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This Was Brainerd- June 5

...county board must give approval, as much of the island is county tax forfeited land. 30 years ago (1981)Apologies to Abe Lincoln, but honesty is not the best policy - especially if you're an undercover narcotics agent. "I've never lied so...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/was-brainerd/2011-06-03/was-brainerd-june-5
This Was Brainerd
The high road to oblivion

...message was the same as earlier: "Our political debates today are corrosive and not reflective of the belief that Abe Lincoln espoused back in his day: that we are a great country because we are a good country." "I respect the president...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-06-22/high-road-oblivion
News
Ask a Trooper: Tire tread

? Question: Is the correct depth for my tire's tread depth really to the top of Abe Lincoln head on a penny?? Answer: Very close, yes, but there are other factors to consider. In (Minnesota state statutes) we read...

http://brainerddispatch.com/lifestyle/2012-09-18/ask-trooper-tire-tread
Lifestyle
7 habits of highly ineffective

...management guru who died this week, would have had a hard time selling his books in Benjamin Franklin's America, or Abe Lincoln's. His best seller "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" would have been considered a self-evident truth, one...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2012-07-23/7-habits-highly-ineffe
Open Forum
CREP II offers unique opportunity to preserve land for the future

Laws change; people die; the land remains. Those words are as true today as when Abe Lincoln first uttered them. Some of us are privileged to own land during our short visit on earth. Actually, we only borrow that piece...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/032506/out_20060325009.shtml
Outdoors
Fine arts were the focus at Festival of the Arts

...Back | Next Pequot Lakes first-graders Cole Schmidt (left) and Matthew Wgeishofski performed as past Presidents Abe Lincoln and George Washington during their class skit at the Festival of the Arts. The evening included performances by Just...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/040500/upn_0405000028.shtml
News
Cruelty is a cause for war

...terrorists destroyed the twin towers, they were probably trying to rip our unity apart. Instead, they made it stronger. Abe Lincoln said, "United we stand, divided we fall." We must fight to keep our unity strong and our freedom alive. Terrorists...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/031803/opi_0318030009.html
Opinion
Staples men's, women's choruses to celebrate freedom

...Jefferson's "Testament of Freedom," "Simple Gifts" and "In Flanders Field." The likes of Betsy Ross, Clara Burton and Abe Lincoln will attend. Who: Staples Area Men's and Women's choruses What: Festival of Freedom -- America Celebrates Where...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/030900/tem_0309000017.shtml
Entertainment
This was Brainerd

...since it was founded in 1946. 60 years ago (1946) John Chalberg, dean of the Brainerd Junior College, will read "Abe Lincoln" to members of the Lions Club at their dinner meeting in the Hotel Ransford. 80 years ago (1926) Through the generosity...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/020106/new_20060201067.shtml
News
Will President-elect be a good sport?

...confer a credibility that can't be earned in any other arena, and presidents know this. It's a very old technique: Abe Lincoln's early press agents stressed his wrestling and rail splitting prowess, and Teddy Roosevelt was all about "youthful...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/122300/nsp_1223000063.shtml
Sports

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