1. A last run for Charles Himsel, Mount Horeb's longtime fire chief A last run for Charles Himsel, Mount Horeb's longtime fire chief
    The village fire chief, Charles "Fire Truck Chuck" Himsel, was mourned and buried Monday, escorted to his grave by a cortege of big shiny trucks and throngs of friends from the overlapping communities he served, taught and comforted for 40 years.
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  2. School spotlight: Students have all the right moves at Northside Elementary School spotlight: Students have all the right moves at Northside Elementary
    When a teacher at Northside Elementary School taught students chess as part of a math enrichment class years ago, she was impressed by how much they enjoyed it.
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  3. Advocates envision free fruit and nuts for Madison parks Advocates envision free fruit and nuts for Madison parks
    As impossibly idyllic as it may sound, members of Madison Fruit and Nuts want fruit- and nut-bearing trees in a public place near you, where you can watch the fruit form and ripen and when the time is just right, reach up and pluck it.
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Top of the Queue: Not much to love in New York-based anthology
Top of the Queue: Not much to love in New York-based anthology
n the end, “New York, I Love You,” is just too sketchy and scattered to really leave much of an impact, possibly because the “lovers in New York” thing has just been done so many times.

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Republicans Wall and Westlake should split with Limbaugh
Republicans Wall and Westlake should split with Limbaugh
Watertown businessman David Westlake and Madison developer Terrence Wall may really want to take on Feingold. But they owe it to themselves and to the voters of Wisconsin to do so in a manner that is at least minimally serious and sincere.

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  • Farewell to the ChiefFarewell to the Chief
    Hundreds attended a funeral and procession for longtime Mount Horeb fire chief Charles "Chuck" Himsel on Monday.
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    Professional and amateur competitors gathered to display their chow-down chops.
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    Debbie McCormick of Rio, Nicole Joraanstad of Madison and alternate Tracy Sachtjen of Lodi go to Vancouver as part of the U.S. Olympic curling…

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