S., Mpls.
Three Charged With Clifton Burglary, Theft
A pickup truck stuck in the mud and a suspicious neighbor led to the arrest of three people suspected of breaking into a Clifton home and stealing a slew of expensive jewelry.
CHARGED with two counts each of burglary and grand larceny are Darryl Paul Fagan, 24, of 5964 Wescott Hills Way, Alexandria, and Michael Alan Nevitt, 24, of 1516 Tyler Circle, No. 125, Woodbridge. Charged with one count each of those offenses is David Jacob Sweeney, 21, of the same Woodbridge address.
Fairfax County police Det. Michael Motafches, of the Sully District Station's Criminal Investigations Section, presented details of the case against them in Jan. 25 affidavits for warrants to search Fagan's home and vehicle for possible evidence.
He wrote that, sometime between 6:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Editorial: Lots to do, right at home
You almost have to wonder how it is that Dover and Sherborn have the reputation they have in the outside world — of being two sleepy little towns where there’s really nothing to do. Of course we all know there’s tons to do here. Take just the next few days in Dover especially. This afternoon, everyone is invited to the Sue Pelletier’s artist reception at the Dover Library. Pelletier is the Artist of the Month there, but she is also Chickering School’s art teacher, and we hope that Dover families with children at Chickering will take time to see the exhibit, even if they don’t make it to the reception itself. This evening — coincidentally also at the Dover Library — history buffs can stop and listen to antique book expert Ken Gloss of the Brattle Book Shop in Dowtown Crossing impart his knowledge to the Dover Historical Society.
MIC a costly anachronism
Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) president, Matthew Takaona has predicted that most community newspapers operating on a shoestring budget would be forced to close because they could not afford the new charges. Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) research and information officer, Nyasha Nyakunu pointed out that these exorbitant charges were one more ramification of the oppressive Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). "It is in that context that the fees are now having to be increased; it's all designed to make life difficult for newspapers", he said. What he omitted to mention is that these excessive charges are mainly designed to make life a bed of roses for Mahoso and the rest of the government-appointed commissioners. Why else would an organisation that is supposed to act as a facilitator rather than a hindrance to the affected stakeholders stoop to the level of charging penalties for late registration when it knows that journalist can be required to travel on assignment at a moment's notice? This means that for some scribes, the MIC's deadline could expire while they were away on legitimate professional business but they must still be punished financially.
Books First, Life’s Other Necessities Later
Anyway, a few minutes later I found another volume of Pitters poetry. Since shes probably out of print too, I thought, Id better buy them. Eventually I also picked up "The Long Loneliness," the autobiography of Dorothy Day (signed and inscribed by the author!), and "Rootabaga Stories" by Carl Sandburg. This last is a treasure. The husband read these mesmerizing stories to our kids when they were little (and not so little), but wed loaned it to someone who did not return it. Alas, we forgot who that someone was. (Are you out there?) Ready to leave, I held almost $30 worth of books in my hand, which, after my trip to Charlottesville for medical reasons, was about all the money left in my checking account. Buying the books would mean not stopping at the drugstore.
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