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Here are the top stories in Friday’s paper:

 

• Another house catches fire in Douglas County. 

• Alexandria’s sewer system is seeking a $67 million upgrade to deal with increased use and stricter environmental regulations, a move that will raise sewer fees. 

• Alexandria City Council cracks down on King Tobacco for selling tobacco to underaged youth. 

• In life, Behind the Band: Jackson Burns

• In sports, Brandon-Evansville boys’ basketball beats Parkers Prairie 68-64

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Here are the top stories in Wednesday’s paper:

 

• House fire at Lake Geneva Estates in Alexandria.

• Another charge filed in fatal drunk driving case.

• Alexandria area hockey coach suffers life-altering injury.

• Alexandria boys hockey beat Fergus Falls 4-0 last Friday

 

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Alan Corey lays out how House FIRE is the best method to reach early retirement.  Typical rule of thumbs are to save 25 times your annual expenses in a stock portfolio and then withdraw just 4% of that balance each year.  But what is out there for us real estate investors?

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Over the weekend, Jay Allen walked through a house that had been completely burned down. In the midst of all that loss, it was a story about the homeowner's 5 year old daughter that gave him the biggest parenting lesson he's ever received.

A large, middle-class family experienced a house fire on Christmas morning of 1945 in which five of their ten children perished.  Lots of speculation and concern for what may have really happened to these kids have surrounded the story for many years. 

Spotlight West Virginia.  Arts and Culture.  Kristin.  Winter 2015.  Page 39.  https://kriswritesstuff.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/swv-sodder-2.jpg

The Children Who Went Up in Smoke.  A Tragic Christmas Mystery Remains Unsolved More than 60 Years After the Disappearance of Five Young Siblings.  Karen Abbott.  Smithsonian Magazine.  December 25, 2012.  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/

Remember the Bone-Chilling Story of the Missing Sodder Children.  Gavin Alexander.  October 2, 2019. 

https://www.ststworld.com/remembering-the-missing-sodder-children/

Their Fate:  Kidnapped-Murdered or Are They Still Alive?  Adelina Lancianese.  November 6th, 2016.  https://www.timeswv.com/news/their-fate-kidnapped-murdered-or-are-they-still-alive/article_be5920fe-a3f1-11e6-a3fc-43908d62effb.html

Sodder Mystery Holds National Appeal, Continues to Baffle Community.  Sarah Plummer.  Register Herald.  January 28th, 2016.  https://www.register-herald.com/news/sodder-mystery-holds-national-appeal-continues-to-baffle-community/article_2c6a06ad-e788-5e1b-a3cf-6e6fe65061f8.html

Baffling Christmas Mystery:  What Happened to the Sodder Children.  Nathan Jolly.  NZ Herald.  https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12182500

Certificate of Death for Maurice A. Sodder.  http://www.forensicgenealogy.info/images/billboard_maurice_death_cert_cropped.jpg

Certificate of Death for Louis Sodder.  https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forensicgenealogy.info%2Fimages%2Fbillboard_louis_death_cert_cropped.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forensicgenealogy.info%2Fcontest_386_results.html&tbnid=oo0l1WH__k8Z6M&vet=10CKoBEDMoTGoXChMIoMyg6Lm16gIVAAAAAB0AAAAAEBg..i&docid=l_JbbLVK1WetsM&w=1683&h=1451&q=The%20Sodder%20Children&ved=0CKoBEDMoTGoXChMIoMyg6Lm16gIVAAAAAB0AAAAAEBg

Louis Sodder Photo Message.  https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fpm1.narvii.com%2F7155%2F44de5cf27000d375439ab0e03cb9e1e06d75cd5ar1-1029-597v2_hq.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Faminoapps.com%2Fc%2Fconspiracytheory%2Fpage%2Fblog%2Fthe-sodder-children%2Fj0Vq_8W7hKu8PbmGBrpX8GKBvG741XkPQZZ&tbnid=wPNvqfZGvnLmbM&vet=10CL4BEDMovwFqFwoTCKDMoOi5teoCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAX..i&docid=V2FnXJSxGlS_2M&w=1024&h=594&q=The%20Sodder%20Children&ved=0CL4BEDMovwFqFwoTCKDMoOi5teoCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAX

A large, middle-class family experienced a house fire on Christmas morning of 1945 in which five of their ten children perished.  Lots of speculation and concern for what may have really happened to these kids have surrounded the story for many years.Â

We talk about a little house fire we had... and back up rifle scopes... and pocket knives... no politics in this episode... and 9mm versus 45 (I wish we were kidding)... :o :)