Minot schools back in session
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Third-grade teacher Tobi Lynne talks to a student in her classroom at Bell Elementary on the first day of classes Thursday.
Some of the sixth-graders at Bell Elementary were pleased to be sitting in school desks Thursday, while others grumbled over the loss of their summertime freedom.
Summer vacation ended almost a week later for children in the Minot Public School District than at most of the other schools in the area. Earlier this summer, the Minot Public School Board pushed back the start of school after board members decided that starting in the third week of August was just too early.
At Bell Elementary, the start of school comes with a twist.
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'Raising the Bar' sounds a little iffyFri, August 29, 2008 @ 7:08PM Young, beautiful lawyers leap in and out of each other’s beds literally and figuratively in the new Steven Bochco project “Raising the Bar,” premiering commercial-free Monday at 9 p.m. While this is indeed the same Steven Bochco who gave us “Hill Street Blues” and “L.A. Law” and “NYPD Blue,” he’s also the one who gave us “Cop Rock,” “Blind Justice” and rode ABC’s embattled “Commander in Chief” down the drain. And in terms of cable productions, his recent FX entry “Over There” was too gritty, real and demoralizing a look at the war in Iraq way too soon to be much of a hit. And I’m not certain Zack Morris is really a secret weapon. Let me explain. Mark-Paul Gosselaar – Zack from “Saved by the Bell” – keeps showing up in Bochco’s work like he’s got something on him, and he’s rarely much help.
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How I learned to stop worrying and love Max ScherzerThu, May 1, 2008 @ 7:02PM My boss at the Minot Daily News, sports editor Michael Linnell, always asks me why I never write about the umpteen million fantasy sports leagues I'm in. I never do because about 99.99 percent of readers don't care about it (although some say you could apply that same percentage to thre rest of my writing). Anyway, I was about to break down a few weeks ago and write about how I had already blown any chance I had to win my MLB roto baseball league. After drafting last in the 16-team league, I was awarded No. 1 waiver priority. That means I have the first chance to claim any player another team drops or a player who moves up from the minors and wasn't draft eligible. After drafting offense in the first 6 rounds, I needed to use that waiver pick on a stud pitcher. Two weeks into the season, it appeared I had missed out on picking up the "Next Big Thing." That "Next Big Thing" would be Cincy Reds starter Johnny Cueto.
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A tale of three lawyersMon, July 14, 2008 @ 12:17PM Not everybody can be happy with the results of any criminal trial. Somebody wins, somebody loses, and that's how the cookie crumbles. After spending the better part of the past month covering the Stridiron-Davis trial, however, I think there is a large group of people who should nod their heads with approval of what unfolded in what at times was a bombastic display of courtroom guile: American citizens. Most certainly, there will be detractors of the verdict -- friends are friends, family is family -- as Bob Martin said repeatedly during the trial, "blood is thicker than water." What I walked away with, though, after putting all emotions to the side, is a reconfirmed, pronounced admiration for the jury trial process in our American justice system. On display on a daily basis were the wares of three men -- state's attorney John Van Grinsven (with an assist from Tim Wilhelm) and public defenders Martin and Josh Rustad of Williston.
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