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John Eggers

    December 10, 2017
    JOHN EGGERS COLUMN: A brief history of St. Mary's Mission in Red Lake
    Here is an article I wrote for the Beltrami County Historical Society a few months ago. It is timely due to the recent burning of the church...
    opinion/columnsDecember 10, 2017 - 9:15am
    December 3, 2017
    John Eggers
    JOHN EGGERS COLUMN: Hey, we're grandparents!
    Kathy and I just joined an elite group. The group is called "grandparents." The reason why it is an elite group is because grandparents can do...
    opinion/columnsDecember 3, 2017 - 9:15am
    November 26, 2017
    John Eggers
    JOHN EGGERS COLUMN: Should you give Hummels as Christmas gifts?
    No figurine exists that is as charming and warm as a Hummel depicting an innocent looking child smelling a dandelion. Those of you who own one...
    opinion/columnsNovember 26, 2017 - 8:30am
    November 19, 2017
    JOHN EGGERS COLUMN: Bookstores, Bobby and Buttons
    Where have all the bookstores gone? I have never met a bookstore that I didn't like. With more books being purchased on line, the need for bookstores...
    opinion/columnsNovember 19, 2017 - 8:15am
    November 11, 2017
    JOHN EGGERS COLUMN: Do you know your pro football teams?
    It looks like the Vikings are going to make a good run for the playoffs, which means there will be more interest in pro football, at least in...
    opinion/columnsNovember 11, 2017 - 8:15am
    November 5, 2017
    John Eggers
    JOHN EGGERS COLUMN: Some fun jokes for the Deer Camp
    It's that time of year. The deer are supposed to be plentiful so you will probably get your deer early and have lots of time to sit around and...
    opinion/columnsNovember 5, 2017 - 8:21am
    October 29, 2017
    John Eggers
    JOHN EGGERS COLUMN: A reason for being -- Sister Antonia, Oskar Schindler
    Can you imagine yourself having to spend 30 years in a Tijuana prison -- voluntarily? If you were a member of the Nazi party and very wealthy...
    opinion/columnsOctober 29, 2017 - 9:45am
    October 22, 2017
    JOHN EGGERS COLUMN: Have you ever tried a staycation?
    Some of the best ideas in the world have passed us by and they were right in front of our noses. That doesn't mean we can't use them. How about a staircase that is made into drawers? You can put your socks in the first step, keys in the second step and boxer shorts in the third step...
    opinion/columnsOctober 22, 2017 - 5:21am
    October 15, 2017
    John Eggers
    JOHN EGGERS COLUMN: Summer reflections from Lake Julia
    When the leaves have mostly fallen and Jack Frost has put a white coating on your roof, you know that summer is bidding you farewell. It may...
    opinion/columnsOctober 15, 2017 - 8:30am
    October 8, 2017
    John Eggers
    Learning about life from bumper stickers
    Think how boring life would be if we didn't have bumper stickers? They didn't appear until 1927 when the Model A introduced bumpers as a safety...
    opinion/columnsOctober 8, 2017 - 10:55am
    September 24, 2017
    JOHN EGGERS COLUMN: Schools need all of our help for 100 percent grad rate
    Every time I write about this topic, my wife, Kathy, says, "Not this again!" She is referring to my passion to write and speak on how we need...
    opinion/columnsSeptember 24, 2017 - 6:31am
    September 17, 2017
    JOHN EGGERS COLUMN: Oh, what a delight to teach history today!
    History was one of my least favorite subjects in high school and college. "Open up your books to page 204 and read chapter 24. When you finish,...
    opinion/columnsSeptember 17, 2017 - 8:30am
    September 10, 2017
    JOHN EGGERS COLUMN: Wisdom for teachers from Saint Teresa
    Most of what we learn in school we don't seem to remember until we take the ACT test and then it's often too late. We don't remember because...
    opinion/columnsSeptember 10, 2017 - 8:30am
    September 3, 2017
    JOHN EGGERS COLUMN: Teachers, make them laugh!
    In view of what is happening in Texas and Louisiana it doesn't seem right to write a column about laughter. Tens of thousands of people have...
    opinion/columnsSeptember 3, 2017 - 7:15am
    August 27, 2017
    John Eggers
    JOHN EGGERS COLUMN: Could I have been a Nazi? A message to parents
    By now you have listened and read about the events that occurred in Charlottesville, Va., and about the groups that protested, which included...
    opinion/columnsAugust 27, 2017 - 8:13am
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