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 In the winter of 1969 our peace and quiet was constantly being disturbed by snowmobilers running up and down the residential streets in Coon Rapids.  I attended a council meeting to raise the issue and I came away thinking, “I could do better than that”.  I was 26 years old and my neighbor Pat Cleath suggested that I run for the third ward council seat.  Pat was involved in local politics and he invited a bunch of his friends to a meeting at his house to meet the “young prospect”.  I told them that I would pay the filing fee of $5 bucks and they would have to raise the rest of the money.  My next door neighbor was a carpenter, so we rented the union hall in Anoka and threw a party.  I ended up unseating a lawyer who worked at Lutheran Brotherhood who was going for his third three year term.  It was quite the experience. 

 Next Tuesday you will have your chance to cast your vote.  Please take the time to go to the polls and who knows, you might have a chance to elect someone new who will work hard on your behalf. 

 The show this week is a live broadcast from The Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul.  Guests include the hard-driving string band, Pert’ Near Sandstone, Rich Dworsky and The Guy’s All Star Shoe Band plus the usual cast of characters.  You may still be able to get tickets to either the Friday night show or the Saturday show. 

 “Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be”.  Thomas a Kempis