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		<title>What are you Thankful for?</title>
		<link>http://www.mywausanews.com/2011/11/what-are-you-thankful-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wausa News Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Thanksgiving around the corner for many of us, let&#8217;s enumerate the things we are thankful for.  Happy to be around family? Lucky to have friends you can count on? Fortunate to have a good job in a topsy-turvy economy? Tell it. Say it. Write it. We are blessed in so many ways.  Tell us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economic Development in Wausa, is it Good Enough?</title>
		<link>http://www.mywausanews.com/2011/02/economic-development-in-wausa-is-it-good-enough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Oswald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economic Development is defined as any effort or undertaking which aids in the growth of the economy.  Is there a flaw in the development of our area by spending money and time convincing outsiders that Wausa is great?  Wouldn’t that money be better spent on the locals who are here and already know it’s great? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch Stand Up to Cancer this Friday</title>
		<link>http://www.mywausanews.com/2010/09/watch-stand-up-to-cancer-this-friday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Barney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can tell you from a very personal experience that the current cancer research system and curative practice is very broke.  Insurance companies dictate what treatments a patient receives.  Researchers fight for moneys available in grant form and in order to compete they must show results.   In order to show results they only choose people they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wausa, Kid Friendly</title>
		<link>http://www.mywausanews.com/2010/03/wausa-kid-friendly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wausa News Staff</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mywausanews.com/?p=2564</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My “Bleacher Behind” will have a reprieve as the last basketball tournament for my kids was last weekend.  Going to games is really a lot of fun.  As I sat and contemplated what I would do this weekend with the newly acquired free-time, I realized how lucky we are in Wausa. Wausa has the normal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sick, but Not of the Weather</title>
		<link>http://www.mywausanews.com/2010/03/sick-but-not-of-the-weather/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Barney</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mywausanews.com/?p=2472</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This has been a long week, not because of the weather but because of the illness! Yes, after surviving all winter without being sick now when the weather starts to become nice I am laid up. Coughing, sneezing, fever and achy joints have laid me up since Tuesday. I thought that the flu season was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Letter to Mother Nature</title>
		<link>http://www.mywausanews.com/2010/02/open-letter-to-mother-nature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wausa News Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I sit here the sun is out, flakes of snow are falling and it is 17 degrees.  I read an article that brings hope; only 22 days till spring!  I don’t think it is a stretch to say this has been a long winter for everyone with several large weather events. Most of myWausaNews.com [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Thanksgiving</title>
		<link>http://www.mywausanews.com/2009/11/happy-thanksgiving-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Barney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love Thanksgiving, but not just for the food (although it is wonderful).  This is a great time to reflect on our past year, our life, our situations.  I am thankful for the community I live in.  There is no place I would rather be, this is a place where people care (truly care) about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Sports&#8211;Baseball Tourney</title>
		<link>http://www.mywausanews.com/2008/06/summer-sports-baseball-tourney/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mert Carlson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Saturday the 9-10 year old team played 4 games in the Randolph Tourney, coming home with a 3rd place finish.  What proved to be a great day for the young Vikes, the first game was one for the record books.  Playing host, Randolph, this game took a full 7 innings to complete, Randolph winning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sultans of Swat Take &#8216; The Ducks off the Pond!&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.mywausanews.com/2008/06/sultans-of-swat-take-the-ducks-off-the-pond/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mywausanews.com/2008/06/sultans-of-swat-take-the-ducks-off-the-pond/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mert Carlson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mywausanews.com/?p=710</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you speak or think of Little League Baseball, your thoughts go to a bunch of little guys all running around, sometimes into each other, or even to the wrong base.  While those thoughts are always entertaining, and those things still go on 55 years after I played that game, these Mighty Vikes played the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opinion: Open Letter to Village Board</title>
		<link>http://www.mywausanews.com/2007/10/opinion-open-letter-to-village-board/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mywausanews.com/2007/10/opinion-open-letter-to-village-board/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Barney</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mywausanews.com/?p=452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was served with a violation of Village of Wausa Municipal Code 8-103.  The notice further specified that I had trees or bushes obstructing alley access (I’m glad they pointed that out since I did not receive the Municipal Code with the notice).  I have included a picture of my trees near the alley.  [...]]]></description>
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