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King's Corner column for April 4, 2025 One of the joys of being an adult is being able to play with young children. Have you ever looked an under-one-year-old child in the face, covered your face with your hands, and then suddenly swung open your hands and said
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King's Corner column for March 28, 2025 My father, Mark King, was a man of books. His love for reading was cultivated in solitude when he worked on a remote property, tending fences. Every three weeks, he received new supplies, but otherwise, he was alone. Rather than idling,
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King's Corner column for March 14, 2025 At eleven years old my father, Mark King, moved to a farm in Wisconsin, located near a tribal nation. He and an Indian boy his age became close friends. One of their favorite games was target practice, with both arrows and
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King's Corner column for March 7, 2025 The Wild West used to appeal to most every young boy, even if they lived in a crowded city. Each of us are called to discover the adventure of our lives, to stretch ourselves and find out who we’re capable
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King's Corner column for February 28, 2025 Schools come in all shapes and sizes. Centuries ago in England reading was taught by learning to read the Bible. The King James version was one of the first bibles in English – rather than Latin – and was a project involving many
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King's Corner column for February 21, 2025 We’ve all experience anger. After all, the first sound that ever comes across our lips is that sound which we emit on the occasion of our birth, an expression of anger. Not only that, the anger which begins in us
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King's Corner column for February 14, 2025 Someone asked me that question, and I realized there were two men, two separate times. One was my birth father, Robert “Mark” King. He didn’t know it then, but he did later. The other knew from the beginning. Mom and
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King's Corner column for February 7, 2025 I escaped a head-on collision by the narrowest of margins this time three years ago. More than an hour before sunrise I left my dad, Mark King, sleeping and set off down Hwy 50 toward Fallon. Just past the Silver Springs
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King's Corner column for January 31, 2025 Nine years after a gold nugget was uncovered in a creek bed in Dayton, more precious ore was discovered further up the mountain. For almost four weeks after June 8, 1859 Comstock miners focused on finding gold, putting aside the heavy
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King's Corner column for January 24, 2025 The flashing airplane beacon in Stagecoach intrigued my father when he first flew over this area in the 1960s. Mark King was working with the film crew of Bonanza, teaching horses and actors to work together on stunts. While most outdoor