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Good morning from Collegeville,

 The sky is dark and scary looking. June has been a very active month for weather in central Minnesota. Last Thursday my son Erik and I left early for Woody’s Fairly Reliable Resort on Rainy Lake. We joined up with his friend Jason who also lives in Wadena. We had lunch at Hardees’s in International Falls, which is owned and operated by Dave Peterson, the “Fishmeister”. He reports on the fishing on Rainy Lake on www.fishingmn.com By 5 o’clock we were on Rainy River below the railroad bridge when Erik’s cell phone rang. It was his wife Jena who had just come up from their basement on Irving Street in Wadena. Their house had been damaged by a tornado and Erik said, ” I am on my way home”.

 He called Jason on his cell and the two of them got into Jason’s pickup and headed back to Wadena. Jason’s house was not damaged and so they all gathered there. The next morning they were able to see that just a few blocks to the west of Erik and Jena’s home, it looked like a war zone. Many homes had been damaged beyond repair. The siren warning system had worked and no one was killed. Erik purchased a chainsaw and on Saturday his cousin Kris Holmen and Joe Holthaus drove up from Upsala bringing a Bobcat equipped with a grappler hook. They cleared eight yards that day. Joe could scratch your nose with the grappler hook and not injure you. He was cheered as he worked.

As three year old Leah put it, “A tomato came and Willie and I cried, no more tomatoes”

If you would like to help you can do that by going to

http://www.midcentralbank.com/contact-us/disaster-recovery/

The show this week is a live broadcast form the Koussevitzky Music Shed at the Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox, MA. Special guests include the Wailin’ Jennys, Hilary Thavis, Andra Suchy and the Guy’s All Star Shoe Band. Enjoy the show. Garrison was at Fisher’s Club in Avon on Wednesday evening. It was an awesome event. He plans to come back on July 4th to lead a sing-a-long. Make your reservations early. 320-356-7372

“There is no limit to the good a man can do if he doesn’t care who gets the credit.” Anonymous