Norfolk Daily News Blog

Years ago, when the kids were little, we were driving along and saw a car pulled over with a police cruiser on the side of the road. One daughter remarked that the kids in that car must have been naughty that the mom had had to stop on the edge of the road with the police for backup. Boy, did I have them brainwashed.

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It’s still almost three months away, but I’ve been giving some thought to the debate the Daily News will sponsor Wednesday, April 11, at the Johnny Carson Theatre in Norfolk among Republican candidates for a U.S. Senate seat.

This won’t be the first such debate the Daily News has sponsored, but it’s been a while. The most recent one was between Dave Heineman and Tom Osborne when both were seeking the Republican gubernatorial nomination.

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By SHELBY STOLZE

Go ahead and call me crazy. A few nights ago, my dad and I were wandering around the yard with two bent metal rods in hand trying to determine whether or not I “inherited” the family’s unusual talent.

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By SETH MILES

He’s been called Hip and J-Hip. He is my friend and classmate: Jacob Hipke. Jacob has a high aptitude for sports, geography and all history classes. He is a dynamic force in all trivia games that involve sports or history. Every time someone in my class has a history or sports question, we don’t scour the Internet for the answer.We just turn around and ask Jacob. It doesn’t even take Jacob a second; he tells you the answer like it’s common knowledge.

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By KELLY SPIEKER

Talent. We all possess some trait we would consider our “special talent.” Whether it be wiggling our ears, photography or even something as simple as being a decent driver, we are all gifted.

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