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The forecast is for minus 15 degrees tomorrow morning. I hope that this is the last of the real cold weather. I need to get a seed catalog.

The dedication of the Coast Guard painting last Saturday was very impressive. Our north woods reporter, John Enger, did a story on MPR on Friday and that started the ball rolling. The AP picked the story up from our website, www.mpr.org and they called the American Legion in Little Falls where we had gathered after the dedication service. They talked to the artist Charles Kapsner and the story was picked up by a number of newspapers on Sunday. Homeland Security also got wind of the story. The Coast Guard is in the Homeland Security department.

Jim McAlister a local video photographer created this video and posted it on YouTube. Please consider taking a few minutes to watch this and share it on your Facebook page. Our goal is to have many folks pitch in and help to fund the Marine Corp painting and the Air Force painting. You can help by going to the website: www.vetsart.org and finding the donate page. https://youtu.be/LTbj52fRh2Y

The APHC show this week is hosted by The Old Scout with a live broadcast from The Fitzgerald Theater on Exchange Street in Saint Paul. Special guests include high-octane bluegrass performer Della Mae and local heroes The Cactus Blossoms. Heather Masse and Christine DiGiallonardo will sing a few songs with Garrison. The usual cast of characters will entertain us with a number of skits, some of which might touch on the race to the White House. We have missed the News from Lake Wobegon and I am looking forward to getting up to date.

“If a man does his best, what else is there?” George S. Patton