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Todays Gazette is brought to you by Lerud's Drive Inn. Home of "Ma"
Lerud's monster burger.
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The current temperature is 82 degrees
Yesterdays H/L temperature was 83/47
Normal H/L temp for this date is 74/48
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"Profanity makes ignorance audible."
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L O C A L news & stuff,.. mostly stuff.
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Coming into Grafton from the north yesterday we noticed the new, very
bright, paint job on AIDA's Mexican Food Products store. It certainly
does brighten up the north end of town.
Unfortunately, something else extremely noticeable, was the lack of
people on main street. We drove the twelve (12) blocks down main street
and didn't meet one vehicle.
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RUMOR: The latest rumor has it that "our" Walsh County States Attorney,
Sharon Martens, has decided to throw in the towel. I can't say I've
heard it from a 100 percent reliable source. I can say the Martens have
sold their home in Grafton and plan on spending alot more time "looking
at lake water", as appossed to looking at folks in "hot water". Pardon
the pun. I guess time,.... or someone else will tell.
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I looks like the price of gas will be tickling the $2.50 range for
awhile. Rats, and I just filled up the walleye combine at $3.39 last
Friday.
++++ Fishing last week, off Arnesen's reef, north of Rocky Point, was
better than ever. There's a couple walleye's, one 24 inch and a 26
incher that learned to keep their mouth shut last Wednesday. Then
Thursday four one and a half footers decided to check out Pat's fry pan.
Friday Brad and I both caught our limit of super size "good eaters".
Saturday, my grandson Dilan showed me how to land a limit of lunkers.
Actually, our son Jeff and his friend Jeff Erickson started out the day
with us too. Unfortunately, the three and four foot waves must have
confused the scrumptious breakfast they ate at the Rock Harbor Lodge
that morning and it wanted to come out "the wrong end",... if you know
what I mean.
Anyway, thanks to Brad's prowess with artificial bait, Dilan for super
sizing his limit and my stringer of "good eaters", our entire Labor day
weekend group enjoyed a fantastic walleye feed, on the shore by
Arnesen's Rock Harbor Lodge & Resort.
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Thanks a million Murphy, for the cute story about a cork. It could
happen!
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Ever wonder what part of "illegal" our politicians don't understand?
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Did you know, that the wind doesn't "blow" a sailboat across the lake?
It "sucks" it across. Yup, I learned that at Rocky Point, over a cup of
coffee.
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We shouldn't have to keep reminding ourselves to "say thanks" to the
folks in the military. Unfortunately, however, we do. Thanks Mildred,
for sharing the following. >>>
http://www.letssaythanks.com
The mission of Let's Say Thanks is to provide a way for individuals
across the country to recognize U.S. soldiers stationed overseas. By
submitting a message through this site you will send a free personalized
postcard greeting to a deployed soldier.
The postcards, depicting patriotic scenes and hometown images, were
selected from a pool of entries from children across the country.
All you have to do is click on your favorite design and write a personal
message to a soldier. The postcards are then printed on the Xerox
iGen3® Digital Production Press and mailed in care packages by
military support organization Give2TheTroops®.
To date, more than 12,000 postcards have been mailed to soldiers. With
the launch of www.LetsSayThanks.com, more soldiers can expect to receive
messages from home.
Xerox is committed to helping people across the nation express their
gratitude to our troops overseas. The launch of this program is aimed at
reminding the soldiers how much Americans appreciate their service. <<<
Thanks again Mildred. Maybe a few of "our" Gazette family members will
give this a try.
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Speaking of giving something a try. Scott Hove sent the following
suggestion that some may want to try. He wrote:
Gary,
A couple of days ago you mentioned the "archives" at
www.NewsFromGrafton.com ... then I read about spam problems, etc.. So
that leads to a couple of things for your readers to keep in mind.
1) They can always read your writing at: www.NewsFromGrafton.com
2) If they want to find something specific there is a "search" ability
in the upper right hand corner. All they need to do is type in what they
are interested in ("potatoes" for example), click on "Search This Blog",
and then all the entries for it will pop up! This is especially helpful
if they want to find something about a particular person.
3) You are building a great community online because of a great
community offline (Grafton!).
Best,
Scott Hove <<< Thanks a million Scott. I would appreciate any comments,
pro or con, from those that try out "the search" portion of the
"archives".
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Speaking of "our" service personnel. I'm pleased to share the
following. >>>
Subject: would you please post this in one of your Skeeterville
Gazette's
Hey Gary, this is Robert Aasand, the son of Les and Liz Aasand. Would
you do me a favor, let the people of Grafton and the Skeeterville
Gazette know that I just graduated from Drill Sergeant School at Fort
Benning (he's the one the hollers and screams at new recruits in the
army). I also made the Commandants list of the top 10% of 130 graduates.
Now I will be going to Fort Jackson for 2-3yrs. to train volunteer
civilians to become soldiers and prepare them for possible combat to
help fight the war on terrorism. Next week I get promoted from Staff
Sergeant (E-6) to Sergeant First Class( E-7). For those that are not
quite sure what that means, in our chain of command, we go from E-1 to
E-9. I will be E-7 next week, who knows what the future may hold. I had
planned on retiring in the next couple yrs. but things are looking
pretty good right now.
Thanks for your time Gary. I really enjoy reading about the past,
present and future of Grafton and the surrounding communities. <<< THANK
YOU Robert, thank you for serving "our" country and, thank you for
caring and sharing a part of your world with us, and CONGRATULATIONS
from all of us here in Skeeterville.
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The subscription department was busy again this week. I am pleased to
welcome Susan Barclay, Luther Meberg, and Bonnie Hooey to the Gazette
family.
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This weeks Grafton Volunteer Firefighters Calendar draw winners are:
9/4 Bob Lee $500
9/5 Del Nygard $20
9/6 Ardis Olson $20
9/7 Melanie Duncan $20
9/8 Victor L Johnson * $20
9/9 Grafton Volunteer Fire Department from Wally DeSautel * $20
9/10 Les Aasand * $20
Congratulations to this weeks lucky winners
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The results of last weeks Walleye harvest indicates the need to
continue the operation of "our" walleye combine into the unforeseen
future. Hence, the next edition of the Gazette may be delayed a few
days.
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GOTTA GO WORK ON MY DASH
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"I may not always like what you tell me. I will, however, always
appreciate it." GLM
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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