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Good afternoon from Collegeville,

Today would have to be labeled as a “10” here in central Minnesota. I am planning to go fishing tomorrow on Cedar Lake west of Upsala with Erik, so this weekly note is going out early. It may be raining tomorrow, but it will not be cold, so that’s ok.

I taught Erik how to catch bass on that lake and now there is a wonderful boat landing where Emie Hippe’s tavern used to be. We were able to get the DNR to post a sign noting it as “Hippe’s Landing”. Emie sold it to the DNR for a bargain price because the American Legion put up a fence which cut off the path for a lot of her pop and candy customers that were camping at the American Legion camp ground nest door. Emie was a tough business woman who refused to sell Coca-Cola products because during the war, the Coke distributor asked her husband Ben Hippe to not bring the empty bottles to them, but to hold on to them. After the war, the distributor would not take the bottles, so Emie and Ben dug a deep hole and buried them. For over 50 years no Coke was sold, only Pepsi and Dr. Pepper. Whenever a new driver was hired for the Coke Product delivery truck, someone would have to explain to the driver why he need not bother to stop at “Hippe’s Tavern”. After a while there was no outdoor sign anyway so it may not have been much of a problem unless the Pepsi truck was there when the new guy drove by. Always keep your promises no matter what.

This week I purchased a Texas Instrument calculator for my granddaughter who is going to be taking calculus at Upsala High School. It cost over $140, but I recalled purchasing a Texas Instrument calculator that did nothing but add, subtract, multiply and divide in 1970 for $90 at Target. Using the attached inflation calculator, the current value of $90 spent in 1970 is $524.04, so $143.87 is not a bad deal for a “graphing” calculator purchased at a college bookstore. You may want to save this link for your own use. Inflation Calculator:

The show this week is a mosaic of memorable moments from Saint Louis with Jearlyn Steele singing the “St. Louis Blues”, Del McCoury and his band playing “Quicksburg Rendezvous” and the legendary guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli performing Prince with pianist and singer Tony DeSare. Erin Bode sings “Be Still My Soul”. Enjoy the show. Next Friday night the show will be live from the State Fair Grandstand.

“In the best institutions, promises are kept no matter what the cost in agony and overtime.” David Ogilvy

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