Usually it is hot in August. But not this year. I should have worn a sweater this morning. On really hot days, we used to have to bicycle west of Upsala 3 miles to get to Cedar Lake. To this day, the American Legion owns a beautiful park on the east side of the lake. […]
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Comments Off on August 25, 2017 Good morning from Collegeville, What can I say about this week. For now, take a 90 second break, watch this video and later on spend some time with your loved ones. The title of the video is “The Cabin”. The APHC show this week is a rebroadcast: a return to January and the show from […]
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Comments Off on August 18, 2017 A little over 100 years ago, the citizens of the village of Upsala, Minnesota voted to incorporate as a city. A weekend celebration, “Come Home to Upsala” begins tonight at 7pm with a concert in the City Park. Tomorrow, there will be a 5K run, a bake sale and a parade followed by a party […]
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Comments Off on August 11, 2017 In the winter of 1971, I attended a Coon Rapids City Council meeting to complain about the snowmobiles that were running up and down the streets in my neighborhood. I was not impressed with my representation, so that fall I decided to run for the Third Ward Council seat. I had met a few folks […]
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Comments Off on August 4, 2017 Donald McNeely made his fortune in the warehouse business. “A savvy entrepreneur and a forward thinker, he joined his father’s business, The St. Paul Terminal Warehouse Company after the war and turned it into a national company called Space Center, Inc.” (St. Paul Pioneer Press obituary) Donald was instrumental in helping to launch many of […]
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