By Carrie Tiggas Women’s Issues is a group of about 15 women who get together every week on Tuesday to just talk. We can talk about anything from our problems to the good things in the week. I personally am very glad for this time. Very rarely are you able to get in a group … [Read more…]
By Molly Latterner Holiday shopping- the most fun activity around the holiday season. Yeah right!! I would rather.., well. We don’t need to talk about that. Shopping for the holidays can be very, very stressful for one who is not ready for it. Here are some steps to prepare for holiday shopping-(in no particular order) … [Read more…]
By Marcelle Dorenkamp Carl Anderson- Snowmobile.Casey Bakken- To be called Squiggy for eternity.Geoff Boller- Doughnuts.Kim Colway- To be the ultimate ruler of the universe.Kristi Dahl- Oprah Winfrey’s paycheck.Collin Davis- Baby clothes.Maya Diedrich- A van so she can get out of here.Marcelle Dorenkamp- To graduate.Mike Ennis- New wool socks.Geno Faraci- Hair gel.Clint Fero- A microwave.Jason Gaasvig- … [Read more…]
By The Hut (of course) For many years I sat nestled among the trees overlooking the Saint Croix River enjoying the change of seasons, the occasional canoeist, the mice scampering through cupboards and corners, and infrequent visits by my owner. The Scenic and Wild Rivers Act numbered my days- twenty-five years to be exact. For … [Read more…]
By Molly Latterner Why do people wear hats? Well now a days people wear hats mostly for fashion, but in earlier days as much as 100,000 years ago people wore them for protection, communication, and decoration. During the 1400’s European women wore tall cone-shaped hats called hennin. The hennin measured from 3 to 4 feet … [Read more…]
By Clare Meyer October 21, 1995 was the day we all lost a wonderful friend, a unique friend. Ryan Robinson, he would never dream of hurting anybody but nevertheless he was hurt anyway. It was something about his quiet disposition and honesty about everything that made me respect him. It’s hard to believe that a … [Read more…]
By Kristi Dahl (Picked from the book “Bumper Sticker Wisdom-The Pulpit Above the Tailpipe”) In no particular order.
By Marcelle Dorenkamp I work at Dunn Bros., a coffee shop located in Wayzata. There are many different locations: Minnetonka, Lake St., Hennepin, St. Paul, and Wayzata. We sell baked goods, espresso drinks, Juice, coffee (of course), T-shirts, hats, and mugs. Those are just a few things we sell among many other items having to … [Read more…]
By Maya Diedrich On the corner of 101 and Minnetonka Blvd. there is a little doughnut shop which is famous for their fruit cake. As you walk into this wood sided building you first notice the country look of the blue wallpaper with white hearts, the fake flowers on all the tables, the soothing country … [Read more…]
By Josh Day On Friday September 13, 1996, the 7 of us were ready to go to Doug’s cabin to start cleaning it out. The state had decided that some of the cabins along the St. Croix river were going to have to come down because they wanted more state land to be preserved for … [Read more…]