The St.Thomas Booster Club's 41st annual Walleye fish fry at the
St.Thomas American Legion & Matty's Bar. Saturday January 19. Advance
tickets available at the Bremer Bank, the First United Bank and the
Extra End.
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The current temperature is 15 degrees.
Yesterdays H/L temperature was NA
Normal H/L temp for this date is 14/-5
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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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According to KXPO radio news this morning our local city management is
still struggling with the gentleman entertainment issue.
The best place to deal with morality and moral issues is from the
pulpit and around the dinning room table. The folks in the Mayors office
and council chambers time might be better spent promoting business
growth and establishing goals that will enhance long term viability, for
the community they volunteered to serve.
It wasn't that long ago that several, well meaning individuals, were
using the same "rational" about gambling. It would be the downfall of
our community morality, it was said. Much the same as we are hearing
today about gentleman entertainment. Now, in many areas, bingo has
become a recognized entertainment for church groups and senior citizen
organizations. The last time I checked, bingo IS gambling. Although for
some reason, it has become accepted because some churches and senior
citizens need the revenue it generates.
Personally, I too, am very much against the idea of "gentleman
entertainment". Because of that, I will not participate in any local
"gentleman entertainment." And, I certainly would expect everyone else
with such objections to do the same. If on the other hand, when I drive
by someone reaches out and drags me in and forces me to participate in
their frivolity. That, would be a whole different story.
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== Grafton's Heritage Village ==
=== "Free Will Offering" ===
-- Pancake and Sausage breakfast -- ### Sunday,
January 20, 2008, ### ~~~~~ Serving 9am until 1pm ~~~~~
((( Proceeds used for the operation )))
/// and preservation of the Village. ///
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Starting January 17 the Heritage Village will feature Bingo similar to
"bar type".
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The folks at St.Thomas are super people, doing wonderful things in
their community with the proceeds from their 41st annual fish fry.
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How many time have we heard "there's never anything to do in town?"
WELL!!! Anyone interested in learning to play Bridge is invited to
attend Free Lessons at Michael and Patty Leighton's home. (201 West 17th
St - Grafton) Lessons start this Thursday, January 17th (7 - 9pm) and
will be held every other Thursday through March. Please call 352-2198
and leave a message to let us know that you will be attending. You can
come as an individual or with a partner. Bridge is an excellent game to
learn with your spouse.
There will be a class outline with free material provided. It is a five
lesson course with play each evening to demonstrate the lesson. Classes
will be held, January 17th, 31st, February 14th, 28th, and March 13th
and 27th. We hope to be playing bridge by the sixth class.
Jerry Blanchard, Terry Kalbrener and Pat Silewski are going to assist
Michael Leighton in the teaching. Several couples from the Grafton
Marathon Bridge Club will also be participating. The Grafton Marathon
Bridge Club has existed for almost 35 years. <<<<
You folks attending from out of town might consider coming to town a
little early and having dinner at one of our great eateries. We have two
wonderful Mexican restaurants, the best Chinese restaurant in the
country, Granny's Grandpa Chicken Dinner is delicious and, if your
looking for a fantastic steak, either angus or buffalo the Marketplace
is as good as it gets.
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Sandy's story, about the abandoned kittens, awakened the Bob Barker in
many of us. This time Lori wants to "vent".
She wrote. >>>
Hi Gary,
Sandy's story "I gotta vent" about the abandoned kittens last week
really struck a chord with me, too, and continues to bother me. I had a
similar experience this past August. While driving along a gravel road
from Grafton to my parents' farm near Minto, I encountered the most
beautiful mother cat - with three kittens in tow. It was obvious they
had just recently been dumped off there, not too far from my parents'
farm. My mom and I went back and scooped up the kittens and coaxed the
mother cat to follow us. I will never forget how frantic that poor
mother cat was, and how hard she worked to keep her kittens together. A
lot of human mothers would do well to work that hard for their young. It
was extremely hot, and she was panting. I have never heard a cat pant
like that, and hope I never do again. Since we already had a cat (yet
another stray who wandered into the yard a year prior), we put mother
and kittens together under a tree in an empty cage we had and gave them
food and water. It took awhile for the mother cat to settle down because
she was so preoccupied with her kittens and making sure they were okay.
When the kittens finally snuggled together to sleep, the mother cat
draped one of her front paws over all of them.
In the end, we kept the mother cat and brought the kittens to our
veterinarian to try and find homes for them, but he discovered the
kittens were ill and they had to be put down. My mom and I cried for a
week, and still feel traumatized to an extent by the whole ordeal.
Mostly, I am angered by the selfishness and sheer stupidity of the
person or persons who chose to just dispose of them like they were
trash, leaving others to do their dirty work. These are living, feeling,
breathing beings! These are domesticated animals that have no clue how
to take care of themselves without human help. What kind of people do
this? Have they felt hunger, cold, or fear? Do they have children? Do
they have friends and family? Are they considered "good people" by
others in their churches and communities? It's obvious these individuals
know that what they're doing is a dirty, horrible thing, otherwise they
wouldn't do it along lonely rural roads, out of sight from law
enforcement and concerned citizens - so typical of other kinds of
perverted, deviant actions. I know enough about human nature to theorize
that for the most part, these people probably consider themselves "good
at heart", quite virtuous and decent. I harbor no illusions about what
supposedly "good" people are capable of. I do wonder how they reconcile
this assessment of themselves with wilfully subjecting a helpless,
living being to agonizing suffering, and inevitably death? Isn't there
enough suffering in the world? Unfortunately, according to the local
animal shelter, this type of "dumping" in our area is rampant.
I agree with Sandy's assessment that these people's actions are stupid
and savage. Her sentiments about hoping these same people will one day
find themselves vulnerable, alone and afraid, with no help in sight
echoes my own thoughts and comments from last summer. What goes around
comes around - I believe this and have experienced it. And since I'm no
saint either, I hope the individuals who don't see me in their rear view
mirror or pulling up alongside them the next time they do this!
Thanks for letting ME vent, too!
Lori <<<<
Thanks for caring and sharing Lori.
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GOTTA GO WORK ON MY DASH
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"It is not wrong to say what you think. Not thinking of what you
say,..... is." 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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