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  Good morning from Collegeville,  

A friend of my son’s decided to attend the Kentucky Derby and he was willing to place a bet for both of us.  Erik is the President of the Chamber in Wadena and they had a “Super Saver” promotion going and “Paddy O’Prado” had a Minnesota connection.  I decided to bet on “win, place or show” because Paddy had done just that in all but one of his races.  Erik bet on Super Saver “to win”.   We watched the race on TV of course and it was obvious that Erik had won his bet but I had to wait a while to find out that my horse had come in third.  Erik has a Derby mug with my winnings inside.

My trip to Bozeman was uneventful.  Aunt Maggie is doing well.  She invited me to attend her “Writer’s Group” at the Senior Center on Tuesday and the “Middle Creek Women’s Club” meeting on Wednesday.  The cheesecake with boysenberry was awesome.  I left on Thursday and had to drive thru snow all the way to Dickenson.  Even though the Bonneville has 212,000 miles on it, there was not a hick-up.  What is the record for miles on an alternator anyway?    

The show this week is a special springtime compilation program in an effort to revive warm weather on the tundra.  Special guests include Stephanie Davis singing “Springtime Feeling in My Heart”,  poet Donald Hall reading a Jane Kenyon poem about warm weather and springtime is bath time for Dusty and Lefty.  VocalEssence sings “Welcome Spring” and Rob Fisher plays Spring Fever.  Are we sensing a theme here?  Enjoy the show.  

“Enthusiasm is the key not only to the achievement of great things but to the accomplishment of anything worthwhile.”  Samuel Goldwyn