January 31, 2008 - Thursday

Early Edition

Todays Gazette is brought to you one block south of Grafton's Heritage
Village.
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The current temperature is -14 degrees.
Yesterdays H/L temperature was 2/-17
Normal H/L temp for this date is 17/-3
This will be the last day.... of the first month.... of the year 2008.
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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 latest news, from the KXPO Radio news room is that Brian James has
taken the sales manager position there.
Thursday Jan 31st will be his last day on the air at KXPO. He has
been on the air for 20 years this year so this is a pretty big deal.
Ryan Johnston will be going on the air replacing Ryan in the
mornings.
I have always considered Brian a significant asset to KXPO, our
community and the entire broadcast area KXPO covers.
CONGRATULATIONS Brian. We wish you the very best in your new position.
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Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March
17th) than Target sells all year. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot,
Kroger, Target, Sear, Costco, and K-Mart, combined.
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I am not the first person to mention, or use, the term "dash". I
certainly don't expect to be that last. The following note, from the
computer of John and Karen (Klava) Czapiewski also mentions the dash.
John wrote, >>>> Gary,
Could never figure out why you were always working on your car. Two
days ago, it dawned on me. We should all spend time every day working on
our "dash". Today I had a good portion of my dash layed out in front of
me. After nearly 31 years of military service, today was my last day at
work. Very emotional, yet very enlightening. People brought up events
that I had long ago forgotten about, yet had remained in their memories
for all these years. Words cannot describe the feelings encountered when
young Soldiers look at you with tears in their eyes and thank you for
what you have taught them, especially Soldiers that have seen war. It is
indeed humbling when senior officers, who were young enlisted Soldiers
years ago, say the same things. I was just doing my job as best I could,
without giving any thought to my dash.
We work on our dash every waking moment of our lives, whether we
intend to or not. Gotta go work on my dash.
John <<<
Thanks a million John, for caring and sharing, and, for helping
maintain the freedoms we all love and appreciate so much. Pat and I wish
you the very best in your retirement.
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Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the largest private
employer.
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====== WALLEYE FISH FRY ======
~~~ SATURDAY--FEB 2, 2008 ~~~
-- SERVING--5 PM UNTIL GONE --
TAKE OUT ORDERS, CALL 352-3280< ~ ADULTS $10 CHILD UNDER 10 $5 ~
Proceeds from the Walleye Fish Fry will go to help maintain
Heritage Village.
The only difference between eating the Walleye at Heritage Village this
Saturday and eating Walleye at the lake..... is the lake. Or so it seems
to me.
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Tom Kennelly sent the following note regarding the popular St.Thomas
Fish Fry and he also speaks of the Heritage Village Fish Fry Fundraiser
as well.
Tom wrote. >>>
Gary,
The St. Thomas Booster Club fish fry is successful for a number of
reasons in my opinion. First and foremost, the people who come out to
support the traditional fish fry each and every year keep it successful.
People come from all of our great surrounding communities, even farther
than you can imagine. I visited with people who were from Fargo, and, in
the parking lot I noticed a few Manitoba license plates!
Without these folks this would not be very successful. Thanks to All!
Secondly the members of the community who are directly and indirectly
involved keep this finely tuned machine moving! People wash dishes,
cook, wait tables, and deliver meals to some of the places you have
mentioned in your previous Gazette! It really does take some effort on
all who are involved!
I would offer Heritage Village some advise, keep it up! It will get
bigger and better every time! I have had some great tasting walleye from
those fine folks!
To the people who love fish! (or those that don't) where else can you
get a great meal for ten bucks? And, to those of you who don't. Where
else can you donate ten bucks for such a wonderful cause,... our
Heritage! Last, when Heritage's fish fry gets so big, they will need
more help, I challenge the people out there to support these fine people
in there very important task! Volunteer your time to help where they may
need it! Thanks
Tom Kennelly <<< Thanks a million Tom, for caring and sharing. I hope
your message, and, the significant contribution Heritage Village adds to
the area will give a whole host of people reason to participate in this
very worthwhile project.
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GOTTA GO WORK ON MY DASH
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"No-one appreciates the value of help, like volunteers appreciate the
value of help." Or so it seems to me.


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