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Last weekend my wife (Shelley) decided to have a gathering. It was a belated “4th of July” celebration. It was also a chance for her to make a statement about where she thought our country has been, where it is now, and where it might be heading . . . The theme of the day was “God & Country”. We had two dozen people at our picnic, and they were warned ahead of time that there would be a program consistent with the title of this event. With that being the case, the guests squeezed into our fam...
By Jerome Kessler Dennis Dahl hopes to be a “flag bearer” in this year’s Fairview Old Timers Reunion and Summer Festival. He is usually one of the horseback flag bearers for this event. He relishes the chance to do so, and enjoys being able to carry on the flag bearer tradition that both his father and his grandfather did before him. But Dahl, who is a 68 year-old cowboy, was recently injured in a “horse and bull” accident – and doesn’t know if his doctor is going to let him ride in this year...
When I was in medical school I thought I was a big adventurer when I rode my bicycle from St. Paul to Duluth. That was a 165-mile trip on the back roads of Minnesota. I have a 95-year-old friend who made a bicycle trip that makes my trip pale in comparison. Perhaps you know him. His name is John Bock. In 1937 he took his single speed wide-tired bicycle on a 700-mile bike trip from Sidney MT to Duluth MN. I learned about this trip from John himself and from reviewing postcards that he sent home...
