May 26, 2009 - Tuesday

Todays Gazette is dedicated to the memory of Duane "Farmer" Findring.
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The current temperature is 46 degrees.
Yesterdays H/L temperature was 62/48
Normal H/L temp on this date is 74/47
It was 92 degrees on this date in 1937.
The Gazette rain gauge recorded 1.68 inches of moisture in the last
rain event.
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"Profanity makes ignorance audible."
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L O C A L news & stuff,.. mostly stuff. -----------------------------
After a relatively short conversation, with a relatively close friend,
I left our discussion feeling somewhat more secure,....... relatively
speaking.
My friend assured me that the rumor about the North Koreans exploding a
nuclear bomb, probably, was not true. Because, he assured me, that he is
confident that the current administration will talk to the North Koreans
and ask them to behave themselves.
I was also, relatively relieved, once again according to my friend,
that the colder than normal temperatures and greater than normal
moisture we've been receiving lately, will be taken care of when "the
Peoples Friend" Al Gore gets his global warming rules and regulations
masterfully manipulated down the gullet of the American public.
And it goes without saying (according to my friend) that I should be
relieved, relatively speaking, that the major corporations that stand to
make billions of dollars by acquiring and hoarding carbon credits will
be more than willing to help us little folks pay for the significantly
higher living costs. All because the glaciers started melting, more than
10,000 years ago and "the Peoples Friend" decided folks like Henry Ford
and Thomas Edison invented the tools that are manufacturing the demise
of a world once ruled by the dinosaurs. Or so it seems to me.
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Don Johnson shared the following thoughts. >>>>>
Subject: A National Moment of Remembrance On Memorial Day
Gary,
Our mother used to take Gary & I to the Memorial day event at the
courthouse every year. We'd wait to hear our Dad's name read. It was
always a sad day but a proud one too. Then sometime during the day, a
group of men would stop at the Wakeman bridge and toss a wreath in
remembrance. The bugle and the guns salute, made for an exciting time.
A National Moment of Remembrance On Memorial Day
That poem about where "poppies blow"
And, "the crosses, row on row"
Still rings true, these ninety years
After written, still brings tears.
We still have Dead, "amid the guns"
And lose our young and our loved ones
Those who lived, "short days ago"
Who, "felt dawn, saw sunset glow".
In Flanders Fields, "the poppy red"
Still grow near where the blood was bled They, "Take up our quarrel with
the foe" And still die for Freedoms that we know.
They pass, "The torch" to, "hold it high" And not, "break the faith with
us who die" For they, "shall not sleep, though poppies grow" Beneath all
those, "crosses, row on row" In Flanders Fields.
Del "Abe" Jones
4-25-2005 <<<<
Thanks a million for caring and sharing Don. Del "Abe" Jones is often
referred to as The Poor Man's Poet. His words are especially appropriate
at a time our nation has set aside to honor those who have given up so
much of their freedom so that we may enjoy so much more.
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I have known Duane "Farmer" Findring for more years than I can
remember. Over the years, and a million or more cups of coffee, we have
discussed everything from agriculture, and how things grow, to the
government and how much politicians really know.
I will always remember Farmer as a caring and sharing man. It is with
sincere sorrow and regret that I share the passing of my friend Farmer.
Duane G. "Farmer" Findring, age 79 of Grafton, ND passed away on
Saturday, May 23, 2009 at the Lutheran Sunset Home of Grafton. Farmer
Findring was born February 3, 1930 in Grafton, ND the son of the late
Halvor and Emma (Baanrud) Findring. He attended rural school near
Grafton. Following his education he worked at the Williamson Dairy Farm,
several potato farms in the area including the Earl Anderson farm. He
also worked for Ole Aasand for many years. He worked at the Grafton
Curling Club for ten years. Farmer was united in marriage to Josephine
Weigal Dawson on November 2, 1967. The couple made their home in Grafton
where Farmer worked for the City of Grafton Street Department.
Josephine died July 4, 2008 and Farmer moved to the Lutheran Sunset Home
in March of 2009.
He was a member of the South Trinity Lutheran Church and the Grafton
American Legion and AMVETS.
Farmer is survived by his step-son Rick (Linda) Dawson, Minneapolis, MN;
five grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and several nieces and
nephews. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. He
was preceded in death by his parents, wife, twin brother Donald, and
three sisters: Ruth, Helen and Vi and two step-children: Bob Dawson and
Janet Dawson.
Funeral services will be Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 10:30 A.M. at the
South Trinity Lutheran Church of rural Grafton. Visitation will be
Tuesday from 5-7 PM with a prayer service at 7:00 PM at the Tollefson
Funeral Home of Grafton. Friends may also call at the church on
Wednesday for one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at the
South Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by the
Grafton American Legion Post #41.
The Tollefson Funeral Home of Grafton is in charge of the arrangements.
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