Movin' On

Posted by JIM LYKE on September 15, 2010 - 7:06 p.m.

Cue the sunset. Cue the horse. The author is riding off.
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A Blog About Nothing

Posted by JIM LYKE on September 11, 2010 - 1:54 p.m.

Some people have noticed that the LykeMinded blog has been pretty quiet lately.
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Automotive Nostalgia

Posted by JIM LYKE on August 24, 2010 - 5:59 p.m.

Want to get noticed? Drive a '68 Cougar.
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Oh, Schmidt!

Posted by JIM LYKE on August 17, 2010 - 6:02 p.m.

In these days of rampant anti-government “throw the bums out” sentiments, I was sorry to find out about the pending departure of Milton’s city administrator Todd Schmidt. I can hear ...
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O, Summer in Milton!

Posted by JIM LYKE on August 14, 2010 - 8:38 a.m.

Once again, Jim's blog has been turned over to his poetic friend, Henry Woolworth Shortfellow.
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Vanity Does Not Pay

Posted by JIM LYKE on August 3, 2010 - 12:11 p.m.

Embrace your grey, or you will pay.
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Diary of a 48-Hour Filmmaker

Posted by JIM LYKE on July 30, 2010 - 6:31 p.m.

23 teams, 48 hours. The clock is ticking and the cameras are rolling.
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Milton Wombats, Reunite!

Posted by JIM LYKE on July 25, 2010 - 11:49 p.m.

30 years later, one of the most infamous and notorious Milton High School classes gets back together.
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Fireworks, The Fourth, and Flying Tires

Posted by JIM LYKE on July 9, 2010 - 11:05 p.m.

Only in Milton do tires and fireworks compete for flight time.
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Having a Bang on the Fourth

Posted by JIM LYKE on July 2, 2010 - 8 a.m.

Women like to watch fireworks from a distance. Men like to light them and run.
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(Not So) Weird Western Wisconsin, Pt. 2

Posted by JIM LYKE on June 26, 2010 - 9:02 a.m.

Inspired by some comments on his previous blog, Jim took some time to revisit the sights of Lafayette County.
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Weird Western Wisconsin

Posted by JIM LYKE on June 23, 2010 - 7:08 p.m.

Stay alert when driving through Green, Lafayette and Grant Counties - you never know what you might see.
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Laughter (And Graduation) In The Rain

Posted by JIM LYKE on June 13, 2010 - 8:41 p.m.

As I sat in the bleachers at the Milton High School football field, awaiting my daughter's graduation ceremony, my brother-in-law asked me what I remembered about my own graduation at ...
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Graduation Week

Posted by JIM LYKE on June 10, 2010 - 5:44 a.m.

It's Graduation Week in the Lyke household. Years of planning, plotting, wondering, and worrying are about to culminate in a full weekend of events that is to a family what ...
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Reinventing Milton's East Side

Posted by JIM LYKE on May 31, 2010 - 10:52 a.m.

A public discussion generates a lot of ideas for redeveloping what is now being referred to as Goodrich Square.
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Senior Skip Day

Posted by JIM LYKE on May 25, 2010 - 10:36 p.m.

Senior Skip Day isn't the big secret it used to be.
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Dreams For Sale

Posted by JIM LYKE on May 16, 2010 - 10:37 p.m.

The Field of Dreams in Iowa, the site where the author's favorite movie was filmed, is on the block.
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Rockin' With The Kids

Posted by JIM LYKE on May 13, 2010 - 11:15 p.m.

Would you have gone with YOUR parents to a rock concert?
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Daland Building Not In City’s Future

Posted by JIM LYKE on May 3, 2010 - 12:02 p.m.

An idea to relocate the Milton Police Department into the old Daland Fine Arts Center appears to be dead on arrival.
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Raw Milk and Pink Slime

Posted by JIM LYKE on April 23, 2010 - 9:11 p.m.

What sounds better, farm-fresh raw milk or processed ammonia-injected beef-like hamburger?
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