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Civil rights

...In the civil rights movements of the 50s and 60s there were many people and churches that railed against sharing drinking fountains, bathrooms, integrated classrooms and schools, or open seating on buses. Interracial marriage took even longer for churches...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2013-05-17/civil-rights
Open Forum
RED BULLS: No drinking fountains in the desert

...Moving wooden pallets stacked with boxes of bottles of water throughout the small camp is a daily task. There are no drinking fountains on Army bases in Kuwait. "It's a tough job," explains Lecuyer, from Moundsville, Minn., father of two and grandfather...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-08-24/red-bulls-no-drinking-fountains-dese
News
District's water usage

...day. Or double that usage if one assumes two flushes per day.Either way there is little allowance for steam heat, water fountains, pool fillings, showers after sports and some irrigation.There is certainly a great opportunity to teach Going Green to...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2013-03-07/districts-water-usage
Open Forum
Tickets available for Elks Fishing Fling

...including lodging.? Dinner at the Blue Goose in Garrison and launch trip for four on Mille Lacs Lake.? Spirit Spas fountain of youth certificate.? Guided fishing trip with Glen Belgum.? Rods, reels, tackle boxes, framed prints, coolers...

http://brainerddispatch.com/sports/2013-04-21/tickets-available-elks-fishing-fli
Sports
Lyle 'Rocky' Valentino

...by his wife Sheila (Waby), of Aitkin; daughters, Kristina (Tim) Millsop, of Crosby, Tricia (Ken) Starzynski, of Fountain, Colo.; two sons, Joseph (Cate) Valentino, of Navarre, Fla.; and Derek Valentino of Aitkin; four granddaughters...

http://brainerddispatch.com/obituary/2013-04-11/lyle-%E2%80%98rocky%E2%80%99-val
This was Brainerd - May 30

...sharing six bathrooms and six water fountains. That was how one Washington Middle...water from the mouth of the lion drinking fountain in front of the Brainerd Chamber office...Jay Simon of the Brainerd Lions Club, fountain sponsor. 60 years ago (1951)Sgt...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/was-brainerd/2011-05-29/was-brainerd-may-30
This Was Brainerd
Soda shop rebuked for stocking candy smokes

...stop stocking novelty candy cigarettes. City inspectors threatened a misdemeanor citation and $500 fine if Lynden's soda fountain is caught selling the fake smokes again. The Star Tribune reported Wednesday (http://bit.ly/RiCHiP ) that the offering...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-12-26/soda-shop-rebuked-stocking-candy-smo
News
Business Notes April 7

...13 and will run for a week through noon on April 20. Items includes a two-person bench with table, quilts, frog water fountain, art work, numbered print from Les Kouba, a picnic organizer, miscellaneous gift baskets and more. For vendor information...

http://brainerddispatch.com/business/2013-04-05/business-notes-april-7
Business
In the hypnotist's chair

...chair, or the "healing chair" as Svoboda calls it, sat near a maroon drape-covered window. Water trickled from a mini fountain.Everything seemed normal so far. There were no books of black magic on the shelves. No black robe; Svoboda wore jeans...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-02-22/hypnotists-chair
News
Police blotter- Nov. 22

Brainerd police PROPERTY DAMAGE - A report at 10:13 a.m. Saturday that the plywood cover on the water fountain at Gregory Park, 424 N. Fifth St., was damaged. DISTURBANCE - A report at 1:09 p.m. Sunday of a disturbance in the parking...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/crime/2011-11-21/police-blotter-nov-22
Crime

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