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Good rainy morning from Collegeville,

The 29th annual Osberg/Hagstrom Golf Open was held last Saturday at the Little Falls Country Club. My mother’s sister, Leone, Auntie to me, married Duane Hagstrom, owner of Hagstrom Chevrolet in Upsala, Minnesota. Between the two sisters there are 10 of us children. This was the first get-together without Auntie. She was greatly missed. Auntie’s youngest, Kevin, is a very good golfer and for many years he and I won the best ball event every year. There was a time when you had to use at least one drive and one putt for each of the team members. Now there are no such rules. There is a traveling trophy with the names of the winning team engraved on a brass plate. Kevin and I are due. It has been a while. This year my sister’s husband Duaine led his team to victory. After golf we gather at my brother Bill’s house for a picnic and the award ceremony. We are fortunate to have tradition in our family.

Rupert showed up at the Sunset Stages event last night on the College of St. Benedict campus. Rupert is a performance act that just shows up on occasion. He was very entertaining. He crashed The New Standards, a trio from Minneapolis. They were awesome and this time the rain held off. I will have a table at next week’s event also. The Great River Jazz Collective will entertain beginning at 7:30. This is a free event and the root beer floats are only $3. See you there.

The APHC show this week is a rebroadcast of a classic from way back on November 23, 1985 from Bridges Auditorium at the Claremont College in Claremont, California. Special guests include Willie Nelson, Chet Atkins, Johnny Gimble, Peter Ostroushko and Butch Thompson. Tom Keith performs his version of “Turkey in The Straw” plus in the News From Lake Wobegon, Senator K. Thorvaldson’s mysterious love Laura comes to town to meet his family.

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” Ralph Waldo Emerson