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I guess it was a pretty good thing that I wrote about the lack of snow last week and showed a picture from last year with a lot of snow cover - at least for those wanting to have some snow! Their wish came true on Thursday when some four inches or so fell here and is still covering the ground. It snowed pretty much all day long and I shoveled a couple of times outside of the office. Then nephew Ryan came to my rescue and shoveled a couple of times also. I did have to shovel when I got home that night and then the next day since a little more came down during the night and it also was blowing around. Oh, and that snow came just in time for Saturday night's Candlelite Ski at Governor Dodge State Park!
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Whenever we receive a note with a subscription, it's nice to share comments with everyone. Recently, Sue Ann Kumlien wrote: "Thanks to all for getting this paper to me in Janesville every week. You've made me one happy Highland girl who can keep up on all the news! Happy Holidays!"
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The Dodgeville Chronicle has brought the news to the area (and further) for 150 years. It really doesn't seem that long, but in looking back at the first issue in 1862, I guess it is! Myself - I have only been involved for around 55 of those years with going on 44 of them being full-time!
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The start of this weekend's NFL (National Football League" playoffs was quite the game between the New Orleans Saints and the San Francisco Forty Niners. I think the lead changed four times in the last four minutes. It looked as if quarterback Drew Brees, of the Saints, had pulled off a comeback win when he threw a touchdown pass with 1:37 left, but his counterpart -  Alex Smith, of the Forty Niners, threw one of his own with three seconds remaining. That was cutting it pretty close!
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Here's a driving/crosswalk story that always gets me. The other day I was crossing the street by Kwik Trip heading toward hotel Higbee and the driver in the first vehicle stopped to let me go across. BUT the driver in a vehicle right behind the first - seeing the one in front of him stop - pulled out to go around on the right, not even looking to see if someone was crossing. I had already gotten out in the crosswalk so that vehicle pulling out and around didn't come close to hitting me - but I'm pretty sure he was breaking the law pulling out to go around!
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It was a pretty sad ending to a great football season Sunday for the Green Bay Packers as hopes for a repeat Super Bowl Championship went awry against the New York Giants. It was a day that the better team (that day) won. The Giants are on a roll with the defense and offense playing really well - sound familiar? Look back to last year when the Packers came into the playoffs the number 6 seed, barely making it at all. They, too, got on a roll and made it look pretty easy from there on out!