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The current temperature is 35 degrees.
Yesterdays H/L temperature was 67/31
Normal H/L temp for this date is 60/35
The high on this date in 1977 was 81°.
Just because it's colder now than it was 30 years ago, doesn't mean the
globe isn't warming up. It simply means the temperature today is colder
than it used to be. Or so it seems to me.
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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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The very first outward sign that Otto's Auto is coming to town and
moving into the former Johnson Used Car Sales, happened Tuesday. The
Johnson Auto sign was removed and replaced with a brightly painted
Otto's Auto sign. Smaller signs in the windows indicate May Day is the
day they will open.
Otto's Auto will be one more reason some folks may want to come to
Grafton.
"Our Growing IS Showing"
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The disastrous fire at Wally's Supermarket on Easter Sunday so many
years ago was devastating to say the least. Not only for the DeSautel
family, but for all of the families directly or indirectly involved with
the store. In fact, it was a serious blow to the Grafton economy.
Fortunately, no-one was seriously hurt (physically) in the fire and
fortunately the DeSautel family decided to rebuild. Today their local
supermarket is not only significantly bigger, and better, than the one
destroyed by fire, the complex includes the largest off sale liquor
store in town. And, they have added several additional lots adjacent to
the supermarket. They added several permanent greenhouses, a garden
center and sales lot on that property.
Since that devastating Easter Sunday disaster so many years ago. The
DeSautel family has not only rebuilt and expanded their Grafton
Supermarket operation, they have added a Supermarket and Liquor store in
Devils Lake and a large Supermarket in Roseau Mn., among other things.
The DeSautel family, through hard work and perseverance, has turned the
devastation they experienced on that dreadful Easter Sunday afternoon,
into a dynasty of sorts. Put another way, they were given a lemon, and
they turned it into lemonade.
Something else happened on that fateful day so many years ago, and I
would like to share that with you as well. It comes in the form of a
letter I received from Mario Gourde.
He wrote: >>> Dear Gary,
Some of your Gazette articles in the last couple days have really
brought back a lot of memories for myself as well as many others.
It was around 4 pm on Easter Sunday when my pager went off. When I
drove by Wally's, on my way to station 1, I could see smoke coming out
of the north end of the building, increasing my heart rate just a
little.
When we got there, several of us entered the building to see what we
were up against. It wasn't long before we were coming out because the
fire was already in the roof area. I remember a bunch of us helping
Harry Misialek and others try to save pictures and whatever else out of
the courtesy office. My most vivid memory was looking back in at the
store, knowing I would never see it like that again. These are just a
few things that I remember from that day.
It was this fire, and a few others, that helped me decide that I
wanted a career in the fire service. I now work in Aberdeen, South
Dakota for the Aberdeen Fire and Rescue as a firefighter/EMT. None of
this would have been possible without my several years of active duty
with one of the best volunteer departments in North Dakota, the Grafton
Volunteer Fire Department.
Sincerely,
Mario Gourde, FF/EMT
Aberdeen Fire and Rescue <<<<
Thanks a million for caring and sharing Mario. Your story and that of
the DeSautel family gives us all reason to remain optimistic in the face
of disastor.
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Since we are already speaking about fire, and firefighters. It's still
not to late for anyone to enter this years Grafton Area Firefighters
Calendar Drawing. There will be 368 individual drawings, two per day,
starting May 1st and ending Oct, 31. Daily drawings of $20 dollars
except on may 28 & Sept 3 when two drawing each day for $500 will be
held. Two drawings on July 4 for $250 and two drawing each day on May 13
& June 17 for $200. Plus eight drawings for $100 each and fourteen
drawings for $50 each.
Tickets are only $20 each, or, 5 tickets for $100. You might consider
buying a ticket for each of your kids or grandkids. Or, you could even
buy a ticket and put it in the name of your favorite charity.
HOWEVER, if, and I really hope you do, decide to help our local
firefighters be as good as they can be. Please drop me a short note
letting me know "the check is in the mail" so I can get your tickets
turned in on time for the first drawing.
Make checks payable to Grafton Fire Department and mail them to me,
Gary Moe, 764 Birch Court, Grafton, ND 58237
The entire fire department will be most appreciative.
P.S.
Thanks a million Mary, I received your check for three tickets in
yesterdays mail.
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Thanks also to Marie and Dick Bellerud for helping out this years
Grafton Legion Baseball program.
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GOTTA - GO - WORK - ON - MY - DASH
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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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