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			<title>More on parking from the JPB meeting</title>
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							<![CDATA[Here's a little bit more on the driveway discussion from last night's Greater Bemidji Area Joint Planning Board meeting.]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:34:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Bemidji to get new mayor</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=72946</link>
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							<![CDATA[Bemidji is poised to have a new mayor in 2011.]]>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:30:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>a sad few weeks</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=70620</link>
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							<![CDATA[I had a blog entry all scripted in my head when I came to work today: I was going to write about annexation and all the meetings about that issue in recent weeks.]]>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:27:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Vote now for Bemidji Skate Park</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=69855</link>
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							<![CDATA[Fundraising for the Bemidji Skate Park, to be located in the renovated Bemidji City Park, is continuing.]]>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:36:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Not the kind of story update we like...</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=68764</link>
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							<![CDATA[In November 2008, I had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing Erik Ludwinski, a Bemidji State University student who had, unfortunately, been battling cancer since he was a child.]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:47:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Wondering about wards</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=66341</link>
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							<![CDATA[I covered my first Charter Commission meeting last Tuesday, and while I didn't get around to writing the article until Friday, it was not due to a lack of interesting material.]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:16:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Bemidji speaks and Pawlenty listens?</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=65808</link>
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							<![CDATA[I was going to do a blog entry today about a resolution the Bemidji City Council passed last night opposing the possibility of further unallotment of Local Government Aid funds.]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:49:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>food and liquor ratios</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=65527</link>
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							<![CDATA[It's December, which means you start seeing some end-of-the year reports.]]>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:03:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>An accidental story - and a correction</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=65427</link>
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							<![CDATA[Most of the stories I write for the Pioneer are fairly to plan for and schedule: meeting coverage and event previews/coverage.]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Bemidji not alone in budget crunch</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=65340</link>
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							<![CDATA[Budget woes are not unique to Bemidji - and now it seems neither is the impending loss of the community development director.]]>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:48:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>BREC Zamboni approved</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=64216</link>
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							<![CDATA[ The Bemidji City Council last night voted 5-1 to award a bid for an ice resurfacer for the Bemidji Regional Event Center.]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:16:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>skate park design</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=64171</link>
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							<![CDATA[SITE Design has released the first version of a design for the Bemidji Skate Park, which will be included in the renovation at Bemidji City Park.]]>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:24:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>a new BREC art plan?</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=63703</link>
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							<![CDATA[ I rarely get U.S.]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:38:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>The BYAC announces a new future</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=63166</link>
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							<![CDATA[The &quot;major announcement&quot; we were expecting from the Bemidji Youth Advisory Commission was officially released last night during the Bemidji City Council meeting.]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:29:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>I hate secrets...</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=62896</link>
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							<![CDATA[I've never been good at secrets.]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:59:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>more on chickens</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=61837</link>
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							<![CDATA[OK, I've taken a little flak this week from people wondering if I gave up on this blog.]]>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:06:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Thoughts on open meetings</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=60380</link>
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							<![CDATA[I once was told this: Reporters should be seen and not heard.]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:34:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Two updates</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=60362</link>
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							<![CDATA[I have two updates on topics I've previously written about in this space: the joint planning meeting from last night and previous votes by Bemidji City Councilor Greg Negard.]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:13:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>My article was wrong...</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=60270</link>
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							<![CDATA[...but it wasn't my fault! (First off, let me apologize for neglecting this blog lately.]]>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:28:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Taking stock of the chicken discussion</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=59269</link>
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							<![CDATA[It's easy to chuckle about the chicken situation because, well, we're talking about chickens.]]>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:43:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>A unanimous vote on something BREC-related</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=58289</link>
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							<![CDATA[The last unanimous vote by the Bemidji City Council on an event center-related topic was in March, when the council voted to reduce the budget for the project by $10 million.]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:10:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Council opts not to respond to Chamber, DDA members</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=57788</link>
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							<![CDATA[&quot;Any fireworks?&quot; This was how a co-worker greeted me last night following the Bemidji City Council meeting.]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:09:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Did Greg Negard&apos;s position on the south shore height change in three days? </title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=57489</link>
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							<![CDATA[The question was raised last night as to whether Bemidji City Councilor Greg Negard, who also serves on the Greater Bemidji Area Joint Planning Board, changed his vote on the proposed increase in height for the development around the Bemidji Regional Event Center.]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:40:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Reaching new heights?</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=57435</link>
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							<![CDATA[A few hours from now, the Greater Bemidji Area Joint Planning Board will decide just how high development will be allowed in the south shore.]]>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:30:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>The elimination of the city&apos;s community development director</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/bemidjibeat/?blog=57296</link>
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							<![CDATA[I'm thinking about Rita Albrecht today.]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:18:00 CST</pubDate>
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