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Fast Talk: List of 90-plusers continues to grow
With the help of local residents, our list of distinguished Persons of Maturity is growing.
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Fast Talk: Spring cleaning for the mind
Have you ever wanted to just throw things out and start over? I’m referring to objects that are broken but may never get repaired.
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Ron Swift Fast Talk: Isn’t giving supposed to be its own reward?
From time to time, many of us have been involved in charitable causes. From helping collect food for the Westside Food Pantry to being on the giving end, we’ve been there.
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Ron Swift Fast Talk
National health care debate is politics as usual
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Ron Swift All things must end — including this column
In most peoples’ book, 47 years is a long time. That’s about how long this Fast Talk column has appeared on these pages of the Irrigator, not exactly every week and once with a break of several mo...
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Ron Swift Swine flu has nothing on WWI-era Spanish flu
The recent threat of the so-called swine flu pales in comparison with the influenza that swept across the country in 1918.
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Fiesta stalwart Hoobler deserves our praise
by Ron Swift
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In Patterson’s 100th year, if the fiesta comes off well (and we know it will), much credit should go to its secretary and only employee, Marilyn Hoobler.
Long, long ago, in a university far, far away
by Ron Swift
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Would you: • Travel 2,000 miles to a party? • Give up five days of your life to take in a 2½-day shindig? • Expect to enjoy yourself, realizing in advance you wouldn’t know 95 percent of those p...
Aw, shucks — Irrigator’s clean sweep will have to wait
by Ron Swift
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Had I been asked about the Irrigator’s change, I would have suggested Sundays for the newspaper appearing at my door. And for two reasons.
KOSTers get down to the crusty truth
by Ron Swift
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Johnny Farinha, a longtime KOST member who allegedly bakes the best lemon pies on the West Side, finally brought one of his delights to coffee early this week.
Toga party? I gotta learn to say ‘no’
by Ron Swift
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Sometimes people voluntarily get themselves into situations without fully knowing the consequences of their volunteerism. Unfortunately, it happens to me often. And it’s probably occurring as you ...
One weird, wild week of news
by Ron Swift
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Let’s turn this week to all-the-news-that’s-fit-to-print in the daily press.
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