Posts Tagged ‘news’
Four ways to save newspapers
1. Turn printing plants/distribution spaces into chop shops. Reporters can boost cars on a freelance basis; paper trucks can ship the stripped parts. 2. Print blacklight-accessible editions. Sell them to college students as “smart-partying.” 3. Deputize paper carriers to panhandle. 4. Fish and chips for all.
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Tags: media, news, newspapers
Broken statue/man imprisoned
By Joe O’Sullivan Public Opinion Staff Writer In a drama combining the ravages of alcoholism, an angel smashed to pieces and pen-wielding worshippers stands a man sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison. Gene Haring Jr., convicted of ransacking Watertown’s Immaculate Conception Church last June, received eight years in prison Tuesday. What’s more, he may [...]
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Tags: burglary, church, news, prison, Watertown
The Rising Waters of Bitter Lake
By Joe O’Sullivan Public Opinion Staff Writer 12/08/09 WAUBAY — Sharon Breske opens her basement door to a floor of packed earth. There used to be a full flight of stairs leading down to finished bedrooms where her children spent their school years. All that’s left now are three steps down and a banister that [...]
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Tags: Bitter Lake, glacial lakes, news, South Dakota
Newsflash: Toilet Arsonists
Tales from the Watertown Public Opinion’s newsdesk . . . By Joe O’Sullivan Public Opinion Staff Writer Wanted: toilet arsonist(s). With summer park activities in full swing, vandals are once again keeping John Q. Public’s legs crossed. At least five portable toilets in Watertown parks have been set afire, including some last weekend. The vandalism [...]
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Tags: arson, news, porta-potty
