Friday, April 15, 2005

April 15, 2005 - Friday

04/15/05 FRIDAY
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The current temperature is 55 degrees under a partly cloudy sky.
Yesterdays H/L temperature was 64/35
Normal H/L temp for this date is 53/31
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"Profanity makes ignorance audible."
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L O C A L news & stuff
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Yesterdays question about "our" schools athletic name, and the first
four words of the teams "fight song" renewed a pile of memories, several
notes and even generated a few phone calls.
Alice (Sevigny) Lessard wrote; >>>
Gary:
When I was going to high school in Grafton, The first four words of the
school song was. Grafton High School
Warriors. I don't know about the Grey
Devils. <<< Thanks for caring and sharing Alice.
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Harley Kingsbury was able to shed the following light on the question.
And, I might add, recognize the value of the Legion Ball team at the
same time. He wrote; >>> Gary: I played football for the Grafton
Greydevils way back in the years of 27-28-29. It is a fact that we were
the Grafton Greydevils. I don't know when or how the name was adopted.
Casey Finnegan was the coach in 27 but the years of 28 & 29 Bub Nelson
coached. Bub was a Grafton native who starred for NDU. Casey also had
Grafton ties as he was married to Bill DePuys sister. Casey left Grafton
and went to NDSU to coach football. In 27 we had a running back, Joe
Selliken, who followed Casey to NDSU where he starred for three years.
He was named to the all conference team for 2 of those years.
Now,... about the baseball tickets. Please get a book for me. I
will mail you a check for them. We are still in Az. but hope to be home
about the 27th, so just keep the book for me. Thanks a lot.
Harley Kingsbury <<< Thanks Harley, for caring and sharing. For shedding
a bit of the "Greydevil" years with those of us to young to have been
there. Thanks also for remembering the Grafton Legion Baseball program
and helping it be as good as it can be.
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Speaking of Legion Baseball. Alice & Dan sent the following; >>>HI
AGAIN:
WE WILL SEND YOU $20. TO
BE INCLUDED IN THE BASEBALL
TICKET DRAWINGS FOR THE MONTH
OF MAY.
ALICE & DAN <
Thanks again Alice, I'll tell Jack today, to put one
aside for you.
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I received a call from Eleanor Iverson last night about our "school
song". It seems while doing a bit of spring cleaning she found a copy of
"The Grafton Rouser", which, I must add, also has our "school song" in
it. I hope the young folks are ready for this. The first four words of
"our" school song was in fact, Grafton High School Warriors. So,... now,
we know what the first four words were,... then.<<Eleanor, for helping us better understand our "Heritage" (pardon the
pun).
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Jean (Suda) Jiskra sent the following information. Which I should add,
is from a much younger prospective. Jean wrote;
>>>You were right Gary. The first four words of the school song are
"Grafton High School Spoilers......."
Wondering if you've noticed the Country Realty sign in your
neighborhood yet? I just listed 1473 Dogwood Ave. which was previously
owned by Mark Demers and before him it belonged to our grandparents. I'm
thinking that home would be great for a young family or even a retired
couple looking to move to Grafton. It's a great location!!!
Jean<<< Thanks Jean, for agreeing with my more "youthful" rendition of
the song. As so often happens, there can be more than one right answer
to the same question.
As for the house at 1473 Dogwood, We are always sorry to see anyone
leave. However, we can now look forward to another new neighbor. It
might just be the neighborhood and the kind of house the Rud's are
looking for.
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Speaking of houses and stuff. Rumor has it the Torkelson house on
McHugh Ave. will soon have new owners. That same "rumor" indicates
Bernie Burley can pull his "house for sale" sign down as well.
Holy Smokers,.. Grafton is "on the grow again". Isn't there a song that
goes something like that? Aren't rumors fun?
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Blessed are those who give without remembering and receive without
forgetting. (Thanks Dane)
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I'm not sure if I understood the latest news from the "Brits"
correctly or not. I think I heard them say they were going to rename
Camilla "The Duchess of Cornball",.... or something like that.
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Speaking of Grafton "on the grow". It looks like Wally's is pouring
cement and adding shade and permanence to their part time spring flower
operation. That too, will add significant dollars to Graftons tax base.
In a small town, everything helps.
Which brings me to another small town issue. One I became aware of in
just the past few days.
That being the issue of ariel spraying for Skeeters. It is my
understanding "we" don't want to support "our" local ariel applicator
because one from another area submitted a lower bid. I find that
interesting. The fact that the "lowest bid" comes from an outfit that
pays a fraction of the taxes "our" applicator pays, (zero to Grafton)
may well be one reason he can submit the lowest bid. The fact that the
lowest bidder may or may not be able to spray "our" skeeters the day we
want, but rather when it best fits their schedule, could also be
another. Some may even remember last year, during our annual
celebration, the low bidder couldn't get here til late evening, when the
town was already full of people. Hence, he actually missed spraying the
part of town everyone was outside trying to visit in.
The lowest bid is "not always the best bid". As a matter of fact, if
one would consider the total revenue leaving our community. The lowest
bid could well become the highest. If saving "our" citizens money is the
criteria, and I believe it certainly should be, sending our citizens
money out of town requires more than simply looking at the lowest dollar
bid. I have also been lead to believe some may have even been confused
on what the actually dollar bid entailed.
The old folks would best describe it as "biting the hand that feeds
you." I am hoping the Skeeter spray issue isn't a done deal, and, that
the process gets another review. Or so it seems to me.
I would be happy to hear from anyone in regard to the spraying issue.
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Just about the time I think we've run out of new subscribers, a new one
appears. Evidently, Sonia and Nels Midgarden feel they can tolerate a
bit more Bologna.
She wrote; >>>Hi Gary, I hear your daily gazette is very
interesting. Would you put us on your mailing list?
Thanks!! Sonia
Thanks for sharing your interest Sonia and welcome to the Gazette
family. Please feel free, from time to time, to share a part of your
world with us.
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GOTTA GO WORK ON MY DASH
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I already have to scare up a few more Grafton Legion Calendar Draw
books anyway. Why not have me get one for you? Simply let me know and
PUFF,...you could be a lucky winner, and, contribute to a wonderful
cause besides. Gary


Write if you can, call if you can't, and, tell your loved ones they are,
before it's too late.

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