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  • Deck the halls

    The annual Christmas shindig gets underway in about an hour. A long row of tables have been set up in the middle of the newsroom which will soon be laden with lots of food. Should be fun! Employees dig in, hang out and generally just enjoy a bit of downtime with each other before getting [...]

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    This week

    Here’s a few things we’ve got in the works as he wind down 2007 and gear up for 2008.
    We have a new Simply Cooking recipe up this week: Christmas Rice. I know what you’re thinking. Rice? Christmas? Weird! But watch the video with the fabulous Mitzi Stinson and judge for yourself. It looks yummy to [...]

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    And happy post-turkey day

    As I write this, Nebraska is back and forthing with Colorado and there’s a lot of teeth gnashing going on in the newsroom. It’s a skeleton crew here today with the majority of folk either off taking advantage of Black Friday or spending time with their families.
    I’m hoping the game will be over soon and [...]

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    Happy pre-turkey day

    It’s the day before Thanksgiving and all through the newsroom, all the creatures were stirring…
    Because the bosses are cooking breakfast for all of us. It smells delish and I have to say that Newslink may be a wee bit late getting online because I wouldn’t want to get any syrup or butter on the equipment [...]

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    Crazy week

    Thanksgiving always mean crazybusy time here at The Independent. Ad reps are moving doubletime getting ads, proofs, and content to the graphic artists; circulation is preparing to send out thousands of extra copies of the paper which means they have to bring in employee’s kids and other volunteers to rolld and bag them all late [...]

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